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08AMMAN2579 | JORDAN'S REACTION TO MAURITANIA COUP LINKED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-04 13:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AG EG IS JO KDEM LY MO MR PREL QA SA |
08AMMAN3189 | GOJ LEADERS TALK AID, REFORM, PALESTINIANS, LEVANT [...] (C) Summary: NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, who was in Amman to participate in the U.S.-Jordan Political Dialogue (Ref A),spent November 18 in separate meetings with King Abdullah, Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi, Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, Senate President Zeid [...] | 2008-11-25 07:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL SY IS LE AE MO JO |
08BEIJING3192 | CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT WESTERN SAHARA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) PolOff on August 20 delivered to MFA reftel points asking China to approach the UN Secretariat in support of holding a fifth round of talks on the Western Sahara before the end of the year and to express support for retaining Peter Van Walsum as the Secretary General's Personal Envoy on th [...] | 2008-08-20 07:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI CH |
08BELGRADE1268 | SERBIA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW AMBASSADORS SANS AGREMENT [...] (SBU) At its weekly session on November 20, the Serbian government (GOS) endorsed the appointment of seven new ambassadors, even though we later learned from MFA contacts that the government had not yet requested agrement for the ambassadors-designate. This lapse of diplomatic protocol may com [...] | 2008-12-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL CA FR GM MO PL RO SZ SR |
08BRASILIA304 | BRAZIL: IRAN, ARAB WORLD, ON AMORIM'S MIND IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim's recent visit to five Middle Eastern countries continues a renewed focus on the Middle East that began with Amorim's participation at the Annapolis meetings in November of last year. Since Annapolis, Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) Middle Eas [...] | 2008-03-05 10:41:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL BR VE IS IR BL JO SA EG MO SY |
08BRUSSELS1287 | BELGIUM, IN THE UNSC CHAIR THIS MONTH, WANTS UNSYG [...] (C) MFA Security Council Coordinator Rudi Brieven, accompanied by Attache for Middle East and North Africa Laura Poletto, received Poloff to discuss the referenced demarche on August 19. Brieven said that the GoB follows events in North Africa, especially Morocco and Algeria, very closely, be [...] | 2008-08-20 08:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI BE |
08BRUSSELS1588 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS, MEETING IN LUXEMBOURG, [...] Begin Introduction and Summary: Meeting in Luxembourg October 13, the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of the 27 EU Foreign Ministers reviewed draft Presidency conclusions for the European Council meeting of EU-27 heads of state/government to take place in Brussels on Oc [...] | 2008-10-14 15:18:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EUN GG RU BO UZ CG IR ZI MX MO |
08BRUSSELS610 | EU RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU considers the Maghreb an area of high priority due to its proximity, its historic ties to Member States, and the role of Maghreb immigrants in the EU. While the EU shares U.S. concerns on CT issues, its primary focus is promoting trade, development and human rights. In Janu [...] | 2008-04-23 05:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID AG LY MO MR TS EUN XI |
08BUCHAREST35 | A VIEW FROM BUCHAREST: ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: Calling Moldova a "geopolitical riddle," MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Amb. Gheorghe Magheru told Emboffs on January 10 that Romania is taking the long view in its relationship with its Moldovan neighbors. Despite a partly successful effort in 2007 by Romania's [...] | 2008-01-16 16:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RO MO |
08CAIRO808 | U.S.-EGYPT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-20 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KISL AG MO SO PK AF LY SU |
08CANBERRA266 | AUSTRALIA RECEIVES MOROCCAN TRANSSHIPMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-19 06:39:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO AS |
08CASABLANCA103 | VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2008 REPORTING PERIOD (FOLLOW-UP) [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested who had been harboring a [...] | 2008-05-23 09:53:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA104 | SOURCES OF WEALTH IN CASABLANCA - INTERNAL, EXTERNAL, ILLICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Casablanca, Morocco's largest city and economic capital, prosperity is increasingly on display, raising the question of where it comes from. Family money, the banking and real estate sectors, and a strong-performing stock market account for some wealth. Remittances from Moroccans [...] | 2008-05-23 16:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV KDEM MO |
08CASABLANCA107 | CHINA'S GROWING ECONOMIC INFLUENCE IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Strong bilateral ties between China and Morocco have been bolstered in recent years by state and official visits. Commercial exchanges between the two countries have increased, and Chinese traders have begun to set up shop in Casablanca's largest commercial district. Although b [...] | 2008-05-29 16:28:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV XA CH MO |
08CASABLANCA113 | VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by ACG, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on a recently uncovered terror network accused of plo [...] | 2008-06-03 12:16:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA115 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND [...] This cable responds to a request for information on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Morocco. While Morocco does not have a record of forced child labor, child labor does exist and is used in the production of some goods, mainly in the handicr [...] | 2008-06-03 18:04:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM ECON SOCI MO |
08CASABLANCA142 | VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 7, 2008. The meeting was attended by ACG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the recent arrests of 35 individuals suspected of belonging to a network that [...] | 2008-07-09 14:52:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA144 | VISAS VIPER FOR June 2008 REPORTING PERIOD (follow up) [...] (U) The following information was provided by RAO on July 10 with respect to the recent arrests of 35 individuals suspected of belonging to a network that recruits volunteers on behalf of Al Qaeda in Iraq and Algeria. 2. (SBU) Hamid al-Bochibi: Moroccan citizen, DPOB: 15 Nov. 1983, Tetoua [...] | 2008-07-11 15:57:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA146 | MOROCCO CELEBRATES WORLD REFUGEE DAY: AN OVERVIEW [...] Summary: Although Morocco struggles with large populations of migrants and refugees, organizations such as UNHCR and the Friendship and Solidarity Organization (FSO) are moving towards further solidarity between Moroccan nationals and those who have adopted Morocco as their home. To this end, [...] | 2008-07-15 11:34:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG PREF PREL SOCI ELAB MO |
08CASABLANCA158 | VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 4, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM, with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the July reporting period but RAO is working with [...] | 2008-08-05 16:58:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA172 | VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 8, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM, with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. An additional six names were provided for the network that recruits [...] | 2008-09-09 11:00:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA193 | VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 6, 2008. The meeting was chaired by CG, with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. Regional Consular Officer from Cairo also attended the meeting. 2. There are [...] | 2008-10-08 16:47:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA200 | THE JEWS OF CASABLANCA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco is the only Arab country that promotes and protects its indigenous Jewish minority while fostering ties with the state of Israel and with Israeli citizens of Moroccan descent. Notwithstanding the unwavering support of King Mohammed VI, the Jewish community of Morocco con [...] | 2008-10-23 17:15:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF MO PHUM PGOV PREL |
08CASABLANCA206 | VISAS VIPER FOR OCTOBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met November 6, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the October 2008 reporting period. [...] | 2008-11-03 16:02:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA207 | MOROCCO AND ALGERIA'S QUIET ECONOMIC RAPPROCHEMENT [...] (C) Despite their closed land border, the Moroccan and Algerian economies have become increasingly interconnected in sectors ranging from energy to banking. Revenues for General Electric (GE) Morocco total 250 million USD per year in Algeria; the CEO of the National Office of Phosphates (OCP) [...] | 2008-11-04 07:28:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | AG ECIN ECON ENRG MO PGOV PREL |
08CASABLANCA209 | OFFSHORING - MOROCCO,S COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE [...] (SBU) Building on its natural advantage of both geographic and linguistic proximity to Europe, the "offshoring plank" of Morocco,s "Emergence" strategy has succeeded in making the country a premier destination for European firms seeking to shift their operations offshore. Beyond language, geo [...] | 2008-11-05 13:26:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND PGOV PREL AMCHAMS MO |
08CASABLANCA210 | MOROCCAN EFFORTS TO COUNTER ISLAMIC EXTREMISM: THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A controversial fatwa, or religious opinion, by a Gulf-sponsored Imam was the trigger, or perhaps excuse, for the Government of Morocco (GOM) to crack down on independent, fundamentalist Islamic institutions. In late September a well-known Moroccan salafist, Sheikh Mohammed Al Ma [...] | 2008-11-05 15:55:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL KOCI KWMN PREL MO |
08CASABLANCA213 | POLITICAL THEATER ENERGIZES THE BASE OF MOROCCO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Casablanca regional congress of the Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) illustrated why the PJD is the best organized and most popular political party in Morocco and the largest opposition in Parliament. On November 1st, the party employed both populist and Islami [...] | 2008-11-10 08:54:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PTER MO |
08CASABLANCA222 | THE MARRIAGE OF MINORS, POLYGAMY AND DIVORCE: THE [...] SUMMARY: (U) Women,s groups and the media roundly criticized the government,s failure to implement some aspects of the Mudawana or family code nearly four years after the ground-breaking reforms were passed. The criticism was prompted by a recent report by the Democratic League for the Rights [...] | 2008-11-21 17:11:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KWMN KTIP KISL MO |
08CASABLANCA224 | SCANDAL AT THE CASABLANCA STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morocco Council for the Code of Ethics in Securities Markets, (CDVM) moved decisively the week of 17 November to address a simmering scandal at the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE),recommending to the Minister of Finance that the Exchange,s entire leadership be dismissed for [...] | 2008-11-26 17:06:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT MO PGOV |
08CASABLANCA227 | VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by L [...] | 2008-12-02 16:38:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA228 | VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 2, 2008. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by L [...] | 2008-12-02 16:38:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA232 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS A VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite substantial advances to women's rights contained in the 2004 reform of the family code known as the Mudawana, the government of Morocco still lags behind its international commitments on the issue of violence against women. Reports by women's shelters provide only a limite [...] | 2008-12-12 17:05:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KWMN MO |
08CASABLANCA235 | DIFFICULTIES IN MOROCCO'S MICROCREDIT SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank of Morocco and the National Federation of Microcredit Associations (FNAM) moved decisively the week of 8 December to address difficulties in Morocco's microcredit industry, recommending that a national credit bureau be established. The Central Bank reported tha [...] | 2008-12-15 17:13:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT MO PGOV |
08CASABLANCA268 | VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2007 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 8, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, PD, POL, and RSO. 2. Discussion centered on the sentencing of members of the Ansar Al Mahdi cell on [...] | 2008-01-09 09:49:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA27 | EL FASSI'S FIRST 100 DAYS: TOO EARLY TO TELL, BUT TIME TO ACT [...] (SBU) Summary: 100 days into El Fassi's tenure as Prime Minister, many Casablancans feel they have little on which to judge the new government, though they feel it is time for action. Citizens expressed anger over the increase in value-added tax on cars, and a sense of urgency about the need t [...] | 2008-02-05 10:28:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KDEM MO |
08CASABLANCA270 | DONKEY CARTS BY DIOR: CASABLANCA GOES UPSCALE [...] (SBU) Summary: An explosion of high-end stores has hit Casablanca in the past few years, causing one magazine to declare luxury a new sector in Morocco. While some view the luxury boom as evidence of newfound upward mobility, others believe the rich are just getting richer, though it is not a [...] | 2008-01-14 09:23:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KDEM MO |
08CASABLANCA271 | EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [...] (U) This cable responds to a request for information on MINURSO's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping mission personnel in the Western Sahara and Moroccan peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire. This message was cleared with [...] | 2008-01-15 16:59:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KPRO MO |
08CASABLANCA272 | U.S. COMMERCIAL SERVICE DIRECTOR GENERAL ISRAEL HERNANDEZ [...] (U) Summary: Director General and Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion Israel Hernandez visited Morocco December 5-7 to reinforce the important friendship and bilateral trade relationship between the U.S. and Morocco. He met separately with Minister of Industry, Commerce and New Technologi [...] | 2008-01-16 12:02:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON ETRD BMGT PREL MO |
08CASABLANCA28 | NUMBER OF IRAQI REFUGEES IN MOROCCO GROWING [...] (SBU) During a January 29 meeting, UNHCR Chief of Mission Johannes Van Der Klaauw told poloff that nearly fifteen percent of UNHCR's recognized refugees in Morocco are Iraqi. Van Der Klaauw said the Iraqis began to arrive in significant numbers in early 2007. So far, he said, he has register [...] | 2008-02-05 12:40:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PINR PREL PHUM PREF |
08CASABLANCA281 | CASABLANCA REFORMERS FOCUS ON EDUCATION, PARLIAMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: At a reform advocates' luncheon for visiting DAS Kent Patton and Tunis MEPI Director Peter Mulrean on January 16, 2008 in Casablanca, discussion focused on three types of reform: educational, parliamentary and constitutional. The discussion preceded a letter calling for the defe [...] | 2008-01-29 11:14:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV ECON SOCI MO |
08CASABLANCA282 | EXXONMOBIL SELLS SHARES IN MOROCCAN AFFILIATE [...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil will announce on January 30 a strategic decision to sell its shares of Mobil Oil Maroc to Libya Oil Holdings Limited, a Libyan-government entity. The sale's impact on Morocco is expected to be minor. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- EXXON [...] | 2008-01-29 17:06:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET ENRG EFIN MO |
08CASABLANCA285 | CASABLANCANS REACT TO GAZA TROUBLES [...] (SBU) Summary: While many Casablancans have been thinking of little but Morocco's plight in soccer's Africa Cup Playoffs, others have been preoccupied with raising their voices about recent events in Gaza. Over the past week, three organizations organized progressively larger protests in oppo [...] | 2008-01-31 09:00:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI MO |
08CASABLANCA29 | VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 4, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, PD, CG and RSO. 2. Discussion centered on procedures for reviewing information gained from press so [...] | 2008-02-06 10:11:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA33 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED:UN.GIFT AND VIENNA FORUM TO HUMAN [...] (C) On February 11, poloff discussed the UN.GIFT and Vienna Forum to Human Trafficking (reftel) with MFA Director of Consular and Social Affairs Ambassador Jaouad El Himid and encouraged Moroccan participation in the Forum. 2. (C) El Himdi informed poloff that a Moroccan delegation would be [...] | 2008-02-14 13:59:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KWMN MO |
08CASABLANCA35 | MOROCCANS STRIKE OVER RISING FOOD COSTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, Morocco has been hit by a number of national strikes protesting rising costs and other issues and it appears there may be more strikes on the horizon. The GOM, in an early attempt to preempt a national general strike, commenced talks with trade union represen [...] | 2008-02-21 14:21:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB ECON ETRD MO |
08CASABLANCA38 | DISMANTLED TERRORIST NETWORK ILLICITS SHOCK, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Casablancans reacted to the news of the discovery of an extensive terrorist network in Morocco with shock, but not surprise. Casablancans were stunned that seemingly ordinary professionals were involved, and that large weapons caches were found. At the same time, volatile events [...] | 2008-02-25 16:48:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV KDEM MO |
08CASABLANCA39 | MOROCCO: 2008 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable responds to action request (reftel) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2007 to March 2008. ------------------------------------- Morocco Headed in the Right Direction ------------------------------------- [...] | 2008-02-27 12:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM KWMN MO |
08CASABLANCA45 | VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 3, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the thirty five or thirty eight people recently arrested in [...] | 2008-03-10 16:01:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA50 | MOROCCAN APPAREL EXPERTS SPIN YARNS ABOUT TRADE WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Experts in the Moroccan apparel sector say they have limited contact with U.S. clients as a result of stiff competition from Asian markets, American retailers' quest for higher profit margins, and the weak dollar. They question the benefits the FTA offers, but believe that maki [...] | 2008-03-11 14:51:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KTEX MO |
08CASABLANCA56 | Services, Safety and Management Ongoing Concerns in [...] (SBU) Summary: Six Americans have been arrested in Morocco in the past five months, more than were arrested in all of FY07. The recent increase has expanded Post's knowledge of the prison system and the issues Americans face while incarcerated, including few provisions for their basic needs, b [...] | 2008-03-28 15:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PINS PGOV MO |
08CASABLANCA59 | VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 3, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on the thirty five or thirty eight people recently arrested in [...] | 2008-04-02 15:07:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA62 | ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS IN CASABLANCA DO NOT DETER [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a series of seizures of pirated CDs and DVDs, Moroccan authorities destroyed some 80,000 discs on March 27 in Casablanca. Undeterred, illegal CD and DVD vendors remain in business, buoyed by strong demand and the knowledge that periodic raids are annoying, but not rui [...] | 2008-04-03 13:58:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KDEM MO |
08CASABLANCA71 | CLANDESTINE MIGRANTS FACE GROWING ASSAULTS [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, assaults have plagued the sub-Saharan community in Rabat. In one case, according to reports, a Nigerian clandestine migrant resisted arrest during a periodic roundup and was severely beaten before being taken into custody. As a result of the beating, the migrant [...] | 2008-04-10 15:10:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF SMIG MO |
08CASABLANCA73 | VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 7, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DAO, RSO, POL and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested on terrorism related charges in th [...] | 2008-04-11 15:24:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA81 | MOROCCAN ROYAL FAMILY HOLDING ONA FIRES CEO [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's largest conglomerate, the palace-controlled ONA, dismissed its CEO on April 11, charging that he mismanaged Wana, the company's telecommunications subsidiary. The abrupt nature of the dismissal has been the talk of Casablanca business circles for the past week, and has refo [...] | 2008-04-24 11:06:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KDEM MO |
08CASABLANCA86 | CASABLANCA FIRE MAKES SAFETY STANDARDS A BURNING ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, fire erupted in a mattress factory in Casablanca, killing 58 of the 100 workers trapped inside. While the factory owner violated numerous safety regulations and will be prosecuted for his role in the tragedy, citizens also blame government authorities for failing to [...] | 2008-04-30 17:02:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB KDEM PHUM MO |
08CASABLANCA92 | VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2008. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and was attended by CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD. 2. Discussion centered on two persons arrested along with one of the esc [...] | 2008-05-07 12:53:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
08CASABLANCA93 | STRIKES ON THE HORIZON DESPITE GOM OFFER [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a surprisingly weak turnout on what many though would be well attended May Day celebrations, Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi announced that he would implement his offer to increase monthly minimum wage, lower some income taxes and increase other social benefits. In resp [...] | 2008-05-07 12:54:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB ECON ETRD MO |
08CHISINAU1127 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) Embassy has received the following congratulatory message for President-elect Obama. Original copies, with both English and Romanian versions included, will be sent via diplomatic pouch under Registry No. 4460364. 2. (U) Begin text: Your Excellency Mr. President Barack Obama We w [...] | 2008-11-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP MO |
08CHISINAU1128 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT- [...] (U) Embassy has received the following congratulatory message for President-elect Obama. Original copies will be sent via diplomatic pouch under Registry No. 4460364. 2. (U) Begin text: To: Mr. Asif J. Chaudhry Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova You [...] | 2008-11-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP MO |
08CHISINAU1129 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FOR [...] (U) Embassy has received the following congratulatory message for President-elect Obama addressed to Ambassador Chaudhry. Original copies will be sent via diplomatic pouch under Registry No. 4460364. 2. (U) Begin text: Excellency, On behalf of the Moldovan scientific community and [...] | 2008-11-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP MO |
08CHISINAU1130 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FOR PRESIDENT- [...] (U) Embassy has received the following press release from the Office of President Vladimir Voronin to President-elect Barack Obama. 2. (U) Begin text: Press Service of the President of the Republic of Moldova Press release The President of the Republic of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin, c [...] | 2008-11-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED | OPCD PREL OVIP MO |
08HANOI972 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 08:02:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PBTS MO WI VM |
08HONGKONG1034 | HONG KONG AVIAN FLU NEWS: RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGH, [...] (U) Summary. A research team led by University of Hong Kong (HKU) scientist, Dr. Yuen Kwok-yung, reported a significant breakthrough in treatment for the influenza A/H5N1 virus on June 3, 2008. Dr. Yuen explained that the trial's triple-drug combination administered on infected mice suppress [...] | 2008-06-10 07:45:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC AMED AMGT PINR MO HK |
08HONGKONG1061 | HONG KONG H5N1 UPDATE: NEW H5N1 POULTRY INFECTION [...] (U) Summary: On June 11, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) announced additional positive test results for H5N1 virus in live poultry in Hong Kong wet markets, bringing the total to four markets infected to date. As a result, all poultry s [...] | 2008-06-12 09:31:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC AMED AMGT PINR MO HK |
08HONGKONG1276 | INFLATION, BDA POSE PROBLEMS FOR MACAU MONETARY [...] (C) Summary: Inflation and the future of Banco Delta Asia (BDA) are the Macau Monetary Authority's (AMCM) most pressing problems. BDA's anti-money laundering (AML) regime has regressed since AMCM was forced to return management control of the bank in September 2007. Controlling shareholder [...] | 2008-07-14 11:02:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON MO NK CH |
08HONGKONG179 | HONG KONG'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ----------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy with minimal government interfe [...] | 2008-01-28 06:34:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MO |
08HONGKONG183 | MACAU'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Macau Special Administrative Region. ----------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Macau became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of [...] | 2008-01-28 11:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MO |
08HONGKONG1962 | MACAU GAMING BOOM THREATENED BY RESTRICTED VISAS, [...] (C) Summary: U.S. casino executives, Macau government officials and gaming industry experts tell us new constraints are harming continued growth in Macau's gaming industry. While gaming has driven Macau's double-digit economic growth in recent years, gaming company executives said the PRC's re [...] | 2008-10-23 10:19:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO CH |
08HONGKONG470 | INFLUENZA IN HONG KONG: EXPERT GROUP APPOINTED, [...] (U) Summary. Hong Kong Secretary for Food and Health, Dr. York Chow, has established an expert working group within the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) to study three recent fatalities during this current peak influenza season. In a late-night March 12 press conference, Secretary Chow ann [...] | 2008-03-13 09:30:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC AMED AMGT PINR MO HK |
08HONGKONG511 | HONG KONG/MACAU FLU UPDATE: REGIONAL MEETING, [...] (U) Summary. Public health officials from Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong Province met in Hong Kong on March 17 to discuss prevention and treatment of seasonal influenza following recent developments in Hong Kong and the latest poultry H5N1 outbreaks in Guangdong Province. Macau Secretary for [...] | 2008-03-18 08:24:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC AMED AMGT PINR MO HK |
08HONGKONG616 | HONG KONG PANDEMIC PLANNING: CDC VISIT AND OUTREACH [...] (U) Summary. Lisa Koonin, Infectious Disease Expert with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) visited Hong Kong on March 28 to aid post and local U.S. businesses in their pandemic planning efforts. Post convened a meeting of the Consulate's internal Avian Influenza Working [...] | 2008-04-03 10:24:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR CASC AMED AMGT PINR MO HK |
08JAKARTA1581 | WESTERN SAHARA -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON ANOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed Reftel related to Western Sahara with the GOI. Department of Foreign Affairs contact, taking our points on board, said that the GOI has not yet formulated its position. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Mission has reviewed Reftel Western Sahara points with the GOI [...] | 2008-08-20 08:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PBTS ID MO WI |
08JAKARTA993 | U.N. DECOLONIZATION CONFERENCE WRAPS UP IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission attended the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization conference in Bandung, Indonesia, May 14-16. As observers, Pol/C and Pol FSN did not participate in the debates, which included criticism of the USG in relation to Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Probably [...] | 2008-05-19 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNAUS MO ID |
08LONDON1183 | WESTERN SAHARA: UK UNDECIDED ABOUT UN STATEMENT [...] (C) The UK has not yet decided whether to make a statement at the April 29 UNSC meeting on the renewal of the mandate for the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO),FCO North Africa Team Leader Robert Dixon told us in response to reftel demarche. If the UK does decide to [...] | 2008-04-28 13:52:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS UK FR MO AG WI UNSC |
08LONDON2180 | (C) WESTERN SAHARA: UK SUPPORTS VAN WALSUM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 14:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI UK |
08MADRID485 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON THE WAY FORWARD IN WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo shared views on the way forward in Western Sahara on April 28. Gomez-Acebo said that Spain's primary concern is for regional stability through a negotiated solution that leads to a just, lasting outcome. While it appears an [...] | 2008-04-29 16:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MO AG WI UNSC SP |
08MADRID561 | SPAIN'S VIEWS ON WESTERN SAHARA AND THE MANHASSET [...] (C) Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo received reftel (A) demarche and reiterated Spain's views detailed in reftel (b). Gomez-Acebo agreed that it is important to maintain the primacy of UNSYG Representative for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum's efforts. [...] | 2008-05-21 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO AG WI UNSC SP |
08MADRID905 | SPAIN AGREES ON NEED FOR FIFTH ROUND OF WESTERN [...] (C) According to MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo, Spain agrees that it is essential to maintain the Western Sahara negotiating process and that a fifth round of talks should be held at the earliest opportunity. In response to our points that Western Sahara Env [...] | 2008-08-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PBTS MO WI SP |
08MADRID946 | SPAIN'S STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) The Spanish MFA issued a communique condemning the coup in Mauritania and calling for the immediate liberation of the President and Prime Minister, along with re-establishing democratic practices, on August 6. 2. (C) August 26, Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for North Af [...] | 2008-09-02 06:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AG EG IS LY MO QA SA MR SP |
08MOSCOW2479 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS FIFTH ROUND OF WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI RS |
08NOUAKCHOTT688 | NEIGHBORING VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Following the November 10 Addis Ababa Communique and the transfer of President Abdallahi to Lemden, Charge checked with embassies of Mauritanias neighbors Algeria, Mali, Morocco and Senegal to discuss their views on the situation. As could be predicted, Algeria and Mali line up [...] | 2008-11-20 14:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AG ML MO SG MR |
08OUAGADOUGOU774 | BURKINA FASO WILL SUPPORT FIFTH ROND OF WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] (C) On August 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Diuedonne Sougouri, Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Sougouri said the GOBF recognizes the need for a peaceful resolution to the issues surrounding the Western Sahara and agreed with the U.S. [...] | 2008-08-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI UV |
08PARIS1174 | NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF WESTERN SAHARA, UNION [...] (SBU) NEA A/S Welch held extensive bilateral consultations on key NEA issues with French MFA counterparts in Paris on June 12. This cable focuses on Western Sahara and the Union for the Mediterranean; other topics reported septel (notal). Participants included: USG --- --NEA A/S Davi [...] | 2008-06-23 06:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN FR AG LY SY MO |
08PARIS1769 | FRENCH WARILY BACK CONTINUED UN-LED TALKS ON [...] (C) France supports in principle a continuation of the UN-led talks on Western Sahara but was not prepared to commit to another round until it was clearer how the talks would proceed according to Nathalie Loiseau, PDAS-equivalent in the MFA's NEA who responded to Ref B demarche on September 1 [...] | 2008-09-22 14:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV UNSC FR MO AG WI |
08PARIS202 | FRENCH MFA ON WESTERN SAHARA BEFORE VAN WALSUM'S [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau indicated January 29 that France is increasingly impatient with UN-led talks on Western Sahara and believes the process may even be moving backward. She blamed part of French frustration on UN Personal Envoy Peter van [...] | 2008-02-04 16:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER FR MO AG MR WS |
08PARIS498 | MINIMAL FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR FOURTH ROUND OF [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for North Africa Nathalie Loiseau told us March 12 that the GOF continued to have extremely low expectations for the fourth round of UN-sponsored talks on Western Sahara set for early next week in Manhasset. Indeed, the French are so pessimistic that they hope [...] | 2008-03-17 16:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PTER FR MO AG SA |
08PARIS628 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (S) Summary: The French generally reacted favorably to reftel message on Western Sahara in meetings we held with the French Presidency and the MFA April 1 and 2. The key first priority seems to be engaging UNSYG Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum and other key Secretariat officials to encourag [...] | 2008-04-04 14:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PREF MARR UNSC FR MO AG |
08PARIS855 | FRENCH EOV ON MINURSO RESOLUTION WILL NOT CALL [...] (C) The French MFA's IO desk officer covering the Western Sahara, Jay Darmadhikhari, informed us April 30 that France would present an explanation of vote following the UNSC's extension of MINURSO. That statement, however, would not echo the USG's contention that the option of an independen [...] | 2008-04-30 16:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC FR MO AG WI |
08PARIS959 | WESTERN SAHARA: FRENCH RECEIVE DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) FRENCH MFA DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR NORTH AFRICA NATHALIE LOISEAU ON MAY 16 EXPRESSED GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF OUR PROPOSED MESSAGE TO MOROCCO ON FOLLOWING UP UNSCR 1803 ON WESTERN SAHARA. --LIKE US, FRANCE IS WAITING FOR MOROCCO (ALONG WITH POLISARIO AND ALGERIA) TO DECID [...] | 2008-05-20 08:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM FR MO AG WI |
08PARISFR1185 | UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: The race to succeed UNESCO Director-General Matsuura (Japan) is on in earnest, even though UNESCO's General Conference will not make the final selection until October 2009. Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Husni was the first to enter the race, but he has hurt his chances with a s [...] | 2008-06-24 09:54:00 | Mission UNESCO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR UNESCO EG MO BU BR LH CO |
08RABAT1002 | MOROCCO REMAINS SHELTERED FROM INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Government and private sector leaders continue to project confidence that Morocco will successfully weather ongoing volatility in international markets. Central Bank Governor Abdellatif Jouahri, Finance Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, business confederation chief Hafid El Alamy and [...] | 2008-10-17 17:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD MO |
08RABAT1005 | CORRECTED COPY: MOROCCO PROVIDES DETAILED [...] (S//NF) Summary: In response to a U.S. request, the Government of Morocco (GOM) recently provided detailed information, via diplomatic note to Embassy Rabat, on the backgrounds of two Moroccan citizens currently being held in the U.S. detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In the note, the GOM [...] | 2008-10-20 07:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL KCRM MO |
08RABAT1017 | RABAT'S COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETS IN [...] (SBU) On October 16, the Japanese DCM convened the only G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting during Japan's presidency. Representatives of Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States participated, as did representatives of the European Union, [...] | 2008-10-23 08:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EFIN MO |
08RABAT1023 | MOROCCO SUPPORTS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 13:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MO |
08RABAT1024 | "ISLAM IN AMERICA" DOCUMENTARY ON MOROCCAN TV [...] Morocco's semi-private television network "2m" produced a 28-minute documentary on Islam in the U.S., which aired in early October on the popular monthly news magazine "Grand Angle" ("Wide Angle"). It also aired on Al Maghribiya satellite channel, which is widely watched by the Moroccan commu [...] | 2008-10-24 15:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KISL KPAO OIIP KIRC PHUM KMPI PGOV MO |
08RABAT1025 | MEPI 4TH QUARTER UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights the MEPI programs and initiatives undertaken in Morocco from July 1 - September 30. During the quarter the Women in Technology (WIT) program was launched. Highlights from existing programs included activities by the Advancing Learning and Employability for a Bet [...] | 2008-10-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO |
08RABAT103 | MARRAKECH AEROEXPO - LOCKHEED MARTIN OVERSHADOWS DASSAULT [...] (U) In the first aviation trade show of its kind in North Africa, 300 exhibitors from 12 countries gathered for Morocco's inaugural Aeroexpo at the Marrakech airport, January 23-25. Planned as a biannual event, Aeroexpo Marrakech 2008 showcased Morocco's growing aeronautical industry while at [...] | 2008-02-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON MO |
08RABAT1031 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS'S NOVEMBER 13- [...] (SBU) Representative Lewis, we welcome you and your delegation to Morocco, our oldest and closest ally in the region. You will find a country that is "on the move," through a range of social, economic and political reforms aimed at making government more responsive to citizen concerns and en [...] | 2008-10-27 17:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ECON ETRD PREL PTER PGOV MO |
08RABAT1036 | MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) On October 28 Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane concerning the proposed U.S. draft resolution on "Compliance With Non-proliferation, Arms Limitation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments". Farhane said the GOM would likely suppor [...] | 2008-10-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM UNGA CDG PREL MO |
08RABAT1049 | MOROCCO: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) has achieved significant reductions in its cannabis and cannabis resin production in recent years. Advances in Morocco,s counternarcotics efforts appear to be a function of the GOM's comprehensive counternarcotics strategy, which places emphasis on co [...] | 2008-11-04 16:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MO |
08RABAT1050 | MOROCCO PROVIDED SUMMARY OF SEPTEMBER 2008 PARIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL MO |
08RABAT1058 | RENEWABLE ENERGY FOCUS OF DOE VISIT [...] (U) Summary: DOE/EERE Chief Operating Officer Paul Dickerson met with key government, industry, and development officials central to Morocco's efforts to expand its renewable energy portfolio and reduce its 96 percent dependence on imported energy sources during an October 28 visit to Rabat a [...] | 2008-11-07 15:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV TRGY ETRD ECON EAID MO |
08RABAT1059 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. REQUESTS ON UPCOMING UN [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche on November 7 to Chief of Service of the Principal Bodies of the United Nations Redoune Houssaini regarding Morocco's actions on the upcoming UN Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Redoune was p [...] | 2008-11-07 15:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MO |
08RABAT1060 | WESTERN SAHARA: CORCAS MEMBER SAYS ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-07 18:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV WI MO |
08RABAT1084 | EXPLAINING MOROCCO'S "LIMITED IMMUNITY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders in Morocco's financial sector remain confident that it is sheltered from any direct problems as a result of ongoing turmoil in world financial markets. The "immunity" stems less from the sector's inherent virtue, bankers tell us, than from the still limited nature of Mo [...] | 2008-11-20 12:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN MO |
08RABAT1086 | MOROCCO: NO OBJECTION TO BURKINA FASO IN TSCTP, [...] (C) Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for African Affairs Abdellatif Bendahane was briefed on reftel October 29, concerning Burkino Faso and the TSCTP. Bendahane had no objections to the inclusion of Burkino Faso into the TSCTP, and was encouraging on that score. He has since und [...] | 2008-11-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL MARR ECOWAS MO UV |
08RABAT1091 | MOROCCO: MFA CONCERNED ABOUT U.S. TRANSITION [...] (C//NF) An Egyptian Embassy colleague told Poloff on November 21 that the Egyptian Ambassador in Rabat was convoked on November 13 by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) then-Secretary General Omar Hillale. Hillale asked Cairo to issue a declaration publicly supporting the Government of Moroc [...] | 2008-11-21 19:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS EG WI MO |
08RABAT1094 | MOROCCO WILL CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR UN RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC UNGA MO |
08RABAT1095 | MOROCCO WILL STAND WITH ARAB LEAGUE AND OIC ON [...] (C) Poloff met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on November 21 and attempted to persuade him to influence Morocco's UN delegation in NY to vote against, abstain, or absent themselves when the anticipated biased resolutions against Isra [...] | 2008-11-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PA IS LE SY UNGA MO |
08RABAT1100 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS [...] (SBU) Representative Hastings, my staff and I warmly welcome your visit. As you are aware, Morocco is a member of the OSCE Mediterranean Partnership and has hosted OSCE meetings in Rabat, but there is potential for more engagement. Morocco has given us exemplary cooperation in the struggle [...] | 2008-11-25 14:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS KDEM AG WI MO |
08RABAT1101 | MOROCCO DOWNPLAYS NOVEMBER 26 ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General Mohammed Azeroual told Polcouns November 23 that Morocco did not believe that the Cairo Ministerial would accomplish anything, and Morocco would be represented only by its Ambassador. The PLO is history and Fatah is weak and aging, he said. Any solution woul [...] | 2008-11-25 18:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG AL MO |
08RABAT1109 | MOROCCANS MORE FORWARD-LEANING ON NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Moroccan government, research, and industry leaders told Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation Jackie Wolcott that the Kingdom is preparing the necessary infrastructure and legal and regulatory framework for nuclear power. According to the Minister of Energy, the decision [...] | 2008-11-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY ETRD TNGD KNNP MO |
08RABAT1110 | ELECTRICITY CHIEF DISMISSED OVER BROWNOUTS, POOR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco abruptly removed Younes Maamar, chief of the National Electricity Office (ONE) on November 14 following widespread discontent related to unannounced extended brownouts in Casablanca's industrial zones. Our Casablanca contacts and media reports indicate t [...] | 2008-11-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG ETRD MO SP |
08RABAT112 | WHAT SPAWNED THE FOREIGN FIGHTERS OF TETOUAN? [...] (C) Summary: Tetouan, notorious for having spawned the jihadists who carried out the Madrid train bombings, and at least two dozen foreign fighters, also carries the promise of a new, more prosperous Morocco. Poloffs learned during a recent visit that it took a variety of environmental, polit [...] | 2008-02-06 11:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL KIRF MO |
08RABAT1122 | MOROCCO'S "ADVANCED STATUS:" A ROADMAP TO AN [...] (C) Summary: The European Union's attribution of "advanced status" to Morocco reflects the close relationship between the Cherifien Kingdom and its European partners, but is likely to change little in the short run in relations between the two parties. European diplomats are careful to stress [...] | 2008-12-05 15:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MO |
08RABAT1125 | MOROCCO FINALIZING SEISMIC AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed our need to sign the bilateral seismic agreement with Morocco by the end of the year via diplomatic note on December 5. In addition, PolCouns met with MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita who informed PolCouns that the GOM is seized with the matter and is working dilgentl [...] | 2008-12-05 17:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO |
08RABAT1134 | BOYCOTT LEADER PROPOSES NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH USG [...] (C) Summary: Younes Mjahed, head of the Moroccan press union, told Information Attache (IO) that as a result of the recent U.S. election, he was prepared to rethink his organization's years-long boycott of USG activities. He reported that the Government of Morocco (GOM) had been stonewalling [...] | 2008-12-08 16:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP PGOV PREL PTER MO |
08RABAT1136 | MOROCCO AND EID AL ADHA: CAN'T AFFORD TO BE POOR [...] (SBU) Working class and poor Moroccans are expressing an almost existential angst about the political and economic state of the country resulting from worry over the price of sheep for this year's Eid Al Adha (feast of the sacrifice). One man said that Morocco was a country in which people "c [...] | 2008-12-08 18:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL KISL MO |
08RABAT114 | AMU SECRETARY GENERAL'S FEBRUARY 1 LETTER TO U/S BURNS [...] On February 6, the Embassy received the following letter in English from Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Secretary General Habib Benyahia to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns: Begin text. Arab Maghreb Union Rabat February 1, 2008 His Excellency R. Nicholas Burns Under Secretary of [...] | 2008-02-06 15:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL ECIN PTER MO |
08RABAT1140 | TSANGVIRAI IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Morgan Tsangvirai was in Morocco at the end of November-early December. Tsangvirai received a prize for promotion of democracy on November 29 in Tangier at the first Med Days 2008 Conference. The Conference was organized by a NGO, Amadeus, which is run by the son of the Foreign Minist [...] | 2008-12-12 07:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MO ZI |
08RABAT1143 | UNDER SECRETARY GLASSMAN'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his November 20-22 visit to Morocco, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James Glassman conducted a variety of activities focused on providing support and productive alternatives to young people vulnerable to radicalization. The visit succe [...] | 2008-12-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM KISL KPAO KIRF MO |
08RABAT1144 | MOROCCO'S USFP/SOCIALIST PARTY PICKS NEW SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: After several months of indecision and party infighting, the Union of Popular Socialist Forces Party (USFP) elected Abdelouahed Radi as its First Secretary on November 8th, and received a congratulatory visit from Ambassador Riley soon thereafter. The victory, by a thin plurali [...] | 2008-12-12 12:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL MO |
08RABAT1145 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. PROPOSAL ON UN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-12 14:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA MO |
08RABAT1150 | MOROCCO: KING WITHDRAWS RESERVATIONS TO UN WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In what is being hailed as an important symbolic step, King Mohammed VI announced in a December 10 speech that Morocco will lift its remaining and outdated reservations to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. The objections covered co [...] | 2008-12-12 18:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN MO |
08RABAT1152 | U.S.-MOROCCO LABORATORY BIOSAFETY AND BIOSECURITY [...] (U) Summary: The first joint U.S.-Morocco Workshop on Laboratory Biosafety and Biosecurity took place November 3-5 in Rabat, bringing together U.S. and international experts with policy makers, administrators and scientists from several Moroccan ministries and laboratories. The U.S. delegati [...] | 2008-12-15 16:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO TSPL MO XI XF |
08RABAT1154 | HARSTON ASSESSES MINURSO AND THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: MINURSO Head of Mission Julian Harston briefed the P-5 plus Spain on December 12. Harston believed that Morocco is finally ready to assent to Ambassador Christopher Ross' appointment as the UN Secretary General's (UNSYG's) Personal Envoy for Western Sahara. Harston believes th [...] | 2008-12-16 14:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO PHUM PBTS UN WI MO |
08RABAT116 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF S/CT AMB. DAILEY AND [...] (S/NF) The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats, including joint efforts to shut down the foreign fighter pipeline. Your meetings with the Interior Minister, the Foreign Minister, and the Chief of Morocco's external intelligence service will [...] | 2008-02-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO |
08RABAT1161 | Special Media Reaction: Election of Barack Obama [...] Summary: Reflecting broad Moroccan interest in the U.S. presidential elections, the Moroccan press has been filled with reporting and commentary on the election of Barack Obama as America's 44th president. Commentators variously aver that Obama's leadership will be to Morocco's benefit, detr [...] | 2008-12-17 09:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO |
08RABAT1167 | PRIME MINISTER TOUTS PROGRESS IN MCC SCORECARD [...] (SBU) Summary: As previewed during the delivery of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) scorecard for Morocco for 2009 (Ref A),Secretary General to the Prime Minister Mohamed Hajoui provided to the Ambassador a copy of Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi's December 12 letter to Ambassador J [...] | 2008-12-17 16:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KMCA MO |
08RABAT1168 | MOROCCO HEARS MULTIPLE REQUESTS TO STAY ABSENT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-17 17:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM MO |
08RABAT1169 | AL ADL WA IHSAN: MOROCCO'S ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: The banned Islamist religio-political organization Al Adl wal-Ihsan (Adl) (more commonly known as the Justice and Charity or Justice and Good Works Organization) may be moving toward political participation, perhaps as a legal political party. Adl spokesman Fatallah Arsalane highlighte [...] | 2008-12-18 17:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER PINR KISL IT MO |
08RABAT117 | MOROCCO ON THE SITUATION IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) On February 5, Embassy conveyed reftel Note Verbale on the Lebanese political crisis to Mohammed Azeroual, MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs and the Foreign Minister's point-man on Middle East and Islamic Affairs. 2. (C) Responding in detail to the points in the Note Verba [...] | 2008-02-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EINV EFIN MO LE SY |
08RABAT1177 | MOROCCO SUBMITS TRANSLATED COPIES OF SEISMIC [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of Treaties and Legal Affairs sent to the U.S. Embassy December 19 final draft copies of the English, French, and Arabic translations of the Agreement Between The Government Of The United States Of America And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Morocc [...] | 2008-12-19 18:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO |
08RABAT1180 | MOROCCO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) In response to Ref C request, this cable constitutes Embassy Morocco's draft submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism (see paragraphs below). The report is also being uploaded to Diplopedia. The Embassy Morocco point of contact for this report is David O'Connor (O'ConnorDR [...] | 2008-12-22 16:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR MO |
08RABAT1181 | MOROCCO HOSTS MEPI LDF ALUMNI CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) The second annual Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Leaders for Democracy Fellowship (LDF) Alumni Meeting took place in Marrakech, Morocco December 15-17. The DCM opened the event that brought together 28 LDF alumni from 13 countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) r [...] | 2008-12-22 16:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPMI XF MO |
08RABAT1183 | MOROCCO RECEIVES JOINT DUTCH, RUSSIAN, AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Dutch DCM Frank Keurhorst delivered his country's invitation requesting Morocco's participation in the 5th Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on December 22. Keurhorst del [...] | 2008-12-22 18:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC NL RS MO |
08RABAT1187 | MOROCCAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A request for an overview of Morocco's nuclear energy plans, Post notes Ref B reporting discussions held during the November 16-18 visit to Morocco of Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, the Secretary's Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation. Ambassador Wolcott discussed [...] | 2008-12-23 15:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO MO |
08RABAT1190 | MOROCCO'S PENDING FTA ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Foreign Trade Abdellatif Maazouz convoked the Ambassador (accompanied by AgCouns and EconOff) on December 16 to discuss the evolving post-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) bilateral trade relationship and next steps to advance outstanding implementation issues. Minister M [...] | 2008-12-23 17:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV MO |
08RABAT1191 | MOROCCO UNDERSTANDS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT UNESCO [...] (C) Poloff relayed U.S. concerns regarding the potential candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for the position of UNESCO Director-General to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Section of Candidatures and Contributions for the United Nations and International Organizations Ms. R [...] | 2008-12-24 07:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO MO |
08RABAT1194 | MOROCCO: REP. HASTINGS ENGAGES PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Representative Alcee Hastings encouraged members of the Morocco's lower house of parliament to press the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCEPA) to allow greater [...] | 2008-12-24 12:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP PGOV WI AG MO |
08RABAT1196 | SEDUCED BY THE UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: Describing a sea change in their opinions about the United States, on December 19 eight Moroccan women political leaders talked about how they were "seduced" by the U.S. political system and our top leadership during their election visit to the U.S. Several women who held negat [...] | 2008-12-24 14:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMPI OEXC XF MO |
08RABAT1198 | MOROCCO: REP. HASTINGS AGREES WITH MFA SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) Representative Alcee Hastings encouraged Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Secretary General Youssef Amrani to enhance Moroccan participation in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu [...] | 2008-12-24 17:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OREP ETRD OSCE MO |
08RABAT1199 | VICE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FIRED FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-24 19:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SP MO |
08RABAT1201 | AGADIR PROTEST DEATHS: TRAGIC BUT NOT DELIBERATE [...] (C//NF) Based on information obtained during EmbOff's visit, it appears that a tragic accident, and not a premeditated act, led to the deaths of two Sahrawi (Western Saharan) students during a December 1 protest in the Moroccan city of Agadir. Separate statements from a Sahrawi participant i [...] | 2008-12-30 12:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL PBTS WI AG MO |
08RABAT1202 | GAZA/ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOM [...] (SBU) With Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and Secretary General Youssef Amrani both out of Morocco, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Chief of Staff Nassir Bourita on December 30. The Ambassador particularly emphasized the need to modulate rhetor [...] | 2008-12-30 16:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO |
08RABAT1204 | MOROCCO: GAZA ANGER GROWS; SCHOOLS SHUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Moroccan public and official response to the recent Israeli air strikes in Gaza continues to be universally critical of Israel and, increasingly, the United States. Almost every article, statement, and interlocutor has used the word "disproportionate" to describe the action. [...] | 2008-12-31 16:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM MOPS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO |
08RABAT121 | MOI BENMOUSSA TELLS AMBASSADOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley's call on Interior Minster Chakib Benmoussa February 5 turned frosty over the human rights situation in Western Sahara. Benmoussa thanked the USG for support for the Moroccan peace effort and its autonomy plan. He praised the Embassy/GOM human rights dialogue, [...] | 2008-02-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ASEC MO |
08RABAT127 | BROKEN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OFFERS NO EASY FIXES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but Unclassified - entire text. 2. (SBU) Summary: The backdrop to our efforts to negotiate a bilateral agreement on American schools in Morocco is a national education system that is widely believed to be broken beyond repair. This grim reality was highlighted in this week' [...] | 2008-02-08 17:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SCUL MO |
08RABAT140 | HUMAN RIGHTS DILAOGUE, WESTERN SAHARA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the second annual session of the U.S.-Morocco bilateral human rights dialogue, our senior GOM interlocutor used the occasion to criticize the existence of separate human rights reports for Morocco and Western Sahara. The Moroccans also complained that the USG distorted the go [...] | 2008-02-14 12:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MO |
08RABAT141 | DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA DAS Gordon Gray urged support for the upcoming independence for Kosovo February 8, during a meeting with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri otherwise devoted to S/CT Dailey's call for support on foreign fighters going to Iraq (septel). FM Fassi Fihri declined to offer a f [...] | 2008-02-14 14:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV UNMIK UN YI MO |
08RABAT144 | MOROCCO WILL STUDY U.S./EC TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel points jointly with the EU's Economic Counselor in Morocco Jerome Cassier in a February 15 meeting with Mohammed Benjelloun, head of the WTO Division at the Ministry of External Commerce. Benjelloun declined to provide an official response pending inter- [...] | 2008-02-15 16:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON MO |
08RABAT145 | MOROCCO WILL STUDY U.S./EC TAFT GOODS PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor delivered reftel points jointly with the EU's Economic Counselor in Morocco Jerome Cassier in a February 15 meeting with Mohammed Benjelloun, head of the WTO Division at the Ministry of External Commerce. Benjelloun declined to provide an official response pending inter- [...] | 2008-02-15 16:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO ECON MO |
08RABAT148 | MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITION AGAINST OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 19:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL MO |
08RABAT150 | EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (S/NF) Summary: S/CT Amb. Dell Dailey and NEA DAS Gray visited Morocco February 7-8 to discuss enhancing security cooperation and especially countering the flow of Moroccan foreign fighters into Iraq. Amb. Dailey asked the highest level of concerned GOM officials to assert pressure on Syria [...] | 2008-02-19 09:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER EAIR PINR PREL OVIP MO |
08RABAT151 | DAS GRAY URGES MOROCCAN SUPPORT FOR UNIFIL AND [...] (C) Summary: DAS Gray urged Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri to increase Moroccan support for Lebanon during a meeting February 8, otherwise devoted to S/CT Dailey's call for support on foreign fighters going to Iraq (septel). He pressed for a contribution to the Hariri tribunal and ask [...] | 2008-02-19 10:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS LE MO |
08RABAT152 | MOROCCAN FM SPEAKS WELL OF VAN WALSUM TO S/CT [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri was cautiously positive on the Western Sahara peace process during a February 8 meeting with S/CT Dailey and NEA DAS Gray. Fassi Fihri was upbeat on Van Walsum, who recently told him he hoped for a solution based on non-independence, [...] | 2008-02-19 12:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN MO |
08RABAT154 | MR. EL-HIMMA GOES TO PARLIAMENT: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: In a February 13 meeting, prominent parliamentarian and royal confidante Fouad Ali El-Himma discussed with the Ambassador his efforts to better coordinate local, regional and national governance in the poor constituency he represents. El-Himma asserted that Morocco's legislature has "a [...] | 2008-02-19 17:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR MO |
08RABAT155 | THE AMBASSADOR'S VISITS TO ZAGORA AND AGADIR [...] Summary: During January 24-25 visits to the provinces of Zagora and Agadir, the Ambassador called on ranking local officials, met with local civil society leaders, and visited a range of USG-funded projects. The Ambassador and Embassy team found in Zagora a rural and remote province beset by [...] | 2008-02-19 17:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SCUL KPAO KMCA PREL MO |
08RABAT156 | S/CT AMB. DAILEY AND DAS GRAY DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting in Rabat, Secretary-General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Habib SIPDIS Benyahia told S/CT Amb. Dailey and DAS Gray he was working to address the terror threat by advancing regional cooperation and development in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Be [...] | 2008-02-19 18:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECIN MO XA |
08RABAT157 | DAS PATTON VISITS MOROCCO [...] (U) Summary: DAS Kent Patton and MEPI Regional Director Peter Mulrean visited Casablanca and Rabat January 16-19 to discuss post's democracy reform activities, introduce the new Democracy Working Group program, and meet with Moroccan contacts from both the government and civil society. Patto [...] | 2008-02-19 18:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KMPI ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI MO |
08RABAT158 | MOROCCO PRESS FREEDOM: DAS PATTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 16-19 visit to Morocco, DAS Kent Patton discussed Morocco's media environment and press freedom with local stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds. Embassy officials stressed that passage of a revised press code eliminating prison sentences remained a ke [...] | 2008-02-19 18:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KPAO EAID KMPI KDEM PREL MO |
08RABAT16 | MOROCCO BACKS EFFORTS TO PRESS SYRIA ON LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, the MFA's Co-Political Director passed us a message that Morocco was supporting efforts to break the political deadlock in Lebanon and had urged the Saudis to turn up the heat on the Asad regime. MFA Director-General Mohammed Azeroual said Morocco believed "enough [...] | 2008-01-08 11:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO LE |
08RABAT170 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) Ambassador Welch, the Moroccans will roll out the red carpet for you, including an audience with King Mohammed VI in Marrakech, as well as expected meetings with Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri and Intelligence Chief Mansouri. They are delighted you are visiting them before Algiers and will [...] | 2008-02-22 17:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO |
08RABAT171 | MOROCCO: TERRORIST NETWORK DISRUPTED BUT MANY [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan authorities arrested 32 persons including several minor Islamist politicians in mid-February and reported seizing a significant quantity of weapons, from what they called the Belliraj terror network, after its leader, the Moroccan-Belgian Abdelkader Belliraj. In televis [...] | 2008-02-22 19:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PREL KISL MO |
08RABAT178 | GOM PROVIDES A/S WELCH WITH A MORE COHERENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri gave NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party a lengthy, comprehensive briefing on the Belliraj terrorist network. Mansouri explained the network,s alleged revolutionary aims [...] | 2008-02-27 10:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PTER ASEC PINS PINR MO |
08RABAT179 | EU LAUNCHES AMBITIOUS AML/CTF PROJECT WITH MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: We met this week with Fernando Rosado, the resident advisor who is overseeing the newly launched EU twinning project in support of development of both Morocco's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and its overall integrated anti-money laundering/counter terrorism finance regime. T [...] | 2008-02-27 10:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PTER PGOV MO |
08RABAT183 | PRESS COVERAGE OF NEA A/S WELCH'S VISIT [...] NEA A/S Welch's remarks to the press following his meeting with King Mohammed VI generated substantial positive local broadcast and print media coverage. Semi-private "2M" and government-run "SNRT" television both ran lengthy lead stories during their prime-time French- and Arabic-language ne [...] | 2008-02-28 07:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO OVIP MO |
08RABAT185 | NEA A/S WELCH,S MEETINGS WITH KING MOHAMMED VI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Mohammed VI received NEA A/S Welch for an hour on February 25. The wide-ranging exchange of views focused on bilateral cooperation, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Mauritania, Syria, Algeria and Western Sahara. In most respects, the audience mirro [...] | 2008-02-28 16:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP MO |
08RABAT19 | AMBASSADOR,S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (U) In a wide-ranging meeting on January 3, the Ambassador discussed the status of the American schools in Morocco with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and Director of American Affairs Abdallah Salah Eddine Tazi. The Ambassador noted that the status and tax situ [...] | 2008-01-08 18:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASCH AMGT MO |
08RABAT193 | MOROCCAN FM TO SYRIANS - "WHO WILL REPRESENT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri (TFF) bluntly expressed Morocco's dissatisfaction with the political impasse in Lebanon during Syrian Foreign Minister Mouallem's visit to Marrakech on February 26, according to Director-General Mohammed Azeroual, point-man on Arab and Islamic affairs. A [...] | 2008-03-03 11:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO SY LE XF |
08RABAT194 | NEA A/S WELCH AND DIRECTOR GENERAL MANSOURI REVIEW [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri (the Moroccan equivalent of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency) and NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party had a cordial and frank two-hour exchange on regional i [...] | 2008-03-03 11:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL PINS OVIP MO |
08RABAT195 | MOROCCANS SIMMERING OVER GAZA SITUATION [...] (SBU) The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued on March 1 a strong and relatively unusual condemnation of the Israeli government for the IDF's military operations in Gaza. The official Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) agency reported that the MFA "strongly denounced the 'horrible acts committe [...] | 2008-03-03 11:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ASEC MO IS PA |
08RABAT196 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-MOROCCO FTA JT COMMITTEE [...] (U) The U.S. Mission welcomes the U.S. delegation to the FTA Joint Committee meeting. The FTA, together with the recently signed USD 697 million Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact, is one of our two most visible bilateral accords. Although Morocco has embraced trade liberalization, y [...] | 2008-03-03 14:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO |
08RABAT20 | AMBASSADOR,S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 3, on the eve of his departure for the next round on UN-sponsored talks on Western Sahara, Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri expressed his frustration with Algeria's unwillingness to move beyond the status quo to resolve the issue and truly cooperate on economic and securi [...] | 2008-01-09 06:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS EAID KMCA KPAL MO |
08RABAT201 | PRIME MINISTER'S ECONOMIC GATEKEEPER ON GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister-Delegate for Economic and General Affairs Nizar Baraka set out an ambitious governmental economic agenda in his first public speech at the end of February. The government, he said, would focus on increased and "qualitatively different" growth through increased investm [...] | 2008-03-04 16:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV ASCH MO |
08RABAT21 | MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS DISCUSSES PRESS CODE, VIDEO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley paid an introductory call on January 4, 2008 with Khaled Naciri, the new Moroccan Minister of Communications and Government Spokesman. Naciri stated that passing a revised, more liberal press code was one of his top policy priorities. He defended, however, the need to [...] | 2008-01-09 06:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PHUM KISL MO |
08RABAT212 | BUSINESS ASSOCIATION PRESSES FOR URGENT REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, Morocco's chief business lobbying group, the Confederation Generale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM),has added its voice to those calling on the government to adopt urgent reforms in areas ranging from taxation to the judiciary to enable Moroccan companies to c [...] | 2008-03-07 18:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV MO |
08RABAT213 | MOROCCO SAYS YES TO REGIONAL IP CONFERENCE [...] (U) The Director of the Moroccan Copyright Office, Abdallah Ouadghiri, enthusiastically agreed to host and coordinate a three-day regional intellectual property rights (IPR) conference in Rabat, Morocco, June 10-12, 2008. Ouadghiri proposes a conference of 60-80 total participants that would [...] | 2008-03-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR MO |
08RABAT222 | MOROCCO: ISLAMIST PARTY LEADER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: The (Islamist) Justice and Development Party (PJD) number two, Lahcen Daoudi, roundly criticized the recent arrests of several prominent Islamist politicians in connection to the Belleraj terrorism case. During a March 5 meeting with Polcouns, he argued that the security service [...] | 2008-03-11 12:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PTER ECON PGOV MO |
08RABAT235 | FM FASSI FIHRI REPORTS THE ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 7 meeting with visiting Ambassador Swing, otherwise devoted to thanking Morocco for its support in his quest to lead the International Organisation for Migration (IOM),Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri shared some impressions of the Cairo Arab League Ministerial, [...] | 2008-03-13 10:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL LE MO |
08RABAT236 | FM FASSI FIHRI STRESSES GOM CONCERN OVER POLISARIO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri called in the Ambassadors of the five UNSC Permanent Members March 7 to formally table a complaint about Polisario activity in the trans-berm area of the Western Sahara. He acknowledged that Moroccan complaints about t [...] | 2008-03-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS WI MO |
08RABAT241 | MOROCCO VOICES SUPPORT FOR ADOPTION OF UNSC [...] On March 14, POLOFF conveyed to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of the Security and Disarmament Section Mr. Driss Rushdy reftel points concerning obligations imposed on U.N. member states by the recent adoption of UNSCR 1803, which imposes further sanctions on Iran for its fai [...] | 2008-03-14 12:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP MNUC IR MO |
08RABAT246 | MOROCCO: CONCERNS OVER MANHASSET AND HAPPINESS [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff (CoS) Nasser Bourita told Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and PolCouns that the Government of Morocco (GOM) was concerned over the direction of the Manhasset negotiations. Although he did not make a direct request, Bourita appeared to intima [...] | 2008-03-18 11:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PBTS WI MO |
08RABAT250 | POWER TO THE PEOPLE - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION [...] Summary. The Government of Morocco's (GOM) ambitious program to expand rural electrification throughout the country is nearing completion - two years ahead of schedule. By the end of 2008, the Programme d'Electrification Rurale Global (PERG) will reportedly bring electricity to every village [...] | 2008-03-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SOCI MO |
08RABAT252 | U.S.-MOROCCO FTA: IMRESSIVE START, OBTIMISTIC FUTURE [...] (U) The Joint Committee of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA) met in Rabat on March 13, 2008 for the first time since the agreement's implementation on January 1, 2006. Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East, Shaun Donnelly, headed the U.S. delegation, whi [...] | 2008-03-19 14:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN EAGR PGOV MO |
08RABAT253 | MOROCCO: AGENDA FOR THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS' MEETING [...] (U) Polcons delivered reftel agenda to Arab Maghreb Union Political Advisor Zouhier Merchaoui who will attend the meeting in Washington on April 9, 2008. (Note: Merchaoui will also attend the Africa Defense Policy Dialogue to be held in Washington the last week of March End Note.) 2. (U) S [...] | 2008-03-19 15:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PINS PREL PTER MO |
08RABAT254 | MOROCCAN MARKETS RESIST INTERNATIONAL CREDIT [...] (SBU) Summary: To date, Morocco has largely shrugged off the impact of the international credit crisis. The Casablanca Stock Exchange remains the best performing exchange globally, up 16 percent since January 1. There has been some spillover in Moroccan financial markets, with an evaporatio [...] | 2008-03-19 16:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN MO |
08RABAT262 | MOROCCO SEEKS CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND SEAPORT SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 8. 2. (SBU) On March 24, Econoff met with Nouredine Moujahid, Chief of Staff for International Cooperation, Ministry of Interior, to discuss new dates for a consultation visit to Washington by Moroccan border security officials. Moujahid propo [...] | 2008-03-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL KSTC MO |
08RABAT265 | MOROCCO TRADES SUBSIDIES FOR STABILITY IN THE FACE OF PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Like other countries in the region, Morocco has been buffeted by rapidly escalating international commodity prices. Internal factors such as the 2007 drought have compounded the problem. While official indexes do not yet reflect these price pressures, the exploding budget of th [...] | 2008-03-26 14:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO |
08RABAT272 | MOROCCAN MFA OFFICIAL CITES RISK OF UNDERMINING [...] (C) A senior MFA official told Polcouns March 26 that Morocco was still uncertain about its attendance at the Arab Summit and that this would be discussed by Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri, at that time enroute to Damascus, with his peers. Reminded of USG concerns about attendance at the summit [...] | 2008-03-28 09:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL LE MO |
08RABAT275 | MOROCCO'S MARKET WATCHDOG BARES ITS FANGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's Securities and Exchange Commission, the Conseil Deontologique des Valeurs Mobilieres (CDVM),for the first time in its fifteen-year history moved this month to impose order in Moroccan securities markets by issuing sanctions and warnings to a range of brokers who viola [...] | 2008-03-28 17:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV MO |
08RABAT28 | MOROCCO WILL SUPPORT U.S. COMMITTEE AGAINST RACIAL [...] (C) In a Diplomatic Note dated January 8, the Government of Morocco notified the Embassy that it will support the candidacy of Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper for membership on the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination during January 17 elections in New York. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-01-11 17:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA MO |
08RABAT280 | MOROCCO'S ROAD CARNAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of a multi-year national campaign initiated in 2004 to decrease road fatalities, Morocco suffered an increase in the number of killed and seriously injured in 2007, with on average, more than 10 people killed and 240 seriously injured on Moroccan roads each day. The ca [...] | 2008-03-31 17:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON ELAB MO |
08RABAT289 | TOURISM: ENGINE TO PROGRESS [...] Summary: In 2007, Morocco posted its highest tourist numbers on record, attracting 7.4 million visitors, a 13 percent increase over 2006. Morocco is on track to achieve its goal of 10 million visitors by 2010, in line with the target of its Vision 2010 program for the sector. In addition to [...] | 2008-04-04 16:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | ELTN EINV ELAB EAIR MO |
08RABAT29 | MOROCCO: CODEL MARTINEZ MEETS WITH GOM OFFICIALS. [...] (C) On January 5, CODEL Martinez met Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi and Speaker of the House-equivalent Mustapha Mansouri among other Moroccan officials. Interlocutors thanked the delegation for U.S. support for the Moroccan Western Sahara proposal and criticized Algeria and the POLISARIO. T [...] | 2008-01-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP MOPS PREL SENV MO |
08RABAT290 | GOVERNMENT, PRIVATE ECONOMISTS CLASH ON MOROCCAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A March 26th symposium hosted by Morocco's leading economic think tank highlighted the contrasting views of government and independent economists on the overall health of the Moroccan economy. Whereas analysts affiliated with the host Centre Marocain de Conjoncture (CMC) pressed [...] | 2008-04-04 16:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV MO |
08RABAT314 | MOROCCO OPTIMISTIC ON PROSPECT OF SIGNING ON TO [...] (SBU) On April 3, 2008, Poloff extended ref invitation to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane for the Government of Morocco (GOM) to attend the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) May 28-29 event in Washington D.C. Farhane said that he would [...] | 2008-04-10 15:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO |
08RABAT319 | UNHCR DEPUTY JOHNSTONE BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR Deputy High Commissioner Craig Johnstone, at the end of a regional tour, told Ambassador Riley UNHCR can live with the imprecise number for Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf Camps. He said UN agencies get around the dispute by counting both the number of rations (reflecting a [...] | 2008-04-14 10:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PBTS WI AG MO |
08RABAT321 | MOROCCO: CODEL BOEHNER'S VISIT - PARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE AND MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Both parliamentarians and executive branch officials warmly welcomed CODEL Boehner during a March 27-30 visit to Morocco. Representative Boehner,s counterpart, Chamber of Deputies Second Vice President Baha from the Islamic-oriented Justice and Development Party (PJD),was very [...] | 2008-04-14 10:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP JOHN PREL PGOV EAID SY MO JOHN BOEHNER |
08RABAT324 | MOROCCO TO SEND EMBASSY OFFICER TO GI PLANNING [...] (SBU) On April 14, 2008, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane informed Embassy Poloff that the Government of Morocco intends to send an officer from its Embassy in Paris to the Exercise Planning Group meeting for the Global Initiative for C [...] | 2008-04-14 15:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR MO |
08RABAT33 | LIBYAN MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA [...] (C) DCM raised reftel query on the inclusion of Libya in the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) with MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs (P-equiv) Youssef Amrani, on January 14, and conveyed talking points. DCM stressed the importance of a regional approach to defeat ter [...] | 2008-01-14 17:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PREL XA XF MO |
08RABAT342 | MOROCCO STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. GOALS FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 13:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KMPI MO |
08RABAT344 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-18 14:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PHUM PREL MO |
08RABAT370 | TRANSFER OF MOROCCAN GTMO DETAINEE SAID [...] (C/NF) This is a coordinated mission message, with concurrence from all concerned agencies. In response to queries reftel; (a) The GOM is prepared to receive the proposed transfer. (b) The GOM has provided verbal assurances from a variety of sources including MFA Director of Bilateral Affai [...] | 2008-04-24 16:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PINR PTER KDRG MO |
08RABAT371 | FILLON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS MOROCCO-FRANCE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: French Prime Minister Francois Fillon's April 17-18 visit to Morocco for the 9th meeting of heads of government of the two countries brought signature of a range of contracts, particularly in the field of transport, but little else of note. Fillon was accompanied by an extensive [...] | 2008-04-25 15:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MO FR |
08RABAT378 | BRIEFING MOROCCO ON THE U.S. VIEW ON THE WAY [...] (C) Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri expressed his country's deep appreciation for support from the Department and Washington generally, when briefed by Ambassador telephonically on our plans for an explanation of vote in New York and of reaching out to the Polisario. 2. (C) Co [...] | 2008-04-29 12:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS UNSC AG WI MO |
08RABAT38 | NEXT WEEK'S 5 PLUS 5 AND EU-AMU MEETINGS IN RABAT [...] (C) MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs Youssef Amrani (P-level) confirmed to DCM and PolCouns on January 14 that Morocco would be hosting the 5 plus 5 and AMU/EU meetings next week. The Foreign Ministers of the 5 plus 5 (France, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Malta, plus the 5 AMU states [...] | 2008-01-16 08:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU ZM MO |
08RABAT389 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS US PRIORITIES AT NPT PREPATORY [...] (SBU) On April 30, 2008, Poloff presented U.S. priorities for the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) prepatory conference (PrepCom) on April 28 and May 9, 2008 in Geneva (ref A) to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane, in the form of non-pape [...] | 2008-04-30 15:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA KNNP MO |
08RABAT39 | LEADER OF NEW ISLAMIST PARTY WARNS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: A new Islamist party, the Party of Renaissance and Virtue (PRV),competed for the first time in Morocco's legislative elections in September 2007. Though the party garnered just below 1 percent of the national vote, a Casablancan imam representing the PRV won a lower house seat f [...] | 2008-01-16 12:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PTER MO |
08RABAT390 | MOROCCO SIGNALS DESIRE FOR CLOSER SECURITY TIES TO [...] (C) Summary: Senior Moroccan military and diplomatic officials indicate that they would give serious consideration to the Status of Forces Agreement, but needed to review the U.S. draft. Morocco,s Inspector General of the Armed Forces (CHOD) General Bennani recently pledged to sign the Acqui [...] | 2008-04-30 17:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PINS MCAP MO |
08RABAT391 | RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Rising food prices have quickly become Morocco's principal domestic issue, sparking sporadic protests and threatening to bring the ongoing "social dialogue" between the Moroccan government and labor unions to an impasse. The government and the King will handle this cautiously, rememberin [...] | 2008-04-30 18:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV MO |
08RABAT392 | MFA POL/MIL CHIEF: AFRICA OPPOSES AFRICOM PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Military Affairs Chief Karim Halim recently criticized U.S. military plans for an AFRICOM presence in Africa, underscoring that the vast majority of African countries considered any U.S. military presence in Africa to be a provocation. [...] | 2008-05-01 07:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PINS MO |
08RABAT398 | EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART I: HISTORIC [...] (C) In Morocco, as in virtually every other country in the Arab-Islamic world, jihadist terrorism has emerged in the past 10 years as a threat to national stability. Morocco has also produced terrorists that have joined the international jihad, conducting violent attacks in Europe or enlisting [...] | 2008-05-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC PINR MO XA XF |
08RABAT4 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JOHNSON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit, the third by a congressional delegation in the New Year, following visits by delegations headed by Senators Martinez and Harkin, will help to underscore the importance the United States accords to our r [...] | 2008-01-03 16:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ECON EAID PGOV PREL SENV MO |
08RABAT400 | EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART II: PERCEIVED [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In today's Morocco, social alienation and perceived injustice are the key factors driving extremism and terror recruitment. Poverty is not the main determinant, although it clearly contributes to social alienation. Many Moroccan terrorists have come from the cou [...] | 2008-05-07 10:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC MO XA XF |
08RABAT401 | TANGIER MEETING SEES HIGHEST LEVEL ALGERIAN VISIT [...] (C) The April 27 North African Political Parties Conference in Tangier, attended by both Moroccan Prime Minister El-Fassi and Algerian Prime Minister Belkhadem was the highest-level contact in years between the feuding North African neighbors. It was hailed as a potential landmark both by Alg [...] | 2008-05-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN MO AL XA |
08RABAT411 | MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO AL-MASSAE VERDICT [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A demarche, the Government of Morocco (GOM) has formally asserted that the libel case against al-Massae was a private law suit to which the GOM was not a party, and in which the GOM did not interfere. Although Minister of Communications Naciri told the DCM tha [...] | 2008-05-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO |
08RABAT413 | ADVANCING THE PRESIDENTQS FREEDOM AGENDA IN [...] Summary: To further the PresidentQs Freedom Agenda (Ref A),the Ambassador, DCM and other Mission officers have met with a variety of activists and interlocutors to highlight the importance of continued democratic and human rights reforms in strengthening MoroccoQs position as a moderate, de [...] | 2008-05-09 10:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM EAID PREL MO |
08RABAT414 | MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS AL-JAZEERA BROADCASTS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that its sudden decision to suspend Al-Jazeera's right to transmit its nightly Maghreb news broadcast from Rabat came as a result of Al-Jazeera's long-standing failure to secure a proper broadcast license. Most independent observers discoun [...] | 2008-05-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO |
08RABAT415 | MOROCCO RENEWS AND BROADENS ALGERIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Feeling good about progress in New York, Morocco renewed its call for better relations with Algeria on May 5, broadening its standing appeal to open the closed border in a quest for comprehensive normalization. MFA Chief of Staff Bourita confirmed Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri ca [...] | 2008-05-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AG MO |
08RABAT416 | MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SUSPENDS AL-JAZEERA BROADCASTS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that its sudden decision to suspend Al-Jazeera's right to transmit its nightly Maghreb news broadcast from Rabat came as a result of Al-Jazeera's long-standing failure to secure a proper broadcast license. Most independent observers discoun [...] | 2008-05-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PHUM KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC PGOV MO |
08RABAT417 | MOROCCO RENEWS AND BROADENS ALGERIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Feeling good about progress in New York, Morocco renewed its call for better relations with Algeria on May 5, broadening its standing appeal to open the closed border in a quest for comprehensive normalization. MFA Chief of Staff Bourita confirmed Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri ca [...] | 2008-05-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AG MO |
08RABAT418 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS PARTICIPATION IN UNESCO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 18:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO MO |
08RABAT419 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON RETENTION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 18:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PARM TBIO MO |
08RABAT420 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. REQUEST FOR SHAPING OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 18:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN MO |
08RABAT422 | EXTREMISM AND TERROR IN MOROCCO PART III: THE GOM [...] (C) The Moroccan Government has pursued an interdisciplinary counterterrorism strategy incorporating aggressive law enforcement and intelligence operations with "soft" de-radicalization efforts including theological outreach, media engagement, and social development initiatives. Though the ge [...] | 2008-05-12 10:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL MO XF XA |
08RABAT425 | MOROCCAN NAVY ACCUSED OF DELIBERATELY DROWNING 30 SUB-SAHARAN [...] (C) Summary: According to survivors, two hours after an early morning clandestine launch from the northern town of El Hoceima, either Moroccan Navy or security force officials deliberately stabbed holes in a zodiac carrying more than 70 illegal sub-Saharan migrants, leaving more than 30 dead. [...] | 2008-05-12 12:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL |
08RABAT434 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from January 1-March 31. During the quarter, NEA DAS Kent Patton visited Morocco and post approved a new local grant proposal. Highlights from existing programs include activities by the Advancing Learning and Employabil [...] | 2008-05-14 13:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO |
08RABAT441 | MOROCCO - INTEGRATING BORDER SECURITY TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Countering terrorism remains Post's number one mission objective. As such, we coordinate a multitude of security related events that are programmed and administered through a host of departments, agencies, and bureaus. In addition to USG programs, we have beco [...] | 2008-05-16 17:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PTER PARM PREL KSTC MO |
08RABAT442 | MOROCCO RECEIVES USD 500 MIL SAUDI GIFT [...] (SBU) On May 6, the Moroccan Foreign Ministry announced that Saudi Arabia had granted Morocco USD 500 million to help it weather the shock of oil price increases. Over the previous fortnight Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri visited Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates as a speci [...] | 2008-05-16 17:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET EFIN MO |
08RABAT443 | SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL: AMERICA SHOULD CHANGE ITS [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with National War College students and faculty, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of Bilateral Relations Youssef Amrani identified the poor perception of the United States in the region as the U.S. government's greatest foreign policy challen [...] | 2008-05-16 17:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG IS IZ MO |
08RABAT445 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Post validates the bona fides of application 05-050096158 and asses the information conveyed reftel as accurate. On May 16, Econoff visited Technical Communication Solutions Maroc (TCSM) and met with its Director, Ahmed Eljorfi. TCSM is a small consulting business, with an office in t [...] | 2008-05-18 15:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MO |
08RABAT446 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Post validates the bona fides of application 05-050096158 and asses the information conveyed reftel as accurate. On May 16, Econoff visited Technical Communication Solutions Maroc (TCSM) and met with its Director, Ahmed Eljorfi. TCSM is a small consulting business, with an office in t [...] | 2008-05-19 07:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MO |
08RABAT458 | GOM BRIEFED ON CUBAN SOLIDARITY DAY [...] (SBU) Fouad Yazourh, Director of American (Western Hemisphere) Affairs at the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs met Polcouns on May 16 and received a summary of USG interest in Cuban Solidarity Day. Yazourh stated that the Moroccan Government has had no diplomatic relations with the Cuban [...] | 2008-05-20 11:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU MO |
08RABAT46 | OPIC-SUPPORT EURO MENA FUND II [...] (U) OPIC support for the EURO MENA Fund II would mesh with Moroccan efforts to build a diversified and strong private sector and to strengthen and deepen the country's financial markets. The GOM has targeted a number of areas through specific sectoral policies. While most of these are outsi [...] | 2008-01-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN MO |
08RABAT461 | U/S BURNS' LETTER TO ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] On May 19, Poloff delivered reftel letter, covered by a transmittal letter signed by Ambassador Riley, to Zoheir Merchaoui, AMU Counselor for Political and Information Affairs. Merchaoui received the text with enthusiasm. Taking note of the proposal to convene all AMU member state Foreign Min [...] | 2008-05-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PTER ECON SOCI SMIG XI MO MR LY |
08RABAT462 | MOROCCO: ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS FEELING THE HEAT [...] (C) Summary: A senior leader of Morocco's largest Islamist organization, Al-Adl wal-Ihsane (AWI),recently told us that the group was facing intensified pressure from the GOM. AWI Political Committee Chairman Abdelwahed Motawakel underscored the group's rejection of formal political/elector [...] | 2008-05-20 16:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PINR ECON SCUL MO |
08RABAT463 | KINGDOM OF MOROCCO FORMALLY ACCEPTS AND ENDORSES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-20 17:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO |
08RABAT469 | GOM REACHES OUT TO ZIMBABWE OPPOSITION [...] (S) Summary: A senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official told us the Government of Morocco (GOM) has quietly reached out to the Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. On May 16, the Director for African Affairs Abdellatif Bendahane (strictly protect) told us the Minister of [...] | 2008-05-21 12:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM ZI SF MO |
08RABAT473 | SENIOR GOM OFFICIAL ON AQIM [...] (C) Summary: A senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs official noted May 13 that the Government of Moroccan perceived the regional terrorist threat as serious but manageable. He described the nature of terrorists affiliated with Al Qaeda in the Lands of the Maghreb, estimating that the [...] | 2008-05-21 14:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL XA MO |
08RABAT475 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GIIP ADVISORY COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-21 15:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER KGIC PREL MO |
08RABAT478 | SECRETARY GENERAL HILALE CONFIRMS MOROCCAN [...] (SBU) Moroccan Foreign Ministry Secretary General Omar Hilale sent a letter to Undersecretary of State John Rood on May 19 underscoring Morocco's endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative. It asks that we alert the GOM as to when we will announce this and looks forward to his atte [...] | 2008-05-22 11:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO |
08RABAT485 | MOROCCAN RESPONSE TO THE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY PARM KSTC KNNP MO |
08RABAT489 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WARD TO [...] (C) Summary: General Ward, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. Since your last visit in February 2007, our governments have become even closer. Continuing close military-to-military cooperation, with a flourishing training/exercise program, was highlighted by Morocco,s agreeme [...] | 2008-05-23 18:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | OVIP WARD WILLIAM MARR PREL PTER MO |
08RABAT493 | AL-JAZEERA BUREAU CHIEF EXPECTS RABAT OFFICE TO [...] (C) Summary: Al-Jazeera's Rabat bureau chief dismissed Government of Morocco (GOM) claims that the suspension of Al-Jazeera's broadcast license was technical. Given that no one in the GOM would claim responsibility for the decision, he believed it came directly from the King. He criticized [...] | 2008-05-28 16:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO SCUL OIIP KIRC MO |
08RABAT495 | MOROCCAN EFFORTS TO STOP THE FLOW OF FOREIGN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Mission has followed up with appropriate Moroccan officials regarding the flow of foreign fighters (FF) to Iraq (Ref A) and determined that the Moroccan security services are actively engaged in preventing FF from leaving the country. Morocco is well aware that the USG c [...] | 2008-05-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PTER EAIR PREL MO |
08RABAT496 | ALGERIAN AMBASSDOR BELIEVES MOROCCO,S [...] (C) Summary: During a two-hour exchange the Algerian Ambassador declined to identify what he referred to as many specific issues that prevent good relations between Algeria and Morocco. He opined, however, that the Moroccan proposal to re-open the border was designed to curry favor with the [...] | 2008-05-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN PBTS AG MO |
08RABAT512 | MOROCCAN RELATIONS WITH SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN [...] (C) Summary: Morocco is very much an African country. Its foreign policy toward Sub-Saharan African countries, like its worldwide foreign policy, is dominated by a single issue: promoting its sovereignty over Western Sahara. The Western Sahara issue, in parallel with the broader rivalry bet [...] | 2008-06-03 12:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL EAID PREF KPKO XA MO |
08RABAT524 | MOROCCO: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 4, the Ambassador telephoned Minister of Social Development, Families, and Solidarity Nouzha Skalli, who was traveling, of Morocco's new status as a Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) Tier 2 country. The Ambassador also shared basic recommendations and promised to follow up with conc [...] | 2008-06-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG PGOV KCRM KPAO KWMN MO |
08RABAT53 | DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IOM ELECTION [...] (C) Although Morocco is not a member of the African Union, PolCouns delivered demarche in favor of Bill Swing to MFA chief of staff and IO director Nasser Bourita January 18. PolCouns stressed the IOM membership's decision on term limits, even though this had not been made formally part of its [...] | 2008-01-18 17:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MO SMIG PREF PREL |
08RABAT532 | NUDGING THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION OUT OF A RUT [...] (C) Summary: The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU),which links Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya in an effort to promote regional cooperation and economic integration, has to date been a largely stagnant organization with relatively little to show for its 19 years of existence. AMU Sec [...] | 2008-06-09 14:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ECIN MO XA |
08RABAT539 | MOROCCO SUPPORTS IRAQI RECONCILIATION, BUT WARY OF [...] (C) Amb. Mohammed Azeroual, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director-General for Multilateral Affairs (and the MFA's point man on the Arab and Islamic World) clarified Morocco's policy on Iraq during a June 10 meeting with Polcouns. "Our policy is to support stability and reconciliation in Iraq," [...] | 2008-06-10 17:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO IZ |
08RABAT54 | PALACE INSIDER SET TO FORM NEW PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Chair and top royal confidante Fouad Ali Al-Himma appears to be taking steps to form a new political party. It would be well placed to dominate Morocco's political scene. A January 17 communique signed by Al-Himma and a diverse and influential group of pol [...] | 2008-01-18 18:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MO |
08RABAT540 | MOROCCAN ISLAMISTS SUPPORT IRAQI "RESISTANCE" [...] (C) Summary: Some leaders of Morocco's (Islamist) Justice and Development Party (PJD),which won the popular vote and the second largest number of seats in the fall 2007 parliamentary elections, strongly support Iraqi "resistance against occupation," which is "legitimate" and distinct from act [...] | 2008-06-11 09:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL MOPS MO IZ |
08RABAT546 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) Budget Healthy for Now: Moroccan budget officials are confident that the country can meet this year's target of a budget deficit of less than three percent of GDP, notwithstanding pressures from subsidy and social spending. They note that Morocco had an excellent year last year, with a [...] | 2008-06-12 13:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR MO |
08RABAT548 | MOJ OFFICIAL BEMOANS RISE OF EXTREMISM IN MOROCCAN [...] (C) Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Director of Penal Affairs and Pardons and Director of the Prosecution Service M'hammed Abdenebaoui (protect) expressed concern over growing societal intolerance and religious rigidity in Morocco. A pious Muslim, he complained that extremism, exported by Saudi Ar [...] | 2008-06-13 07:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PREL KISL MO |
08RABAT56 | READOUT OF JOINT DEMARCHE WITH RUSSIA TO MOROCCO [...] (C) On January 18, Polcouns and Russian Embassy Minister Counselor Mikhail Golovanov delivered ref joint demarche to Moroccan MFA Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane regarding our request to have Morocco invite several countries as observers to Global Initiative for Combating Nucl [...] | 2008-01-18 20:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KGIC PARMS PREL AU MO |
08RABAT568 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS PRESSING IRAN ON P5+1 PACKAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-18 17:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP UNSC IR MO |
08RABAT569 | MOROCCO PRISON CHANGES: A BLAST FROM THE PAST [...] (C) The new Delegate-General for Prison Administration, Mohammed Benhachem, indicated to PolCouns a willingness to work with the USG, but asked to defer any USG assessment until at least July, so he would be better prepared. Benhachem is a former head of the national police force and Ministry [...] | 2008-06-19 10:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PINS PTER KISL MO |
08RABAT570 | MOROCCO RIOTS: WHAT HAPPENED IN SIDI IFNI? [...] (C) The heavy-handed police breakup of a blockade at the Sidi Ifni port on June 7, and consequent riot, yielded numerous casualties. In contrast to media reports, there were neither fatalities nor rapes, but a consensus of credible independent inquiries confirms there were numerous cases of p [...] | 2008-06-20 07:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PINS ECON EFIS EAGR MO |
08RABAT572 | MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL UNESCO MO |
08RABAT573 | MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UNESCO DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 16:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO MO |
08RABAT574 | CORRECTED COPY: MOROCCO REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-20 16:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA MO |
08RABAT577 | PARLIAMENTARY REFORM VIEWED WITH SKEPTICISM [...] (C) Summary: A parliamentary staffer from the Berber-dominated Mouvement Populaire (MP) political party recently told us that real constitutional reform was necessary to advance democracy, but unlikely in the near term. For now, the Parliament could exercise better the authority it already ho [...] | 2008-06-23 07:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MO |
08RABAT579 | MOROCCO: FOLLOW UP ON THE 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) The Country Report on Human Rights Practices has become an increasingly useful tool for promoting improvement in Morocco. Since the release of the Morocco and Western Sahara human rights reports on March 11, the Government of Morocco (GOM),human rights organizations and other diplomats [...] | 2008-06-23 14:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM MO |
08RABAT58 | CONVICTION OF ANSAR AL-MEHDI CELL MEMBERS [...] (SBU) In a month long trial, 50 out of 51 defendants in the sensational Answar al-Mehdi terror cell case were convicted on January 4 in Morocco's terrorism court in Sale and sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to 25 years. The alleged mastermind Hassan al-Khattab and the group's second [...] | 2008-01-22 07:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PINS AL MO |
08RABAT593 | THE OIC'S JERUSALEM FUND AGENCY ASKS FOR USG HELP [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Abdelkebir Alaoui M,Daghri, Director General of the Morocco-based Agence Bayt Al-Mal al Qods (the Jerusalem Fund Agency) appealed to Ambassador Riley in a June 13 meeting for USG help in attesting to the bona fides of his organization. The Agency, subordina [...] | 2008-06-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PTER ECON IS MO |
08RABAT60 | MOROCCAN REACTIONS TO THE POTUS MIDDLE EAST TRIP [...] (C) Summary: Coverage in the Moroccan media of President Bush's trip to the Middle East was almost entirely, even studiously, factual and based largely on wire service articles. One opinion column in a mass market Arabic daily was stingingly critical. A January 14 visit to Morocco by King A [...] | 2008-01-22 17:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO |
08RABAT612 | KOSOVO: NO CHANGE IN MOROCCAN POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-02 11:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNMIK KV MO |
08RABAT614 | HORIZON SHIFT FOR SUBSIDIES REFORM AS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan government moved on two fronts on July 1 to make clear that its existing subsidy regime is unsustainable and that reform of the system is a near term priority. In addition to increasing the price of selected fuel products to reduce pressure on the Caisse de Compen [...] | 2008-07-02 13:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EFIN MO |
08RABAT617 | AMBASSADOR AND KING MOHAMMED VI DISCUSS MILLENNIUM [...] (C) During the Ambassador's June 30 meeting with King Mohammed VI, they briefly went over the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. The Ambassador expressed his pride in its focus on creating sustainable jobs for the poorest sectors of the economy, much like the King,s own National Ini [...] | 2008-07-03 12:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KMCA MO |
08RABAT623 | FREEDOM OF PRESS IN MOROCCO: BATTERED BUT NOT [...] (C) A rash of incidents over the past month have taken a toll on Morocco,s reputation for relative press freedom. These incidents have included several cases of police harassment or abuse of journalists, Government of Morocco (GOM) efforts to restrict the operations of foreign news agencies i [...] | 2008-07-03 17:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI PREL MO |
08RABAT632 | MOROCCO NOT AN ARABSAT MEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-09 16:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER XF AL MO |
08RABAT648 | MOROCCAN SUPPORT FOR THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (C) Summary: Morocco continues to provide assistance to the Palestinian Administration (PA) and people, and has offered for the first time to provide security training. MFA Director General for Multilateral (Arab and Islamic) Affairs Azaroual told PolCouns July 7 that this is not yet funded, [...] | 2008-07-14 14:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KCRM IS MO |
08RABAT651 | MOROCCO IN AFRICA: FM REACHES OUT ON SAHARA [...] (C) Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Taib Fassi-Fihri's spent early summer lobbying Sub-Saharan African countries, mostly on Western Sahara. From 19 to 23 June, the minister visited four Sub Saharan countries and he worked the corridors of the African Union,s (AU) summit meeting in Sharm [...] | 2008-07-14 17:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV XA AG CD CM KE MP MR ML NI SF MO |
08RABAT66 | WESTERN SAHARA: ACTIVIST DESCRIBES HOPE AND [...] (C) Pro-independence Sahrawi human rights activist Brahim Dahane (strictly protect) told us there is a sense among Sahrawis, even in separatist circles, that something potentially positive is coming out of the Manhasset process. He hotly disputed Government of Morocco (GOM) attempts to like [...] | 2008-01-23 16:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO |
08RABAT661 | MOROCCAN MFA CONSIDERS U.S. POSITION ON NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | IAEA PARM PERL TRGY MNUC KNNP IR MO |
08RABAT662 | MOROCCO LIKELY TO SUPPORT INDIA'S SAFEGUARD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL ETTC IN MO |
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 |
08RABAT678 | PJD PICKS A NEW, MORE HARDLINE, LEADER [...] (C) In an upset with potentially major implications, the PJD (Party of Justice and Development),Morocco's main Islamist opposition party, elected Abdelilah Benkirane as party leader at its national Congress July 20. Benkirane was the candidate of the "hardline" elements of the party, but has [...] | 2008-07-21 18:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MO |
08RABAT681 | ZAPATERO FINALLY MEETS WITH KING:GOOD FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero met with King Mohammad VI on July 11. The purpose of the meeting was to reinforce the strong relations that already exist between the two countries, primarily highlighting cooperation in the areas of economics, security, and immigrati [...] | 2008-07-22 17:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMIG SP MO |
08RABAT683 | MOROCCO: STRENGTHENED RIGHTS DIALOGUE AND A TOUCH [...] (C) Senior Moroccan Interior and Foreign Affairs officials praised, with some reservations, the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report and the Government of Morocco (GOM)/Embassy dialogue that informs it. They agreed to a schedule and framework to govern the next cycle of discussion and asked [...] | 2008-07-22 19:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO |
08RABAT684 | CORRECTED COPY: STRENGTHENED RIGHTS DIALOGUE AND A [...] (C) Senior Moroccan Interior and Foreign Affairs officials praised, with some reservations, the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report and the Government of Morocco (GOM)/Embassy dialogue that informs it. They agreed to a schedule and framework to govern the next cycle of discussion and asked [...] | 2008-07-22 19:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO |
08RABAT688 | NEW PJD LEADER MOVES QUICKLY TO REASSURE [...] (C) Summary: New PJD leader Abdelilah Benkirane moved quickly to reassure the nation, in a July 23 press conference, that he will not radicalize the Justice and Development Party (PJD) party. He said his agenda was economic not religious. Outside observers note his election as leader of th [...] | 2008-07-24 15:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MO |
08RABAT693 | NEW MOROCCAN ENERGY STRATEGY HITS FAMILIAR THEMES [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's newly unveiled national energy strategy hits the familiar themes of diversification of supply, optimization of resources, and conservation in its effort to guarantee that the country will have sufficient energy resources available to meet a demand that is expected to gro [...] | 2008-07-25 15:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EFIN MO |
08RABAT70 | CORRECTED COPY:WESTERN SAHARA: ACTIVIST DESCRIBES [...] (C) Pro-independence Sahrawi human rights activist Brahim Dahane (strictly protect) told us there is a sense among Sahrawis, even in separatist circles, that something potentially positive is coming out of the Manhasset process. He hotly disputed Government of Morocco (GOM) attempts to like [...] | 2008-01-23 17:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO |
08RABAT71 | WESTERN SAHARA: BRINKSMANSHIP OVER CIVILIAN MARCH [...] (C) On January 16, a pro-Moroccan NGO announced plans to lead civilians on a march to Tifarity, the "capital" of the trans-berm buffer zone, on January 27. On January 23, the same NGO announced a postponement for logistical reasons. The Government of Morocco (GOM) has encouraged the march but [...] | 2008-01-23 17:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PBTS WI MO |
08RABAT710 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES [...] (SBU) Representative Reyes, we are looking forward to your and your delegation's visit to Morocco. The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats. Your meetings with Moroccan officials will afford good opportunities to shore up our strong bilate [...] | 2008-07-31 16:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO |
08RABAT711 | DEMOCRACY IN TRANSITION: MOROCCAN YOUTH SPEAKS OUT [...] (U) Summary: Educated Moroccan youths are concerned about Parliamentary dysfunction, constitutional imbalances, and corruption among elected officials. During a conference attended by young academics and opinionmakers, debate focused on problems related to the mismanagement of public resources [...] | 2008-08-01 11:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL MO |
08RABAT716 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from April 1 through June 30. During the quarter MEPI Women's Pillar Program Manager Olivia Ricchi visited Morocco to assess breast cancer awareness, and the Mission approved two new local grant proposals. Other activ [...] | 2008-08-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO |
08RABAT718 | NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS [...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...] | 2008-08-04 11:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO |
08RABAT719 | NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS [...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...] | 2008-08-04 11:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO |
08RABAT72 | MOROCCO: HEALTH MINISTER DESCRIBES A CRISIS OF [...] (C) In the course of a courtesy call on Morocco's new Health Minister, Yasmina Baddou, she told the Ambassador that corruption, not capabilities or resources, was the primary reason for Morocco's substandard level of health care provision. She said that fighting graft was her top priority, f [...] | 2008-01-24 13:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS SOCI ELAB MO |
08RABAT726 | "MOVEMENT OF ALL DEMOCRATS": ASSOCIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Movement of All Democrats (MTD),the political association formed by palace intimate Fouad Ali El-Himma is the main topic for political discussions in Morocco. Despite formal denials, members say that MTD is preparing to form a party and participate in the 2009 municipal el [...] | 2008-08-04 15:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL MO |
08RABAT727 | MOROCCO'S MILITARY: ADEQUATE, MODERNIZING, BUT [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR) are modernizing but remain weighed down by long-standing problems. King Mohammed VI, who in 1999 inherited a military in need of professionalization, has implemented some needed reforms, but much remains to be done. Civilian control, if as [...] | 2008-08-04 16:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | MARR MASS PGOV PREL PTER KCOR KPKO MO |
08RABAT735 | MOROCCO: THE AMBASSADOR'S CHAT WITH A KEY ROYAL [...] (C) Abdelaziz Belfkih, Counselor to King Mohammed VI on education, energy and agriculture issues, told the Ambassador that concern over energy and fuel supplies remains a high priority for the Kingdom, but mitigating strategies are hampered by Morocco's complicated relationship with Algeria. [...] | 2008-08-07 13:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM ENRG PGOV PINR PREL KMCA MO |
08RABAT736 | MOROCCO CONCERNED BUT CAUTIOUS IN RESPONSE TO COUP [...] (C) On August 7, A/PolCouns met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Nassar Bourita to express the United States' strong condemnation of the August 6 coup in Mauritania and to request that the Government of Morocco (GOM) issue a statement condemning it. Bourita replied tha [...] | 2008-08-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MO MR |
08RABAT737 | MIXED SUCCESS FOR MOROCCO'S SOCIAL HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Five years after King Mohammed VI directed that social housing be made a "national priority," the range of government programs aimed at reducing the national housing deficit and helping Morocco's working poor to obtain decent accommodation has registered important progress. Tens [...] | 2008-08-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV SCUL MO |
08RABAT739 | WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING AROUND A [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM),the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...] | 2008-08-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO |
08RABAT741 | CORRECTED: WESTERN SAHARA: UNHCR MANEUVERING [...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Western Sahara Operations Director Sergio Calle-Noreno (protect) said that he had received an agreement in principle from the Government of Morocco (GOM),the Polisario, and Algeria in May to attend a conference in Geneva in J [...] | 2008-08-10 16:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PBTS UNHCR PREL KHDP WI AG MO |
08RABAT743 | AMBASSADOR'S EMPOWERMENT FUND [...] Mission Morocco's initial USD 100,000 funding allotment for the Ambassador's Empowerment Fund (AEF) was disbursed in early FY-07 and has achieved great benefits for the communities that received grants. The program allows the Ambassador to identify deserving organizations and provide them wit [...] | 2008-08-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI MO |
08RABAT746 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON [...] (SBU) Representative Thompson, we are looking forward to your and your delegation's visit to Morocco. The Moroccans are eager to share their assessment of domestic and regional terrorist threats and to discuss border security issues. Your meetings with Moroccan officials will afford good opp [...] | 2008-08-11 16:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PTER ASEC PREL PGOV MO |
08RABAT750 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING MOROCCO TO ACCEPT AN [...] PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita on July 22. Bourita responded positively but noncommittally, saying that the Government of Morocco (GOM) supported the idea in principle but still had concerns about the Office of the High Comm [...] | 2008-08-12 07:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN MO |
08RABAT753 | MOROCCO: FLOATING NEW PEACEKEEPING INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) is exploring the possibility of increasing its peacekeeping profile by creating a UN-sponsored regional training center and/or augmenting its own ability to carry out peacekeeping operations. It is soliciting preliminary international reaction to [...] | 2008-08-12 15:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MCAP KPKO KUNR MO |
08RABAT755 | BIOSECURITY: EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT IT, [...] (SBU) Summary: At least two separate USG-directed visits will survey Moroccan biosecurity and biosafety legislation, regulation, infrastructure and competence in late 2008. Moroccan authorities welcome these separate visits and additional opportunities to cooperate on biosecurity and biosafet [...] | 2008-08-13 06:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO TSPL MO XI XF |
08RABAT785 | JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY LEADER PRAGMATIC IN [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Justice and Development Party (PJD) Chairman Benkirane told the Ambassador in a recent meeting that the principal reason for the United States' increasingly negative image among Moroccans is the perception that the U.S. has become increasingly pro-Israeli and less objecti [...] | 2008-08-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KCOR MO |
08RABAT786 | MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF QUICK RESOLUTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL RU GG MO |
08RABAT797 | SUPPORTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT ON [...] (U) Polloff delivered REF A demarche on August 26 regarding support for the UN Security Council statement condemning the Mauritania Coup to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of the Division of International Organizations Ahmed Faouzi. Faouzi said that Morocco is monitoring the situa [...] | 2008-08-26 17:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL MO |
08RABAT798 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-26 18:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MO |
08RABAT819 | MOROCCO: MOJ READY TO SET DATE FOR MLAT [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Secretary General Mohammed Lididi said that discussions leading toward a renegotiation of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) currently in force between the Government of Morocco (GOM) and the USG are a "high priority" for his ministry. Although [...] | 2008-09-02 15:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PREL KJUS KCRM MO |
08RABAT83 | MOROCCO: UPSET ABOUT GAZA BLOCKADE BUT SUPPORTIVE [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/Sec-level DG Azeroual, responsible for Arab Affairs, told us that Morocco would work behind the scenes at the Arab League Ministerial for a moderate statement, and would succeed. He underscored, however, that the cut-off of essential supplies to Gaza was unacceptable and a [...] | 2008-01-28 10:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM LE IS SY MO |
08RABAT830 | MOROCCO OFFERS MIXED SUPPORT FOR UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-05 15:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN MO |
08RABAT832 | MOROCCO FURIOUS WITH UN ON VAN WALSUM REMOVAL, [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Ministry Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita told PolCouns September 4 the GOM was deeply unhappy with the UN and its "bad faith" in ending the UNSYG Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum's mandate, and had conveyed this in a letter to the SYG. Bourita felt the [...] | 2008-09-05 16:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PBTS UNSC AG WI MO |
08RABAT833 | MOROCCAN MFA ON THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In preparation for the Arab League Ministerial, MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual told us that the League had no mechanism to block attendance by Mauritanian junta representatives. He maintained that democracy continued to function there and that [...] | 2008-09-05 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PBTS PINS PARM AL AG SY MR MO |
08RABAT845 | MOROCCO WILL STAND WITH THE ARAB LEAGUE AND OIG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA MO |
08RABAT846 | MOROCCO UNDECIDED ON RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-09 16:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO |
08RABAT85 | MOROCCO INVITES OBSERVERS TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR [...] (U) Summary and Action Request: The Moroccan MFA has agreed to invite observers to the Global Initiative for Combating Nuclear Terrorism Conference (reftel) and has begun to send out invitations. Embassy recommends Department to encourage info addressees from invitee countries to follow-up, [...] | 2008-01-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC PARMS PREL AU MO |
08RABAT850 | LEGAL ADVISOR'S DISCUSSION WITH MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: Legal Advisor John Bellinger met with Moroccan intelligence chief Mohamed Yasinne Mansouri in Rabat on September 7 to discuss issues related to the repatriation of prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO). Bellinger praised Morocco's cooperation on GTMO repatriations. Man [...] | 2008-09-10 12:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PHUM PHSA PREL PTER MO |
08RABAT852 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF SECRETARY [...] Summary: Moroccan press coverage of Secretary Rice's September 6-7 visit to Morocco was principally factual and positive, focused on statements she made that the press described as supportive of the Moroccan perspective on Western Sahara negotiations. The Moroccan press also highlighted her [...] | 2008-09-10 15:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO |
08RABAT853 | MOROCCAN ECONOMY HOLDING UP WELL TO CREDIT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent data from the Ministry of Finance, Bank Al-Maghrib, and High Planning Commission highlight the Moroccan economy's resilience in the face of the international credit crisis and the surge in international commodity prices. The country is on track to meet its growth and def [...] | 2008-09-11 14:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR MO |
08RABAT878 | FASSI FIHRI CONVOKES PERM 5 PLUS SPAIN TO COMPLAIN [...] (C) On September 16, Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri convoked the Permanent 5 Ambassadors and Charges, plus the Spanish Ambassador, to bemoan the way in which Peter Van Walsum, the UNSYG's former Personal Envoy for the Western Sahara, was treated by the UN and to press for MINURSO [...] | 2008-09-16 17:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN AG WI MO |
08RABAT879 | MAURITANIAN ENVOY EXPLAINS COUP TO GOM [...] (C) During a long September 16 briefing on Western Sahara (septel),Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri told the Perm 5 Ambassadors and Charges, as well as the Spanish Ambassador, that King Mohammed VI and he had met new Mauritanian Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou in C [...] | 2008-09-16 18:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM MR MO |
08RABAT887 | MOROCCO'S NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION STARTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's long-promised Central Commission to Combat Corruption is finally starting to take shape following King Mohammed VI's August 21st appointment of local Transparency International co-founder Abdesselam Aboudrar to head the entity. Aboudrar told us in a September 10 meeting [...] | 2008-09-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KCOR MO |
08RABAT89 | MEPI UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights MEPI programs and initiatives in Morocco from October 1-December 30. During the quarter, two representatives from MEPI's Washington offices visited Morocco. Highlights from existing programs include activities by the Advancing Learning and Employability for a B [...] | 2008-01-28 18:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO |
08RABAT893 | CASABLANCA EXCHANGE MIRRORS INTERNATIONAL TRENDS, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Casablanca Stock Exchange mirrored international market developments this week, giving up what remained of the gains it had registered earlier in the year on Monday and Tuesday, before stabilizing and rebounding on Thurday and Friday. As elsewhere, market concerns initially [...] | 2008-09-19 16:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON MO |
08RABAT897 | MOROCCO PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 18:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM UNGA MO |
08RABAT907 | MOROCCO UNDECIDED ON IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE [...] (C) Poloff attempted to persuade Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane to support Afghanistan as the candidate of choice to fill the vacancy in the IAEA Board of Governors. Farhane stated that Morocco has not yet taken an official position o [...] | 2008-09-22 17:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | IAEA PARM MNUC MO |
08RABAT915 | MOROCCO AND WESTERN SAHARA INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS [...] Poloff delivered copies of the 2008 International Religious Freedom Reports (IRFRs) for Morocco and the Western Sahara to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane with other copies to convey to Moroccan Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs Ahm [...] | 2008-09-24 17:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO MO |
08RABAT918 | USG CONCERNS ABOUT UNSC MEETING PASSED TO GOM [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 16:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL IS UNSC MO |
08RABAT925 | MOROCCO SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] Poloff discussed the U.S. UNGA First Committee resolution on compliance with nonproliferation, arms limitations and disarmament agreements with MFA Head of UN Division Azzedine Farhane on September 26. Farhane said that Morocco will certainly support the resolution. 2. When asked if Morocc [...] | 2008-09-26 18:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM CDG PREL UNGA MO |
08RABAT926 | MOROCCO LIKELY TO ATTEND GI EXERCISE PLANNING [...] Poloff delivered reftel message to MFA Head of UN Division Azzedine Farhane on September 26. Farhane said that Morocco will likely participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group second meeting in Washington, D.C. on November 13-14. He will forward the [...] | 2008-09-26 18:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MO |
08RABAT937 | LOW TURNOUT AND VOTE BUYING MARS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: A recent Moroccan special election to fill eight parliamentary seats was marred by low voter turnout and accusations of vote buying. Voter participation in the election, which took place in four Atlantic coast cities, was 27%. Increasing public distrust of the efficacy of poli [...] | 2008-09-30 12:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL MO |
08RABAT940 | MOROCCO: MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES ALGERIA, SAHARA [...] (S) Summary: During an unexpectedly wide-ranging pre-UNGA discussion, MFA International Security Chief Karim Halim (strictly protect) complained about "bumps" in the normally good security cooperation between Morocco and Algeria. Halim griped that the current level of USG military assistance [...] | 2008-09-30 17:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PBTS MARR NATO AG WI MO |
08RABAT942 | REQUEST FOR HELP ELIMINATING WATCH LIST HITS ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for International Security Karim Halim, our primary interlocutor on Pol-Mil and Counterterrorism issues, requested Embassy assistance August 29 in helping two Moroccan diplomats whose names are similar to those on USG terror watch lists when they apply for visas or [...] | 2008-10-03 07:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS PTER MO |
08RABAT956 | MOROCCO NOTES OFFICIAL STAND UP OF U.S. AFRICA [...] (SBU) On October 3, 2008, Deputy Polcouns informed Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Security Chief Karim Halim of the stand up of the U.S. Africa Command per reftel. Halim had no substantive comment but thanked D/Polcouns for the notification and said that he would forward [...] | 2008-10-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL MO |
08RABAT962 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Poloff discussed Serbia's resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Service of the Principle Bodies of the United Nations Redoune Houssaini on October 8. [...] | 2008-10-09 11:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNGA KV MO |
08RABAT983 | MOROCCO SEEKS TO BLOCK ALGERIAN-PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley, along with all other North and South American Ambassadors, was convoked by the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the Government of Morocco's (GOM) objection to the latest Algerian-proposed UN resolution on Western Sahara. The MFA urged the [...] | 2008-10-14 08:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PHUM WI AG UN MO |
08RABAT985 | REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN [...] (S) PolOff discussed reftel points with MFA Chief of International Security Karim Halim on October 14. Halim had questions related to the terms of the transfer and said that such a decision had to be made in coordination with the Moroccan military. Halim stated that Morocco does not have a [...] | 2008-10-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR YE EG MO |
08RABAT993 | MISSION MOROCCO MOBILIZED FOR RAMADAN OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: American and locally employed staff from all sections of Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Morocco mobilized to make the Mission,s Iftars (Ramadan dinners) and extensive outreach programming during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan a success. The Embassy and Consulate General [...] | 2008-10-15 18:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KISL KIRF KPAO OIIP PGOV PREL SCUL MO |
08RIYADH1150 | SAUDI POLICY ON PREVENTING FOREIGN FIGHTERS FROM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The SAG has long been active in stemming the flow of Saudis attempting to enter Iraq as foreign fighters, and has been highly cooperative in broadly addressing this issue with the USG. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) The SAG shares the overall USG policy objective of establishing a s [...] | 2008-07-26 14:39:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET//NOFORN | AG EG IZ JO LY MCAP MO MOPS PGOV PINR PREL |
08ROME1067 | ITALY SUPPORTS FIFTH ROUND OF WESTERN SAHARA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-20 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI IT |
08SANJOSE684 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR A FIFTH ROUND OF [...] (C) On August 19, we delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Cordero at the MFA's Department of Disarmament, Terrorism and Organized Crime, who is following Western Sahara developments. Cordero said that if one party did not accept the envoy, then he (Walsum) could not be an effective mediator. Th [...] | 2008-08-21 19:25:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI CS |
08STATE105349 | REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Abu Dhabi, Amman, Ankara, Cairo, Kuwait, Manama, Rabat, Riyadh, and Tunis. Please see paragraph 2. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (U) Department requests that Posts engage appropriate host country officials at the earliest possible opport [...] | 2008-10-02 14:39:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | BA EG JO KU MAS MO PARM PREL SA TS TU |
08STATE11021 | TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 4 UNSC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Action Request. USUN is instructed to draw from the talking points in paragraph two below and to introduce the draft press statement in paragraph three below during the February 4 UNSC consultations on the Western Sahara. USUN should seek to keep the UNSC consultations and UNSC press st [...] | 2008-02-04 13:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PHUM AG MO WI XA XF XI |
08STATE110797 | UNGA RESOLUTION ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] USUN is instructed to continue to work with all interested parties to urge them to reach consensus on the Fourth Committee Western Sahara resolution. Mission should support any attempts to postpone voting on the resolution until consensus is reached. 2. If, despite all efforts to postpone [...] | 2008-10-17 01:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS UNGA WI MO AG |
08STATE117859 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 17:42:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PREL PGOV MO |
08STATE125123 | NEA A/S DAVID WELCH'S NOVEMBER 21 CONVERSATION [...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch welcomed Abdallah Baali as the new Algerian Ambassador November 21. He spoke candidly about the shortcomings of the bilateral relationship, and offered ways that Baali could improve it -- e.g. through increasing the number of Algerians students enrolled in the U.S. and [...] | 2008-11-25 22:04:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PBTS PGOV PREL AG IR IS IZ LE MO SY WI |
08STATE126489 | FINALIZING THE SEISMIC AGREEMENT [...] Department requests Embassy Rabat to urge the Moroccan government to sign the Seismic Agreement (reftel) no later than December 31, 2008. A later signature could result in delays that would jeopardize the project's timely completion. End summary. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department [...] | 2008-12-01 20:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO |
08STATE25858 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO CIO SPECIAL [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on March 13. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States greatly appreciates the diligent efforts of Ambassador Heikki Talvitie, the special envoy of the Chairman in Office, t [...] | 2008-03-12 16:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AM KDEM MO OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL |
08STATE33088 | DEMARCHE ON WESTERN SAHARA POLICY [...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is directed to deliver a demarche to the UN Secretariat and the French mission to the United Nations in accordance with the objectives in paragraphs 2 and 3. Embassy Paris should deliver a demarche to appropriate officials in accordance with objectives in [...] | 2008-03-31 21:08:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI FR PHUM PREF PBTS |
08STATE40163 | DEMARCHE: APPROACHING THE UAE ON CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Embassy is requested to meet with an appropriate MFA official to request that host government engage the UAE government to (1) stress the importance of civil society participation in G8-Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) events in 2008, (2) note the past practice of peer select [...] | 2008-04-16 21:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KMPI JO MO BA AE JA |
08STATE41408 | WESTERN SAHARA CONSULTATIONS, APRIL 21, 2008 [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to draw upon the following elements during Western Sahara consultations on April 21, 2008. Begin Elements. -We appreciate the Secretary General,s report, and welcome the Personal Envoy,s frank assessment of the situation in Western Sahara. W [...] | 2008-04-19 00:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS AG MO WI |
08STATE49237 | PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: OFFICIAL INVITATION FROM [...] Following the April 17 phone call from Acting U/S Rood to MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale to discuss Morocco's endorsement of the PSI Statement of Interdiction Principles, below is an official U.S. invitation to the events we are hosting in Washington on the fifth anniversary of the Preside [...] | 2008-05-08 20:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP MO |
08STATE50430 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a pre-license check on application 05-050096158 for the export of defense hardware and technical data to Morocco. Post is requ [...] | 2008-05-13 13:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC MO |
08STATE63960 | ACTION REQUEST:P5+1 REFRESHED PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION: In advance of Javier Solana,s planned June 14 trip to Iran to present the updated P5 1 incentives package, action posts should immediately brief senior host government officials drawing upon the talking points in paragr [...] | 2008-06-13 15:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR PREL UNSC KNNP PARM FR UK CH RS BA KU MO JO TS |
08STATE75769 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post's assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on application 050086962 for the export of C-130 spare parts to Morocco. Some items shipped from the U.S. [...] | 2008-07-15 15:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC MO |
08STATE88765 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: PRESSING FOR A FIFTH ROUND OF [...] (C) Department requests action addressees to demarche host government counterparts and their representatives in New York at an appropriate level to urge the UN to hold a fifth round of talks on Western Sahara this Fall and to allow Peter Van Walsum to lead these talks in his capacity as the We [...] | 2008-08-19 01:35:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI |
08STATE93970 | LIFELINES FOR IPCC WORKING GROUP ELECTION [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary. Missions should be prepared to assist the U.S. Delegation to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its efforts to secure a positive outcome to elections for working group co-chair positions at the IPCC Plenar [...] | 2008-09-02 23:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PREL UNEP WMO KGHG IR ML AR MA MO |
08TELAVIV2788 | MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO ARRANGE LIVNI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eynat Schlein-Michael, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Maghreb, Syria, and Lebanon Affairs met with Poloff on December 10. She confirmed recent Israeli press reports of a possible upcoming visit to Morocco by Foreign Minister Livni, but was pessimistic the [...] | 2008-12-12 14:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MO TS IS |
08TRIPOLI204 | ENGAGING THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 08:27:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PTER AG LY MO MR TS |
08TRIPOLI442 | MEETING OF AMU HEADS OF STATE - MINUS ONE - IN TRIPOLI; [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-09 16:34:00 | Embassy Tripoli | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LY EG SY MR MO TS AG |
08USUNNEWYORK101 | WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL DISAPPOINTED BY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-04 23:32:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
08USUNNEWYORK1177 | UNGA COMMEMORATES UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in New York on December 10. Despite some initial uncertainty about which states would be permitted to speak, the commemoration, which included two panel discussions and [...] | 2008-12-17 10:38:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AG MO IS NU UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK302 | UN WESTERN SAHARAH REPORT WILL INCLUDE ENVOY'S [...] (C) Summary: The UN has confirmed that the Secretary-General's upcoming report on the Western Sahara SIPDIS will include a realistic assessment of the state of play by Personal Envoy Peter Van Walsum, including his determination that neither a referendum with independence as an option nor [...] | 2008-04-04 20:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PBTS UNSC MO WI |
08USUNNEWYORK38 | MANHASSET III: ALGERIAN READOUT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 10 meeting, the Algerian delegation to Manhasset III told NEA/DAS Gordon Gray and NEA/I Chris Ross that the Moroccans had arrived with and had maintained a negative attitude, that positions of both sides had hardened and yet Personal Envoy van Walsum, asserting his au [...] | 2008-01-15 21:25:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI |
08USUNNEWYORK418 | KUDOS FOR SKILLFUL HANDLING OF THE UNSCR ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-12 16:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | MO PBTS WI AG UNSC |
08USUNNEWYORK558 | UN PLANS TO LET GO WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY VAN WALSUM [...] (C) UN DPA U/SYG Lynn Pascoe provided Amb Wolff June 24 with an update on the UN approach to the Western Sahara. Pascoe said he had collaborated with the SYG's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Peter Van Walsum, on a memo of options now before SYG Ban. Pascoe said the memo proposed three al [...] | 2008-06-24 21:28:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AG MO WS |
08USUNNEWYORK717 | UN OPPOSES RENEWAL OF VAN WALSUM CONTRACT [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff on August 7 met with Undersecretary for UN Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe to deliver points in ref A. He urged Pascoe to recommend extension of Peter Van Walsum's term as the SYG's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara or at a minimum to allow Van Walsum to remain in his post [...] | 2008-08-09 00:03:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS UNSC MO WI |
08USUNNEWYORK755 | DESPITE SOME SUPPORT, UNSC MEMBERS MOSTLY IN [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, France showed an enthusiastic commitment for the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum and a fifth round of negotiations--as did non-UNSC member Spain, which proactively told Poloff of Spain's support. Most UNSC memb [...] | 2008-08-21 00:26:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL UNSC WI MO |
08USUNNEWYORK780 | MOROCCAN PERM REP EMPHASIZES WESTERN SAHARA RED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moroccan Permanent Representative Ambassador Mostafa Sahel met with Poloff on August 26 to discuss regional issues and the future of negotiations on Western Sahara. Sahel emphasized Rabat's persistence in trying to broaden diplomatic and economic ties with Algiers, which according [...] | 2008-08-28 01:12:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PREL UNSC WI MO |
08USUNNEWYORK882 | UN GENERAL DEBATE: INDIA, GERMANY, ITALY AND [...] SUMMARY: Speakers at the UN General Debate the afternoon of September 26 continued discussion of the energy, food, and financial crises; climate change; and UN reform. India focused on nuclear issues, support for Afghanistan, and its intent to resolve issues with Pakistan. Germany and Italy [...] | 2008-09-30 16:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AORC UNGA BP MT IN HR TV MO BB |
09ALGIERS1041 | POLISARIO AMBASSADOR SAYS RECENT MOROCCAN RHETORIC [...] (C) Polisario Front "Ambassador" in Algiers on November 17 portrayed the Moroccan government's tougher position on Western Sahara and its mistreatment of Sahrawi rights activists as a provocation designed to undermine UN Special Envoy Christopher Ross' efforts to restart talks, and he stated [...] | 2009-11-22 17:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS1063 | POLISARIO ASKS U.S. TO RESPOND TO MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Poloff travelled on November 21 to Tindouf, Algeria, to meet with senior Polisario Front leaders to discuss the future of UN-led mediation efforts on the Western Sahara conflict and to observe the conditions of life in the Sahrawi refugee camps. Polisario officials reitera [...] | 2009-12-01 08:36:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS1082 | NGOS IN TINDOUF ON HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: DCM on November 21 met with several UN officials working with the Sahrawi refugees near Tindouf, Algeria, to discuss the status of assistance and development programs. The groups included the UN peacekeeping force MINURSO, the World Food Program, and the UN High Commission for [...] | 2009-12-07 12:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS1117 | POLISARIO RESTRICTS ACTIVITIES SEEN TO THREATEN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts with UNHCR and American NGOs working in the Polisario camps near Tindouf say that individual Sahrawis have been involved in smuggling activities, but the Polisario "government" severely punishes anyone caught trafficking persons or weapons that could aid terrorist [...] | 2009-12-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS381 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO, WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to the peace process (reftel),Foreign Minister Medelci raised cooperation on Guantanamo detainees, negotiations on Western Sahara and the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir during his April 7 meeting with the Ambassador at MFA. Medelci said Algeria woul [...] | 2009-04-18 11:47:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PHUM ICC SU MO AG |
09ALGIERS421 | WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA POSITIVE BUT GUARDED [...] (C) MFA Director-General for African Affairs Lounes Magramane told the Ambassador on April 25 that Algeria had a very favorable opinion of new UN Special Envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, and that it found the report of his initial impressions "balanced." However, Magramane also poi [...] | 2009-04-27 17:47:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN MO AG |
09ALGIERS442 | WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA OPTIMISTIC, POLISARIO DOUR [...] (C) In response to ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Lounes Magramane told the DCM on May 3 that Algeria's response to the MINURSO rollover resolution had been "measured and positive" and that Algeria supported Ambassador Christopher Ross. The Algerian government issued a stateme [...] | 2009-05-04 16:13:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN MO AG |
09ALGIERS642 | WESTERN SAHARA: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS ROSS THAT ALGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSYG Personal Envoy Christopher Ross met with President Bouteflika on June 24 to discuss participation in "informal" talks between Morocco and the Polisario regarding the Western Sahara. After his meetings with Bouteflika in Algiers and later with Polisario leaders in Tindouf, R [...] | 2009-06-30 07:01:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN MO AG |
09ALGIERS729 | ALGERIANS AND POLISARIO READY FOR VIENNA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Algerians and Polisario are both ready for the informal talks on Western Sahara August 9 in Vienna. In separate meetings August 3, representatives of both the GOA and the Polisario told us they respect the effort of UNSYG Special Envoy Ross and find that his no-agenda approac [...] | 2009-08-04 19:16:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | PREL PGOV PBTS PREF KPKO AG MO MR |
09ALGIERS768 | ALGERIA'S VIEW OF VIENNA TALKS ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Algerian Minstate for Africa and the Maghreb Abdelkader Messahel, Algeria's representative at the Vienna informal talks on the Western Sahara, told us August 14 that the talks were generally civil and constructive, and that the parties to the dispute agreed to further meetings i [...] | 2009-08-23 10:56:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS AG MO UN |
09ALGIERS781 | POLISARIO VIEWS VIENNA AS POSITIVE STEP, BUT NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polisario "Ambassador" Brahim Ghali praised the positive atmosphere of the Vienna talks and reiterated the Polisario's commitment to continue its cooperation with UNSYG Special Envoy Christopher Ross. Although the talks were a good opportunity for direct dialogue between the part [...] | 2009-08-27 17:50:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN |
09AMMAN758 | FTA Joint Forum on Environmental Cooperation Results in [...] Summary: On March 3, the U.S. and Jordan held the third Joint Forum on Environmental Cooperation under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA). U.S. and Jordanian representatives highlighted examples of the two countries' continuous cooperation and commitment to strengthen Jordan's environ [...] | 2009-03-25 07:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV ECON MU BA MO JO |
09BANGUI17 | CAR EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP AND SEA IN MINURCAT [...] (U) UN efforts regarding sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) in MINURCAT in the Central African Republic (CAR) have been limited but effective. MINURCAT currently operates with only several staff persons in an office in Bangui. It has worked to prevent and respo [...] | 2009-01-30 19:49:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CT KPKO LE MO PREL SU WI UN |
09BARCELONA154 | MUSLIM PARLIAMENTARIAN DISCUSSES ISLAM IN SPAIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Spain's first Muslim Parliamentarian discussed with POLOFF Muslim relations in Spain and stressed the importance of grassroots activism to integrate Muslims into Spanish society. Noting the vast increase of Muslim immigrants into Spain in recent years, Mohammed Chaib cautio [...] | 2009-11-06 14:19:00 | Consulate Barcelona | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG SOCI SP MO |
09BEIRUT116 | LEBANON: RESPONSE REGARDING UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Post found no public or media reports about TIP or SEA involving UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) personnel in Lebanon. Similarly, UNIFIL officials told us that there were no cases or reports of TIP or SEA involving UNIFIL personnel in 2008. UNIFIL staff officers continue to receive [...] | 2009-01-28 13:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CT KPKO MO PREL SU WI UN PGOV LE |
09BRUSSELS846 | BELGIAN MUSLIMS REACT TO POTUS SPEECH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 12:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM SCUL KISL KWMN MO TU BE |
09BRUSSELS853 | BELGIAN MUSLIMS REACT TO POTUS SPEECH [...] (U) This cable is a correction for deleted BRUSSELS 846. Population figures for Muslims in para 2 have been revised upwards. 2. (SBU) Summary: At a June 10 luncheon for Muslim community leaders, activists, and academics, Charge elicited the reaction to President Obama's June 4 speech. Bel [...] | 2009-06-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM SCUL KISL KWMN MO TU BE |
09BUCHAREST244 | ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA: FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu convoked NATO and EU Ambassadors on April 9 to request more robust public expressions of support for Romania in the wake of the expulsion of the Romanian Ambassador and Press Attache from Moldova. The intent of Diaconescu's appeal was not to [...] | 2009-04-10 13:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MO RO |
09CARACAS67 | MOROCCO CLOSING EMBASSY DUE TO CHAVEZ'S POLISARIO [...] (SBU) Summary. Morocco announced its plans to close its Caracas embassy and relocate to the Dominican Republic via a terse January 15 press release carried widely in the Venezuelan media. The Moroccans cited Venezuela's "growing hostility" to Moroccan territorial integrity and recent measure [...] | 2009-01-16 21:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE MO |
09CASABLANCA10 | MOROCCO, INDIA, PHOSPHATES AND BEYOND [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco exports about 50 percent of its production of phosphoric acid to India, a dual-use item used extensively to produce fertilizer for the country's agricultural sector and a potential source for uranium. The value of Morocco's exports to India totaled USD 1.4 billion in the [...] | 2009-01-14 15:03:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | AG AMCHAMS ECON EIND ETRD MNUC MO PGOV PREL |
09CASABLANCA108 | MOROCCO'S CUMBERSOME INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rising inward investment trend in the last three years, discussions with government and diplomatic interlocutors, civic society, and more than 20 U.S. businesses operating in Morocco reveal that the country's bureaucratic red tape, compounded with shortcomings in the [...] | 2009-06-03 13:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA109 | MOROCCO'S CUMBERSOME INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rising inward investment trend in the last three years, discussions with government and diplomatic interlocutors, civic society, and more than 20 U.S. businesses operating in Morocco reveal that the country's bureaucratic red tape, compounded with shortcomings in the [...] | 2009-06-03 13:45:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA11 | MOROCCO - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 13:17:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA112 | VISAS VIPER FOR MAY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met June 8, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee would like to submit the following names o [...] | 2009-06-08 17:15:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA113 | MOROCCO - 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim by United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Morocco (GOM). a. Claimant A b. 2009 2. (SBU) Claimant A is a U.S. based, private real estate investment firm and is one of the largest American investo [...] | 2009-06-10 09:15:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN KIDE PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA114 | MOROCCAN LABOR ELECTIONS: ANYONE BUT THE UNIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent national elections held to determine union representation in the private sector resulted in a strong majority for non-union affiliated representatives and revealed a strong lack of confidence in Morocco's largest trade unions. Labor elections, which are held only once eve [...] | 2009-06-11 16:32:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA116 | NIP AND TUCK IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Lured by the country's geographic and linguistic proximity, Europeans are slowly taking notice of Morocco's low-cost, high-quality cosmetic and dental care. Treatment in Morocco can cost about 25 to 45 percent less than the same procedures in Europe. Several cosmetic and denta [...] | 2009-06-19 15:48:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA12 | 2008 MOROCCO UPDATE OF THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] Summary: This message provides requested updates for the Department of Labor's annual report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Morocco's commitment to combat and eliminate them. It updates information provided by Post in 2007 and years prior, concerning Morocco's child labor laws and regu [...] | 2009-01-21 17:18:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO |
09CASABLANCA131 | VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 6, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, ACG/CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee discussed the arrest of five members of a [...] | 2009-07-08 09:41:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA132 | PIRACY STILL THRIVING IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent visit by Econoff and Poloff to Morocco's largest informal market revealed that despite a strong legislative framework for combating counterfeit and pirated products, enforcement remains weak. According to Morocco's Commercial and Industry Property Office, only 19 intel [...] | 2009-07-08 14:28:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA14 | MOROCCO'S TEXTILE SECTOR IS IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: With the economies of Morocco's principal textile trading partners - France, Spain, and the United Kingdom - slowing, the Moroccan Association of Textile and Industries (AMITH) has sounded the alarm about prospects for the sector, which typically constitutes a third of Moroccan [...] | 2009-01-30 16:03:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMCHAMS EAID ECON EFIN ETRD MO |
09CASABLANCA140 | VISAS VIPER FOR JUNE 2009 REPORTING PERIOD (UPDATE) [...] As reported previously (Casablanca 0131),members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met July 6, 2000 and discussed the arrest of members of the terrorist cell Salafiya Jihadia. 2. Legatt office provided the following submissions. All are Moro [...] | 2009-07-15 15:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA141 | THE CASABLANCA EXCEPTION [...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding the widely reported Palace machinations, the final composition of the City Council in Morocco's largest city Casablanca consists of a broad political alliance between the Palace-favored Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM)and the Islamist-oriented Party of Jus [...] | 2009-07-20 14:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MO PGOV PHUM PINS |
09CASABLANCA144 | DEAR MOROCCAN EXPATRIATES, PLEASE SEND MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic contraction is having a direct effect on Morocco's economy through falling remittances. Based on discussions with government interlocutors and the banking community, the outlook for inflows of expatriate funds into Morocco is increasingly somber. Morocco's e [...] | 2009-07-23 13:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA159 | VISAS VIPER FOR JULY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met August 3, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM/PD, CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, RAO, POL, ECON, and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee had nothing to report for Jul [...] | 2009-08-07 09:24:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA163 | BEYOND THE VEIL - WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: By codifying women's rights to equal participation in politics, society, and the economy, as well as recognizing their right to education, King Mohammed VI has positively altered the business climate for women in Morocco. According to the Moroccan Association of Women Entreprene [...] | 2009-08-12 17:03:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV KWMN MO |
09CASABLANCA165 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARSHALL [...] 1. (SBU) Summary: Representative Mashall, Consulate Casablanca warmly welcomes you nd your delegation to Morocco. Politically and eonomically, Morocco is a country "on the move," eeply engaged in reform and development, albeit nevenly. Morocco has averaged over 5 percent anual growth in r [...] | 2009-08-14 16:58:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MO |
09CASABLANCA166 | ELIMINATING SLUMS THAT BREED EXTREMISM IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of Morocco's efforts to manage the socio-economic conditions that indirectly contribute to the growth of extremism, close to 40 percent of the country's 70 urban slums have been eradicated over the past several years and its inhabitants re-housed in new government-subsid [...] | 2009-08-17 14:22:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL KISL MO |
09CASABLANCA168 | PALACE PREVENTS ISLAMIST PARTY FROM TAKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 12:31:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PHUM |
09CASABLANCA169 | Abortion and Family Planning in [...] SUMMARY: Despite significant advances to women's legal rights by the passage in 2003 of a new family code (Reftel),pregnant unmarried women in Morocco still face intense social alienation and economic hardships. Contraception is widely available and heavily subsidized by the government of M [...] | 2009-08-19 15:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA175 | THIS RAMADAN, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Conversations with Morocco's business community and civil society reveal that this year's global economic crisis and the country's rising food prices are having a sobering effect on celebrating the holiest month of the Islamic year, Ramadan. Governmental efforts to manage the im [...] | 2009-09-02 16:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV SOCI MO |
09CASABLANCA177 | VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 8, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Acting DCM/PD with ACG/CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, ECON and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee does not have anything to report at [...] | 2009-09-08 16:05:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA181 | AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN MOROCCO: ON THE EDGE OF [...] (SBU) Every year thousands of sub-Saharan migrants enter eastern Morocco from Algeria intent on making the final push to Spain. While some are successful, many more end up languishing in the transit towns or settling into longer term residence in Morocco. Poloff visited the camps of clandest [...] | 2009-09-15 17:17:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER PINR MO AG |
09CASABLANCA182 | AFRICAN MIGRANTS IN MOROCCO: ON THE EDGE OF [...] (SBU) Every year thousands of sub-Saharan migrants enter eastern Morocco from Algeria intent on making the final push to Spain. While some are successful, many more end up languishing in the transit towns or settling into longer term residence in Morocco. Poloff visited the camps of clandest [...] | 2009-09-15 18:51:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER PINR MO AG |
09CASABLANCA185 | BANKING ON MOROCCO'S RURAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Official statistics do not accurately reflect the participation of rural women in Morocco's agricultural sector. As a result, women's contributions to the economy remain underreported and under-appreciated. According to the Moroccan Association for the Development of Rural Wom [...] | 2009-09-18 16:19:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV KWMN MO |
09CASABLANCA188 | SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-25 11:46:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA189 | MOROCCO CRACKS DOWN ON ISLAMIST DISSIDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the first half of September Moroccan security forces launched a campaign of arrests across the country against the banned Islamist group Al-Adl wal-Ihsan (AWI). The raids forcibly broke up AWI meetings at private residences in three cities and resulted in brief detentions [...] | 2009-09-26 13:55:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | MO PGOV PHUM |
09CASABLANCA19 | VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS, and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for [...] | 2009-02-05 14:22:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA192 | CHINA, MOROCCO, AND THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: With a controlling stake in some of Africa's largest banks and solid 2010 earning projections, China is increasingly turning to Morocco's largest banks - Attijariwafa and Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur (BMCE) - for its banking needs in Francophone Africa. To secure its [...] | 2009-10-06 16:45:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV CH MO |
09CASABLANCA193 | VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PD and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee discussed the September arrest of 24 [...] | 2009-10-08 12:05:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA194 | WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN MOROCCO: A MODEL FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last decade Morocco, under the leadership of King Mohammed VI, has implemented a wide variety of social and economic reforms with the aim of modernizing the country. One the areas where this has been the most apparent is in the advancement of women's rights. This prog [...] | 2009-10-14 09:18:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KWMN MO |
09CASABLANCA197 | VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD UPDATE [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, LEGATT, DHS, RAO, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PD and USAID in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee would like to submit the following na [...] | 2009-10-20 16:56:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA198 | THE KING, THE COURTS, AND THE RISE OF ARBITRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: With only 150 judges in the entire commercial judiciary and close to 100,000 pending cases, Morocco's slow and often inept judicial system has made international firms increasingly skittish about investments and business transactions. In his major annual youth day address in lat [...] | 2009-10-22 13:33:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA2 | VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2008 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 5, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with RAO, LEGATT, CONS, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, FCS, and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee approved the following cases submitted by [...] | 2009-01-05 16:51:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA200 | Disney World, Morocco, and Q-1 Visas [...] Summary: Overstays by Q-1 visa holders who serve as cultural representatives at Disney's EPCOT Center in Orlando, Florida have long been a concern. Post conducted a validation study of Q-1 recipients issued visas between September 2006 and June 2008. The results confirmed that the overwhelmin [...] | 2009-10-23 13:34:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS MO |
09CASABLANCA21 | MEETING WITH CASABLANCA POLICE PREFECT [...] (U) On February 5th, 2009 Consul General and RSO Casablanca met with Police Prefect Mustapha Mazouni at Casablanca's Prefecture to discuss the security situation in Casablanca. Prefect Mazouni, who requested the meeting, began by outlining his view of the current security climate in Casablan [...] | 2009-02-06 17:00:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAGR KIRF MO PGOV SNAR |
09CASABLANCA210 | MOROCCO, THE WORLD'S NEXT HOLLYWOOD? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Situated in central Morocco, the Souss-Massa-Draa region has become one of the world's most appealing film locations - and the backdrop for several major Hollywood films starring actors such as Angelina Jolie, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio. The Moroccan government has im [...] | 2009-11-19 09:12:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV SOCI KISL MO |
09CASABLANCA213 | WOMEN'S RIGHTS ADVANCING AS ISLAMIST APPEAL WANES [...] SUMMARY: On November 22, the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, Melanne Verveer, met with Morocco's most prominent women policy makers, civil activists, journalists, and CEOs in Casablanca. Some of the country's leading women were highly critical of the Islamist-oriented Party of [...] | 2009-11-30 09:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI MO |
09CASABLANCA216 | WESTERN SAHARA: CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN-administered Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) in Western Sahara have thus far fallen short in achieving their underlying political goal of pushing the parties to interact regularly and build a relationship for future negotiations. The CBMs, however, have provided a vit [...] | 2009-11-30 10:25:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV SMIG PREL PHUM MO AG |
09CASABLANCA217 | MOROCCAN JEWISH LEADER REPORTS ON LIVNI VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President of Morocco's Jewish Community characterized the recent visit of Tzipi Livni to Morocco as a "positive development" and claimed that given the right circumstances, Morocco is ready to take additional steps to publicly engage with Israel in support of the peace process [...] | 2009-11-30 18:14:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL MO IS |
09CASABLANCA224 | VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 7, 2009. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, USAID and PD in attendance. 2. There are no submissions for the November 2009 reporting period. [...] | 2009-12-08 09:19:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA225 | MOROCCAN FM CRITICIZED FOR HAIDAR CASE [...] (C) At a small December 7 dinner XXXXXXXXXXXXX spontaneously raised the case of Aminatou Haidar (reftels). He harshly criticized FM Fassi Fihri for not having provided King Mohammed VI with better counsel regarding the likely consequences and world reaction. "At a number of levels, our dec [...] | 2009-12-08 12:10:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL MO |
09CASABLANCA226 | PALACE COERCION PLAGUES MOROCCO'S REAL ESTATE SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a December 9 meeting, one of Morocco's leading business entrepreneurs XXXXXXXXXXXX, told EconOff that major institutions and processes of the Moroccan state are being used by the Palace to coerce and solicit bribes in the country's real estate sector. XXXXXXXXXXXX made clear t [...] | 2009-12-11 17:42:00 | Consulate Casablanca | SECRET | ECON EINV EFIN MO PGOV |
09CASABLANCA228 | EXPATRIATE CHRISTIANS EXPELLED FOR ALLEGED PROSELYTIZING [...] (C) Summary: On December 4 a group of Moroccan Christian converts and foreigners gathered in a home in the town of Saidia for a weekend of study and spiritual retreat. Moroccan police raided the house, confiscated personal items and religious material, and detained those present. The Morocc [...] | 2009-12-23 12:33:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF PGOV ASCH MO |
09CASABLANCA230 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES SOME OF MOROCCO'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In the lead up to the White House Entrepreneurial Summit, the Ambassador met with some of Morocco's leading business entrepreneurs, academics and investors in Casablanca on December 17. The group highlighted three major constraints to the growth of entrepreneurship in Morocc [...] | 2009-12-24 12:36:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EAID PREL ETRD PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA26 | MOROCCO-RUSSIA ECONOMIC RELATIONS: ENERGY, [...] (SBU) Morocco's economic relationship with Russia, initially concentrated almost exclusively in the energy sector, has widened dramatically in recent years. Bilateral trade is flourishing in the agriculture and phosphate sectors, joining longstanding Moroccan reliance on Russia for petroleum [...] | 2009-02-12 13:44:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | AG ECON EIND ETRD MO PGOV PREL RS |
09CASABLANCA27 | MOROCCO: 2009 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2008 to February 2009. ------------------------- OVERVIEW: Plus Ca Change... ------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Government of M [...] | 2009-02-13 14:57:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN MO |
09CASABLANCA34 | FES MAYOR BECOMES NEW TRADE UNION LEADER AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The General Union of Moroccan Workers (UGTM),one of Morocco,s largest trade unions, elected a new secretary general at its annual congress on January 29th. The leadership of the trade unions, much like the political parties with which they are affiliated, rarely changes and oft [...] | 2009-02-24 16:54:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA36 | MOROCCO,S MIDDLE CLASS PART I: A STATE OF MIND [...] (SBU) King Mohammed VI's August 2008 directive that all public policies should seek to develop Morocco's middle class has prompted a spirited debate and discussion on the makeup of that middle class in Morocco today. For now, there is no consensus on the definition, even within the government. [...] | 2009-03-03 09:47:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON MO PGOV PREL |
09CASABLANCA40 | VISAS VIPER FOR FEBRUARY 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met March 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, and ECON. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the month of February 2009. [...] | 2009-03-10 13:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA42 | PDAS KIRBY ADDRESSES FRUSTRATIONS OF MOROCCO'S BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan-American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco (AmCham) hosted a business lunch March 2 for PDAS Michael Kirby of the Bureau of Consular Affairs. The event was attended by 56 business men and women representing numerous industry sectors. AmCham Board Members, the Consul G [...] | 2009-03-12 13:01:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT ASEC EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV MO |
09CASABLANCA44 | POLITICAL DISILLUSIONMENT AMONG MOROCCAN YOUTH [...] (SBU)Summary: A series of conversations with university-educated middle class Moroccan youth revealed negative and/or apathetic opinions towards their country's politicians and the political system in general. They reported that politicians were corrupt, indifferent to the needs of the people [...] | 2009-03-18 09:46:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI MO |
09CASABLANCA47 | MOROCCO/IRAN: THE PHANTOM SHIA MENACE [...] (C) Summary: One of Morocco's top experts on Islam discounted the government of Morocco's (GOM) explanation that the Iranian Shia menace was a proximate cause of the breakdown in relations between the two countries. Whatever Iran's alleged proselytizing activities may have borne, the penetra [...] | 2009-03-23 19:46:00 | Consulate Casablanca | SECRET | PREL PGOV KISL KTER MO AG IR |
09CASABLANCA48 | MOROCCO'S MIDDLE CLASS PART II: THE STAGNATION OF [...] (SBU) While the bustling markets that line the streets of Casablanca might suggest that Morocco's middle class is thriving, many of our contacts note that growth within this segment of society has stagnated in part due to the rising cost of living and the country,s poor fiscal policies. Middle [...] | 2009-03-24 10:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON MO PGOV PREL |
09CASABLANCA63 | MOROCCO'S MIDDLE CLASS PART III: DISCONTENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Private and public sector efforts to strengthen Morocco's middle class have done little to quell the increasing discontent among the lower echelons of Morocco's middle class. Conversations with contacts in academia and civic society reveal that this segment of society is increa [...] | 2009-04-03 15:30:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KISL MO PGOV PREL |
09CASABLANCA66 | VISAS VIPER FOR MARCH 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met April 6, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, PD and FCS. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the month of March 2009. [...] | 2009-04-07 17:35:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA67 | MOROCCO's GRAPES OF WRATH [...] (SBU) Summary: The city of Meknes is the center of Morocco's budding wine business, employing 6,000 people and producing 70 percent of the country's wine. Paradoxically, until early 2009 the city was governed by the Islamist-oriented Party of Justice and Development (PJD). The story of Mekne [...] | 2009-04-10 16:16:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PGOV SOCI KISL MO |
09CASABLANCA74 | MOROCCO: TRANSPORTATION STRIKE BRINGS COUNTRY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco's labor unions brought much of commerce to a halt and caused widespread shortages of fuel and a substantial increase in food prices after a nine day strike in protest against the government of Morocco's (GOM) proposed reform to the traffic code. The strike which began o [...] | 2009-04-15 17:26:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ECON ETRD MO |
09CASABLANCA78 | WESTERN SAHARAN STUDENTS IN MOROCCO: BITING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 10:27:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MO |
09CASABLANCA79 | WESTERN SAHARAN STUDENTS IN MOROCCO: BITING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Students from the Western Sahara seeking higher education have no choice but to attend university far from home in Morocco. These students, the future leaders of the Saharan political society, cut their teeth on politics in the radicalized and at times violent world of universit [...] | 2009-04-23 10:27:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MO |
09CASABLANCA83 | MOROCCO'S NON-EMERGING ALTERNATIVE: ISLAMIC FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In late 2007, Morocco's central bank authorized Sharia-compliant products to be sold in the country's leading commercial banks. To date, the products have had limited success in penetrating the financial market due to two major constraints: the country's fiscal policy and a gove [...] | 2009-04-30 16:19:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN SOCI KISL MO |
09CASABLANCA85 | VISAS VIPER FOR APRIL 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met May 5, 2009. The meeting was chaired by Charge with A/DCM, CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON and PD in attendance. 2. The Visas Viper Committee did not have any submissions for the m [...] | 2009-05-05 11:26:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
09CASABLANCA90 | ISLAMISTS CALL FOR DIALOGUE WITH SALAFIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings the government of Morocco (GOM) detained and prosecuted thousands of suspected Islamic extremists. The creation of a concentrated Salafist population in the prisons has presented the GOM with new challenges including the b [...] | 2009-05-11 18:12:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS KISL PHUM MO |
09CASABLANCA93 | MOROCCO'S EL DORADO - FRANCOPHONE AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: To fuel its expansion in Francophone Africa, Morocco's largest companies - Attijariwafa Bank, Banque Morocaine du Commerce Exterieur (BMCE),and Maroc Telecom - are employing a calculated strategy, which entails buying controlling stakes in key sub-Saharan African firms, and pur [...] | 2009-05-14 17:33:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON EINV PGOV SOCI MO |
09CASABLANCA94 | A NEW START FOR THE CASABLANCA STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consul General in Casablanca met with the newly appointed U.S. trained managing director of the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE),Karim Hajii, on May 13th to discuss the loss of consumer confidence at CSE in the midst of widespread speculation of insider trading and mark [...] | 2009-05-15 14:49:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINT PGOV MO |
09DOHA159 | RECOMMENDATION FOR USG ENGAGEMENT WITH "SILATECH" [...] As reported reftel, Silatech is a year-old organization/initiative intended to "engage the private, public, and civil society sectors to promote large-scale job creation, entrepreneurship, and access to capital and markets." The initiative is the brainchild of the Amir's consort Shaykha Mozah [...] | 2009-03-04 05:17:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ECON ECIN EFIN QA BA MO TS YM SY |
09DOHA667 | 2010 FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: DEMOCRACY LEADER LOOKS [...] (SBU) Ambassador met on November 12 with Dr. Marzen Marzouk, Director of the Arab Democracy Foundation (ADF). The meeting was held at Marzouk's request. Also present in the meeting were ADF Deputy Director for Programs Wafa'a Omar and Poloff Caudill. The discussion covered a variety of topic [...] | 2009-11-16 10:23:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CA MO QA |
09HONGKONG1246 | CHINA GRANTS LAND LEASE FOR NEW UNIVERSITY OF [...] (U) Summary: The University of Macau (UM) is set to benefit from a unique arrangement that will allow it to build a new campus on nearby Hengqin Island. The Macau SAR government will have jurisdiction over the new campus, despite its location in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province. Macau Chief Execut [...] | 2009-07-08 09:18:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK |
09HONGKONG1362 | LABOR TENSIONS RISE IN MACAU OVER PROTECTION OF [...] (C) Summary: Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Macau President Steve Jacobs criticized recent labor-related actions by the government of Macau (GOM),local police and Macau's gaming union. He provided details about three separate incidents in June and July 2009 that he believes unfairly targeted his comp [...] | 2009-07-23 09:13:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK |
09HONGKONG1628 | LAS VEGAS SANDS MOVES TOWARD HONG KONG INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: Las Vegas Sands (LVS) announced on August 20 that it submitted an application to complete an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong. The move to sell a minority interest in its Macau-based operations came approximately one month after competitor Wynn Resorts made a similar an [...] | 2009-08-27 05:59:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK CH |
09HONGKONG1819 | MACAU GAMING REVENUES RISE SHARPLY AS LAS VEGAS [...] (C) Summary: Gaming revenues in Macau rose sharply in August, as the PRC reportedly loosened visa restrictions on Mainlanders wishing to visit the Special Administrative Region. Las Vegas Sands (LVS) has restarted its outreach efforts directed at senior PRC officials in Beijing, while its pri [...] | 2009-09-24 09:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL MO HK CH |
09HONGKONG350 | MACAU GAMING COMPANIES TRY TO COOPERATE, SET UP [...] (C) Summary: Prompted by Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho, all six of Macau's gaming concessionaires agreed on February 23 to establish an industry association. The group's first chairman will be local gaming billionaire Stanley Ho (no relation to CE Ho). The three U.S. gaming concession [...] | 2009-02-26 06:42:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD MO HK |
09HONGKONG937 | MGM'S "UNSUITABLE" JOINT VENTURE PARTNER IN MACAU [...] (U) Summary: The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has designated MGM Mirage's 50/50 joint venture partner in Macau, Pansy Ho, an "unsuitable" business partner for MGM. The DGE has recommended that MGM sever its business association with Pansy Ho, based on her substantial busines [...] | 2009-05-21 10:15:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV MO HK CH |
09MADRID364 | SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 3-5 GLOBAL INITIATIVE EVENT [...] (SBU) On April 3, Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s Directorate General for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, informed Post that the GOS will attend the June 16-17, 2009 seminar that Rabat will host in collaboration with the IAEA and in support of [...] | 2009-04-07 07:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA SP MO |
09MADRID366 | CORRECTED COPY: SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 3-5 GLOBAL [...] (SBU) On April 3, Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament in the MFA,s Directorate General for Strategic Affairs & Terrorism, informed Post that the GOS will attend the June 3-5, 2009 seminar that Rabat will host in collaboration with the IAEA and in support of t [...] | 2009-04-07 11:54:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA SP MO |
09MANAMA141 | BAHRAIN: KING ON REGIONAL SECURITY, IRAN, [...] (S) Summary: King Hamad encouraged the U.S. military to base P-3s in Bahrain, asked that GCC governments be kept in the loop on any U.S.-Iranian engagement, and commented on Morocco's dispute with Iran. He reiterated offers of help in Afghanistan and with anti-piracy efforts. End summary. [...] | 2009-03-10 10:07:00 | Embassy Manama | SECRET | PREL MARR AF AEC IR MO BA |
09MANILA1072 | Philippine Response to New Port States Agreement [...] EconOff delivered reftel points to Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs Director Maria Lourdes Salcedo on April 29. Salcedo was receptive to the U.S. position of forging a stand-alone agreement to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing, and sent an urgent fax to the Philippine [...] | 2009-05-19 06:26:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS SENV AORC ETRD FAO MO AG RP |
09MOSCOW2840 | INVITATION PASSED: PSI EXERCISE LEADING EDGE 2010 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO XD XF XG XI ZK ZR |
09NOUAKCHOTT257 | MAURITANIA'S NEIGHBORS -- ABDALLAHI LOSING MALIAN [...] (C) Summary: Charge did the rounds April 5 of neighboring country embassies to check on evolving views following the failed Qadhafi mediation. Morocco and Algeria remain fixed on two sides of the fence -- Morocco urging acceptance of the status quo based on stability concerns (and discounti [...] | 2009-04-08 16:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU AG ML MO SG MR |
09OUAGADOUGOU234 | RESPONSE TO INVITATION FOR CONVENTIONAL ARMS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-30 13:37:00 | Embassy Ouagadougou | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ETTC MO PARM PINR PREL PTER XI UV |
09PARIS1754 | SARKOZY'S AF ADVISOR FRUSTRATED BY GUINEA, [...] (C) Summary: During a December 22 meeting with Pol Minister Counselor, Deputy Diplomatic Counselor and Chief Africa Advisor to President Sarkozy, Andre Parant, was worried that Guinea junta leader Dadis Camara could return to Conakry very soon. Parant expressed frustration with "all the par [...] | 2009-12-24 12:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGREV ETRD PHUM PINR GV MA NG MO |
09PARIS392 | FRENCH WILL BRIEF AT RABAT SEMINAR ON CONVENTIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 11:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ETTC MO PARM PINR PREL PTER XI FR |
09RABAT1001 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 16:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO |
09RABAT1004 | MUSTAPHA RAMID: MOROCCO NEEDS REAL REFORM; U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 10 meeting with PolOff, leading Islamist politician Mustapha Ramid stressed that he is pro-monarchy, but openly and frankly criticized the Government; suggested that Morocco was moving in the wrong direction; and called for a devolution of the king's powers. Engagin [...] | 2009-12-24 09:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL IS MO |
09RABAT1005 | FORWARD THINKING TO NEGATE "DEFAMATION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Morocco's strategy for engaging the host government and civil society to cease supporting "defamation of religions" proposals at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and elsewhere focuses on two main strategic objectives: (1) urging the GOM to vote against such resolutio [...] | 2009-12-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KISL KDEM PREL PGOV OPDC MO |
09RABAT1009 | GUINEA UPDATE: DADIS CAMARA TO LEAVE MOROCCO? [...] (S) Summary: Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff and Director General of Multilateral Relations Nasser Bourita told the Charge on December 28 that the health of wounded Guinean junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has improved and that he has sought to leave Morocco. Bourit [...] | 2009-12-28 18:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PGOV PREL PINR GV MO |
09RABAT1013 | MOROCCO: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs Ahmed Toufiq on Dec. 8. In substantive and open talks, they discussed U.S.-Moroccan cooperation and the GOM's efforts to promote moderate Islam. Toufiq emphasized Morocco's role as a moderate force in the regi [...] | 2009-12-29 16:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PREL KISL KPAO MO |
09RABAT1018 | GUINEA LATEST: DADIS AND BEYOND? [...] (S/NF) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOffs on December 30 that despite Dadis Camara's apparent desire to depart Morocco (Ref A),he is in no condition to travel and will not be able to resume control of the country. Minister of National Defense Sekouba Konate and an assistant, Mr. Bah, along wi [...] | 2009-12-31 14:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PINS PGOV PREL PINR GV MO |
09RABAT103 | MEPI 1ST QUARTER UPDATE FOR MOROCCO [...] Summary: This cable highlights the MEPI programs and initiatives undertaken in Morocco from September 1 - December 31, 2008. During the quarter, MEPI's Tunis Regional Office Deputy Director Kirk Samson visited Morocco and post approved two new local grant proposals. Highlights from existing [...] | 2009-02-03 18:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV SCUL EFIN KMPI MO |
09RABAT105 | MOROCCANS SEE HOPE IN OBAMA AND HIS MIDEAST PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccans are broadly upbeat about the new administration. An MFA official said her government expected to engage closely with the administration, offering that Morocco could play a role in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Popular response to President Obama's inauguratio [...] | 2009-02-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO PINR MO |
09RABAT106 | MOROCCO REQUESTS JOINT COMMITTEE TO ADVANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an Action Request. Please see Paragraph 7. Government of Morocco (GOM) officials told EconOff and visiting ESTH Regional Hub Officer on January 26 that Morocco would like to create a Joint Committee of U.S. and Moroccan officials to determine priority areas for colla [...] | 2009-02-04 15:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL EINV MO |
09RABAT112 | MOROCCO READY FOR NEW ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PLAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's Department of the Environment favors renewing discussions under the 2006 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to create the next multi-year Environmental Plan of Action, and has also proposed exploring a separate bilateral Environmental Agreement, as envisioned under the FTA. Mo [...] | 2009-02-05 16:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV ETRD MO |
09RABAT113 | Islamic Communications Ministers discuss Gaza, image of [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO |
09RABAT114 | ISLAMIC COMMUNICATIONS MINISTERS DISCUSS GAZA, IMAGE OF ISLAM [...] (U) Summary: Communications Ministers from Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) member states met in Rabat on January 27-28 to address the image of Islam in the international media. A prepared statement from King Mohammed VI of Morocco opened the event, focusing on Gaza, encouraging conti [...] | 2009-02-06 15:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO |
09RABAT115 | MOROCCO TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel message inviting Morocco to participate in the April Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Workshop in Garmisch, Germany to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on February 3. Farhane confirmed on February 6 [...] | 2009-02-06 16:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO |
09RABAT118 | CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM THE [...] Summary and introduction: The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Director General, Dr. Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, has sent a letter of congratulations to President Obama. The January 23, 2009 letter praised President Obama's commitment to engage the Islamic [...] | 2009-02-06 16:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC SOCI KISL UNESCO OIC MO |
09RABAT119 | MOROCCO UNVEILS ANTI-CRISIS MEASURES BUT STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first meeting of his strategy committee on the international economic crisis, Minister of Finance Salaheddine Mezouar on February 4 unveiled the government's initial plans to mitigate its impact on Morocco's manufacturers. On the table are measures to aid enterprises in [...] | 2009-02-06 16:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR MO |
09RABAT123 | U.S. - NORTH AFRICA TARGETED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS [...] (U) Summary. As part of the USG's effort to promote bilateral cooperation on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions) designations, the U.S. Treasury Department co-hosted a North African workshop on Targeted Economic Sanctions in Rabat, Morocco on J [...] | 2009-02-09 12:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETTC PTER KTFN AG EG LY TS MO |
09RABAT124 | FLOODS RAVAGE MOROCCO'S NORTH, BUT AGRICULTURE [...] (U) Summary. Early and sustained rains have recharged reservoirs and raised hopes of good 2009 harvests. The rosy agricultural output projections are one of the few bright spots in Morocco's 2009 GDP growth outlook. The unusually high level of precipitation has caused flood damage in parts o [...] | 2009-02-09 14:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR SOCI MO |
09RABAT125 | MOROCCO AGAIN SEEKS TO TAKE BACK GITMO DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) Summary and Action Request: The President's order to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GITMO) has received significant and positive attention from both the Moroccan public and Government. Our chief MFA point of contact on the issue recently asked about the status of [...] | 2009-02-10 12:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PHUM ASEC KCRM MO |
09RABAT127 | MOROCCANS PREPARING FOR NNSA SEMINAR ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) Boujemaa Zenzouni, Chief of Cooperation of Morocco's Centre National de l'Energie, des Sciences et des Techniques Nucleaires (CNESTEN),confirmed to EconOff that CNESTEN is well advanced in its planning to co-host, with DOE/NNSA, the planned March 30- April 2 seminar on "Human Resources [...] | 2009-02-10 16:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA AORC MO |
09RABAT132 | TAOUNATE TOUGH ON CANNABIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following success in western Morocco, Morocco's anti-cannabis efforts now focus on Taounate, a province in the Rif mountains on the eastern side of the major growing areas. Provincial authorities are making strong efforts to educate local residents about the negative aspects [...] | 2009-02-10 17:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCOR KCRM SP MO |
09RABAT151 | MOROCCO'S SCHOOL FOR FUTURE GOVERNORS SEEKS U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: A military academy that is a combination of A-100, ROTC, and an MPA program, the newly revamped Institute for Territorial Administrators in Kenitra, trains the future cadre that will run Morocco's local governance system. The new curriculum aims to instill democratic values i [...] | 2009-02-18 08:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PHUM MASS KDEM KWMN MO |
09RABAT160 | MOROCCO AGREES TO HOST "GLOBAL INITIATIVE" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Morocco agrees to host a Global Initiative Conference in Rabat on June 3-5 on the topic, "preventing illicit trafficking in nuclear and radioactive materials." End Summary. 2. (SBU) Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azz [...] | 2009-02-23 10:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PINS PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MO |
09RABAT161 | ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] (SBU) The Mission has identified three key priorities for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) judicial sector and law enforcement support to Morocco: anti-corruption, counterterrorism (CT) and general technical support. These priorities reflect Government of Morocco (GOM) requ [...] | 2009-02-23 10:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SNAR ASEC PTER SOCI KJUS KCRM MO |
09RABAT165 | MOROCCO ASSISTS MAURITANIAN APPEAL FOR INCREASED [...] (S/NF) Summary: A senior Moroccan diplomat asked us to convey a message to the USG from the Mauritanian High Council of State (HCE or junta),requesting that the U.S. consider normalizing its relations with the HCE. In mid-Frebruary, the military government's Foreign Minister Ould Mohemedou [...] | 2009-02-24 17:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MO MR |
09RABAT170 | GAZA, GUANTANAMO, AND A LEFTIST THAW: MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) A leftist human rights activist broke a long-standing boycott to meet with us on February 17, after he was barred from entering Tunis for a human rights conference in late January. The fact of the meeting was a sign of a nascent but broad thaw beginning to take place due to the change [...] | 2009-02-25 18:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS MO |
09RABAT171 | "MANAGING GROWTH" OR "CONFRONTING CRISIS:" MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: Dueling events on February 24 highlighted contrasting views of how and when Morocco will be impacted by the international financial crisis. In Rabat, Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi presided over the signature of conventions that implement the government's USD 150 million in initi [...] | 2009-02-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD MO |
09RABAT172 | CHARGE'S CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER FASSI FIHRI: [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri (TFF) told Charge February 25 that he would go to the Sharm el Sheikh donor conference and looked forward to meeting the Secretary. He believed that Mauritania should be included in what he viewed as an Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) meeting there an [...] | 2009-02-26 17:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PBTS KPAL WI AG IR IS MO MR |
09RABAT175 | GOM RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON RELIABLE ACCESS TO [...] (SBU) EconOff conveyed reftel points on February 26 to Abdellaziz Hannaji, the IAEA Technical Liaison of the Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and the Environment (MEMEE). Hannaji appreciated hearing the USG perspective, but noted that MEMEE would provide its opinion on the feasibility of nucl [...] | 2009-02-27 15:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP IAEA MO |
09RABAT177 | GOM SUPPORTIVE OF USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN [...] (SBU) On February 27, PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Humanitarian and Social Affairs Director Abdelmounaim El Farouq (Note: The MFA's human rights point person. End Note.). 2. (C) El Farouq welcomed the Human Rights Council statement, adding that he had made just such a recommendat [...] | 2009-02-27 17:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IO MO |
09RABAT178 | MAURITANIAN POLITICIAN CALLS ON U.S. TO RESTORE [...] (C) Summary: On February 24, 2009, Mauritanian National Party for Development (PND) President and current opposition coalition leader Abdelkoudouss Abeidna, at his and Embassy Nouakchott,s request, called on Charge at the Embassy to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Mauritania. As lea [...] | 2009-02-27 17:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER ECON PGOV SNAR MO MR |
09RABAT179 | MOROCCO HAS CONFIDENCE IN NEW UN WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: The UN Secretary General,s Personal Envoy Christopher Ross appears to have had a positive visit to Morocco, February 17-21. At a roundtable hosted by Charge, Ross outlined a flexible approach, as reported by Algiers (Ref. A) that seeks to build confidence between Morocco and the Polisa [...] | 2009-02-27 18:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PBTS UNSC AG WI MO |
09RABAT181 | MOROCCAN KING PROTESTS ISRAELI EVICTIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: King Mohammed VI, as chair of the Jerusalem Committee of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),has written to President Obama and other leaders asking them to press Israel to halt plans to demolish 88 Arab homes and evict 1,500 Palestinians in the area near the Al [...] | 2009-03-03 13:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OPDC KISL KWBG KPAL IS MO |
09RABAT187 | IRAQI DEBT TOWARD MOROCCO NOT LARGE, BUT NOT EASY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco is likely to eventually forgive all or most of outstanding pre-Gulf War I Iraqi debt owed to the Government of Morocco (GOM). However, a smaller amount is still owed to private enterprises, and GOM officials warn that any attempt to settle the debt will elicit a flood of [...] | 2009-03-04 17:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV MO IZ |
09RABAT188 | EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Rabat proposes to host an Embassy Science Fellow (ESF) in 2009. Proposal follows Ref A template. End Summary. -- General Information: -- Topic: Evaluation of Morocco?s research and development institutions and structure. -- Relevant Institutions: The Embassy Science [...] | 2009-03-05 12:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL ECON AMGT APER MO |
09RABAT190 | A NEW APPROACH FOR MOROCCAN EXPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new national export strategy to be unveiled this month seeks to address a key gap in the recent improvement of the Moroccan economy - the continuing lack of competitiveness of Morocco,s export sector. Non-phosphate exports were essentially flat in 2008, and 2009 augurs worse. [...] | 2009-03-05 17:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EIND EINV MO |
09RABAT195 | MOROCCO'S TALLY OF COUNTRIES REJECTING/SUPPORTING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Morocco continues to work to persuade countries around the globe to de-recognize the Polisario Front's declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or at least freeze relations, beyond which they want countries to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Saha [...] | 2009-03-06 18:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV WI UNSC MO |
09RABAT196 | MOROCCO BREAKS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (U) Morocco announced it had broken diplomatic relations with Iran on March 6, 2009, in a communique from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The communique cited the ongoing diplomatic dispute over Iranian comments about the sovereignty of Bahrain, and noted that Iran had not replied to M [...] | 2009-03-06 21:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO |
09RABAT200 | MOROCCO: DETAILS OF MOROCCO'S DIPLOMATIC BREAK [...] (C) Summary: The senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official in charge of Middle East and Islamic affairs told us that Morocco broke relations with Iran due to Iran's negative reaction to GOM support for Bahrain's sovereignty, Shia proselytizing activities in Morocco and Iran, [...] | 2009-03-12 19:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO |
09RABAT201 | MOROCCO: 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT SPARKS [...] (SBU) The Moroccan and Western Sahara chapters of the 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices sparked high interest and comments ranging from favorable to deeply critical. The embassy rollout included multiple television and radio interviews by the Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and Embassy [...] | 2009-03-12 22:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO WI MO |
09RABAT204 | MOROCCO CHEMICAL SECURITY WORKSHOPS SET FOR APRIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 08:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM TBIO TPHY MO |
09RABAT205 | IRAN'S AMBASSADOR DEPARTS UNDER PRESSURE; EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG Azaroual confirmed to A/DCM March 13 that the Iranian ambassador had departed Rabat earlier in the week, and Iranian embassy staff are preparing for closure. Azaroual also confirmed that there were clear domestic political considerations involving legal Islamists, which a [...] | 2009-03-16 11:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO US |
09RABAT206 | MAURITANIA FORMALLY REQUESTS U.S. ENGAGEMENT VIA [...] (S/NF) Summary: Continuing the effort to communicate via alternative channels noted in reftel, a senior Moroccan diplomat conveyed the previously promised unsigned "non-paper," as a personal message from the Foreign Minister of the Mauritanian High Council of State (HCE or junta),urging the [...] | 2009-03-16 12:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MO AL MR |
09RABAT207 | UNOFFICIAL REQUEST FROM MAURITANIAN HCE FOR U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Foreign Minister of the Mauritanian High Council of State (HCE or junta),passed us indirectly a personal "non-paper," urging the USG to pursue "principled engagement" with the HCE. Continuing the effort to communicate via alternative channels noted in reftel, a senior M [...] | 2009-03-16 14:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MO AL MR |
09RABAT21 | MOROCCO: PROTESTS CONTINUE OVER GAZA [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of the massive demonstration against Israeli actions in Gaza that took place in Rabat on January 4th, estimated to have numbered between 50 and 100 thousand Moroccans, there have been sporadic but smaller demonstrations throughout the country over the last week. The [...] | 2009-01-09 18:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO |
09RABAT211 | MOROCCO CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) On March 16, A/Polcouns David O'Connor encouraged Morocco to attend the Global Initiative for Combating Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) workshop entitled "Current Progress in Detecting and Responding to the Illicit Transport and Trafficking of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials" (April 14-15, [...] | 2009-03-17 14:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC MO |
09RABAT212 | CHARGE AND MFA SECRETARY GENERAL DISCUSS FORUM FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Amrani told Charge March 17 that Morocco believes it is vital that the Secretary attend the Sixth Forum for the Future meeting this fall. The Government of Morocco (GOM) takes our concerns about a deteriorating human rights environm [...] | 2009-03-17 18:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PBTS KMPI AG IR WI MO US |
09RABAT214 | 2008 WESTERN SAHARA UPDATE OF THE WORST [...] This message provides requested updates for the Department of Labor's annual report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor in the Western Sahara. (Ref A) The sovereignty of the Western Sahara is disputed between the Government of Morocco and the Polisario, an Algerian-backed organization seeking [...] | 2009-03-18 09:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO |
09RABAT215 | MOROCCO OUTLINES GLOBAL INITIATIVE CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan MFA passed to Embassy Rabat a concept paper of its planned Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism conference in Rabat (June 3-5),which will focus on the topic of preventing illicit trafficking in nuclear/radioactive materials. The Moroccan MFA wants to know [...] | 2009-03-18 16:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC MO |
09RABAT221 | MIXED REVIEWS ON MOROCCO'S LEVEL OF RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: A range of government, religious, and education leaders told EmbOffs and visiting DRL/IRF officer that while tolerance is broadly observed in practice, some problem remain. Government forbearance for perhaps 150 foreign Christian missionaries was being stretched, they said, as p [...] | 2009-03-19 18:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO MO |
09RABAT223 | MOROCCO WILL PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff and Legatt met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Security and Disarmament Affairs Section Chief Bouchaib Eloumni on March 13 and encouraged Morocco to send up to six participants to the Regional Proliferation Security Initiative Counter-proliferation Workshop in Bu [...] | 2009-03-20 10:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP ZR MO |
09RABAT230 | MOROCCO: FIRST QUARTER 2009 HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The first quarter of 2009 has seen several incidents of concern in the Moroccan human rights arena. The most significant of these is a late March pressure campaign against Morocco's Shi,a minority, linked to the Government of Morocco's (GOM,s) angry severing of diplomatic relati [...] | 2009-03-24 17:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL IR MO |
09RABAT231 | MOROCCO SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Mr. Lemkin, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and it serves as a regional model for economic change and democratic reform. Our military and political cooperation is growing, and as a resul [...] | 2009-03-24 18:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV MARR MCAP PHUM PTER ECON MO |
09RABAT234 | THE OTHER MOROCCO PART 1, POLITICS: THE TRUST GAP [...] (C) Summary: During a winter visit to the Middle Atlas Mountains, PolOff encountered poverty, accusations of local governmental inefficiency, and anger over slow response to weather-related crises. Citizens have an ingrained and almost reflexive distrust of government and worry about endemic [...] | 2009-03-26 09:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM ECON MO |
09RABAT236 | AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVITALIZE THE U.S.-MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of young Moroccan experts told Charge and S/P staff member Behrman that the Obama Administration offers an opportunity to revitalize the U.S.-Moroccan partnership. Morocco is a strategic partner and its progress on human rights and democracy benefits U.S. interests. [...] | 2009-03-26 15:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM XF MO |
09RABAT237 | THE OTHER MOROCCO PART 2, ECONOMICS: MISERY IN THE [...] (C) In February, Berbers in the snow-bound region of the Middle Atlas Mountains felt disconnected from Morocco's broader economic boom. They expressed anger at the urban-centered influence networks that they said treated their villages and raw materials like chattel, preventing communities f [...] | 2009-03-26 15:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM ECON MO |
09RABAT246 | MOROCCO: ENHANCING WOMEN,S RIGHTS AND MOBILIZING [...] (C) Following up on the March 21 launch of the Middle East Partnership Initiative- (MEPI-) financed training for women candidates in the June municipal elections, Minister of Social Development, the Family and Solidarity Nouzha Skalli reminded Charge and PolOff that although 12 percent of seat [...] | 2009-03-27 17:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB EAID PGOV KWMN MO |
09RABAT247 | MOROCCAN KING LIKELY TO ATTEND DOHA CONFERENCE [...] (S) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Secretary General (number 2) Youssef Amrani told Charge March 27 that King Mohammed VI would probably travel to Doha for the Arab Summit, staying for the summit with the Latin Americans. The King has taken this decision for the sake of Arab solidarity de [...] | 2009-03-27 18:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL KPAL PHUM AL SU MO |
09RABAT249 | RECEIVING A MESSAGE FROM MOROCCO'S KING ON SAHARA [...] (C) We understand that Moroccan Ambassador Mekouar has passed a request in Washington for PM Abbas El Fassi immediately to see POTUS to deliver an urgent letter from King Mohammed VI, but that there are serious scheduling issues. MFA Secretary General (number 2) Youssef Amrani told Charge Mar [...] | 2009-03-27 19:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC WI SP UK FR MO |
09RABAT252 | SCENESETTER FOR DAS SPIRNAK'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: DAS Spirnak, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. The Kingdom is a country "on the move", in the throes, albeit unevenly, of change and reform as detailed in reftel. Morocco is one of our strongest allies in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) region [...] | 2009-03-30 15:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PHUM PGOV PREL KMPI KDEM WI MO |
09RABAT256 | AMU SLUGGISH, BUT STILL HAS A PULSE [...] (C) Summary: Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) Habib Ben Yahia told the Charge and Department representatives on March 18 that the North African countries continue to make modest advances in functional economic integration, but prospects for political rapprochement remain rem [...] | 2009-03-30 17:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PREL ETRD EINV PTER XI MO |
09RABAT265 | CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES EXPELLED FROM MOROCCO; [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan authorities expelled five expatriate female Christian missionaries from the country Sunday morning for proselytizing and their involvement leading a regular women's Bible study group in Casablanca, according to press and church sources. The Moroccan women in the study [...] | 2009-04-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO KIRF MO |
09RABAT267 | POLITICAL FOOTBALL OVER GAY RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Recent Moroccan responses to overt homosexuality illustrate the extent to which this issue has become a touchstone between conservative and Islamist factions and modernizers, including many supporters of the throne. A Moroccan gay rights organization based in Madrid has receive [...] | 2009-04-02 08:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KISL SCUL MO |
09RABAT271 | AUSTR WILSON SETS STAGE FOR FTA JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for the May 2009 Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) Assistant United States Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East Christopher Wilson met with Government of Morocco (GOM) officials and business representatives on March 19 and 20 to discuss outstanding is [...] | 2009-04-02 14:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECIN EAGR MO |
09RABAT276 | US-MOROCCO FTA STUDY REVEALS "TO WIN THE LOTTO, [...] (SBU) Summary: A study of Morocco,s Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) commissioned by private enterprise and released in late March, concluded that Moroccan firms are not seizing opportunities that exist in the U.S. market. The report formed the backdrop for Assistant United States Trade Representa [...] | 2009-04-03 10:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECIN EAGR MO |
09RABAT280 | MOROCCO WELCOMES CODEL LYNCH APRIL 10-11, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Morocco welcomes Codel Lynch's planned April 10-11 visit (Reftel). Administrative Point of Contact is IMO Sherril Pavin (Office: (011)212-537-66-8230, Home: (011)212-537-71-3005, Mobile: (011)212-661-09-5307, Fax: (011)212-537-76-5661, SBU email: PavinSL@state.gov). Visit Contro [...] | 2009-04-03 16:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MO |
09RABAT281 | MOROCCO'S ANTI-SHI'A CAMPAIGN: IRAQIS TARGETED, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's campaign against Moroccan Shi'a appears to have abated after delivering a strong message to Islamic activists. The campaign included confiscation of Shi'a books and interrogation of some Shi'a leaders. Civil society is beginning to publicly criticize [...] | 2009-04-03 19:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL SCUL KIRF KISL IR MO |
09RABAT282 | MOROCCO SAYS IT IS IN FINAL REVIEW OF SOFA AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior Moroccan government and military officials assured visiting Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs Bruce Lemkin and Charge that the Government of Morocco (GOM) was in the final stages of review for both the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and t [...] | 2009-04-06 07:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PINS MCAP MO |
09RABAT284 | WIDENING BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DEFICIT SPARKS CONCERN [...] (U) Summary: Last year's sudden swing into the red of Morocco's balance of payments has sparked increasing concern that the country's international position remains its key vulnerability in confronting the world economic downturn. After years of surplus and a narrow deficit (0.1 percent of GDP [...] | 2009-04-06 14:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN ECON MO |
09RABAT286 | PJD LEADERS DISCUSS ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the "moderate faction" of the Islamist-inspired Party of Justice and Development (PJD) have acknowledged the party has been under some pressure from authorities, but emphasized that they have not been intimidated into trimming their sails. They said the PJD decision [...] | 2009-04-06 16:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL MO |
09RABAT289 | CORRECTED COPY: XXXXXXXXXXXX LINKS MOROCCAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Morocco broke diplomatic relations with Iran and began a campaign against its domestic Shi'a minority at Saudi Arabian instigation, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX. According to XXXXXXXXXXXX, Tehran had been using Morocco and its Embassy in Rabat for activities in Mali and Senegal. Dome [...] | 2009-04-06 16:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR SA EG MO |
09RABAT290 | MOROCCO,S ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Senator Mitchell, we warmly welcome your proposed trip to Morocco. King Mohammed VI and his government are anxious to exchange ideas with you. Morocco can play an important, if secondary, role in the Middle East Peace Process. The Government of Morocco (GOM) is supportive of [...] | 2009-04-06 18:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL KPAL KWBG IS MO |
09RABAT291 | MEETING WITH MOROCCANS ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with Secretary Clinton on April 8, Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri will present a letter from King Mohammed VI requesting support for a resolution on the Western Sahara favorable to Morocco and rejecting a human rights monitoring role for MINURSO, the United [...] | 2009-04-06 19:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL WI AL MO |
09RABAT292 | CORRECTED COPY: MEETING WITH MOROCCANS ON WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with Secretary Clinton on April 8, Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri will present a letter from King Mohammed VI requesting support for a resolution on the Western Sahara favorable to Morocco and rejecting a human rights monitoring role for MINURSO, the [...] | 2009-04-07 11:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL WI AL MO |
09RABAT293 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On April 8, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri will present a letter from King Mohammed VI requesting support for a resolution on the Western Sahara favorable to Morocco and rejecting a human rights monitoring role for the United Nations peace [...] | 2009-04-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM KPAL AG WI MO |
09RABAT300 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LYNCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Lynch, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. The Kingdom of Morocco, one of our strongest allies in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA),is a country "on the move", in the throes, albeit unevenly, of change and reform. Morocco has [...] | 2009-04-07 19:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
09RABAT305 | EMBASSY CONTACTS PROSPER AT MOROCCAN MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: After more than one and a half years of waiting since current minister Fassi Fihri became Morocco,s chief diplomat, there have been major staff changes at the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA),reaching the highest levels of career diplomats. Close Embassy con [...] | 2009-04-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV MO |
09RABAT309 | BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR MOROCCO [...] (U) The central government of the Kingdom of Morocco is expected to receive U.S. foreign assistance funded by FY 2009 funds, including Foreign Military Financing, International Military Education Training, and technical assistance funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative and USAID. [...] | 2009-04-09 17:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID PREL MO |
09RABAT313 | MOROCCO: SHI'A THOUGHTS ON RECENT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the Iraqi Shi'a Muslim community met with PolOff to recount recent GOM activities targeting Shi,ites following last month's break in diplomatic relations between Morocco and Iran. While the situation is ameliorating, there remain unresolved issues such as th [...] | 2009-04-13 09:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL SCUL KIRF KISL IR MO |
09RABAT32 | MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) Stock Exchange Begins Year on Down Note: Morocco's benchmark Casablanca MASI index has started the year on a downbeat note, falling below 10,000 for the first time since January 2007. Despite a brief technical correction on Friday, January 8, the index, which lost 13 percent in 2008, re [...] | 2009-01-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN MO |
09RABAT320 | MONTREAL CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 12:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ICAO MO |
09RABAT325 | MOROCCO'S NEW ENERGY STRATEGY LEAVES A FEW HOLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's new energy strategy aims to avert an urgent electricity supply-demand imbalance, as well as lessen Morocco's dependence on energy imports and exposure to price swings, but geography and natural resources make the latter goal elusive. The Ministry of Energy's short term [...] | 2009-04-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EINV SENV MO |
09RABAT326 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Smith, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and it serves as a regional model for economic change and democratic reform. Our military and political cooperation is growing, [...] | 2009-04-14 17:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM MO |
09RABAT327 | CODEL LYNCH REVIEWS MOROCCO'S TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 10 meeting with the Ministry of Finance, CODEL Lynch encouraged Morocco's new Financial Intelligence Unit, launched on the morning of the CODEL's visit to Morocco, to closely coordinate with U.S. counterparts to ensure maximum integration with relevant financial au [...] | 2009-04-14 18:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PTER ETRD MO |
09RABAT329 | MOROCCO PLEDGES TO SUPPORT U.S. IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 18:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MO |
09RABAT333 | NEA DAS SPIRNAK VISIT ENCOURAGES MEPI AND PAS [...] (U) Summary: The Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) has been a high impact, flexible tool in promoting democracy and other USG goals in Morocco. Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary (A/DAS) for Near East Affairs (NEA) Madelyn Spirnak visited MEPI projects and implementers and participat [...] | 2009-04-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KPAO KPMI MO |
09RABAT334 | TOURISM MINISTER LEAVES "DOOR AJAR" ON COLONY [...] (U) This cable contains company proprietary information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Moroccan Minister of Tourism Mohammed Boussaid told Charge on April 17 that U.S. investor Colony Capital's "failure" to fulfill the terms of its amended convention to develop the Taghaz [...] | 2009-04-19 13:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN MO |
09RABAT336 | MOROCCO: INSIGHTS INTO RECENT MISSIONARY EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's expulsion of five Christian women last month accused of proselytizing has created a flurry of concern among the approximate 4,000 local Christians who meet regularly throughout Morocco. Three local Christian leaders from Casablanca (one of whom legally imports and sells [...] | 2009-04-20 14:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO KIRF SP MO |
09RABAT342 | MOROCCO COMMITS TO GICNT PLENARY MEETING AT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco plans to participate in the upcoming GICNT plenary session at The Hague June 16-17 and will give a presentation during the conference. Morocco seeks U.S. high level participation in the GICNT seminar it plans to host in Rabat June 3-5 and requests information on the ma [...] | 2009-04-21 19:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC KNNP RS NL MO |
09RABAT353 | RABAT SEES AMU MAINTAINING ITS COURSE ON [...] (C) Summary: The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) decision to send observers to Mauritania was confirmed by the recent ministerial in Tripoli, in which the junta's Foreign Minister had a full role, according to the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA) lead on the AMU. MFA AMU [...] | 2009-04-24 16:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM MR TS LY AG MO |
09RABAT355 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY FUNDING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Polcouns conveyed reftel USG views on supporting the Palestinian Authority (PA) on April 22, to Lahcen Saile of the Regional Arab Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said he would convey the points to Inspector General Azeroual, MFA Middle East head. Econoff also d [...] | 2009-04-27 13:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV KWBG MO IS |
09RABAT356 | GOM CONCERNED ABOUT PROPOSED CHANGE TO UNSC [...] (C) On April 28, MFA Chief of Staff and Director General for Multilateral Affairs Nasser Bourita raised with PolCouns GOM concerns about the evolving Western Sahara UNSC Resolution in New York. With only three non-permanent members not supporting basis draft circulated by the Friends, he saw [...] | 2009-04-28 12:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC WI MO |
09RABAT36 | MOROCCO: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A request for information on UN efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping mission personnel in the Western Sahara and Moroccan peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire. This message was cleared with CO [...] | 2009-01-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KPKO CG IV WI MO |
09RABAT363 | GOM REMARKS ABOUT LATEST UNSCR DRAFT [...] (C) MFA Chief of Staff and Director General for Multilateral Affairs Nasser Bourita convoked P5 plus Spain Heads of Mission April 29 on instructions of his Minister, for an urgent demarche on the text of the Western Sahara Resolution. Polcouns represented CDA, who was traveling. 2. (C) Bou [...] | 2009-04-29 17:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC WI MO |
09RABAT364 | REQUEST FOR MORE U.S. PARTICIPATION IN UPCOMING [...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 3-5). 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) appreciates United States Government (USG) support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Conference to be hosted in Rabat June 3-5. The GOM requests additional U [...] | 2009-04-29 18:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC FR NL PK RU MO |
09RABAT370 | MOROCCO UPDATE - INFORMATION COLLECTION, SCREENING [...] (C) The U.S. mission in Morocco continues to pursue the expansion and enhancement of counterterrorism (CT) cooperation with the Government of Morocco (GOM). The GOM has been an active partner in combating international terrorism and routinely provides biometric data on persons of interest to [...] | 2009-04-30 14:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KVPR PINR PTER KHLS MO ASEC |
09RABAT372 | PORT STATES AGREEMENT - MOROCCO WILLING TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Econoff conveyed reftel points on the Port States Agreement on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing on April 30 to Director of Maritime Fisheries Zakia Driouiche and Head of the Service of Control and Inspection of Fishing Vessels Mohammed Benbari of Morocco's Department of [...] | 2009-04-30 17:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV ETRD AORC FAO MO |
09RABAT374 | GENDER AND RELIGIOUS REFORM: WOMEN "IMAMS" IN [...] (C) Summary: Morocco has successfully made gender a central component of religious reform in its efforts to both counter religious extremism and promote women's participation in all areas of civic life. Beginning with the ground-breaking 2004 reform of the Family Code (Moudawana),and exten [...] | 2009-05-03 18:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL KWMN MO |
09RABAT38 | AS GAZA VIOLENCE CONTINUES, KING MOHAMMED VI [...] (C) Summary: During farewell calls on Prime Minister El Fassi and Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri on January 14 and 15, respectively, we discussed Gaza. The Ambassador went over the five key points in reftel, and the Foreign Minister said that the GOM agreed on all five. The Foreign Minister a [...] | 2009-01-15 16:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL AL MO |
09RABAT384 | MOROCCO NOT YET READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) "For the moment, Morocco does not intend to recognize Kosovo," newly-appointed Director of Bilateral Affairs responsible for Europe, Abdellah Zagour, told PolCouns and Poloff on May 5 (his earliest available meeting). He described the GOM's position as moderate, explaining that Morocco i [...] | 2009-05-05 17:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN KV MO |
09RABAT385 | MORROCO: LOWER HOUSE LEADER SEEKS GREATER [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 28 meeting with Charge, lower house of Parliament President Mustapha Mansouri made a strong appeal for increased contact between Moroccan Parliamentarians and Members of Congress to facilitate better understanding of Morocco's claims to Western Sahara. Mansouri [...] | 2009-05-05 17:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID PHUM KDEM MO |
09RABAT386 | MOROCCO: VIRGINIA GOVERNOR KAINE'S VISIT A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: Virginia Governor Tim Kaine had a highly successful visit to Morocco on April 23, 24 and 25 that helped energize overall bilateral relations as well as achieve economic and trade development goals of his state. Kaine, who is also Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, me [...] | 2009-05-05 18:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM MO |
09RABAT389 | MOROCCO: VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S VISIT SUCCEEDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Virginia Governor Tim Kaine explored opportunities for deepening the economic relationship between Virginia and Morocco with key Moroccan officials, focusing on the already important agricultural trade and port cooperation. On April 23, Prime Minister El Fassi said Morocco wa [...] | 2009-05-06 12:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR BEXP BTIO ETRD PREL MO ENERG |
09RABAT39 | MOROCCO: UPDATE ON THE EFFECTS OF THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco awaits the domestic impact of the global economic slowdown with trepidation. Government officials have tempered their earlier comments about how Morocco is sheltered from the crisis, conceding that while not exposed to "direct contagion" from "toxic assets," the count [...] | 2009-01-15 16:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EAGR MO |
09RABAT4 | MOROCCO READY TO SIGN SEISMIC AGREEMENT, AGREES ON [...] (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) accepted and incorporated all of the Department's conformity suggestions (Ref A) into the Arabic language version of the Agreement Between The Government Of The United States Of America And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Morocco Regarding The Developme [...] | 2009-01-02 15:19:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO |
09RABAT408 | OPENING UP AGAIN? MOROCCAN PRISON ADMINISTRATION [...] (S/NF) Summary: This cable responds to Ref A request for information and provides a broader general update on Morocco's prison situation and the now year-old Prison Administration. Overcrowded and underfunded, Morocco's prisons are in a difficult, but changing situation. They have won increasing in [...] | 2009-05-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PHUM SOCI EAID SNAR PTER KCRM MO |
09RABAT409 | SCENE SETTER FOR FPOTUS CARTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Carter, my staff and I warmly welcome you and the delegation of The Elders to Morocco. The Kingdom of Morocco is a country "on the move," in the throes, albeit unevenly, of change and reform. Economic growth will continue to approach six percent per year de [...] | 2009-05-15 13:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM MO |
09RABAT41 | EMBASSY RECOMMENDS MARITIME INTELLIGENCE EXCHANGE [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request. Please see para 6. Embassy recommends development of an agreement between the United States Government (USG) and the Government of Morocco (GOM) authorizing the USG to pass "real world, real time" detection and monitoring (D and M) intelligence to th [...] | 2009-01-15 18:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PHSA PINR PREL KCRM KTIA MO |
09RABAT416 | MOROCCO GEARING UP FOR GICNT CONFERENCE IN RABAT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message regarding U.S. participation in the upcoming June 3-5 Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) conference in Rabat to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Section of Disarmament and Security Affairs Bouchaib Eloumni on May 18. Eloumn [...] | 2009-05-18 16:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO |
09RABAT42 | MOROCCO: WOMEN'S ELECTORAL SUPPORT PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Mission Morocco proposes that the USG (MEPI) urgently provide between USD 500,000 to USD 1 Million to implement a major quick action effort to support a major expansion of women's political participation and enhance democracy. Morocco has recently allocated [...] | 2009-01-15 20:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KMPI KWMN MO |
09RABAT420 | MOROCCO REQUESTS FURTHER CONSULTATIONS ON ITSO [...] (U) This message contains an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) EconCouns and Econoff made reftel points regarding the potential International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO) Extraordinary Assembly to Department of Post, Telecommunications and New Technologies [...] | 2009-05-21 16:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS PREL KTIA MO |
09RABAT428 | MOROCCO WILL VOTE ON KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL MO KV |
09RABAT431 | RE-ORIENTING THE ORIENT: ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Oriental region in northeastern Morocco is undergoing a rapid transformation from one of Morocco's poorest and least-developed regions to one of its most richly-endowed with development projects and infrastructure. The flood of new construction, investment, and social prog [...] | 2009-05-29 15:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAGR SOCI MO |
09RABAT435 | COMMERCE NEAR THE BORDER: NEW DYNAMISM, OLD [...] (U) Summary: Historically oriented both commercially and culturally toward Algeria, the Oriental region of Morocco's Mediterranean coast has abandoned hope of an imminent opening of the border with Algeria, closed since 1994. International trade in the region largely depends on smuggled duty- [...] | 2009-05-29 15:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ECIN PREL MO AG |
09RABAT436 | WITHDRAWAL OF PAM SUPPORT COULD JEOPARDIZE [...] (U) The beginning of campaigning for the local elections has been marked by a new controversy. Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) Secretary General Mohammed Sheikh Biadillah announced May 29 that the PAM was withdrawing its support for Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi's minority governme [...] | 2009-05-29 17:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MO |
09RABAT44 | OSAC/CRIME SAFETY REPORT FOR MOROCCO [...] The following information is keyed to reftel. I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: A. CRIME THREATS: In general, crime in Morocco does not pose a great threat to Americans visiting or working in this country. However, every individual visiting or working in a foreign country sho [...] | 2009-01-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC AMGT APER MO |
09RABAT443 | MOROCCO: JUSTICE MINISTER SUMMARIZES JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan Ministry of Justice (MOJ) plans on upgrading and expanding the number of courts, increasing the number of judges, and raising the standards of training for judges and other legal professionals in Morocco. On May 20, Minister of Justice Abdelwahed Radi told Charge [...] | 2009-06-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CJAN EAID PGOV KJUS KCRM MO |
09RABAT447 | ECONOMIC GROWTH WEAKENS AS CRISIS' IMPACT HITS HOME [...] (U) Summary: While official GDP growth projections remain near 5 percent for 2009, thanks to this year's bumper agricultural harvest, the outlook for non-agricultural sectors appears increasingly somber as a result of the world economic downturn. Growth outside agriculture was only 1.3 percen [...] | 2009-06-03 17:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD MO |
09RABAT46 | MOROCCO SIGNS BILATERAL SEISMIC AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: As one of his final official acts, Ambassador Riley signed on January 12, "The Bilateral Agreement Between The Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco Regarding the Development and Operation of a Seismic Monitoring Station in the [...] | 2009-01-16 15:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO |
09RABAT473 | USG, NDI AND IRI TEAM UP TO HELP ELECT WOMEN AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Swift USG action to back Morocco's decision to dramatically expand the number of elected women has meant thousands of women were trained to run in local elections scheduled for June 12. The election will yield a more than a twenty-fold increase in women counselors and a fifte [...] | 2009-06-07 18:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPAO KPMI KDEM KWMN MO |
09RABAT479 | CODEL BURR HEARS ABOUT COUNTERTERRORISM, DEMOCRACY [...] (S/NF) Summary: On May 26, CODEL Burr discussed the threat from violent Islamic extremists with Morocco,s external intelligence chief Mohamed Yassine Mansouri, the Director General of Studies and Documentation (DGED). The discussion focused on Al Qaeda,s declining influence in Iraq; growing [...] | 2009-06-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | OREP PTER PINS PHUM AG IR MR MO WI |
09RABAT484 | ISRAELI DIPLOMATS EXPECT MORE FROM MOROCCO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Morocco and Israel took advantage of Israeli participation in the June 3-5 Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism seminar in Rabat to re-launch a diplomatic relationship that had been on ice since the Israeli military action in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. [...] | 2009-06-09 17:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAIR KPAL MO IS |
09RABAT485 | 20,000 MUSLIM WOMEN RUNNING FOR ELECTION IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 12th municipal elections will be a landmark in women's participation in Moroccan political life, and the effects of the government's decision to reserve seats for female candidates are already being felt in society. An astounding 20,000 women are poised to run in the [...] | 2009-06-09 18:10:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN KISL KDEM SOCI MO |
09RABAT486 | GOM COUNTER-DRUG EFFORTS IN CHEFCHAOUAN HAVE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan efforts to eradicate cannabis cultivation in the northern part of the country have been successful enough to prompt some voters to boycott the coming local elections. In the northern province of Chefchouan, heart of Morocco's cannabis producing region, various party ca [...] | 2009-06-10 11:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR SOCI PGOV MO |
09RABAT487 | LOCAL ELECTIONS IN MOROCCO: LOCAL DECISIONS, BUT A [...] (U) Summary: The campaign for June 12th local council elections kicked off June 30, following the closure of candidate lists the day before. Despite the limited and limiting window for campaigning, it still took a few days to get the campaign off the ground. There have been lively rallies [...] | 2009-06-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR PROP KDEM MO |
09RABAT488 | MOROCCAN PERSPECTIVES ON WHALING COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on June 8 to Abdelouahed Benabbou, Director of Cooperation and Legal Affairs and Morocco's Commissioner at the International Whaling Commission (IWC),and Mohamed Yassine El Aroussi, head of Bilateral Cooperation, at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fish [...] | 2009-06-10 17:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV MO |
09RABAT490 | MOROCCAN ENTHUSIASM FOR PRESIDENT'S CAIRO [...] (U) Summary: At five separate events organized around President Obama's speech last week, Mission Morocco not only saw and heard the extraordinarily positive reaction of Moroccans first hand, but also helped shape insights that found their way directly into the media. The Mission also amplif [...] | 2009-06-10 23:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OIIP KPAO MO |
09RABAT495 | MOROCCO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR GICNT 1ST COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Morocco Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the United Nations and International Organizations Directorate Azzedine Farhane met with Poloff today and said that Morocco would like to jointly sponsor, with the United States and Russia, a United Nations (UN) 1st Committee resolution to pro [...] | 2009-06-11 17:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC KNNP RU NL MO |
09RABAT497 | PRE-ELECTION MANEUVERS OF PAM AND PM HIGHLIGHT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The kickoff of the campaign for local elections in Morocco on May 29 was enlivened when the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) announced that it was withdrawing support from Prime Minister (PM) Abbas El Fassi's government, threatening a parliamentary crisis. The PAM, wh [...] | 2009-06-12 12:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MO |
09RABAT499 | MOROCCO TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATEFOR UN ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 15:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL UNA MO |
09RABAT5 | 100,000 IN RABAT PROTEST GAZA ATTACKS; GOM LEADS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Perhaps 100,000 or more protesters gathered peacefully in Rabat on January 4, to condemn what they called &the Israeli aggression against Gaza.8 Protesters included top leaders from government, parliament, major political parties and civil society, with heavy participation by s [...] | 2009-01-05 13:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO |
09RABAT51 | AMBASSADOR RILEY RAISES CORRUPTION AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: After over five years as the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Ambassador Thomas T. Riley paid his farewell calls on King Mohammed VI, Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi, and Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri between January 14 and 17. While the cordial meetings acknowledg [...] | 2009-01-20 11:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM PTER WI MO |
09RABAT513 | MOROCCO SUPPORTS UAE HEADQUARTERS FOR IRENA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-15 16:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV MO |
09RABAT516 | SECRETARY GENERAL LEADS MOROCCAN DELEGATION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 17:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO |
09RABAT517 | MOROCCO: PARTY OF AUTHENTICITY AND MODERNITY [...] (C) Summary: Seven million Moroccans, or 52.4 percent of eligible voters, participated in nationwide local/communal elections in Morocco on Friday, June 12, according to the Moroccan Ministry of Interior. Garnering over 20 percent of the vote, the Palace-favored Party of Authenticity and Mo [...] | 2009-06-17 12:48:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MO |
09RABAT520 | MOROCCO CONSIDERING LEVEL OF INTEREST IN POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of Section of Security and Disarmament Affairs Bouchaib Eloumni on June 17 to discuss reftel and Morocco's level of interest in membership of the G-8 Global [...] | 2009-06-17 17:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP MO |
09RABAT521 | MOROCCO REVIEWING GICNT MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Section of Security and Disarmament Affairs Bouchaib Eloumni on June 17 to discuss reftel seeking Morocco's comments on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Model Guidelines Document. Eloumni reminded Pol [...] | 2009-06-17 18:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO |
09RABAT527 | MOROCCO'S EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE ITSO DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Charge and EconOff consulted with the Secretaries General of Morocco's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Department of Post-Telecommunications (DPT) on June 11 - 12 regarding the Government of Morocco's efforts to facilitate a resolution to the disagreement between the International [...] | 2009-06-18 15:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS PREL KTIA MO |
09RABAT533 | MOROCCO STILL ENGAGED WITH ISRAEL BUT SEES [...] (C) Polcouns met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of Bilateral Affairs Mohammed Azaroual on June 19th to urge (per ref. A) Morocco to work in the coming Arab League Ministerial to promote peace efforts and to consider Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recen [...] | 2009-06-19 19:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL XF EAID MO |
09RABAT540 | FM AND DGED CHIEF DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: In June 23 conversations with Charge mostly devoted to Western Sahara and Algeria (septel),Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri and external intelligence (DGED) chief Mansouri underscored the GOM,s commitment to work with the USG on regional issues. Fassi Fihri said h [...] | 2009-06-24 18:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR KPAL IS MU IR MO |
09RABAT541 | MOROCCO:WESTERN SAHARA/ALGERIA - NEW PRIORITIES, [...] (S) SUMMARY: One June 23, before the visit of UNSYG Personal Envoy (PE) Christopher Ross, Morocco's top foreign policy officials told Charge and PolCouns they expected little progress on Western Sahara or better relations with Algeria, which now was their higher near-term priority. Foreign M [...] | 2009-06-25 09:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL PBTS UNSC WI AG MO |
09RABAT542 | MOROCCO GIVES CLEAR SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 13:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN MO |
09RABAT543 | CHARGE RAISES CASES WITH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Ahmed Herzenni, Chairman of Morocco's Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Charge that the Council would look into the case of human rights activist Chakib al Khyari, President of the Association for Human Rights in the Rif (ARDH). Post will follow up in light of al [...] | 2009-06-26 21:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO MO |
09RABAT544 | EMBASSY DELIVERS TIP REPORT TO KEY MOROCCANS [...] (C) On June 15, PolOffs delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to Ambassador Nasser Bourita, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Chief of Staff and Director General for Multilateral Relations and Global Cooperation. On June 17, Charge delivered it to Minister of S [...] | 2009-06-26 21:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KCRM KTIP MO |
09RABAT545 | PRIORITY AREAS FOR INL SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission-wide meetings and encounters with the top Moroccan law enforcement and justice officials with INL and NEA/MAG confirm there is excellent prospect for expanded collaboration across the range of law and justice assistance programs. USG support for Moroccan judicial refo [...] | 2009-06-26 22:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PHUM EAID EXBS KJUS ASEC KCRM MO |
09RABAT566 | MOROCCO SUPPORTS UNSCR 1874 ON NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary. Morocco supports the USG position on UNSCR 1718 and 1874 and has agreed to take financial measures designed to limit the ability of the Democratic People,s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to fund weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and ballistic missile-related activities. Implem [...] | 2009-07-02 16:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KNNP PARM PREL MO |
09RABAT576 | MOROCCO UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT NGO INVOLVEMENT AT THE [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered ref demarche on NGO accreditation to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Redouane Houssaini on July 6. Houssaini told D/Polcouns that he was aware of the upcoming United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting in Geneva [...] | 2009-07-06 18:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNAUS MO |
09RABAT584 | WESTERN SAHARA: ACTIVIST CONFIRMS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Fresh news borne by a Sahrawi-American activist confirms other reports that the human rights situation in the Western Sahara continues to stabilize; serious violations are not occurring; and there seems to be somewhat more open political space. This was also observed by Rabat)r [...] | 2009-07-08 19:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PREL WI MR MO |
09RABAT585 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] (SBU) President Obama's July 1 letter to Moroccan King Mohamed VI, which focused on Middle East peace and Western Sahara, generated massive press coverage following release in its entirety by the Government of Morocco (GOM). The government and pro-palace press has been effusive in its praise [...] | 2009-07-09 14:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO |
09RABAT587 | VERDICT IN QADHAFI DEFAMATION CASES PUTS GOM IN [...] (C) On June 27, a Casablanca court found three Moroccan newspapers guilty of "publicly harming" Libyan leader Muamar Qadhafi and "injuring his dignity," levying whopping fines. Newspaper editorialists and the press union have condemned the decision, accusing the Moroccan Government of complici [...] | 2009-07-09 16:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI LY MO |
09RABAT589 | WESTERN SAHARA UN ENVOY ROSS IN RABAT: PUBLIC [...] (S) Summary: UNSYG Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Christopher Ross left Morocco after his second visit June 30, without final agreement on proposed informal talks. Despite positive statements in public, neither place nor date has been agreed for the informals, designed to re-launch UN-sp [...] | 2009-07-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL PBTS WI AG UNSC NO MO |
09RABAT591 | MOROCCO FLOATS GLOBAL INITIATIVE UN RESOLUTION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco continues to seek global leadership in nonproliferation affairs. In the wake of being host to the first conference of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),the Government of Morocco (GOM) is proposing to co-author, with the United States and Russia [...] | 2009-07-10 17:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PTER KNNP KTIA MO |
09RABAT592 | MOROCCANS PROTEST PLANNED UN DEBATE ON [...] (C) On instructions of his minister, Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Director Azzedine Farhane convoked Polcouns July 9, to protest the decision of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann to schedule an "Interactive Thematic D [...] | 2009-07-10 19:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UN WI MO |
09RABAT595 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-14 10:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PHUM MOPS MO |
09RABAT596 | REQUEST FOR VETTING UNDER LEAHY AMENDMENT OF [...] Request that the Department of State initiate a Departmental review of the following Moroccan national(s) who will be participating in U.S. sponsored training. From Customs: Rank: Division Inspector Chief Name: Abdelhafid CHAFAI EL ALAOUI DOB: 13 January 1951 POB: Sefrou, Morocco CIN: B [...] | 2009-07-14 10:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PHUM MOPS MO |
09RABAT6 | MOROCCAN FM STAYING IN NEW YORK TO GET GAZA [...] (C) MFA COS Bourita (protect) told Polcouns this afternoon that FM Fassi Fihri was in New York with the Arab FM delegation, led by Saudi FM el Faisal. They were about to go into a meeting with the SYG. Bourita said the Arab Group was seeking an UNSC resolution which would produce an immedia [...] | 2009-01-05 18:05:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL KWBG UNSC MO |
09RABAT603 | MOROCCO INTERESTED IN ARMS CONTROL FOLLOWING THE [...] (SBU) On July 10, Charge delivered the demarche on the President,s visit to Russia (Ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Secretary General Youssef Amrani, the number three in the Ministry. Amrani appreciated the information and was most interested in arms control issues sinc [...] | 2009-07-14 18:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV RS MO |
09RABAT604 | WOMEN LEAD MOROCCO'S "PETITE REVOLUTION" [...] (SBU) Summary: In what is being hailed in the press as the "petite revolution," a dozen women have been elected by their men and women peers to chair local councils, making them mayors or the equivalent rural executives. Prior to the June 12 municipal elections, only one woman had ever serve [...] | 2009-07-14 18:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWMN KISL KDEM KMPI SOCI MO |
09RABAT605 | MOROCCO,S MANAGED MAYORAL SELECTIONS [...] (C) Despite the relative transparency of the recent election of town (or Communal) council members across Morocco on June 12, the subsequent election by council members of city and communal council leaders (mayors),may to represent a step backward for Moroccan democracy. The high-stakes in [...] | 2009-07-14 19:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PGOV KCOR MO |
09RABAT607 | MOROCCO'S MANAGED MAYORAL ELECTIONS MAY STRENGTHEN [...] (C) Despite the relative transparency of the recent election of town (or communal) council members across Morocco on June 12, the subsequent election by council members of city and communal council leaders (mayors),may represent a step backward for Moroccan democracy. The high-stakes indirect ba [...] | 2009-07-15 10:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM MO |
09RABAT618 | 64TH UNGA: PRELIMINARY ATTENDANCE BY MOROCCAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 17:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA MO |
09RABAT620 | SHIPRIDER AGREEMENT APPROVED [...] Mission received the GOM response to the proposed Shiprider Agreement via Diplomatic Note No. 5953, dated July 13. The GOM has concurred with the Shiprider Agreement, which will be in effect July 16-28, 2009. The language conformed to the requested language in the embassy,s original diplom [...] | 2009-07-17 12:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS SNAR KTIA PHSA PTER SMIG MO |
09RABAT621 | TRADE EXPERTS ADVISE EXPORTERS ON FTA OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Foreign Trade Abdellatif Maazouz and Charge d,Affaires, a.i., Robert Jackson opened the Department of State,s (DOS,) Middle East Partnership Initiative- (MEPI-) sponsored "Maximizing Trade with the U.S." seminar on June 9 in Casablanca. Presenters explained U.S. m [...] | 2009-07-20 16:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECIN EAGR MO |
09RABAT634 | MAURITANIAN INDEPENDENT COMMENTS ON MAURITANIA [...] (S) Summary: Ahmed Said Ould Bah, a Mauritanian expert who serves as Chief of Staff of Islamic Organization for Education, Science, and Culture (ISESCO),told us on July 20 he believed the Mauritanian opposition was genuinely surprised by Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz's victory in the recent pres [...] | 2009-07-22 12:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KDEM MR MO |
09RABAT636 | MOROCCO PLANS TO ATTEND JORDAN BIOMETRICS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL KISL MO |
09RABAT638 | MOROCCO'S STRATEGY FOR MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Moroccans, like others in the region, most clearly expressed a desire to see action on the Arab-Israeli conflict as a follow-up to the President's words in Cairo; so deeper partnership on economic development fronts will have the greatest impact if, and as, concrete political [...] | 2009-07-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID OEXC SENV SOCI KISL MO |
09RABAT642 | EFFECTS OF RECESSION STARTING TO APPEAR IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: The lingering global recession continues progressively to affect economic growth forecasts for Morocco, as well as the balance of payments and current economic activity. A flurry of reports, prognostications and evaluations in late June and early July describes the Kingdom as [...] | 2009-07-23 14:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV MO |
09RABAT646 | MOROCCO WILLING TO HOST CITES WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 15:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SENV MO |
09RABAT647 | TRADE MINISTER AGREES TO POSTPONE FTA JOINT [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Foreign Trade Abdellatif Maazouz replied to the July 7 letter of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (A/USTR) Christopher Wilson, agreeing to a delay in the Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) and outlining areas for continued work. The Ministry of Foreign Trade also se [...] | 2009-07-24 17:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON MO |
09RABAT65 | MOROCCO HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: ATMOSPHERICALY [...] (C) Surprisingly positive atmospherics and a less combative tone than in the past characterized the annual Human Rights Dialogue with the Government of Morocco (GOM) in early January. GOM officials described themselves as "satisfied" with the way the dialogue has evolved since its inception [...] | 2009-01-22 18:22:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL WI MO |
09RABAT651 | MOROCCAN MINISTER OF FINANCE AND G20 COMS [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 22, the Minister of Economy and Finance and the British Ambassador organized a working lunch for G-20 ambassadors and charges to discuss the impact of the world economic crisis on Morocco, as well as individual countries' and collective responses to the crisis. The Mi [...] | 2009-07-27 14:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD ECON MO |
09RABAT654 | MOROCCAN NGOS LEAD THE WAY IN FIGHTING TORTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent years, Morocco has been actively addressing past human rights abuses, including torture, with the goal of preventing future violence and restoring dignity to victims. Human rights NGOs have led the endeavor, recently creating a new group specifically to coordinate t [...] | 2009-07-28 11:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UN MO |
09RABAT667 | MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) could facilitate linkages between U.S. and Islamic world universities, ISESCO Director General Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri told the Charge on July 24. Altwaijri, an admirer of the U.S., proposed that such [...] | 2009-07-31 17:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OEXC SOCI KISL PINR MO |
09RABAT668 | GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO TO REVIEW DRAFT MEGAPORTS [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel draft Megaports Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Nabigha Hajji, Counselor in the United Nations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA) on July 28. Hajji promised to share the draft with the MFA official responsible for discussing th [...] | 2009-07-31 17:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PREL KNNP KSTC MO |
09RABAT67 | MOROCCO CLOSES EMBASSY IN CARACAS, BUT CHAVEZ GAZA [...] (C) Venezuela's decision to appoint an Ambassador to the POLISARIO's self-declared government-in-exile in Tindouf prompted Rabat to close its Embassy in Caracas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Director Fouad Yazorh confirmed to PolCouns on January 15. An MFA press release that da [...] | 2009-01-23 08:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG VE WI MO |
09RABAT678 | MINISTRY OF INTERIOR SEIZES NEWS MAGAZINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco's Ministry of Interior seized the August 1 editions of two influential weekly news magazines of the independent TelQuel group for publishing an opinion poll on the King's first decade in power. The Ministry also banned import of an edition of French daily "Le Monde" t [...] | 2009-08-05 18:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KPAO MO |
09RABAT679 | LANDMARK TERRORISM CASE RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, a Sale court sentenced Moroccan-Belgian Abdelkader Belleraj to life in prison (instead of the death penalty requested by prosecutors) for running an international terrorist network. The 34 other defendants on trial with Belleraj received sentences ranging from one t [...] | 2009-08-06 19:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PTER KISL MO |
09RABAT685 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL RUSH [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Rush, Embassy Rabat warmly welcomes you and your delegation to Morocco. Politically and economically, Morocco is a country "on the move," deeply engaged in reform and development, albeit unevenly. Morocco has averaged over 5 percent annual growth in recent yea [...] | 2009-08-10 17:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MO |
09RABAT686 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT IN SUPPORT OF AIM-9X [...] (U) Purpose. Embassy Rabat supports the sale of AIM-9X missiles. 2. (U) Reason Desired. The Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) is modernizing its fighter aircraft with the purchase of 24 F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft and the AIM-9X would be in support of the F-16. The AIM-9X acquisition would [...] | 2009-08-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL MO |
09RABAT690 | UN 1267 REVIEW TRANCHE 3 NAMES PASSED TO MOROCCO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-13 13:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PTER KTFN UNSC MO |
09RABAT693 | WESTERN SAHARA INFORMALS AND FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Charge and A/PolCouns met August 13 with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA) Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Nasser Bourita, who had just returned from Vienna where he participated in the August 10 and 11 informal talks on the Western [...] | 2009-08-13 17:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UNSC AG MR WI MO |
09RABAT694 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (U) On August 13, Charge and A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Nasser Bourita. Bourita discussed the relative merits of several of the candidates, and expressed the sentiment that [...] | 2009-08-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNESCO MO |
09RABAT699 | NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE 2010: MOROCCAN POCS ON NPT-RELATED ISSUES [...] (SBU) Virtually all decision making on non-proliferation matters is generated in the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Within the MFA, Head of the United Nations Division Redoune Houssaini and Head of Security and Disarmament Bouchiab Omni can be considered the two most important wo [...] | 2009-08-14 18:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM MNUC ENRG AORC MO KNNP |
09RABAT701 | KING MOHAMMED VI'S FIRST TEN YEARS: SOCIAL AND [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has successfully advanced social and economic reforms during the first ten years of his reign, but he has not done as much to promote structural democratic change in Morocco. The King can be credited with implementing many significant reforms in human rights, w [...] | 2009-08-17 07:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PGOV ECON EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM KMPI MO |
09RABAT706 | WESTERN SAHARA REALITIES [...] (C) Summary: Although the Western Sahara negotiations have now re-started (Reftel),the conflict is 34 years old. The Government of Morocco (GOM) has invested tremendous resources in the territory, and some observers estimate that it spends USD 2.7 billion per year on the territory and its 385,000 [...] | 2009-08-17 17:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PHUM ECON PREF WI AG MO |
09RABAT709 | USG COMMENTS ON MOROCCO'S PROPOSED UNGA GICNT [...] (SBU) On August 14, 2009, Acting Polcouns and Acting D/Polcouns delivered ref record copy with USG comments on Morocco's draft resolution in support of the Global Initiative for Combating Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of United Nations Division Re [...] | 2009-08-18 17:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER UNGA KGIC RS MO |
09RABAT713 | PSI 2010 INVITIATION POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO RS |
09RABAT714 | HUMAN RIGHTS SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL HOGREFE [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco is a country in the throes of change and reform, particularly with respect to human rights. King Mohammed VI has embarked on an ambitious and continuous program of human rights reform that includes greater political rights and participation by women, the Arab World's [...] | 2009-08-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN KPAO MO |
09RABAT715 | MOROCCO APPROVES US AMENDMENTS TO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER UNGA KGIC RS MO |
09RABAT716 | EMBASSY RABAT WELCOMES STAFFDEL HOGREFE [...] (SBU) Embassy Rabat welcomes the visit of StaffDel Hogrefe, September 3-5 (Reftel). Control Officer for this visit will be D/PolCouns David O'Connor (email: O'ConnorDR@state.gov; Tel: 212-537-66-82-53; Fax: 212-537-76-39-84; Home: 212-537-63-93-99; Mobile: 212-661-22-78-35). The admini [...] | 2009-08-19 18:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ASEC AFIN MO |
09RABAT719 | PHONE CALL JUSTICE: MEDDLING IN MOROCCO'S JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan judicial system suffers from both a lack of independence and a lack of public confidence, and it remains an impediment to the country's development and reform efforts. Recognizing these problems, King Mohammed VI has called for a comprehensive reform of the judicial sys [...] | 2009-08-24 18:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CJAN EAID PGOV KJUS KCRM MO |
09RABAT720 | MOROCCO AS NON-PROLIFERATION LEADER [...] (U) Summary: This message provides substantive answers to the detailed questions posed in Ref A regarding Morocco's policies on non-proliferation issues and regimes. Information requested in Ref A regarding key points of contact in the Moroccan government was provided in Ref B, with updates [...] | 2009-08-25 11:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV MNUC ENRG AORC KNNP MO |
09RABAT722 | MOROCCO MISCELLANY: FORUM FOR THE FUTURE, [...] (U) Summary. Charge and A/Polcouns met on August 25 with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA) Secretary General Youssef Amrani. Ambassador Amrani requested the meeting to discuss preparations for the upcoming Forum for the Future, to held in Marrakech November 1-3. Ch [...] | 2009-08-26 12:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM MO IT |
09RABAT731 | MOROCCO: MINISTERIAL CHANGES SHORE UP THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 29, Morocco's King Mohammed VI approved the appointments of new ministers: a second Minister of State without portfolio, a Minister of Culture, a Minister of Youth and Sports, and a Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Minister of State and Secretary of State [...] | 2009-08-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MO |
09RABAT735 | REQUEST FOR WHITE HOUSE ENDORSEMENT OF [...] Summary: This is an action request. UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Kitin Munoz Valcarcel is planning a fourth Mata-Rangi expedition -- from Tarfaya, Morocco, to Florida in 2010. Munoz has the support of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura. Munoz seeks no [...] | 2009-08-31 07:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC PREL OPDC KISL MO |
09RABAT739 | EXBS PROGRAM IN MOROCCO READY TO EVOLVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Department's Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program has led a well-received, coordinated interagency effort to improve Morocco's export control and border security system since 2007. Morocco has recently reached a "turning point" in its trade control s [...] | 2009-09-01 15:38:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETTC KSTC PARM PREL MO |
09RABAT743 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT IN SUPPORT OF AIM-9X [...] (U) Purpose: Embassy Rabat supports the sale of AIM-9X missiles to the Kingdom of Morocco. 2. (U) Reason Desired: The Royal Moroccan Air Force (RMAF) is modernizing its fighter aircraft with the purchase of 24 F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft. The AIM-9X would support the F-16s. The AIM-9X a [...] | 2009-09-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL MO |
09RABAT752 | MOROCCAN DRUG INTERDICTION: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since at least August 14, when according to Moroccan media police arrested 16 suspected drug barons in a major operation across the country, the press has been reporting regularly on some aspect of the GOM,s efforts to disrupt the drug trade and apprehend those suspected of i [...] | 2009-09-06 19:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | SNAR PINS PINR MO SG KARIM WADE |
09RABAT754 | DEMARCHE TO MOROCCO PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 9-10 ARAB [...] (C) Charge made reftel demarche to Ambassador Mohammed Azeroual, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Inspector General (U/S-equivalent) for the Middle East, on September 7. On Middle East peace, Azeroual assured Charge of continued Moroccan support for U.S. efforts and reiterated tha [...] | 2009-09-08 17:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL MO |
09RABAT764 | UNGA 64: DEMARCHE DELIVERED, MOROCCAN GOALS AND [...] (SBU) On September 10, PolCouns and DPolCouns delivered reftel information to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations Director Azzedine Farhane and United Nations Division Chief Redouane Houssaini. PolCouns highlighted reftel background on nonprolif [...] | 2009-09-10 17:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MO PARM PGOV PREL UNGA |
09RABAT769 | MOROCCAN FORUM SEEKS HIGH LEVEL USG PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Top USG officials have been invited to take part in the annual "MEDays 2009" forum, November 19 to 21 in Tangier, aimed at developing recommendations to address the political, economic, environmental and socio-cultural issues of the Mediterranean region. Among those invited ar [...] | 2009-09-11 17:28:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL ETRD EINV PTER XI MO |
09RABAT776 | UNHCR VISIT YIELDS HOPE FOR PROGRESS IN MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Antonio Guterres briefed US and Swedish diplomats on his Sept. 8-12 trip to Algeria, Morocco and Western Sahara. He described as generally positive the Moroccan, Algerian and Polisario responses to his calls for larger and more frequent family visitations; for a direct land [...] | 2009-09-14 16:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV SMIG PREL MO AG |
09RABAT777 | MOROCCO RESPONSE: DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR UNGA FOOD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 14:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ETRD EAGR MO |
09RABAT778 | KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) D/PolCouns delivered on September 16 reftel points to Azzeddine Farhane, Moroccan MFA Director for United Nations and International Organizations. Farhane, who will accompany Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri to the UNGA, was not optimistic that the GOM would meet with the Kosovar delega [...] | 2009-09-16 16:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MO PREL SR SERBIA KV |
09RABAT784 | MOROCCO POSTPONES GICNT RESOLUTION INTRODUCTION [...] (SBU) Moroccan MFA Director for United Nations and International Organizations told D/PolCouns on September 16 that Morocco will not seek to introduce the GICNT resolution during the upcoming UNGA session (ref a),but would wait until next year. Citing other, more immediate priorities (CTBT A [...] | 2009-09-17 16:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MO PARM PREL PTER RS UNGA |
09RABAT785 | MOROCCO: STAFFDEL HOGREFE DIALOGUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Staffdel Hogrefe, the head of the Government of Morocco's (GOM) Consultative Counsel for Human Rights (CCDH) said that work in accounting for and compensating the families of government human rights abuses during the reign of the late King Hassan II is almost [...] | 2009-09-18 09:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV OREP MO |
09RABAT787 | SENIOR USG PARTICIPATION REQUESTED FOR THE 2009 [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Middle East and North Africa initiative of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (MENA-OECD) is holding a Ministerial Conference at the Palmeraie Convention Center in Marrakesh on November 23 [...] | 2009-09-18 16:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN PREL ETRD EINV PTER XI MO |
09RABAT79 | MOI/WALI RESHUFFLE: SOME OLD GUARD OUT, [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI reshuffled two dozen senior Ministry of Interior officials on January 22, in effect a long-delayed periodic rotation. The effective number 3 at the ministry, in charge of law enforcement and no friend of reform, was moved aside. The King also created some new pr [...] | 2009-01-23 18:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ECON MO |
09RABAT793 | MOROCCO ACCEPTS U.S. INVITATION FOR INFORMAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-23 19:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KTBT MO |
09RABAT807 | MOROCCO SEEKS TO JOIN OECD DECLARATION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking U.S. support for Morocco's bid to join the OECD Declaration on Investment and Multinational Enterprises. The note made the case that Morocco has undertaken numerous steps in recent years to improve [...] | 2009-09-29 17:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD MO |
09RABAT817 | UNSCR 1540 AFRICA WORKSHOP: MOROCCO INTERESTED, [...] (U) This message contains an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counselor in the International Organization Division Nabigha Hajji told EconOff on October 1 that Morocco appreciates the invitation to reftel biosafety/biosecurity workshop in Kenya in F [...] | 2009-10-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ETTC PTER TBIO MO |
09RABAT824 | MOROCCO: UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT OF USG CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel demarche, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of United Nations Division Rime Jirari told EconOff on October 1 that the U.S. can count on Morocco's "unconditional support" in its candidacy for the council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The M [...] | 2009-10-06 15:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD MO |
09RABAT826 | Eizenstat promotes bilateral FTA, Maghreb [...] Summary: During an October 1 conference in Casablanca on the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA),former senior USG official Stuart Eizenstat discussed opportunities for increasing bilateral trade between Morocco and the U.S., and for bolstering U.S. FDI in Morocco. He also proposed rei [...] | 2009-10-06 16:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV ECON PREL MO |
09RABAT827 | MOI Temporarily Bans Independent Daily Over [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------------------- Summary and Comment ------------------- 2. (SBU) On September 28, Morocco's Ministry of Interior (MoI) banned an independent daily from publication, seizing copies of the newspaper in circul [...] | 2009-10-06 16:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KPAO MO |
09RABAT833 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GICNT EPG POSTPONED AND TERMS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 17:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO |
09RABAT843 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Huddleston and Admiral Moeller, we welcome you to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serv [...] | 2009-10-14 17:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MCAP OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL MO |
09RABAT847 | OPIC-SUPPORTED RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: Morocco's energy sector is expected to require nearly USD 12 billion of investment in the next six years, including USD 7.6 billion for electricity production. The Kingdom's energy strategy calls for renewable energy to make up one- third of the new production capacity. Morocca [...] | 2009-10-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ENRG SENV TRGY MO |
09RABAT849 | MOROCCO: SEVEN SAHRAWI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven Sahrawi activists who had participated in a heavily publicized visit to Algiers and to the Polisario camps in Tindouf, Algeria, were arrested in Casablanca upon their return on October 8. The activists were charged with "intelligence cooperation with a foreign entity" after [...] | 2009-10-16 16:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MO AG WI |
09RABAT852 | "PARTNERSHIP" IS A STRONGER CONCEPT: MOROCCAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 15:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL IAEA KNNP MO |
09RABAT854 | PRIME MINISTER EMPHASIZES WESTERN SAHARA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi welcomed the Ambassador to Morocco during a one-hour call on October 12. El Fassi emphasized our excellent relations as well as Morocco's ties to Africa and the Arab World. El Fassi appealed for U.S. support for Morocco's autonomy plan for Weste [...] | 2009-10-19 18:02:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID WI MO |
09RABAT857 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 17:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG IAEA PREL PTER MO |
09RABAT858 | PAM STEAMS AHEAD WHILE PJD SHUT OUT OF UPPER HOUSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The year-old Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) continues to engineer significant -- and, to some, unsettling -- electoral victories following its impressive showing in June's communal elections. In the latest of many indirect elections that by law follow the communal co [...] | 2009-10-20 18:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KISL MO |
09RABAT859 | WESTERN SAHARA: THE DREAM, THE REALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late September, an interagency embassy team enjoyed the unique opportunity to travel to both sides of the "berm," the 1,500-kilometer stone and sand wall that separates Moroccan-administered Western Sahara from the POLISARIO-controlled areas. The situation on the ground unde [...] | 2009-10-20 18:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV ECON WI MO |
09RABAT864 | INVITATION AND PEACE PRIZE FOR SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (U) Morocco,s Amadeus Institute wishes to award a Peace Prize to Special Envoy George Mitchell in recognition of his efforts to promote Middle East peace. The prize would be conveyed during MEDays in Tangier between November 19 and 21 (Reftel) at Senator Mitchell,s convenience. 2. (U) Re [...] | 2009-10-23 10:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP MO |
09RABAT865 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Clinton, we look forward to your return to Morocco. Since your visits as First Lady, and in particular in the ten years since King Mohammed VI ascended to the throne, the Kingdom has made great strides in promoting gender equality, sound economic principles, and relig [...] | 2009-10-23 10:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PHUM ECON MASS KWMN KPAL WI MO |
09RABAT870 | FOLLOW UP WITH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ON MOROCCAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 22:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PHUM PTER PREL KJUS MO |
09RABAT874 | MOROCCO'S RESPONSE: 64TH UNGA, THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered subject demarche to Abdelmounaim El Farouq, Chief of the MFA's Division on Humanitarian and Social Questions, Oct. 26. El Farouq said the GOM would support the country-specific resolutions concerning Burma and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. El Farouq also [...] | 2009-10-28 09:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL MO |
09RABAT875 | MARRAKESH'S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR SETS AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marrakesh Mayor Fatima Zohra El Mansouri, the first female mayor of a major Moroccan city, discussed with PolOffs her goals of providing good governance and bringing real improvements to the lives of Marakesh's residents. She also described the challenges of managing a city h [...] | 2009-10-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI MO |
09RABAT876 | IOM CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized a conference on the Impact of the World Economic Crisis on Migration, October 12 and 13, in Rabat. Minister-delegate for Moroccans Living Abroad Mohammed Ameur, IOM Director General William Swi [...] | 2009-10-28 18:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SMIG PREF MO |
09RABAT877 | PALACE PARTY SEEKS TO DOMINATE THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: In the short span of two years the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) has gone from being a loosely defined political association to a political powerhouse that dominated the June 2009 municipal elections. The PAM now controls the upper house of Parli [...] | 2009-10-28 19:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM MO |
09RABAT879 | DAY ONE OF RABAT INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 28 and 29 Rabat International Forum on Jerusalem brought together senior Quartet and Muslim representatives. Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri opened the conference with a message from King Mohammed VI, calling on the international community to pressure Israel [...] | 2009-10-29 13:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL IS MO |
09RABAT880 | MOROCCO SEEKS BROADER LEGAL COOPERATION WITH U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CJAN EAID PGOV KJUS KCRM MO |
09RABAT881 | MOROCCAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri told the Ambassador that Palestinian President Abbas, position is delicate. His handling of the Goldstone report surprised and angered supporters. Syria was boycotting international meetings because of its anger. Finally, Fassi Fihro again [...] | 2009-10-29 16:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL IR IS SY MO |
09RABAT884 | KING MOHAMMED VI WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) On October 28, in preparation for the Secretary,s upcoming visit, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri and his Chief of Staff, Ambassador Nasser Bourita, reviewed the issues that King Mohammed VI would like to raise with the Secretary. In addition to inviting the [...] | 2009-10-29 17:51:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PBTS EAID ETRD MASS AG WI MO |
09RABAT886 | MOROCCO 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) has achieved significant reductions in its cannabis and cannabis resin production in recent years. Advances in Morocco's counternarcotics efforts are a result of the GOM's comprehensive counternarcotics strategy, which emphasizes combining convention [...] | 2009-10-30 09:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR MO |
09RABAT889 | DRUG TRAFFICKING IN NORTH AFRICA: MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco continues to be a major producer of cannabis and cannabis resin, although government eradication efforts have reduced the acreage under cultivation. According to the Moroccan government, South American drug smugglers continue to transport quantities of cocaine through th [...] | 2009-10-30 14:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | SNAR PINS MO WI |
09RABAT891 | MOROCCO: DEMARCHES ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAL IS MO |
09RABAT899 | DASD HUDDLESTON AND ADMIRAL MOELLER DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Africa Huddleston, Africa Command Deputy Commander Vice Admiral Moeller, and Brigadier General Jefforey Smith from the Joint Staff met with senior Moroccan military and civilian officials on October 16 to discuss the challenges facing [...] | 2009-11-06 15:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PTER MASS MO |
09RABAT90 | MOROCCAN AUTHORITIES THWART MAJOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In one of the nation's largest anti-drug operations to date, on January 13 Government of Morocco (GOM) officials arrested 81 individuals, including officers from the Royal Navy, Gendarmerie, and Auxiliary Forces, allegedly involved in an international drug trafficking ring in the [...] | 2009-01-30 18:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR PINS KCOR KCRM SP MO |
09RABAT904 | U.S.-MOROCCO SECURITY DIALOGUES [...] (S/NF) Summary: The United States and Morocco maintain several security dialogues. Bilateral engagement includes discussions of border control and related issues, military-to-military consultations, and a State Partnership Program with the Utah National Guard. In addition to the formal Def [...] | 2009-11-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL MASS MO |
09RABAT907 | CANADA AND DRL DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE FORUM FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Forum for the Future (FFF) in Marrakesh, Assistant Deputy Minister Carmen Sylvain met with DRL Assistant Secretary Michael Posner to discuss the future direction of the FFF as Canada takes the G8 presidency. Both parties agreed that the next Forum should [...] | 2009-11-12 13:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM CA MO |
09RABAT908 | KING ANNOUNCES BIG CHANGES IN MOROCCAN WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Mohammed VI has announced several significant changes to Morocco's "domestic" policies for the Western Sahara. These include a concerted effort to entice refugees from the Tindouf camps "to repent and return" to Moroccan-controlled Sahara and a five point plan that aims to [...] | 2009-11-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PINS PHUM PREL MO WI |
09RABAT912 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 11:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XD AF MO |
09RABAT915 | SAHRAWI ACTIVIST RENOUNCES MOROCCAN CITIZENSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13, prominent Sahrawi independence activist Aminatou Haidar renounced her Moroccan citizenship at the Laayoune international airport. Although her family and a government attorney had urged her to reconsider, she opted to return to the Canary Islands. Immigration of [...] | 2009-11-17 07:42:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV MO WI |
09RABAT920 | MOROCCO: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered subject demarche to Redouane Houssaini, Head of the MFA's United Nations Division, on November 20th. Houssaini stated that Morocco's voting record on these issues was well established, and that it would continue to be heavily influenced by the GOM's affiliation with th [...] | 2009-11-20 16:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE MO |
09RABAT921 | SECRETARY CHALLENGES BMENA CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 3 meeting with 11 civil society representatives from the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) region, Secretary Clinton emphasized the importance of civil society's role in the G8-BMENA Forum for the Future process. She highlighted the role youth play in [...] | 2009-11-22 16:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM MO XF |
09RABAT923 | SECRETARY'S EID AL ADHA MESSAGE DELIVERED [...] (U) The Post delivered on November 20 Secretary Clinton's Eid Al Adha greeting to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Morocco Mr. Taieb Fassi Fihri. ***************************************** Visit Embassy Rabat's Classified Website; http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Moro cco ********** [...] | 2009-11-24 09:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPCD PREL XA XF MO |
09RABAT928 | UNDER SECRETARY OF EDUCATION MARTHA [...] Summary: From November 1 through 4, 2009, Under Secretary of Education Martha Kanter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education Andre Lewis, and the Under Secretary's Chief of Staff, Alejandra Ceja, represented the U.S. Department of Education at a series o [...] | 2009-11-24 18:03:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI MO |
09RABAT931 | TZIPI LIVNI,S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri met with Israel's Tzipi Livni Nov. 20 in Tangier and emphasized three points: (1) Livni's Kadima Party ought continue to push the Netanyahu government toward peace negotiations even though it faces an uphill battle as an opposition party; (2 [...] | 2009-11-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT KPAL XF IS MO |
09RABAT932 | INTER-PARTY POLITICS LEAVES WOMEN BY THE WAYSIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: Unlike the June communal elections in which, through the aid of a 12 percent quota, women won an unprecedented number of regional and city council seats, female candidates fared poorly in the successive rounds of indirect voting, including for parliament,s upper house election [...] | 2009-11-25 14:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KWMN KDEM MO |
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 |
09RABAT934 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORT ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 16:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM IAEA KNNP SYR MO |
09RABAT935 | UPDATE ON THE AMINATOU HAIDAR CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent pro-independence and human rights activist Aminatou Haidar remains in Spain following the GOM's refusal to allow her to enter Morocco on November 13. The GOM has now announced that Haidar will be granted a new passport if she re-applies for one at the Moroccan consulat [...] | 2009-11-25 16:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PGOV MO |
09RABAT938 | EID AL-ADHA MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-27 10:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL MO |
09RABAT94 | CDA HANKINS PROMOTES DEMOCRACY DURING MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Charge d'Affaires, a.i., in Nouakchott Dennis Hankins had productive consultations in Rabat on January 28 and 29. His most interesting exchange was with Director General of the external intelligence service Yassine Mansouri, who reiterated Moroccan concerns about stability [...] | 2009-02-02 12:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS PTER PHUM SNAR KDEM MR MO |
09RABAT941 | MOROCCO CONVOKES P5+SPAIN TO REVIEW HAIDAR CASE [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 26 summoned representatives of the P5 and Spain to discuss the Aminatou Haidar case and its potential effect on UN-brokered negotiations over the status of the Western Sahara. The GOM asserted that the next move is Haidar's an [...] | 2009-11-30 18:44:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL MO |
09RABAT945 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEADING EDGE 2010 UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 09:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO |
09RABAT946 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 16:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGPV PNAT KPAL KWBG MO IS XF |
09RABAT947 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMPLIFYING THE PRESIDENT'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV XD AF MO |
09RABAT949 | 2010 NTE ON THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT AGAINST ISRAEL [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Morocco does not enforce the Arab League Boycott against Israel and purchases some Israeli goods. American firms operating in Morocco have not reported any obstacles related to the boycott. End Summary. Boycott Not Applied ------------------- 2. (SBU) Moroccan law conta [...] | 2009-12-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KBCT ECON ETRD XF MO |
09RABAT950 | OECD-MENA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 23, MARRAKESH [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The November 23 OECD-MENA Ministerial Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, brought government, business, and civil society leaders together to debate policy responses to the global economic crisis as well as government and business climate reforms in the Middle East and [...] | 2009-12-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV SOCI MO |
09RABAT96 | Special Media Reaction: President Obama's initial days [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO |
09RABAT967 | SCENESETTER FOR THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: General Amos, we welcome you to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serves as a regional model for eco [...] | 2009-12-10 17:54:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PHUM ECON MARR EAID PBTS MO |
09RABAT968 | MOROCCAN CANDIDACY FOR COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA) conveyed to Post on December 8 a diplomatic note requesting USG support for Morocco's candidacy to the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development, a subsidiary body of the Economic and Social Council. The MFA noted that Mo [...] | 2009-12-11 07:23:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC TSPL ECOSOC MO |
09RABAT97 | MOROCCO POCS FOR NONPROLIFERATION ISSUES [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane is the primary Government of Morocco (GOM) point of contact (POC) for Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) related issues. Poloff Jimmy Mauldin will remain Post's primary POC on NPT issues until June 2009. 2. (SB [...] | 2009-02-02 17:41:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MO |
09RABAT971 | FOURTH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Mission held its fourth annual Human Rights Dialogue with the Government of Morocco (GOM) on December 1. On the Moroccan side, this year's Dialogue was chaired by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and included representatives from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry [...] | 2009-12-11 14:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MO |
09RABAT977 | WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI ACTIVISTS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of King Mohammed VI's stern November 6 speech, Sahrawi pro-independence and human rights activists report a tangible uptick in police harassment and decreased tolerance for freedom of expression in Western Sahara. They have refrained from organizing demonstrations or [...] | 2009-12-15 16:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL UN MO WI |
09RABAT978 | MOROCCO'S FIRST BEACH RESORT UNDER NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Three months after the fanfare surrounding the June 19 inauguration of Morocco's first seaside resort completed under the "Plan Azur" or Blue Plan tourism strategy, Saidia Mediterranean officially closed its doors to tourists. The Saidia resort represents a USD 1.5 billion in [...] | 2009-12-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON EFIN SENV MO |
09RABAT98 | Special Media Reaction: President Obama's initial days spark [...] The Moroccan press has widely and enthusiastically covered the major events of President Obama's first few weeks in office, highlighting the messages directed to the Muslim world in his inaugural address, the initial decisions to close Gitmo and CIA secret prisons and restrict interrogation te [...] | 2009-02-03 10:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO |
09RABAT988 | GUINEA: UPDATE ON DADIS CAMARA'S HEALTH [...] (S) Summary: In separate meetings on December 16 with the Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri and XXXXXXXXXXXX the Mission learned that the health of wounded Guinean junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has improved and that his release from the hospital may be imminent. Fassi Fihr [...] | 2009-12-17 18:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PREL XA MO |
09RABAT990 | AMINATOU HAIDAR RETURNS SAFELY TO WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Sahrawi pro-independence activist Aminatou Haidar returned safely to the Western Sahara on December 18 aboard a Spanish military aircraft. She recovered her passport at the airport, completed normal Moroccan immigration formalities, and proceeded from the airport to her home [...] | 2009-12-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF PGOV UN WI MO |
09RABAT996 | MOROCCO: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Morocco pursued a comprehensive counterterrorism approach that emphasized vigilant security measures, including international cooperation and to a lesser degree counter-radicalization policies. Evidence gained from Moroccan authorities' disruption of certain groups -- and the common characte [...] | 2009-12-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MO |
09RABAT998 | SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WILLIAM WARD, COMMANDER, [...] (SBU) Summary: General Ward, we welcome you back to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serves as a regional model f [...] | 2009-12-22 08:52:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP MARR MASS PREL ECON PGOV PHUM EAID MO |
09STATE108370 | S/GC SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR ON [...] (S) SUMMARY - S/E for Closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility, Ambassador Daniel Fried, met with Moroccan Ambassador Aziz Mekouar on October 16 to inform Mekouar that Moroccan national Younis Abdurrahman Checkkouri (197),has been approved for transfer from Guantanamo to Morocco. The [...] | 2009-10-20 15:21:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDRG AG LY MO TS |
09STATE119211 | PSI: UPDATE TO INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI EXERCISE [...] We wish to update all addressees about the upcoming US-UAE hosted PSI Exercise LEADING EDGE2010 and invite them to participate in or observe selected phases. This cable also provides logistical information regarding travel, billeting, and registration requirements. In addition, the exercise p [...] | 2009-11-18 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO XD XF XG XI ZK ZR AS AR NZ |
09STATE120771 | (U) MOHAMMED EL FAZAZI'S RENUNCIATION OF [...] (S/NF) NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM CENTER (NCTC) ANALYSTS IN THE RADICALIZATION AND EXTREMIST MESSAGES GROUP (REMG) ARE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING THE FACTORS THAT PROMPTED LONG-STANDING RADICAL CLERIC MOHAMMED EL FAZAZI TO RENOUNCE THE USE OF VIOLENCE. ANALYSTS VIEW EL FAZAZI'S PUBLIC REPUD [...] | 2009-11-23 22:56:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR GM MO |
09STATE125735 | (U) SA'ID BOUTEFLIKA [...] (S/NF) SA'ID BOUTEFLIKA IS OFTEN MENTIONED IN THE ALGERIAN AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS AS A SUCCESSOR TO HIS OLDER BROTHER, PRESIDENT ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA. IN RECENT MONTHS, THE ALGERIAN PRESS HAS FLAGGED HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE FORMATION OF A NEW POLITICAL PARTY OR MOVEMENT (SOMETIMES REFERRED [...] | 2009-12-08 22:58:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV AG FR MO TS |
09STATE1621 | KUDOS TO EMBASSY RABAT AND CG CASABLANCA FOR [...] (U) Tom: I want to commend Embassy Rabat and ConGen Casablanca for posts' excellent reporting, particularly during the last several months of 2008. As an historic U.S. ally and a robust example of political, economic and social reform to others in the Middle East, events in Morocco impact on o [...] | 2009-01-07 22:41:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT MO |
09STATE17214 | RANF: U.S. DEMARCHE TO FORWARD-LEANING RECIPIENT [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 9; Kuwait please see paras 9 and 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2003, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Secretariat has been developing a mechanism for reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF). This mechanism is intended to suppleme [...] | 2009-02-24 23:16:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG JO KNNP KU MO QA SA TH TRGY TS VM IAEA |
09STATE23519 | COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - MOROCCO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-12 17:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ASEC PTER PREL MO |
09STATE26706 | (U) ELECTIONS IN MOROCCO (C-NE9-00557) [...] (C/NF) WITH THE APPROACH OF MOROCCO'S LOCAL ELECTIONS IN JUNE, POLICYMAKERS HAVE SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN DEMOCRATIZATION EFFORTS IN NORTH AFRICA. WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE POST'S INFORMATION AND PERSPECTIVE, AS TIME AND RESOURCES ALLOW, ON THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. MANY TH [...] | 2009-03-19 21:25:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PGOV PROP MO |
09STATE30535 | 2009 USG INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS (IPR) [...] This cable includes an action request. Please see para 5. 2. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Department's Office of Intellectual Property Enforcement (IPE) requests post ECON Section input in conducting an annual update of coordinated USG-wide IPR messaging and factoids. (Please be sure to [...] | 2009-03-30 23:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR MO |
09STATE36567 | G8-BMENA INITIATIVE SECOND COORDINATION MEETING [...] Summary: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Madelyn Spirnak attended a G8-Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) coordination meeting hosted by Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Youssef Amrani in Rabat on April 2, 2009. Italy,s Deputy Direc [...] | 2009-04-14 15:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KPAO PREL IT MO LE QA |
09STATE43165 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the April 30 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. It is a pleasure to welcome you to today,s meeting, Ambassador Christopoulos. We appreciate your ongoing efforts to facilitate long-term, pea [...] | 2009-04-29 12:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | GG MO OSCE PGOV PREL |
09STATE43645 | OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: INTERVENTION ON [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the April 30 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. With the discussion of the Program Budget Performance Report currently underway in the ACMF, we are reminded of our call last year for each pa [...] | 2009-04-29 21:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MO OSCE PGOV PREL RO |
09STATE43655 | OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO ROMANIAN FM [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the April 30 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We warmly welcome you to the Permanent Council, Foreign Minister Diaconescu. The United States and Romania have a close bilateral relationshi [...] | 2009-04-29 21:57:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MO OSCE PGOV PREL RO |
09STATE43724 | WESTERN SAHARA: USUN VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AND EOV [...] This is an action request, see paragraph two. 2. ACTION REQUEST: On April 30, 2009, the UN Security Council will vote on a resolution renewing the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). USUN is authorized to vote in support of the resolution, included in [...] | 2009-04-30 02:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL PHUM KPKO AG MO WI XA XY |
09STATE61339 | MOROCCO -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...] | 2009-06-14 23:55:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MO |
09STATE84305 | PSI: ANNOUNCEMENT AND INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI [...] In keeping with the PSI goal to improve interdiction cooperation and capabilities through the conduct of international PSI exercises, we wish to inform all addressees about the upcoming US-UAE hosted PSI Exercise Leading Edge 2010, and invite them to participate or observe selected phases. P [...] | 2009-08-13 13:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO XD XF XG XI ZK ZR AS AR NZ |
09STATE96019 | IAEA: GUIDANCE ON BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 23:28:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA KNNP PREL MO CM LY |
09STATE9874 | INFORMATION RELATED TO THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) This is an informational cable. Unclassified - entire text. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is sponsoring a three-week seminar on international nuclear safeguards from May 2, 2009 to May 23, 2009, in the U [...] | 2009-02-03 22:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | AG AORC EG ENRG ID KNNP MO MY OTRA TH TRGY TS VM |
09TELAVIV1565 | MFA COMMENTS ON MEETINGS WITH MOROCCAN AND OMANI [...] (C) Summary. Senior MFA officials recently met in Europe with the Moroccan MFA Director General and the Omani Foreign Minister. While the meetings were positive, the Israeli impression is that moderate Arab states are looking for Israeli steps on final status issues, not a settlements freez [...] | 2009-07-16 14:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR MO MU MR IS |
09TUNIS782 | TUNISIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE 2009 BMENA G-8 FORUM [...] (SBU) The Embassy urged high level Tunisian diplomatic representation at the November Marrakech Forum for the Future (FfF) event in diplomatic notes conveyed to the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs first on August 19, and again on October 2. 2. (SBU) During an October 13 meeting with th [...] | 2009-10-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI TS MO |
09USOSCE134 | FSC MAY 27: U.S.-MOROCCO SEMINAR ON CONVENTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Dialogue included an account of the U.S.-Morocco hosted seminar on conventional arms and regional security in Rabat, April 14-15. The U.S., Morocco, Spain, and France described the seminar, which sought coordinated regional responses to the proliferation of weapon [...] | 2009-05-28 12:48:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MO RS XG |
09USUNNEWYORK434 | UNSC DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA AND RENEWAL OF [...] (C) Summary: The Security Council on April 22 held closed consultations on the question of Western Sahara and the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). Edmond Mulet, the Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeepin [...] | 2009-04-24 23:54:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL WI MO UNSC XI |
09USUNNEWYORK463 | UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS MINURSO FOR ANOTHER YEAR [...] The Security Council on April 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1871 to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until April 30, 2010. Ambassador Rice gave the first explanation of vote (EOV),reiterating U.S. support for Personal Envoy Chris Ross a [...] | 2009-05-07 00:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PBTS UNSC MO AG WI |
10CAIRO366 | Nonproliferation Meetings in Cairo: UNSCR 1540 Workshop and [...] (U) Key Points: -- A United Nations multilateral workshop for African countries on implementation of UNSCR 1540 was held December 7-10, 2009 in Cairo. The workshop focused on countering WMD proliferation through strengthened border controls. -- U.S. -Egypt bilaterals on the margins [...] | 2010-02-24 15:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP UN ETRD PBTS PREL EG CF CG KE MO NI GH |
10CASABLANCA13 | 2009 MOROCCO UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR FOR TVPRA AND TDA [...] (U) This message provides requested updates for the Department of Labor's annual report on forced labor and exploitive child labor as mandated under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and the Trade and Development Act (TDA) and requested in reftel. 2. (SBU) The [...] | 2010-02-01 16:17:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN MO |
10CASABLANCA15 | VISAS VIPER FOR JANUARY 2010 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met February 1, 2010. The meeting was chaired by DCM with CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, and PD in attendance. Discussion centered on implementation of new requirements in the Visas Vip [...] | 2010-02-03 17:16:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
10CASABLANCA18 | MOROCCO: LABOR MONITORING AND TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco has engaged in significant labor reform, primarily through a 2004 modernization of its labor code, an effort that received added impetus as a result of the negotiation of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. While the current law adheres to core international labor [...] | 2010-02-05 11:10:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV MO |
10CASABLANCA19 | MOROCCAN CHRISTIANS COMPLAIN OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Morocco (GOM) security forces raided a meeting of 11 Moroccan Christian converts and one American Citizen (AMCIT) in a rural village south of Marrakech on February 4. The police temporarily detained the Moroccans, expelled the AMCIT and confiscated their computers, [...] | 2010-02-09 14:43:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM MO |
10CASABLANCA2 | VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2009 REPORTING PERIOD [...] Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met January 4, 2010. The meeting was chaired by DCM with Ambassador, CG, CONS, RAO, LEGATT, DHS, DAO, RSO, POL, ECON, USAID and PD in attendance. Discussion centered around new requirements in the Visas [...] | 2010-01-05 15:50:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO |
10CASABLANCA24 | OIL CONTINUES TO GREASE MOROCCO-IRAN RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Rabat broke diplomatic relations with Tehran in March 2009, commercial links between the two countries remain important, led by Iran's provision of more than one quarter of Morocco's crude oil imports in 2009, worth nearly USD 1 billion. At the same time, Morocco export [...] | 2010-02-19 11:26:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG KISL MO IR |
10CASABLANCA5 | MOHAMMED EL FIZAZI AND THE SALAFIST SHEIKHS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Moroccan Salafist Sheikh Mohammed El Fizazi's letter to his daughter in Germany, published by Der Spiegel in October 2009, in our view signals a carefully couched reassessment of his support for legitimate jihad but probably not a complete renunciation of violence. Fizazi's le [...] | 2010-01-13 15:56:00 | Consulate Casablanca | SECRET | PINR KISL GM MO |
10CASABLANCA6 | MOROCCO'S SKILL SHORTAGE THREATENS ECONOMIC GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco's leading CEOs agree that the country's education system has failed to produce graduates fit for the work place. The skill shortage, specifically in the technical and engineering field, threatens the Kingdom's economic growth and competitiveness, the CEO's warned. Publi [...] | 2010-01-13 16:20:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV MO |
10CASABLANCA7 | MOROCCO: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A request for information on UN efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping mission personnel in the Western Sahara and Moroccan peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire the Democratic Republic of the Cong [...] | 2010-01-13 17:05:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KPKO CG IV WI MO |
10CASABLANCA8 | MOROCCO - 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-14 09:25:00 | Consulate Casablanca | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO |
10CASABLANCA9 | DUBAI WOES REVERBERATE IN MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The net value of United Arab Emirates (UAE) foreign direct investment in Morocco reached USD 606 million in 2008, a staggering increase from the USD 15 million invested in 2002. To fuel this expansion, the UAE employed a calculated strategy, which entailed pursuing long-term inv [...] | 2010-01-21 13:26:00 | Consulate Casablanca | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL AE MO |
10MADRID192 | SPAIN: MFA DISCUSSES COMBATING NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament within the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism, on February 10 spoke with POLOFF and Deputy ECONCOUNS on a nascent MFA proposal regarding a year-long series of trilateral technical exercises with the USG an [...] | 2010-02-19 14:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL SP KNNP MO KGIC PTER |
10OSLO82 | Child Abduction Case Strains Norwegian - Moroccan Relations [...] Summary: Scrutiny of the Norwegian MFA and MoD involvement in a high profile Norwegian - Moroccan child custody case has increased dramatically following the revelation by Norwegian centrist newspaper Verdens Gang (VG) January 30 that off-duty Norwegian Special Forces had assisted the mother [...] | 2010-02-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOCI MO NO |
10OTTAWA178 | CANADA: SECOND LIFE SENTENCE FOR ANOTHER TERRORIST [...] (U) A Quebec court in Montreal on February 17 laid down a life sentence for Moroccan-born Said Namouh on a charge of conspiracy to detonate an explosive device, on which he had been convicted in October 2009. The court at the same time gave him concurrent sentences of four, eight, and eight [...] | 2010-02-17 22:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PHUM MO CA |
10PARIS144 | FRANCE AND NORTH AFRICA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-08 11:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG TS MO LY FR |
10PARIS151 | FRANCE AND NORTH AFRICA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: France currently has excellent relations with Morocco, tense ties to Algeria, an improving relationship with Tunisia, and disappointing dealings with Libya, according to MFA North Africa DAS Cyrille Rogeau. In wide-ranging discussions during January, Rogeau and MFA Morocco Desk Offic [...] | 2010-02-08 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AG TS MO LY FR |
10PARIS179 | WHA A/S VALENZUELA COORDINATES WITH FRENCH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela on February 4, the Elysee and MFA pledged to send more than the 100 already promised gendarmes to Haiti and said that France would consider approaching other "Francophone" countries in Morocco and Senegal t [...] | 2010-02-16 17:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO EUN HA XL MO SG BR FR |
10RABAT108 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CARDIN [...] (U) Summary: Senator Cardin, we look forward to your arrival in Morocco, a long-standing U.S. ally and model in many respects for other Arab, Muslim and African countries. The U.S. mission's goals in Morocco are promoting economic growth, enhancing democracy and governance through political [...] | 2010-02-09 15:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO |
10RABAT109 | AMBASSADOR, MARRAKESH MAYOR DISCUSS POLITICS, [...] (U) Summary: Meeting for the first time on January 27, Ambassador and Marrakesh Mayor Fatima Azzhra El Mansouri had a lively discussion about local politics, infrastructure and social development. Mayor El Mansouri described some of the challenges she faces as the highest-ranking elected off [...] | 2010-02-10 14:01:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MO |
10RABAT114 | FM SHARES MOROCCAN ANGST ON WESTERN SAHARA WITH [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri offered DAS Sanderson a decidedly downbeat assessment both of Moroccan-Algerian relations and of recent developments surrounding the Western Sahara. He stated Morocco's willingness to participate in an informal round of UN-sponsored talks i [...] | 2010-02-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO MO WI |
10RABAT118 | MOROCCO: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING DELIVERED [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel demarche by diplomatic note to Morocco's Ministry of Transportation and Equipment on February 2. 2. (U) The use of mobile phones while driving is illegal in Morocco, but "hands-free" sets are allowed. On January 5, the Parliament of Morocco passed a new highw [...] | 2010-02-11 16:56:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI ELTN MO |
10RABAT120 | AMBASSADOR EXPLORES MOROCCO'S JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, newly appointed Minister of Justice Mohamed Naciri welcomed U.S. offers of assistance with Morocco's planned judicial reform and emphasized his intention to bring meaningful change to a system he described as "dysfunctional." Referring [...] | 2010-02-12 11:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KJUS KCRM CJAN EAID MO |
10RABAT121 | AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE [...] Summary: When the Ambassador called on the Minister of Agriculture and Maritime Fisheries Akhannouch on January 14, they focused on agricultural trade, the recent approval of changes to the chocolate standard, the MCA and Maroc Vert's (Green Morocco's) progress, and water resource managemen [...] | 2010-02-12 11:34:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD EINV KMCA MO |
10RABAT123 | DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL BISOGNIERO BRIEFS NATO [...] (C) Summary: NATO Deputy Secretary General Bisogniero had a full day of meeting with Moroccan officials and diplomats from NATO countries on January 25. After opening an all-day seminar on the Mediterranean Dialogue, he met with the Minister of Interior, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forc [...] | 2010-02-12 14:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO MO |
10RABAT124 | MOROCCAN CANDIDATE FOR REELECTION TO INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On February 2, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Morocco sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy seeking support of the United States for Morocco's candidacy for reelection to the Council of International Telecommunication Union (French original scanned and e-mailed to NEA/MAG). 2. ( [...] | 2010-02-12 16:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ECPS UN MO |
10RABAT125 | MOROCCO WILL NOT CONTRIBUTE TO REINFORCING MINUSTAH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 17:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MASS MARR PREL MO HA |
10RABAT126 | COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS FOCUSES ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: General Conway, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, visited Rabat, February 3-5. During his meeting with General Bennani, the two Generals discussed exercises, exchanges and support. General Conway expressed his desire to strengthen AFRICAN LION. He said that U.S. Marines [...] | 2010-02-12 17:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR KPKO HA MO |
10RABAT127 | DAS SANDERSON MEETS SENIOR MOROCCAN INTELLIGENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Janet Sanderson held separate meetings in Rabat January 21 with Director-General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mansouri and MFA Chief of Staff Bourita. Mansouri indicated that Morocco intends to remain deeply involved in assisting Guinea's transition. On counterterro [...] | 2010-02-16 17:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM PREF MO WI |
10RABAT138 | UPDATE ON PRISON CONDITIONS IN LAAYOUNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conditions have improved a great deal in the last year and a half at the Laayoune prison, the only official prison facility in the Western Sahara. GOM authorities have reduced the prison population by nearly half although a large portion of the reductions are due to the transfe [...] | 2010-02-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SNAR SOCI WI MO |
10RABAT14 | MOROCCO REQUEST FOR BIOTECH OUTREACH FUNDS [...] (U) Embassy Rabat's Economic, Agriculture, and Public Affairs Sections request Biotech Outreach Funds as outlined in the proposal below to support efforts to influence scientists and policy makers in Morocco regarding the benefits of agricultural biotechnology. 2. (SBU) Embassy Rabat pro [...] | 2010-01-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO KPAO MO |
10RABAT151 | CODEL CARDIN MEETS WITH GOM OFFICIALS [...] (U) SUMMARY. On February 15, 2010, a five-member Congressional delegation led by Senator Cardin met with Moroccan MFA Secretary General Youssef Amrani and MOI Director of Internal Affairs Mohammed Tricha. The parties discussed regional stability, human rights, counterterrorism, and other dom [...] | 2010-02-22 15:15:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KTIP MO |
10RABAT152 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MANAGING PART ONE OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-22 17:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP MO |
10RABAT158 | RENEWED CONTACT WITH THE JCO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatallah Arsalane, governing board member of the unrecognized but tolerated Moroccan religious/political organization known as the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO; Arabic: "Al-Adl wal Ihsane"),met with D/PolCouns for a wide-ranging discussion of global issues and interna [...] | 2010-02-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL MO |
10RABAT162 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. APPROACH TO THE 2010 NPT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 17:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ENRG MNUC KNNP MO |
10RABAT163 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-24 17:36:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ENRG MNUC KNNP KSUM MO |
10RABAT168 | MOROCCO GRANTS TRAVEL DOCUMENTS TO WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOM has returned previously confiscated travel documents to 14 Sahrawi activists. Upon receiving their passports, several promptly departed for Algeria, ostensibly to see relatives in the refugee camps near Tindouf but no doubt also to consult with Polisario officials. West [...] | 2010-02-25 18:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF MO WI |
10RABAT171 | EMBASSY RABAT TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-26 16:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPC ECON MO |
10RABAT22 | WHY DID MOROCCO SEND DADIS CAMARA TO BURKINA FASO? [...] (C) Summary: Following the Secretary,s conversation with Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri, the Embassy was surprised to learn January 12 of the Government of Morocco,s (GOM,s) abrupt decision to discharge Guinean junta leader Dadis Camara from the Mohammed V Military Hospital in R [...] | 2010-01-15 07:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS GV MO UV |
10RABAT25 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO GICNT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 11:06:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO |
10RABAT26 | MOROCCO: THE KING RESHUFFLES THE CABINET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: King Mohammed VI appointed on January 4 five government ministers, a mere 24 hours after he had addressed the nation to announce the creation of an Advisory Committee for Regionalization tasked with accelerating the GOM's plan to devolve power to the regions. The new ministe [...] | 2010-01-15 11:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MO |
10RABAT29 | TFHA01: MOROCCAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-15 14:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MARR AEMR PREL AMGT HA MO |
10RABAT32 | TFHA01: MOROCCO'S RESPONSE TO HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-19 12:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MOPS PGOV PREL PREF ECON MO |
10RABAT34 | MOROCCO AND BURKINA FASO CONSULTATIONS ON GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mansouri met with President Compaore, Guinean General Konate and Guinean Captain Dadis Camara in Ouagadougou on January 18. According to a senior Moroccan MFA official, Mansouri assured Compoare that the GOM appreciate [...] | 2010-01-20 19:24:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MARR PREL MO UV GV |
10RABAT35 | MOROCCO SEEKS 2012-13 UNSC SEAT [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-20 19:30:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC MO |
10RABAT36 | KING MOHAMMED VI'S SPEECH ON REGIONALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The latest cabinet reshuffle (reftel) came a day after King Mohammed VI appointed a new Advisory Committee on Regionalization tasked with developing a strategic plan to empower regional governance across Morocco. Moroccan analysts and politicians generally welcomed the initiat [...] | 2010-01-21 08:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PHUM MO WI |
10RABAT41 | UPDATE ON CONDITIONS IN LAAYOUNE AND SEVEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Throughout late December and early January, PolOff met with various Sahrawi and human rights activists to confirm that the seven Sahrawis arrested in Casablanca in October (Ref B) who were placed in the Sale prison near Rabat are no longer in solitary confinement and are enjoyi [...] | 2010-01-21 20:14:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI WI MO |
10RABAT47 | USG DOE/NNSA BILATERAL NUCLEAR EMERGENCY [...] SUMMARY: U.S Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Office of International Emergency Management and Cooperation (IEMC) personnel conducted bilateral nuclear emergency management discussions and training with Government of Morocco (GOM) officials January 1 [...] | 2010-01-22 17:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY TPHY SENV TNGD KNNP MO SP |
10RABAT5 | GEN. WARD SIGNS CISMOA; DISCUSSES AQIM, ACSA, [...] (S) Summary: General Ward of Africa Command visited Rabat on December 30 to sign the Communications Interoperability and Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA) and continued military cooperation. During meetings with Inspector General Bennani and other Moroccan general officers, General War [...] | 2010-01-04 16:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PTER MOPS PREL SNAR GV MO |
10RABAT52 | MOROCCO TO ASSOCIATE ITSELF WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 16:29:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG MO |
10RABAT53 | MOROCCANS PROPOSE AREAS FOR SCIENCE-TECH [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to President Obama's call for increased cooperation in scientific and technological fields, prominent Moroccan researchers and businesspersons have created a working group to identify promising areas of U.S.- Morocco collaboration, including agriculture, energy, aer [...] | 2010-01-27 12:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TNGD TSPL EINV ETRD KPAO MO XY |
10RABAT6 | IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION IN MOROCCO [...] Summary: Pursuant to President Obama's Cairo Speech and the Secretary of State's remarks in Marrakesh at the Forum for the Future, the U.S. Mission in Morocco continues to collaborate with Moroccan counterparts from civil society, government, media and academia to support a wealth of programs [...] | 2010-01-05 07:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM ECON SOCI KISL KTIA MO |
10RABAT62 | ANTICORRUPTION AUTHORITY PRESSES EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: In its first year, Morocco's Central Authority for Corruption Prevention (ICPC),established by the Government as the coordinating body for the fight against corruption, has initiated work on several draft anti-corruption laws. While Morocco's Transparency International corrupt [...] | 2010-02-01 16:45:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS ECON KCOR PGOV KMPI MO |
10RABAT63 | CODEL GREGG DISCUSSES ALGERIA, WESTERN SAHARA, [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Gregg held a wide-ranging discussion with the Prime Minister on January 5. Prime Minister El Fassi addressed Moroccan relations with Algeria, stating that Algeria wanted to maintain the status quo on Western Sahara. The Prime Minister emphasized progress on the Israeli [...] | 2010-02-01 16:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL KPAL KDEM EFIN AG WI MO |
10RABAT65 | MOROCCO RESPONSE: IRAN OUTREACH FOR UNIVERSAL [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered subject demarche to the MFA's Chief of the Division on Humanitarian and Social Questions, Abdelmounaim El Farouq, on January 29. El Farouq stated that the universal periodic review (UPR) exercise is a good opportunity for a positive interaction with Iran on the issue o [...] | 2010-02-01 17:21:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IR MO |
10RABAT66 | CODEL GREGG DISCUSSES MEPP AND COUNTER-EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary: CODEL Gregg held an open and wide-ranging discussion with Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri and Director General for Studies and Documentation (Director of National Intelligence equivalent) Mansouri in a joint meeting on January 5. They focused on making progress on the Israeli-Pale [...] | 2010-02-01 18:47:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL KPAL PINS MO |
10RABAT68 | AMBASSADOR, INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: Meeting for the first time on January 20, the Ambassador and newly appointed Moroccan Minister of Interior Taieb Cherkaoui (reftel) discussed a broad range of issues. Cherkaoui called relations with the United States "excellent," and he expressed gratitude for the long, rich pa [...] | 2010-02-02 10:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KJUS MO |
10RABAT7 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT IN SUPPORT OF LANDING SHIP [...] (C/NF) Purpose: The Embassy supports the sale of one Landing Ship - Tank (LST) Amphibious Ship to the Government of Morocco. 2. (C/NF) Reason Desired: Due to a catastrophic fire, the Royal Moroccan Navy (RMN) is seeking a replacement for their current LST. The engine room fire rendered [...] | 2010-01-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PREL MO |
10RABAT70 | MOROCCO IMPROVES ITS ECONOMIC RANKINGS, BUT STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: After years of lagging behind in world economic rankings such as the World Bank's "Doing Business Index" and the Heritage Foundation's "Economic Freedom Index," Morocco is starting to show signs of improvement. The most recent iterations of these reports show Morocco moving up [...] | 2010-02-02 12:27:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV MO |
10RABAT8 | GUINEA: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (S) Summary: Following a series of discussions in Rabat on January 5, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson signaled explicit USG support to Guinean Defense Minister Sekouba Konate in his bid to lead the country's transition to civilian rule. A/S Carson, along with Fr [...] | 2010-01-08 11:17:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PINS PGOV PREL PINR GV MO |
10RABAT87 | MOROCCO: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met Minister of State Laenser, the Secretary General of the Popular Movement Party (MP),on January 25. Laenser discussed the need for the King's entourage to devolve powers to the Parliament and the problem of a saturated political environment with too many pa [...] | 2010-02-03 18:12:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON MO |
10RABAT94 | LEADING INDEPENDENT WEEKLY CLOED FOR TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: On Jauary 27, 2010, a Moroccan commercial court seize and sealed the offices of independent weekly "L Journal" for non-payment of taxes. While repreentatives ofthe court claim that action had no olitical overtones, we see this incident as only he latest, and most chilling, in [...] | 2010-02-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM MO KPAO PREL |
10RABAT96 | MOROCCO BEGINS ISSUANCE OF BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS [...] (C) Summary: Ref A provided information about official Moroccan documents, noting that the Government of Morocco (GOM) intended to introduce biometric technology to Moroccan passports. Introduction of the biometric passports, however, was delayed through 2009. The Morocco Ministry of Interio [...] | 2010-02-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | CPAS PGOV ASEC PINR KHLS MO |
10RABAT97 | MOROCCO UNDECIDED ON CITES PROPOSALS, WILL NOT [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered Ref A demarche to Hayat Mesbah, Head of the Service of Conservation of Wild Flora and Fauna of Morocco's High Commission for Water and Forests and Combating Desertification on January 28, inviting Morocco's comments on the U.S. proposals for the Convention on Internatio [...] | 2010-02-05 16:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EFIS ETRD AORC KSCA CITES MO |
10RABAT98 | IATA "AGENDA FOR FREEDOM" DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche by diplomatic note to Morocco's Foreign Ministry on January 8. EconCouns followed up in person on February 4 with Director of Air Transport Hamid Zhar of the Ministry of Equipment and Transportation, the senior Moroccan official responsible for aviatio [...] | 2010-02-05 17:09:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD EFIN MO |
10STATE14132 | BUILDING BLOCKS FOR FEBRUARY 18 UNSC [...] (SBU) USUN may draw from the points and questions in paragraph three for the February 18 Security Council consultations on the Western Sahara. ---------- Objective ---------- 2. The U.S. objective is to indicate support for the UN-led process. --------------- Talking Points ---- [...] | 2010-02-17 19:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC AG MO WI PBTS |
10STATE414 | TALKING POINTS FOR AMB. REDDICK'S MEETING WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Background: Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, leader of Guinea's ruling junta, the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD),has reneged on promises to hold elections in 2009 and worsened the misrule that has characte [...] | 2010-01-05 00:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS LY SG GV GB MO |
10STATE4712 | INVITATION TO DOE/NNSA EVENT ENTITLED "REGIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) and the United States Department of State are sponsoring a Regional Energy Planning and Nonproliferation Workshop in Muscat, Om [...] | 2010-01-15 23:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KNNP ENRG TRGY MU SA BA KU TC JO QA MO AG TS |
10USOSCE10 | OSCE,S MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERSHIP LOOKS AHEAD TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE,s annual Mediterranean Conference was held December 14-15 in Cairo, Egypt. All six Med Partners (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia) attended and took an active part in discussions that focused on conflict prevention and resolution, trafficking in pers [...] | 2010-01-15 15:19:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE AG EG IS JO MO TS KMPI PREL KZ |
85RABAT12023 | ABU NIDAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION [...] (SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. I TOOK THE OCCASION OF A DECEMBER 17 MEETING ON OTHER SUBJECTS WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR DRISS BASRI TO EMPHASIZE USG CONCERN OVER ACTIVITIES OF THE ABU NIDAL TERRORIST GROUP AND TO PROVIDE HIM WITH A COPY OF THE EXCELLENT ANALYSIS OF THE ABU NIDAL GROUP AND CHRONO [...] | 1985-12-19 10:53:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PTER MO |
88RABAT2739 | MOROCCO: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT) - 2. FOLLOWING IS POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL REPORT ON TERRORISM, KEYED TO SUGGESTED FORMAT. - (1) MOROCCO - (2) RELATIONSHIP WITH PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION: THE PLO HAS HAD A DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN RABAT SINCE 1971. GOM-PLO RELATIONS SOURED IN [...] | 1988-03-17 12:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MO |
89RABAT12531 | MOROCCO: 1989 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] FOLLOWING IS POST'S CONTRIBUTION TO DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL REPORT ON TERRORISM: IN 1989 THE UNITED STATES AND MOROCCO SIGNED AN AGREEMENT ON JOINT COOPERATION IN FIGHTING AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, ORGANIZED CRIME AND THE ILLICIT PRODUCTION, TRAFFICKING AND ABUSE OF NARCOTICS (REF B). [...] | 1989-12-11 17:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MO |
90KHARTOUM7632 | DIPLOMATS AGREE--BASHIR IS HERE TO STAY, IF NOT [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AT LUNCH HOSTED BY CHARGE JULY 24 SIX SENIOR DIPLOMATS ASSIGNED TO KHARTOUM EXPRESSED THEIR CONVICTION THAT THE BASHIR GOVERNMENT WILL REMAIN IN POWER FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE--AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, POSSIBLY A YEAR. UNLIKE EARLIER MEETINGS WHICH WITNESSED [...] | 1990-07-26 09:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV SU EG NL GE IT UR MO |
91RABAT10076 | 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] POST RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS LISTED IN REFTEL PARA 5. A) THERE WERE NO HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM THIS YEAR. THE MOROCCAN JUDICIARY HAS CHARGED 29 STUDENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST ORGANIZATION "JUSTICE AND CHARITY" AT OUJDA [...] | 1991-11-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MO |
92RABAT11918 | 1992 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] POST RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS LISTED IN REFTEL PARA 5. A. WE ARE AWARE OF NO HOST GOVERNMENT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL OR DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN 1992. B. WE KNOW OF NO EXTRADITIONS OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS THAT WERE CARRIED OUT OR REQUESTED IN 1992. C. THERE AR [...] | 1992-11-17 10:50:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER MO |