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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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05ROME1785 | ITALY: CENTER RIGHT NEEDS DRASTIC CHANGES TO WIN, [...] (C) Vice Minister of Productive Activities Adolfo Urso told the Ambassador May 16 that the center-right coalition seems destined for defeat in the next national elections unless it takes drastic measures soon. Urso believes a larger, more unified center-right party needs to be created, with [...] | 2005-05-25 12:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME1787 | MTAG 05-96: EXPORT OF CLIMATIC CHAMBER TO IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-25 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IT IR EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME1807 | Corrected Copy: Italy Rethinking Nuclear [...] A surprisingly vigorous debate has emerged in Italy on renewing nuclear power generation, following comments by Prime Minister Berlusconi and others. While Italy's geography limits sites for nuclear plant construction, Embassy energy sector contacts maintain that Italy must reconsider its 198 [...] | 2005-05-26 18:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ENRG IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME1824 | ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: KIDNAPPING CHILLS ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting, Italy's Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Minister Anna Della Croce, worried that the kidnapping of the Italian CARE International worker might chill humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. Della Croce and Italy's G8 Sous-Sherpa told us Italy fully supports the [...] | 2005-05-27 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME1828 | EC PROPOSAL TO WTO ON TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH [...] (SBU) As instructed reftel, we delivered reftel points to Ferdinando Nelli Feroci, Director General for EU Integration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Massimo Leggeri, Deputy Director General for Economic and Financial Multilateral Cooperation; and Fabrizio Piaggesi, MFA Delegate for Intel [...] | 2005-05-27 19:04:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD IT KIPR |
05ROME1852 | TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH, FURTHER ITALY RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-31 18:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR IT |
05ROME1859 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN Security Council reform, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Syria/Lebanon, Darfur, and Iran during his May 13 stopover in Rome. On most issues, Italian positions were [...] | 2005-06-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI |
05ROME1870 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 - 05-962303: ALENIA SPAZIO [...] This is a response to reftel A, and conveys pre-license information on application number 05-962303, on the export of fuses from AEM Inc. to Alenia Spazio for use in the Cosmo-SkyMed satellite program. 2. Econoffs met May 26 with Cosmo-SkyMed executives: Sandro Fagioli, VP and General Man [...] | 2005-06-01 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETTC TSPA IT KOMC BLUE LANTERN |
05ROME1873 | UN FUND FOR DEMOCRACY: ITALY WILL SIGN ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-01 17:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM IT |
05ROME1883 | IRAQ: ITALIAN MARSH RESTORATION TO ENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Environment (MOE) plans to spend approximately euro 12 million through 2005 on its "New Eden" marshland restoration project in Iraq. In partnership with the Free Iraq Foundation, the GOI has funded a two-year scientific survey of the re-flooded Abu Zirig [...] | 2005-06-03 12:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID IT IZ SENV IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME1966 | A/S FRIED'S CONSULTATIONS WITH ITALIAN U/S TERZI [...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Italian MFA U/S Giulio Terzi June 7 to discuss Italian reaction to the French and Dutch "no" votes on the EU Constitution (see septel). With Russian FM Lavrov and Serbian PM Kostunica due in Rome, Terzi also reviewed with Fried our policies towards Kosovo, Bos [...] | 2005-06-09 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT |
05ROME1968 | ITALIAN RESPONSE ON USG PROPOSED UN COPUOS STSC [...] On May 24, Science Counselor delivered the text in ref A to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Italian Space Agency (ASI),and the Italian National Research Council. On June 7, Counselor Giovanni Manfredi, Chief of Office VI (S&T Cooperation) at the MFA's Directorate General for Multilater [...] | 2005-06-10 07:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPA AORC IT UNPUOS UNGA |
05ROME1979 | EUR A/S FRIED'S ROME CONSULTATIONS, JUNE 6-7, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Dan Fried met with Italian officials and press June 6-7 to stress our commitment to a strong U.S.-European partnership working through NATO and with the EU ready to tackle worldwide challenges. Italians viewed the "no" votes in France and the Netherlands on the EU C [...] | 2005-06-10 11:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IT NATO |
05ROME1980 | SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA IN ROME; TAKES A [...] (C) As reported ref a, on June 7, in anticipation of Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica's visit to Rome later the same day, EUR A/S Fried provided MFA POLDIR Terzi with an overview of the U.S. position on Kosovo. Fried asked that Italy try to persuade him to accept a definition of "less than in [...] | 2005-06-10 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SR IT KOC UN NATO |
05ROME1981 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON JUNE 13 GAERC AGENDA; ITALY WILL [...] (C) MFA Director for EU CFSP Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that since this is the first GAERC after the French and Dutch "no" on the Constitution, FMs will discuss, over dinner Sunday evening June 12, alternatives on the way forward for ratification and the implications of freezing the process fo [...] | 2005-06-10 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PREL CM IR EUN |
05ROME2001 | LETTER TO ITALIAN OFFICIAL ON DRIFTNETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 7, Emboffs delivered letter in ref (A) to Paolo Scarpa Bonazza Buora, the Italian Under Secretary of Agriculture responsible for Fisheries. Scarpa SIPDIS emphasized that as of 2002, the GOI had "solved and stopped" the driftnet problem, and strongly opposed any ille [...] | 2005-06-13 12:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV PHSA ETRD IT FAO |
05ROME2002 | ITALY: COMPETITIVENESS AND GROWTH PROGRAM, PART I [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Senate gave final approval May 12 for the first part of the 2005-2008 four billion euro plan to improve Italian competitiveness and implement EU Lisbon agenda reforms. The package will likely be the government's most significant piece of economic legislatio [...] | 2005-06-13 12:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
05ROME2005 | ALITALIA NON-COMPLIANCE WITH PASSENGER [...] Econoff delivered reftel diplomatic note to MFA North American Office Director Francesco Tafuri May 24. Tafuri told Econoff May 25 that the MFA's legal office would provide guidance to the Interior Ministry regarding the legal authority, based on international agreements, to prevent designate [...] | 2005-06-13 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION |
05ROME2011 | ITALY MAY ESCALATE OECD BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras. 1 and 6 below. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED ---------------------------- 2. (C) Italy continues to press to delay the election of the Chairman of the OECD "Working Group Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Busin [...] | 2005-06-13 18:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT OECD |
05ROME2046 | DARFUR:ITALIAN SORTIES GET NATO FLAGS [...] (C) Italy will designate all its aircraft sorties to Darfur as part of NATO's operation, according to MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi. In a June 15 conversation with PolMilOff, Brauzzi said that Italy will use a yet to be determined number of Boeing 707s for the mission. All Itali [...] | 2005-06-15 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR SU IT NATO |
05ROME2051 | U.S.-EU IRAQ CONFERENCE, ITALY UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Italian Foreign Minister Fini will attend the Brussels conference, but aid officials tell us Italy will not commit to new assistance for Iraq. End summary. 2. (SBU) Visiting A/S Fried discussed reftel points with Giovanni Castellaneta, Diplomatic Advisor to Prime Minister Be [...] | 2005-06-16 05:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IT IZ EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME2080 | NSC CUBA REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Summary: There have been no dramatic changes in Italy's approach to Cuba in the last six months. Italy continues to support the common European Union position and has also resisted changes to liberalize it in Havana's favor. Italy supported the U.S. position and played a role in helping [...] | 2005-06-16 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME2089 | ITALY'S FAILED FERTILITY REFERENDUM [...] (U) This is a joint U.S. Embassy Rome-U.S. Embassy Vatican cable. 2. (C) Summary. Although touted as Italy's biggest values vote since the approval of divorce and abortion, the June 12-13 referendums on embryo research and assisted fertility was a dud. Most (74 percent) Italians opted to a [...] | 2005-06-17 14:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI PGOV IT HUMAN RIGHTS FAO |
05ROME211 | AFGHANISTAN: PRT/FSB -- ITALY URGENTLY SEEKING [...] (U) This is an action cable. See Paragraphs 2 and 5. 2. (C) Summary. Italy is firm in its commitment and poised to deploy a PRT and FSB to Herat before Afghan parliamentary elections (Reftel A). However, after receiving recent U.S. demarches on Stage II requirements, the Italians are having [...] | 2005-01-21 17:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME2115 | IRAQ/ITALY - MOD/IDGS STUDYING ISF EMBEDDING [...] (S) Ambassador discussed Engaging the Coalition message (Ref A) with DefMin Martino June 17; Army Attache and PolMilCouns, accompanied by UK counterparts, followed up with D/CHOD Castagnetti and MoD Diplomatic Advisor Amerio June 20. The Italians noted that while they would begin an internal [...] | 2005-06-20 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL IT IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME2148 | FRUSTRATED ITALIAN UNIONS TO SEEK MINISTRY OF [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Italian unions representing civilians who work for the U.S. military on Italian bases expressed to Embassy Labor Counselor extreme frustration over the inability to conclude a Conditions of Employment agreement for the l [...] | 2005-06-22 11:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR ELAB IT |
05ROME2178 | ITALY-EU: BERLUSCONI STANDS FIRM, BUT PRODI [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; not for Internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Italian reactions to the French/Dutch rejection of the EU Constitution are playing out in the context of national election politics, Italy's own battle with Brussels over Stability Pact bu [...] | 2005-06-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON IT TU EUN ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME2179 | ITALY: SIGONELLA TA APPROVAL CRITICAL TO MIL-MIL [...] (C) Post wishes to highlight the importance to US-Italy relations of rapid approval in Washington of the just-concluded negotiations on the Sigonella Technical Arrangement. The 1995 "Shell Agreement" stipulates that the US and Italy will negotiate technical arrangements (TA) for each Italian [...] | 2005-06-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
05ROME2183 | REFORMING THE UN: UNSC REMAINS ITALY'S TOP PRIORITY [...] (C) Summary. Italian interest in UN reform centers on the Human Rights Council, the Peacebuilding Commission and the Comprehensive Convention on Terrorism. In general, they will follow the EU lead but will press for a reform consensus that does not create more problems than it solves. Whil [...] | 2005-06-27 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC IT UNSC |
05ROME2295 | ITU: ITALY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON SINGLE STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS IT ITU |
05ROME2296 | G-4 UNSC RESOLUTION: ITALY AGREES ON IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to Giacomo Sanfelice de Monteforte, MFA Deputy Director General for Multilateral Affairs (DG Giulio Terzi is still at the G-8 Summit in Gleneagles) and Alessandro Busacca, Director of the MFA UN Office, emphasizing Secretary Rice's view that we consider it impo [...] | 2005-07-08 17:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT UNSC |
05ROME2310 | ITALY OPEN TO MULTILATERAL CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 13:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD IT EUN OSCE |
05ROME2346 | G-8 BIOENERGY WORKSHOP, ROME, ITALY, JUNE 14-15, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14-15, 2005, the government of Italy hosted a G-8 bioenergy workshop to identify opportunities and barriers to establishing a G-8-endorsed multilateral bioenergy initiative. G-8 members plus Brazil, China, India, Mexico, South Korea, South Africa, FAO, IEA, UNCCD, UN [...] | 2005-07-14 05:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG ECON IT AORG |
05ROME2348 | IRAQ: ITALIANS FOCUSED ON UN MANDATE, TROOP [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones and CENTCOM Deputy Commander LTG Lance Smith led a delegation to Rome July 6-7 to discuss the way forward in Iraq with senior Italian diplomatic and military officials. The Italians stressed that Italy's con [...] | 2005-07-14 06:42:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME2349 | IRAQ: AMBASSADOR JONES DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard H. Jones updated key Italian MFA officials on Iraqi efforts to draft a new constitution, including the increased Sunni participation in the drafting committee, and US views on UNSCR 1546 and continuing the mandate [...] | 2005-07-14 06:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EIND IZ IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME2372 | ITALIAN PREVIEW OF THE JULY 18-19 GAERIC [...] (C) Italian MFA EU Office Director Luigi Mattiolo provided Laborcouns July 14 with a review of the EU Political Directors meeting in Bath, England regarding the July 18-19 GAERIC and responded to reftel points. Mattiolo said the Bath meeting was held in the shadow of the London bombings wit [...] | 2005-07-15 11:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IR LE PREL SY TU UZ IT UN |
05ROME2413 | SOMALIA: ITALY REQUESTS CLOSER CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Although we may differ on what should be addressed first--nation-building or local assistance that supports peaceful development of a national government--Italy supports U.S. goals for Somalia. In Italy's view the greatest threat Somalia faces is not renewed fighting by warlor [...] | 2005-07-20 06:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SO ET IT YE |
05ROME2456 | ITALY CONDEMNS SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE [...] (C) Summary. MFA officials agree that Syria's continuing blockage of its borders with Lebanon constitutes economic harassment, but they prefer to abide by a recent EU statement condemning such actions rather than make a separate public declaration. The officials also expressed Italy's disapp [...] | 2005-07-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EG JO PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY IT |
05ROME249 | IRAQ: ITALY SENDING POSITIVE MESSAGES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the recent death of another Italian soldier in Iraq, Italy has no intention of withdrawing its troops until asked by the new Iraqi government. Furthermore, Italian officials continue publicly to support the January 30 elections as the first step in the transition to a free [...] | 2005-01-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS |
05ROME2498 | ROME RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: 05-969702 [...] This is a response to reftel, and conveys pre-license information on application number 05-969702, regarding the export of CH-47 Chinook spare parts from Lee Air Company, Inc. to Italian consignee Aermeccanica. 2. We confirmed Aermeccanica's order by telephone with co-owner Aldo Pinza. M [...] | 2005-07-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KOMC ETTC IT ECON AVIATION BLUE LANTERN EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME2545 | ITALY GENERALLY SUPPORTS USG PROPOSAL ON NEW UN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche on July 29 to Minister Rosa Anna Coniglio, head of the MFA's Human Rights Office. Min. Coniglio is new to her job, but provided preliminary thoughts on the Italian position based on her previous human rights background (she previously worked for MFA U/S [...] | 2005-07-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IT UNGA UNHCR HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME2569 | IRAQ/ITALIAN TROOP DEPLOYMENT: PARLIAMENT EXTENDS [...] (U) Summary. On July 27, the Italian Parliament extended funding for Italy's mission in Iraq to December 31, 2005, by a wide majority. With the exception of the Union of Democrats for Europe (UDEUR),the opposition voted against. Wide differences of opinion have emerged within the opposition [...] | 2005-08-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME2624 | ALITALIA DEFACTO COMPLIANCE WITH TSA REGULATION; [...] Alitalia has been recently implementing the DHS/TSA No-Fly/Selectee requirements, albeit without explicit Italian legal authority. An Italian citizen (Claudio DIONESALVI, DOB: 6APR71, Italian PPT: 47478963Z) on the No-Fly list attempted to board a KLM flight from Rome to Mexico City July 29, [...] | 2005-08-05 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION |
05ROME2625 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY PLEDGES ADDITIONAL MILLION [...] (C) Italy will provide an extra 1,000,000 euros to the UN for Afghanistan's National Assembly elections, scheduled for September 18. Italian Special Envoy on Afghanistan Anna della Croce told polmiloff that DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini pledged the extra million euros to Afghan President Karzai on A [...] | 2005-08-05 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AF IT UNDP AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME2629 | ITALY SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] Summary. Italy confirms its support for the concept of a SEEBRIG deployment as described in reftels and will work with the U.S. on details of possible implementation. End Summary. 2. On August 4, DATT delivered Reftel A talking points to LTG Fabrizio Castegnetti, newly appointed chief of th [...] | 2005-08-08 07:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MASS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME2679 | ITALY UNABLE TO INCREASE AFRICA EMERGENCY AID [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is unable to increase its emergency humanitarian assistance for Africa due to severe budget difficulties. Italy's overall aid spending levels will likely remain at 0.17 percent of GDP (the same level as 2004) only because of debt relief, particularly for Ethiopia. "Real" [...] | 2005-08-11 14:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR XA IT FAO |
05ROME2720 | ITALY MAINTAINS STRONG SUPPORT FOR TURKEY'S EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Berlusconi's government continues to steadfastly support Turkey in the run-up to the expected start of EU negotiations October 3, although Italian officials acknowledge that the talks will be lengthy and difficult. Italian officials concede that EU membership for [...] | 2005-08-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME2734 | ITALY SEES NO NEED TO CHANGE ISAF'S UN MANDATE [...] (C) Acting Pol-Mil Counselor and Pol-Mil Officer met with MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi August 17 to discuss further the renewal of ISAF's UN mandate (reftels). Brauzzi said he saw no need to change the mandate when it comes up for renewal. The real issue, he said, is NATO's OPLAN, which [...] | 2005-08-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AF IT NATO |
05ROME2763 | PARTICULATE MATTER AIR POLLUTION IN ITALY: AN [...] SUMMARY: Air pollution is a serious and intractable problem in Italy, causes health problems, and shortens Italian life spans. Emissions levels and particulate matter (PM) concentrations are highest in Italy's northern industrial Po Valley between Bologna, Milan and Turin. While industry an [...] | 2005-08-19 15:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA IT EU |
05ROME2776 | AS CHINESE FAKES INVADE ITALY, COMPANIES FEEL [...] (U) Summary: While famous Italian designers have long been a favored target of imitators world-wide, Italian business and government leaders are quickly realizing that no Italian product, no matter how mundane, is safe from Chinese counterfeiters. Unlike the big fashion houses, most Italian [...] | 2005-08-22 14:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD CM IT |
05ROME2835 | ITALIAN MFA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. To ensure Italian participation in an upcoming U.S.-led military exercise in West Africa, the Italian MFA has asked for USG assistance in paving the way for Italy to conclude bilateral status of forces-type agreement [...] | 2005-08-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL XY IT NATO |
05ROME2874 | ITALY SAYS TURKEY WILL LIKELY DOMINATE SEPTEMBER [...] (C) Summary. On August 24, Poloff met separately with Sergio Mercuri of the MFA's EU office and Stefano Ravagnan of the MFA's Southern Europe office to discuss ref A demarche. Poloff also met with Raimondo De Cardona from the MFA's Balkans office on August 29. Mercuri and Ravagnan stated t [...] | 2005-08-29 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL TU IT EUN |
05ROME2885 | IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] (U) DCM has requested an appointment to discuss reftel demarche with the MFA's Director General for the Mediterranean and the Middle East. In the meantime, below are comments from PM Berlusconi and Deputy PM/FM Fini regarding the Iraqi constitution. 2. (U) In an August 28 press statement [...] | 2005-08-30 12:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME29 | IRAQ: ITALY NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Iraq officer Daniano Francovigh (speaking on behalf of Iraq Office Director and Task Force Director Luigi Maccotta) on January 4 regarding Ref A demarche. Francovigh said that because of time and financial restraints, Italy will not be able to support the IMIE for Ir [...] | 2005-01-05 09:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROP PHUM IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS |
05ROME2919 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY WILL NOT ENGAGE SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) Summary. Italy will follow its EU partners in not engaging with Syria at the UNGA. Though sharing our concerns about Syrian failure to meet its obligations under UNSCR 1559, Rome, however, still favors engagement over isolation. The Italian MFA believes that at some point the internationa [...] | 2005-09-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
05ROME2922 | BOSSI-FINI IMMIGRATION REFORM: THE RESULTS ARE IN [...] (C) Summary. Italian efforts to manage legal immigration and limit illegal immigration have met with mixed success. The Bossi-Fini law of 2002 produced a limited regularization of illegal workers but failed to establish viable long-term procedures to either encourage the legal immigration Ital [...] | 2005-09-02 09:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05ROME2929 | TFUS01: CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM PRESIDENT CIAMPI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 14:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL ECON AEMR US IT |
05ROME2937 | IRAQ: ITALY REMAINS COMMITTED ON ALL FRONTS, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Though Italian leaders publicly praised the signing of the new Iraqi constitution (Ref B),MFA officials privately told us they have deep cause for concern, especially regarding what they perceive as the lack of inclusiveness of all ethnic groups in the political process. However [...] | 2005-09-02 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME2938 | TFUS01: PRIORITY AREAS LIST DELIVERED; ITALY HOPES [...] Embassy delivered ref A points on USG priorities to Agostino Miozzo, Katrina relief coordinator for the GOI's Department of Civil Protection. Ambassador Spogli personally thanked Prime Minister Berlusconi September 2 for Italy's offer of assistance. The Embassy also issued a press release Se [...] | 2005-09-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PREL US IT AVIATION |
05ROME2953 | ZIMBABWE IMF: ITALY LEANING AGAINST EXPULSION IN [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is leaning towards giving Zimbabwe additional time in light of the GOZ's recent partial payment of its arrears. End summary. 2. (C) Economic Counselor and Econoff delivered reftel points August 30 to Ignazio Angeloni, Director General for International Affairs at the [...] | 2005-09-06 16:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL ZI IT IMF |
05ROME296 | IRAQ: ITALY ON BOARD WITH EVOLVING MNF-I MISSION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials are well-aware of and comfortable with proposals for the MNF-I to shift some emphasis to training and increasing the capacity of Iraqi Security Forces. Italy intends to maintain its current force [...] | 2005-01-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME2991 | ITALY: CODESHARING ON FLIGHTS TO THE RUSSIAN [...] Summary and comment. In response to reftel request, Econoffs met September 2 with GOI chief aviation negotiator Aldo Sansone, who described the Italy-Russia Air Services Agreement as "liberal." The Agreement includes a key third-country code-share provision; Sansone believed American carrier [...] | 2005-09-09 15:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD IT RS AVIATION |
05ROME2997 | BOSNIA: ITALY TO PUSH MIRACHIAN CANDIDACY FOR OHR ON MARGINS OF UNGA; BELIEVES DUTCH CANDIDATE UNSUITABLE [...] (C) In DCM's introductory call on Italian MFA Political Director Terzi, Terzi made a strong pitch for the U.S. to support senior Italian diplomat Laura Mirachian to replace Paddy Ashdown as High Rep in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Terzi said the Italians learned on Sept. 8 that The Netherlands was pro [...] | 2005-09-09 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BK IT EUN PREL |
05ROME2998 | DEVELOPMENT FINANCE: ITALY SAYS ANY GLOBAL TAX [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy does not oppose global tax schemes to fund development assistance, provided such programs are voluntary. There are no plans here to impose a surcharge on international airline tickets, and Italy would resist efforts by the EU to imposed such a tax on member states. Italy [...] | 2005-09-09 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN EAIR EAID EFIN IT UNGA |
05ROME3050 | TFUS01: KATRINA CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM CHAMBER OF [...] Embassy Rome received a letter of condolence addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, from Chamber of Deputies Speaker, Pier Ferdinando Casini. We faxed the message to Speaker Hastert's office (attn: Foreign Affairs Assistant Chris Walker) with the following in [...] | 2005-09-14 10:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL US IT |
05ROME3068 | EUR P/DAS VOLKER'S ROME CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary. During his visit to Rome, EUR P/DAS Volker discussed the Fund and Foundation for the Future, NATO and EU expansion, NATO/EU cooperation, Russia, and Latin America. Overall, the GOI shares our optimism that Europe will recover from the EU constitution debacle and that Turkish [...] | 2005-09-15 06:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ IR IT NATO |
05ROME3080 | PROMOTING GREATER TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION: EUR [...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker discussed BMENA, Iraq, Iran, Turkey's accession to the EU, and the Balkans with senior Italian MFA officials during his September 6 stopover in Rome. Greater transatlantic cooperation, especially in dealing with challenges outside of Europe, provided the backdrop [...] | 2005-09-15 10:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IR IZ IT EUN |
05ROME3081 | THE AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON SENATE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a courtesy call with Ambassador Spogli, Senate President Marcello Pera (Forza Italia) said the center-left would win elections if held today. He cited intra-coalition squabbling (especially over the leadership of the coalition),poor economic performance, fall-out from the [...] | 2005-09-15 10:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME3088 | 9/11 ACTIVITIES IN ITALY [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy and Consulates General in Milan, Florence and Naples participated in thirteen September 11 commemoration events including the dedication of the World Trade Center Memorial in Padua, and a commemoration at the Parliament with Ambassador Spogli and President of the Chamber o [...] | 2005-09-15 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05ROME3096 | TFUS01: AMBASSADOR THANKS ITALY IN HIGH-LEVEL [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Spogli publicly thanked Italy for its hurricane Katrina relief during a September 9 visit to Italy's Department of Civil Protection. In an unexpected move, Prime Minister Berlusconi, Defense Minister Antonio Martino, and many other top-level officials also attended the [...] | 2005-09-16 11:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AEMR OPRC IT |
05ROME3146 | ITALY: TOUR D'HORIZON ON EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...] (S) On September 14, 2005, A/ECMIN and Econoff called on Enrico Padula, MFA Non-proliferation Officer, to present demarches on India (refs A, B, and D),North Korea (ref E),and Iran, (ref C). INDIA ----- 2. (S) A/ECMIN reviewed ref B and D points on the U.S. intent to work toward ful [...] | 2005-09-21 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ENRG ETRD ETTC FR IN IR IT KNNP KSCA MNUC NL PARM PREL TRGY TSPA MTCR |
05ROME3178 | ITALY AND NATO ENLARGEMENT: MFA NATO DESK [...] (C) Summary: Subsequent to the Rome visit of EUR P/DAS Volker and discussions at NATO on the US two-summit strategy to advance NATO's strategic direction (reftels),Italy's new MFA NATO Director Gianni Bardini told PolMil officers on September 15 that, in his personal opinion, NATO should not [...] | 2005-09-23 10:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT NATO |
05ROME3179 | ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRODI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted lunch on September 20 for Center-Left political leaders Romano Prodi, Piero Fassino, Francesco Rutelli, and Massimo D'Alema. The four politicians were mostly in sync, willing to contradict each other politely, and were only moderately deferential to their p [...] | 2005-09-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS EFIN IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME3185 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO ENERGY SUPPLY DISRUPTIONS [...] (SBU) ECMIN and Econoff met September 9 with Director General for Energy and Mineral Resources, Sergio Garribba, of the Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) on Hurricane Katrina's impact on energy supplies. The discussion centered on the international response to energy supply disruptions, [...] | 2005-09-23 14:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET PREL IT |
05ROME3195 | ITALY: FINANCE MINISTER REPLACED BY PREDECESSOR, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy PM Giulio Tremonti was named Italy's Finance Minister on September 22 after Domenico Siniscalco resigned in protest over the government's lack of action against embattled Bank of Italy Governor Antonio Fazio. This is Tremonti's second term as Finance Minister since 2001, hi [...] | 2005-09-23 16:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN ECON PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3196 | POSSIBLE ITALIAN AND SWISS MRE PROVIDERS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-23 17:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT SZ FR IT |
05ROME3226 | IRAQ: ITALY REASSURES IT WILL NOT CUT AND RUN [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials, commenting on the recent visit to Rome by Dhi Qar province Governor Aziz Kadum Aluan Al Aghely, insist that Italy has no intention of withdrawing more troops from Iraq in the near future. As conditions permit, however, they do envision a progressive withdr [...] | 2005-09-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME3227 | BERLUSCONI ACQUITTED YET AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, a Milan court acquitted Italian PM Berlusconi of charges of false accounting dating back to 1999 charges that his financial company Finivest engaged in false bookkeeping from 1989-95. The acquittal was based on a ruling that the statute of limitations had expi [...] | 2005-09-27 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM IT KCRIM ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3257 | ITALY AND THE OECD BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) Massimo Leggeri, MFA Deputy-Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, called Econcounselor September 23 to ask that she convey to Washington and USOECD, Italy's continuing interest in the Vice-chair position of the OECD Working Group Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in [...] | 2005-09-29 14:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT OECD |
05ROME3276 | ITALY: SENATE PRESIDENT PERA WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 28 with Senate President Marcello Pera at Pera's request. Pera was pessimistic about PM Silvio Berlusconi's ability to win next year's general elections, but believes there "is still time" to pull off a victory. He criticized Berlusconi's failure to [...] | 2005-09-30 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3290 | ITALY: AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH CENTER-RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met September 28 with the four center-right Senate caucus chairmen. They discussed the evolution of the Northern League as a responsible coalition partner, and the Christian Democrats of the Center (UCD) senator spoke positively about "devolution." All were relat [...] | 2005-09-30 16:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3442 | ITALY: CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PASSES ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Berlusconi's Center-Right coalition moved an electoral reform bill through the important Chamber of Deputies on October 13 in a vote that ended in an opposition walkout and mass abstention. The bill is widely expected to pass the Senate next week and become law. The change her [...] | 2005-10-14 12:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3465 | AFGHAN ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ITALY SAYS AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Giuseppe Cinti, Office Director for Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Alessandro Modiano, Office Director for Asia and Latin America, at the MFA's Directorate for Development Cooperation (Italy's USAID equivalent). On October 12, Maia [...] | 2005-10-17 11:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME3467 | ITALY: PRODI WINS CLEAR VICTORY IN CENTER-LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former EU Commissioner Romano Prodi confirmed his role as Center-Left party leader in a decisive victory in Italy's first ever coalition primaries on October 16. A surprisingly high 4.4 million voters gave Prodi 74.6 percent of the vote, versus 14.6 percent for his nearest rival, [...] | 2005-10-17 13:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME3512 | ITALIANS WONDERING IF THEY'RE NEXT [...] (S) Summary. Both center-right and center-left politicians remain focused on the possibility of a major terror attack in Italy in coming months. An adviser on Middle East Affairs in the prime minister's office told us he sees a high possibility of an Al-Qaida attack somewhere in Italy duri [...] | 2005-10-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PTER PINS ASEC IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05ROME3514 | "NO FLY": ALITALIA BUMPS LEBANESE G4 VISA HOLDER [...] (SBU) After being alerted by Alitalia, Italian Border Police prevented a passenger on the TSA "No Fly" list from boarding Milan-JFK flight 413 on Saturday, October 15. The passenger, Lebanese national Mohammad Kassem HAGE (PP 30610, PDOB 24 Dec 1963, Lebanon),was attempting to travel to the [...] | 2005-10-20 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR CVIS IT LE UN AVIATION |
05ROME3536 | ITALY REFUSES PERMISSION TO DOE TEAM [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel request to General Alberto Ficuciello, Military Advisor to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. Ficuciello was familiar with the details of this case, and pleasantly, but firmly stated that the GOI did not need, nor would it accept at this time, DOE's offer to send [...] | 2005-10-21 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA KNNP ENRG PTER GM IT |
05ROME3539 | ROME TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (SBU) The Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) at Embassy Rome is: Scott Kilner Economic Minister-Counselor Ph: 39 06 4674-2107 Fax: 39 06 4674-2398 E-Mail: KilnerSF@State.Gov The Deputy TFCO is: Richard Boly Economic Officer Ph: 39 06 4674-2320 Fax: 39 06 4674-2663 E-Mai [...] | 2005-10-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC IT KTFN KVPR PREL PTER ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05ROME3547 | ITALIANS SHARE USG CONCERNS ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. On October 24 Poloff met with Antonino Cascio, Deputy Director of the Office of Eastern European Affairs of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio stated that Italy and the EU share the USG opinion that pressure must be stepped up on the Lukashenko regime in advance of [...] | 2005-10-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO IT EUN |
05ROME3585 | SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S OCTOBER 31 MEETING [...] (C) Summary. PM Berlusconi specifically requested this meeting, and a spring address to a joint session of Congress, to bolster his prospects in Italy's April elections. Behind in the polls and facing his toughest campaign, Berlusconi will juxtapose his proactive and pro-U.S.foreign policy with tha [...] | 2005-10-26 10:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME3591 | ITALY: CHOD CALLS SIGONELLA TA "ABSOLUTE [...] (C) In an October 19 meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Daniel Fata, Italian Chief of Defense ADM Di Paola said that concluding the Sigonella Technical Arrangement in the near future was "an absolute necessity." Di Paola said that, if there were to be a change of gove [...] | 2005-10-26 14:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY |
05ROME3597 | UN REFORM, IRAN: VISIT OF IO A/S SILVERBERG [...] (C) Summary. Italian officials told visiting A/S Silverberg they would look at any UNSC reform proposal except national permanent seats, such as the G4 proposal. They agree on the importance of moving forward before the end of the year on UN Secretariat reform, the Peace Building Commission, [...] | 2005-10-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR XF IT UNSC |
05ROME3598 | BMENA FUND FOR THE FUTURE: ITALY SAYS NO EIB [...] (SBU) Econ MinCouns discussed European Investment Bank (EIB) participation in the Fund for the Future (REF A) on October 25 with Ignazio Angeloni, Finance Ministry Director General for International Finance Relations, and Stefania Bazzoni, Office Director for EIB Affairs. Both thought that t [...] | 2005-10-26 18:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN EINV EU IT PGOV PHUM PREL |
05ROME36 | US-ITALIAN WORKING GROUP MEETS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE [...] (S) SUMMARY. PM DAS Bue and OSD Strategy Director Pavel led a joint State-DOD delegation to Rome on December 7 to discuss anticipated US Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) changes and work through details on reshaping our presence in Italy. In working group discussions with an Italian dele [...] | 2005-01-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL KPAO IT GLOBAL DEFENSE |
05ROME3600 | SCENESETTER FOR TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY MINETA'S [...] (C) Summary. Italy has been a key U.S. ally and steadfast partner. Italy is the third largest contributor of troops to coalition forces in Iraq, the largest contributor to NATO Balkans operations, and commands international security assistance forces (ISAF) and a Provincial Reconstruction T [...] | 2005-10-27 10:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ELTN EWWT IT OTRA OVIP AVIATION |
05ROME3609 | ITALY SEEKS "PARALLELISM" TO BREAK DOHA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Rome has met with senior officials in the Vice Ministry of Trade and Ministries of Agriculture and Foreign Affairs to urge the GOI to support EU Trade Commissioner Mandelson on a new EU proposal on agricultural market access within the "negotiating zone" of the USG an [...] | 2005-10-28 04:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD IT EU WTO |
05ROME3630 | IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES REFERENDUM RESULTS [...] (U) The Italian government hailed the success of the Iraqi constitution as an historic step in October 25 and 26 statements from Prime Minister Berlusconi, President Ciampi, Foreign Minister Fini and Defense Minister Martino. Translations of the statements are reprinted below. 2. (U) Begin [...] | 2005-10-28 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ IT KDEM KPAO IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME3631 | IRAN: ITALY SENDS TOUGH MESSAGE [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Berlusconi publicly condemned the statements made by Iranian President Ahmadinejad. The MFA also immediately phoned the Iranian Ambassador in Rome to protest upon hearing Ahmadinejad's remarks, following up with a short public statement on its web site. The Mayor [...] | 2005-10-28 17:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IR IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3632 | PM BERLUSCONI'S FOCUS WILL BE IRAQ TROOP LEVELS [...] (U) The Ambassador called on PM Silvio Berlusconi on the eve of Berlusconi's trip to Washington for his meeting with POTUS. Berlusconi was accompanied by Under Secretary for the Council of Ministers Gianni Letta, Special Assistant Valentino Valenti, Diplomatic Counselor Gianpaolo Scarante and [...] | 2005-10-31 06:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME3640 | CHAVEZ STEALS THE SPOTLIGHT AS LATIN AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary. Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi delivered our message on consolidating democracy and ensuring respect for human rights to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during their meeting October 17 in Milan. Chavez was in Italy for the October 17 UN Food and Agriculture Organization's 60th Ann [...] | 2005-10-31 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XM XL IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME3669 | ITALY DEFERS TO EU ON ALEMAN, BOLIVIA SUPPORT GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Italy will defer to EU policies on denying safe haven to Jose Aleman (reftel A),and endorsing the Bolivia Support Group message (reftel B),according to MFA officials. Italy shares U.S. concerns about the political developments in Nicaragua, but is encouraged by what it sees as [...] | 2005-11-03 16:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM BL IT EUN |
05ROME3671 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 7 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Summary. Post delivered ref d points to MFA interlocutors during the week of October 31. The GOI supports the US position on Middle East, Balkans, and Avian Flu issues. Progress on WTO issues, however, will depend on the whether there is movement on issues of key importance to the GOI - [...] | 2005-11-03 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL BO KPAL ETRD IT EUN EAGER |
05ROME3697 | ITALIAN DEFENSE BUDGET: PM'S OFFICE SEES PROPOSED [...] (C) After hearing in the past few weeks from the Chief of the Italian Defense General Staff and the Minister of Defense that cuts envisioned by the proposed Italian defense budget for 2006 would put Italian defense spending in the range of 0.85-to-0.9 percent of GDP, jeopardizing Italian parti [...] | 2005-11-04 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR ECON IT NATO IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME372 | GOI OPEN TO U.S. SUGGESTIONS ON MILAN/LINATE [...] (SBU) On January 20, the MFA hosted an inter-ministerial meeting to coordinate U.S.-Italy consultations on the Linate code-sharing issue. Italy has proposed February 15-16 consultations in Washington. The GOI delegation is interested in USG views, yet remains convinced after the MFA meeting [...] | 2005-02-04 08:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA IT AVIATION |
05ROME3729 | SERBIA/MONTENEGRO AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Poloff met with Amb. Darko Uskokovic, Serbia/Montenegro Ambassador to Italy to discuss his views on the bilateral relationship between SaM and Italy and a possible Montenegrin referendum for independence. Uskokovic, a politically-appointed Ambassador who is close to [...] | 2005-11-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IT MW SR NATO |
05ROME3758 | GOI: FRENCH-STYLE RIOTS NOT SHORT TERM ISSUE [...] (C) Italian politicians and the media have closely followed the riots in France, inevitably asking the question as to whether the Italian periphery could also burn. Ministry of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu told the media November 13, "The Italian peripheries are not comparable to the Parisian banl [...] | 2005-01-14 17:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3763 | IRAQ: TALABANI IN ROME URGES NO HASTY TROOP MOVES [...] (C) Summary. During his November 7-13 visit to Italy, Iraqi President Talabani discussed current developments in Iraq and Iraqi relations with Syrian, Iran and Turkey with Embassy officials. Talabani received assurances from Italian center-left leaders that they would not withdraw Italian tr [...] | 2005-11-15 10:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
05ROME3765 | ITALY ON SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA U/S Mantica will travel to Sudan November 16-21, making stops in Khartoum, Darfur, and Juba. Implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) will be at the top of the agenda. Italy is pleased with its seat on the Sudanese Assessment and Evaluation Commission [...] | 2005-11-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO SU IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME3767 | SCENESETTER FOR DHHS SECRETARY MICHAEL LEAVITT'S [...] (C) Ambassador Spogli and Minister of Health Francesco Storace warmly welcome your visit to Italy to further our already excellent relations in health cooperation. Italy has been a key U.S. ally and steadfast partner. Italy is the third largest contributor of troops to coalition forces in [...] | 2005-11-15 12:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT OTRA OVIP PREL SOCI TBIO FAO |
05ROME3774 | GOI: FRENCH-STYLE RIOTS NOT SHORT TERM ISSUE [...] (C) Italian politicians and the media have closely followed the riots in France, inevitably asking the question as to whether the Italian periphery could also burn. Ministry of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu told the media November 13, "The Italian peripheries are not comparable to the Parisian banl [...] | 2005-11-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER IT |
05ROME3781 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALIAN NAMES AND INFORMATION [...] (S/NF) This message provides Embassy Rome's reply to the NSC request for Italian names (Ref A),including radical Milan-based clerics, such as Abu Amad. We should note that we would likely enhance cooperation with key Italian officials if we could provide Milan prosecutor with information lin [...] | 2005-11-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN IT KTFN PGOV PREL PTER ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05ROME3787 | SCENSETTER FOR NSC TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO ROME [...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Rome comes at an opportune time to press the Italians for increased detail and transparency about their security plans for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin. The Italian Ministry of Interior, which has been tasked with coordinating security for the Games, re [...] | 2005-11-16 15:25:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KOLY PTER PREL IT |
05ROME3796 | ITALY SEES NO POSSIBILITY TO DEPLOY EGF FOR [...] (C) Poloffs delivered ref demarche to MFA Central America and the Caribbean Office Director Paolo Miraglia and to Major Fabio Cairo, who handles European Gendarme Force policy for Carabinieri HQ Rome. Poloffs urged consideration of early European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment, but both M [...] | 2005-11-17 12:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN |
05ROME3797 | OSCE/FCS: ITALY WILL NOT BLOCK PROGRESS AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) On November 16 Polmiloff received a response to Reftel demarche from Brunella Borzi, the MFA's office director for OSCE affairs. Borzi apologized for the delayed response saying she has been out of the country and wanted to first confer with the Italian delegation in Vienna before react [...] | 2005-11-17 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BE IT PARM PREL OSCE |
05ROME3802 | GOI SIGNS BLANKET END-USE, RETRANSFER, AND [...] (U) In May 2005, the Embassy delivered the USG verbal note transmitted in reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). This note offered the GOI the opportunity to sign blanket end-use, retransfer, and security assurances for U.S.-origin defense articles, related training, or defense se [...] | 2005-11-17 14:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME3827 | ITALIANS WELCOME LEAD ROLE IN EU MISSION AT RAFAH [...] (C) Summary. NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble held consultations with senior GOI officials on Middle East issues November 15. The GOI officials welcomed the recent agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on reopening the Rafah crossing and noted that an Italian general would lead the EU [...] | 2005-11-21 07:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IT EUN |
05ROME3828 | MOI PISANU NO LONGER INTERESTED IN SAUDIS TRAINING [...] (C) Minister of Interior Pisanu told the Ambassador during the Ambassador's introductory call in late September that he had been developing a close working relationship with his Saudi Arabian counterpart (REFTEL). Pisanu spoke positively about a Saudi offer of assistance training imams operati [...] | 2005-11-21 11:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3841 | OECD SECRETARY GENERAL: ITALY'S RESPONSE [...] (U) In response to reftel demarche, MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Cooperation and Multilateral Finance Massimo Leggeri November 18 told A/ECMIN and Econoff that the Government of Italy (GOI) has not yet decided whether to support the Mexican or Polish candidate. Leggeri believes t [...] | 2005-11-21 17:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN IT OECD |
05ROME3845 | WITH COMPROMISE, GOI SEES HOPE FOR SUCCESSFUL HONG [...] (U) Summary: On November 8, Amadeo Teti, Vice Ministry of Trade Director General for Commercial Agreements, laid out for Acting EcMin the recipe for a successful Hong Kong Ministerial: (i) U.S. and EU compromise on key issues, (ii) collaborative work to build momentum in the negotiations, [...] | 2005-11-22 09:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR ECON EU IT UN |
05ROME3847 | G-TIP AMBASSADOR MILLER'S VISIT TO ITALY [...] Summary. G-TIP Ambassador John Miller visited Rome, Turin and the Vatican October 24-29 to discuss trafficking in person issues. His meetings with government officials, NGOs and victims reaffirmed that Italy has excellent laws to combat trafficking, but implementation depends on a mixed re [...] | 2005-11-22 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME3857 | EMBASSY TOLD U.S. PARSONS WINS PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT TO OVERSEE CONSTRUCTION OF 7 BILLION DOLLAR BRIDGE (BUT WILL IT BE BUILT?) [...] Parsons Corp., a California-based engineering and construction firm, told the Embassy that it has provisionally been awarded the 120 million euro project management contract to oversee construction of the bridge to connect mainland Italy and Sicily. Italian engineering firm Impregilo had prev [...] | 2005-11-22 17:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV EIND IT BUY AMERICA |
05ROME3868 | ITALY: MINISTER OF JUSTICE PUBLICLY CRITICIZES [...] (SBU) On November 22, Minister of Justice Roberto Castelli took the unusual step of publicly criticizing a member of Italy's highly independent magistracy over his ability to properly handle a particular case. Castelli called Armando Spataro a "militant," meaning a communist. On November 12, [...] | 2005-11-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3880 | OSCE: ITALIANS FLEXIBLE ON BUDGET ISSUES, SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 17:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ABUD AFIN PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE |
05ROME3881 | ITALY JUDICIAL REFORM AND IPR, AN INITIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: GOI officials, including the Minister of Justice, have denied that the "ex- Cirielli" legislation to reform Italy's criminal justice system will have a major impact on IPR enforcement. A recently adopted amendment limits the bill's impact on current cases and reduces the like [...] | 2005-11-23 18:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3882 | ITALIAN-YEMENI COOPERATION ON BORDER CONTROL [...] (U) This is an action request: please see para 5. 2. (C) Italian Minister of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu visited Sanaa last week for talks with his Yemeni counterpart. According to Pisanu's Diplomatic Advisor, Ambassador Guido Lenzi, the most urgent bilateral issue discussed was Yemen's re [...] | 2005-11-23 18:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IT YE |
05ROME3885 | OSCE: ITALIANS FLEXIBLE ON BUDGET ISSUES, SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-25 08:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ABUD AFIN PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE |
05ROME3890 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ABU SSAYYAF GROUP [...] (S/NF) A/ECCOUNS and ECONOFF delivered November 23 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) prenotification (ref A) to Cristina Collura, Director, Prevention of Financial Crimes, Ministry of Finance (MOF),and to Giampolo Cantini, MFA Office Director for G8 and Global Issues. Both MOF and MFA officials said t [...] | 2005-11-25 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC IT KTFN PREL PTER ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05ROME3936 | ITALY: ON IRAQ CENTER-LEFT MOVES RIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DS Party Secretary Piero Fassino says that if a Center-Left government comes to power next spring it would withdraw troops from Iraq in close coordination with the Iraqi government, the U.S. and other allies. A DS Official told us that Center-Left PM candidate Romano Prodi had a [...] | 2005-11-30 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME3942 | EXTENSION OF U.S.-ITALIAN MEMORANDUM OF [...] Mission Italy wholeheartedly endorses the proposed extension of the U.S. - Italian Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Imposition of Import Restrictions on Categories of Archaeological Material Representing the Pre-Classical, Classical and Imperial Roman Periods of Italy, signed on Janu [...] | 2005-12-01 07:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO IT |
05ROME3957 | ITALY WANTS BROADER ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Asia Claudio Pacifico told the DCM on November 29 that Italy wants to play a larger role in Afghanistan and made an appeal for closer cooperation on policy with the U.S. He noted that the GOI was reassessing its participation in Afghanistan with an eye t [...] | 2005-12-01 17:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME3961 | ITALY INSISTS IT IS FIRM ON PRESSURING RUSSIA ON [...] (C) Summary. On December 1, Poloff met with Dr. Susanna Schlien of the OSCE office of the Italian MFA to discuss the US position on a possible ministerial declaration during the OSCE Ljubljana summit. Poloff noted that the USG believed that no ministerial message might be better than one whic [...] | 2005-12-01 17:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU PGOV IT OSCE |
05ROME3978 | ITALY TRANSPORT MINISTER LAMENTS POOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory courtesy call with the Ambassador, Italian Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Pietro Lunardi criticized the poor state of Italy's infrastructure, and said the situation was holding back Italy's tourism industry. Lunardi was pleased with Transportation S [...] | 2005-12-02 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN EWWT EAIR OTRA IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME3994 | OLYMPIC SECURITY COORDINATOR - TURIN - MONTHLY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-05 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KOLY IT AMGT |
05ROME3996 | ELECTORAL REFORM CREATES INTRA-COALITION BATTLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Political strategists tell us that electoral reform legislation likely to be approved by the Italian Senate in the coming weeks will force coalition members to run against each other in the 2006 electoral campaign. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his centrist coalition pa [...] | 2005-12-06 08:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME3998 | ADVISOR ON HOMELAND SECURITY TOWNSEND'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. During a series of meetings with law enforcement and intelligence officials, Advisor to the President for Homeland Security Townsend delivered a consistent message on security for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. We respect Italian capabilities and appreciate the cooperation [...] | 2005-12-06 09:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KOLY PTER OVIP IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME4021 | POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE MISSILE TECH TRANSFER TO IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Aldo Doria, Head of the Ministry of Productive Activities' Export Control Unit, told EconOff the export of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/cruise missile components from Italy to the Netherlands for possible re-export to Iran is likely to occur by December 20. The Italian firm i [...] | 2005-12-07 16:36:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL IR NE IT MTCR EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME4023 | INTERIOR MINISTER ON OLYMPICS SECURITY, MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister of Interior and Chief of Police DeGennaro December 6 expressed readiness to cooperate fully with the USG on Olympics security issues. Besides the Olympics, Italian security authorities had identified 13,000 potential targets around the country and instituted measures [...] | 2005-12-07 17:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER EFIN PGOV IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05ROME4028 | ABU MAZEN CALLS FOR ACTIVE EU ROLE IN PEACE [...] Summary: On a two-day official visit to Italy, Abu Mazen underlined PA commitment to the Roadmap and called for a vigorous EU role in the peace process. He said Palestinians had chosen the path of democracy and called on Israel to remove all obstacles to the conduct of elections, including i [...] | 2005-12-09 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XF IS IT PLO MEPP |
05ROME4029 | 2005 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR ITALY (PART I) [...] Summary. The Government of Italy (GOI) is firmly committed to the fight against drug trafficking domestically and internationally. The Berlusconi government continues its strong counternarcotics stand with capable and effective Italian law enforcement agencies. Italy is a consumer country [...] | 2005-12-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR IT EUN |
05ROME4046 | IPR Public Education in Italy: Refining the [...] Uneven IPR enforcement by police remains a problem in Italy, but a lack of respect for intellectual property among the general public also represents a significant hurdle. Some 20 percent of Italian consumers, according to a recent poll, admit to buying fakes. The Embassy, in cooperation wit [...] | 2005-12-13 08:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD EINV IT EUN |
05ROME4047 | ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF [...] (U) Post delivered reftel statements to the MFA and Prime Minister's office on December 13. Foreign Minister Fini had already issued a statement condemning the assassination on December 12. Embassy translation of Fini's statement is provided below. 2. Begin text. Italy strongly condemn [...] | 2005-12-13 10:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY IT UN |
05ROME4052 | ITALIANS FOCUS ON LONG-TERM IN IRAQ, SEEK [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with the Deputy Senior Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch, Italian government officials stressed the need for the continued involvement and commitment of the international community in Iraq. The Prime Minister's office suggested a UN Presidential statement would hel [...] | 2005-12-13 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO |
05ROME4060 | MOI EXPELS MOHAMMED DAKI: ITALY'S 13 IN 2005 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu expelled Moroccan national and suspect terrorist Daki Mohamed on December 10, returning him to Morocco. Tunisian national and terrorist suspect Gharsellaoui Mohamed Akremi was also expelled December 10. In a December 11 press release, Pisanu [...] | 2005-12-14 16:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05ROME4064 | PRODI SEES CENTER-LEFT LEAD, PLEDGES NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Center-left leader Romano Prodi December 14 called on the Ambassador at the embassy. The center-left leader broke no new ground on domestic or foreign issues and appeared to have no obvious agenda with us except to establish a dialogue. In the meeting, which took place at his initiativ [...] | 2005-12-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
05ROME4071 | IRAQ: ITALY PRAISES IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (U) PM Berlusconi issued a statement on December 15 praising the Iraqi elections as a further step on the road to democracy. Noting that first indications suggested a significant Sunni turnout, Berlusconi said the vote also marked a strike against the insurgents. The statement also noted It [...] | 2005-12-16 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS |
05ROME4072 | USITC FIVE YEAR REVIEW: ANTIDUMPING AND/OR [...] (U) In response to reftel request for industry-wide data on production and export of C20000-series brass sheet and strip, Post contacted the Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) and the National Association of Non-Ferrous Metals Industries (ASSOMET). While they were unable to provide us [...] | 2005-12-16 14:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OTRA ECON ASEC IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME4074 | ITALY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Please find post's proposed text for the Italian section of the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. Begin text: Italy has been a staunch ally in the war against terror. Italy works to fight terrorism within its borders, cooperates internationally, and participates with a strong military [...] | 2005-12-16 16:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC IT EUN |
05ROME4075 | ITALY POSITIVE ON U.S.-EU AIR SERVICES AGREEMENT [...] Summary: Officials at the Italian Ministries of Transport and Foreign Affairs say Italy will be supportive of the U.S.-EU Air Services Agreement, provided the Department of Transportation follows through with proposed rule changes. End summary. 2. Econoff delivered reftel points to Maria Cr [...] | 2005-12-19 09:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ETRD ECON IT EUN AVIATION FAA |
05ROME4080 | ITALY: IMPACT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA ON POULTRY MARKET [...] (U) This message responds to reftel regarding the impact of avian influenza on the Italian poultry market. GOI efforts to control avian flu and the GOI's ability to respond to an influenza pandemic will be reported septel. Please note that the United States does not export poultry meat to [...] | 2005-12-19 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR TBIO IT USTR |
05ROME4083 | AMB. TAHIR-KHELI'S VISIT PRODUCES IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary. Amb. Shirin Tahir-Kheli, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State on UN Reform, had meetings with Italian FM Gianfranco Fini, senior MFA officials, and senior officials in PM Berlusconi's office December 12 and 13. Amb. Tahir-Kheli highlighted U.S. reform priorities, stressed the [...] | 2005-12-19 14:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR IT UNGA |
05ROME4092 | ITALY WILL SEND ASSISTANCE TO OAS COLOMBIA MISSION [...] MFA Office Director for South America Pietro Benassi confirmed December 16 that Italy would provide support for the OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia, as requested in Reftel A demarche. Italy had not yet decided whether it would provide monetary assistance to the mission or [...] | 2005-12-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER CO IT UN |
05ROME4093 | INVESTING IN ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR NATO: [...] (U) Summary. On December 8-10, five Italian foreign affairs advisors to government and opposition political parties took part in a highly successful "Opinion-Makers" NATO tour with follow-on to Afghanistan. In addition to educating Italian policymakers about NATO, the tour's purpose was to de [...] | 2005-12-20 09:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV OPRC MOPS IT AF NATO AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME4107 | FRATTINI TO FLOAT EU BALKANS ROADMAP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Italian MFA December 19 hosted a conference on Balkans issues attended by Albanian Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj, Vice President of the European Commission Franco Frattini, and members of the Italian MFA Department for Balkan Affairs. Frattini stated that on January 9, [...] | 2005-12-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM YI SR MW IT BI |
05ROME4113 | ITALIAN PREPAREDNESS FOR AVIAN/PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (U) Information on avian/pandemic influenza preparedness in Italy is keyed to categories and questions in reftel. A) PREPAREDNESS/COMMUNICATION ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) Does the government of Italy have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu (AI) from becomi [...] | 2005-12-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL IT FAO |
05ROME4116 | ITALIANS RESPOND FOR EGF ON HAITIAN DEPLOYMENT [...] Following on Rome's initial response (Ref A) to the request for a European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment in advance of the Haitian elections (Ref B),Italy, as current president, has provided a letter to Embassy Rome on behalf of the EGF affirming that the force is not yet fully operation [...] | 2005-12-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN |
05ROME4124 | TERRORISM FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ON UNSCR 1624, ITALY [...] (S/NF) Finance Ministry DG for Financial Crimes, Giuseppe Maresca, told A/Ecoun and Econoff December 20 that the Italian Financial Security Committee (FSC -- equivalent level to USG PCC) in its December meeting considered the USG proposal to jointly propose the designation of Bouchta Bouriki ( [...] | 2005-12-21 17:24:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | CVIS EFIN IT KSEP KTFN KVPR PREL PTER ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05ROME4125 | OECD - EXPORT CREDITS; BRIBERY WORKING GROUP [...] (U) As instructed, EconOff delivered reftel demarche November 15 to Roberto Pecoraio, Director of the Legal Department for SACE, Italy's Export Credit Agency. Pecoraio said in general Italy supported the OECD Secretariat's proposed Action Statement on Measures to Deter Bribery (in granting e [...] | 2005-12-21 17:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN IT OECD EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME4155 | WITH A WARY EYE ON RUSSIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST, [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy's Productive Activities Minister says Italy and the EU are too dependent on Russian energy, and that truly developed countries should be self-sufficient in energy. Italy is actively pursuing alternative energy sources, such as biomass fuel, hydrogen energy, and solar p [...] | 2005-12-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PGOV PREL KDEM SA IR IS IT IQ RU |
05ROME4169 | IRAQ - ITALY REQUESTS HELP TO DISBURSE SOFT LOANS [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Federika Ferrari Bravo, MFA Coordinator for Economic Assistance to Iraq, asked December 6 for U.S. help to complete an Italy-Iraq loan agreement to permit Italy to disburse a five million euro soft loan to reestablish the Iraqi [...] | 2005-12-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PHUM PK PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AVIATION FAA |
05ROME4182 | U.S. Terror Victims Accuse Italy of Siding with [...] Lawyers of the families of three U.S. victims of Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel in 1995 and 1996, to whom a U.S. Court in 2003 awarded USD 523 million in damages against Iran, have accused Italy of siding with Iran in the legal battle to collect damages from Iran's assets here. The lawyers [...] | 2005-12-29 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV IR IT KPRP ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05ROME4186 | GOI CHARTS THE WAY FORWARD AFTER WTO MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Amadeo Teti, Vice Ministry of Trade Director General for Commercial Agreements, views the WTO Hong Kong Ministerial as an overall success and especially as "a win" for Brazil. Teti praised Pascal Lamy's leadership of the WTO, and predicted an agreement on the Doha Development [...] | 2005-12-30 10:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME4188 | ITALY: AVIAN INFLUENZA POST CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (U) In response to ref A, Embassy Rome DCM met on December 14 with representatives from the following sections/agencies: Management, Consular, Science, Health Unit, Foreign Agriculture Service, Foreign Commercial Service, and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC/DOD). The Regional Security O [...] | 2005-12-30 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC AMED CASC AEMR KFLO TBIO SENV EAGR ECON PREL IT AVIAN INFLUENZA |
05ROME458 | ITALY/BIOTECH: COEXISTENCE DECREE-LAW PASSED BY [...] (U) On January 25, 2005 the Italian Senate passed legislation on the coexistence of conventional, organic and biotech crops, approving a draft that had been passed by the Chamber of Deputies earlier in the month. The decree-law requires all of the Italian regions to produce their own coexis [...] | 2005-02-11 13:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA IT |
05ROME469 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) On February 7, 2005 SCICOUNS delivered reftel demarche to Counselor Giovanni Battista Iannuzzi, Director of Office VII (National Authority for Conventions on Nuclear, Bacteriological and Chemical Disarmament) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate General for Multilateral Polit [...] | 2005-02-11 18:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM TRGY AORC IT IAEA |
05ROME493 | GOI LINATE DELEGATION LACKS CHIEF NEGOTIATOR [...] Italy's chief civil aviation negotiator and Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MOTI) Director General Dr. Aldo Sansone will not participate in February 17 consultations in Washington to settle a joint complaint filed by American and United Airlines on access to Linate airport. Dr. [...] | 2005-02-15 11:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR IT KTIA AVIATION |
05ROME494 | ITALIAN MINISTER OF HEALTH INVITATION TO EXPAND [...] The Embassy has received a copy of a February 11, 2005 letter sent from Italian Minister of Health Girolamo Sirchia to HHS Secretary Leavitt proposing to expand the bilateral MOU on Health and Medical Sciences (2003) to include cooperation on obesity, diabetes, and complementary and alternati [...] | 2005-02-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SOCI IT |
05ROME510 | VWP/ITALY: UPDATE ON 10/26/05 DEADLINE AND [...] Summary: The Consul General updated the GOI on the status of the U.S. biometric passport program and drew attention to the upcoming deadline for biometric passports for Visa Waiver countries at a February 14 meeting with MFA Director General for Italians Abroad and Migration Siggia. Siggia [...] | 2005-02-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT PREL IT CPPT |
05ROME537 | IRAQ: ITALIAN SENATE APPROVES CONTINUED FUNDING [...] SUMMARY: The Italian Senate has approved funding for Italy's continued military mission in Iraq. We expect the Chamber to follow suit when the measure is scheduled for a vote in the lower house in the coming weeks. END SUMMARY. 2. On February 16, the Italian Senate approved financing f [...] | 2005-02-17 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME574 | Italy's 2005 budget - Smoke and Mirrors [...] For the last several years, Italy has relied on extraordinary one-off revenue measures and spending deferrals to avoid bumping up against the euro zone budget deficit/GDP ceiling of three percent. Finance Minister Siniscalco, a technocrat, has sworn off tax amnesties and pursued the most chal [...] | 2005-02-22 09:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME629 | SPECIAL 301 REVIEW, MISSION ITALY INPUT [...] Summary: Embassy Rome recommends that Italy remain on the 301 Watch List for 2005. Piracy rates, though showing some improvement in 2004, continue to be among the worst in Western Europe. Industry losses remain unacceptably high, wide-spread street vending of pirated and counterfeit goods c [...] | 2005-02-25 05:44:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD IT KIPR |
05ROME684 | ITALIAN JUSTICE: SLOW AND INCREASINGLY [...] Summary. The uproar over a Milan justice's decision to free accused terrorists because they allegedly fit the definition of guerrilla war-fighters (reftel) is only one indicator of ongoing problems in the Italian judicial system. At the inauguration of the judicial year, the Chief Prosecuto [...] | 2005-03-01 13:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PGOV IT |
05ROME695 | (S) MTAG: ADDITIONAL GOI REACTION TO POTENTIAL [...] (S) Ref B reports on the delivery of our January 13 demarche (ref C) to the MFA's Non-Proliferation Coordinator Carlo Tripepi, in which we informed the GOI that several Chinese firms intended to engage in proliferation-related activity with several Italian firms, including Galileo Avionica, Si [...] | 2005-03-01 17:20:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL IT CH MTCR EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME702 | ITALY AGREES WITH PUBLIC STATEMENT; BELIEVES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO IT |
05ROME706 | ITALY WILL SUPPORT THE L.27 DECLARATION ON HUMAN [...] On March 1, SCICOUNS delivered points in reftel to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Health, and also to the Prime Minister's office. Counselor Alessandro Busacca, Head of Office I (UN Affairs) of the MFA's Directorate General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights, responded [...] | 2005-03-02 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KSCA IT UNGA |
05ROME714 | ITALIAN UNIONS ON COMPETITIVENESS, IRAN AND IRAQ [...] Summary. Italian unions, led by CGIL, have proposed a new plan to promote competitiveness that addresses structural weaknesses and the need for increased investment in education, training, infrastructure and R&D. It represents another step towards unity among the trade union confederations [...] | 2005-03-03 13:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PREL PGOV IR IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME746 | MFA ON FINI'S BALKANS VISIT; DAS STEPHENS ROME [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that FM Fini's February 23-25 Balkans visit had been"constructive," and that Fini reassured his interlocutors that Italy would "maintain maximum attention" to the region. In Belgrade he pointed out that ICTY cooperation remains crucial for the region's advancemen [...] | 2005-03-04 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR IT KI EUN |
05ROME747 | UN COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES: ITALIAN CANDIDATE [...] (U) Italian Radical Party leader Emma Bonino came to Embassy Rome March 4 to meet NEA DAS Carpenter. Bonino's NGO "No Peace without Justice" is managing an aspect of the USG-GOI funded "Democracy Assistance Dialogue" under the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa initiative. 2. (C) Aft [...] | 2005-03-04 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IO IT PREF ITALIAN POLITICS |
05ROME779 | CIVAIR: GOI RESPONSE TO VIOLATION OF FAA [...] The Italian National Civil Aviation Agency (ENAC) has responded to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Case No. 2002EA01009 concerning alleged FAA regulation violations by Captain Giorgio Silvetti, an Alitalia Airlines pilot. The FAA requested ENAC investigate the alleged U.S. airspace inf [...] | 2005-03-08 17:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION |
05ROME781 | IRAQ/ITALY: ACCIDENTAL KILLING IN BAGHDAD, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the last 24 hours PM Berlusconi has pressed hard for the establishment of some mechanism to show that Italy was an active participant in the investigation into the killing of Italian intel officer Nicola Calipari by US forces near Baghdad, which he could use to calm criticism o [...] | 2005-03-08 20:11:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME795 | MGLE01: ITALY INSISTS THAT SYRIA COMPLY WITH UNSC [...] (U) Italy strongly insists, in both public and private statements, on the complete and swift withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebanon. FM Fini issued a public statement on March 8 (see para. 2),and our MFA interlocutors continue to press their Syrian counterparts as well. 2. (U) Begin [...] | 2005-03-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
05ROME799 | IRAQ/ITALY: FM FINI SPEAKS TO PARLIAMENT ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini told the Chamber of Deputies March 8 that the March 4 killing by a U.S.patrol of Italian SISMI official Nicola Calipari near Camp Victory in Baghdad was "certainly an accident" but that there [...] | 2005-03-10 05:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME819 | LETTER FROM ITALIAN PRESIDENT CIAMPI TO PRESIDENT [...] Please deliver following message from President Ciampi to President Bush. 2. Begin Text. Mr. President, Dear George, I appreciate the sincerity of the words of solidarity you have addressed to me after the tragic accident in Iraq which caused the death of Nicola Calipari and the woundi [...] | 2005-03-10 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL IT US IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME820 | IRAQ: ITALIAN ASSISTANCE TO DATE TOTALS EURO 78M [...] (U) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports the GOI spent Euro 78 million ($101 million) on Iraq aid in 2003-2004. For 2005, the GOI plans to disburse about Euro 30 million ($39 million) in additional reconstruction assistance, though this figure represents an estimate, rather [...] | 2005-03-10 17:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME821 | IRAQ/ITALY: PM BERLUSCONI SPEAKS TO THE SENATE ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Italian PM Berlusconi stressed to the Senate March 9 the importance of the U.S.'s "unprecedented" decision to allow Italy to participate in the investigation of the circumstances that led to the March 4 killing of [...] | 2005-03-11 05:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV MOPS EAID MCAP IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM |
05ROME858 | U.S.-ITALY INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF ITALIAN OFFICIAL CALIPARI IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) By exchange of letters dated March 12, the Embassy concurred with the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the subject investigation as proposed by the GOI. The Italian letter containing the proposed TOR follows the text reported in para 7 of reftel and was signed by Undersecretary in the Prime [...] | 2005-03-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM PHUM |
05ROME860 | ITALY WILL DONATE TO FAO EXTERNAL EVALUATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-14 17:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAGR IT KUNR FAO |
05ROME861 | ITALY ON GAERC AGENDA: NO CONSENSUS FOR CROATIA [...] (C) MFA EU-CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told poloff that no Member States expect Ministers to approve a start date for Croatian accession talks at the March 16 GAERC. He predicted Ministers would urge completion of the EU's own bureaucratic preparations for negotiations to start, while underli [...] | 2005-03-14 17:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT EUN |
05ROME878 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY GETS OFF THE FENCE ON [...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials agreed to forward our "strong and important" message on the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a to Rome to FM Fini, who will make the decision. One official argued, though, that it is in the United States' broader interest to have the meeting take place in ord [...] | 2005-03-15 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PREL SY LE IT EUN |
05ROME886 | IRAQ/ITALY: BERLUSCONI SAYS ITALY TO BEGIN [...] (C) On March 15, PM Berlusconi said in a TV interview that Italy would begin reducing its troop presence in Iraq in September, conditions permitting. He did not refer to any Italian draw-down in his presentations to the Senate last week and his statement caught Italian officials off-guard. De [...] | 2005-03-16 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME897 | ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN SHARES INSIGHTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Italy's Ambassador to Iran believes that most Iranians favor better relations with the United States, but at the same time support Iran's efforts to obtain nuclear capabilities. The upcoming Presidential elections could help resolve this dilemma by offering prospects, if Rafsanjan [...] | 2005-03-16 15:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR IT IAEA |
05ROME902 | IRAQ/ITALY - TRANSCRIPT AND COMMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Berlusconi's comments on the March 15 edition of ""Porta a Porta,"" a popular television news/interview program, suggesting the withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq beginning in September of this year, have made an impact in both the Italian popular press and in internatio [...] | 2005-03-17 05:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME905 | ITALY WILL MAKE NO COMMITMENTS TO CHINESE FM LI ON [...] (C) Drawing from points ref a, poloff reiterated with EU CFSP Office Director Luigi Mattiolo continued strong US concern over the possibility that the EU may lift its arms embargo against China within the next few months, and the damaging signal such a development could send to Beijing and to [...] | 2005-03-17 08:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CM IT EUN EXPORT CONTROLS |
05ROME917 | UNCHR 61: ITALIAN RESPONSES [...] (C) Laborcouns met 3/17 with Carlo Campanile, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Office, to deliver reftel points. Italy remains supportive of almost all U.S. positions on pending UNCHR resolutions but will continue to work primarily within the EU framework. Specific Italian concerns include [...] | 2005-03-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IT UNHRC |
05ROME919 | IRAQ/ITALY: PARLIAMENT APPROVES FUNDING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 15, the Italian Chamber of Deputies gave final approval to extend through June 30 funding for Italy's military mission in Iraq. We expect funding to be extended for the July-December period without difficulty, given the size of the Government's majority. The subseque [...] | 2005-03-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
05ROME921 | ITALY SUPPORTS ENHANCED EU PRESENCE ON [...] (C) As reported ref b, MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told poloff March 11 that the EU strategy at the moment would be to reinforce the office of the recently created EU Special Representative for the Caucuses, to include the 6 trainers mentioned in ref a. He underlined that this was an [...] | 2005-03-17 17:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZJ RS CG PBTS IT EUN OSCE |
05ROME950 | SOMALIA - ITALIANS SHARE CONCERNS OVER IGAD TROOP [...] (C) On March 18, MFA Somalia Desk Officer Stefano Dejak told PolOff that Italy shares U.S. concerns expressed reftel over possible IGAD troop deployment in Somalia. Italy has been speaking at length at high levels to the Ethiopian government, which is looking to IGAD protection of its own b [...] | 2005-03-21 10:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SO IT |
05ROME976 | SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY STILL PLANS TO HOST FM [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA has given serious consideration to our request that Italy postpone the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a but, barring major changes on the ground in Lebanon, still plans to go through with the visit. Rome continues to view engagement as the best way to deal with [...] | 2005-03-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE IT EUN |
05ROME987 | ITALY'S FOREIGN AID: LATE PAYMENTS, TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, the Italian parliament passed a special appropriation to: 1) allow Italy to make up its missed 2004 euro 100 million payment (euro=$1.33) to the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; 2) fund a euro 70 million appropriation for tsunami-related aid; [...] | 2005-03-22 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IT |
05SANAA1909 | ROYG SAYS YEMEN HAS NO PLANS TO SEND TROOPS TO SOMALIA [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman assured CDA on July 16 that there is no truth to Somali President Yusef's claim that Yemen plans to deploy forces to Somalia to help "protect government institutions," (ref A). 2. (C) Other ROYG officials of late have raised the issue of stability i [...] | 2005-07-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR SO ET IT YM |
05TAIPEI2974 | TAIWAN EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATIONS AND P2S5 [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered reftel U.S. comments on Taiwan export license applications to Board of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on July 7. BOFT will do further investigation of the proposed sale to Pakistan before deciding whether or not to grant a license. Su [...] | 2005-07-11 07:35:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW IT |
05TAIPEI3199 | Taiwan: Seized Phosphorus Pentasulfide Loaded for [...] (SBU) Summary. On 28 July, 2005, AIT/K Econoff and Economic Assistant observed the entire process of loading and moving 158 barrels of phosphorus pentasulfide which had been held in Kaohsiung Customs impound warehouse, located outside Kaohsiung Harbor, since its seizure by Taiwan Customs from [...] | 2005-08-01 23:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PARM PTER EWWT TW IT |
05VIENNA2987 | VWP BIOMETRIC CERTIFICATION DEMARCHES [...] SUMMARY: IN RECENT DAYS POST HAS RAISED THE POINTS IN REF B AT VARIOUS LEVELS WITHIN THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT. OUR INTERLOCUTORS INFORM US THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR AUSTRIA TO MEET THE OCTOBER 26 DEADLINE. THE AUSTRIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BELIEVES THIS ISSUE WILL BECOME A MAJOR SOURCE OF TENSION [...] | 2005-09-08 07:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS CMGT PREL AU FR IT |
05VIENNA3064 | VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: AUSTRIA REQUESTS EXTENSION [...] (SBU) Secretary General Johannes Kyrle (the third- ranking MFA official) raised the issue of the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) as the first order of business in his meeting with visiting EUR PDAS Kurt Volker. In a follow- up to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik's pointed comments to Amb [...] | 2005-09-14 14:44:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CVIS CMGT PGOV FR IT AU EUN |
05WELLINGTON435 | LUIS POSADA CARRILES - MESSAGE PASSED TO NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-02 02:33:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT KJUS PHUM PREL PTER CU US VE NZ EUN |
06ALGIERS2019 | SUB-MEDITERRANEAN GAS DEALS ARE UNDERCURRENT OF [...] (U) Speculation about the details of future energy cooperation between Algeria and Italy swirled in Algerian business circles following the November 14-15 visit to Algiers by Italian Prime Minister Romani Prodi. The state-owned French-language daily El Moudjahid focused on Prodi's discussions [...] | 2006-11-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL EINV IT AG |
06AMMAN179 | VETTING FOR JORDANIAN COESPU STUDENTS COMPLETED [...] Post possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by any of the Jordanian police listed below. They have been nominated for training at the Center of Excellance for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vincenza, Italy. Name: Captain Ramadan Al Battah DOB: 03/01/1962 [...] | 2006-01-09 16:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PHUM MASS IT JO |
06AMMAN2661 | COESPU DEMARCHE DELIVERED, JORDANIAN CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 10 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, deputy chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he would notify Foreign Minister Khatib and contact Jordan's Public Security Directorate regarding nominees for the Center [...] | 2006-04-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO MARR IT JO |
06ANKARA2277 | TURKISH SUPPORT FOR CASPIAN GAS FOR EUROPE [...] Summary. In an April 19 meeting, Turkey's senior MFA energy expert said Turkey was feeling pressure from Russia, but was supportive of the regional gas ideas laid out by EUR DAS Bryza during his April 4-6 meetings in Ankara (refs). Rende thought the best way to make quick progress was to form [...] | 2006-04-25 12:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET TU GR IT |
06ANKARA2509 | GPOI SECTION 505 AGREEMENT: HELD UP IN TGS [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 3. 2. (C) We delivered reftel demarche upon receipt and have followed up numerous times with the Turkish MFA, who never responded substantively. Finally, on May 4, MFA Deputy Director General for Security Policy Serdar Kilic told us that th [...] | 2006-05-05 16:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR MASS PREL PGOV KPKO TU IT GR |
06ANKARA4129 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on June 22. National and international security issues and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Palestinian governance, the Israeli general election, the EU accession process and the Single European S [...] | 2006-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU AS PK AL CG AJ KZ IT |
06BAGHDAD1438 | AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS CONDOLENCES TO ITALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28, Ambassador offered his condolences to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Melani for the death of three Italian soldiers killed on April 27 in Nasiriyah. He further committed to sharing any investigative reports he receives from MNF-I on the incident. Melani conveyed that [...] | 2006-05-01 17:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IT IZ |
06BAGHDAD1871 | ITALIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 1, Italian Ambassador Maruizio Melani reported to the Ambassador that Italian Deputy Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema (who is also Minister of Foreign Affairs) plans to visit Iraq on June 7. The purpose of the visit is to discuss Italy's future Iraq assistance plan with Prim [...] | 2006-06-03 18:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ IT |
06BAGHDAD2003 | ITALIAN DPM AND FM D,ALEMA VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian DPM and FM D,Alema told Iraqi leaders that Italy would be withdrawing all of its forces from Iraq by the end of autumn. While he did not rule out leading an Italian PRT, he said it would be very difficult to do so without security. Italian Amb Melani told us that the [...] | 2006-06-13 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS PREL PARM IZ IT |
06BAGHDAD2266 | ITALIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RECONCILIATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 25, Acting DCM Speckhard met with Italian Ambassador to Iraq Maurizio Melani to discuss national reconciliation, International Compact, Italian troop withdrawal, and PRTs. END SUMMARY. ----------------------- National Reconciliation ----------------------- 2. (C) A [...] | 2006-06-28 01:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IT IZ |
06BAGHDAD500 | ITALIANS AGREE TO LEAD DHI QAR PRT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 12 meeting in Nasiriyah, Italian Ambassador to Iraq Gianludovico de Martino di Montegeiordano and Italian Joint Task Force Commander General Natalino Madeddu expressed enthusiasm to National Coordination Team (NCT) Director Greg Bates on forming and leading a [...] | 2006-02-17 08:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PREL IZ IT |
06BEIJING20898 | PRODI IN CHINA DISCUSSES ARMS EMBARGO, TRADE AND [...] (C) Italy leans to lifting the embargo of arms sales to China, said Italian Premier Romano Prodi, in China from September 13-19 with a 500-person Italian trade delegation. In Beijing, Prodi met with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and Communist Party Central Committee head Wang Jiarui. [...] | 2006-09-28 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU IT CH |
06BELGRADE1986 | SERBIA MINT ACCEPTS INVITATION FOR TRAINING AT [...] (U) The Ministry of Interior has accepted a joint US- Italian invitation to participate in training at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) located in Vicenza, Italy and proposed eight candidates for participation in the six week middle management course that is schedul [...] | 2006-12-11 05:42:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV IT NI SR |
06BELGRADE2016 | VETTING FOR PROPOSED PARTICIPANTS FOR [...] The following candidates from Serbia are presented as nominees for attendance in the January 2007 training course at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vincenza, Italy. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to Leahy Amendment Human Rights Vetting, these [...] | 2006-12-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS KCRM PREL IT SR |
06BERLIN3172 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Per ref A request, emboffs contacted the management offices of the Eurojet consortium in Hallbergmoss, Germany to confirm receipt of aircraft spare parts (transducer sets) made by U.S. company Endevco. According to the license application, the transducers are intended for use in EJ200 j [...] | 2006-10-31 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM UK SP IT |
06BRASILIA2034 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR CDC OFFICIAL HANLON [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for CDC Official Cathleen Hanlon, Veterinary Medical Officer, NCID, HHS/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),to Brasilia (DF),October 15-21, to attend Brazil Rabies Consultation Meeting and to Florianopolis (SC),Brazil, December 3-6, [...] | 2006-09-25 12:03:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO CDC KSCA OTRA US SZ WHO IT BR |
06CAIRO6381 | EGYPT HOSTS SENIOR FRENCH, SPANISH, AND ITALIAN [...] (C) Italian and French Embassy officials offered separate readouts on October 16 of a gathering in Cairo of senior diplomats from Rome, Paris, and Madrid the day before to discuss the Middle East peace process and related topics. Italian Embassy First Secretary Lamberto Moruzzi and French Emba [...] | 2006-10-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN UNSC KPAL EG IS FR SP IT |
06CARACAS1449 | BOLIVARIANS IN THE OLD COUNTRY: CHAVEZ DOES EUROPE [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez conducted an array of state business and outreach to sympathizers during a six-country swing through Europe and North Africa, May 10-18. The trip began with Chavez getting a stern message on human rights from Pope Benedict XVI. In Rome, Chavez met with communist Ita [...] | 2006-05-21 19:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE IT IZ AU AG UK VT |
06CASABLANCA576 | TERRORIST FINANCE: UN 1267 SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (S) Post has discussed reftel internally with relevant Mission elements. Post does not object to the proposed designations of Moroccan nationals Mohammed Moumou and Farid Lamrabet. Post does not anticipate any negative impact of reftel designations in Morocco. Post also believes GOM would [...] | 2006-05-26 17:12:00 | Consulate Casablanca | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN UN IT BE NR AG EG MO |
06FLORENCE12 | APPROACHES TO ECONOMIC STAGNATION IN ITALY'S CENTER-NORTH: A [...] Summary. Italian business associations from the Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany regions report a slowdown in traditional manufacturing industry output and a decline in earnings for regional producers. Local observers attribute this stagnation to a decrease in competitiveness of Italian products [...] | 2006-01-24 11:57:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ETRD EFIN IT EUN |
06FLORENCE32 | PISA AND BOLOGNA LEAD EXPANSION OF NORTHERN-CENTRAL ITALY'S [...] National and international air passenger traffic in Emilia Romagna and Tuscany has increased substantially in 2005, and prospects for a further increase over the next three years are excellent. All three major airports in the two regions (Bologna, Pisa and Florence) reported two-digit growth o [...] | 2006-03-27 12:27:00 | Consulate Florence | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAIR ETRD IT AVIATION FAA |
06ISTANBUL1504 | SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 25-26 VISIT OF CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Turkey warmly welcomes the visit of Codel McCain to Turkey. Turkey is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),facilitating the distribution of supplies and fuel to the coalition in Iraq and supporting the NATO Training Mission (NTM-I) there; publicly calling on Ir [...] | 2006-08-22 08:32:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AMGT ASEC DA GG IT MW OREP TU |
06KUWAIT3008 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL COLE(28 JULY-02 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for CODEL Cole to travel to post o/a 30 July, 2006. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. An Embassy visit officer will meet and assist you at the a [...] | 2006-07-26 11:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EG KU IX JO IT |
06MADRID2084 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAS GEORGE ATKINSON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to STAS George Atkinson, August 23 - 25, to participate in the reception for The International Congress of Mathematician Madrid at the U.S. Embassy. Post understands that no assistance is requested. 2. Visitors are reminded that bearers of di [...] | 2006-08-22 10:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | EU IT OTRA SP |
06MADRID2908 | DEMARCHE ON IRAN AIR'S ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE 30 [...] (S//NF) Ambassador raised reftel demarche during a November 17 meeting with Spanish FM Moratinos. (Note: Other meeting topics are covered septel. End Note.) Moratinos stated he was completely unaware of any such deal, but noted that Iberia was a private commercial enterprise with no government inte [...] | 2006-11-17 17:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC PARM PREL IT VE KTFN SP |
06MADRID2938 | DEMARCHE ON IRAN AIR'S ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE 30 [...] (S/NF) As promised in Reftel A, FM Moratinos called the Ambassador back to say that he had looked into the potential Iberia-Iran Air deal and that it would not happen. The Ambassador referred to the possible use of shell companies and the Foreign Minister reiterated that the deal would not happen b [...] | 2006-11-22 13:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC PARM PREL IT VE KTFN SP |
06MILAN150 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END-USE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-10 12:32:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IT BLUE LANTERN |
06MILAN39 | Fiat Out of the Red [...] Fiat Chairman Luca Cordero di Montezemolo held a press conference to announce that after almost five years of steady losses, the auto giant posted operating profits of 1.33 billion euro in 2005. Fiat ended the year with 7 billion euro in cash, compared with 6 billion euro at the end of 2004, [...] | 2006-02-02 15:42:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EIND ETRD PGOV IT AORC EUN |
06MILAN77 | Good prospects for Italy's Stock Market [...] Data from February indicates that 2006 will see an increase in new listings for the Italian stock market (Borsa Italiana) over 2005. The Borsa saw 19 new listings last year, already the highest number of new listings since 2000. This included 15 IPOs and 4 spin-offs, incorporations, or re-l [...] | 2006-03-06 15:13:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EINV ECON IT EUN |
06NAPLES102 | LAGGING ECONOMY (MEANING JOBS) TOPS LIST OF VOTER CONCERNS [...] Summary: The primary economic issue in Italy's Mezzogiorno is far and away that of "jobs". Unemployment has always run at higher levels in the South than in central and northern Italy, and southern voters are sure the current economic downturn has hit them the hardest. Parents, educators, p [...] | 2006-03-29 15:47:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | IT PGOV ECON ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06PARIS2426 | COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY SUCCESS STORY -- GENERAL [...] (SBU) After two and a half years of advocacy by Embassy Paris, and considerable efforts on the part of Embassy Rome, General Electric (GE) has finally signed a contract to supply propulsion systems to the Franco-Italian Multi- Mission Frigate (FREMM) program. Letters from President Bush, Sec [...] | 2006-04-12 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EIND EINV FR IT ETRA |
06PARIS2660 | FRANCE ON PRODI/HAMAS CALL: "SHOCKED," BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: French MFA officials responsible for EU CFSP and the Middle East told us April 21 that they were "shocked" by Prodi's agreement to receive a phone call from a political-level Hamas member. However, citing the fact that Prodi was not yet a government official at the time of the [...] | 2006-04-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN IT KPAL |
06PARIS4666 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Stapleton, accompanied by Russian Ambassador Alexander Avdeev, delivered reftel demarche to French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy. The Minister gave a private preliminary statement of support in principle, noting France's own concerns about nuclear terrorism. France, Douste-B [...] | 2006-07-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PINS PTER KNNP AS CA CH FR GM IT JA |
06PARIS632 | UNESCO-AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. During the week of January 23, Ambassador Oliver met with the Ambassadors of Austria (current EU president),Finland (upcoming EU president),Italy (a major player at UNESCO) and Jordan to discuss US relations with EU states, UNESCO reform and a substantive agenda, as well as [...] | 2006-01-31 17:00:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU IT FI AU IS XF UNESCO |
06PARIS6908 | FRANCE/UNSC VOTE: NO BENEFIT TO PRESSURE ON ITALY, [...] (C) Poloff contacted MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini in absence of IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Berman, who had earlier discussed the Italian abstention with Political Minister-Counselor (ref B). Giacomini relayed that the Italian delegation in New York, in response to a French approach, h [...] | 2006-10-19 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC IT FR |
06PARIS7800 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Poloff and Russian counterpart delivered reftel to Hughes de Longevialle, French deputy coordinator for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Longevialle welcomed the various papers and agreed to initiate an interagency process to develop possible French proposals for the pl [...] | 2006-12-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL AS CA CH RFE GM IT JA |
06PRISTINA1019 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EUR DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO, [...] US Office Pristina warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR DAS Rosemary DiCarlo to visit Pristina December 2-December 5, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to join a joint U.S./EU visit. Control Officer for this visit will be Deputy Political/Economic Chief, David Whiddon, who can [...] | 2006-11-29 16:02:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AMGT PREL IT SR BE |
06RABAT697 | MOROCCO: PARTICIPATION IN COESPU'S SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Poloffs met April 10 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita to discuss reftel request encouraging Moroccan participation in upcoming COESPU classes. Poloff delivered to Bourita a copy of reftel points in non-paper format. In response, Bourita ex [...] | 2006-04-18 09:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR IT MO |
06RABAT748 | MOROCCO: MFA VIEWS ON COESPU PARTICIPATION [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Following up on reftels, Poloff met April 20 with MFA Bilateral Affairs Officer Karim Halim to discuss Moroccan participation in COESPU's second round of classes in May. Confirming the Moroccan Gendarmerie [...] | 2006-04-21 17:18:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR IT MO |
06ROME1005 | EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CASPIAN BASIN NATURAL GAS [...] (U) Summary: In March 17 meetings, GOI officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Productive Activities, and the Prime Minister's office concurred with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza's assessment of the risk to Italian and European energy security of Gazprom's dominance of natural gas shipments t [...] | 2006-04-04 04:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET RU IR QA IT |
06ROME1019 | BERLUSCONI-PRODI DEBATE SHOWS CONTRAST: NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Many commentators give PM Berlusconi a slight edge over challenger Romano Prodi in last night's second candidate debate. Berlusconi was more poised than in the first debate and offered a surprise proposal to eliminate local property taxes on every family's first home--a proposal [...] | 2006-04-04 15:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON IZ IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME1023 | ITALY: SLOW DOWN ON ID FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on April 4, MFA NATO Office Head Gianni Bardini told polmiloff that Italy considers it premature to invite Georgia into Intensified Dialogue (ID) with NATO at the April 13 meeting between Georgia and the Allies. Bardini said that, while Italy is open to think [...] | 2006-04-04 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL GG IT NATO |
06ROME1024 | ITALY RESPONSE TO WHA SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] On March 31, per instructions in reftel, Rome delivered talking points to Dr. Vittorio Silano, Head of the Ministry of Health's Department of Innovation. On April 4, we received a reply from Dr. Maria Grazia Pompa, Head of Office V (Infectious Diseases and International Prevention) of the MO [...] | 2006-04-04 17:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC TBIO PREL IT WHO |
06ROME1025 | ITALY'S FLEDGLING ISLAMIC CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Pisanu's hand-picked Muslim Consultative Council continues to be controversial after its first two meetings. Criticism by both the right-wing Northern League Party and some members of the Muslim community convinced Pisanu to cancel the next meeting until afte [...] | 2006-04-05 08:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PREL PGOV PTER IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
06ROME1034 | ITALY'S POST ELECTION LOTTO-MINISTRO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Italy's April 9-10 national elections begin a political process that probably will not produce a new government until mid-May to mid-June. Presidents of the two legislative houses must be elected followed by a replacement for President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi before [...] | 2006-04-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME1071 | VICTORY FOR GMOS HAS LITTLE POLITICAL/ECONOMIC [...] On March 17, the Italian Constitutional Court struck down a 2005 law prohibiting "coexistence," growing genetically-modified crops next to organic ones, and mandating criminal penalties for farmers violating the 2005 legal prohibitions. The law had had the practical effect of banning genetic [...] | 2006-04-07 15:04:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD IT |
06ROME1083 | TRADE VICE MINISTER PLANS "COURAGEOUS" TRADE OFFER [...] (C) Summary. During an April 3 courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli, Trade Vice Minister Adolfo Urso was cautiously optimistic of a narrow center-right victory in this week's elections. He admitted that GOI positions on trade and the WTO have been driven by politics until now, but said a cent [...] | 2006-04-10 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ETRD IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
06ROME1093 | PROTESTING THE IRANIAN REGIME'S TREATMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-11 08:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT |
06ROME1107 | NEXT STEPS IN ITALY'S CONTESTED ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: In elections that showed Italy split down the political middle, center-left challenger Romano Prodi has apparently won a razor-thin majority over PM Silvio Berlusconi in the Italian Senate. His edge in the Chamber of Deputies was also close, but the voting bloc will be more subs [...] | 2006-04-11 16:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT |
06ROME111 | CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE FOR ROME, TURIN, MILAN [...] (SBU) On December 14 and 16, Embassy Rome, the Olympic Coordination Office in Turin, and Consulate Milan underwent a coordinated Crisis Management Exercise (CME) facilitated by the Foreign Service Institute's Office of Crisis Management Training. According to FSI, this was the first time a CME [...] | 2006-01-12 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CA IT OCS ACS POSTS FOR RSO |
06ROME1115 | ITALY WAITS FOR VERIFIED ELECTION RESULTS: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opposition leader Romano Prodi has declared victory in Italy's parliamentary election while current PM Silvio Berlusconi has cautioned that infinitesimally close results call for caution until final results have been fully verified according to standard procedures. Two aspects [...] | 2006-04-12 13:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT |
06ROME1150 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CASE GC 0084-06 [...] EconOff and EconFSN visited Intermark Sistemi, SRL, headquarters April 12, and met with Administrative Director Francesco La Mesa. Founded in 1972, Intermark Sistemi recently split into two groups, Intermark Sistemi- focusing on the Italian market, and Intermark AvioSistemi (AvioSistemi)- wo [...] | 2006-04-14 09:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IT BLUE LANTERN |
06ROME1159 | COESPU AT SIX MONTHS: MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS, U.S. [...] Summary and Action Request. The Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vicenza, part of the larger Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) (a Presidential initiative),has trained 127 gendarme peacekeepers from six countries in its first six months. New courses are se [...] | 2006-04-14 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IT |
06ROME1162 | ITALY: CERTIFIED VOTE RESULTS EXPECTED SOON [...] (C) A consensus is developing that the Italian Court of Cassation will issue certified election results next Tuesday, April 18, though reports that the recount could take a few days longer persist. UDC Party Secretary Lorenzo Cesa told the press that election results would not change, and FI [...] | 2006-04-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME117 | ITALIAN MFA U/S MANTICA VISITS SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA's Undersecretary for Africa Alfredo Mantica met with Somali TFG PM Ali Gedi in Jowhar January 5, as Somali President Yusuf and Speaker of Parliament Hassan were signing the Aden Declaration in Yemen. According to the MFA, Gedi expressed support for the Declaratio [...] | 2006-01-12 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO IT UN |
06ROME1174 | ITALY SUPPORTS CURRENT EU BURMA POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 13 to Nicola Tassoni, MFA Deputy Southeast Asia Office Director, presenting U.S. concerns regarding some of the statements made at the EC 2006 Burma/Myanmar Forum, and highlighting the importance the U.S. places on coordinating our Burma mess [...] | 2006-04-19 07:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | BM EAID EU PHUM PREF PREL IT |
06ROME1182 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP - [...] (C) Italy has a positive impression of the U.S. concept for a NATO Global Partnership and is interested in pursuing it further, but registered concerns about our presentation and approach, fearing we are moving too fast, without a clear enough sense of what partners want or expect, or of possib [...] | 2006-04-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR IT NATO EUN |
06ROME1183 | ITALIAN CASSATION DECLARES RESULTS OFFICIAL: PRODI [...] (SBU) Italy's Court of Cassation finished verification procedures for Italy's contested parliamentary elections, confirming center-left challenger Romano Prodi's electoral victory over incumbent PM Silvio Berlusconi in the critical Chamber of Deputies. Though Berlusconi might continue to prot [...] | 2006-04-19 17:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME119 | IRAQ: ITALIANS WANT TO LEAD PRT, EVALUATING OTHER [...] (C) Summary. Italy would like to lead the PRT in Dhi Qar province, where it has considerable military and civilian experience. It sees this as a useful vehicle for an increasing focus on civilian activities as well as security training. Packaging the coalition's evolving role in Iraq in ter [...] | 2006-01-12 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM |
06ROME1194 | GOI SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON RUSSIAN MEMBERSHIP IN [...] (C) Summary. Acting EcMin met April 12 with Carlo Tripepi, Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation and Trade Controls to the MFA's Director General for Economic Affairs, to deliver Refs A and C talking points and non-papers. Tripepi said the GOI position on Russian membership in the Australia G [...] | 2006-04-20 12:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA RS IT |
06ROME1202 | ITALY: BERLUSCONI STAYS MUM ON PRODI WIN [...] (C) PM Silvio Berlusconi has not yet conceded victory to opposition leader Romano Prodi even after Italy's Court of Cassation officially confirmed the electoral victory for Prodi on April 19. In the wake of the court's confirmation, congratulatory calls from world leaders began to flow into P [...] | 2006-04-21 10:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT |
06ROME1203 | ITALY: CODEL HYDE HEARS PLANS FOR A ROBUST [...] (C) Summary. Berlusconi U/S Gianni Letta told a visiting Codel Hyde delegation April 19 that, given a strong second-place showing in the elections, the center-right would play the part of a particularly robust opposition party when the new center-left government took office. He predicted t [...] | 2006-04-21 10:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME1207 | PRODI AIDE SAYS NEW GOVERNMENT WILL FOLLOW EU [...] (C) Summary. Acting DCM told a senior Prodi advisor April 21 that the Center Left leader's phone conversation with the PA prime minister two days before had generated surprise and consternation in Washington, in view of US and EU policy against contact with senior Hamas officials. Prodi aide [...] | 2006-04-21 15:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KPAL PTER PGOV XF IT |
06ROME1208 | FAIR TREATMENT OF SEAFARERS, POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-21 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT KTIA AORC ELAB UK IT IMO |
06ROME1209 | ITALY: PRODI ADVISER TALKS GOVERNMENT FORMATION, [...] (C) A senior adviser to Romano Prodi says President of the Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has privately agreed to tap Prodi as PM-designate before Ciampi's term expires. If that happened, it could accelerate the government formation process by about two weeks, to mid-May. Levi also said he th [...] | 2006-04-21 17:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KNNP PTER EUN IZ IR IT |
06ROME122 | AMBASSADOR PUTS DOWN MARKER WITH CENTER-LEFT ON [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on January 11 told Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli that the Center-Left could not begin its relationship with the United States in a worse manner than to unilaterally declare a withdrawal of Italian troops from Iraq in the event of a Center-Left victory in the [...] | 2006-01-13 05:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME1221 | ITALY: PRODI ALLY LOOKS AHEAD ON IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Head of the Democrats of the Left (DS) International Affairs Office adviser and newly elected member of parliament Luciano Vecchi told Poloff that Prodi would strictly follow EU policy with regards to Hamas. Vecchi also confirmed the Center-Left position on Iraq, reaffirming that [...] | 2006-04-24 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KPAL IZ IT |
06ROME1222 | ITALY SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) April 11 PolMinCouns informed Giacomo Sanfelice, Deputy Director General for Political Multilateral Affairs, of Reftel A letter from Secretary Rice to FM Fini and explained the U.S. position on supporting candidate countries in the first UN Human Rights Council (HRC) elections. Poloff fol [...] | 2006-04-24 17:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM IT UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS |
06ROME1230 | ITALY BRIEFED ON U.S. KOSOVO POLICY [...] (C) April 20 Poloff briefed Raimondo de Cardona, MFA Balkans Office Director, and Maria Teresa di Maio, Kosovo Desk Officer, on U.S. Kosovo policy per reftel. De Cardona said it was useful to hear our policy laid out more comprehensively, noting that the GOI was already aware of the various c [...] | 2006-04-26 11:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI EU IT |
06ROME1246 | ITALY ON BOARD WITH NATO'S MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Italy, a co-sponsor of the Middle East Security Cooperation Center (SCC) proposal, is fully on board with the concept but concerned about presentation. Italy believes the SCC must be fully co-sponsored with participating Middle East countries and does not favor launching it at t [...] | 2006-04-26 13:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR IT |
06ROME1261 | ITALIAN POLITICIANS REACT WITH GRIEF AND [...] (C) Italian politicians reacted with grief, solidarity, and condemnation April 28 following the killing of three Italians and a Romanian in Nasiriya. PM Berlusconi said he was deeply grieved by the deaths and center-left leader Prodi called it a tragedy for all of Italy. One center-left party [...] | 2006-04-28 05:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT |
06ROME1272 | MDA: ITALY REMAINS ON BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 09:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IT ICRC HUMAN RIGHTS |
06ROME1303 | MILANO-MANHATTAN/EUROFLY: GOI HAS NOT AUTHORIZED, [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 1, Eurofly representatives told Rome TSA attache the company will start flying an all-business-class service between Milan-Linate and New York-JFK May 8, though an official at Italian aviation regulator ENAC said the agency has yet to approve the plan. Unless instructed [...] | 2006-05-02 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR IT |
06ROME1308 | ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] This unclassified cable is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Pos [...] | 2006-05-03 08:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO |
06ROME1317 | ITALY: CHAMBER PRESIDENTS ELECTED, PRESIDENCY OF [...] (SBU) Italy's new parliament formally sat April 28 and subsequently voted Communist Renewal (RC) National Secretary Fausto Bertinotti President of the Chamber of Deputies and Daisy party leader Franco Marini President of the Senate. Both were contentious votes. As one of his first acts as Cha [...] | 2006-05-03 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV IT |
06ROME1322 | ITALY'S INTERIM RESPONSE: NO IMMEDIATE FUNDS FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. EconOff delivered reftel demarche April 14 to Maria Pia Dradi, Afghanistan Desk Officer for MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC); and PolOff delivered reftel demarche April 18 to Anna Della Croce, MFA's Coordinator for Afghanistan [...] | 2006-05-04 12:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL IT AF |
06ROME1324 | ITALY UNCERTAIN LISTING TAMIL TIGERS WILL PROMOTE [...] (C) Poloff discussed Ref demarche on May 3 with the MFA's Enrico Valvo of the counter-terrorism office and Giuseppe Cinti, Soth Asian Office Director. Both officials fully agreed that the suicide bombing last month was an abhorrent escalation and said Italy would continue denouncing all forms [...] | 2006-05-04 13:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT EUN |
06ROME1325 | ITALY WILL NOT VOTE FOR IRAN ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-04 13:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PHUM UNHCR PREL IT |
06ROME1329 | MIMA/EUROFLY, FLIGHTS WILL LIKELY GO FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy's aviation authority appears to be acquiescing to the MiMa/Eurofly flights. ENAC's Vice Director General, Salvatore Sciacchitano, said that, barring a decision by his agency to deny permission, Eurofly could begin operating from Linate's general aviation terminal on a fl [...] | 2006-05-05 04:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR IT |
06ROME1335 | GOI PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC ENERGY [...] (C) As instructed reftel, DCM and A/Ecmin met April 28 with Dutch DCM Joost Reintjes and Senior Economic Advisor Chris Schoenmakers to discuss European energy security issues and GON plans for a May 18 Conference on Transatlantic Energy Security. DCM Reintjes requested USG assistance in dete [...] | 2006-05-05 13:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ECON PREL IT EU |
06ROME1347 | IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA WARNS PRESSING TOO HARD ON QRF [...] (C) The Italian MFA does not foresee a change in Italy's policy of gradual troop reductions, in consultation with the Iraqis and coalition partners, in Iraq. Barring additional terrorist attacks, the MFA also does not expect major problems with funding renewal for the mission this summer. But [...] | 2006-05-05 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT |
06ROME1359 | ITALY CONSIDERING APPROACH TO NORTH KOREAN FLAGS [...] (C) Econoff and Poloff delivered Reftel A points and information on the Italian vessel using a North Korean flag to Federico Failla, MFA Office Director for the Far East, April 28, and urged the GOI to consider a law or regulation to make it illegal for Italian nationals and companies to use D [...] | 2006-05-08 10:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA IT |
06ROME137 | FM FINI'S MESSAGE TO BELGRADE LANDS ON DEAF EARS [...] (C) Summary. Italian FM Fini's recent visit to Belgrade failed to persuade Serbian PM Kostunica to accept the possibility that a decision on Kosovo's status could result in anything other than broad autonomy. Kostunica is convinced that the international community would be prevented by inter [...] | 2006-01-13 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR MW YI IT EUN |
06ROME141 | ITALY: ELECTORAL REFORM COULD BRING DIVIDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In addition to impacts reported REF A and B, Italy's controversial electoral reform law introduces different systems for calculating results in the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. In the Chamber of Deputies, the winning coalition receives a majority premium guaranteeing that [...] | 2006-01-17 09:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME1410 | ITALY: GIORGIO NAPOLITANO ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE [...] (SBU) Senator for Life Giorgio Napolitano May 10 was elected Italy's 11th President of the Republic by a simple majority in the fourth round of voting. The center-right opposition, led by caretaker PM Silvio Berlusconi, did not support Napolitano's candidacy. Two of Berlusconi's coalition al [...] | 2006-05-10 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT |
06ROME1412 | AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES ITALIAN BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (U) On April 27, Ambassador Spogli addressed the leaders of Confindustria, Italy's leading business association, about barriers to, and opportunities for, U.S. investment in Italy. The Ambassador spoke at the invitation of Confindustria President (and Fiat Chairman) Luca Cordero di Montezemolo [...] | 2006-05-10 16:41:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV IT |
06ROME1413 | ITALY ON USG ROLE IN WORLD BANK'S MULTILATERAL [...] EconOff delivered reftel demarche April 14 to Giorgio Guglielmino, Budget Director in MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC),and highlighted the USG's role in proposing and supporting the World Bank's Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI),as well as U.S. leadership as the single [...] | 2006-05-11 04:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN IT KPAO |
06ROME1414 | ITALY PLANS TO FULFILL UN DEMOCRACY FUND PLEDGE [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Gian Lorenzo Cornado, MFA Office Director for United Nations Affairs, May 10 to deliver points in reftel regarding UN Democracy Fund grand opportunities and to inquire about the status of Italy's $3 million pledge to UNDEF. Cornado noted that the GOI was aware of the grant [...] | 2006-05-11 07:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA IT |
06ROME1435 | ITALIAN LABOR: BACK AT THE POLICY-MAKING TABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The election of two former union leaders, Fausto Bertinotti of the Communist Renewal Party as President of the Chamber of Deputies, and Franco Marini of the Daisy Party as President of the Senate, will help bring Italian unions back to the table on social and economic policy f [...] | 2006-05-11 15:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB IT |
06ROME1440 | ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN BMENA FORUM FOR THE [...] Minister Plenipotentiary Sergio Scarantino will represent Italy at the second planning meeting for the 2006 BMENA Forum for the Future in Moscow on May 29 - 30. Scarantino will attend both days of the meeting. 2. Scarantino told polmiloff that, at the meeting, he will present an Italian [...] | 2006-05-12 09:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM KMPI IT |
06ROME1450 | GOI LEADERS SAY ITALY WILL REMAIN STAUNCH ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PDAS Kurt Volker met May 8-9 with a cross-section of political and MFA representatives and stressed to elected GOI leaders the importance of continued cooperation on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Balkans and other global issues. He said that Italy would remain an important ally b [...] | 2006-05-12 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IAEA IT IZ IR SR |
06ROME1466 | ITALY SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF CW DESTRUCTION DEADLINE [...] (SBU) Poloff on May 10 received a response to Ref demarche from Giulio Picheca, director of the MFA's Disarmament Office. Picheca said Italy understands the rationale for the USG request and noted that there were other countries, such as Japan, in similar circumstances. Picheca said his offi [...] | 2006-05-15 08:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL IT CWC |
06ROME1475 | ITALY PARTICIPATION AT WHA PREPAREDNESS MINISTERIAL [...] (U) Per instructions in reftel, on May 15, Science Specialist delivered Secretary Leavitt's invitation to Italy's Minister of Health, plus up to two staff members, to attend the May 22 Ministerial meeting on influenza preparedness issues at the World Health Assembly (WHA). 2. (U) Italy' [...] | 2006-05-16 04:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU IT WHO |
06ROME1492 | ITALY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (C) Political Minister Counselor met May 16 with MFA Middle East Deputy Luca Del Balzo to deliver reftel, urging that the Italians speak publicly about the need for the SARG to improve its human rights record and release detainees. Del Balzo responded that the U.S., the EU and Italy were in [...] | 2006-05-17 11:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY IT HUMAN RIGHTS |
06ROME1493 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALY TO DESIGNATE FOUR [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA. 4. 2. (S) Finance Ministry Director for Financial Crimes, Cristina Collura, told EconOff May 15 that the Government of Italy will pre-notify in June, 2006, the names of four individuals to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee members for inclusion [...] | 2006-05-17 12:52:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC IT KTFN PREL PTER |
06ROME1518 | ITALY'S COMMUNIST CHAMBER LEADER WELCOMES USG [...] (C) Communist Renewal leader Fausto Bertinotti May 17 warmly welcomed his first official contact, as Italy's new Chamber of Deputies president, with the US Ambassador. He initiated an animated discussion of Italy's economic problems, and expressed cautious optimism that the new government co [...] | 2006-05-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT PGOV |
06ROME1519 | ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD TITLE III SUSPENSION [...] (C) Summary. There have been few developments in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. Italy supported the EU's condemnation of recent acts of repudiation and subsequent demarches to the GOC, including protesting the harassment of dissident Martha Beatriz Roque. Italy did no [...] | 2006-05-18 12:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL IT CU ETRD |
06ROME1526 | PRODI RATCHETS UP RHETORIC ON IRAQ, NO NEW GROUND [...] (C) Summary. On May 18, Italian PM-designate Romano Prodi addressed the Italian Senate to lay out his government's political platform. Prodi reiterated his coalition's oft-stated opposition to the war, and said his government would propose to Parliament the return of Italian troops. He step [...] | 2006-05-18 17:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IT |
06ROME1527 | ITALY: A LOOK AT THE PRODI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Romano Prodi and his cabinet of 25 ministers were sworn in May 17 by President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano. Political commentators immediately called the government composition "more left than center", but the vital ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Defense, Economy and Just [...] | 2006-05-18 18:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IT |
06ROME1539 | THE NOT-SO-BEAUTIFUL GAME: CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (SBU) Summary: A scandal over alleged match-rigging by the Turin football squad Juventus is snowballing into a broader investigation of corruption in Italy's football league. Many top soccer federation officials have resigned, and shares of publicly-traded teams have crashed. Some members of [...] | 2006-05-19 14:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SCUL IT |
06ROME1552 | ITALIANS WELCOME FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOI welcomed the formation of the new Iraqi Government and pledged to continue support for Iraqi reconstruction and democratic development. Newly elected Prime Minister Prodi, who was critical of the war, and newly-appointed Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema issued individua [...] | 2006-05-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KPAO IZ IT |
06ROME1555 | COESPU: ITALIAN PROPOSALS FOR NEXT CANDIDATE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: Italy recommends inviting Chile, Ghana, Nigeria, Serbia and Montenegro (SaM),and South Africa to participate in the Center of Excellence for Police Stability Units (COESPU) in Vicenza. In addition, Italy looks to the U.S. [...] | 2006-05-23 07:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT |
06ROME1580 | ITALY: DEFENSE MINISTER PARISI TELLS AMB. GOI [...] (C) In the Ambassador's May 23 introductory call on new Italian Defense Minister Arturo Parisi, Parisi stressed themes of friendship with the U.S., a desire to consult closely on all issues and to deal with the most sensitive ones frankly and away from the press. He assured the Ambassador of [...] | 2006-05-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS IZ AF IT |
06ROME1585 | GOI INQUIRY REGARDING ITALIAN SATELLITE LAUNCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Embassy requests Department assistance to follow up on several pending export license requests for U.S.-origin components for the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) AGILE scientific satellite mission, which ASI would like to launch from India in October. The Min [...] | 2006-05-24 11:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC TSPA KFPC ETRD IT IN |
06ROME1588 | ITALY WANTS TO BE MONTENEGRO'S MOST INFLUENTIAL EU [...] (C) Summary. Immediately after the Montenegrin referendum on independence, Raimondo De Cardona, director of the Balkans office of the MFA, told the Serbia and Montenegro ambassador Darko Uskokovic that Italy wants to become Montenegro's strongest EU partner and added that Montenegrin President [...] | 2006-05-24 13:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT MW SR YI |
06ROME1590 | ITALY: NEW UNDERSECRETARY TO THE PM CALLS [...] (C) Ambassador paid an introductory call May 23 on the new Undersecretary to the Prime Minister Enrico Letta (nephew of Berlusconi U/S Gianni Letta). Letta, a 1988 IV grantee and VP of Aspen Italy, has a very positive view of the U.S. and said he considers Italy's relationship with the U.S. e [...] | 2006-05-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL NATO MOPS IZ IN IT |
06ROME1603 | ITALY IN AGREEMENT ON DARFUR ACCORD, NOT EXPECTING [...] (C) Poloff met with Fabrizio Pignatelli, MFA Horn of Africa Office Director, May 11 to deliver Reftel A points encouraging Italy to restrict the issuance of visas to members of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM); and May 24 to deliver Reftel B points outlining issues for follow-up to the [...] | 2006-05-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SOCI PINS SU IT |
06ROME1625 | ITALY: PM PRODI ON CIVILIAN COMMITMENT TO IRAQ, [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting with Senator Allen and the Ambassador on May 30, Italian PM Prodi said Italy was firmly committed to Iraq's future, but had to figure out how to end its military engagement while continuing to contribute to reconstruction and political development. He said he was [...] | 2006-05-31 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS EUN IZ AF IT |
06ROME1630 | ITALY ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) DCM conveyed the main points of reftel demarche to MFA Chef de Cabinet Ferdinando Nelli Feroci and MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi on May 31. Terzi said the MFA had already seen the Secretary's statement, which it read with great interest, and EU High Representative Solana's reaction. [...] | 2006-05-31 16:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR IT |
06ROME1631 | IRAN SEEKS CHAIR OF IOM EXCOM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-31 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG IR AORC IT |
06ROME1635 | PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Luciano Pezzotti, MFA Office Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on May 31. Pezzotti, who is following the process for the Italians, thanked poloff for U.S. views on the details of the temporary international mechanism to deliver humanitarian assistance t [...] | 2006-06-01 12:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL KPAL IT |
06ROME1636 | ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] Ambassador discussed Ref A demarche with Foreign Minister D'Alema on May 31. D'Alema expressed strong support for the U.S. announcement and said the MFA was preparing its own statement, text at para. 2 below. 2. Begin text of Foreign Minister D'Alema's statement: Appreciation of Minister D [...] | 2006-06-01 14:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IR IT |
06ROME1637 | IRAQ: ITALIAN LEADERS ASSESSING ITALY'S TROOP [...] (C) Summary. Italian leaders are evaluating Italy's troop presence in Iraq and seeking ways to reconcile the need to maintain a military presence for civilian force protection with the government's commitment to complete troop withdrawal. In separate discussions with Deputy FM Rutelli and De [...] | 2006-06-01 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT |
06ROME1661 | LINATE AIRPORT: GOI WANTS TO WAIT ON CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) Summary: In response to ref A letter from DAS John Byerly, ENAC Director General Silvano Manera stated his agency wants to wait on holding bilateral consultations until the new GOI has a chance to review Linate airport restrictions. End summary. New GOI Will Review Linate Rules -------- [...] | 2006-06-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR IT |
06ROME1662 | AUSTRALIA GROUP: ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN PLENARY [...] (S) A/EcMin delivered reftel talking points to Carlo Tripepi, MFA DAS-equivalent official responsible for Australia Group (AG) issues. Tripepi said that he will attend the Australia Group Plenary in Paris, and that the Italian delegation will come prepared to "speak, hear, and discuss." Tr [...] | 2006-06-05 13:52:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC AG IR IT |
06ROME1666 | MTCR: GOI SUPPORTIVE OF UPDATED CONTROLS FOR [...] (C) A/EcMin delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph to Carlo Tripepi, the MFA's Deputy Assistant Secretary-equivalent official in charge of Missile Technology SIPDIS Control Regime (MTCR) issues. Undersecretary Joseph's counterpart, MFA Director General for International Economic Affairs [...] | 2006-06-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC TSPA KSCA IT |
06ROME1667 | EDISON ITALIA OUTLINES THE WAY FORWARD FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A/EcMin met May 25 with Roberto Poti, Edison Italia's Vice President for Corporate Development, to discuss Edison's investment in the Turkey-Greece-Italy Interconnector pipeline designed to ship Azeri natural gas to Europe. Edison has partnered with DEPA, Greece's state-owned [...] | 2006-06-06 05:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET AZ TU GR AL IT |
06ROME1680 | IRAQ: ITALY CONSIDERING THREE OPTIONS: FULL PRT [...] (S) PolMilCouns met June 5 with Italian Defense Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio. Amerio said DefMin Parisi was at a two-day meeting of all Italy's ministers where Iraq was being discussed, and it was unclear what would come out of those discussions. That said, according to Amerio [...] | 2006-06-06 09:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL NATO MOPS IZ IT |
06ROME1686 | BANK OF ITALY--DRAGHI'S FIRST PERSONAL AND [...] Summary: At the Bank of Italy (BOI) annual stockholder's meeting May 31, Mario Draghi, the new central bank governor, focused primarily on the need for structural economic reforms. Emphasizing the lack of growth this decade, Draghi focused on recapturing competitiveness to achieve economic [...] | 2006-06-06 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IT |
06ROME17 | AFTER BLOCKING SALE TO IRAN, ITALIAN MANUFACTURER [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. Acting on instructions from Trade Vice Minister Adolfo Urso, Director General for Commercial Agreements Amadeo Teti called on Acting EcMin December 27 to seek USG assistance in finding U.S. buyers for fast boats manufact [...] | 2006-01-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL IR IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
06ROME1708 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALY - UN 1267 SANCTIONS [...] (S/NF) EconOff delivered reftel A demarche May 17 to Cristina Collura, Finance Ministry (MoF) Office Director for Financial Crimes; Giampaolo Cantini, MFA Office Director for G8 and Global Issues; and MFA Officer Stefania Fancello, on proposing Abu Imad and Nabil el-Feki for listing by the UNS [...] | 2006-06-07 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC IT KTFN PREL PTER |
06ROME1726 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON JUNE GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The GOI is prepared to recognize Montenegro as an independent state following an EU statement on the results of the referendum but wants the international community to continue to focus on trafficking, organized crime and security issues after the dissolution of the union between [...] | 2006-06-09 14:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN KPAL YI MW IZ IT |
06ROME173 | SCENESETTER: YOUR MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM FINI [...] (C) This meeting is an opportunity for FM Fini and the Berlusconi government to showcase Italian foreign policy successes in advance of April elections. Fini will want to show the public that Italy's engagements abroad have advanced its national interests, enhanced its international standing, [...] | 2006-01-18 16:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS IT PGOV PREL ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS IRAQI FREEDOM ITALIAN POLITICS AFGHANISTAN UN |
06ROME1737 | ITALY SUPPORTS FMCT BUT NOTES CHALLENGES AHEAD [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref demarche and background materials on June 8 to Paolo Cuculi, from the MFA's Disarmament and Non-proliferation office. Cuculi took on board ref points and readily acknowledged that the Italian position fully supports the US draft text for achieving an FMCT. Ambassador [...] | 2006-06-12 08:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IT |
06ROME1739 | ITALIAN GRADS DISCUSS JOB SEEKING WOES [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Spogli hosted a "garden chat" for recent alumni of Rome's Catholic University LUMSA (Free University of the Assumption of Mary Most Holy) May 31, 2006. The dozen young adults occupied a variety of private and public sector positions. One was unemployed and still seekin [...] | 2006-06-12 09:06:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SOCI EIND EINV SCUL IT |
06ROME1741 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY PLANS INCREASED ISAF ROLE [...] (C) Summary. MFA Undersecretary Gianni Vernetti and other officials told the Embassy that Italy intends to increase its military presence in Afghanistan with more special operations forces, more troops for the Herat Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and Forward Support Base (FSB),a new Trea [...] | 2006-06-12 13:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL AF IT NATO |
06ROME1753 | IRAQ: ITALY HASN'T CLOSED THE DOOR ON PRT YET [...] (S) Senior Italian diplomatic advisors told visiting Deputy Senior Advisor for Iraq (S/I) Barbara Stephenson June 9 that Italy will withdraw all of its troops in Iraq before the end of 2006, but plans to remain engaged in reconstruction efforts. They were pessimistic about Italy continuing to [...] | 2006-06-13 14:18:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT |
06ROME1755 | ITALIAN FM D'ALEMA SEEKING GOOD START TO [...] (S/NF) I met with FM D'Alema June 13 to preview his plans for his June 16 meetings with you. He wants to start the new Italian government's relations with us on a positive and constructive note. D'Alema said Italy can and will do more in Afghanistan, is willing to do more in Iraq under a NATO [...] | 2006-06-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV OVIP MOPS IZ IT EUN NATO |
06ROME1757 | SCENESETTER: YOUR 6/16 MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM [...] (S/NF) FM (and Deputy PM) Massimo D'Alema is a key political powerhouse in the new Italian government, a nine-party coalition including the Greens and the Communists, with a razor-thin majority in the Senate. The Prodi government is trying to align Italy with what it believes is the EU line, [...] | 2006-06-13 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO OVIP IT SR YI IZ IR AF |
06ROME1767 | ITALY WITH EU CONSENSUS ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] (SBU) New Zealand Deputy Head of Mission Adele Bryant, Australian Deputy Head of Mission Angus MacKenzie, and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini May 22, emphasizing our joint concerns with the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous [...] | 2006-06-15 07:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IT |
06ROME1770 | ITALY: MOI AMATO TALKS IMMIGRATION, IRAN, MIDDLE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Senator George Allen met May 30 with Italy's new Minister of Interior Giuliano Amato. Allen thanked Amato for the GoI's excellent counter terrorism cooperation. Amato discussed Italy's problem with illegal aliens arriving from Libya, the challenge of containing Iran' [...] | 2006-06-15 10:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV UN IZ IN IT |
06ROME179 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary. Your visit will be an opportunity to visit the USG Olympics Coordination Office in Turin and review security preparations for the Winter Olympic Games. We have no current information about threats directed at Americans at the Games. Despite the presence and capability of Islam [...] | 2006-01-19 10:23:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KOLY PTER PREL IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
06ROME1792 | MTCR: GOI RESPONSE TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER [...] (C) Embassy received June 12 the following response to Ref B letter from U/S Joseph, signed by Giandomenico Magliano, MFA Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs. Text of letter follows. 2. (C) Begin text of Magliano letter to U/S Joseph. May 26, 2006. Dear Under [...] | 2006-06-16 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL TSPA IT |
06ROME1794 | ITALY SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON HRC AGENDA, SEES [...] (C) June 12 Deputy Chief of Mission Anna Borg reviewed U.S. priorities and concerns in advance of the first session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) with Italian MFA Deputy Political Director Giacomo Sanfelice, as per Reftel A. The DCM highlighted the need for a procedural session and U.S. o [...] | 2006-06-16 14:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL IT |
06ROME1817 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S LEVEY'S VISIT TO ROME, JUNE [...] (C) Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Stuart Levey, to Italy, at this important juncture in U.S. - Italy relations as the new center-left government takes hold. The Embassy has scheduled three, high-level meetings on Iran; we also [...] | 2006-06-20 06:53:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN IR IT KTFN PGOV PREL PTER |
06ROME1823 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY INCLINED TO SUPPORT DUTCH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-20 10:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MARR AF IT |
06ROME1824 | FINMECCANICA SEEKS USG VIEWS ON PROPOSED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. On June 15, A/Ecmin met with Simone Bemporad, Finmeccanica Senior Vice President for Media Relations and International Affairs, and Camillo Pirozzi, Head of Public Affairs in Finmeccanica's Institutional Relations [...] | 2006-06-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD IR IT |
06ROME1849 | ITALY WORKING THROUGH EU ON VENEZUELA NGO LAW [...] (C) June 19 Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Acting South America Office Director Paolo Campanini, urging Italy to communicate its concerns with the Venezuelan NGO bill to Caracas. Poloff noted that the draft legislation was vague and would give great discretion to the GOV in hindering NGO [...] | 2006-06-22 14:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV VE EAID IT |
06ROME1851 | ROME VISITS HIGHLIGHT BALKAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In separate visits to Rome June 20 by UN Special Envoy for Kosovo and Romanian FM Razvan Ungureanu raised the issues of Italian-Romanian cooperation in Iraq, Romanian entry into the EU and Kosovo. Italian FM D'Alema told Ungureau that Italy supported Romanian entry into the EU i [...] | 2006-06-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT SR YI RO |
06ROME1856 | ITALY TELLS IRAN TO ACCEPT EU3 PACKAGE [...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 22, visiting EUR/WE Office Director Kathy Allegrone discussed Iran, Syria, Iraq, and UN Security Council reform with MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi. On June 21 in Rome, Italian FM D'Alema told visiting Iranian FM Mottaki to accept the EU3 package and that Italy, d [...] | 2006-06-23 09:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT |
06ROME1858 | FOURTH-ANNUAL IPR RETREAT: ITALIAN JUDGES SEE [...] Summary: Mission Italy's fourth-annual IPR judicial workshop brought together judges and prosecutors from across Italy with their U.S. counterparts to discuss the investigation and prosecution of IPR crime. The U.S. delegation included two federal judges, two federal prosecutors, and Departm [...] | 2006-06-23 09:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KIPR CH IT |
06ROME1866 | ITALY'S RESPONSE: TERRORIST FINANCE TRACKING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (S) A/ECMIN and EconOff delivered reftel talking points June 23 to Carlos Baldocci, Ministry of Finance (MoF) Diplomatic Advisor, (senior advisor on international affairs),and Giuseppe Maresca, Director General of the MoF's Office for [...] | 2006-06-23 17:34:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN IT PTER |
06ROME1867 | ITALY'S RESPONSE: TERRORIST FINANCE TRACKING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (S) A/ECMIN and EconOff delivered reftel talking points June 23 to Carlos Baldocci, Ministry of Finance (MoF) Diplomatic Advisor, (senior advisor on international affairs),and Giuseppe Maresca, Director General of the MoF's Office for [...] | 2006-06-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN IT PTER |
06ROME187 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Italy is not an important regional or offshore financial center. However, money laundering is a concern both because of the prevalence of homegrown organized crime groups and the recent influx of criminal organizations from abroad, especially from Albania, Romania, and Russia. The heavy inv [...] | 2006-01-19 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER IT EUN UN |
06ROME1870 | NEW ITALIAN DEPUTY FM SENTINELLI ON AFRICA, [...] (C) Summary. June 15 DCM Anna Borg met with the new Italian Deputy Foreign Minister for Development Assistance and Sub-Saharan Africa, Patrizia Sentinelli, to discuss Italian involvement in Africa and priorities for development assistance. Sentinelli was open to working with the United States [...] | 2006-06-26 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID AF IT |
06ROME1879 | EUR/WE DIRECTOR ALLEGRONE'S VISIT TO ROME [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment. In meetings with senior Italian political party advisors, journalists and officials in Rome June 20-23, Allegrone heard many of the new Prodi government,s multiple, often conflicting policy voices, especially on Iraq and Afghanistan. Many said this cacophony w [...] | 2006-06-27 07:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT |
06ROME1880 | ITALY VOTES NO TO BERLUSCONI-ERA CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) The controversial constitutional reform approved by the Berlusconi-led majority last November was defeated soundly in a public referendum by a surprisingly wide margin of 61.3 percent to 38.7 percent countrywide. Voter turnout was a high: 53.6 percent. The most well-known component of the [...] | 2006-06-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IT |
06ROME1892 | U/S LEVEY'S ROME MEETINGS, JUNE 21 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (S/NF) U/S Levey, during his June 21 Rome visit, met with the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Justice (MOJ),Finance (MOF),and Interior (MOI),and held a press conference. Dis [...] | 2006-06-28 07:01:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN PTER IT IR |
06ROME1897 | ITALY WANTS PROGRESS ON UN MANAGEMENT REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-28 13:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA EU EUN AORC AMGT IT |
06ROME1900 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S ADAMS' VISIT TO ROME, JULY [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams at this important juncture in U.S. - Italy relations as the new center-left government takes hold. Your meetings at the Ministry of Finance and Bank of Italy will provide u [...] | 2006-06-30 09:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN OVIP IT |
06ROME1908 | Top GOI Official - IPR Protection Is Priority for the GOI [...] Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met June 21 with Mauro Masi,Chief of Staff to Deputy Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema (D'Alema is also Italy's Foreign Minister) to discuss bilateral collaboration on IPR protection. Masi said that IPR protection is a GOI p [...] | 2006-06-30 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KIPR CH IT |
06ROME1911 | ITALY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH THREAT, WILL [...] (S) Summary. June 28 Poloff and Polmiloff met with MFA Deputy Office Director for East Asia Filippo Nicosia to follow up on Ref A demarche requesting GOI regulation of DPRK flags of convenience, and to deliver Ref B points on North Korean long-range missile launch. Nicosia noted that the new [...] | 2006-06-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA KS IT |
06ROME1915 | "OOPS I DID IT AGAIN" - FINMECCANICA SEEKS USG [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Summary. A/Ecmin met June 26 with Camillo Pirozzi, Finmeccanica's Head of Public Affairs and Institutional Relations. Pirozzi requested the meeting to inform the USG of Finmeccanica's interest in selling naval guns to the Venezu [...] | 2006-06-30 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC ETRD SP FR VE IT |
06ROME1947 | SERBIAN PM KOSTUNICA'S VISIT TO ROME [...] (C) Summary. Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica visited Rome on July 6 to meet with PM Prodi, FM D'Alema, MOI Amato, President of the Chamber of Deputies Foreign Affairs Committee Ranieri, and President of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Dini. Kostunica told the Italians that Serbia would co [...] | 2006-07-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT YI SR |
06ROME1952 | ITALY IPR: CHANGING PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF IPR AND ENGAGING [...] This is an action request. Please see para 7 below. 2. Mission Italy has been engaging Italians on the need for good IPR protection for over a decade. We have in particular, and with some success, advocated for tough criminal penalties against pirates and effective enforcement. As a direct [...] | 2006-07-07 10:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KIPR IT |
06ROME1954 | ITALIANS EXPRESS INTEREST IN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) On July 7 DCM and Russian Charge d'Affairs Andrey Maslov delivered reftel points to Deputy Director General for Political Affairs Giacomo San Felice, G8 Director Giampaolo Cantini, and Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-proliferation Filippo Formica of the Italian MFA. San Fel [...] | 2006-07-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP RU IT |
06ROME1957 | ITALIAN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (C) Summary. MFA Office Director for East Asia Federico Failla and Office Director for Non-Proliferation Filippo Formica, July 7 expressed Italy's concern over the North Korean missile launches and highlighted the GOI's commitment to the EU position, which condemned the launches and called fo [...] | 2006-07-07 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN PARM KNNP IT |
06ROME1968 | TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST URGENT REVIEW OF GOI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Finance Ministry Director for Financial Crimes, Cristina Collura, provided EconOff May 15 two, several hundred page pre-trial detention orders, issued by the Court of Milan, on four individuals the Government of Italy (GOI) then p [...] | 2006-07-11 05:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC IT KTFN PREL PTER |
06ROME1969 | TERRORIST FINANCE, IIRO PRENOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) EconOff delivered reftel points July 3 to Finance Ministry Director for Financial Crimes Cristina Collura, and July 5, to MFA Multilateral Affairs DG Guiseppe Cantini. 2. (S) The Italian officials noted that they would share the information we provided with the competent authorities [...] | 2006-07-11 05:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ETTC IT KTFN PREL PTER |
06ROME1992 | ITALIANS PROMISE TO DOWNPLAY PACE RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona told Poloff that the PACE resolution calling for the abolishment of qualified majority voting and for a review of the entity structure, while unhelpful, was entirely irrelevant to Italy's Balkan policy. According to De Cardona, the Italian C [...] | 2006-07-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK IT |
06ROME1995 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CASE 05-980351 [...] Econoff, EconFSN, and EconIntern July 11 met Laboratorio Tevere Managing Director Giovanni Braghetti, per retel instructions. According to Braghetti, the four BAE Systems gyroscopes subject to the post-shipment end-check have not yet been received by Laboratorio Tevere. Braghetti provided Ec [...] | 2006-07-13 09:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IT |
06ROME1996 | ARMS SALES TO VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary. A/ECMIN met July 7 with Simone Bemporad, Finmeccanica's Senior Vice President for Media Relations and International Affairs, and Camillo Pirozzi, Head of Public Affairs and Institutional Relations, to discuss Finmeccanica's proposed sale of naval guns to the Venezuelan navy. A/ [...] | 2006-07-13 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC PARM SP VE IT |
06ROME2006 | IRAN: TEHRAN-BASED UN OFFICIAL SEES INCREASING [...] (C/NF) An Italian UN official based in Tehran says Iran is using all means at its disposal -- from support for terrorist groups to its own counter-narcotics campaign -- to boost its influence in the region. Accustomed to years of economic sanctions and international isolation, key Iranian powe [...] | 2006-07-14 07:50:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP SNAR IR IT |
06ROME2013 | KOFI ANNAN VISITS ITALY TO TALK AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] Summary. (C) UN Secretary General Kofi Annan visited Rome July 11-12 for meetings with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, PM Romano Prodi, FM Massimo D'Alema, President of the Senate Franco Marini, President of the Chamber of Deputies Fausto Bertinotti, and center-right leader Silvio Berlu [...] | 2006-07-14 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UN AF SU IT |
06ROME2017 | IRAQ COMPACT LOGISTICS INFORMATION FOR ITALY [...] (C) The Italian MFA confirms the presence of the three Italian delegates listed in reftel at the July 20 Iraq Compact and would like to accept the U.S. offer to provide transportation from Amman to the International Zone. The delegates' full information is as follows: - Minister Gianludovic [...] | 2006-07-17 10:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV IZ IT |
06ROME2032 | FINMECCANICA: NOT PURSUING ARMS SALES TO VENEZUELA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-17 15:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ETTC PARM SP VE IT |
06ROME2034 | FINMECCANICA STILL PURSUING RADIO CONTRACT WITH [...] (C) Summary. Finmeccanica contacted Embassy officials July 14 to inform us they intend to bid on a contract to provide TETRA radios to two municipal police forces in Iran. Finmeccanica's decision is reportedly driven solely by business considerations, and was taken after delivery of Ref A ta [...] | 2006-07-18 05:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL IR IT |
06ROME2061 | ISRAEL SEES IMPROVEMENT ON THE ITALIAN LEFT [...] (C/NF) Summary. Israel sees an improving attitude by much of the Italian left toward Israel, according to an Israeli Embassy official in Rome. In a July 18 address to Parliament, FM D'Alema said Israel's reaction to Hezbollah in Lebanon was legitimate, but "went beyond all reasonable proport [...] | 2006-07-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR LE IS IT PGOV |
06ROME2072 | AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH - [...] (U) Summary. As part of the Ambassador's Partnership for Economic Growth, Italian and American experts met recently to discuss the opportunities and challenges for foreign private equity investment in Italy. There was broad agreement that foreign private equity investment in Italy is held bac [...] | 2006-07-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV IT |
06ROME2076 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLE [...] Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Cole. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for visit. 2. U.S.-Italy relations traditionally have been strong regardless of the party in power. The Center Left's April 9-10 election victory should not significant [...] | 2006-07-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL UNSC PGOV EAID IZ IT |
06ROME2093 | P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN: NO SURPRISE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP SNAR IR IT |
06ROME2099 | ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR CARLA DEL PONTE IN ROME [...] (C) Summary. On July 18, ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte visited Rome to discuss the new Serbian action plan for compliance with the tribunal. Del Ponte told the Italians that she expected the action plan to result in the arrest and transfer of Mladic to the tribunal. The Italians urge [...] | 2006-07-21 18:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR YI IT |
06ROME2109 | ITALY'S 2005 BANKRUPTCY REFORMS: ONE STEP CLOSER [...] (U) Summary. Following Parmalat's financial crisis in December 2003, the Italian Parliament began the first comprehensive reform of Italian bankruptcy law since 1942. The bankruptcy reforms, first enacted as a Decree Law and later ratified by Parliament, bring Italian bankruptcy proceedings [...] | 2006-07-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IT |
06ROME2117 | BANK OF ITALY GOVERNOR DRAGHI MAPS WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting July 7 with Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams, Bank of SIPDIS Italy Governor Mario Draghi expressed his desire that USG SWIFT wire transfer monitoring continues, and proposed the G8 countries pass legislation legalizing monitoring of [...] | 2006-07-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IT |
06ROME2156 | ITALY'S COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS PRESENCE IN IRAN [...] (U) Total two-way trade between Italy and Iran reached 5.17 billion euros in 2005, making Italy Iran's second biggest trade partner in the EU in eurodollar terms. Italian companies also have an active presence in many sectors of the Iranian economy. Paragraph 3 lists companies with investme [...] | 2006-08-01 13:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EFIN IR IT |
06ROME2157 | ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH SOMALIA [...] The MFA reports Somalia remains a political priority for Italy (ref A),an assertion bolstered by Italy's providing over 21 million euro in foreign assistance in 2005-2006 and Italy's membership in the Somalia Contact Group. That said, aside from some foreign assistance, Italy's economic ties [...] | 2006-08-01 13:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD SO SW IT |
06ROME216 | OLYMPIC SECURITY COORDINATOR - PRE-GAME [...] This pre-game situational report provides information pertaining to continued efforts by RSO Rome Nancy Rolph- O'Donnell, OSC Daniel Weber, and FBI OC Ray Mey, in the USG's planning and preparations in support of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Turin. 2. Commencing on January 4, 2006, US [...] | 2006-01-23 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KOLY IT AMGT OLYMPICS |
06ROME2191 | ITALY WIDENS THE WELCOME MAT FOR IMMIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Prodi government has been surprisingly proactive on immigration issues since it took office in May 2006. The Council of Ministers today will introduce legislation to cut from ten to five years the time needed for immigrants to qualify for citizenship and will offer, for th [...] | 2006-08-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SMIG IT |
06ROME2192 | GOI RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSALS FOR MTCR TECHNICAL [...] (U) EconOff delivered ref A and B proposals on modifications to the Missile Technology Control Regime's (MTCR) UAV/Missile criteria and the removal of Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) numbers from items in the MTCR annex to Enrico Padula, the MFA desk officer who follows MTCR issues. With res [...] | 2006-08-04 10:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA IT |
06ROME2195 | ITALY: INVITATION TO BURMESE FM AN EU EXPERIMENT [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Giuseppe Mistretta, MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia, August 2, stressing U.S. disappointment with the Finnish Government's decision to invite the Burmese Foreign Minister to the September ASEM meeting in Helsinki. Mistretta responded that the invit [...] | 2006-08-04 12:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM FI BU EUN IT |
06ROME2217 | ITALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN LIBYA [...] (U) The importance of Libyan oil and gas to the Italian electricity industry has ensured a steady stream of trade and investment between the two countries, notwithstanding Libya's sometimes difficult business environment. Italian trade and investment outside the energy sector is virtually no [...] | 2006-08-08 08:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG ETRD LY IT |
06ROME2234 | ITALY OK WITH INFORMAL UN MIGRATION DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 07:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREF SMIG UNGA IT |
06ROME2257 | ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] (U) Summary. Italy and Russia are major trading partners, with the bulk of trade comprised of natural gas exports from Russia to Italy. While the GOI has expressed concern over Italy's dependence on Russian natural gas, Italy has not yet aggressively pursued alternative sources of energy. [...] | 2006-08-10 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON ETRD RU IT |
06ROME2258 | ITALY SEES HRC LEBANON SESSION AS UNPRODUCTIVE [...] (SBU) August 9 Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Acting Office Director for Human Rights Francesco De Stefani, stressing that a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Special Session on Lebanon would be a distraction that could undermine UN Security Council (UNSC) efforts to bring about a cessation [...] | 2006-08-10 15:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS LE MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IT |
06ROME2279 | BUDGET 2007 ITALY: TIGHTWIRE ACT BEGINS WITH RELEASE OF [...] Summary: The public release of Italy's four-year financial plan, the DPEF, officially opens Italy's 2007 budget process. Prime Minister Prodi's coalition will formally present its draft 2007 budget by end-September. Parliament must approve the final budget by the end of December. To avoid [...] | 2006-08-11 15:25:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT |
06ROME2281 | ITALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN VENEZUELA [...] (U) The presence of a large Italian community in Venezuela has allowed Italian products to occupy a privileged space on Venezuelan shelves in the past. However, the GOV's termination of a service contract held by Eni, Italy's oil and gas parastatal, to operate the Dacion oilfield has now crea [...] | 2006-08-11 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ETRD IT VE |
06ROME2285 | DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1701: ITALY [...] (C) Pol M/C August 12 delivered ref points to Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema's vice chief of staff, Alfredo Conte. Conte noted that the Secretary and D'Alema had spoken by telephone the previous evening, shortly after agreement was reached on the draft resolution. He said the FM ha [...] | 2006-08-12 11:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS IS LE SY IT |
06ROME2288 | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER BERSANI CHARTS WAY [...] (U) Summary: In a courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli August 2, Economic Development Minister Pierluigi Bersani outlined his plans for further economic liberalization and identified barriers to reform. He expressed enthusiasm for the Ambassador's Partnership for Growth, and said Italian compa [...] | 2006-08-14 09:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENRG IT |
06ROME2335 | LEBANON: ITALY READY TO HELP WITH TROOPS, BRIDGE [...] (S) Italy is prepared to deploy up to 1,000 troops quickly to UNIFIL and up to 3,000 overall. The Foreign Minister told NEA A/S Welch the cabinet unanimously approved Italy's participation in UNIFIL during its August 18 meeting. Italy is persuaded, based on its own high-level consultations wi [...] | 2006-08-18 17:34:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PHUM IS LE IT |
06ROME237 | S23B-05: GOI IN RECEIPT OF INFORMATION CONCERNING [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel nonpaper January 23 to Enrico Padula, the MFA official responsible for Australia Group issues. Padula shares our concern over attempts by Mahamood Tavallaie to obtain research assistance regarding the clostridium botulinum toxin and attempts by other Iranian res [...] | 2006-01-25 15:31:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IT IR CBW |
06ROME239 | IRAQ: ITALY-US-UK TRILATS, JANUARY 19, 2006 [...] (C) Summary. Italy confirmed it will lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar, for which it would provide its own security, and the UK previewed its plans for a PRT in Basra. U.S.-UK-Italy agreed on the concept for the PRTs as providing capacity-building for local authorities. [...] | 2006-01-26 08:02:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC PGOV IZ IT |
06ROME241 | ITALY PROTESTS IRAN DECISIONMAKING PROCESS [...] (C) The GOI January 25 expressed concern about the upcoming London meeting on Iran and the emergence of a P6 format for decisionmaking on the issue. To drive home its unhappiness about being sidelined, the GOI had blocked EU agreement that same day on EU-3 draft language regarding Iran. Whil [...] | 2006-01-26 15:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IAEA IT IR |
06ROME2429 | D'ALEMA, LEBANON, AND ENGAGING ITALY [...] (C) Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema is emblematic of both the possibilities and challenges posed by Italy's center-left government. Prickly. Ex-Communist. Europeanist. Critic of Iraq war. Critic of alleged US unilateralism. Political opponent of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. [...] | 2006-08-30 14:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT |
06ROME2433 | ITALY TO PLEDGE 30 MILLION EUROS FOR LEBANON AT STOCKHOLM [...] (U) Acting EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Federica Ferrari Bravo, Office Director for the Middle East and Balkans in the MFA's Bureau of Cooperation and Development (BCD) August 30 to deliver reftel points. 2. (U) Ferrari Bravo stated that the GOI will pledge 30 million euro at the A [...] | 2006-08-30 15:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID LE SW IT |
06ROME2434 | ITALIANS NOT OPPOSED TO KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-30 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE IT |
06ROME2436 | ITALY: THE DOGS BARK, AND THE PRODI CARAVAN MOVES [...] (S/NF) The main lesson for the US in PM Romano Prodi's first 100 days is that early and active engagement with this center-left government pays. The Italian reversal of position and decision to quietly maintain a civilian presence in Iraq despite military withdrawal reflected a deliberate cal [...] | 2006-08-31 08:14:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON MOPS PTER IZ LE SY IT |
06ROME2441 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UPCOMING DESIGNATIONS UNDER THE [...] (S) A/EconCouns and Econoff delivered to Maria Paola Suppa of the Finance Ministry's Office of Financial Crimes on August 28 reftel points concerning Washington's preparations for the upcoming designations of seven individuals and two entities, under UNSCR 1617 and E.O. 13224, that are facil [...] | 2006-08-31 08:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER IT |
06ROME2458 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CASE 05-0976829 [...] This cable is in response to reftel A and is an update to reftel B. 2. Colonel Filippo Censori of the Italian Carabinieri Air and Maritime Services (foreign end-user) confirmed to post August 29 that the items listed in reftel A were received by Agusta SPA (foreign intermediate consignee [...] | 2006-09-01 09:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC IT |
06ROME2489 | ITALY URGES SYRIA TO STOP ARMS FLOW [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Prodi sent his diplomatic adviser to Damascus September 6 with a message for Asad urging compliance with the terms of resolution 1701 and a halt in the arms flow to Lebanon. It was the latest in a series of direct Italian messages to Syria, coming on the heels of [...] | 2006-09-06 16:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PHUM IS LE IT |
06ROME2535 | ICTY: ITALY CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTS INCREASED PRESSURE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-08 14:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ICTY PINR PGOV PREL SR YI IT |
06ROME2538 | IRAQ COMPACT MEETINGS: ITALY EXPRESSES INTEREST [...] Acting EcMinCouns and Econoff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Finance Director General for International Financial Relations, Ignazio Angeloni, September 7. DG Angeloni stated that the GOI would be interested in actively participating in, and contributing to, all three of the planned [...] | 2006-09-11 05:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL IZ IT |
06ROME2547 | PRODI TO AFFIRM TO BEIJING: GOI RESPECTS ARMS [...] (C) Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi will travel to China September 13-18, stopping in Beijing, Nanjing, Canton, Shanghai, and Tianjin. In light of the upcoming trip, Poloff spoke with Assistant Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister Sem Fabrizi September 7 to discuss the China arms embar [...] | 2006-09-11 15:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EUN ETTC ETRD CH IT |
06ROME255 | ITALY OPEN TO MUTUAL SUPPORT OF INCB CANDIDATES [...] (U) Poloff presented reftel dipnote and CV of Melvyn Levitsky, U.S. candidate for re-election to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB),to Enrico Valvo, head of the MFA Counterterrorism Policy Unit January 25. Highlighting Amb. Levitsky's extensive experience, Poloff stressed that [...] | 2006-01-27 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UNCND UN IT |
06ROME2568 | ITALIANS POSITIVE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] (C) Summary. On September 7, ISN/WMDT officials Katsapis and Lehrman met with Italian MFA officials Filippo Formica, head of the nonproliferation office, Giampaolo Cantini, head of the counterterrorism office, and Carlo Mancini, a GOI expert on nuclear safety. Vladimir Proshin, Political Coun [...] | 2006-09-12 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KGIC PREL PGOV IT |
06ROME2580 | ITALIAN RESPONSE WEAK ON POSSIBLE WTO DISPUTE REGARDING [...] SUMMARY: A/ECMIN delivered reftel demarche to the Prime Minister's office and to the Ministry of Foreign Trade. While the GOI is broadly sympathetic to USG concerns regarding Chinese IPR violations, China's potential as a large trading partner lessens GOI enthusiasm for direct WTO action. GO [...] | 2006-09-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH IT |
06ROME2582 | ITALY CO-CHAIRING COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES WORKING [...] Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on the Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial September 12 to Gabriella Biondi, MFA Acting Office Director for UN Affairs, and Brunella Borzi, MFA OSCE Office Director (and CD coordinator). Poloff noted we plan to focus our participation on the success of th [...] | 2006-09-13 15:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IT |
06ROME2588 | TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS' NOMINATION [...] (S/NF) Post does not have any nominations for the second tranche of the Radical Ideologue Initiative at this time (ref A). However, we will continue to remain alert to individuals and groups which would be appropriate under this initiative. 2. (S/NF) Econoff spoke September 6 with Crist [...] | 2006-09-14 08:08:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER FR IT |
06ROME2593 | ITALY AT NAM SUMMIT [...] (C) Italy's observer to the NAM Summit in Havana, Sebastiano Cardi, a minister in the MFA Directorate General for Political Affairs, will be in Cuba for several days, beginning September 12. In light of the Italian presence at the meeting, Poloff spoke with Alessandro Busacca, a minister in t [...] | 2006-09-14 12:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU CU IT |
06ROME2618 | ITALIAN PARTICIPATION AT CONTACT GROUP FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SR YI IT |
06ROME2622 | IRAN: ITALY'S EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY VULNERABLE TO [...] (S) Alessandro Castellano, the Director General (DG) of Italy's export credit agency (ECA),Servizi Assicurativi del Commercio Estero (SACE),told the Ambassador August 29 that he was "calm" about SACE's financial exposure to Iran, should there be UN sanctions against Tehran. Castellano note [...] | 2006-09-15 16:01:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ECON EFIN PTER IR IT |
06ROME263 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Summary. Italy continues to court foreign investors by actively seeking to implement the 2003 legal reforms designed to lift the Italian economy out of its malaise. In 2003 Italy successfully reformed its civil code and made important modifications to its Unified Rules on Financial Intermed [...] | 2006-01-30 08:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV IT OPIC USTR |
06ROME2636 | LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER MAKES CASE FOR GREATER CT [...] (C) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger joined the Ambassador in a series of events commemorating the September 11 attacks, urging support for the President's September 6 remarks on detainees and deeper counter-terrorism cooperation. Bellinger delivered the keynote address a [...] | 2006-09-19 07:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL EUN IT |
06ROME2637 | VOLKER DISCUSSES IRAN, LEBANON AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C/NF) On Sept. 13 in Rome, EUR PDAS Volker met PolDir Terzi and other MFA officials, and PM Deputy Diplomatic Advisors Gentilini and Carnelos. Terzi thanked the U.S. for helping get Italy included in the Berlin Iran talks and called the common U.S.-EU position on Iran a major achievement. T [...] | 2006-09-19 09:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EUN IR UNSC SY LE IT |
06ROME2653 | LEGAL ADVISER BELLINGER MAKES CASE FOR GREATER CT [...] (C) Summary: State Department Legal Adviser John Bellinger joined the Ambassador in a series of events commemorating the September 11 attacks, urging support for the President's September 6 remarks on detainees and deeper counter-terrorism cooperation. Bellinger delivered the keynote address a [...] | 2006-09-20 14:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL EUN IT |
06ROME2663 | ITALY: "CAPACITY TO PAY" KEY SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with Leonardo Bencini, Acting MFA UN Office Director, and Gabriella Biondi, UN office, September 19 to discuss the upcoming UN Scale of Assessments negotiations, as per reftel. Poloff stressed that the United States would not agree to a scale that eliminated or increas [...] | 2006-09-21 09:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR AORC UNGA IT |
06ROME2697 | ITALIANS AGREE THAT UN HRC NEEDS TO BE EFFECTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-25 15:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UN IT |
06ROME2698 | Edison Optimistic on Prospects of Turkey-Greece-Italy [...] In a meeting with A/Ecmin and ConGen Milan representatives, Roberto Poti, Vice President for Business Development of Edison, Italy's second largest energy company, expressed confidence that the natural gas pipeline connecting Greece and Italy will be completed by 2010. Obstacles remaining inc [...] | 2006-09-25 15:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD AJ AL RS TU GR IR IT |
06ROME2699 | TURKEY-GREECE-ITALY PIPELINE - EDISON DISCUSSIONS [...] Roberto Poti, Edison Vice President for Business Development, called EconCounselor September 18 to relate details of his September 11 meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler regarding the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) pipeline construction. 2. Poti described the meeting as "very posit [...] | 2006-09-25 15:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ENRG ETRD AJ AL RS TU GR IR IT |
06ROME27 | GOI: BUDGET CUTS WILL NOT REDUCE AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary. MFA Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Ambassador Anna della Croce told Charge January 3 that Italy will not allow budget cuts to affect its Berlin pledge of 145 million euros through end-2006. Della Croce expects a decision on GOI participation in the Afghanistan Compact next week [...] | 2006-01-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
06ROME2724 | PASSENGER DATA SHARING VIEWS AS OLD AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy,s privacy authority reports EU member state privacy authorities are working toward a new U.S.-EU agreement on Passenger Name Records (PNR) to replace the current one expiring September 30. The new agreement reportedly will not differ in substance from the existing agreemen [...] | 2006-09-27 17:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAIR PTER AORC ICAO KTIA IT |
06ROME276 | ITALIAN ELECTIONS: PRODI LEADING THE RACE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent polls show that PM Silvio Berlusconi's center-right (CR) coalition has gained on Romano Prodi's center-left (CL) coalition. Prodi's lead has slipped from 8 percentage points last summer to 4.5 percentage points in January. In the last month, Berlusconi has set the tone of [...] | 2006-01-31 12:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME278 | EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS AND DISPUTES [...] There is one outstanding expropriation case concerning the estate of a U.S.citizen of Italian descent against the City of Rome for expropriation of property. Two other cases appear either settled or abandoned. In the latter two cases, the Embassy/Consulate General has not been directly involv [...] | 2006-01-31 13:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV KIDE EFIN CASC IT EUN |
06ROME2780 | ITALIANS NEUTRAL ON SUPPORTING AMENDMENT TO CUBA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Leonardo Bencini, Director of the UN office of the Italian MFA, on October 3. Bencini noted that the EU regularly supports the Cuba Embargo resolution and would likely do so again. Bencini said that Italy's position on support for an amendment would be for [...] | 2006-10-03 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN UNGA PREL PHUM UN IT |
06ROME2793 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FTC - WILLIAM E. [...] Embassy Rome welcomes and grants country clearance for FTC official Mr. William E. Kovacic to travel to Florence for the period of October 12 - 15, 2006 to speak at the 10th Annual Competition Conference at the European University Institute, Fiesole. 2. Per reftel, Embassy understands tha [...] | 2006-10-05 10:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA NSF IT |
06ROME28 | ITALY'S BUDGET: SQUEEZED BY ELECTION-YEAR SPENDING [...] On December 22, Parliament approved the 2006 budget which includes euro 27.5 billion in spending cuts and new revenue measures to shrink the deficit/GDP ratio to 3.8 percent (Italy's EU ceiling for 2006). Italy's budget process faced the double pressure of EU deficit ceilings, and front-loaded [...] | 2006-01-04 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
06ROME2863 | ITALY SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Smith. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for visit. Summary: A Traditionally Strong Bilateral Relationship --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. U.S. - Italy relations traditionally have [...] | 2006-10-12 16:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OREP PREL PGOV AMGT IT |
06ROME2871 | ITALIANS WANT TO CONTACT GROUP DISCUSSION ON [...] (C) Summary. Serbian president Boris Tadic visited Rome on October 10 and 11 to meet with Italian President Napolitano, PM Prodi, FM D'Alema, and MOD Parisi. Tadic expressed his hope that Serbia could become part of PfP, the EU and eventually NATO but noted that Serbia had experienced signif [...] | 2006-10-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICTY SR YI IT |
06ROME2872 | NIAG 6136: ITALIANS PLEDGE FURTHER COOPERATION IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ecmin delivered Ref A talking points October 13 to Guilio Terzi, MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights. Terzi pledged continued GOI support for our efforts to halt exports related to Iranian development of WMD, and said he would ask the Min [...] | 2006-10-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC ETTC CH IR IT |
06ROME2873 | ITALY DISCUSSING TIGHTENING OF VENEZUELA ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with Francesco Talo, MFA South America Office Director, and Paolo Campanini, South America Office, September 21 to inform Italy of the U.S. arms transfer policy to Venezuela, per Ref A, urging Italy to adopt similar measures. Talo noted that arms sales to Venezuela wer [...] | 2006-10-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM VE PREL OTRA IT |
06ROME2877 | MINISTER OF TRADE: ITALY RETHINKING APPROACH TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 9 and 12. 2. (U) Summary: In a courtesy call by Ambassador Spogli October 3, Trade Minister Anna Bonino outlined her views on Italy's trade relationship with China and the need for Italian firms to be more aggressive in promoting their brands [...] | 2006-10-16 05:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ETTC AF CH IT |
06ROME2896 | ITALY: FM D'ALEMA CALLS TO EXPLAIN ABSTENTION ON [...] (C/NF) Post received NIACT request (Ref A) on October 17 after learning that Foreign Minister had called the Secretary October 16 to discuss the balloting for the UNSC non-permanent member for Latin America. We understand from Foreign Minister's Policy Advisor and Prime Minister's Diplomatic [...] | 2006-10-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC GT VE IT |
06ROME2897 | ITALY: FM D'ALEMA CALLS TO EXPLAIN ABSTENTION ON [...] (C/NF) Post received NIACT request (Ref A) on October 17 after learning that Foreign Minister had called the Secretary October 16 to discuss the balloting for the UNSC non-permanent member for Latin America. We understand from Foreign Minister's Policy Advisor and Prime Minister's Diplomatic [...] | 2006-10-17 14:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC GT VE IT |
06ROME2944 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 CASE 05-944510; ORDER [...] (C) Econoff spoke by phone October 17 with Donato D'Angelantonio, Director General of Supplies for Elettronica SPA (foreign consignee and end-user),regarding reftel. According to D'Angelantonio, who provided extensive supporting documents (via fax),Elettronica cancelled May 19, 2005 the or [...] | 2006-10-24 13:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC IT |
06ROME2953 | ITALY: LEBANON RESOLUTIONS UNBALANCED, EU SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-24 16:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER UNGA LE IS IT |
06ROME2954 | ITALY: DPRK ACTIONS UNACCEPTABLE, EU COORDINATING [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA East Asia Office Director Federico Failla October 20 to discuss the recent North Korean nuclear test and UNSCR 1718 (Refs A-D). Poloff stressed the importance of implementing all provisions in UNSCR 1718 expeditiously. Failla noted that PM Prodi and FM D'Alema had bot [...] | 2006-10-24 16:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KN PARM KNNP IT |
06ROME2961 | EGYPT SEEKS DETAILS ON FRENCH OFFER FOR MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. Under instructions from Cairo, Egyptian DCM Abu Bakr Hefny Mahnoud, called on Pol M/C Pearce and Poloff on October 24 to ask for information on a French-led initiative, in which the Italians along with several other Mediterranean countries participated, to increase military - m [...] | 2006-10-25 14:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XF ZP NATO IT |
06ROME2965 | WELCH REJECTS "AMBIGUITY" ON HAMAS RECOGNITION OF [...] (S) Italy's MFA Middle East director Riccardo Sessa says European countries want to help move the Israeli-Palestinian issue forward, but the issue is how best to do so. He said a breakthrough could require a greater degree of ambiguity on the issue of Hamas recognition of Israel. NEA A/S Welc [...] | 2006-10-26 11:35:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PGOV IT XF |
06ROME2982 | ITALYASKS FOR HELP ON URS LOGISTICS, [...] (C) Summary. PolMinCouns met with Italian Iraq Task Force coordinator De Martino on October 27 to deliver reftel points and discuss Italian URS logistics. De Martino told PolMinCouns that Italy would be represented at the October 31 Iraq Compact Meeting in Kuwait by the Italian Ambassador to [...] | 2006-10-27 15:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID NATO IZ IT |
06ROME2983 | ITALY HOPES MEPP DISCUSSIONS IN ALICANTE REALISTIC [...] (C) Political M/C and Poloff called on Italian MFA Near East Office Director Luciano Pezzotti October 25 to discuss Italy's upcoming participation in Middle East peace process discussions hosted by the Spanish. Pezzotti said Italy hoped to play a constructive role in focusing discussions on [...] | 2006-10-27 16:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XF LE UN IT |
06ROME2984 | ITALY SEES NK UNSCR POSSIBLE PRELUDE TO UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senator Gordon Smith met with MFA Political Affairs Director General Terzi October 16. The Italians noted the UNSCR on North Korea, though not as robust as ideally desired, left hope the UNSC might reach similar consensus on Iran. Terzi stressed the goal of UNSC action must be [...] | 2006-10-27 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IT IZ LE NP XF IR UN KNNP |
06ROME2990 | ITALY: ON CUBA, DAS MADISON ENCOURAGES ITALY TO [...] (C) Summary. WHA DAS Madison met with Italian officials October 23 to discuss the Cuba transition. Madison shared U.S. views and plans in light of the changing situation in Cuba. Stressing the fact that only the Cuban people could bring about change, she requested Italian help to open polit [...] | 2006-10-30 13:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC CU VZ GT IT |
06ROME3006 | GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO ITALY COMPLAINS OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Georgian Ambassador to Italy, Zaal Gogsadze, told poloff that he has been unable to get the GOI to focus on the tensions building in Georgia. Gogsadze stated that the GOI has become fixated on the Putin-inspired idea that Georgia is pushing for an armed confrontation. Whi [...] | 2006-11-02 08:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV GG RU IT |
06ROME3016 | ITALY SEES LITTLE TRACTION IN EU FOR MORATINOS [...] (C) A senior MFA official November 2 provided Pol M/C with Italy's read on the recent Mediterranean Forum conference in Alicante, Spain. Luciano Pezzotti, director of the MFA's Middle East office, had accompanied FM D'Alema to the session. He said the GOI found the format of the meeting uns [...] | 2006-11-03 10:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF IT SP |
06ROME3032 | ITALY: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC AND CUBA EMBARGO [...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini November 6 to deliver Ref A demarche requesting Italian support on UNGA country specific human rights resolutions for Belarus and Uzbekistan. Carpini reported that Italy had decided November 3 to co-sponsor the U.S.-sponsore [...] | 2006-11-06 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA UN CU IT |
06ROME3037 | ITALY ON SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE, CIVIL SOCIETY KEY [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with MFA Somalia Coordinator Giancarlo Izzo November 3 and with Angelo Masetti, Spokesman for the Italy-Somalia Forum, October 26 to discuss the situation in Somalia. Izzo and Masetti agreed that the TFIs were weak, and that the CIC's goals were unclear. They both beli [...] | 2006-11-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO IT |
06ROME3040 | SUBJECT: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER - [...] (C) Embassy Rome's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Richard Boly, Deputy Economic Counselor; phone: 39-06-4674-2320; unclassified email: bolyrc@state.gov; and classified email: bolyrc@state.sgov.gov. 2. (C) Embassy Rome's Deputy TFCO is Kevin Brady, Economic Officer; ph [...] | 2006-11-08 08:28:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER IT |
06ROME3046 | IRAQ: NO CURRENT ITALIAN PLANS TO FORGIVE [...] (C) Summary: Government of Italy officials informed Emboffs that the GOI was not developing any plans to forgive the remaining 20 percent of debt that Iraq owes to Italy. A Ministry of Finance official explained this was due largely to legal constraints. Additionally, the MoF official exp [...] | 2006-11-08 16:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN IZ IT |
06ROME3047 | IRAQ: NO CURRENT ITALIAN PLANS TO FORGIVE [...] (C) Summary: Government of Italy officials informed Emboffs that the GOI was not developing any plans to forgive the remaining 20 percent of debt that Iraq owes to Italy. A Ministry of Finance official explained this was due largely to legal constraints. Additionally, the MoF official exp [...] | 2006-11-08 16:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN IZ IT |
06ROME3050 | IRAN & HIZBALLAH: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS IN ROME [...] (S/NF) In October 26 meetings with Government of Italy (GOI) officials and bankers, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey pressed the GOI to ensure that its financial system was performing due diligence to prevent Iranian front companies engaged in WMD [...] | 2006-11-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ECON EFIN PTER IR LE IT |
06ROME3051 | ITALY VOTING WITH THE EU ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered Ref A and B points on the UN Third Committee country resolutions, No Action motions, and retaliatory resolutions November 8 to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini. Poloff also delivered Ref C points on the Australian amendment to the Cuba embargo r [...] | 2006-11-09 12:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL XG UNHRC UNGA CU IT |
06ROME3059 | FASTBOATS REVISITED: ITALIAN FIRM'S SHIPMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary. Embassy delivered Ref A demarche, regarding the export of marine diesel engines to Iran, to officials at the Italian Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Foreign Trade (MFT). Both officials expressed surprise that th [...] | 2006-11-09 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR ETTC IT IR |
06ROME3068 | ITALY WORKING ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS REPORT TO [...] (C) Poloffs November 8 met separately with Filippo Nicosia, MFA East Asia Office, and Filippo Formica, Office Director for Non-Proliferation to deliver Ref A points requesting countries take steps to meet their obligations under UNSCR 1718 on DPRK Conventional Arms. Nicosia noted that, while [...] | 2006-11-13 15:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL XX KN UN IT |
06ROME3097 | ITALY OPEN TO U.S. ILC CANDIDATE, REQUESTS U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 17:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ILC UNGA IT |
06ROME310 | S59-05: GOI APPRAISED OF ATTEMPTS BY IRANIAN FIRM [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel talking points and non paper to Aldo Doria, head of the Productive Activities Ministry's (MPA) Export Control Unit. Doria is familiar with Samamicro and with Angelantoni, the Italian company from which Samamicro's website offers to procure dual-use equipment. D [...] | 2006-02-02 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL PINR ETTC IT IR CBW EXPORT CONTROLS |
06ROME3108 | DESPITE NEW GOVERNMENT, ITALY'S POSITION ON TRADE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. During EcMin courtesy calls, GOI officials reiterated earlier calls for "parallelism" in WTO negotiations (ref C) and highlighted the importance of geographical indications to the GOI. They [...] | 2006-11-17 12:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON WTO IT |
06ROME311 | USG OLYMPIC SITUATION BOARD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON [...] The Law Enforcement On-Line (LEO) provides a secure web- based crisis management software application known as the Virtual Command Center (VCC). The VCC provides a virtual information-sharing platform where by critical, time sensitive unclassified information may be disseminated both vertica [...] | 2006-02-03 11:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KOLY IT AMGT OLYMPICS |
06ROME3110 | ITALY DISTANCES ITSELF FROM SPANISH-FRENCH MEPP [...] (C/NF) Summary. MFA Officials took pains November 17 to distance Italy from the Middle East Initiative announced by Spain. They said while the Middle East Peace Process was a top priority for Italy, it was crucial to coordinate any such initiative carefully: first within the EU, then with th [...] | 2006-11-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV XF IT |
06ROME3112 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALY PLANS TO DESIGNATE THREE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) Cristina Collura, Director of the Ministry of Finance's Financial Crimes Prevention Office, presented Econoff with a statement of case (SOC) and supporting documents in Italian (approximately 200 pages) November 16, bearing the names of [...] | 2006-11-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER IT |
06ROME3114 | ITALY: EU CONSENSUS UNLIKELY ON UNGA ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA IS IT |
06ROME3115 | ITALY PREPARING UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP XX KN IT |
06ROME3119 | TRANSNISTRA: ITALIANS SUPPORT CHANGING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE EUN PREL MD RS UP IT |
06ROME3122 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORIST [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel talking points November 16 to Cristina Collura, Director of the Ministry of Finance's Financial Crimes Prevention Office and member of the Financial Security Committee (the GOI's interagency working group which coordinates, and decides upon, terrorism finance cas [...] | 2006-11-20 14:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER IT |
06ROME3128 | KOSOVO: AHTISAARI, D'ALEMA AGREE TO NO FURTHER [...] (C) Summary. UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Martii Ahtisaari visited Rome to discuss the future of Kosovo with PM Prodi and FM D'Alema on November 17. D'Alema agreed with Ahtisaari that the status decision on Kosovo should not be delayed further than the end of January. D'Alema told Ahtisaari t [...] | 2006-11-20 16:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UN YI SR IT |
06ROME3130 | SHARING DRAFT UNSCR TEXT ON IRAQ WITH ITALY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 16:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC IZ IT |
06ROME3131 | ITALY WARNS SYRIA ON DESTABILIZING LEBANON [...] (C) Italy is concerned about possible Syrian-inspired efforts to destabilize Lebanon and PM Prodi has contacted President Bashar al-Asad with a message of warning. Despite the recent resignations of six cabinet ministers, Lebanese PM Siniora reportedly told the Italians he was confident in th [...] | 2006-11-20 17:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XF IR LE IT |
06ROME3132 | ITALY: IRAN SANCTIONS UNAVOIDABLE, BUT ESCALATION [...] (C) MFA Middle East Director Cesare Ragaglini says there is now no choice on the Iran nuclear issue but to move forward with sanctions. This is a matter for some concern, though, because it will set in motion a process of escalation whose outcome is unpredictable. We should also be looking [...] | 2006-11-21 06:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XF IR LE UNAUS KNNP IT |
06ROME3142 | ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS FOR BMENA [...] (SBU) MFA officials report Italian FM D'Alema has decided to attend the BMENA Forum for the Future. He plans to arrive the evening of November 30th and to depart the morning of December 1, after having delivered remarks. He will be accompanied by newly appointed MFA Director General for Med [...] | 2006-11-21 13:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KMPI IT |
06ROME3159 | ITALIANS CLOSE-MOUTHED ON AZADEGAN PROJECT IN IRAN [...] (C) Ecmin delivered ref A points regarding possible Italian investment in Iran's Azadegan oilfield to Amadeo Teti, Ministry of Foreign Trade Director General for Commercial Agreements, and Claudio Spinedi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Multilateral Financial and Eco [...] | 2006-11-22 14:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EPET PREL IR IT |
06ROME3166 | ITALY QUINT MEETING "DAMAGE CONTROL"; ITALY SAYS [...] (C) Summary. The DCM delivered reftel points to senior MFA officials November 22 and underscored our concern regarding the Spanish MEPP Initiative and Italy's association with it. The Italians said they see the Quint meeting, which Italy is hosting November 24, as an opportunity to do "damag [...] | 2006-11-22 16:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XF EUN IT |
06ROME3167 | ITALY SCENESETTER FOR DNSA ELLIOTT ABRAMS [...] (U) Embassy Rome warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy National Security Advisor for Global Democratization Strategy and Deputy Assistant to the President Elliott Abrams. Please find below background information to serve as a scenesetter for the visit. Country Clearance sent REFTEL A. Summary [...] | 2006-11-22 17:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XF AF IR IZ LE IT |
06ROME3170 | ITALY CONCERNED RUSSIA WON'T ACCEPT [...] (C) The DCM and poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Political Director Terzi and OSCE Office Director Brunella Borzi on November 22. Terzi expressed a desire for consensus on the best text possible but voiced concern regarding probable Russian objections to tough language, especially parts [...] | 2006-11-24 12:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS EUN NATO OSCE MO GG RU IT |
06ROME3172 | 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] This message responds to ref B request for information on financial crimes and money laundering in Italy. Together with ref A, these reports transmit Mission Italy's submission to the 2006-07 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). 2. Italy is not an offshore financial c [...] | 2006-11-24 14:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER IT |
06ROME3202 | GOI RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MTCR CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (C) Econ Counselor delivered ref A talking points November 30 to Carlo Tripepi, the MFA Deputy Assistant Secretary-equivalent official in charge of Missile Technology SIPDIS Control Regime (MTCR) issues. Tripepi reiterated [...] | 2006-11-30 16:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA IT |
06ROME3205 | ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT (ACTA): ITALY [...] (SBU) The GOI is interested in further discussing a possible ACTA, but underscores that Italy is committed to working within existing multilateral organizations and arrangements (i.e., the WTO and EU),and would have to evaluate very carefully adhering to any agreement outside these arrangeme [...] | 2006-12-01 09:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KIPR PGOV IT |
06ROME3214 | ABRAMS ENGAGES ITALIANS ON MEPP, IRAN AND [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams November 27 engaged senior MFA officials, members of the Prime Minister's Office and (on background) journalists from Italy's leading dailies on Syria/Lebanon, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and Iran. On Syria and Lebanon, he noted th [...] | 2006-12-01 12:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XF IR LE UNAUS EUN IT |
06ROME3223 | SOMALIA: ITALY WANTS ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT TFI-CIC [...] (C) Poloff met with Italian MFA Somalia Coordinator Giancarlo Izzo November 30 to discuss the situation in Somalia and the possible deployment of a regional force. According to Izzo, Italy believed that the dialogue between the Transitional Federal Institutions (TFI) and the Council of Islamic [...] | 2006-12-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO IT |
06ROME3228 | ITALY: APPAREL AND TEXTILES STATISTICS AND [...] The textile and apparel industries are a small, but high-profile, part of Italy's industrial base. Although textiles and apparel accounted for only nine percent of industrial production and eleven percent of Italy's total exports and imports in 2005, names such as Dolce and Gabbana, Versace, [...] | 2006-12-05 09:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX CH IT |
06ROME323 | (UPDATE) 2005 INCSR SUBMISSION FOR ITALY (PART I) [...] In accordance with Ref B instructions, Post submits an update to the INCSR report (Ref A) transmitted in December 2005. The updated text and figures below reflect the latest information from the GOI and should be included in the final draft of the INCSR. 2. Ref A cable, paragraph five. [...] | 2006-02-03 13:31:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR IT EUN |
06ROME324 | GOI CLARIFIES SCAJOLA REMARKS ON UKRAINE-RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. During a February 1 meeting with Econoff, Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) Diplomatic Advisor Ambassador Gabriele Checchia backed away from MPA Minister Claudia Scajola's statement that Ukraine is "taking" Russian gas meant for Italy, and said Italy will support Ukrainian [...] | 2006-02-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON IT UP RU |
06ROME3243 | ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TRADE AGREEMENT (ACTA): [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The presumed GOI lead for ACTA, Fabrizio Pagani, Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary to the Prime Minister, has asked whether there will be an ACTA "launch" session in January. He has also asked whether Washington agencies have [...] | 2006-12-07 09:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV KIPR PGOV IT |
06ROME3246 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GOI REQUESTS USG VIEWS ON UNSCR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Cristina Collura, Director of the Ministry of Finance's Financial Crimes Prevention Office, gave Econoff November 16 the names of two naturalized Italian citizens who have petitioned the GOI for delisting from UNSCR 1267 designation. (Re [...] | 2006-12-07 09:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER IT |
06ROME3261 | ITALY: REGISTER OF DAMAGES SHOULD HAVE TECHNICAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Near East Deputy Office Director Daniele Bosio December 5 and Acting UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini December 6, noting U.S. concerns with the draft resolution to establish a register of damages related to the West Bank barrier. Poloffs emphasized [...] | 2006-12-07 17:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS IT |
06ROME3269 | ITALY CONSIDERING UN CTC CHAIRMANSHIP [...] Summary. DCM met with MFA Director General for Political and Multilateral Affairs Giulio Terzi on December 7 to request that Italy chair the UN Counter Terrorism Committee (CTC) when it rotates onto the UN Security Council in 2007, per reftel. Stressing that Italy could serve as chair effect [...] | 2006-12-11 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER IT |
06ROME3272 | D'ALEMA TO CODEL WEXLER: MIDDLE EAST NEEDS NEW PUSH [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister D'Alema told visiting Congressman Wexler that the international community must press Israelis and Palestinians to kick start a new phase in peace negotiations, beginning with a genuine cease-fire and exchange of prisoners. He speculated that NATO could be a poss [...] | 2006-12-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AF IR IS IZ LE NATO PGOV PREL SY XF IT |
06ROME3276 | IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS - ITALY [...] (C) Pol M/C and poloff delivered ref points December 4 and 11 to MFA Deputy Middle East Director Luca Del Balzo and Gulf Countries Office Director Bruno Campria. 2. (C) Pol M/C told Del Balzo that, as part of our effort to coordinate with Italy on Iranian issues, it would be important to [...] | 2006-12-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IR IT |
06ROME3279 | D'ALEMA MAXIMUS [...] (C/NF) Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema is emerging as the most prominent and dynamic member of the Prodi Government. Barely six months into his tenure at the MFA, he appears intent on leaving his imprint on Italian foreign policy, the Italian Government, and on Italy itself. On forei [...] | 2006-12-12 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
06ROME328 | GOI SAYS JUDICIAL REFORM WILL NOT REDUCE IPR [...] (U) Summary: The Italian Ministry of Justice, in a written reply to the Ambassador, has firmly rejected U.S. copyright industry arguments that recent judicial reforms will hamper the prosecution of intellectual property crimes. Contrary to the claims of the Recording Industry Association of [...] | 2006-02-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD EINV IT EUN |
06ROME329 | IRAN: ITALY STEADY ON REFERRAL, WANTS [...] (C) Italy supports the U.S. "100 percent" on the Iranian nuclear issue, including referral to the UN Security Council. MFA officials continue to stress to the Iranians the need to suspend enrichment activities to restore the confidence of the international community. While unhappy at Italy's [...] | 2006-02-03 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM EUN KNNP IR IT |
06ROME3295 | GOI FOLLOW-UP ON EXPORT OF MARINE DIESEL ENGINES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) During a November 30 meeting with Econ Counselor, Carlo Tripepi, MFA Office Director responsible for Italian Munitions Exports (and former Director of the Office that oversees Italian participation in the Wassenaar Arrangement) [...] | 2006-12-14 15:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR ETTC IT IR |
06ROME3298 | ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD [...] (C) Summary. There have been few developments in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. The Italian Embassy in Havana continued to meet regularly with opposition leaders as part of efforts to engage in intensified dialogue with civil society. Italy did not participate in exch [...] | 2006-12-14 17:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ETRD ETTC PREL IT |
06ROME3299 | ITALY APPRECIATES EXAMPLES OF DPRK PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-14 17:29:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN IT |
06ROME3300 | GOI DOWNPLAYS POSSIBILITY OF OTO MELARA EXPORT TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Econ Counselor delivered ref A demarche December 13 to Carlo Tripepi, Director of the MFA's Arms Material Authorization Unit, responsible for licensing Italian munitions exports. Tripepi had not heard of Oto Melara's possibl [...] | 2006-12-15 13:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM ETTC IR VE IT |
06ROME3312 | ITALIANS CAUTIOUS ON ISG RECOMMENDATIONS, PROPOSE [...] (C) Summary. Gianludovico De Martino, head of the MFA's Iraq Task Force, says many of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) recommendations, such as embedding coalition members inside police, military and institutional structures, have already been tried and found to be difficult to implement. Other rec [...] | 2006-12-15 18:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT |
06ROME3317 | PRODI HOUSE DIVIDED, BUT STILL STANDS [...] (SBU) PM Prodi's 2007 budget proposal has drawn intense criticism from across the political spectrum and fueled a heated political debate about the government's durability as well as a massive protest against him and his governing coalition. Pundits generally have predicted Prodi's government [...] | 2006-12-18 10:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON IT |
06ROME3320 | OLMERT REJECTS ITALIAN PUSH ON SHEBAA FARMS [...] (C/NF) Israeli PM Olmert visited Italy December 13 and talks focused on Lebanon, the Middle East peace process, and Iran. He deflected calls by both the Italian PM and FM for a gesture on Shebaa Farms to buttress embattled Lebanese PM Siniora. Olmert noted this would be seen as a nod to Syri [...] | 2006-12-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL XF IR LE IT |
06ROME3331 | TERRORIST LISTS - ITALY [...] Per reftel, Post reports that the Government of Italy has no independent, national list of banned terrorist entities. The GOI uses, and refers to, UN and EU lists of banned terrorist entities. BORG [...] | 2006-12-19 15:55:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER IT |
06ROME3334 | Italy: Changing Public Attitudes Toward [...] Italy has some of the better IPR protection laws in the EU, but enforcement is stunningly lackluster. Until 2005, Mission Italy focused a more than decade- long effort on improving enforcement, but we also began to consider how we might change Italians perceptions toward IPR as a way to suppo [...] | 2006-12-19 16:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KIPR IT |
06ROME3350 | LARGEST-EVER INDIAN TRADE DELEGATION VISITS ITALY [...] The visit of a major Indian trade delegation highlighted Italian and Indian interest in increased trade. Bilateral trade reached 3.7 billion euro in the first nine months of 2006, on pace to set a new record. We believe Italy,s interest derives from its perennial bilateral trade deficit wit [...] | 2006-12-21 09:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV IN IT |
06ROME3360 | FINMECCANICA EXPORTS TO IRAN AND VENEZUELA: THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (S) In a December 21 meeting requested by Finmeccanica, the major Italian defense and aerospace conglomerate, company officials reviewed the status of their engagement with Iran and Venezuela. They noted that Finmeccanica is not [...] | 2006-12-22 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETRD ETTC IR VE SP FR SZ IT |
06ROME3378 | IRAN'S BANK SEPAH: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS IN ROME [...] (S) Treasury U/S Stuart Levey called on the Italian Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Italy (BOI) December 20 to press Italy to close local branches of Bank Sepah. The U/S keyed his remarks to the report of a recent BOI investigation that had uncovered clear financial [...] | 2006-12-27 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PTER IR LE IT |
06ROME3379 | ITALIAN ENERGY SUPPLIES PROJECTED TO BE ADEQUATE [...] (U) Summary. Italian officials are optimistic Italy will not experience a repeat of last winter's energy shortages. Energy analysts point to a mild winter, gas reserves higher than last year, and Italy's increased ability to switch natural gas-fired power plants to oil. Looking past Italy's [...] | 2006-12-27 16:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON RU IT |
06ROME338 | ITALY FACING AN ENERGY CRISIS? [...] (C) Summary: An unexpectedly cold winter and miscalculation of the rate at which Italy consumes natural gas may mean that Italy will not have sufficient gas reserves to generate electricity for the remainder of the winter, according to knowledgeable Embassy sources. In a worst case scenari [...] | 2006-02-03 17:44:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET IT EUN |
06ROME3386 | TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-29 08:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XR IT |
06ROME3387 | TERRORISM FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-29 08:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER KPAO IT |
06ROME339 | ICAO: ITALY "POSITIVE" ON VOSS CANDIDACY [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Roberto Pietrosanto and Stefano Nicoletti, two office-director-level officials in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for Multilateral Economic and Financial Cooperation. Both said the GOI would not make a final decision on who to vot [...] | 2006-02-06 07:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL IT AVIATION FAA |
06ROME3393 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALY - REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC [...] (S/NF) Post's Law Enforcement Working Group met December 29 to discuss reftel. Post believes that there is no need for replacement charitable services in Italy, as there are no known branches of RIHS in country. Additionally, the GOI would likely support the USG designation to the UN 1267 [...] | 2006-12-29 11:12:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN IT |
06ROME3397 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Emboffs met with Mario Barbetti, General Manager of Pansystem s.r.l., in Rome December 27. (Note: Reftel lists the company's name as "Pansystems." Please note correct company name is "Pansystem s.r.l.") 2. (SBU) Barbetti began by wondering why the USG was reviewing one order (DT [...] | 2006-12-29 13:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC IT |
06ROME342 | ITALY: CENTER-LEFT ASPIRES TO CRAFT MORE EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: If Italy's center-left coalition (the Union) wins this spring's national election, center left leaders are prepared to reorient Italy's foreign policy toward the EU, favor multilateral initiatives over bilateral or unilateral ones, and tone down Italy's relations with the US. R [...] | 2006-02-06 11:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT |
06ROME343 | GOI SEEKS MORE BANG FOR THE BUCK FROM SHRINKING [...] (U) Summary: Facing budget cuts and a stagnant economy, the Government of Italy (GOI) will seek to leverage its defense spending to continue to gain access to cutting edge technologies as part of a broad effort to revive the Italian economy. The amount of technology transfer and job creatio [...] | 2006-02-06 11:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV EFIN IT |
06ROME344 | SERBIAN AMBASSADOR: ITALIAN MESSAGES ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Summary. Serbia and Montenegro Ambassador Darko Uskokovic told Poloff that the GOI has given a balanced message to Belgrade and Pristina as the Kosovo status talks prepare to get underway. He noted that the Italian MFA has urged both sides to remain open as during the negotiations and [...] | 2006-02-06 12:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SR MW YI IT EUN |
06ROME346 | CODEL KING DISCUSSES OLYMPIC SECURITY, [...] (U) Transmission of this cable was delayed pending CODEL clearance. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL King met January 12 with Under Secretary to the Council of Ministers Gianni Letta and SIPDIS Minister of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu. Both Letta and Pisanu described U.S.-Italian cooperation in the [...] | 2006-02-06 14:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL IT |
06ROME347 | ITALY WILL PUSH FOR ACTION ON CARICC PROJECT [...] (SBU) Poloff took advantage of Ref demarche to approach Enrico Valvo of the MFA's Counterterrorism Policy Unit (which also covers counternarcotics issues) and gauge Italian sentiment ahead of the Feb. 7-9 meeting. Valvo said Italy fully agrees with USG goals for the CARICC meeting. The GOI b [...] | 2006-02-06 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM IT EUN ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
06ROME361 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS -- USG SITUATION [...] (SBU/NF) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/07/2006. 2. (SBU/NF) USG interagency Joint Operations Center (JOC) numbers (24/7) are: 39-011-55-99-793/794/564 (tel); 011- [...] | 2006-02-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
06ROME371 | ITALY: RUTELLI DISCUSSES CENTER-LEFT FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 3 lunch with Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli, the Ambassador stressed the importance of NATO to the Transatlantic Alliance and registered our concern that a future center-left government not look to Europe at the expense of Italy's historically strong bilateral [...] | 2006-02-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS PGOV IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME374 | ITALY AGREES ON SOMALIA, REQUESTS USG CONTACT ON [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Armando Sanguini February 1 expressed his complete agreement with Reftel A points urging support for a meeting of Somalia's parliament, and briefed DCM Anna Borg on his recent trip to Asmara. Sanguini suggested more regular contact betw [...] | 2006-02-08 13:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XW IT |
06ROME377 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/08/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...] | 2006-02-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME380 | USG OLYMPIC SITUATION BOARD LAW ENFORCEMENT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-09 07:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME383 | KOSOVO: ITALIAN MFA CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA is concerned that US and UK messages to Belgrade regarding the final status of Kosovo may be creating high expectations among Kosovar Albanians and anxiety in Belgrade that could complicate negotiations. The Italians have the impression that US and UK messages may [...] | 2006-02-09 11:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR YI IT |
06ROME384 | ITALY,S PARLIAMENT PASSES "SARBANES-OXLEY". [...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...] | 2006-02-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP |
06ROME390 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...] | 2006-02-09 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME398 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...] | 2006-02-10 12:04:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME406 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency USG Olympic Security Operations Center (OSOC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the [...] | 2006-02-11 13:14:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME407 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/12/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...] | 2006-02-12 11:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME427 | ITALY RECEPTIVE TO A/S SHANNON'S MESSAGE ON LATIN [...] (C) Summary. A/S Thomas Shannon February 3 outlined U.S. policy in the Western Hemisphere for Italian MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero and encouraged Italy to be our partner in engaging with Latin America during this delicate time for the region. Bisogniero was very r [...] | 2006-02-13 10:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XM HA CU CA IT |
06ROME429 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS--USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/09/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...] | 2006-02-13 12:17:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME433 | ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF GUATEMALA'S UNSC BID [...] (C) WHA A/S Tom Shannon met with MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero February 3 (see Ref A) and urged Italy to support Guatemala's UN Security Council (UNSC) candidacy (per Ref B). Shannon shared our concerns regarding Venezuela's bid for the Latin America Group (GRULAC) s [...] | 2006-02-13 13:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN UNSC GT VE IT |
06ROME435 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON ITALY, IRAQ, [...] Based on communications today between USMISSION UN Rome staff and Dr. Juan Lubroth, FAO Senior Veterinary Officer, FAO will conduct a press conference on February 14 at 10:30 a.m. The message that will be relayed will include the following: 2. On the Government of Italy's efforts: -- FAO [...] | 2006-02-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA |
06ROME438 | FRAUD SUMMARY - ROME [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Italy has relatively few instances of fraud in connection with consular services. Italians, who enjoy a developed economy and access to the visa waiver program, find little reason to commit fraud to obtain visas or passports. The Italian government has a relatively secure [...] | 2006-02-13 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD KCRM CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IT EUN |
06ROME439 | DISPOSITION OF ELK RIVER SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL: [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On February 6, the Ambassador received a letter from Gianni Letta, Under Secretary to the Council of Ministers requesting assistance SIPDIS to return to the United States 64 thorium-uranium bundles of spent nuclear fuel (SNF) originally from the Elk River, [...] | 2006-02-13 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP KSTC IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME443 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS - USG SITUATION [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games as of 02/14/2006. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following [...] | 2006-02-14 11:33:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME449 | Italy's Parliament Passes "Sarbanes-Oxley". [...] SUMMARY. On December 23 Italy's Senate passed the financial market oversight reform bill, two years after the massive Parmalat fraud scandal and just following the resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Fazio. The bill leaves in place the five regulatory authorities: antitrust, central [...] | 2006-02-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN |
06ROME450 | FINI-LAVROV MEETING: RUSSIA CAN PLAY A ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary. Antonio Cascio, an official in the Russia/Central Asian Department of the Italian MFA, told poloff that during a visit to Rome on February 7, Russian FM Lavrov told Italian FM Fini that Russia can play an important and constructive role in the Middle East. Lavrov told Fini the I [...] | 2006-02-14 15:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RU IT |
06ROME452 | ITALY-IRAN ECONOMIC RELATIONS [...] (U) Summary: Italy is Iran's largest EU trading partner, with two-way trade totaling 2.91 billion euros in the first seven months of 2005, including 1.32 billion euros of Italian exports to Iran. Italy imports Iranian oil and gas and exports automobiles and electrical products to Iran. End [...] | 2006-02-14 16:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL IR IT |
06ROME453 | SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO [...] (C) PM Berlusconi is seeking an election campaign bounce from his carefully timed visit to Washington to address a joint session of Congress and his meeting with the President. Elections are two months away and the campaign is in full gear following President Ciampi's dissolution of parliament [...] | 2006-02-15 05:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT IQ ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
06ROME456 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-15 10:35:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME461 | PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (C) Summary. On February 7, PDAS Kurt Volker visited Rome to meet with high-level GOI leaders to discuss Iran, Iraq, the cartoon controversy, the Ukrainian Energy Crisis, NATO, OSCE, Balkans, and UN Reform. Volker stressed the importance of Italy's contributions to global security and need fo [...] | 2006-02-15 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT NATO OSCE UN GLOBAL DEFENSE |
06ROME464 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO PRESS CONFERENCE PROVIDES [...] On February 14, FAO held a press conference to provide a global update on Avian Influenza. Areas highlighted were Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Europe in general (with a primary focus on Italy),and future preparations for Latin America/Caribbean. Samuel Jutzi, Director of FAO's Animal Product [...] | 2006-02-15 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU EAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO NI IT GR BU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO IQ AVIAN INFLUENZA |
06ROME466 | ITALY: ELECTION FACT SHEETS AVAILABLE ON EMBASSY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 08:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME471 | AMBASSADOR'S PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH: ITALY'S [...] Italy has proven to be the best U.S. ally in continental Europe in this young millennium. Unfortunately, since 2000, Italy's economy has grown at an anemic annual rate of only 0.75 percent. To promote economic dynamism in Italy that will produce the resources for Italy to continue to join th [...] | 2006-02-16 10:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP EUN |
06ROME473 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-16 10:54:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME483 | HAMAS: ITALY WEIGHS IN FOR ISRAEL WITH RUSSIANS [...] (C) Summary. PM Berlusconi reportedly has contacted Russian President Putin and urged that any visit of Hamas officials to Moscow be handled at as low a level as possible. Berlusconi made the call at the behest of Acting Israeli PM Olmert. End summary. 2. (C) A diplomatic advisor to Berl [...] | 2006-02-16 17:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KPAL PTER PGOV XF IT |
06ROME487 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-17 10:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME494 | ITALY, VENEZUELA NOT NEGOTIATING NAVAL VESSEL SALE [...] (C) PolMinCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for the Americas Claudio Bisogniero February 15. He noted public statements by the GOV defense minister suggesting that Venezuela might look to Italy.for submarines, urged the GOI not to contemplate such sales, and reviewed USG [...] | 2006-02-17 12:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL PARM VE IT EXPORT CONTROLS |
06ROME497 | MONTENEGRIN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT IN ROME [...] (C) Summary. On February 16, President of the Montenegrin Parliament Ranko Krivokapic visited Rome ostensibly for personal reasons. He took the opportunity, however, to lobby contacts in Italy's Center-Left opposition parties and the Vatican to oppose a possible request by EU Envoy Miroslav [...] | 2006-02-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MW SR IT |
06ROME501 | ITALY: FASSINO WANTS THE FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke at length with Democrats of the Left (DS) Party Secretary Piero Fassino on February 16. Fassino told the Ambassador that he thought either he or Daisy President Francesco Rutelli would be Foreign Minister in a future center-left government. The Ambassador note [...] | 2006-02-17 17:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ IT |
06ROME502 | ITALY: FASSINO WANTS THE FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke at length with Democrats of the Left (DS) Party Secretary Piero Fassino on February 16. Fassino told the Ambassador that he thought either he or Daisy President Francesco Rutelli would be Foreign Minister in a future center-left government. The Ambassador note [...] | 2006-02-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME503 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME504 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-19 10:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME506 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-20 10:24:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME507 | ITALIAN MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (C) Summary. MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi visited Belgrade on February 14 to deliver a bilateral message to the Belgrade leadership that the Contact Group was unified in its approach to the upcoming Kosovo status talks. Terzi also told PM Kostunica that both the Belgrade leadership and [...] | 2006-02-20 16:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR MW YI IT |
06ROME510 | AVIAN INFLUENZA - MIGRATORY SWANS TEST POSITIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tri-Mission Avian Influenza (AI) Emergency Action Committee (AI-EAC) met on January 20 to review post contingency planning and on February 13 to discuss confirmation by the Ministry of Health February 11-12 that six migratory swans in three southern regions (Puglia, Calabria and [...] | 2006-02-21 08:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR TBIO KFLU ASEC AMED CASC SENV FAO WHO IT |
06ROME511 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-21 09:40:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME536 | CARTOON-WEARING MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. Italy's Reforms Minister resigned February 18 following violent protests against the Italian consulate in Benghazi. The minister, Roberto Calderoli of the Northern League, had won notoriety for wearing T-shirts emblazoned with cartoons that had triggered protests in Islamic co [...] | 2006-02-21 18:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME543 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-22 09:55:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME548 | YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301, MISSION ITALY INPUT [...] Mission Italy recommends that Italy remain on the 301 Watch List for 2006. Although Italy deserves credit for reductions in piracy rates and improved police action in 2005, industry losses, particularly for software, are still unacceptably high. While some cities, such as Florence, have made [...] | 2006-02-22 14:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KIPR IT |
06ROME550 | ITALY: AN SPOKESPERSON SEES CENTER-RIGHT CLOSING [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 15 with National Alliance (AN) Party Spokesperson Andrea Ronchi. Ronchi told the Ambassador he was optimistic about the center-right's electoral chances and claimed they are only trailing the center-left by one or two percentage points. Ronchi said AN was firm [...] | 2006-02-22 16:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME551 | FOLLOWUP: GOI SEEKS USG RESPONSE ON LEGAL [...] (S/NF) REFTEL NOTED ITALIAN MINISTER OF JUSTICE HAD APPEALED TO AMBASSADOR FOR RESPONSES ON SEVERAL OUTSTANDING BILATERAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE ISSUES. TWO INVOLVED ACTS OF TERROR IN IRAQ AGAINST ITALIAN CITIZENS; ANOTHER RELATES TO THE FATAL SHOOTING OF AN ITALIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. THE MESS [...] | 2006-02-22 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IT IZ ITALIAN POLITICS |
06ROME556 | ITALY: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] The following is Embassy Rome,s contribution to the 2005 ) 2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Post understands from Reftel, Paragraph 6, that DOD will secure significant quantitative data, including defense spending data, from other sources. Post will prov [...] | 2006-02-23 09:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | JA KS KU MCAP PREL QA SA US MARR IT TC NATO |
06ROME558 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-23 10:13:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME568 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME583 | ITALY'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN DECLINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In view of Italy's extraordinary 27.6% cut in 2006 foreign assistance from 2005 levels, DCM called on Guiseppe Deodato, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General for Development, recently to hear his views and ensure continued good cooperation on development assistance. [...] | 2006-02-24 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IT IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN |
06ROME584 | ITALY'S UNION COALITION PROGRAM: FAULT LINES ON [...] (C) Romano Prodi presented the center-left Union coalition's 281-page governing program on February 13. As opposed to establishing a concrete program for the Union coalition should it win the April 9 national elections, the document has been viewed by critics from both the right and the left [...] | 2006-02-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MARR PARM MOPS ELAB EINV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME585 | ITALY: UN REFORM PARTNER, SUPPORTS GUATEMALA UNSC [...] (C) Summary. Italy continues to support UN Reform, including making the new Peacebuilding Commission an effective body, and creating a strong Human Rights Council. It also supports improving UN management, including a mandate review, according to MFA UN Reform Coordinator Alessandro Busacca. [...] | 2006-02-24 18:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PHUM UNSC GT VE IT |
06ROME586 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-25 10:59:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME587 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-02-26 09:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME594 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (U) This is the final sitrep from the USG office supporting U.S. participation in the Turin Winter Olympics. The Closing Ceremonies of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games concluded on a high note on 02/26/2006, as IOC officials hailed the 17-day Olympic Games as a major success. Italian security ef [...] | 2006-02-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER OLYMPICS |
06ROME599 | 2006 TIP REPORT: ITALY [...] Below is the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) 21.A. Italy is a country of destination an [...] | 2006-02-27 15:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS EUN |
06ROME607 | IRAQ: ITALIANS FAVOR EXPANDED NATO TRAINING ROLE [...] (C) Summary. Italy strongly supports an expanded NATO training role in Iraq, which it believes will help both to increase the political legitimacy of international efforts in Iraq and to encourage broader participation in those efforts. With Italian elections in April and a tight budget, Ital [...] | 2006-02-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MASS MOPS PINS IZ IT |
06ROME622 | ITALIANS "ASTONISHED" BY PROPOSED BELGIAN TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary. The Italian MFA expressed astonishment at the proposed visit by Belgian FM De Gucht to Belarus to observe the election monitoring process. The GOI shares USG concern about the signal the trip could send regarding ODHIR,s integrity. While the GOI has no plans to publicly or form [...] | 2006-03-01 12:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PHUM PREL BE IT |
06ROME638 | SYRIA EIB LOAN: ITALY WILL ALLOW LOAN TO PASS [...] (C) A/ECMIN and EconOff delivered reftel demarche February 28 to Ignazio Angeloni, Ministry of Finance Director General for International Financial Relations, and Sangante Filippo, Office Director for Bilateral Affairs with non-European Union countries. Angeloni was surprised to hear a Europ [...] | 2006-03-02 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN EINV EU IT PGOV PHUM PREL EUN |
06ROME647 | ITALIANS UNABLE TO COMMIT MORE FUNDS TO BIH WAR [...] Summary. GOI budget cutbacks will prevent Italy from pledging additional funds for the BIH War Crimes Chamber. Additionally, the GOI may have difficulty meeting its existing pledge of 1,440,000 Euros for the Chamber. End Summary. 2. Raimondo De Cardona, head of the MFA Balkans Department [...] | 2006-03-02 16:42:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BK IT |
06ROME692 | GOI: EVERGREEN CAN'T SELF-HANDLE AT GROTTAGLIE [...] (U) In response to ref A demarche, Gennaro Bronzone, Deputy Chief of Air Regulatory Service at ENAC, Italy's aviation regulatory agency, told Econoff that the GOI cannot allow Evergreen to conduct cargo self-handling operations because, as a low-traffic airport, Grottaglie is not subject to li [...] | 2006-03-06 13:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR IT FAA AVIATION |
06ROME694 | DESIGNATION OF AMERICAN WEST AIRLINES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR IT AVIATION FAA |
06ROME697 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) EconOff and FSN met Nicola Ruccia, Chief Operating Officer of Air One, and Alfredo Pozzi, Director of Research and Development of A-Technology, January 30 and February 27, respectively. Air One and A-Technology both denied knowledge of the license application 05-962149, and plans for th [...] | 2006-03-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN IT BLUE LANTERN |
06ROME698 | SURVEY OF ITALIANS' VIEWS ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] Against the backdrop of April's national elections and a four-year drop in foreign assistance, Inter Press Service News Agency reported the results of a recent survey February 17 indicating most Italians favor using Italian budgetary resources to fight global poverty, rather than increasing m [...] | 2006-03-07 08:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME699 | BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: FRANCESCO OLIVIERI, WTO [...] (U) In January, the Italian Government appointed Francesco Olivieri as Special Adviser on WTO issues to Deputy Productive Activities Minister (Foreign Trade Minister) Adolfo Urso. Olivieri had been Ambassador to the Italian Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development [...] | 2006-03-07 09:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL PGOV IT |
06ROME71 | AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE: ITALIAN ENVOY SUGGESTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-09 15:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID AF IT AFGHANISTAN |
06ROME724 | ITALIAN LEFT LEADER: BRIDGE TO WASHINGTON IS [...] (C) A prominent Italian center-left leader says it's time for European states to realize the days of individual state relations with the US are over. Massimo D'Alema, president of the Democrats of the Left (DS),Italy's largest center-left party, said transatlantic relations remain important [...] | 2006-03-09 06:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT |
06ROME725 | ITALY: POLLSTERS GIVE EDGE TO PRODI BUT DON'T [...] (C) SUMMARY: A collection of five Milan-based pollsters agreed that PM Berlusconi's effective campaign had closed much of the gap with opposition leader Romano Prodi, even if they were split over whether this momentum would carry Berlusconi to victory on election day. Recent polls give Prodi [...] | 2006-03-09 06:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME726 | IMF MARCH 8 VOTE- ITALY WILL VOTE TO RESTORE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 06:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IT |
06ROME727 | ITALY TAKES A WAIT-AND-SEE APPROACH ON U.S.-INDIA [...] (U) SciCouns and EconOff delivered reftel talking points to Filippo Formica, head of the MFA's Arms Control and Disarmament Office in the MFA's Directorate General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights. Formica said the GOI does not have a final position on supporting the U.S [...] | 2006-03-09 06:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN IT |
06ROME728 | EU CLASSIFICATION OF BORATES: ITALY WITH THE U.S. [...] On March 3, Post sent reftel demarche to Dr. Mariano Alessi at the Ministry of Health's Prevention Directorate, to Dr. Roberto Binetti of the Higher Institute of Health's Toxic Substances Department, and to Dr. Giuliana Gasparrini of the Environment Ministry's Office of EU Affairs. On March 7 [...] | 2006-03-09 07:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BEXP SENV KSCA IT FAO |
06ROME756 | ITALY FOLLOWING SUMATE JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA South America Office Director Piero Benassi March 1 to deliver reftel demarche. Noting the judicial harassment of non-governmental organization (NGO) Sumate, Poloff urged Italy to speak out in defense of the accused leaders, send observers to the trial, and convey to t [...] | 2006-03-10 11:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EU PGOV PHUM PREL VE IT |
06ROME759 | TURIN 2006 PARALYMPIC GAMES - USG SITUATION [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: US [...] | 2006-03-10 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
06ROME762 | ITALIAN AVIAN/PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PLAN ADOPTED [...] SUMMARY: Ref C reported on a draft version of Italy's avian/pandemic influenza preparedness plan. The final version of the plan was adopted by the Council of the State and Regions on February 9, 2006. The National Plan for Preparedness and Response to Pandemic Influenza is now available in [...] | 2006-03-10 16:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR KFLU SENV ECON PREL KSCA IT AVIAN INFLUENZA |
06ROME768 | ITALIAN CENTER LEFT OFFICIAL SAYS NATO ESSSENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democrats of the Left Member of Parliament and former U/S in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Umberto Ranieri told Pol M/C that his party considers NATO an essential pillar of international security. He assured us that far left radicals would not make foreign policy in a future c [...] | 2006-03-10 18:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL IZ IT NATO ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME769 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Paralympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: [...] | 2006-03-11 11:04:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
06ROME770 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-03-12 12:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
06ROME771 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-03-13 10:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
06ROME794 | AIR NAVIGATION COMMON CHARGING SCHEME, ITALY [...] A/ECMIN delivered reftel demarche March 10 to Achille Vinci Giacchi, Diplomatic Advisor to Minister of Transportation Pietro Lunardi. A/ECMIN simultaneously delivered a letter from the Ambassador to Lunardi, which reiterates reftel talking points. Vinci Giacchi said the Ministry would need to [...] | 2006-03-14 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR MARR MOPS PREL IT NATO EUN AVIATION FAA |
06ROME798 | ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE SOUTHERN BATTLEGROUND [...] (C) Puglia, on Italy's southern heel, is a battleground region in Italy's April 9 elections. Although a traditional stronghold of the Center Right, it is an area where voters have handed Center Left politicians dramatic electoral gains in recent municipal and regional voting. Local pundits [...] | 2006-03-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME806 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-03-14 16:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
06ROME810 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-03-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
06ROME811 | ROME SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (SBU) Political Violence: A. Yes B. Yes C. Yes D. 200 individuals in front of the Embassy, but more for some sensitive issues, like the war in Iraq, can attract up to twenty thousand when the demonstration is held in the city center and then moves to the Embassy. E. Can be [...] | 2006-03-15 12:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
06ROME824 | INTERNATIONAL TRACING SERVICE: ITALY SENDS INITIAL [...] (U) Labor Counselor met February 27 and March 15 with Francesco De Stefani, Acting Director of the MFA's UN Office, to deliver reftel demarche and discuss Italy's participation in the International Tracing Service (ITS). De Stefani confirmed that MOD Colonel Sandro Tortoro has replaced Carlo [...] | 2006-03-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PREL KNAR IT EUN |
06ROME826 | ITALY STAYING OUT OF ARAB LEAGUE SUDAN DECISION [...] (C) Poloff met March 3 with MFA Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli to deliver reftel demarche. Poloff urged the GOI to approach the Arab League (AL) in advance of the March 28-29 summit to note the potential consequences of a Sudanese AL presidency, especially given the GOS's h [...] | 2006-03-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SU IT |
06ROME827 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-03-16 11:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
06ROME834 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS BRYZA'S MARCH 17 VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Rome welcomes the visit of EUR DAS Matthew Bryza to Rome March 17. DAS Bryza's visit comes in the midst of a natural gas shortage here in Italy that has caused gas delivery interruptions to industrial customers and highlighted the inadequacies of Italy's energy infrastructure; an [...] | 2006-03-16 13:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IT |
06ROME839 | ITALY: CL PARLIAMENTARIAN PREDICTS CONTINUITY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marco Minniti, a former U/S of Defense under center-left (CL) Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, termed Berlusconi's relationship with the U.S an asset that should be built upon and said there is no European security without the U.S. Minniti continued that the center-left is now in [...] | 2006-03-16 16:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IS IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS |
06ROME849 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-03-17 11:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
06ROME85 | ITALY'S CENTER-LEFT PLANS IRAQ PULLOUT BY END OF [...] (C) Romano Prodi's international affairs adviser and spokesperson January 10 expressed confidence in a center-left victory in Italy's elections next April. He said that a Prodi-led government would announce immediately upon winning national elections its intent to withdraw from Iraq. Ricardo [...] | 2006-01-10 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IT EUN IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME863 | ITALIAN ELECTIONS: THE POSSIBILITIES (PART I OF [...] (C) This cable is the first of two outlining possible post-election scenarios and our engagement with the center-left on various issues. Though opposition leader Romano Prodi holds a slight lead in opinion polls, it remains unclear whether he can hang on to defeat incumbent PM Silvio Berluscon [...] | 2006-03-17 17:34:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT NATO ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME864 | ITALIAN ELECTIONS: WHAT IF THE CENTER-LEFT WINS? [...] (C) Summary. Septel outlines the possible outcomes of the April 9-10 Italian elections; as of now, the center-left has a slight edge in polling, suggesting neither the left nor the right will win with a large mandate. We predict: (1) budget constraints will challenge the next government's [...] | 2006-03-17 17:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME865 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-03-18 11:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
06ROME868 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...] | 2006-03-19 11:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
06ROME869 | TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS:USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. KEY POINTS ----------------- 2. (U) This is the final Situation Report from the USG office supporting U.S. participation in the Tu [...] | 2006-03-20 12:08:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES |
06ROME903 | SENDING SPENT ELK RIVER FUEL TO INDIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) As instructed reftel, the Ambassador wrote to Prime Ministry Under Secretary Gianni Letta February 28 that the United States could not accept the uranium-thorium spent nuclear fuel stored at the Trisaia Research Center (ITREC) in [...] | 2006-03-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG IT KNNP KSCA EUN |
06ROME904 | IRAQ: ITALIAN MFA SAYS PRT MOVING AHEAD REGARDLESS [...] (C) Italy's Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Dhi Qar province will be fully operational by the end of April. MFA officials are confident that, barring an unexpectedly large vote for the extreme left in Italy's April 9 election, a center-left election victory will not affect the current [...] | 2006-03-22 15:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV EAID IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME915 | DEMARCHE CONCERNING PENDING ADOPTION CASES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A, Conoff contacted the GOI Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 22 to raise the issue of pending Romanian adoption cases. According to Minister Giuseppe Panocchia, the GOI agrees with the U.S. that the rigid position of the Romanian government on the outstandi [...] | 2006-03-23 17:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KOCI CASC CVIS PREL SOCI RO IT EUN UN |
06ROME927 | POLITICAL REACTION TO PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT ON ITALY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition candidate Romano Prodi called the Ambassador March 23 to question the appropriateness of the timing of our recent public announcement on Italy. His likely foreign minister should Prodi win the April 9-10 election called the Ambassador later the same day to "de-dramati [...] | 2006-03-24 16:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC AMGT IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME933 | ITALIANS TO DAS BRYZA: RUSSIA NOT READY FOR [...] (C) Summary. On March 17, DAS Bryza met with Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to PM Berlusconi Francesco Talo and MFA Director General Giulio Terzi to discuss Caucasus security issues and Russian Australia Group (AG) membership. Bryza told his interlocutors that the USG believed that Russian member [...] | 2006-03-27 12:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO IT RU GG UP |
06ROME934 | G8 IPR: ITALY FLEXIBLE, BUT CONCERNED ABOUT [...] A/Ecmin delivered reftel points March 24 to Italy G8 Sous Sherpa Massimo Leggeri. Econoff received a response March 27 from Luigi De Chiara, an office director who works on G8 issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Directorate for Multilateral Economic Cooperation. 2. De Chiara describ [...] | 2006-03-27 14:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR IT EUN |
06ROME943 | ITALY: TAKEOVERS SHAKE-UP BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) The December 2005 resignation of Bank of Italy (BOI) Governor Antonio Fazio, and the appointment of reformist Mario Draghi, has raised expectations that a wave of bank mergers will sweep Italy in 2006. French bank BNP-Paribas made the first move, taking over Banca Nazionale del Lavoro [...] | 2006-03-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS |
06ROME956 | ITALIANS OPEN TO EU VISA BAN AGAINST LUKASHENKA, [...] (C) Summary. On March 27, Poloff met with Antonino Cascio of the Eastern European Department of the Italian MFA to deliver reftel points. Cascio said the MFA is concerned that an extended visa ban, including a ban on Lukashenka, could prove to be ineffective and could backfire if Lukashenka [...] | 2006-03-29 16:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS EUN BO IT |
06ROME957 | ITALY SUPPORTS GOALS ON SUDAN FOR ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) March 22, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Middle East Regional Cooperation, Antonella Uneddu, and separately provided Sudan points to MFA Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli. March 24, Pignatelli responded that the MFA had contacted all Italian [...] | 2006-03-30 05:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ SU IT |
06ROME979 | ITALIANS URGE SLOW EXPANSION OF EU VISA BAN [...] (C) On March 31, PolMinCouns and Poloff met with Paolo Serpi, Director of the Eastern European Department of the Italian MFA, to get a readout of the measures the EU plans to implement against the Lukashenko regime. Serpi stated that the EU agreed to implement an expanded visa ban list agains [...] | 2006-03-31 15:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM CVIS BO IT |
06ROME996 | The Economy, But Not Economic Reform, Begins [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Italy's electoral campaign has begun to focus almost exclusively on incumbent Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's Achilles heel: the economy. Center-left challenger Romano Prodi threw Berlusconi on the defensive during a nationally televised debate March 14 that focu [...] | 2006-04-03 08:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS |
06ROME997 | ITALY'S NORTHERN LEAGUE: THE CHALLENGE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy's Northern League faces two strategic challenges in the short and the long term: what to do if the pro-devolution referendum fails this summer and how to replace the party's founder and unquestioned leader Umberto Bossi, who is still weak after a devastating stroke two years [...] | 2006-04-03 08:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS |
06ROME999 | ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN EPA'S WORKSHOP ON [...] Per reftel, we delivered talking points and shared information about the Environmental Protection Agency-sponsored "Workshop on Decontamination, Cleanup, and Associated Issues for Sites Contaminated with Biological, Chemical or Radiological Materials" with appropriate GOI offices. The offici [...] | 2006-04-03 11:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER TBIO PINS EAGR IT |
06STATE181050 | IRAQ: GUIDANCE FOR BILATERALS WITH ROK AND JAPAN [...] (C) Department instructs a delegation led by Deputy S/I Barabara Stephenson to participate in bilateral talks with the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Friday Nov 3 and with Japan on Nov 6-7 to discuss ongoing and future cooperation in Iraq. The focus of the ROK talks is to define a concept of opera [...] | 2006-10-31 22:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IZ JA KS IT |
06STATE190845 | REPEAT: ITALY'S DEMARTINO ON DHIQAR UNIT FOR [...] (U) This message repeats STATE 168109 from early October, which may have had transmission problems. This message contains an action request. See para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On Sept. 22, Amb. Gianludovico De Martino, head of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Task Force on Iraq (and fo [...] | 2006-11-22 21:54:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MOPS IZ IT |
06STATE202497 | IDENTIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT MEASURES THAT [...] (SBU) IN RECOGNITION OF THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE NORTH AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY, THE THREE NAFTA GOVERNMENTS AGREED IN 2005 TO PURSUE A NORTH AMERICAN STEEL STRATEGY TO PROMOTE GROWTH, COMPETITIVENESS, AND PROSPERITY. THE STRATEGY IS A "SIGNATURE ISSUE" UNDER THE NORTH AMERICAN SECURITY [...] | 2006-12-22 19:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OTRA FR GR IT JA KS EUN |
06STATE203832 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) This cable informs addressee posts that grantees from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) and the Bureau of Near East Asian Affairs (NEA) may be operating in their countries, alone or in cooperation w [...] | 2006-12-28 21:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM AW AF AJ AMB FR GG GM IR IT KZ TI |
06THEHAGUE1050 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO KERM HENRIKSEN TO [...] The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kerm Henriksen to travel to Maastricht, The Netherlands. July 9-14, 2006. 2. The Embassy understands that no assistance is required. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the Mission must [...] | 2006-05-10 12:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA TPHY US IT NL |
06TOKYO6966 | JAPANESE REACTION TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL ASCH CA CH RF GM IT JA |
06TUNIS2776 | RSVP: EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; [...] (SBU) EconOff was unable to conduct requested Post-Shipment Verification (reftel) despite numerous attempts to do so. The ultimate Consignee for this shipment of L72 laser sights was the Tunisian Ministry of Interior (MOI). 2. (SBU) The MOI has been reluctant to schedule an on-site visi [...] | 2006-11-17 16:08:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ETTC IT TS |
06VATICAN203 | VATICAN: MEDIA RESPONSE TO POPE'S RESPONSE ADDRESS [...] September 21 reaction by Vatican-based media to Pope Benedict's September 20th general audience remarks was strongly positive. Most press outlets reported the pope used the occasion to again express regret that his remarks on Islam had been misunderstood and to emphasize his "profound respect [...] | 2006-09-21 16:49:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IT VT |
06VATICAN211 | ROME'S INTER-FAITH MEETING [...] Summary: Rome's mayor Walter Veltroni hosted an inter-faith meeting on September 19 attended by Cardinal Paul Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue; Sami Salem, Imam of Rome's Grand Mosque; Abdallah Redouane, Secretary-General of Rome's Islamic Cultural Ce [...] | 2006-10-03 13:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KISL PGOV PHUM VT IT |
06WARSAW2511 | POLAND: GOVERNMENT STEPS UP EFFORTS VS. FORCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the months since stories broke of Poles trafficked to Spain and Italy for forced labor (Reftel) the Polish government has stepped up efforts in the fight against human trafficking. The Polish National Police (PNP) has supplemented the five person Central Anti-Trafficking Uni [...] | 2006-12-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS KCRM PGOV IT PL SP SW UK |
06ZAGREB1232 | CROATIA RESOLVES BILATERAL ISSUE WITH ITALY; STILL [...] (U) Removing a bilateral irritant and potential obstacle to EU membership, the GOC announced October 9 that it would acknowledge by exchange of diplomatic notes with Italy that Croatian citizens face no obstacles buying real estate in Italy, and it will extend the principle of reciprocity to I [...] | 2006-10-11 12:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL HR IT REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ADDISABABA327 | AU SUMMIT: ETHIOPIA FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum advised Assistant Secretary Frazer on the imperative nature of the international community to commit resources to help Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) stabilize Somalia. He stressed the urgency and the importance of ensuring a suc [...] | 2007-02-03 09:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL EAID MOPS SO ET ER IT SA AU |
07ANKARA1219 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March & April 2007 [...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Yasar Buyukanit gave his annual speech to the War College in Istanbul on March 16. In contrast to previous years, the speech was closed to the press, but was subsequently leaked to the media. In the speech, Buyukanit refrained from comment abou [...] | 2007-05-21 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL FR AJ PK KS MK YI GM BU AL IT SI |
07ANKARA1626 | SECTION 505 AGREEMENT AND EXCHANGE OF DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Post sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 18 enumerating the revised section 505 conditions (reftel) under which the Government of Turkey will handle articles and services from the US for the purpose of peacekeeping operations within the South Eastern E [...] | 2007-06-25 14:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GR IT TU KPKO KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PREL |
07ANKARA2968 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: October & November 2007 [...] In the keynote speech delivered at the opening of the Turkish War Academies on Oct. 1, CHOD GEN Yasar Buyukanit underlined the theme that no power can divide Turkey, change its secular structure, or shake the Turkish nation's confidence in its military. Emphasizing the importance of the fight [...] | 2007-12-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL YI CI AJ IZ GR KS IT UK IS CY PL |
07ANKARA701 | TURKEY: NEGOTIATING WITH TERRORISTS AGAINST GOT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV AF IT TU |
07ATHENS2313 | TGI GAS PIPELINE INAUGURATION: GREEK EDITORIALISTS WORRY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The US presence at the November 18 inauguration ceremony of the Turkey-Greece-Italy natural gas inter-connector and Energy Secretary Bodman's meetings in Athens the next day were very visible in the Greek media. International press coverage from the Athens-based wi [...] | 2007-12-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KPAO GR TU IT |
07BAKU1483 | AZERBAIJAN AND ITALY AGREE TO STEPS FORWARD FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A December 12 visit by an Italian delegation headed by Minister for Economic Development Pierluigi Bersani was highlighted by the signing of an Energy MOU with the Ministry of Economic Development. Edison CEO Umberto Quadrino said that 2008 would bring commercial negotiations be [...] | 2007-12-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AJ IT ENRG TU |
07BEIJING7473 | DECEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the regular December 13 MFA press briefing: -- VFM Wu Dawei and ROK Ambassador Chun Yung-woo met this morning to discuss the Six-Party Talks and the "next stage of work." -- China hopes the Sudan Government can take measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens in Sudan. [...] | 2007-12-13 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV JA KN KS SA IT FM SG FR LE IS |
07BELGRADE1612 | VETTING FOR PROPOSED PARTICIPANTS FOR UPCOMING 2008 [...] The following candidates from Serbia are presented as nominees for attendance in the upcoming 2008 middle management and high level training courses at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vincenza, Italy. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to Leahy Ame [...] | 2007-12-03 13:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS KCRM PREL IT SR |
07BELGRADE417 | VETTING FOR PROPOSED PARTICIPANTS FOR MAY 2007 COESPU [...] The following candidates from Serbia are presented as nominees for attendance in the May 2007 middle management and high level training courses at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vincenza, Italy. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to Leahy Amendmen [...] | 2007-03-26 16:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS KCRM PREL IT SR |
07BELGRADE905 | VETTING FOR PROPOSED PARTICIPANTS FOR UPCOMING 2007 COESPU [...] The following candidates from Serbia are presented as nominees for attendance in the upcoming 2007 middle management and high level training courses at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Vincenza, Italy. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to Leahy Ame [...] | 2007-06-25 13:11:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS KCRM PREL IT SR |
07BERLIN1019 | THIRD G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP (NPDG) [...] (SBU) Summary: The third G-8 Nonproliferation Directors' Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place May 14 in Berlin. The delegates reviewed a German-produced draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit in Heiligendamm but were unable to reach consensus on [...] | 2007-05-18 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CACM UK FR IT |
07BERLIN218 | GERMANY'S BEST PRACTICES FOR ENHANCING STEEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's steel industry benefits from both national and EU programs to enhance the competitiveness of its steel industry. According to Dr. Dirk Grabowski, Office Director for the Steel and Defense Industries at the Ministry of Economics and Technology, the nation's steel indust [...] | 2007-02-02 17:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD OTRA FR GR IT JA KSAC EUN |
07BERLIN834 | SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...] | 2007-04-24 17:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
07BERLIN835 | SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...] | 2007-04-24 18:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT |
07CAIRO432 | EGYPT: RELEASE OF CLERIC ABU OMAR [...] (C) An Egyptian MFA official has confirmed that Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr (aka "Abu Omar") was released from detention on March 11, and is currently at his family home in Alexandria. While MOJ, State Security, and Public Prosecutor personnel refused to comment on the case, Deputy Assistant Fo [...] | 2007-02-15 15:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IT EG |
07DARESSALAAM845 | TANZANIA: VIEWS ON ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY [...] (C) On June 11, the Deputy Chief of Mission raised the Eritrea-Ethiopia boundary impasse with Ambassador Charles Sanga, Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (reftel). Sanga described the issue as a regional one to be addressed within the [...] | 2007-06-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF AU BE ER ET EU GH IT JA NO |
07GENEVA115 | ITALY CANDIDATURE - HRC [...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Italy requesting U.S. Government support for the Italian candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in the United Nations General Assembly in May 2007. 2. (U) Mission has responded that th [...] | 2007-01-18 06:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC AORC UN IT |
07GENEVA116 | ITALY CANDIDATURE - HRC [...] (U) U.S. Mission Geneva received a diplomatic note from the Permanent Mission of Italy requesting U.S. Government support for the Italian candidature to the Human Rights Council at elections to be held in the United Nations General Assembly in May 2007. 2. (U) Mission has responded that th [...] | 2007-01-18 06:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC AORC UN IT |
07HAVANA298 | CUBA/ITALY: WE WANT TO BUT WE CAN'T [...] (C) Summary: Italian Ambassador to Havana Vecchione said Cuban Foreign Minister Perez Roque's March 15 visit to Rome reached a predictable impasse: Roque wanting to improve relations with Italy, but with conditions unacceptable to the Italians. The Italians, in turn, told Roque to accept the [...] | 2007-03-23 18:12:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU IT EUN |
07ISLAMABAD505 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR PAKISTAN TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post is using several channels -- in coordination with Italian officials -- to invite and encourage Pakistan to participate in March classes at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The Pakistanis seem to want the COESPU training and are on board with the c [...] | 2007-01-30 07:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS PGOV KPKO PK IT |
07ISTANBUL51 | PM LAUNCHES TUNNEL, LAUDS ITALIAN SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY: On January 23, Prime Minister Erdogan used the official opening ceremony of a tunnel on the primary Ankara - Istanbul highway to highlight the strong commercial ties between Turkey and Italy. Erdogan argued that the commercial and business links forged by his government with Italy ha [...] | 2007-01-24 16:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED | ELTN EINV ENRG IT TU |
07KOLKATA54 | ITALIAN PM PRODI LEADS LARGEST EVER TRADE MISSION TO [...] (SBU) Summary. February 11-12, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi visited Kolkata with over 300 business representatives, Italian Commerce Minister Emma Bonino and other senior government officials as part of a "global strategy to open new markets in Asia." The delegation consisted mostly o [...] | 2007-02-14 14:04:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EIND IT IN |
07KUWAIT481 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SANCHEZ (APRIL [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Sanchez to travel to post April 7-8, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...] | 2007-04-04 11:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KS VM CH JA IT QA TH KU |
07KUWAIT737 | KUWAIT GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL INHOFE (10-14 [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Inhofe to travel to post o/a 10-14 May, 2007. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...] | 2007-05-12 10:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IT IZ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE |
07KYIV187 | UKRAINE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU [...] Italian DCM Sergio Martes, Italian military attache Colonel Claudio Ritacca, Embassy Kyiv Office of Defense Cooperation Chief LTC Rob Timm, and poloff delivered reftel demarche January 25 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor [...] | 2007-01-26 04:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV IT TU PK ID UP |
07LJUBLJANA30 | SLOVENIA: DINNER WITH THE RUPELS: KOSOVO/SERBIA, [...] (C) Summary. At dinner with COM and wife January 17, FM Dmitrij Rupel reported briefly on his recent trip to Belgrade where he urged PM Kostunica to accept the inevitable on Kosovo. He said he expected the Italian-Slovenian relationship to improve over the next year, noting a discrete agreem [...] | 2007-01-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IT SI |
07LONDON104 | ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER EO 13382: [...] (S/NF) Summary: The UK views the U.S. designation of Bank Sepah under Executive Order 13382 as a "significant ratcheting up of pressure on Iran" and supports our view that the designation is consistent with the language of UNSCR 1737. The UK would appreciate information on how the designatio [...] | 2007-01-10 15:34:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL KNNP KN PARM EFIN FR GE IT UK |
07LONDON1062 | BTEX FORENSIC EPIDEMIOLOGY WORKSHOP CATALYZES G8 EFFORTS AGAINST BIOTERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK and Germany co-hosted, with U.S. co-sponsorship, the G8 "Forensic Epidemiology Workshop," in London March 13-15, 2007 (Ref A). Although the U.S. was the primary source for workshop design and facilitation, all three nations worked collaboratively to plan and execute the [...] | 2007-03-20 11:09:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER TBIO CA FR GM IT JA RS UK EUN |
07LONDON3679 | IRAN'S BANK MARKAZI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UK [...] (S) Embassy on September 24 delivered ref demarche on the opening of a Bank Markazi account at Bank Saderat UK to HM Treasury and to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 2. (S) According to FCO Iran Multilateral Team leader Will Gelling, HMG agrees that, even in the absence of a specific U [...] | 2007-09-25 09:53:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR BO FR IT UK |
07MADRID1569 | SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL WADA [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Debra Wada, Professional Staff Member, House Armed Services Committee and acompanying staff delegation per reftel (b) to travel to Madrid and Rota, Spain on or about August 21 to August 22. The purpose of the visit is to visit and t [...] | 2007-08-14 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IT SP |
07MADRID1803 | SPAIN LOWERING EXPECTATIONS ON MFO CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 16:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMFO PREL XT IS IT JA EG SP |
07MADRID1918 | SPAIN STRAPPED FOR FUNDS FOR LEBANON TRIBUNAL, MFO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PTER PREL KMFO XT LE IS IT JA EG |
07MANILA170 | China vs. U.S. (and Italy) For TransCo Concession [...] (U) Please see para. 15 for ACTION REQUEST. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Three consortia have pre-qualified to bid for the concession to run the $2.6 billion Philippine electric grid. The Chinese have teamed up with local investors close to relatives of the President and her political allies. U.S. i [...] | 2007-01-16 05:34:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV ECON CH IT RP |
07MANILA2440 | KIDNAPPERS RELEASE ITALIAN PRIEST [...] (C) Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs for Special Concerns Rafael Seguis on July 20 confirmed to Pol/C press reports that kidnappers had freed Italian priest Father Giancarlo Bossi late on July 19 in Karumatan, Lanao Del Norte Province after 39 days of captivity. He insisted that the Philip [...] | 2007-07-20 07:45:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IT RP |
07MANILA645 | PHILIPPINES ASKS FOR HELP ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (SBU) The Department of Foreign Affairs has shared with Embassy copies of letters dated January 31 to the resident Ambassadors of Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and the Netherlands, requesting technical assistance as the Philippine government investigates and tries to [...] | 2007-02-27 08:41:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM EAID RP GM FI UK SP IT NO SW NL |
07MILAN273 | SAVING MALPENSA - THE AIRPORT AFTER ALITALIA [...] (SBU) Alitalia's cost-cutting rescue plan includes deep cuts in service to and from Milan's Malpensa airport, primarily decreasing intercontinental flights. The Lombardy Region (home to Malpensa airport) fears these cuts will change Malpensa from a European hub to regional airport, dooming a [...] | 2007-09-24 12:41:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ELAB ETRD IT KPRV |
07MILAN329 | ITALIAN INVESTORS READY TO FINANCE ITALO-AMERICAN [...] (SBU) Roberto Formigoni, President of Lombardy Region, told the CG that Italian investors are on board to finance a new airline as a joint venture with an American carrier. He promised the Italians will put up the cash if the Americans put up the expertise. Formigoni is keen to replace Alita [...] | 2007-11-16 12:32:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD IT KPRV |
07MILAN95 | MUSLIM OUTREACH STRATEGY - THE NEXT LEVEL [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy represents an opportunity for U.S. interests in promoting the integration of moderate Muslims in a Western European democracy. The level of immigration, particularly Muslim immigration, has risen steeply in recent years, and both Italy and resident Muslims are still evol [...] | 2007-04-11 07:45:00 | Consulate Milan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KISL PHUM SMIG IT |
07MOSCOW475 | ITALY: PRODI AND PUTIN TALK AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian Prime Minister Prodi stopped in Sochi January 23 to discuss Afghanistan and Kosovo, bilateral trade and the Russian president's March visit to Italy. On Afghanistan, Putin was critical of President Karzai's contacts with "moderate" Taliban members. Putin voiced concerns [...] | 2007-02-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RU IT AF |
07NAIROBI3440 | SUDAN SPECIAL ENVOY MOI ON HIS ROLE AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) See para 7 for action request. The Ambassador met with ex-President Moi, now Kenya,s Special Envoy on Sudan, to raise the points in ref D, to obtain a readout of his visit to Khartoum, and to discuss next steps. 2. (C) Moi said that his meeting with Sudanese President Bashir focused exc [...] | 2007-08-28 06:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | CA IT NL PHUM PREL SU UK NT KE |
07NAIROBI3492 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOHN YATES TRAVEL TO [...] Country Clearance is requested for John Yates, Special Envoy for Somalia, to travel to Rome to attend the Somalia International Contact Group Meeting Hosted by the GOI to be held at the Italian Foreign Ministry September 10-11. John Yates holds a Top Secret Clearance and Diplomatic Passport # [...] | 2007-08-30 12:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA RSO IT KE |
07NAIROBI809 | KENYA COMMITS TO CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN COESPU [...] We discussed Kenya's continued participation in the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU),as requested in reftel, with the GOK point of contact for police training, Mr. F.T. Kimemia, Deputy Secretary, Office of the President, Office of the Permanent Secretary for Provincial [...] | 2007-02-20 03:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV IT KE |
07NAPLES118 | APULIA: INNOVATION AT HOME, OUTREACH TO THE BALKANS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-19 20:52:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL IT |
07NAPLES119 | THE NAPLES GARBAGE CRISIS: A CASE STUDY IN SOUTHERN ITALIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the accumulation of garbage in Italy's Campania region has declined significantly since it grew to crisis proportions earlier this year, continued national and even international press coverage have made it a symbol of everything that is wrong with the Italian South: i [...] | 2007-11-20 16:38:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV PGOV PREL CASC TBIO IT |
07NAPLES129 | SICILIAN MAFIA REELING FROM POLICE AND BUSINESS ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A series of law enforcement successes in Sicily, including the arrest of a major mafia boss in November and a raid that netted 70 suspects on December 4, has the Cosa Nostra reeling. Business owners have increasingly banded together, refusing to pay the protection money that h [...] | 2007-12-06 15:09:00 | Consulate Naples | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM IT |
07NEWDELHI870 | ITALIAN PM PRODI HAS "SATISFYING" TRIP TO INDIA [...] (C) Summary. Italian Prime Minister Prodi and his 400-person entourage wrapped up their five-day trip to India on February 15 in New Delhi. The trip was marked by a heavy emphasis on business opportunities between the two countries (reftel) and personal rapport between Prodi and Prime Mini [...] | 2007-02-21 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP PARM TSPL ECON IT IN |
07OSLO1074 | ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING PRIOR TO THE HIGH-LEVEL CPA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 14:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IGAD SU UK NT NW CA IT NO |
07OSLO736 | NORWEGIANS DOUBTFUL ABOUT FUNDING FAVS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-11 13:23:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XT IS IT JA EG KMFO NO |
07PARIS1154 | TALIBAN EXCHANGE: FRANCE AGREES SERIOUS; [...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarche March 23 to DAS-equivalent for Security Affairs Pierre Thenard and desk officer Francois Revardeaux, highlighting (also to dispel some press rumors that have circulated) failed U.S. attempts to dissuade the Italians and Afghans from proceeding with suc [...] | 2007-03-23 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PREL AF IT NATO FR EUN |
07PARIS1242 | FRENCH PUT CONTACT GROUP ON INDEFINITE HOLD [...] (S) Summary: On March 27, Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant, gave an equivocal response to reftel demarche, claiming that the Quai's position had remained consistent: the French support the Contact Group in theory, but the timing must be handled carefully because of the extr [...] | 2007-03-28 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR GM IR IS IT LE PARM PGOV PREL SP SY UK |
07PARIS1364 | JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTERNATIONAL TRACING [...] (U) On April 5, German Embasssy First Secretary Stefan Krawielicki and Poloff delivered a joint demarche to French MFA Director of Archives Jean Mendelson concerning the opening of the International Tracing Service (ITS) archives for the purpose of research and the provision of copies of arch [...] | 2007-04-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BE FR GM GR IS IT LU PHUM PL UK |
07PARIS2652 | KOSOVO QUINT PARIS MINISTERIAL?; AHTISAARI'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kouchner's Balkans advisor told us on June 19 that Kouchner views the Secretary's participation in his proposed Kosovo Quint Paris ministerial as absolutely essential. The Secretary would be able to engage directly with Italian FM D'Alema on the way forward. The meeting will p [...] | 2007-06-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC SR YI IT GM FR |
07PARIS3027 | FRANCE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON LIBYAN CW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 10, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officers for CW issues Olivier Sigaud and Minh-di Tang. Sigaud related that the GOF understood that, as of late 2006, Libya was considering the U.S. and French proposals. He commented that the U.S. proposal was expensive, but [...] | 2007-07-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CWC GM IT LY FR |
07PARIS319 | PARIS HOSTS INAUGURAL W. MED RSI CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton hosted the inaugural Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Conference on December 5-6 in Paris. U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from France, Italy, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal and Malta gathered as a first [...] | 2007-01-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER FR AG LY IT MT SP |
07PARIS4313 | FRENCH UPDATE ON LEBANON, AS THE "THREE MINISTERS" [...] (C) Summary: France does not believe the October 23 session of the Lebanese parliament will result in the election of a new Lebanese president and sees the visit by French, Italian, and Spanish foreign ministers October 19-20 as a way to remind Lebanese political figures of their &responsib [...] | 2007-10-19 09:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR IT SP |
07PARIS446 | OECD: SG GURRIA NOMINATES DEPUTIES SECRETARIES GENERAL [...] (SBU) At the conclusion of the February 5 Council, SG Gurria distributed a letter to delegation heads (see para 4) putting forward his proposal for the four Deputy Secretaries General. He will formally present these to the Council on February 20 for agreement (by consensus). 2. (SBU) The [...] | 2007-02-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON OECD ETRD EAID EFIN AORC IT JAPAN NL |
07PARIS4742 | FRENCH MFA LEVANT DAS ON LEBANON, DECEMBER 18, 2007 [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille on December 18 said France was pleased the overall results of the previous day,s Lebanon ministerial. He particularly praised the Secretary's performance at the meeting in the face of initial Egyptian, Arab League, Saudi, Spanish, [...] | 2007-12-19 17:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MARR FR LE SY SA EG SP IT |
07PRAGUE321 | CZECHS ON RELEASE OF TALIBAN PRISONERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 15:18:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER AF IT EZ |
07PRISTINA291 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO GABRIEL ESCOBAR [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Gabriel Escobar to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 3 [...] | 2007-04-13 08:09:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA ASEC AMGT IT SR |
07REYKJAVIK81 | ICELAND DISAPPROVES OF PRISONER EXCHANGES [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and advisor Jorundur Valtysson on March 26 and conveyed reftel message, noting the presence of Icelandic government employees in Afghanistan. Valtysson stated the Icelanders shared our views and they did not support prisoner exch [...] | 2007-03-26 17:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER AF IT IC |
07ROME1 | TERRORIST FINANCE - ITALY: DOCKRAT PRENOTIFICATION [...] (S) Econoff met with Giampaolo Cantini, Head of the Counter Terrorism Policy Unit at the MFA's Department for Multilateral Political Affairs on December 28 to discuss reftel points. Cantini stated that the GOI Financial Security Committee (FSC) would research the individuals listed in refte [...] | 2007-01-03 17:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZU IT |
07ROME1014 | KOSOVO UPDATE: D'ALEMA REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Italy is becoming more vocal about its support for the Ahtisaari plan. This week, in an interview in the Italian weekly L'Espresso, FM D'Alema stated that Italy was for supervised independence and noted that Kosovo cannot go back to Belgrade rule. PM Prodi, who asserts he is per [...] | 2007-05-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME1015 | LEBANON: ITALY CAUTIOUS ON HARIRI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered Ref A demarche May 10 separately to MFA Near East Deputy Office Director Danielle Bosio, UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini, and the Prime Minister's Middle East Advisor Marco Carnelos, encouraging GOI support for a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Bo [...] | 2007-05-14 14:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER UNSC LE IT |
07ROME1017 | ITALIAN CANDIDATE FOR OSCE HIGH COMMISSIONER ON [...] Guido Lenzi, diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Interior, met with poloff on May 10 to seek support for his candidacy as the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Lenzi, a member of the Italian diplomatic service since 1964, has significant multilateral experience with NATO, UN, E [...] | 2007-05-15 10:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME1029 | ITALY REAFFIRMS CUBA TWO-TRACK APPROACH TO DAS [...] (C) Summary. In May 7 meetings with Italian officials, DAS Madison highlighted concerns about rising repression in Cuba and GOC efforts to create divisions in the international community, and hailed the Unity for Freedom statement. She called for the international community to focus on the r [...] | 2007-05-16 09:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV EU CU VZ IT |
07ROME1030 | ITALIANS SUPPORT RAPID MOVEMENT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AG MO WI IT |
07ROME1036 | ITALIAN REQUEST AT UN TO UNFREEZE BANK SEPAH ROME [...] (S/NF) Embassy contacted the Ministry of Finance's Office for the Prevention of Financial Crimes to learn more about the GOI proposal at the UN to unfreeze Bank Sepah Rome branch liquid assets. In particular, we inquired about plans to a) cover current expenses (e.g., utilities, legal and Ba [...] | 2007-05-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT |
07ROME1069 | ADDITIONAL ITALIAN VIEWS ON REQUEST AT UN TO [...] (S/NF) EcMin met May 18 with Giuseppe Maresca, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Office for the Prevention of Financial Crimes. After EcMin strongly conveyed ref A instructions, Maresca explained that the GOI was balancing a "firm attitude" on UNSC resolutions, while being mindfu [...] | 2007-05-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT |
07ROME1105 | ITALIANS OPPOSE RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE CHARTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-23 14:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV IT |
07ROME1106 | OIE CHINA/TAIWAN: ITALY SUPPORTS EU POSITION TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Office Director for East Asia Giuseppe Mistretta May 21, emphasizing the need to work for consensus and delay a vote on the PRC resolution in the absence of consensus. May 22, Mistretta responded that Italy fully supported the EU position: --The World [...] | 2007-05-23 14:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAGR AORG TW CH IT |
07ROME1109 | DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador May 23 made the points on the Special Lebanon Tribunal to FM Massimo D'Alema. D'Alema said he had spoken to both the Lebanese PM and French FM. The French were pushing hard for immediate action. However, while the GOI favored the resolution, it advocated waiting fo [...] | 2007-05-23 15:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL PTER LE IT |
07ROME1110 | ITALIANS OPPOSED TO OSCE BELARUS TRIP, WILL NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-24 07:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE BO IT |
07ROME1122 | ITALY ON SYRIA'S SHAM PRESIDENTIAL "REFERENDUM" [...] (C) PolMinCouns delivered reftel points to Luciano Pezzotti, Director of the MFA Office for Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories. PMC urged an Italian and/or EU statement addressing Syria's pending presidential referendum. He said the Syrian Government should [...] | 2007-05-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PHUM SY EUN IT |
07ROME1131 | WHALES - ITALIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON USG IWC [...] Per instructions in reftel, on May 4, ESTH Counselor contacted Italian IWC Commissioner Giuseppe Ambrosio to convey points on U.S. priorities in advance of the 2007 Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission. We also sent points to Deputy IWC Commissioner Dr. Aldo Cosentino, Direc [...] | 2007-05-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD IT |
07ROME1132 | G-6 AND DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary. Italy hosted a meeting of the six larger EU nations in Venice May 11-12 to discuss strategies and share experiences on ways to better cooperate in the fight against radicalization and terrorism. Known as the "G6" meetings of EU interior ministers, this year's meeting included DH [...] | 2007-05-25 12:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KHLS PTER CVIS PREL PGOV IT |
07ROME1158 | EGYPT-ITALY TRADE AND INVESTMENT INCREASE AS EGYPT [...] (U) Summary. Italy and Egypt are significant trade partners, with trade between the two countries dominated by Italy's export of machinery to Egypt and Egypt's export of crude oil to Italy. Italy is Egypt's largest EU trading partner, and is a leading source of foreign investment in Egypt. [...] | 2007-05-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV EG IT |
07ROME116 | ITALY IN AGREEMENT ON SOMALIA OBJECTIVES [...] (C) Summary. Italy generally agreed with the talking points on Somalia policy in Ref A, according to MFA Somalia Coordinator Giancarlo Izzo. In a January 16 meeting with poloff, Izzo noted the importance of finding consensus among the international community, and listed involving civil socie [...] | 2007-01-18 12:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SO IT |
07ROME1163 | AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS, [...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona, Deputy Legal Advisor Valerio Astraldi, Director of the Great Lakes Office Orazio Guanciale and UN Coordinator Giamberto De Vito on May 21 to discuss the International Crimin [...] | 2007-05-29 08:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC PREL PGOV IT |
07ROME1168 | DEMARCHE: AGILE LAUNCH; PROTEST OF USML TRANSFER TO INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 29, ECMIN delivered points regarding the launch from India of the Italian AGILE satellite, and the related, unlicensed re-export from Italy to India of USML-listed items (ref A),to the MFA official responsible for Space and Science and Technology Cooperation. The latter resp [...] | 2007-05-29 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC PARM TSPA IT IN |
07ROME1187 | KOSOVO: TADIC CLAIMS RUSSIANS HAVE PROMISED TO [...] (C) Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told PM Prodi and FM D'Alema on May 29 that Russia had promised Serbia a veto of any UNSC resolution that would separate Kosovo from Serbia, according to MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona. Tadic told Prodi and D'A [...] | 2007-05-31 14:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME1190 | AFTER THREATENING JSF FUNDING, GOI OFFICIAL [...] (S) Summary. In a May 21 meeting with Ecmin, Alfredo Cuzzoni, the Ministry of Economic Development official responsible for the Ministry's support for Italy's defense industry, described an Italian defense procurement system constrained by political infighting and limited budgets. Cuzzoni s [...] | 2007-06-01 05:47:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON ETTC IR IT MARR PARM PREL |
07ROME120 | ITALY - DESIGNATIONS OF ADDITIONAL SYRIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PTER KTFN KNNP EFIN ETTC SY IT PARM |
07ROME1216 | ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY'S AGILE LAUNCH: RATIONALE FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. Separate discussions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Universities and Research, and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) indicate that the decision to proceed with the launch of ASI's AGILE satellite from I [...] | 2007-06-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC PARM IT |
07ROME1217 | ITALY IPR: POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH IN GOI SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY AND INTRO: On May 31, Economic Development Minister Bersani hosted Ambassador Spogli for a joint public presentation on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Bersani and the Ambassador emphasized the necessity of effective IPR protection to stimulate growth and innovation in knowledge [...] | 2007-06-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD IT KIPR LAB PGOV |
07ROME122 | ITALY: BUSINESS AS USUAL - EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a discussion with Emboffs about Italy halting export credit insurance for Iran (Ref A),a Ministry of Finance official -- who also serves as the President of Italy's export credit agency (ECA) SACE -- replied that an internal review of SACE's business with Iran in 2006 had [...] | 2007-01-18 17:01:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR IT |
07ROME1229 | ITALY 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] In response to reftel, the Embassy is aware of four (4) claims of United States persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Italy. CLAIMS ====== 2. a. Claimant A b. 1974 - 1980 c. Claimant A, a U.S. citizen who died in September 1997, alleged that real property i [...] | 2007-06-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV IT |
07ROME1232 | ITALY TO ABSTAIN IN EU VOTE ON STACKED BIOTECH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON EU IT |
07ROME1233 | ITALIANS HESITANT ON TOUGHER SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) Poloff met June 1 with Fabrizio Pignatelli, MFA Horn of Africa Office Director, to discuss ref A points and press the GOI to support, within the UNSC, a strong sanctions resolution against Sudan. (Note: Ref A points were also delivered to MFA UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini, who of [...] | 2007-06-05 16:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC UN SU EU IT |
07ROME1265 | ITALIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S NEW CLIMATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Italian Minister of Environment's categorical public call for binding CO2 emission reduction targets for all countries, the Chief Climate Change Negotiator said that the GOI has not yet formulated an official reaction to President Bush's May 31 climate change framew [...] | 2007-06-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV KGHG ENRG IT |
07ROME127 | GOI RESPONSE TO IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE [...] (S) Econoff delivered ref A nonpaper on Iranian efforts to procure specialty steel for use in its ballistic missile program to Enrico Padula, the MFA working-level official responsible for MTCR issues. Padula said the GOI shares USG concerns regarding Iranian attempts to procure items contro [...] | 2007-01-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL IR IT |
07ROME1270 | ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD [...] (C) There has been little change in Italy's relationship with Cuba in the past six months. The most significant event in bilateral relations this period was a visit by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque to Rome on March 15. In his meeting with Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema, [...] | 2007-06-08 08:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ETRD ETTC CU IT |
07ROME1281 | BANK OF ITALY PUTS BANK SEPAH ROME UNDER "SPECIAL [...] (S/NF) The Bank of Italy (BOI) regulator overseeing BOI administration of Bank Sepah Rome since passage of UNSCR 1747 informed Econoff June 8 that BOI "special administration" of the branch is now in place. The Ministry of Finance approved BOI's request to move to a special administration of [...] | 2007-06-11 16:31:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN KTFN ETTC ECON UN IR IT |
07ROME129 | FM D'ALEMA LOOKING FOR SOMETHING NEW TO BRING TO [...] (C) Italian MFA Lebanon Desk Officer De Parolis confirmed to Poloff on January 18 that FM Massimo D'Alema would lead Italy's delegation to the January 25 Paris III Donor Conference on Lebanon. He will be accompanied by MFA DG for Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Affairs Cesare Ragaglini; the [...] | 2007-01-22 10:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | XF LE IT |
07ROME130 | ITALY'S POSITION ON OECD WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY [...] (SBU) EcMin met January 19 with Francesco Borgomeo, Chief of Cabinet at the Ministry of Justice, to discuss Italy's views on the OECD's Working Group on Bribery (reftel). Borgomeo stated that the GOI agrees as to the effectiveness of the Working Group. He added that Italy will continue to wo [...] | 2007-01-22 11:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KCOR OECD IT |
07ROME1310 | UNSCR 1747/OECD: ITALY WOULD LIKELY SUPPORT UNSCR [...] (C) Econoff met June 14 with Filippo Giansante, Ministry of Finance Chief of the Paris Club Division, to discuss options to restrict export credit flows to Iran through the OECD (refs A and B). (Note: Giansante is also an advisor to Ignazio Angeloni, President of Italy's export credit agenc [...] | 2007-06-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN EU IR IT |
07ROME1312 | ITALY WELCOMES INITIATIVE ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA, [...] (C) Poloffs met with Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli June 13 to discuss the Ethiopia-Eritrea boundary impasse and next steps forward, per reftel. Poloffs emphasized the need for practical steps and sought Italian views on the current situation and a late June meeting of int [...] | 2007-06-14 13:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ER ET IT |
07ROME1315 | BOSNIA: NEW HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK TELLS [...] (C) Miroslav Lajcak, the next High Representative for Bosnia, visited Rome on May 28 to meet with the PM's senior diplomatic advisor Stefano Sannino, MFA Director General for Political Affairs Giulio Terzi, MFA DG for European Affairs Laura Mirachian and MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De [...] | 2007-06-14 15:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK IT |
07ROME1324 | THE PRODI GOVERNMENT:LIMPING FROM SCANDAL TO [...] (C/NF) PM Prodi has stumbled through a series of tight votes since his government nearly collapsed in February. Scandals, poor results in local elections and political stalemate have demoralized much of his coalition as both his left and centrist flanks talk of hardening their stance on issues [...] | 2007-06-15 12:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IT |
07ROME1325 | NO ITALIAN BILATERAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE FOR UNRWA [...] (SBU) Econoff discussed reftel points with several contacts at the MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC) June 11 and 14. Contacts stated that there were no MFA bilateral assistance funds available to assist Lebanon; rather, ODC and the Italian Embassy in Beirut would work with the U [...] | 2007-06-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL KWBG EU LE IT |
07ROME1329 | EDISON: PROBLEMATIC EU DECISION ON POSEIDON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Italian energy company Edison views the EU Commission's May 22 ruling on third party access exemption for the Poseidon pipeline as flawed but sufficient for construction to proceed. Edison's [...] | 2007-06-15 17:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENTG ETRD AJ GR TU IT |
07ROME1332 | ITALIANS SUPPORTIVE OF KEEPING COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PREL IT |
07ROME1333 | KOSOVO: ITALIANS NOT READY TO DISCUSS INDEPENDENCE [...] (C/NF) FM D'Alema is convinced of the need to exhaust every means possible to reach consensus on a resolution even if it meant a 120-180 day delay. The Italian MFA, therefore, will not engage at this point on discussions related to a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo absent a [...] | 2007-06-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC SR YI IT |
07ROME134 | GOI THOUGHTS ON ENERGY SECURITY IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (U) On January 19, Econoff delivered ref A talking points on energy security to Gianni Manfredi, the Italian MFA official responsible for energy issues. Manfredi said the GOI agrees with the "general thrust" of the EU energy policy released January 10, but noted the need for further work on [...] | 2007-01-22 14:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IT |
07ROME1369 | CENTER-LEFT ELEMENTS SOFT-PEDALING ON DRUGS [...] (C) Summary: During last year's electoral campaign, the center-left coalition consistently made clear that a top priority would be to abolish a relatively tough anti-drug law passed by the previous Berlusconi government. However, it is not clear that coalition members who advocate overhauling [...] | 2007-06-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR UNCDN EU AF IT |
07ROME1388 | ITALY AGREES HYBRID AU/UN FORCE IN DARFUR A [...] (C) Summary: During June 21 meetings with Italian officials, IO/PSC Office Director Douglas Wake discussed Sudan, Lebanon, Chad, and peacekeeping operations. On Darfur, Wake stressed the need to move forward quickly with the hybrid force while remaining willing to consider sanctions if Khart [...] | 2007-06-25 13:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL LE XF SU CD UN IT |
07ROME140 | ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH CHINA [...] (U) Trade and investment between Italy and China will reach record levels in 2006, likely surpassing 2005's 18.7 billion euro in trade. The countries made a concerted effort to increase bilateral trade and investment in 2006, including the largest-ever Italian trade delegation to China and c [...] | 2007-01-23 12:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD CH IT |
07ROME1400 | ITALY: ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-27 11:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR UN IT |
07ROME1412 | ITALY TO ABSTAIN IN EU VOTE ON "HERCULEX" GM CORN [...] (U) On June 22, Minister Counselor for Agricultural Affairs delivered Ref A points on EU approval for a biotech corn variety, "Herculex Root Worm," for feed and food purposes to Dr. Romano Marabelli, Ministry of Health Director General for Animal and Human Health. Marabelli confirmed that, as [...] | 2007-06-27 16:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON EU IT |
07ROME1432 | ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER RAISES ALPHA MAGNETIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C/NF) During President Bush's June 9 meeting in Rome, Prime Minister Romano Prodi raised the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (aka anti-matter spectrometer - AMS) experiment, saying that the GOI hoped the AMS would be carried on the [...] | 2007-06-28 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | TSPA PREL KSCA NASA IT |
07ROME1469 | ITALY - REQUEST FOR INDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered July 3 reftel non-paper requesting additional background information on individuals and entities listed in UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 to the MFA's Office for International Cooperation on Counterterrorism and the Ministry of Finance's Office for the Prevention of Financial C [...] | 2007-07-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KNNP PARM PREL UN IR IT |
07ROME147 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 - ITALY, PART I [...] This is part one of a two-part cable on Italy's investment climate. 2. SUMMARY: While the Government of Italy (GOI) continues to court foreign investors, the GOI still needs to enact economic reforms and take other steps to ensure a more welcoming investment climate. Current positives in [...] | 2007-01-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT |
07ROME1472 | ITALY HAS MIXED VIEWS ON HRC SESSION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini July 5. Carpini said Italy was "not overwhelmingly happy" with the results of the Council's fifth session, but suggested that the compromise was necessary to move the Council forward. Considering the [...] | 2007-07-06 10:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EUN UNHRC IT |
07ROME1486 | ITALY IPR: EMBASSY HOSTED VIDEO WEBCHAT UNITES [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Rome recently hosted a live on-line conversation on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) between a top representative from Italy's largest labor union and another from its preeminent industry association--a first. Over the course of an hour, both presenters emphasized the dama [...] | 2007-07-06 14:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV KIPR IT |
07ROME1487 | ITALIAN REACTIONS TO USG PROPOSALS AT NUCLEAR [...] (C) After a lengthy delay occasioned by the travel of the Italian official responsible for nonproliferation and export control issues and other postponements on the Italian side, Econoff recently succeeded in exchanging views on USG proposals for information sharing at the Nuclear Suppliers Gr [...] | 2007-07-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL CBW ETTC MNUC KNNP IAEA IR IT |
07ROME1489 | ITALY MULLING ASSISTANCE FOR LAF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Levant, Danielle Bosio and MOD Office of the Diplomatic Advisor Antonella Remia July 5. ODC also delivered the points to the Italian Defense General Staff. MOD Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio told poloff July 6 that senior Leb [...] | 2007-07-06 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL LE IT |
07ROME149 | INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 - ITALY, PART II [...] This is part two of a two-part cable on Italy's investment climate. (See ref A for part one.) BILATERAL INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS ------------------------------- 2. As of December 2006, Italy has bilateral investment agreements with the following countries: Albania Algeria Angola (s [...] | 2007-01-23 16:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT |
07ROME1493 | CUBA AND INTERNET FREEDOM [...] (C) Poloff raised reftel points with MFA Caribbean and Central America Office Director Michele Pala on July 9. He also provided detailed background information and urged that the GOI look for opportunities to help expand internet access for Cuban civil society. 2. (C) Pala said that Ital [...] | 2007-07-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | CU ECON EINT PREL TINT XG XL IT |
07ROME1494 | VELTRONI: LIFELINE FOR LEFT, BUT MIGHT SINK PRODI [...] (C/NF) Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni's candidacy and near coronation as leader of the soon-to-be Democratic Party (PD) establishes him as an alternative pole of leadership to PM Prodi within the center left. Veltroni, who successfully presents himself as a political outsider despite a lifetime a [...] | 2007-07-09 11:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IT |
07ROME1497 | ITALIANS CAUTIOUS ON UN ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) In bilateral meetings on the fringes of the Rome Afghan conference, Italy's prime minister and foreign minister guardedly welcomed the prospect of a new, high-level UN envoy for Afghanistan. But PM Prodi told USUN Amb Khalilzad it would be important for such an envoy to have adequate res [...] | 2007-07-09 17:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IT |
07ROME1511 | GOI SHARES ITS THOUGHTS ON ENI-GAZPROM "SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with Econoff to discuss the agreement between Eni and Gazprom to build the "South Stream" natural gas pipeline connecting Russia and Bulgaria, GOI officials emphasized their continued commitment to the Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline, which will carry Azeri natural gas [...] | 2007-07-11 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET IT |
07ROME152 | ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH CUBA [...] (U) Italy is Cuba's eighth-largest trading partner and consistently runs a large trade surplus with Cuba. Italian exports to Cuba increased in 2006 after several years of decline, while imports remain limited. Foreign direct investment, focused on the tourism and telecom sectors, has declin [...] | 2007-01-24 10:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EINV CU IT |
07ROME1542 | ITALY CONFIRMS IT HAS ITS OWN IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Poloff met July 17, 2007 with MFA Office Director for Migration and Asylum Marco Matacotta Cordella and urged Italy to support the candidacy of Ambassador William Lacy Swing for Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Matacotta Cordella said he appreciated [...] | 2007-07-17 15:56:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG IT |
07ROME1559 | ITALY WILL MAINTAIN CONSENSUS FOR COMMUNITY OF [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA Office Director for OSCE Brunella Borzi Cornacchia July 20 and urged Italy to help maintain the consensus achieved in the June Community of Democracies Convening Group meeting. He also raised the possibility of extending an invitation to Taiwan to [...] | 2007-07-20 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA IT |
07ROME1584 | ITALY WILL CONSIDER UNESCO HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-25 16:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO IT |
07ROME1588 | D'ALEMA/KOSOVO: CAN'T LET RUSSIA IMPOSE WILL ON [...] (C) The Ambassador probed FM D'Alema on Kosovo in a meeting on July 23, shortly after the minister returned from the GAERC. Ambassador noted that the situation was dangerous, and could blow up in Europe's face if there were no independence. FM D'Alema said recognition of Kosovo independen [...] | 2007-07-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IT |
07ROME1589 | ITALY CONCURS ON ATTENDANCE FOR GEORGIA/UNOMIG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-26 11:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC GG RS IT |
07ROME1598 | ITALY SHARES CONCERN ABOUT MEDIA FREEDOM IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Europe Marco Clemente July 25 and discussed recent troubling developments in regard to media freedom, freedom of assembly and due process in Azerbaijan. Poloff urged Italy to maintain its [...] | 2007-07-26 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE KDEM EUN AJ IT |
07ROME162 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) EUR A/S Daniel Fried discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Middle East with GOI officials in January 10-11 meetings in Rome. (Fried meetings with PM Prodi and FM D'Alema reported septel) On the Middle East, Fried stated that the administration would focus significant attention on the re [...] | 2007-01-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO IT |
07ROME1629 | ITALY SUPPORTS AMIS-UNAMID TRANSITION LANGUAGE IF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for East Africa Fabrizio Pignatelli July 30 and pressed him to instruct the Italian mission in New York to support draft language on transition timing from AMIS to UNAMID. 2. (C) Pignatelli said Italy understands the need to move [...] | 2007-07-30 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SU IT |
07ROME163 | ITALIAN FM: NO MORE ON MILITARY SIDE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) A/S Fried urged FM D'Alema to bring to the NATO ministerial on Afghanistan ideas for an enhanced commitment, including on caveats, to the multinational effort there. D'Alema responded flatly that Italy could not do more on the military side, although it would confirm its commitment. When [...] | 2007-01-25 08:52:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO IT |
07ROME1645 | MRS. PRODI'S TRAVEL TO NEW YORK UNCONFIRMED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 11:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA IT |
07ROME1676 | ITALY: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: INTERIM REPORT ON [...] (U) Information follows according to format in reftel: A. Attendance of the Head of State: President Napolitano will not/not attend UNGA. B. Attendance of the Head of Government. -- Name and title: Romano Prodi, Prime Minister -- Arrival and departure dates to and from New York and [...] | 2007-08-06 09:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OVIP UNGA IT |
07ROME17 | ITALY LOOKS TO SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP ON [...] (S/NF) Pol M/C called MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi January 4 to follow up on GOI thinking following passage of UNSCR 1737, and in particular next steps on Bank Sepah and Iran's Aerospace Industries Organnization (AIO). Terzi said the GOI has no plans to withdraw Bank Sepah's authority [...] | 2007-01-04 16:44:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN KNNP IR UNAUS IT |
07ROME1703 | ITALY RECEPTIVE TO GAER REELECTION TO COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 10:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA IT |
07ROME1710 | ITALY AWAITS DETAILS ON BURUNDIAN NEEDS FOR AMISOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO IT |
07ROME1722 | RED CROSS: ITALY NONCOMMITTAL ON STANDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC IT |
07ROME1730 | ITALY: NO TO UNIFIL MANDATE CHANGE; SEEKS EARLY [...] (C) Summary. MFA Near East Office Director Luciano Pezzotti said August 7 that Italy did not want changes to the UNIFIL mandate. He asked for early inclusion in UNSC talks on mandate renewal. PM diplomatic adviser Marco Carnelos echoed this. Both GOI officials stressed to poloff the GOI's [...] | 2007-08-10 12:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN XF LE IT |
07ROME175 | ITALY ON THE UNSC: A EUROPEAN VOICE [...] (C) Summary. Italy enters the UN Security Council under Romano Prodi's center-left government, looking to show its commitment to multilateralism, enhance EU coordination on UNSC issues, and focus on areas within the GOI sphere of influence and where it has troop commitments. The Middle East, [...] | 2007-01-26 11:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC IT |
07ROME1753 | ITALY: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: FOLLOW-UP REPORT [...] (U) This cable updates information provided ref A. Information follows according to format in ref B: A. Attendance of the Head of State: President Napolitano will not/not attend UNGA. B. Attendance of the Head of Government. -- Name and title: Romano Prodi, Prime Minister -- Arriva [...] | 2007-08-16 13:39:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OVIP UNGA IT |
07ROME1783 | ITALY'S NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR CALLS U.S. CFE [...] (C) Acting Political Minister Counselor delivered reftel points and non-paper August 20 to MFA NATO Office Director Gianni Bardini who called the approach an extremely constructive breakthrough. He said he was encouraged to see such a positive move forward, and appreciated the USG's efforts [...] | 2007-08-21 10:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OSCE KCFE PARM IT |
07ROME1784 | ITALY CONSIDERING IGAD PARTNERS' FORUM MEETING IN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Office Director for East Africa Domenico Polloni August 21. Polloni said Italy agreed with the U.S. on the importance of full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan, and said the question of an IGAD Partners' Forum (IPF) [...] | 2007-08-21 11:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SU IT |
07ROME1789 | ITALY AGREES IN PRINCIPLE ON UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (C) Acting PolMinCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Nonproliferation Office Director Filippo Formica and Acting UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini August 22. A/PolMinCouns explained that South African and Indonesian efforts to prevent the internet posting of country ma [...] | 2007-08-22 11:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF IT |
07ROME1793 | ITALIAN INTELLIGENCE REFORM: EXTERNAL/INTERNAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: On August 1, the Italian parliament approved an intelligence reform law that will become effective October 12, 2007. The new law more clearly delineates domestic and external intelligence services while creating a DNI-like coordinator and giving ultimate political authority/re [...] | 2007-08-22 16:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER IT |
07ROME1800 | ITALY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR U.S. POSITION ON UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-23 10:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF IT |
07ROME1801 | PROSPECTS FOR ITALIAN A/CFE RATIFICATION TIMING - [...] (C) Following up REF B conversation on A/CFE, MFA NATO Office Director Gianni Bardini called Acting Political Minister-Counselor August 23 to inform that he had made a formal request to the MFA's Legal Advisor for an estimate of how long it would take Italy to ratify the Adapted CFE Treaty. B [...] | 2007-08-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OSCE KCFE PARM IT |
07ROME1841 | ICG ON SOMALIA: ITALY AGREES ON INVITATIONS TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Acting East Africa Office Director Domenico Polloni August 10, requesting Italian support for permanent observer status for Canada and Yemen in the International Contact Group on Somalia in anticipation of the upcoming ICG meeting in Rome September 10. [...] | 2007-08-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO IT |
07ROME1842 | ITALY: SANNINO ON KOSOVO, IRAN, MEPP, SYRIA - [...] (C/NF) In a wide-ranging conversation over breakfast August 29, the Ambassador discussed Kosovo, Iran, Hamas and Syria with the PM's Senior Diplomatic Advisor (National Security Advisor-Equivalent) Stefano Sannino. Sannino agreed that a UNSCR on Kosovo was unlikely and suggested that the inte [...] | 2007-08-29 16:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC KV IR IS WE SY JO IT |
07ROME1844 | SYRIA: ITALY SUPPORTS EU ACTION ON SEIF; WILL [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A points to the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor on the Middle East, Marco Carnelos, and to the MFA's Acting Office Director for Near East Affairs, Michele Tommasi August 29. Tommasi said the GOI was well aware of the Seif case and supported the EU's plan to appr [...] | 2007-08-30 08:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EUN SY IT |
07ROME1856 | ITALY RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO ATTEND 2007 GNEP [...] In response to Secretary Bodman's invitation to attend the second Ministerial Meeting of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership in Vienna September 16 (ref B),Embassy received a letter on 8/30 informing us that Undersecretary for Economic Development Marco Stradiotto of the Ministry of Econom [...] | 2007-08-30 16:59:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA IT |
07ROME1861 | MRS. PRODI WILL NOT TRAVEL TO UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA IT |
07ROME1872 | GOI RESPONSE TO USG 2007-2008 SPECIAL 301 [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST (see para 11). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post delivered information on the USG Special 301 Initiative and an IPR Action Plan to Mauro Masi, the Government of Italy's (GOI) Delegate on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Chief of Cabinet to Massimo D'Alema in his r [...] | 2007-09-04 16:18:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV IT |
07ROME1873 | D'ALEMA, ISCHINGER POINT TO EU FUTURE FOR SERBIA [...] (C/NF) Summary. On August 29, EU representative to the Troika Wolfgang Ischinger met with FM D'Alema in Rome to discuss the way forward on Kosovo. D'Alema and Ischinger agreed that Serbia and Kosovo should look toward EU integration as a way to achieve regional stability. Ischinger stated th [...] | 2007-09-04 16:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC SR KV IT |
07ROME188 | PUTIN-PRODI MEETING FOCUSES ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Italian PM Prodi's January 23 dinner with Russian President Putin focused largely on bilateral trade issues. According to the MFA Russian Desk, Putin will visit Italy in mid-March for a bilateral visit to Rome and the Vatican and then to Bari for an summit focused primarily on trade, telec [...] | 2007-01-26 16:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV RU SR YI IT |
07ROME1885 | ITALIAN EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY WILL LITIGATE TO [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (U) Econoff and Econ Specialist delivered reftel information on recovery of debt owed the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) by the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) to Michal Ron, Head of Claims and International Agreement [...] | 2007-09-06 11:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETRD EXIM PREL IT ZI |
07ROME1887 | GOI INTEREST IN USAID ADRIATIC SUSTAINABLE TOURISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief of Tourism in the Government of Italy's (GOI) Office of the Prime Minister expressed interest in supporting and contributing to a proposed Adriatic Sustainable Tourism Alliance (ASTA) after meetings with USAID. Our contact requested that a high level USG representat [...] | 2007-09-06 16:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON EIND ETRD ZL IT |
07ROME1889 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JOHN YATES, SPECIAL [...] Embassy Rome grants country clearance to John Yates, Special Envoy to Somalia, to travel to Italy September 09-11, 2007 to attend the Somalia International Conflict Contact Group meeting. 2. Embassy control officer for this visit will be: Christopher Deutsch POLITICAL OFFICER CLASS E- [...] | 2007-09-06 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AORC IT SO KE |
07ROME1900 | ITALIAN MFA: KAZAKHS USING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO [...] (C) Summary. An Italian MFA official told us the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) is using alleged environmental violations as part of a negotiating strategy aimed at squeezing more money out of the international consortium developing the Kashagan oilfield. Italian oil and gas parastatal Eni [...] | 2007-09-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENRG EINV EPET SENV KZ IT |
07ROME1906 | UNGA: ITALY ON HUMAN RIGHTS THEMATIC RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini August 31. Poloff pressed for Italian support for transmission of the Human Rights Council report to the UN General Assembly Plenary via the Third Committee and communicated USG concerns about the EU-s [...] | 2007-09-07 16:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL UNGA IT |
07ROME191 | ITALY: SECTION 1377 TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] Econoffs spoke with representatives of Italy's Communications Regulatory Authority (AGCOM) and Telecom Italia about reftel's Italy-specific concerns and questions January 12 and 17. 2. Answers to reftel questions follow: Q: DOES THE REGULATOR CONDUCT A PERIODIC REVIEW WHERE THE INCUMBE [...] | 2007-01-29 07:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ECON ETRD USTRIT IT |
07ROME1916 | ITALY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR PART I OF ICAO [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 6. 2. SUMMARY: The Government of Italy (GOI) plans to support the United States's candidacy for re-election to Part I of the ICAO Council. Captain Silvio Manera will lead the Italian delegation to ICAO. The GOI has requested informal reciproc [...] | 2007-09-10 13:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAIR ICAO PREL IT |
07ROME1917 | ITALY: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE/MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) On September 7, SciCouns met with Alessandra Molina, Head of Office VII of the MFA's Directorate General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights to deliver points in para 9 of reftel. Counselor Molina is the "IAEA Desk Officer" (among other responsibilities) and as such will [...] | 2007-09-10 14:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IAEA IT |
07ROME1919 | ITALY: IAEA/IRAN PLAN OF ACTION NO SUBSTITUTE FOR [...] (C) On September 6 the Ambassador spoke with FM D'Alema to convey reftel points highlighting continued USG concerns over the Iranian nuclear program. D'Alema, who was on his way to the Gymnich ministerial requested an immediate copy of the points to review on his way to Portugal, which we prov [...] | 2007-09-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA IR IT KNNP MNUC |
07ROME192 | PRESSING ITALY ON AFGHANISTAN CAVEATS AND IRAN [...] (C) Visiting EUR/WE director Allegrone urged GOI officials to look hard at ways to enhance Italy's military contribution in Afghanistan. MFA officials responded that they were doing so, but had to tread carefully to avoid a veto of mission funding by far-left members of the governing coaliti [...] | 2007-01-29 10:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV XF AF IR IZ LE KNNP IT |
07ROME1930 | ITALY SUPPORTS LAJCAK'S USE OF BONN POWERS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Raimondo De Cardona, Head of the MFA Balkans Office, on September 10. De Cardona agreed with the USG assessment that the international community needed to reassert its authority in Bosnia in order to maintain stability and move forward on Dayton implement [...] | 2007-09-11 10:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK EU IT |
07ROME1938 | SOMALIA: COMMUNIQUE OF SEPTEMBER 10 ICG MEETING [...] The International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia met in Rome September 10. Details will follow septel. The text of the comminque issued by the ICG at the conclusion of the meeting is in paragraph 2. 2. Begin text of comminique. International Contact Group on Somalia Rome, 10 Septembe [...] | 2007-09-11 16:07:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SO IT |
07ROME194 | ITALY TO PUSH FOR CCW AGREEMENT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Summary: The GOI generally supports finding ways to limit the use of cluster munitions but does not believe the Oslo Conference is the appropriate venue for the discussion. Italy's center-left coalition government is sympathetic to multilateral efforts that appear to defend humanitarian p [...] | 2007-01-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO IT |
07ROME1940 | ITALY: RESPONSE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 [...] This cable responds to reftel request for information on post's activities to promote democracy and human rights and the Italian government's democracy and human rights priorities. 2. In promoting human rights, Mission Italy has focused on integration of immigrants, particularly Muslims, [...] | 2007-09-11 16:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA IT |
07ROME1945 | ITALY PRIVATELY FAVORS ICAO AVIATION EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Italy (GOI) representatives recently indicated unofficially that Italy would prefer a global aviation emissions solution rather than the EU Commission's proposed Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). GOI MFA comments suggest that, with a commitment to global and bindin [...] | 2007-09-12 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR SENV ECON ETRD XA XB XD XF XG XL IT |
07ROME1946 | ITALY ON UNSC BURMA MEETING [...] (C) Poloff met September 12 with MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi to deliver reftel demarche seeking support for travel by UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma followed by a formal Security Council meeting on Burma. 2. (C) Vecchi agreed that the situation in Burm [...] | 2007-09-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNSC BU IT |
07ROME1947 | ITALY ON UNSC BURMA MEETING [...] (C) Poloff met September 12 with MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi to deliver reftel demarche seeking support for travel by UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari to Burma followed by a formal Security Council meeting on Burma. 2. (C) Vecchi agreed that the situation in Burm [...] | 2007-09-12 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BU IT |
07ROME1948 | (C) ITALIANS CONCERNED ABOUT SHARING IRAN-RELATED [...] (C) On September 10, Econoff delivered to the Italian Trade Ministry ref A demarche regarding the USG proposal to release to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Iran-related Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) export denial information. Salvatore Pistorio, the Trade Ministry official r [...] | 2007-09-12 14:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM IR IT |
07ROME1949 | D'ALEMA/IRAN: OPEN TO FURTHER UNSC SANCTIONS, [...] (C) The Ambassador engaged FM Massimo D'Alema on Iran and Syria in a meeting on September 12, shortly after the minister returned from trips to the EU GYMNICH, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Ramallah. The conversation also followed recent visits to Italy of Syrian VP al-Shara, Iranian DFM Jalili, Isr [...] | 2007-09-12 16:25:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AF LE XF UN KNNP IT |
07ROME1959 | AMBASSADOR ASKS SANNINO TO RECONSIDER HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C/NF) On September 13, the Ambassador met with Stefano Sannino, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to PM Prodi. Sannino informed the Ambassador that he would be traveling to Tehran next week to meet Deputy FM Jalili and chief nuclear negotiator Larajani to discuss the nuclear issue, Afghanistan and L [...] | 2007-09-13 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC IR SU SY IT |
07ROME1960 | ITALY SUPPORTS SPANISH ESDP MISSION FOR LEBANON; [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A points on U.S. support for an ESDP Lebanon border assistance mission to MFA Lebanon/Syria desk officer Michelle Tomassi September 13. Poloff stressed that any EU work to help secure the Lebanon-Syria border be Lebanon oriented and include as little engagement with S [...] | 2007-09-13 16:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL XF LE IT |
07ROME198 | IRAN: ITALIAN ECA CHIEF ECONOMIST ON USG [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Econoff met with the Chief Economist of SACE, Italy's export credit agency (ECA),to review SACE's current business in Iran. He explained that there has been a net decrease in SACE's business in Iran in the past six months, due to a SACE decision not to insure further trade [...] | 2007-01-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR IT |
07ROME1984 | IRAN: FOLLOW-UP ON SEPTEMBER IAEA BOG MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN IT |
07ROME1993 | ITALIAN CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL ASIA FOCUSES ON [...] (SBU) On September 10 the Italian MFA hosted an international conference on Central Asia in Rome. The conference included the participation of the FMs from Italy and Uzbekistan, DFMs from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. Representatives of Italy, the US (SCA/CEN Spratlen) [...] | 2007-09-18 10:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IT KZ KG TX TI UZ |
07ROME1994 | LEBANON: ITALIAN CONTRIBUTION TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA UN Desk Officer Gabriella Biondi and Lebanon Desk Officer Michele Tommasi September 17 and urged Italy to contribute to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. Poloffs emphasized that given Italy's significant presence on the ground in UNIFIL, Italy had [...] | 2007-09-18 10:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC LE PTER IT |
07ROME2014 | SOMALIA: MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONTACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer led the U.S. delegation to the September 10 meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia in Rome. ICG members discussed next steps following the conclusion of the National Reconciliation Congress (NRC) in Mogadishu and stressed the need for a roadmap for [...] | 2007-09-19 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO IT |
07ROME2024 | GOI RELUCTANT TO PUSH FOR WIPO DG IDRIS'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Italy (GOI) is reluctant to support USG's call for the resignation of Kamil Idris, Director General (DG) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The GOI fears that forcing Idris to resign would provoke WIPO members from developing countries t [...] | 2007-09-20 15:34:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ETRD KIPR PGOV WIPO IT |
07ROME2026 | ITALY: POLITICAL STALEMATE LIMITS PRODI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 08:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME2032 | ITALIAN ENGAGEMENT ON IRAN MONEY LAUNDERING COULD [...] (S) Summary: As the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) considers taking action against the Iranian financial system in October, the Italian representative said that he intended to engage the Iranian Embassy over their failure to respond to repeated entreaties by senior FATF officials. Treasury [...] | 2007-09-21 15:52:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT |
07ROME2046 | ITALY: YOUR MEETING WITH FM D'ALEMA SEPTEMBER 27 [...] (C/NF) Summary. While the issues on Italy's international agenda in the near future will for the most part track with ours, the GOI's tactics and desired outcomes may not. D'Alema will want to discuss Iran, Kosovo, Lebanon, Syria, the Middle East Peace Process, Afghanistan and Sudan. You may [...] | 2007-09-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC IT |
07ROME205 | ITALIAN MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Introduction and Summary. In a January 26 meeting with Acting Ecmin, Vincenzo De Luca, Diplomatic Advisor to Minister of Economic Development Bersani, identified intensifying U.S.-Italy cooperation on energy research and development and [...] | 2007-01-31 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON ENRG KSCA IT |
07ROME2071 | ITALIAN EDISON DENIES ROLE IN SWISS FIRMS PURCHASE [...] (C) Summary. Econoff delivered to Edison Italia Ref A demarche regarding Swiss firm EGL's plans to purchase Iranian natural gas for export to Switzerland using the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) natural gas pipeline. Edison's Director for Institutional and Regulatory Affairs, Giampaolo Russo, d [...] | 2007-09-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR SZ GR TU IT |
07ROME2072 | 2006 ITALIAN TEXTILES AND APPAREL PRODUCTION DATA [...] (U) Italy is the EU's largest manufacturer of textiles and apparel, accounting for almost a quarter of total EU textiles and apparel production. Italian industrial production in fiscal year 2006 was valued at 345.1 billion dollars. Textiles and apparel production made up 22.4 billion doll [...] | 2007-09-25 16:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KTEX CH IT |
07ROME2088 | ITALY PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Marco Midolo, the MFA Middle-East Directorate's Deputy Chief of Staff, who confirmed that Italy plans to participate in the October 22-23 G8-BMENA Forum for the Future Subministerial. He said the GOI would send Sergio Scarantino, PDAS-equivalent in the Italian MFA's Midd [...] | 2007-09-28 10:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI KDEM GM EUN IT |
07ROME209 | IO PDAS WARLICK'S ROME MEETINGS ON UNSC ISSUES [...] (C/NF) In January 29 consultations in Rome, visiting IO PDAS James Warlick discussed a broad range of upcoming UNSC issues including the Balkans, Middle East, and the Horn of Africa with Italy, a new non-permanent member. On Kosovo, Warlick and the Italians agreed on the way forward, and the [...] | 2007-02-01 16:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC PHUM XF ZL XW IT |
07ROME2093 | ITALY: DOMESTIC STALEMATE KEEPS PRODI IN THE GAME, [...] (C/NF) A political stalemate keeps the fragile Prodi government afloat and could do so for a prolonged period, even as it prevents PM Prodi from tackling Italy's much needed institutional/economic reforms. The tense domestic politics and PM Prodi and FM D'Alema's different tactics on some item [...] | 2007-09-28 15:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME2095 | ITALIAN OFFICIALS AGREE TO MONITOR NEW IRANIAN [...] (S) Summary: A senior Italian Ministry of Finance official agreed to carry out increased vigilance over new Iranian Central Bank (Bank Markazi) accounts in Italy (Ref A). The official told us that he has not met with the Iranian Embassy in Washington to discuss possible Financial Action Task Fo [...] | 2007-09-28 16:10:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL EFIN ECON UNSC KNNP PTER IR IT |
07ROME2096 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALIAN HOSTAGE RESCUE REKINDLES ISAF [...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and rescue of two Italian military intelligence officers in Western Afghanistan the weekend of September 22-24 has rekindled the political discussion in Italy over involvement in ISAF. But so far Prodi's far left allies in the fragile governing coalition are keepin [...] | 2007-09-28 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF IT UK |
07ROME210 | ITALY UNABLE TO FILL MTCR CHAIRMANSHIP FOR 2007-08 [...] (C) Acting Ecmin spoke February 1 with Carlo Tripepi, Director of the MFA office responsible for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) issues, regarding GOI willingness to serve as MTCR Chair for 2007-08. According to Tripepi, Italy is not in a position to serve as MTCR Chair because budge [...] | 2007-02-01 16:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC IT |
07ROME211 | EU CONSIDERING "EMBARGO" PROHIBITING EXPORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-01 16:26:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETRD ETTC MTCRE IR EU IT |
07ROME2113 | BURMA: ITALY WELCOMES UNSC MEETING [...] (C) Summary: S/P Gordon raised the violent crackdown in Burma with Italian PolDir Terzi October 1. Terzi said Italy's position was in perfect alignment with that of the U.S., that Italy supported UNSC action on Burma and that he would instruct Italy's PermRep in New York to be in touch with A [...] | 2007-10-03 10:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BM IT |
07ROME2115 | ITALY AWAITING COMMON EU POSITION ON RAPE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNAUS PHUM KWMN SOCI IT |
07ROME2116 | ITALY: RESPONSE ON COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-03 11:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA IT |
07ROME2130 | BURMA: ITALY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR FORMAL UNSC [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 4 to MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia Alberto Vecchi and Office Director for UN Affairs Leonardo Bencini. Poloff requested Italian support for a formal UN Security Council meeting on Burma with Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari and for a Presiden [...] | 2007-10-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM IT |
07ROME2131 | S/P GORDON ENGAGES GOI ON KOSOVO, IRAN, [...] (C) S/P Director David Gordon engaged senior GOI officials on Kosovo, Russia, MEPP, Iran, Lebanon, UNSC reform, Darfur, Afghanistan and climate change during October 1 consultations. On Kosovo the Italians said the goal should be a UNSCR, and that the Kosovars should be persuaded to postpone [...] | 2007-10-04 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL XF AF IR LE UNAUS KNNP IT |
07ROME2132 | ITALY: PM PRODI SAYS HE'S WITH US ON IRAN, SEEKS [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met PM Prodi October 1 and discussed the risks of Italian engagement with Iran and Syria, the need for a broad EU consensus on Kosovo, and developments in Afghanistan, as well as the November Middle East conference, and Italian support for the UN Sudan mission, UNSC action [...] | 2007-10-04 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA UNSC NATO IT |
07ROME2143 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIANS STILL NOT ON BOARD [...] (S) Summary: An Italian Ministry of Finance official predicted lengthy discussions on UNSCR 1737 (Iran) implementation at the October 12 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary in Paris. Italian officials are also close to announcing a decision to approve delisting Italian national Nasredd [...] | 2007-10-05 16:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER IT IR |
07ROME2147 | U.S. AIR CARRIERS BALK AT PROPOSED TERMINAL [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Italian civil aviation authorities at Rome's Fiumicino airport are mandating that U.S. air carriers transfer their check-in operations from their current location to a more distant and inconvenient terminal at t [...] | 2007-10-10 09:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD IT |
07ROME2148 | ITALY UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT NEW ZEALAND DRAFT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Emanuele Farruggia, Italian MFA Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation on October 5. Farruggia said that the GOI had not yet had an opportunity to study New Zealand's draft resolution but that the EU as a whole was unlikely to suppo [...] | 2007-10-10 09:48:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC UNGA IT |
07ROME2153 | UNAMID: ITALY CONTRIBUTING C-130 TRANSPORT, [...] (C) S/P David Gordon pressed MFA PolDir Giulio Terzi October 1 to have Italy consider contributing helicopters to UNAMID, per reftel demarche request. Terzi said he thought it was unlikely, but said he would raise the matter at a higher level. Terzi pointed out that Italy had already agreed to [...] | 2007-10-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO SU IT |
07ROME2166 | IDENTIFYING CREDIBLE VOICES: MISSION ITALY RESPONSE [...] (U) This cable is Mission Italy's response to reftels. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Rome is providing these carefully vetted names -- individuals who are already well known and who have taken public stands in favor of moderation or against extremism. The individuals named below are well-known pro-wes [...] | 2007-10-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SCUL SOCI IT |
07ROME2167 | A/S DESUTTER'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter (in Rome for meetings from September 10-12 with Russian MFA Director Antonov on a post-START arrangement, see Ref A) met September 12-15 with Italian officials including MFA Political Director [...] | 2007-10-11 16:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL START MNUC MCAP MARR US RS IT NATO |
07ROME2169 | ITALY: IRAN GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA DG FOR [...] (C/NF) On October 11 Charge' spoke with Cesare Ragaglini, the MFA Director General for Mediterranean and Middle East Affairs, about the importance we attach to EU Foreign Ministers taking action on Iran at the upcoming GAERC, per reftel. Ragaglini said he knew the Secretary had talked about [...] | 2007-10-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IR XF EUN IT |
07ROME2188 | ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR USG PROPOSALS AT THE 2007 MTCR [...] (C) Econoff delivered ref A-C papers detailing USG proposals for the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Technical Experts Meeting (TEM) to Roberto Liotto, the new MFA office Director responsible for MTCR issues on September 24. Liotto was unable to respond to the substance of ref A-C [...] | 2007-10-15 13:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA IT |
07ROME2204 | ITALY: ASSISTANCE TO BURMA FOCUSED ON HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-18 11:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM BM IT |
07ROME2207 | RESOLUTION ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEALERTING: ITALY [...] (C) Emanuele Farruggia, Italian MFA Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation contacted Poloff to follow up on our October 5 demarche opposing the New Zealand Draft Resolution on the De-Alerting of Nuclear Forces (Ref B). He said that he had been informed by the Italian Miss [...] | 2007-10-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC UNGA IT |
07ROME2208 | ITALY: EUR/RPM DIRECTOR GARY ROBBINS DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins engaged Italian officials on Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Georgia and other NATO and OSCE issues during October 4 meetings in Rome. On Afghanistan, GOI officials said that Italy wanted to see NATO prioritize civilian over military information in its st [...] | 2007-10-18 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM MARR MOPS NATO PINS OSCE IT |
07ROME2214 | AUTSR DONNELLY ENGAGES GOI ON DOHA, IPR/ACTA, AND [...] (U) Summary. In a September 26 meeting, GOI trade official Leonardo Schiavo told Assistant USTR Shaun Donnelly the GOI is committed to the success of the Doha Round, at the same time making clear that geographic indications are a key issue for the GOI. Schiavo characterized Italy as "one of [...] | 2007-10-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL IT |
07ROME2216 | WRC-07 RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS MEETING: GOI SUPPORTS U.S.- [...] Summary: Italian officials from both the Space Agency and the Communications Ministry have expressed support for reftel U.S. proposals. However, the communications officials leading ItalyQs delegation to the World Radiocommunications Conference- 07 (WRC-07) cautioned that they will need to co [...] | 2007-10-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS TSPA KSCA IT |
07ROME2218 | EU FMS TRIP: ITALY PROMOTING "CONSENSUS" [...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Levant Office Director Danielle Bosio October 18. Bosio said Italy agreed with reftel points on non-interference in Lebanese politics with one exception. Bosio agreed on the need for the three FMs to remain impartial, but explained that I [...] | 2007-10-19 16:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IR IT KDEM LE PGOV PREL SP SY |
07ROME2228 | D'ALEMA WILL PRESS BELGRADE NOT TO BLOCK SERB [...] (C) On October 22, Poloff spoke with Raimondo De Cardona, Director of the MFA Balkans Office, to deliver reftel points. De Cardona noted that FM D'Alema would travel to Belgrade on October 23 to press Serbian leaders to use the period before December 10 constructively to either find a mutually [...] | 2007-10-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR YI KO IT |
07ROME2235 | ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF'S OCT. 30 MEETING [...] (C/NF) Ambassador met DefMin Parisi October 22 to preview agenda items likely to come up in Parisi's October 30 meeting with SecDef Gates. Parisi said he hoped to have a firm answer on Global Hawk by Oct. 30. He said categorically that Italy cannot contribute helicopters to the Darfur mission [...] | 2007-10-24 09:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR NATO IT |
07ROME2236 | ITALY: NO DECISION YET ON UN IAAC ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-24 09:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC UN UNGA IT |
07ROME2241 | UN THIRD COMMITTEE: ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF USG [...] (C) Poloff met October 22 with MFA Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini to discuss USG priorities in the UN Third Committee as outlined reftel. 2. (C) Carpini said the EU position on "no-action" motions remained unchanged, and Italy supported open debate in the UN as a matter of p [...] | 2007-10-24 17:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA IT |
07ROME2243 | D'ALEMA TELLS KOSTUNICA INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO [...] (C) According to Raimondo De Cardona, Head of the MFA Balkans Office, FM D'Alema told Serbian PM Kostunica October 23 that Serbia should use the period before December 10 to narrow differences with Pristina over Kosovo's final status. De Cardona told Poloff October 24 that D'Alema had stated t [...] | 2007-10-25 11:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROG SR YI KO IT |
07ROME2246 | BOLIVIA: ITALY WILL CONSIDER DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for South America Michele Giacomelli October 23 to discuss reftel points and request that Italy demarche the Government of Bolivia on its unhelpful support of Iran's nuclear program. Poloff explained USG concerns over inaccurate and troubling statements [...] | 2007-10-25 16:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | BO IR KNNP PGOV PREL IAEA USUN IT |
07ROME2249 | CUBA: ITALY SUPPORTS EMBARGO RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to MFA Office Director for Central America and the Caribbean Michele Pala and Office Director for Human Rights Laura Carpini on October 26. Poloff urged Italy to vote against, or at least abstain on, the UNGA Cuba embargo resolution, and sought agree [...] | 2007-10-26 13:17:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNGA ETRD PHUM UN CU IT |
07ROME2250 | BURMA: ITALY AGREES EU-ASEAN SUMMIT IS AN [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to MFA Coordinator for Multilateral Affairs in Southeast Asia Anacleto Felicani October 26. Poloff shared information on U.S. sanctions against Burma and urged Italy to use the November 22 EU-ASEAN Summit to continue to put pressure on Burma, and to [...] | 2007-10-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CVIS ETRD BM IT |
07ROME2258 | ITALY: LOOKING BEYOND PRODI WHILE ENGAGING HIM [...] (C/NF) After the center right defeated Prodi's governing majority October 25 on seven fiscal bill amendments in the Senate, Prodi scraped together enough votes to pass the main piece of legislation at 1:04 a.m. With additional coalition allies threatening to drop Prodi daily, the political deb [...] | 2007-10-29 11:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME2279 | AMIA CASE: ARGENTINA REQUESTS NO ASSISTANCE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 16:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AR AL MT SM IT |
07ROME2282 | ITALY TO VOTE FOR SPANISH CANDIDATE IN IAAC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 16:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC UN UNGA IT |
07ROME2283 | INSCR ITALY: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 17:04:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR IT |
07ROME2285 | CPA IMPLEMENTATION: ITALY PREFERS LATER, [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA East Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli October 31 to encourage Italy to host a working-level meeting next week in preparation for a high-level meeting on CPA implementation. Pignatelli said Italy believes that pushing for the high-level meet [...] | 2007-10-31 17:35:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IGAD SU UK NT NW CA IT |
07ROME2287 | IRAQ-ITALY: S/I STEPHENSON IN ROME: GOI PUSHING [...] (C) Summary. S/I Barbara Stephenson visited Rome on October 30 after the IRRFI conference in Bari to discuss Iraqi political and security developments with GOI officials. Stephenson told the Italians that the international community needed to take advantage of a dramatic decrease in violence [...] | 2007-11-02 09:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO IZ SA IR IT |
07ROME2293 | LEBANON: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO USG POSITION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 11:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IT LE SY |
07ROME2299 | IRAN: POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-05 17:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC IR IT |
07ROME2302 | ITALY PREPARING FOR COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 17:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA IT |
07ROME2303 | ITALY: NO OFFICIAL POSITION YET ON ICAO-MONTREAL [...] EmbOffs met with Stefano Nicoletti, Head of MFA's Economic Affairs unit in their America's Office, regarding the proposed WMD amendment to the Montreal Convention. Nicoletti was not aware of the discussions on the proposed amendment in the July ICAO Legal Sub-Committee meeting. While he said [...] | 2007-11-06 17:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA AORC ICAO EAIR OTRA PARM XX IT |
07ROME2305 | ITALY: MURDER BY ROMANIAN SPARKS EXPULSION ORDER, [...] (C/NF) The mugging and murder of an Italian woman by a Romanian immigrant last week in Rome has set off a political firestorm and prompted the government to issue an expulsion decree for EU citizens residing in Italy who present a threat to public safety. The victim's funeral was attended by a [...] | 2007-11-06 18:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM PREL IT RO PHUM |
07ROME2317 | SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S NOVEMBER [...] (C/NF) As you visit Italy, the Italian government will be once again dealing with the instability that has characterized political life here during most the post-war period. The coalition government of Romano Prodi holds on to power in Italy's parliamentary system by a very thin margin. The g [...] | 2007-11-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG EPRT PREL PGOV IT |
07ROME2321 | ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF RESOLUTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KWMN SOCI UNGA PHUM IT |
07ROME2332 | ITALY: TOO SOON TO EXPAND EU SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Southeast Asia Office Director Alberto Vecchi November 14 and urged Italy to press for expanded EU sanctions against Burma. Poloff discussed USG efforts to promote dialogue between the regime and democratic and ethnic minority groups, stressed that t [...] | 2007-11-15 13:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN BM IT |
07ROME2337 | ITALY ON IRAN IAEA REPORT: NO ABSOLUTION FOR [...] (C) Poloff delivered Iran IAEA points (State 157039) to MFA Non-Proliferation Office Director Emanuele Farruggia and Iran Desk Officer Lorenzo Kluzer. Farruggia said the preliminary Italian reactions to El Baradei,s report are that &much remains to be clarified,8 and that the IAEA,s inabilit [...] | 2007-11-16 16:59:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC IT |
07ROME2339 | EEBC: ITALY IN AGREEMENT WITH U.S. ON APPROACH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA East Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli November 15. Poloff sought Italian agreement on a unified approach to avoid pressure on Ethiopia and Eritrea to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) "virtual demarcation" of the bo [...] | 2007-11-16 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL ET ER IT |
07ROME2341 | ITALY BUDGET VOTE: PRODI SURVIVES AGAIN, REMAINS [...] (C/NF) The Italian Senate passed the annual budget package late November 15 by a vote of 161-157, handing PM Prodi a political victory and former PM Berlusconi a humiliating defeat. Prodi's government remains fragile and susceptible to crisis but prominent Berlusconi allies are calling for a [...] | 2007-11-16 18:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IT |
07ROME2343 | ITALY ON VENEZUELAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA South America Office Director Michele Giacomelli November 16. Poloff shared USG concerns about democracy in Venezuela posed by President Chavez's proposed constitutional reforms, and requested that Italy speak out on behalf of democratic rights in V [...] | 2007-11-19 12:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM WHA EU VE IT |
07ROME2360 | ITALIANS DISCUSS IRAN SANCTIONS, LEBANESE [...] (C/NF) Summary. On November 15, S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield met in Rome with MFA Iraq Task Force Director Gianludovico De Martino and MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Cesare Ragaglini. De Martino said Italy wanted to see greater on-the-ground coordination of donor progra [...] | 2007-11-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV LE SY IZ IR IS IT |
07ROME2361 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ITALY TO STUDY TRO ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-21 14:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL KTFN IT |
07ROME2362 | ITALY-MIDDLE EAST: DAS GRAY DISCUSSES IRAN, [...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray exchanged views on Iran and discussed the Annapolis conference with PM Diplomatic Advisor on the Middle East Marco Carnelos on November 15 in Rome. Gray emphasized the unwavering U.S. commitment to prevent a nuclear Iran. Carnelos said Italy was committed to encouragi [...] | 2007-11-21 16:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XF IR ZR XI IT |
07ROME2374 | ITALY: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY U/S LEVEY [...] Embassy Rome warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey, Colleen Eddy and Molly Millerwise to visit Rome, Italy November 27-29. Post will email schedule separately to Deanna Fernandez. 2. Control officer for this visit is Econ Officer Jill Hutch [...] | 2007-11-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN IT |
07ROME238 | ITALY'S FAR LEFT, MICE THAT ROAR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: PM Prodi's decision not to oppose the U.S. Army's Dal Molin expansion project has sparked an unusually strong negative reaction, unifying pacifists, communists and no-globalists with a smattering of "not-in-my-backyard" citizens of Vincenza. The government centrists and reform [...] | 2007-02-06 08:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AF IT |
07ROME2384 | ITALY TO ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA UN Affairs Deputy Director Leonardo Bencini November 26, and urged Italy to change its abstentions on anti-Israel UNGA resolutions to "no" votes, especially in this season of renewed peace efforts. Bencini said Italy sought to maintain an even-handed [...] | 2007-11-27 14:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS IT |
07ROME2395 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Italy offers a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a range of critical issues, in particular Iran, Missile Defense and CFE. Italy's weak center left government has succeeded in staying afloat for nineteen months despite a fractious eight-party coalition and [...] | 2007-11-29 19:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO IR IT AF IZ |
07ROME2397 | ITALY: NO DECISION YET ON PROSPER CANDIDACY FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA IT |
07ROME2398 | ITALY AND CUBA: NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD [...] (U) This is post's response to reftel request for updated information necessary for the President's consideration of continued suspension of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) There has been little change in Italian relations with Cuba over the past six months. The most significant event [...] | 2007-11-30 09:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU IT |
07ROME2409 | IRAN NIE: ITALIAN FM D'ALEMA BRIEFED BY DNI AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 01:58:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP MNUC IR PARM IT |
07ROME241 | ITALY: AMBASSADORS' AFGHANISTAN LETTER HITS [...] (C/NF) An op-ed from ambassadors of the U.S., UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, and Romania calling for Allies -- and particularly Italy -- to stand firm in Afghanistan spurred widespread media and political response. The daily "La Repubblica" printed the op-ed on its front page on February [...] | 2007-02-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IT |
07ROME2419 | ITALY AND 301: SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS, BUT NO ACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 08:04:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD PGOV IT |
07ROME2436 | Italy Ups WHO Contribution for 2008; Polio Eradication [...] Summary: Italy will contribute 16 million Euros to the World Health Organization in 2008, a significant increase over previous years. The 2008 contribution will also include, for the first time in six years, an earmark for polio eradication efforts. Health Ministry officials have made clear I [...] | 2007-12-06 12:17:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SOCI TBIO IT |
07ROME2438 | SECRETARY BODMAN, ITALIAN MINISTER SIGN AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Summary. In a November 13 meeting, Secretary of Energy Bodman and Italian Minister of Economic Development Bersani discussed the future of nuclear energy in Italy, the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP),and bilateral cooperation in energy research and development. Bersani signed [...] | 2007-12-07 11:51:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL IT |
07ROME2445 | ITALY SUPPORTS RAPID LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 17:21:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY IT |
07ROME2451 | ITALY CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 16:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV UNGA IT |
07ROME2452 | ITALY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The following are Embassy Rome's answers to the questionnaire on host government information collection, screening and sharing practices contained in Reftel. 2. (SBU) Section A: Watchlisting -------------------------------- Question: If host government maintains a "watchlist," how [...] | 2007-12-10 16:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS IT |
07ROME2453 | ITALY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST [...] (SBU) The following are Embassy Rome's answers to the questionnaire on host government information collection, screening and sharing practices contained in Reftel. 2. (SBU) Section A: Watchlisting. --------------------------------- Question: If host government maintains a "watchlist," how [...] | 2007-12-10 16:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS IT |
07ROME2473 | ITALIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO PREVENTING IRANIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on the possible use of false end users in Iranian proliferation efforts to Roberto Liotto, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Director responsible for Nuclear Supplie [...] | 2007-12-14 13:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM IR IT |
07ROME2477 | (S) ITALIANS TELL U/S LEVEY "THERE IS GROWING [...] (S/NF) Summary: On November 28, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey pressed senior Italian officials to take additional measures to protect the international financial system from abuse by Iranian entities and individuals. U/S Levey passed detailed i [...] | 2007-12-17 07:56:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN IR KNNP PARM PREL IT |
07ROME2478 | GOI WELCOMES DIALOGUE WITH PHARMA INDUSTRY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 07:56:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD IT |
07ROME2480 | ITALIANS PROPOSE PILOT PROJECT TO CONNECT PRTs TO IRAQ [...] Ambassador Gianludovico De Martino, Head of the MFA Iraq Task Force, has proposed the formation of a secretariat in Baghdad to begin the operationalizing the Iraq Compact. The secretariat would be coordinate and manage the work of the International Consultative Group for the Iraq Compact. Onc [...] | 2007-12-17 12:14:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL PGOV IZ IT |
07ROME2484 | TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN BANKS [...] (C) Summary: U/S Levey met with Italy's major private sector banks on November 27 and 28 in Milan and Rome. He explained USG designations (for their involvement in Iran,s proliferation activities) of Banks Melli and Mellat, and of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its associat [...] | 2007-12-18 08:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN IR KNNP PARM PREL IT |
07ROME2487 | ITALIAN EMBASSY IN TEHRAN TO INQUIRE ABOUT MISSING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-18 17:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AS CA CASC CH EU EZ PHUM PREL IR IT |
07ROME2498 | UN FIFTH COMMITTEE: ITALY DOES NOT SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC UNGA XA XD IT |
07ROME2505 | (S) AUSTRALIA GROUP: GOI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (S) On December 21, Econcoff delivered reftel points on efforts by the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) to procure large quantities of chemicals useful in producing chemical weapons to Roberto Liotto, the Italian MFA official responsible for Italian participation in the Au [...] | 2007-12-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC SY IT |
07ROME2506 | GOI COALITION DIVIDED ON INTRODUCTION OF AG [...] (U) Summary. EconCouns delivered our demarches regarding the lack of progress in the introduction of agricultural biotech products into the EU market to Amadeo Teti, Ministry of Trade Director General for International Trade Agreements. Teti noted Trade Minister Enmma Bonino supports the i [...] | 2007-12-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD IT |
07ROME2513 | PKK TERRORISM: ITALIAN RESPONSE TO UPDATED [...] (S) Poloff followed up on Ref A and B demarches with Italian MFA Counterterrorism Officer Stefania Fancello on December 21, stressing that U.S. concern over PKK activities in Europe has grown since our first demarche on the Riza Altun case (Ref C) given increased tensionspQsdoD5EL5Q( Europe tha [...] | 2007-12-27 17:21:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN IT |
07ROME2515 | ITALY REQUESTS INFORMATION ON 1267 TERROR FINANCE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: On December 21, Stefania Fancello at the MFA's Office of International Cooperation Against Terrorism conveyed to Econoff a request for more information on the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions) delisting cases of Nasreddin, N [...] | 2007-12-28 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KFIN ECON IT |
07ROME2517 | ITALY - UPDATE ON TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 17:03:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER IT |
07ROME2520 | ITALY: CENTRAL BANK EXPANDS OVERSIGHT OVER [...] (C) Summary: On January 1, the Central Bank of Italy will expand its oversight over financial transactions by creating a formal Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and abolishing the out-dated Foreign Exchange Office, which had, until now, served as Italy's FIU. A new law, based on EU regulation [...] | 2007-12-28 17:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KFIN IT |
07ROME256 | IRAN: REPORTS OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ITALY [...] (C) Iran Daily reported online (in English) January 30 and 31 that the Government of Iran will "take legal action against Italy,s decision to suspend its banking cooperation with Iran." Government of Italy contacts believe the proposed legal action by Iran is not linked to UNSCR 1737 or rec [...] | 2007-02-08 09:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON EFIN IR IT |
07ROME259 | ITALY SHARES USG VENEZUELA CONCERNS, EU WORKING ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 6 to MFA South America Office Director Francesco Talo and Desk Officer Paolo Campanini, urging Italy to raise the issue of Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) privately and publicly with the Venezuelan government. Talo said Italy shared our concerns t [...] | 2007-02-08 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV EU VE IT |
07ROME261 | ITALY: ONLY MULTILATERAL DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE [...] (C) MFA Office Director for Persian Gulf, Bruno Campria, told poloff Italy no longer has a bilateral program for promoting democracy, human rights or civil society in Iran. He said Iran froze all dialogue with Italy on human rights issues after Italy co-sponsored a Canadian UN Resolution in 2 [...] | 2007-02-08 13:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IT |
07ROME264 | LIBERIA: ITALY EAGER TO HELP, BUT STILL CONCERNED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) reports Italy wants to be helpful on the question of clearing Italy,s World Bank (WB) arrears using internal resources, but Italy still seeks a "framework" solution to include Liberia, Somalia, and Sudan. Italy is concerned that using internal W [...] | 2007-02-08 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL LI IT |
07ROME267 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 09:32:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER IT |
07ROME275 | INTERIOR OFFICIAL ON ANTI-AMERICAN VIOLENCE AND [...] (S/NF) Vice Minister of Interior Marco Minnitti says that anti-Dal Molin demonstrations scheduled for February 17 could be a decisive moment for anti-American activities, either leading to a calming-down or possibly fueling more activity. He told Pol M/C February 7 that both sides should work t [...] | 2007-02-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL IT |
07ROME289 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST [...] (S) Econoff discussed reftel points with contacts at the Ministry of Finance (MOF) Office of Financial Crimes and the MFA Office of Counterterrorism Policy February 8. Our contacts reported that their offices referred the UN 1267 designations to the GOI Financial Security Committee (FSC) to [...] | 2007-02-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC IT |
07ROME290 | ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TREATY AGREEMENT (ACTA) - [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. Counselor Fabrizio Mazza, head of the MFA's intellectual property office, contacted the Embassy regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty Agreement (ACTA) proposal. He said two sources (one USTR, another (unidentified) in Brussels) had info [...] | 2007-02-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD IT KIPR PGOV |
07ROME291 | TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Post convened its bi-weekly law enforcement meeting February 9 to discuss reftel. The following represents both the views of those USG law enforcement agencies at post attending the meeting and the views of ConGen Milan, where one HAI branch is reportedly located. 2. (S/NF) To be [...] | 2007-02-12 16:03:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER ECON IT |
07ROME296 | ITALY: PRODI FACES COALITION TEST [...] (C/NF) PM Prodi has used recent controversies related to a U.S. military base expansion and Italy's Afghan mission to rally the leaders of his diverse nine-party coalition. But with some dissidents in the Senate potentially beyond the control of even radical party leaders, the real test for P [...] | 2007-02-12 16:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME304 | EU AVIATION EMISSIONS DRAFT PROPOSAL--GOI VIEWS [...] (SBU) GOI representatives report a strong interest within the EU and among the GOI technical authorities to have new EU legislation addressing environmental pollution generally, and aviation emissions specifically. From their comments, it seems that neither the GOI nor the EU have determined [...] | 2007-02-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON EUN IT SENV |
07ROME307 | ORAL MESSAGE: CLEARING LIBERIA'S ARREARS TO [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered the Secretary's oral message regarding Liberia's arrears to international financial institutions (ref A) to Minister of Foreign Affairs D'Alema February 8, 2007. FM D'Alema's staff acknowledged the message and stated that the FM would consider it. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2007-02-13 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID PREL LI IT |
07ROME310 | PROPOSAL FOR GOI-USG EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Throughout 2006, Embassy Rome has engaged the GOI in a dialogue on export control issues, with mixed results. While the GOI is a reliable supporter of the Missile Technology Control Regime and Australia Group, the G [...] | 2007-02-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | ETRD ETTC IR IT |
07ROME323 | GOI WILL WORK TOWARDS DOHA SUCCESS SO LONG AS [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoff delivered ref A non-paper on the Doha Round negotiations and the President's January 31 speech on the state of the economy to the Ministry of Foreign Trade. Ministry officials agreed the time is ripe for progress in the Doha Round, and expressed hope progress before [...] | 2007-02-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN WTRO ECON ETRD EAGR IT |
07ROME331 | ITALIANS AGREED TO SUPPORT MARCH IGAD SUMMIT [...] Poloff spoke with Fabrizio Pignatelli of the Italian MFA Africa Office on February 15 to encourage support for the postponement of the IGAD summit. Pignatelli agreed that a February 20 conference would not provide sufficient time for preparation and adequate participation. He also agreed that [...] | 2007-02-16 14:20:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SU IT |
07ROME336 | GOI STOPS FASTBOAT ENGINE SHIPMENT TO IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (S/NF) Summary. Over the past four years, Post has engaged the GOI repeatedly on Italian exports of fastboats and their components to Iran (refs B, C, and G). We recently heard that fastboats and marine diesel engines exported t [...] | 2007-02-20 08:29:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR ETTC IR IT |
07ROME337 | ITALIAN UNION ENDORSES IPR PROTECTION [...] (SBU) CGIL (Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro),Italy's largest and furthest-left-leaning union confederation, hosted a roundtable conference on combating counterfeiting and protecting Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) January 23 in Naples. Perhaps the first large public pro-IPR u [...] | 2007-02-20 08:30:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD IT KIPR LAB PGOV |
07ROME346 | ITALY LIKELY TO SUPPORT RESTORING IMF VOTING [...] (SBU) EconCouns met February 20 with Vincenzo Zezza, Ministry of Finance (MOF) Director for IMF Coordination, and Francesca Manno, MOF Development Banking Director, to discuss reftel points. EconCouns urged our GOI counterparts to consider pressing Zimbabwe to enact the necessary economic a [...] | 2007-02-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN IMF PREL ZI IT |
07ROME356 | ITALY: PRODI LOSES KEY SENATE VOTE ON FOREIGN [...] (SBU) By a vote of 158 to 160, PM Prodi's government lost a key Senate vote on a motion supporting his government's foreign policy. Previously, FM D'Alema had stated that if the majority in the Senate could not support the government's foreign policy, it "should go home." Following the vote, [...] | 2007-02-21 18:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME362 | PRODI'S RESIGNATION AND NEXT STEPS FOR ITALY [...] (C/NF) President Napolitano is consulting with political leaders to determine the government's viability after it lost a key foreign policy vote in the Senate. PM Prodi tendered his resignation after the balloting, which the President accepted "with reserve". The Senate loss followed a warn [...] | 2007-02-22 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME373 | ITALY: ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR IT |
07ROME384 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CASH COURIERS IN ITALY [...] (C) Summary: GOI officials have demonstrated a commitment to combating bulk cash smuggling by putting into place effective controls to monitor financial activity. However, challenges remain. Limited resources hamper Italian law enforcement's ability to investigate illicit cash courier acti [...] | 2007-02-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER IT |
07ROME385 | PRODI GETS APPROVAL TO SEEK A CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (C/NF) President Napolitano offered PM Prodi February 24 a second chance to prove his majority in a parliamentary confidence vote that will take place by the end of the week. Prodi appears to have collected four additional votes in the Senate and should squeak through. Thanks to FM D'Alema's [...] | 2007-02-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO PARM IT |
07ROME386 | LARIJANI VISIT TO ITALY: LOOKING FOR A DEAL? [...] (S/NF) Iranian nuclear negotiator Larijani came to Rome February 21 for meetings with PM Prodi and senior Italian officials. He reportedly told them Iran wants a deal that will not be humiliating and that recognizes its rights under the NPT. It would stop enrichment in place, the Security Co [...] | 2007-02-26 17:33:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IR IT |
07ROME387 | 2007 IPR SPECIAL 301, MISSION ITALY INPUT [...] Italian authorities have taken several significant steps to improve Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) protection here, and there are emerging signs of government agencies acting in concert with each other, and with industry, academic, and union partners to address IPR illegality. In additio [...] | 2007-02-27 06:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD IT KIPR |
07ROME388 | ITALY DRIVING EU SOMALIA ENGAGEMENT, WILL HELP [...] (C) Summary. DCM delivered Ref A demarche to Italian MFA Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Armando Sanguini February 22, urging immediate GOI support for deployment of an African Union stabilization force for Somalia (AMISOM). Sanguini noted Italy had already made a contribution through [...] | 2007-02-27 07:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS EUN SO IT |
07ROME393 | ITALY SUGGESTS IDEA OF LEBANON CONTACT GROUP WITH [...] (C) During February 22 and 23 meetings with senior Italian MFA officials, NEA DAS Robert Danin discussed the idea of an informal contact group on Lebanon to discuss implementation of UNSCR 1701's arms embargo. Danin suggested the informal group's members could include France, Germany, Italy, [...] | 2007-02-28 11:10:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XF UN LE IT |
07ROME400 | ITALIAN MOD SAY LEBANESE ARMY STILL HAS A LONG WAY [...] (C) NEA DAS Danin met with senior Italian MFA and MOD officials to discuss developments in the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP) and Lebanon during February 22 and 23 meetings in Rome. The Italians were receptive to the idea of establishing an informal working group (see reftel),but suggeste [...] | 2007-03-01 09:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XF UN LE IT |
07ROME405 | ITALY: PRODI WINS CRITICAL SENATE CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (C/NF) Italian PM Romano Prodi won a key confidence vote in the Italian Senate on February 28 in a close 162-157 vote. Excluding the votes of non-elected Senators for Life (SFL),Prodi still carried a "political majority" by a vote of 158-157. Prodi will appear March 1 before the Chamber of [...] | 2007-03-01 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IT |
07ROME406 | ITALY: STEEL INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESS [...] (U) The Italian steel sector boomed in the 1950s, following the Italian Government's decision to create a steel industry able to meet strong consumer demand for cars and domestic appliances. The GOI's public steel producer, Finsider, collapsed in the 1980s, and was privatized in the 1990s. [...] | 2007-03-01 15:50:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD OTRA EUN IT |
07ROME409 | IRAN: BANK SEPAH ROME STILL OPEN [...] (C) Summary: EcMin discussed the status of Iranian Bank Sepah's Rome branch with Bank of Italy (BOI) officials March  [...] | 2007-03-01 16:58:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IR IT |
07ROME411 | ITALY: 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) This is the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. 2. (SBU) 27. A. Italy is a country of destination and transit for inter [...] | 2007-03-02 06:21:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT KWMN SMIG |
07ROME42 | ITALY SUPPORTS BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-08 16:45:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC BM IT |
07ROME428 | ITALY HAS NO POSITION YET ON BOSNIA UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-05 09:13:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNHRC IT |
07ROME458 | ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA IT |
07ROME46 | ITALY FULLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI, CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (C) MFA DG for European Affairs Laura Mirachian says Italy is fully onboard with the Contact Group's support of UNOSEK Ahtisaari. She stated that there is broad bipartisan and expert consensus in supporting Kosovar "delinkage" from Serbia and a NATO and EU future for all the countries of the [...] | 2007-01-09 16:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO SR YI IT |
07ROME47 | ITALY NOTIFIED OF ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) The Embassy delivered ref points on Bank Sepah designation to the MFA, Bank of Italy, and Ministry of Finance January 9. Pol M/C then spoke to Filippo Formica, MFA Nuclear Non-Proliferation Office Director, noting US interest in possible Italian follow-up action on Bank Sepah and our own [...] | 2007-01-09 17:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR IT |
07ROME509 | ITALY: IRAQ COMPACT UN INTERIM MEETING [...] (SBU) Contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs report that Deputy Foreign Minister Ugo Intini and Ambassador Gian Ludovico De Martino, Head of the MFA Iraq Task Force and former Italian Ambassador in Baghdad, will attend the March 16 meeting in New York on the International Compact with I [...] | 2007-03-14 17:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IZ IT |
07ROME522 | ITALY SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS ON BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A and B demarches to Cesare Bieller, MFA Office Director for Southeast Asia, on March 12 and March 2, respectively, urging Italy to support ASEAN and U.S. initiatives focusing on reconciliation and respect for human rights in Burma. March 14, Bieller responded that It [...] | 2007-03-15 15:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM UNSC BM EUN IT |
07ROME534 | ITALY: GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF IRAN UNSCR; BUT [...] (C) DCM raised points on UNSCR on Iran (ref A) March 16 with FM D'Alema's Chief of Staff, Ambassador Nelli Feroci, who said he thought Italy would support the resolution as a balanced document. However, he said he would have to check with FM D'Alema personally on how strongly he felt about l [...] | 2007-03-16 17:05:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR IT |
07ROME535 | PRODI/PUTIN - ITALIANS CLAIM "FULL HARMONY" WITH [...] (C) Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Italy on March 13 and 14 for his fourth bilateral with PM Prodi in ten months. Putin and Prodi met for three-hours over dinner March 13, and traveled to the Adriatic port city of Bari along with several ministers for a largely economic summit March [...] | 2007-03-16 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EUN UNSC RU IT |
07ROME551 | ITALY LIKELY TO SUPPORT DRC SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC ZF CG IT |
07ROME552 | ITALY WILL CONSIDER UN INTERNAL JUSTICE REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA ACABQ AORC APER IT |
07ROME562 | ITALY'S VIEWS ON THE U.S.- EU OPEN SKIES PLUS [...] (SBU) The GOI will vote in favor of Open Skies Plus, and is confident that all EU member states will also vote in favor. However, the GOI will not make a public statement on the agreement. The GOI noted that some EU officials suggested delaying the start date of the accord; Italy would favor t [...] | 2007-03-21 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EAIR ECON PREL IT |
07ROME563 | ITALY-RUSSIA COMMERCIAL TIES DEEPEN ON MARGINS OF [...] (U) Summary. Russian and Italian companies signed a number of agreements on the margins of the March 14 bilateral meeting between PM Prodi and Russian President Putin. The agreements, concentrated in the areas of energy and transportation, provide "proof of the strategic partnership between [...] | 2007-03-21 16:46:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG RU IT |
07ROME564 | ITALY WILL WORK WITHIN EU ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel A and B demarches to Laura Carpini, MFA Human Rights Office Director, March 19, and to Umberto Malnati, MFA Southern Africa Office Director, March 20, emphasizing U.S. concern for the grave situation in Zimbabwe and requesting Italy's support in speaking out against [...] | 2007-03-21 17:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC ZI EUN IT |
07ROME565 | ITALY-INDIA BILATERAL TRADE [...] (SBU) Italian exports to India increased by 115 percent from 2000 to 2006, while imports from India into Italy rose 85 percent in the same time period. The majority of import activity from India is concentrated in the textile sector, while Italy primarily exports heavy equipment and machine [...] | 2007-03-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL IN IT |
07ROME566 | ITALIAN MFA INSISTS NO CHANGE IN KOSOVO POLICY [...] (C/NF) On March 21 poloff contacted Raimondo De Cardona, Director of the Balkans Office of the Italian MFA, to raise concerns that Italian comments in the wake of the March 14 Putin visit to Italy were creating confusion among Contact Group nations and UNSC members. Specifically, poloff raised [...] | 2007-03-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME571 | ITALY IN FAVOR OF LEBANON CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Near East Office Director Luciano Pezzotti March 22. Pezzotti appreciated the follow-up to NEA DAS Danin's February 23 visit and his suggestion to increase intelligence sharing through diplomatic channels and agreed that evidence of continued weapons [...] | 2007-03-22 15:43:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER UNSC LBAR IR IT |
07ROME572 | ITALY FAVORS USING EU TO PRESSURE SYRIA ON HUMAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Near East office director, Luciano Pezzotti March 22. Pezzotti said Italy shared our concern over the human rights situation in Syria; however, Italy was not planning on issuing any statements concerning the election. He said Italy would support a [...] | 2007-03-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PHUM SY IT |
07ROME593 | IRAN: BOI INSPECTOR TO MONITOR BANK SEPAH ROME [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Bank of Italy (BOI) recently issued Iranian Bank Sepah's Rome branch an order to cease all business with any entity listed in the Annex to UNSCR 1737. Additionally, after Econoffs visited with BOI officials, BOI sent an inspector to monitor the branch's activities "indef [...] | 2007-03-23 10:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL IR IT |
07ROME600 | CORRECTED COPY - IRAN: BOI INSPECTOR TO MONITOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Bank of Italy (BOI) recently issued an order to Iranian Bank Sepah's Rome branch to cease all business with any entity listed in the Annex to UNSCR 1737. Additionally, after Econoffs visited with BOI officials, BOI sent an inspector to monitor the branch's activities " [...] | 2007-03-23 15:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN PREL IR IT |
07ROME601 | ITALY STUDYING DEMARCHE ON UNHRC OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 15:54:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHRC IT |
07ROME625 | ITALY ISSUES DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF AHTISAARI'S [...] (U) On March 26, the Italian MFA issued a statement in support of UNOSEK Ahtisaari's proposal for Kosovo and pledged to work toward finding a status solution for Kosovo in the UNSC. The statement also welcomed the role of NATO and EU in ensuring the stability of the region. Text of statement [...] | 2007-03-27 15:16:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU IT |
07ROME627 | ITALY: SUDAN SANCTIONS COULD HARDEN KHARTOUM, NEED [...] (C) Summary. While Italy considered Sudanese President Bashir's March 6 letter to SYG Ban unsatisfactory, the GOI thought it was too early to call it a rejection of the agreement on the Darfur UN Heavy Support Package (HSP). Italy did not believe that sanctions were the best solution as they [...] | 2007-03-27 15:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CD CT UNSC KPKO IT |
07ROME628 | BANK OF ITALY ACTS AGAINST BANK SEPAH ROME [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Bank of Italy (BOI) has sent two "provisional administrators" to manage Bank Sepah Rome's affairs for the next 60 days, effectively placing the branch under BOI control. After that, BOI will decide whether to request that the Ministry of Finance (MOF) appoint a "special [...] | 2007-03-27 17:00:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL EFIN KTFN ETTC ECON IR IT |
07ROME634 | ITALY AND GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AMBASSADOR WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 12:36:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG IT |
07ROME663 | ITALY: PRODI GOVERNMENT STANDS ON BERLUSCONI'S [...] (C/NF) PM Prodi remains weak despite his legislative success in the March 27 Senate vote to extend funding by one year for Italy's military missions abroad. His center-left coalition failed to pass the decree independent of the votes of Italy's Senators for Life. The Union of Christian Democ [...] | 2007-04-02 09:49:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IT |
07ROME683 | NEXT STEPS ON GOI PROPOSED ENERGY COOPERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary. In a March 22 meeting, Ministry of Economic Development officials reiterated the GOI's desire to sign a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding cooperation in energy research and development, first raise [...] | 2007-04-04 05:33:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG IT |
07ROME688 | U.S.- ITALY DEFENSE TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary. Defense trade is a crucial and mutually beneficial component of the U.S.-Italy bilateral relationship, in which both U.S. and Italian firms benefit through collaboration on defense projects and technology transfer. The Italian military is involved in seventeen major weapon s [...] | 2007-04-04 11:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV EFIN ETRD IT |
07ROME69 | IRAN SOLICITS ENI INVESTMENT IN AZADEGAN AND SOUTH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) Summary. Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni told the Ambassador that the Iranian Energy Minister has offered Eni investment opportunities in Iran's South Pars and Azadegan oil fields. Scaroni said Eni is interested in additional inve [...] | 2007-01-12 06:50:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EPET ENRG PREL IR IT |
07ROME697 | ITALIAN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN 2007: AFRICA AND [...] (SBU) Italy's 2007 budget included 1.88 billion euros (0.12 percent of GDP) for foreign assistance, a slight increase from 1.81 billion euros in 2006. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance disburse most assistance funding. MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC) -- Italy's US [...] | 2007-04-05 09:58:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV IR LE AF IT |
07ROME703 | WORKING WITH ITALY TO BETTER COMBAT FINANCIAL CRIME [...] (SBU) Italy has made significant strides over the past several decades in investigating and combating financial crimes, such as terrorism finance and money laundering. The government's highly public fights against the Sicilian Cosa Nostra mafia and the "Tangentopoli" ("Bribery-gate") scandal [...] | 2007-04-05 15:35:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER PGOV IT |
07ROME705 | IRAQ: DE MARTINO PREVIEWS LESSONS LEARNED [...] Summary. Amb. Gianludovico De Martino, Italian MFA Iraq Task Force Director, told poloff that the Italian proposal for a lessons learned conference would focus on three topics: successful transition of security responsibility to Iraqi authorities, increased focus on PRTs as a tool in distribu [...] | 2007-04-06 09:49:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV IZ IT |
07ROME710 | ITALY: FM D'ALEMA ON KOSOVO, AFGHAN NGO DETAINEE, [...] (C/NF) Amb. Spogli got FM D'Alema's agreement to make a clear statement in support of the Athisaari plan for Kosovo and was told that the FM did not think he could or should control an Italian NGO threatening to close its hospitals in Afghanistan unless one of its employees was released by the [...] | 2007-04-06 10:09:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO UNSC EUN IT |
07ROME711 | ITALIANS SEE SIGNS OF PROGRESS IN IRAQ [...] (C) DFM Ugo Intini and MFA Iraq Task Force Director Amb. Gianludovico Martino traveled to Baghdad, Abu Dhabi and Riyadh April 2-3 to discuss political developments in Iraq. In Baghdad, the Italians noted that the majority of Iraqi interlocutors, while concerned about the continuing violence, b [...] | 2007-04-06 10:15:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IT |
07ROME779 | KOSOVO: ITALIAN FM SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S CORE [...] (C/NF) I discussed the Ahtisaari plan for Kosovo with FM D'Alema in an April 5 meeting (ref B.) He assured me of Italy's firm support for the plan's core status provisions. However, he made it clear Italy felt work needed to be done to strengthen the non-status aspects of the plan such as the [...] | 2007-04-17 07:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME817 | KOSOVO: UN SECRETARY GENERAL GIVES ITALY RIGHT [...] (C/NF) Leonardo Bencini of the UN office of the Italian MFA told poloff that during an April 18 visit to Rome, UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon told Italian FM D'Alema that he SIPDIS fully supported the recommendations by UNOSEK Ahtisaari and asked Italy to work in conjunction with other EU [...] | 2007-04-19 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME820 | ICI: ITALIAN PARTICIPATION NOT YET SET FOR FORMAL [...] (SBU) EcMin met April 20 with MFA Iraq Task Force Director Gian Ludovico De Martino to discuss reftel points. De Martino reported that the MFA had not yet decided who would attend the ICI signing ceremony on May 3. De Martino's aide, Giovanni Scopa, noted that if FM D'Alema could not attend [...] | 2007-04-20 12:29:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL UN EU IZ IT |
07ROME821 | UNSCR 1747/OECD: ITALIAN VIEWS ON COMMON LINE [...] (C) EcMin met April 20 with Giulio Terzi, MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights, and staff to discuss ref A points. EcMin began by explaining that we decided to approach the MFA, since previous meetings with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and SACE (Italy's e [...] | 2007-04-20 12:31:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR IT |
07ROME827 | KOSOVO: PM'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR SAYS [...] (C/NF) Stefano Sannino, PM Prodi's senior diplomatic advisor, told the Ambassador April 20 that Italy's support for the Ahtisaari plan was clear, complete, and not nuanced. The Ambassador stressed the importance of Italy publicly expressing full support for the plan, including supervised indep [...] | 2007-04-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME860 | ITALIAN RESEARCH SATELLITE WITH U.S.-ORIGIN [...] (U). This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) At 11:00 p.m. local Rome time, April 23, India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) launched the Italian Space Agency's (ASI) AGILE research satellite from Sriharikota, India. The 352-kilogram (774 pou [...] | 2007-04-24 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC TSPA KFPC ETRN IT IN |
07ROME877 | ITALY: DS AND DAISY TO FORM DEMOCRATIC PARTY [...] (C) From April 19 to 22, Italy's Democrats of the Left (DS) and the Democracy and Liberty--The Margherita (Daisy) parties held what were likely their last respective party congresses. Both parties announced their pending dissolution and intent to jointly constitute a new Democratic Party (PD) [...] | 2007-04-27 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV IT |
07ROME885 | ITALY: MINURSO TEXT BALANCED, BUT CONCERNED IT MAY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-27 16:24:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI IT |
07ROME899 | ITALIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (C/NF) Summary. Although Italy withdrew its troop presence from Iraq in late 2006, Italy remains a committed partner in the political and economic development of Iraq through its PRT presence in Dhi Qar and its participation in the Iraq Compact and NTM-I. Italian political realities make it h [...] | 2007-04-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MAS MOPS PTER IZ IT |
07ROME903 | DARFUR: ITALY AGREES PRESSURE NEEDED, BUT WANTS [...] (C) Summary. Italy would ultimately support a UNSC sanctions resolution against Sudan, but publicly would like to maintain a neutral position as chair of the UN Sanctions Committee. Given UN Secretary General Ban's heavy involvement in Darfur, which he underlined in a visit to Rome April 18, [...] | 2007-04-30 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KPKO UNSC SU IT |
07ROME904 | ITALY ABSTAINS IN EU VOTE ON BIOTECH SUGAR BEETS [...] (U) On April 19, Minister Counselor for Agricultural Affairs delivered reftel points on EU approval for import of biotech sugar beets and stacked biotech corn varieties to the Italian Ministries of Agriculture and Health. Officials in the Italian Ministries of Health and Agriculture told us [...] | 2007-05-02 11:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON EU IT |
07ROME912 | LEBANON: ITALY OPEN-MINDED ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) A/S Welch urged his GOI interlocutors to support establishment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon under UNSC chapter VII authority, asked for Italian engagement in pushing Maronite Leader Sfeir (who was scheduled to visit Rome at end of April) to unite Christians in Lebanon, and stressed [...] | 2007-05-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV XF LE IT |
07ROME918 | ITALY: NO TO ZIMBABWE CSD CHAIR, EU PRESSING FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-03 12:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV UNCSD AORC ZI IT |
07ROME92 | GOI PUSHES BACK ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SALE TO IRAN [...] (S) Summary. Econ Counselor recently discussed with the MFA's Arms Material Authorization Unit the canceled sale by a Finmeccanica subsidiary of air traffic control (ATC) radar to Iran (ref A) in an effort to enhance GOI understanding of U.S. export control views of dual-use exports to Iran. [...] | 2007-01-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PREL IR IT |
07ROME933 | ITALY RESPONSE: PREPARING FOR WMO QUADRENNIAL CONGRESS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy presented reftel non-paper setting out U.S. views on the upcoming World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Congress to the MFA Office Director for UN Technical Organizations, Stefano Nicoletti, and to General Massimo Capaldo, Chief of the Air Force's Meteorological Service. T [...] | 2007-05-04 11:28:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY IT WMO |
07ROME937 | ITALY AGREES ERITREA A CONCERN, ISAIAS TO VISIT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Horn of Africa Office Director Fabrizio Pignatelli May 3. May 4, Pignatelli responded that while Italy is concerned about recent actions taken by Eritrea, like the decision to suspend membership in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, Eritr [...] | 2007-05-07 05:37:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ER IT |
07ROME95 | IRAN - GOI REACTION TO BANK SEPAH DESIGNATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Terzi told visiting EUR A/S Fried that Italy expects European Commission political directors to come to agreement on a common position regarding the U.S. designation of Bank Sepah, within the next few days. Domestically, the GOI is considering revising [...] | 2007-01-17 07:42:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP KN PARM IR IT |
07ROME96 | FRIED PRESSES PRODI ON AFGHANISTAN, DAL MOLIN BASE [...] (S) PM Prodi opened his January 11 a meeting with A/S Fried by questioning the wisdom of the US strike in southern Somalia (he later reiterated this in public). Fried replied that the targets were suspected al-Qaeda terrorists and it must be made clear that Al-Qaeda has no sanctuary anywhere. [...] | 2007-01-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MARR NATO IT |
07ROME971 | ITALIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSET FREEZE ON BANK [...] (S) The Bank of Italy (BOI) March 26 sent two "provisional administrators" to manage Bank Sepah Rome's affairs for sixty days, effectively placing the branch under BOI control (Ref B). BOI reported March 27 that Bank Sepah Rome is now "an empty box" -- i.e., the branch allegedly has no rema [...] | 2007-05-09 09:54:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | EFIN KNNP PARM PREL UNAUS IR IT |
07ROME987 | ITALY PREOCCUPIED WITH OWN UN HRC CANDIDACY, HOPES [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points to UN Office Director Leonardo Bencini May 9, urging Italy not to support Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, but rather to support Slovenia and a third candidate. Bencini responded May 10 that Italy was absorbed in its own candidacy for the [...] | 2007-05-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UNHRC BO IT |
07ROME992 | ITALIAN VIEWS ON OECD ENLARGEMENT AND FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary. According to the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, the GOI is already heavily engaged in discussion at the OECD Council on OECD enlargement and financing reform. Regarding OECD enlargement, the GOI is especially concerned that enlargement proceed in such [...] | 2007-05-10 15:01:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OECD EUN IT |
07SKOPJE256 | MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON RELEASE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-29 15:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PTER AF IT MK |
07STATE132904 | IRAN,S BANK MARKAZI OPENS NEW ACCOUNTS IN EUROPE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Washington wants to alert authorities in Belarus, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom that Iran's Central Bank, Bank Markazi, has opened new accounts in Europe. Washington requests posts urge ap [...] | 2007-09-20 19:22:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP MNUC IR BO FR IT UK |
07STATE135395 | EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN RAISES GAS DEAL \ [...] (C) Summary. EEB A/S Sullivan met with Swiss ambassador \ Ziswiler to underscore our concerns about the EGL \ gas/pipeline deal with Iran (reftels),particularly its \ negative impact on efforts to pressure Iran to comply with \ UNSC resolutions on its nuclear activities. Ziswiler \ defended the [...] | 2007-09-25 23:01:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR SZ TU GR IT |
07STATE145220 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: ITALY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. SUMMARY. In 2006 there were serious setbacks in the global fight to end polio with the increased numbers of polio cases in Nigeria and India, continuing challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and imported cases appearing in countries previous [...] | 2007-10-17 15:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID IT SOCI TBIO |
07STATE149144 | REPORT ON THE INFORMAL MEETING OF THE IRFFI [...] (SBU) This cable reports on discussions at the informal meeting of the International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) Donors Committee (DC) held at the United Nations (UN) in New York on October 11, 2007. 2. (SBU) Summary: The purpose of the meeting was to prepare for the ful [...] | 2007-10-25 21:09:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID ECIN ECON EUN IT IZ TU |
07STATE149147 | U.S. DELEGATION POSITION GUIDANCE FOR THE IRFFI [...] (SBU) This is an action cable for the U.S. delegates to the Meeting of the Donors Committee (DC) of the International Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI) in Bari, Italy on October 28-29. See reftel country clearance requests for the composition of the delegation. 2. (SBU) The agenda for the I [...] | 2007-10-25 21:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECIN ECON EUN UN IT IZ |
07STATE149963 | REQUEST FOR WIREC FOLLOW-UP; CORRADO CLINI DG, [...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE, PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. SUMMARY: During the US-Italy climate change bilateral meetings in June, Italy provided enthusiastic support for the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008),including the possibility of GOI providing financial assist [...] | 2007-10-29 17:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TRGY SOCI KPAO ENRG IT |
07STATE150510 | Deputy Secretary Negroponte's October 22, 2007 [...] (U) Classified by: NEA DAS LAWRENCE E. BUTLER FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D) 2. (U) October 22, 2007; 3 P.M; Washington, D.C. 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery, E Amb. Lawrence Butler, NEA Aaron Jost, D Andrea Tomaszewicz (NEA Notetake [...] | 2007-10-30 18:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP EFIN EPET PGOV PREF IZ RS IT JO LE SY |