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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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09KYIV1511 | WORLD BANK ON IFI ENGAGEMENT IN UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Kyiv-based country director urged the international community to engage Ukraine during its pre-presidential election period, suggesting that a high-level E.U. and U.S. delegation could push authorities to abide by their commitments. He said that the opposition [...] | 2009-09-04 10:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1518 | UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO PROMISES A "GAS CHRISTMAS" [...] (SBU) Following talks with Russian Prime Minister Putin in Poland on September 1 (Ref A),Prime Minister Tymoshenko stated that Ukraine would not experience a gas crisis this January. Tymoshenko also stated that the gas transit fee charged to Russia's Gazprom would increase in 2010, contradict [...] | 2009-09-04 15:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA |
09KYIV1519 | IMF SIGNALS UKRAINE PROGRAM OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary. The IMF mission team concluded its visit in Kyiv on September 4 without a major public announcement, but close observers have acknowledged to us that the Fund's program may have gone off track. The visit was originally envisioned as a visit to provide technical assistance and o [...] | 2009-09-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1531 | IMF STOCKTAKING [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF's Resident Representative in Ukraine, briefing on mission director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu's "stocktaking" visit to Kyiv, commented that he has doubts about Ukraine's intention to live up to its commitments and expressed concern over Ukraine's ability meet its budget obligation [...] | 2009-09-08 15:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1547 | 13% TARIFF SURCHARGE ON AUTOS AND REFRIGERATORS [...] (U) Summary. The tariff enacted by the GOU in February 2009, which applied a 13% surcharge on imports of cars and refrigerators, has expired as scheduled on September 7th. End Summary. 2. (U) Using Ukraine's trade deficit as a justification, the GOU had enacted a 13% tariff measure in Febr [...] | 2009-09-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV155 | IMPEACHMENT THREAT AGAINST YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) On January 15 the Ukrainian parliament (Rada) passed legislation that sets forth procedures necessary to impeach the president. President Yushchenko is expected to veto the legislation - a move the Rada will likely overturn. Rada contacts tell us that while the measure, once it becomes la [...] | 2009-01-28 08:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV1556 | "OUR UKRAINE" LEADER GIVES INSIGHT INTO [...] (C) During a meeting with Charge, "Our Ukraine" leader Roman Bezsmertniy discussed the January 2010 presidential election and the amended law that will govern it, President Yushchenko's plans, and the future of the party. Most surprising was his assertion that Yushchenko would drop out of the [...] | 2009-09-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP |
09KYIV1557 | NATIONAL BANK CAUGHT IN UKRAINIAN POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary. The ongoing dispute between Ukrainian government authorities and the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) escalated this week, when the Ministry of Interior interrogated NBU deputy governor Anatoliy Shapovalov over recent fluctuations of the hryvnia exchange rate. Controversial Inte [...] | 2009-09-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV1558 | UKRAINE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on U.S. priorities for the Human Rights Council 12th Session on September 11. The recipient was the MFA desk officer responsible for the UN Human Rights Council, Sviatlana Tereverten. She thanked us for providing this information to the GOU in advance of [...] | 2009-09-11 17:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UP UN |
09KYIV1592 | DFM YELISEYEV REVIEWS BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with Charge, Deputy Foreign Minister Yeliseyev: -- urged the U.S. to agree on a format and dates for the Commission on Strategic Partnership; -- expressed the hope that there would be an encounter between the two Presidents on the margins of UNGA; -- outli [...] | 2009-09-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
09KYIV1597 | GICNT: INFORMING PARTNERS THAT UNODC IS OBSERVER [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche welcoming the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as an official observer to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) jointly with Russian Embassy counterpart Dmitry Gurin on September 11. Delivery took place shortly after the Russian [...] | 2009-09-16 15:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC PARM PREL PTER UP |
09KYIV1602 | TYMOSHENKO'S CONTROVERSIAL 2010 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko's draft 2010 budget projects a deficit equivalent to 4% of GDP (exclusive of funds for bank recapitalization) and contains moderate increases in social spending, as well as provisions for transfers to economic sectors hit by the country' [...] | 2009-09-17 13:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV1604 | BLOCKADE PARALYZES RADA [...] (C) The Rada has not held a regular session since its September 1 scheduled re-opening. Party of Regions MPs have physically blocked the rostrum. Seeking to appeal to voters in the run-up to the January presidential election, the Party of Regions demands passage of a bill that would raise so [...] | 2009-09-17 16:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV1611 | CONCERNS ON UKRAINE'S 2009 BUDGET DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Extensive government manipulation of the budget and coerced advance payment of corporate taxes have kept Ukraine in the black so far this year, but revenue from these measures is exhausted and the Government of Ukraine (GOU) has numerous outlays in the balance of the year. Anal [...] | 2009-09-18 15:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV1614 | UKRAINE: MISSILE TRANSFER CASES; ARMS SHIPMENTS TO [...] (S) Political Counselor delivered talking points and nonpapers on arms transfers to Burma, and missile-related transfers to Pakistan and Iran (reftels) with Director for the Department of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Nykonenko on September 18. Polcouns informed Nykonenko th [...] | 2009-09-21 16:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | ETTC MARR PARM MTCRE MOPS MNUC MASS PREL PTER |
09KYIV1647 | UKRAINE WILL CO-SPONSOR UNHRC DRAFT ON FREEDOM OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) We received notification from the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UN Human Rights Council, Svitlana Pereverten, that the GOU will co-sponsor the USG's draft resolution on freedom of expression (reftels). 3. (SBU) Ms [...] | 2009-09-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UP UN |
09KYIV1656 | UKRAINE: NO EXPECTATIONS FOR A GAS PRICE INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Despite apparent renewed pledges from Prime Minister Tymoshenko to the IMF that a 20 percent gas price increase for households would take place on October 15, the message from our Ukrainian interlocutors is that a gas price increase will not happen. Vitaliy Hayduk, head of Tymos [...] | 2009-09-29 08:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA |
09KYIV166 | UKRAINE: EBRD TO SEEK EUROPEAN RESPONSE TO BANKING CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary. EBRD senior advisor Piroska Nagy told us on January 28 that her bank hopes to establish a common European response to the banking crisis in Ukraine and elsewhere in central and eastern Europe. The EBRD would take equity stakes in, or provide debt financing to, the Ukrainian sub [...] | 2009-01-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV167 | UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia T [...] | 2009-01-28 16:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV169 | CORRECTED COPY: UKRAINE: NBU GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY [...] (SBU) Summary. National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Volodymyr Stelmakh may be on his way out. In a legally meaningless yet politically important move, the Rada voted to oust Stelmakh on January 26. The Rada's actions have incited a fresh round of accusations between Prime Minister Yulia [...] | 2009-01-29 07:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV1714 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING UKRAINIAN LINK OUTAGE [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note formally to MFA on September 17. Embassy also delivered substance of the note a demarche/talking points, along with an advance copy of the note itself to MFA,s Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Directorate on Monday, September 14. Emb [...] | 2009-10-02 15:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UP |
09KYIV1715 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...] | 2009-10-03 14:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP PL KZ RU |
09KYIV1716 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...] | 2009-10-05 03:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP PL KZ KG RU |
09KYIV1727 | YATSENYUK: LOSING MOMENTUM IN PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Summary. Presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, who saw a surge in popular support in the spring, now appears to be losing ground in the pre-election environment in Ukraine. Latest public opinion polls move him squarely to third place from the statistical tie he held for second place [...] | 2009-10-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV1728 | ASD VERSHBOW IN KYIV: UKRAINIANS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, led the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) in Kyiv September 28-29. In a series of bilateral meetings and engagements with media and academic [...] | 2009-10-05 16:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR UP |
09KYIV1740 | UKRAINE-RUSSIA: IS MILITARY CONFLICT NO LONGER [...] (C) Recent Russian actions have spurred a public discussion within the Ukrainian elite about Russian intentions toward Ukraine. The most systematic contribution to the debate has been made by former National Security Advisor Volodymyr Horbulin, who believes that internal Russian considerati [...] | 2009-10-08 12:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV PNAT UP RS |
09KYIV1750 | GICNT: UPDATE FOR PARTNERS ON EFFORTS TO ENHANCE [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche jointly with Russian Embassy Counselor Dmitry Gurin on October 8 to MFA Political Department Counselor Oleg Klynchenko. Klynchenko thanked both Embassies for the information, and expressed again the GoU's satisfaction with the spirit of collaboration em [...] | 2009-10-09 15:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC PARM PREL PTER UP |
09KYIV1751 | FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE GOU ON [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation officer Oleksander Osadchiy on September 28. Following up in a meeting with Maryna Yermakova of the Proliferation Security division of the sam [...] | 2009-10-09 15:27:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL MNUC UP |
09KYIV1753 | POROSHENKO CONFIRMED AS NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) The Rada approved President Yushchenko's nominee, Petro Poroshenko, as Ukraine's new Foreign Minister on October 9. The position has been vacant since March when the Rada ousted former FM Oryzhko over his vocal opposition to Prime Minister Tymoshenko's policies. Poroshenko, a wealthy bu [...] | 2009-10-09 17:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV1760 | TYMOSHENKO'S NBU DISPUTES DEEPEN [...] (C) Summary. A dispute between the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government has escalated in recent days. At stake is the future of a major Ukrainian bank under temporary administration as well as the potential for additional capital infusions into two smalle [...] | 2009-10-13 13:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1772 | UKRAINE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. Prior to our receipt of the cleared demarche, Pereverten had contacted the embassy to ask for the USG position on this matter. She promised to keep our position in mind as she draf [...] | 2009-10-14 15:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER UP |
09KYIV1777 | EXTORTION, BRIBES, AND THREATS: A KYIV BANKER'S [...] (C) Summary. Second-tier oligarchs and members of the Ukrainian parliament are extorting from the country's banks and threatening bankers, said a representative of Austrian-owned Raiffeisen Aval. The powerful borrowers act with impunity, having paid off the court system to evade their debt [...] | 2009-10-15 17:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH |
09KYIV1780 | UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ REFORMS UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with Naftohaz Chairman Oleh Dubyna and PM Tymoshenko Energy Advisor Vitaliy Hayduk in late September both stated that the structural reform of the gas sector was unlikely, even unnecessary. Dubyna stated that he would not support the unbundling of Ukraine's gas tra [...] | 2009-10-16 13:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA |
09KYIV1784 | CHERKASY: WOULD-BE SWING OBLAST LEANS TOWARD [...] (C) Cherkasy, an oblast located in the center of Ukraine, has yet to be fully drawn into the presidential campaign. However, local experts speculate that Cherkasy voters will support Prime Minister Tymoshenko -- as they have in the past two Rada elections. Local observers express concerns that [...] | 2009-10-16 16:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV1817 | ACTION REQUEST: SUPPORT FOR MONTENEGRO'S AND [...] (SBU) Head of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department for Military Technical Cooperation Viktor Matsko confirmed to us on October 19 that Ukraine supports Serbia's membership in the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial, and also supports immediate membership for Montenegro. Ukraine, he add [...] | 2009-10-19 11:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL UP |
09KYIV1818 | UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF [...] (C) With the start of the Ukrainian Presidential campaign, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Tymoshenko are clearly in the lead to enter the second round. Arseniy Yatsenyuk remains the lone second-tier candidate in the race, although his slumping poll numbers, down more [...] | 2009-10-19 17:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS UP |
09KYIV1822 | MINSK: OPEN TO ROAD MAP DISCUSSION WITH THE USG, [...] (C) Summary: The President's Chief of Staff, Vladimir Makey, reaffirmed to Charge on October 14 the desire of Belarus to craft a Road Map with the USG on improving US-Belarus bilateral relations. He said they welcomed a fluid discussion with the PA in the lead on the Belarusian side. Makey [...] | 2009-10-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BR |
09KYIV1828 | UKRAINE: MINISTRY OF FUEL AND ENERGY ON ENERGY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy Sergiy Pavlusha confirmed that Ukraine was planning to send an interagency delegation, including representatives from state-owned energy companies Naftohaz and Energoatom, to the schedule [...] | 2009-10-20 14:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP |
09KYIV1834 | EU-UKRAINE FTA: STILL A WAYS OFF [...] (U) Summary. President Yuschenko's recent statements indicating that the EU and Ukraine could complete negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the next few months are at odds with the assessments of both the EU and Ukrainian negotiators. Furthermore, the president's suggestion that U [...] | 2009-10-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL USTR UP |
09KYIV1837 | UKRAINE: DIVERSIFYING THE NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's energy dependence on Russia is not limited to gas. Russia provides 100% of Ukraine's nuclear fuel and stores 60% of its spent fuel, while Ukraine's nuclear sector generates approximately half of the country's electricity. U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) assistance to [...] | 2009-10-22 14:22:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP |
09KYIV1842 | STILL WORKING ON OPIC'S RETURN TO UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The final details of the agreement that would allow the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to return to Ukraine are still being hammered out, despite high hopes during President Biden's visit to Kyiv in July that a final solution had been found and OPIC wo [...] | 2009-10-23 13:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN OPIC EINV PREL UP |
09KYIV1845 | INDUSTRIAL DNIPROPETROVSK: TYMOSHENKO'S HOME [...] (C) Dnipropetrovsk, PM Tymoshenko's home region and a major contributor to the national economy, has traditionally favored Yanukoyvch and his Party of Regions (PoR). Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) is actively working for votes in the region, but interlocutors assess she will fail to overcome PoR's d [...] | 2009-10-23 16:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV1873 | YANUKOVYCH EMPHASIZES SOCIAL SPENDING, TIES WITH [...] (C) Opposition leader Yanukovych was nominated as the Party of Regions presidential candidate in Kyiv on October 22 at a made-for-television party congress. The congress, broadcast live in Eastern Ukraine, featured a key policy speech by Yanukovych, and three additional speakers--including o [...] | 2009-10-26 15:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV1874 | TYMOSHENKO APPEALS TO EMOTIONS, PATRIOTISM IN HER [...] (C) Before an estimated 150,000 followers and spectators, Prime Minister Tymoshenko accepted on October 24 her party's nomination for president. The event was a four-hour, highly staged, nationally televised extravaganza on Independence Square (the site of the 2004 Orange Revolution) featuring [...] | 2009-10-26 17:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP |
09KYIV1887 | UKRAINE: THIRD COMMITTEE 2009 PRIORITIES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 13:30:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UP |
09KYIV1888 | PRESIDENT UNWILLING TO VETO BUDGET-BUSTING BILL [...] (C) Summary and comment: Putting the next IMF tranche in greater jeopardy, President Yuschenko indicated October 28 that he would not veto a pensions and wages spending bill that would add another $337 million to the government deficit in 2009 and $4.7 billion (or about 4% of GDP) in 2010, by [...] | 2009-10-29 15:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL PREL PGOV UP |
09KYIV1889 | RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS: BOTTOMING OUT? [...] (C) Several high-level meetings in October suggest that the Ukrainians and Russians have decided to halt the alarming slide in their bilateral ties (refs A and B) and resume correct, if not yet warm, relations. Acting Ukrainian FM Khandogiy and Russian FM Lavrov, together with interagency de [...] | 2009-10-29 16:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS UP RS |
09KYIV1890 | UKRAINE: "UNKNOWN FLU" OUTBREAK IN TERNOPIL REGION [...] (U) Summary: In the past two weeks, thousands of people in the Ternopil region of western Ukraine have fallen ill with an "unknown" type of flu, according to local media sources. Reports suggest at least seven people have died as a result of complications caused by this outbreak. While Ukrain [...] | 2009-10-30 04:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
09KYIV1893 | UKRAINE: AUTHORITIES CONFIRM H1N1 OUTBREAK, ANNOUNCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukrainian Minister of Health Vasiliy Knyazevich confirmed this morning that Ukraine is experiencing an A-H1N1 epidemic. In response, Prime Minister Tymoshenko announced that all schools in Ukraine will be closed for three weeks, large public meetings will be cancelled, nine reg [...] | 2009-10-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
09KYIV1894 | UKRAINE-EU SUMMIT OUTLOOK: NOT WHAT YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) The December 4 Ukraine EU-Summit will not deliver what President Yushchenko had long hoped it would: an Association Agreement. This is a surprise to no one, except possibly Yushchenko himself. Significant issues between Ukraine and the EU remain unresolved including a membership perspecti [...] | 2009-10-30 16:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP EU |
09KYIV1899 | FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE GOU ON [...] (C) Artem Vorobyev in the MFA's Department of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation presented emboff November 2 with a non-paper response (text at para. 2) to ref A request for additional information about the proposed Ukrainian transfer of MTCR-controlled equipment and technology t [...] | 2009-11-02 14:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE SA UP |
09KYIV1900 | UKRAINE: DEATH TOLL AND PANIC RISING WHILE POLITICIANS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ukrainian government appealed for international help on November 1 as the official death toll from flu and respiratory infections reached 60, with at least 13 of those deaths caused by the A-H1N1 virus. The government is implementing unprecedented measures to combat the out [...] | 2009-11-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
09KYIV1909 | UKRAINE:GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. Pereverten explained that she was not able to give a definite indication of Ukraine,s likely response because they are still developing their position. She said Ukrain [...] | 2009-11-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA UP |
09KYIV1910 | GOU BROKE, NATIONAL BANK KEY TO UPCOMING GAS [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian government coffers are all but empty and Naftohaz is unlikely to be able to meet upcoming gas payment obligations without support from the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). Analysts forecast that the government needs to find $2.5 - $3.75 billion to cover expenses for the [...] | 2009-11-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ECON PREL UP |
09KYIV1911 | UKRAINE'S FLU LEVELS SIMILAR TO OTHER AFFECTED COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Summary. While the flu epidemic is spreading across Ukraine, public panic levels appear to have dropped slightly, as some rationality returned to the discussion. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),there has been one officially confirmed H1N1 death and 14 non-lethal H1N1 c [...] | 2009-11-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
09KYIV1915 | UKRAINE: FIGHTING THE FLU WITH GARLIC AND ONION [...] (U) Summary. In a broadcast to the nation on November 4, President Yushchenko accused his political rivals of criminal negligence for their handling of the H1N1 outbreak. Prime Minister Tymoshenko, one of the "accused", did not help her case when she on the same day publicly indicated that sh [...] | 2009-11-05 16:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
09KYIV1942 | U.S.-UKRAINE NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS SEPTEMBER [...] (S) Summary: Highlights of this semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine nonproliferation dialogue include: --Ukraine gave an inconsistent answer on the question of transferring HEU spent fuel to Russia. --Ukraine asked for additional security assurances beyond those provided in Budapest in 1994, and was intereste [...] | 2009-11-09 12:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PARM PREL KNUC UP |
09KYIV1943 | UKRAINE MINFIN ECONOMIST WANTS REFORM [...] (C) Summary. The new social spending law, which increases wages and pensions, would be disastrous for Ukraine's economic recovery, according to Volodymyr Parnyyuk, a leading Ministry of Finance economist. Even without the social spending increases, the GOU is facing a $3.75 billion or larger [...] | 2009-11-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ECON PREL UP |
09KYIV1944 | U.S. STRATEGY FOR NATO ENLARGEMENT GOALS FOR THE [...] (C) We delivered reftel message November 6 to Anatoliy Oliynyk, new director of the MFA's NATO Directorate General. Oliynyk, a former Ukrainian ambassador to Serbia, volunteered that he was "happy for Montenegro," and appeared to accept the idea of multiple paths to NATO membership. He said i [...] | 2009-11-10 04:28:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA UP |
09KYIV196 | PARTY OF REGIONS REACTS TO GAS DEAL [...] (C) Party of Regions shadow Fuel and Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko publicly called the recent gas deal between Ukraine and Russia "a betrayal of national interests." Regions MPs believe the economics of the deal favor Russia and will be a blow to Ukrainian industry. They dismissed the removal o [...] | 2009-01-29 13:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV1981 | UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ OPTIONS FOR GAS PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is expected to need about $1 billion to cover gas purchased from Russia in November and December. Prime Minister Tymoshenko has called on President Yushchenko to allow the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) to make its foreign currency reserves available for the gas payments. [...] | 2009-11-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG EREL PGOV PREL PINR UA RU |
09KYIV199 | DNIPROPETROVSK: HUNKERING DOWN FOR ECONOMIC SLIDE [...] (SBU) Poloff met with local government and political leaders and political analysts during a two-day visit to Dnipropetrovsk (DP). They reported that DP is calm for now, but an expected surge in layoffs and ineffectual government anti-crisis measures could result in large-scale unrest and po [...] | 2009-01-29 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON UP |
09KYIV1990 | UKRAINE: H1N1 UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. With the flu epidemic spreading across Ukraine, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko continue to blame each other over the response to the outbreak. Yushchenko vowed on Wednesday to veto a bill, pushed through the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) by Tymoshenko, that woul [...] | 2009-11-13 15:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR CDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP |
09KYIV1991 | LUKASHENKO VISIT TO UKRAINE [...] (C... C O N F I D E N T I A L KYIV 001991 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/11/2019 TAGS: PREL PBTS ENRG BO UP Â [...] | 2009-11-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS ENRG BO UP |
09KYIV2021 | CONCLUDING THE SAGA OF UKRAINE'S MOST TROUBLED BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank, the much troubled Ukrainian financial institution, may be close to finalizing a deal with at least 75% of its external creditors, who hold $570 million of Nadra's total debt. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian government is giving signals that it could be changing tack and [...] | 2009-11-20 04:15:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV2026 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (C) We delivered reftel message November 19 to Svitlana Pereverten in the MFA's International Organizations Department. We expressed appreciation for Ukraine's courageous vote against the Goldstone report, and underscored that language from the Goldstone report is being introduced into sever [...] | 2009-11-20 08:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL UNGA UP |
09KYIV204 | UKRAINE'S CASE THAT IT DID NOT IMPEDE GAS SUPPLIES [...] (C) Summary and comment. A week after gas supplies have resumed to Ukraine and countries westward, the question of whether Ukraine or Russia is responsible for stopping supplies is still being raised. A close look at developments in the first week of January, however, shows that Russia was t [...] | 2009-01-30 08:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP |
09KYIV2054 | A YANUKOVYCH FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) If Regions Party leader, and Orange Revolution foil, Viktor Yanukovych wins the January/February 2010 Presidential election, main elements of his foreign policy would include: --A reset in relations with Russia, generally deferring to Russia's red lines; --Non-bloc status and an end to [...] | 2009-11-25 09:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP RS |
09KYIV2055 | U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND NEXT [...] (C) We delivered reftel message November 24 to Oleksandr Bondarenko in the MFA's Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation. Bondarenko recognized unhelpful Iranian behavior and the need for Iran to play by the rules, but underscored the inadmissibility of completely isol [...] | 2009-11-25 10:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA IR UP |
09KYIV2056 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO AND YANUKOVYCH FIND COMMON [...] (C) During an hour-long speech November 23 to kick off his re-election campaign, President Viktor Yushchenko outlined his vision of a Ukraine that would be "free, fair and strong" with him at the helm for another five years. He appealed to western-minded Ukrainians by promising EU membership, [...] | 2009-11-25 12:27:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP |
09KYIV2057 | MORE UKRAINE BUDGET DRAMA [...] (SBU) Summary. After weeks of dithering, Ukraine's parliamentary budget committee approved hundreds of proposed amendments, only to see the draft 2010 budget get voted down in the Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on a floor vote. This orchestrated maneuver, designed to further delay the review pr [...] | 2009-11-25 13:26:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV2061 | REQUESTING ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel message to MFA A/S-equivalent Ihor Hrushko November 25, noting favorably the decision earlier in the week by the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to triple the size of Ukraine's deployment to Afghanistan from ten to thirty personnel. Charge re [...] | 2009-11-25 13:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF UP |
09KYIV2062 | UKRAINE: KEEN TO PRESERVE STATUS QUO ON CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's position on climate change is to preserve the current Kyoto Protocol-based status quo. The country has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent since 1990 -- largely as a result of its post-Soviet industrial collapse -- and has become a beneficiar [...] | 2009-11-25 14:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EREL PREL XH UP |
09KYIV2069 | RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: The status of the Russian language in linguistically divided Ukraine has thus far featured less in the current Presidential election campaign than it did in 2004. The Regions party (PoR),which calls for Russian to become a second state language, has chosen instead to concentr [...] | 2009-11-30 13:44:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RS UP |
09KYIV2072 | THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] (SBU) Charge d'affaires delivered reftel message December 1 to A/S-equivalent Anatoliy Oliynyk, who heads the MFA's NATO General Directorate. Charge previewed the President's message, noting that we are prepared to devote significant new resources to defeating al Qaida, but that our commitmen [...] | 2009-12-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF PK UP |
09KYIV208 | UKRAINE-RUSSIA: POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE GAS CRISIS REF: KYIV 204 Classified By: Ambassador William Taylor. Reasons: 1.4 (b,d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PGOV PINR UP RU EU |
09KYIV2114 | AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS; YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) Ambassador presented his credentials to President Yushchenko December 7. In the monologue that followed, Yushchenko asserted that Ukraine is facing the most serious challenge to its sovereignty since the fall of the USSR. The pro-Russian policies of PM Tymoshenko and Regions party leader [...] | 2009-12-08 14:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON UP RS |
09KYIV2115 | FALL OF YATSENYUK LETS TYMOSHENKO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Political observers, rival campaigns and internal advisers of Front of Change head Arseniy Yatsenyuk agree he has no hope of progressing to the second round of the January/February 2010 presidential election. Once considered by many disenchanted voters as the new western-leaning reform-mi [...] | 2009-12-09 08:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP RS |
09KYIV2116 | EARLY RADA ELECTION TO FOLLOW PRESIDENTIAL VOTE? [...] (C) President Yushchenko and leading presidential candidates are calling for early parliamentary elections to quickly follow the January 17 Presidential contest. Opposition leader and presidential front-runner Yanukovych believes that early Rada elections could swing control of parliament to h [...] | 2009-12-09 10:30:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV2124 | YANUKOVYCH ACOLYTES PREACH ECONOMIC ORTHODOXY [...] (C) Summary. Viktor Yanukovych's top economic advisors are counseling liberal market reforms, despite the Party of Regions' pre-election populist appeals. Shadow Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov and shadow Minister of Economy Iryna Akimova separately told embassy officers that Yanukovych as [...] | 2009-12-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP |
09KYIV2126 | YUSHCHENKO ACCUSES PM, LAW ENFORCEMENT OF [...] (C) In a meeting with law enforcement heads to mark the December 9 "National Day of Fighting Corruption," President Yushchenko accused Prime Minister Tymoshenko of misappropriating billions of hryvnias in state funds and bribing local officials to manipulate the January 17 presidential electio [...] | 2009-12-10 14:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV2127 | CHERNIVTSI AND THE 2010 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: [...] (C) The presidential race in Chernivtsi Oblast, as in Ukraine as a whole, is boiling down to a contest between PM Yuliya Tymoshenko and front-runner Viktor Yanokovych of the Party of Regions (PoR). Despite the oblast's traditional "orange" orientation, the main concerns of voters -- the stat [...] | 2009-12-10 14:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP RO |
09KYIV2138 | TYMOSHENKO'S UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) PM Yuliya Tymoshenko continues to lag behind Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych in opinion polls for the January/February Presidential election -- and the gap, ten points or more, may be widening. President Yushchenko's daily attacks on Tymoshenko are hurting her with her base in [...] | 2009-12-15 18:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP |
09KYIV2146 | UKRAINE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, this is Embassy Kyiv's submission on Ukraine for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. The point of contact on the report is Political Officer David Mellor, email address mellordb@state.gov and Embassy telephone number 380-44-490-4317. UKRAINE ------- 2. (SB [...] | 2009-12-17 12:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER UP |
09KYIV2165 | UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RUNS ON POPULIST ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. Although the presumed heir of the Orange Revolution's reform banner, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has not made a liberal economic platform a part of her current campaign for Ukraine's presidency. Instead, her platform promises a strong role for the state, both in the social secto [...] | 2009-12-17 15:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP |
09KYIV2175 | YANUKOVYCH READY FOR RESET WITH RUSSIA, EU [...] (C) Opposition Party of Regions head and presidential front-runner Yanukovych told the Ambassador that he welcomed international observation of the January 17 election. International observers will help ensure presidential candidates adhere to the law and prevent falsification. Yanukovych warn [...] | 2009-12-21 13:48:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV2189 | YATSENYUK URGES AMBASSADOR TO FINALIZE [...] (C) During his introductory call with Ambassador Tefft, presidential candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk told us his campaign is broke and he has been pushed out of the media by the major candidates. He claimed that fraud in the form of vote-buying could account for 5-7% of the votes in the upcoming [...] | 2009-12-24 08:30:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV226 | NPT POINTS OF CONTACT [...] (U) In response to reftel action request number three, the Embassy's main point of contact for Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT)-related issues is Political Officer Lauren Catipon (telephone: 011-38-044-490-4114). Back-up is Political Officer Mark Wood (telephone 011-38-044-490-4501). Th [...] | 2009-02-02 15:02:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV227 | UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER'S SECRET PREDICTIONS [...] (SBU) In a leaked letter to PM Tymoshenko, Ukraine's Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk has predicted the "very real" possibility of Ukraine's total economic collapse. Internet newspaper Ukrainska Pravda published the classified document, addressed to Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and the [...] | 2009-02-02 15:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV228 | TYMOSHENKO ASKS FOR USG ASSISTANCE TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary and action request: Prime Minister Tymoshenko during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador asked for both economic and political support as she grapples with Ukraine,s current crisis. She asked specifically for: 1) a USG bilateral budget support loan to help Ukraine address [...] | 2009-02-02 16:38:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG EU PGOV PREL PU UP |
09KYIV229 | UKRAINE ASKS A GUARDED IMF TO SUPPORT A BUDGET [...] (C) The IMF told the Ambassador on February 1 that the GOU says it cannot run a balanced budget this year. It has asked the IMF for flexibility on this key conditionality of the $16.4 billion loan package, Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, head of the IMF mission performing the first formal review of the l [...] | 2009-02-02 16:41:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD ECON PREL XH UP |
09KYIV243 | UKRAINE'S BANKS SQUEEZED PRIOR TO RECAPITALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's banking sector troubles are among the IMF and World Bank's foremost concerns amidst a deepening financial crisis. Short of liquidity and with worsening loan performance by the day, banks are awaiting a decision by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) and the GOU on a f [...] | 2009-02-05 04:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV244 | FAINA: LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO [...] (SBU) Embassy was called in to the MFA Consular Department February 4 to receive a letter to the Secretary from Foreign Minister Ohryzko concerning the negotiations regarding the ship, Faina, held for ransom by Somali pirates. Embassy has emailed a scanned copy of the original to EUR/UMB. [...] | 2009-02-05 04:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINT PREL SO UP |
09KYIV247 | FAINA: LETTER FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO [...] (SBU) EMBASSY WAS CALLED IN TO THE MFA CONSULAR DEPARTMENT FEBRUARY 4 TO RECEIVE A LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM FOREIGN MINISTER OHRYZKO CONCERNING THE NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING THE SHIP, FAINA, HELD FOR RANSOM BY SOMALI PIRATES. EMBASSY HAS EMAILED A SCANNED COPY OF THE ORIGINAL TO EUR/UMB. [...] | 2009-02-05 11:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EINT PREL SO UP |
09KYIV249 | UKRAINE: CHANCES FOR OPIC'S RETURN FADE AS GOU ADDS NEW [...] (SBU) The chances of OPIC returning to Ukraine soon have faded after the GOU introduced new requirements into the proposed settlement. For over a year, OPIC has been negotiating with Tasko Corp., a private firm that the GOU designated to settle the outstanding OPIC claim on its behalf, and lat [...] | 2009-02-05 15:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV250 | UKRAINE'S TIGIPKO: ONCE AND FUTURE NBU CHIEF? [...] (SBU) Summary. In a statement that may presage his return to higher office, former National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor, Rada deputy, and influential commercial banker Sergey Tigipko declared on February 5 that the economic crisis in Ukraine is being consciously prolonged. He blamed inept [...] | 2009-02-05 16:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV256 | UKRAINE: IMF APPEALS TO G7, EU TO FINANCE BILLION [...] (C) On February 5 IMF Mission Director Ceyla Pazarbasioglu told the G7 and EU ambassadors that Ukraine faces a $3.75 to $6.25 billion budget shortfall this year. She appealed to the ambassadors for direct financial support for Ukraine's budget, arguing that Ukraine had no other options to fina [...] | 2009-02-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETRD ECON PREL XH UP |
09KYIV258 | TYMOSHENKO SURVIVES NO CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko on February 5 survived a no-confidence vote in parliament organized by the opposition Party of Regions. Regions MPs said that they pushed for the vote despite knowing beforehand that it would not pass because the party had to demonstrate to its voters opposition [...] | 2009-02-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV265 | UKRAINE: A $5 BILLION LOAN FROM RUSSIA IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has confirmed that the GOU has held negotiations with Russia for a $5 billion loan to cover Ukraine's expected budget deficit in 2009. After details of the negotiations were leaked, Tymoshenko quickly asserted that discussions were only in very pr [...] | 2009-02-09 15:52:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV295 | UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Finance Minister Viktor Pynzenyk abruptly resigned on February 12. As announced on the Ministry of Finance website and confirmed by Pynzenyk's special assistant, Pynzenyk did not "see any sense" in staying on "without influence" in the government. His assistant sta [...] | 2009-02-12 14:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV305 | PARTY OF REGIONS' INTERNAL DIVISIONS [...] (C) Party of Regions -- Ukraine's main opposition party -- is internally divided among competing political and business groups controlled by former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, former Finance Minister Azarov and oligarchs Rinat Akhmetov, Dmytro Firtash, and Andriy Kluyev. The Firtash gr [...] | 2009-02-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV311 | TIGIPKO TAPPED UKRAINE CRISIS COORDINATOR [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko told the Ambassador on February 11 that he has accepted a position as PM Yulia Tymoshenko's Deputy Prime Minister for economic affairs. Tigipko's daunting task will be to coordinate the GOU's anti-crisis efforts, reaching across political divides that have thus fa [...] | 2009-02-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV312 | NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BACKGROUND [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 11 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation NPT officer Maryna Yermakova, welcomed Ukraine's feedback, and left reftel points as a nonpaper. Yermakova thanked us for our early work leading t [...] | 2009-02-13 15:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM NPT PREL IAEA UP |
09KYIV314 | UKRAINIAN FIRM ARSENAL CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE WITH [...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Export Control and Wassenaar Arrangement officer Artem Vorobyov on February 13. We drew attention to new information about Arsenal's continuing activities on geotheodolite and also the pot [...] | 2009-02-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE UP CH |
09KYIV315 | UKRAINE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO SYRIA [...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Directorate Export Control Missile Technology Control Regime and Wassenaar Arrangement officer Artem Vorobyov on February 13, and left talking points as a non-paper. Per instructions, we noted Ukraine' [...] | 2009-02-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER ETTC UP |
09KYIV316 | SITE SURVEY PURSUANT TO ELIMINATION OF UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Following up on the November 17 meeting in Kyiv (ref a) and subsequent demarche (ref b),Embassy met with Acting Head of the Economic Department of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense Novosiolev to discuss progress on possible cooperation to eliminate Ukraine's SCUD missiles. Emboff briefed No [...] | 2009-02-13 15:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MTCRE PARM PREL UP |
09KYIV337 | KHARKIV'S LESSON FOR KYIV: STOP BICKERING, START [...] (SBU) In the face of the mounting economic crisis, Kharkiv Oblast political leaders have set aside long-running political rivalries and started to work together. The cooperation spans the political spectrum and has provided political cover for such unpopular measures as tranport fare increase [...] | 2009-02-19 11:44:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV338 | UKRAINE: TIGIPKO'S READY, BUT STILL NO DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Tigipko (a.k.a. Serhiy Tyhipko, see note on name transliteration in paragraph 6) told Econoff on February 19 that he is still being considered for a high-level position in Yulia Tymoshenko's government, though the situation remains fluid and no decisions on ministerial po [...] | 2009-02-19 15:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV36 | UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: BILATERAL [...] (C) Reflecting the poor state of bilateral ties beyond the natural gas crisis, the Russia-Ukraine presidential commission charged with coordinating the overall relationship and resolving disputes has been inactive since the August Georgia-Russia conflict. Russia refuses to engage with Ukraine [...] | 2009-01-06 15:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR UP RS |
09KYIV360 | IMF COMPROMISE WOULD LEAVE SEVERE UKRAINE BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine faces a glaring budget gap this year, even if it meets all IMF conditionalities and introduces severe budget discipline. The GOU has thus far failed to complete "prior actions" articulated by the IMF, necessary before the Fund can pay out the next tranche of its $16.4 bi [...] | 2009-02-24 12:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV363 | SUPPORTING NATO TRAINING MISSION IRAQ; POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Polcouns met February 25 with MFA Director for NATO Affairs, Myhailo Osnach, and delivered ref A demarche on NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I). Osnach said that despite Ukraine's economic crisis, the GOU intends to maintain its commitment to NTM-I. Ukraine currently has 10 troops in t [...] | 2009-02-26 06:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ UP |
09KYIV38 | GAS CRISIS: ORANGE RIVALS APPEAR UNITED [...] (C) Thus far at least, Orange rivals PM Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko have shown a unified front in the face of the gas crisis with Russia. They signed off on a joint statement January 1 and sent a unified team, with a pre-agreed upon position, to Brussels January 8 for talks with Gazpr [...] | 2009-01-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD RS UP |
09KYIV39 | UKRAINE'S MOSCOW PATRIARCHATE EMPHASIZES [...] (SBU) The head of external relations for the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) emphasized its apolitical stance in a meeting with Emboff. He acknowledged that the church's pro-Yanukovych position in the 2004 presidential elections was a mistake and emphasized its indep [...] | 2009-01-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL UP |
09KYIV395 | STAFFDEL SOCHA HEARS CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA [...] (C) Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffdel Socha visited Kyiv February 19 and 20 to explore questions of regional security, Euro-Atlantic integration, and the effects of the financial crisis. Ukrainian officials emphasized concerns about Russia's more assertive foreign policy and the thr [...] | 2009-02-27 17:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM UP RS |
09KYIV40 | NO GAS YET, GOU SAYS IT GETS SHORT END OF MONITORING DEAL [...] (SBU) Early on January 11 the GOU signed the three-party agreement with the EU and Russia that should lead to a resumption of Russian gas deliveries to the EU. The thin document specifies that experts from the three sides will monitor the transit gas pipeline in both Russia and Ukraine. As of [...] | 2009-01-11 16:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP |
09KYIV406 | RADA OUSTS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On March 3, PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction delivered the decisive votes to oust Foreign Minister Ohryzko, a President Yushchenko ally. Opposition Party of Regions and the Communists initiated the measure. BYuT's coalition partners Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD) and Speaker Lytv [...] | 2009-03-03 15:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV419 | UKRAINE: RAID ON NAFTOHAZ LATEST TWIST IN [...] (C) Summary. On March 4, forces from the Ukrainian National Security Service (SBU),which falls under the authority of President Victor Yushchenko, raided Naftohaz headquarters to seize documents related to the transfer of 11 billion cubic meters (bcm) of stored RosUkrEnergo (RUE) gas to Naft [...] | 2009-03-05 16:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP RS |
09KYIV421 | UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS GAZPROM AND AVOIDS A NEW CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) On March 5 Naftohaz paid Gazprom in full for gas delivered in February. The payment of $360 million averted a possible repeat of the recent gas crisis after Russia had threatened to cut off deliveries if Naftohaz failed to pay by the March 7 deadline. Naftohaz paid despite its worsening [...] | 2009-03-06 11:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP |
09KYIV427 | UKRAINE: FIRTASH RETURNS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT [...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian oligarch and RosUkrEnergo (RUE) co-owner Dmytro Firtash asked again to see the Ambassador on March 3 to discuss the conclusion of the recent gas crisis, the state of RUE following the crisis, and his views on the political landscape ahead of the January 2010 presidential [...] | 2009-03-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EINV EPET PINR PREL RS UP |
09KYIV429 | NEW NATO/EU COORDINATION BUREAU FINDING ITS ROLE [...] (C) Vadym Triukhan, Director of the newly formed Coordination Bureau for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration within the Cabinet of Ministers, recently outlined for Embassy his vision of the group's role in the existing network of often overlapping NATO/EU-focused inter-governmental coordin [...] | 2009-03-06 16:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV430 | IMF UKRAINE PROGRAM IN JEOPARDY [...] (C) Summary. In the presence of G7 ambassadors and the World Bank, the Kyiv-based IMF resident representative told PM Yulia Tymoshenko on March 5 that there would be "little benefit" in the mission team returning to Ukraine without greater progress on the Fund's conditionalities. Despite a [...] | 2009-03-06 18:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV465 | UKRAINIAN-GERMAN RELATIONS ON THE ROCKS [...] (C) Contacts within the Presidential Secretariat, MFA and Cabinet of Ministers continue to view Germany as an obstacle in their drive towards EU and NATO membership, while underlining the importance of maintaining a constructive bilateral relationship with Berlin. The Secretariat claims Berli [...] | 2009-03-16 12:43:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GM UP |
09KYIV471 | UKRAINE: POLITICAL LEADERSHIP MAKES RENEWED EFFORT [...] (SBU) On March 11 President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and NBU Governor Stelmakh met and announced concrete steps aimed at securing the overdue $1.8 billion second tranche of the IMF loan program. Most importantly, they pledged to reduce the planned budget deficit to 3 percent of GDP, a level [...] | 2009-03-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV483 | UKRAINE: STELMAKH RETURNS, LASHES TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Governor Stelmakh has returned to the political scene, and appears to have again taken clear control of the central bank. A reputable newspaper has claimed that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko have agreed to keep Stelmakh at the NBU until the presiden [...] | 2009-03-17 15:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV498 | UKRAINE TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT IN SEOUL DESPITE [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Ref B and Ref C points jointly with Anatoliy Sirotyuk of the Russian Embassy to Oleh Klynchenko at Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on March 18. Klynchenko, who heads the MFA's Political Planning Division, said that Ukraine hoped to send up to two represent [...] | 2009-03-19 15:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINS PREL PTER KGIC UP |
09KYIV503 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Embassy Reviewed the S/CT request regarding critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR). Embassy's assessment is that CI/KR in Ukraine, if destroyed, disrupted or exploited, would not likely have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States, and therefore does not meet [...] | 2009-03-20 16:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL PTER UP |
09KYIV515 | PRESIDENT AND PM BURY THE HATCHET...FOR NOW [...] (C) A series of meetings between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko focused on the economic crisis and IMF requirements for a second funding tranche have raised some hope of enhanced cooperation between the President and PM. Cabinet of Ministers contacts noted the joint March 23 appearanc [...] | 2009-03-24 15:37:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV518 | IMF ENCOURAGED BY UKRAINE PM'S PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary. PM Tymoshenko has told the IMF that the GOU plans to put an anti-crisis package to a Rada vote on March 31, consisting of measures the IMF may consider satisfactory for the mission team's return. According to IMF resident representative Max Alier, "things have changed" betwee [...] | 2009-03-25 13:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV524 | LVIV BANKS ON ECONOMIC DIVERSITY, POLITICAL UNITY, [...] (SBU) While Lviv Oblast has felt some negative effects from the economic crisis, its diversified economy has protected it against large-scale layoffs and related social problems. Lviv leaders say they feel the effects of the ongoing political battle in Kyiv, but that they have put aside polit [...] | 2009-03-25 14:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON UP |
09KYIV54 | RADA COALITION: AS STABLE AS IT WANTS TO BE [...] (C) As the Rada winds down its session with a final plenary week that started on January 13, the coalition appears to be stable, with PM Tymoshenko in control. Rada Speaker Lytvyn may harbor presidential ambitions, but he is unlikely to scuttle the coalition in pursuit of the presidency. Pro [...] | 2009-01-13 17:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV545 | OPPOSITION PROTESTS FALL SHORT OF PREDICTIONS [...] (SBU) The opposition Party of Regions on March 26 kicked off a self-described wave of nationwide protests and actions against the government with a rally in the Crimean capital of Simferopol. The turnout at the Simferopol rally was well below party expectations. The "nationwide" protests are [...] | 2009-03-27 12:28:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV571 | DEFENSE MINISTER SEES NATO ACCESSION AS "MARATHON, [...] (C) Defense Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov, meeting with the Ambassador in Sevastopol March 27, declared that the GOU now regards NATO accession as a "marathon not a sprint." Recognizing that a membership invitation "will not take place in the near future," the GOU will devote itself to bringing Uk [...] | 2009-03-30 14:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UP |
09KYIV573 | UKRAINE-ROMANIA RELATIONS: CANCELLED SUMMITS AND [...] (C) Despite public assertions by Ukrainian leaders to the contrary, Ukraine's relations with Romania remain strained following the International Court of Justice's February 3 decision on the disputed Snake Island and surrounding territory. The bilateral relationship lacks the concrete cooper [...] | 2009-03-31 04:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RO UP |
09KYIV576 | RADA/YUSHCHENKO FALTER ON LEGISLATION REQUIRED BY [...] (C) On March 31, the Rada failed to include on its agenda three anti-crisis measures deemed essential by the IMF. Although PM Tymoshenko delivered unanimous support for the bills from her bloc, President Yushchenko's allies in the Rada did not support inclusion of the measures on the agenda. [...] | 2009-03-31 15:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN EREL PREL ETRD UP |
09KYIV578 | POLAND AS UKRAINE'S ADVOCATE [...] (C) Ukrainian officials regard Poland as a strong bilateral partner, Ukraine's primary advocate in the European Union, and as a key supporter of Ukraine's NATO aspirations. Poland and Ukraine maintain close contacts at all levels: Presidential, Prime Ministerial and via their Foreign Ministri [...] | 2009-04-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP PL |
09KYIV581 | RADA VOTES TO MOVE UP PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) The Rada on April 1 voted overwhelmingly to set October 25, 2009 as the date for presidential elections. Previously, a late December 2009 or mid January 2010 election date had been expected. Amendments to the constitution adopted after President Yushchenko took office in January 2005 lef [...] | 2009-04-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV590 | TERNOPIL OBLAST ELECTION A BLOW TO TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) In a March 15 election in the western Ukrainian region of Ternopil, Oleg Tyahnybok's nationalist "Svoboda" party soundly defeated PM Tymoshenko's BYuT and a fractured Our Ukraine (OU) party. BYuT and OU had together controlled 102 of 120 council seats -- following the election they contro [...] | 2009-04-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
09KYIV591 | IMF HINTS AT RETURN TO UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. The IMF is preparing to return to Ukraine in spite of Rada failures to pass needed spending cuts on March 31, according to its resident representative in Kyiv, Max Alier. Alier told us on April 1 that the IMF mission team would likely come back to Kyiv to engage in tough negoti [...] | 2009-04-02 16:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV596 | UKRAINE'S VIEW OF THE TRANSNISTRIA CONFLICT [...] (C) A series of calls on Ukrainian officials to discuss Ukrainian views of Transnistria issues and the "5 2" process, particularly in light of the March 18 joint statement signed by the parties of the Russia-sponsored "2 1" process (Moldova, Russia, Transnistria),revealed Ukrainian concerns [...] | 2009-04-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS UP MD RU EU |
09KYIV599 | EC OPTIMISTIC ON UKRAINIAN GAS PIPELINE COMMITMENTS [...] (SBU) On March 31 European Commission External Relations (RELEX) Energy Counselor Faouzin Bensarsa told us that President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko remain on message following the March 23 investment conference on Ukraine's gas transit system (reftel). Bensara, who was in Kyiv to discuss th [...] | 2009-04-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS UP EUN |
09KYIV605 | STRAINS WITH ROMANIA "SURPRISE" UKRAINE [...] (C) Ukrainian officials express surprise at recent strains in Ukrainian-Romanian relations. They blame Romania for making "unacceptable" last-minute demands on a trans-border travel agreement that resulted in the abrupt cancellation of a visit by President Basescu in February. They also voic [...] | 2009-04-07 13:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RO |
09KYIV620 | ABSENT BILATERAL FINANCING, UKRAINE NEEDS BROADER [...] (C) Summary. As the IMF mission team looks set to return to Kyiv on April 9, President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko have assured the IMF of their intention to see through more budget cutbacks when the Rada votes on key laws on April 14. Nonetheless, it appears that Ukraine's ensui [...] | 2009-04-08 18:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV634 | WATCHING MOLDOVA CLOSELY; LITTLE FEAR OF SPILLOVER [...] (C) Kyiv continues to closely monitor events in Chisinau, but MFA contacts believe the Communists have weathered the storm and will now be able to consolidate power. The MFA view is that the Communists did win the election, while acknowledging media bias and manipulation of state resources [...] | 2009-04-10 16:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MD PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV676 | UKRAINE: IMF LIKELY TO SUPPORT RISKY GOU MOVE TO [...] (C) On April 14 Prime Minster Yulia Tymoshenko moved quickly after the Rada again failed to include key IMF-related anti-crisis legislation on the agenda. Within hours of the failed vote, the CabMin passed 19 resolutions that aim to provide the fiscal discipline that the IMF expects in return [...] | 2009-04-16 09:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV685 | UKRAINIAN ACQUISITION OF PERRY CLASS FRIGATE: [...] (SBU) Summary. On 23 September 2008, in a letter from First Deputy Minster of Defense V.V. Ivashenko addressed to U.S. Ambassador William Taylor (MoD Letter #220/3918) the GoU formally requested the U.S. to consider providing an Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate FFG) to the Ukrainian Navy. Fo [...] | 2009-04-17 11:09:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MCAP MARR PREL UP |
09KYIV691 | THIRD KLYCHKO-CHERNOVETSKYI BOUT? [...] (C) World champion boxer Vitaliy Klychko, who lost two bids for mayor of Kyiv in 2006 and 2008, hit current mayor Chernovetskyi hard for alleged corruption in a recent meeting with us. Although Klychko was vague about another run for mayor, he said that his political bloc would continue to c [...] | 2009-04-21 18:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV692 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Your April 26-28 visit to Kyiv comes in the midst of Ukraine's unfolding economic and financial crisis. The IMF has recently concluded its mission review, recommending disbursement of a second loan tranche that had been delayed for two months. The agreement with the IMF is a major acc [...] | 2009-04-22 13:22:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV ECON PREL UP |
09KYIV694 | TYMOSHENKO MULLS COALITION WITH REGIONS, [...] (C) In recent meetings, PM Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that her BYuT faction is in negotiations with Party of Regions over the possible creation of a broad new Rada coalition. Such a coalition, if it were to take shape, would work to change the constitution ahead of presidential elections [...] | 2009-04-22 17:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV737 | GICNT: UKRAINE TO PARTICIPATE IN HAGUE PLENARY [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel points jointly with Russian and Dutch troika counterparts to Oleh Klynchenko at Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on April 23. Klynchenko, who heads the MFA's Political Planning Division, said that Ukraine would send at least two, and possibly up to fo [...] | 2009-04-29 17:42:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PARM PINS PREL PTER KGIC UP |
09KYIV741 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UKRAINE'S VAT FOR MILITARY [...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 29. Yaroslav Brisiuk, head of the MFA's U.S.-Canada Division, told us that the MFA would review our request for VAT exemption for official purchases in support of the Sea Breeze and Rapid Trident exercises and [...] | 2009-04-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL UP US |
09KYIV747 | COURT GIVES "NEUTRAL" ANSWER ON PRESIDENT'S APPEAL [...] (SBU) In a decision announced April 30, the Constitutional Court denied President Yushchenko clear legal cause to dissolve the Rada and call early parliamentary elections. Coalition supporters claimed that the court's "neutral" answer and refusal to rule on the specifics of Yushchenko's appe [...] | 2009-04-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV751 | UKRAINE: RINAT AKHMETHOV BUYS U.S. COAL COMPANY [...] (SBU) Metinvest, Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov's metallurgical company, confirmed local media reports that it has purchased West Virginia based United Coal. Metinvest will announce the purchase later on April 30 in the U.S., Jock Mendoza-Wilson, investor relations chief of Akhmetov's SCM [...] | 2009-04-30 21:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL PINR PGOV PREL ECON EMIN XH UP |
09KYIV758 | DEPUTY SECRETARY REAFFIRMS U.S. COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Steinberg conveyed the message that the Obama Administration strongly supports Ukraine's independence and sovereignty in meetings April 26-27 with Rada Speaker Lytvyn, former Speaker and presidential contender Arseniy Yatsenyuk, opposition Party of Regions representatives, [...] | 2009-05-06 14:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN EPET UP RS |
09KYIV793 | NEC'S LIPTON WARNS OF UKRAINE'S ECONOMIC HAZARDS [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs David Lipton and Treasury DAS for Europe Eric Meyer met with a wide range of high-level Ukrainian policy makers, businessmen, and bankers on April 26-28. Lipton warned of possible dangers to Ukraine's econom [...] | 2009-05-12 15:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV814 | INTERIOR MINISTER TENDERS RESIGNATION OVER AIRPORT [...] (C) Minister oQInterior Yuriy Lutsenko submitted his resignation to the Rada on May 12 in response to German and Ukrainian media reports that he was detained by airport police in Frankfurt on May 4. According to the reports Lutsenko was intoxicated and assaulted four German police officers wh [...] | 2009-05-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV816 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES OCTOBER 25 [...] (C) On May 13 the Constitutional Court (CC) declared that the October 25 presidential election date set by the Rada was unconstitutional. The court ruling did not set a specific alternative date for the election -- the Presidential Secretariat continues to argue for a January 17, 2010 contest. [...] | 2009-05-13 18:24:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV826 | DEMARCHE ON UKRAINIAN DEMILITARIZATION PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Embassy on May 14 delivered ref A demarche regarding the GOU's weapon demilitarization proposal to Kateryna Bila of the MFA Arms Control Directorate. Copies of the ATF-generated slides, which superimposed US requirements for complete weapons demil on the original GOU images, and of the [...] | 2009-05-15 15:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP |
09KYIV858 | CHERNOMYRDIN TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (C) The Ambassador met on May 19 with Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin. Discussion focused on domestic Ukrainian politics, with Chernomyrdin regretting the "lost years" brought about by the conflict between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko. He expressed irritation at the EU and Y [...] | 2009-05-21 09:40:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UP |
09KYIV864 | PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT CHIEF QUITS, DENOUNCES [...] (C) Presidential Secretariat head Viktor Baloha, famous for vitriolic condemnations of PM Tymoshenko which included charges of treason, announced his resignation on May 16. On May 19 Baloha turned his attacks on President Yushchenko, saying he had betrayed the promises of the Orange Revolutio [...] | 2009-05-21 15:59:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV865 | WESTERN UKRAINE VIEWS ON ECONOMY, EUROPE, AND [...] (C) Summary. Remittances from abroad are falling and banks are still shaky, but the economy in western Ukraine has stabilized in recent weeks, the Ambassador heard in Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi on May 13-15. On his final trip outside Kyiv before departing post, the Ambassador met with g [...] | 2009-05-21 16:34:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV868 | UKRAINE WELCOMES EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) President Yushchenko welcomed the launch of the EU's Eastern Partnership as "a victory of the European idea." He underlined that Belarus in particular had a "very important role" to play. Ukraine aspires to a leadership role in the Partnership, but officials emphasize that it in no way [...] | 2009-05-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP EU |
09KYIV91 | GAS CRISIS: RADA WEIGHS IN [...] (C) On January 13 the Rada created an investigative commission to examine the causes of Ukraine's gas dispute with Russia. The commission, led by Party of Regions, is likely to investigate allegations linking President Yushchenko to corruption in the energy sphere. Rada contacts accused the [...] | 2009-01-15 17:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP RS |
09KYIV924 | RADA OUTLOOK: POSITIONING FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) After a week's recess, the Rada will start its next plenary on June 2 amidst continued rumors that PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction and opposition Party of Regions (Regions) are close to forming a coalition. A BYuT-Regions coalition would have more than the 300 MPs necessary to enact constitu [...] | 2009-05-28 15:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR UP |
09KYIV925 | CIVAIR: DELTA AIR LINES REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) Post delivered the ref A demarche on May 28 to Sergiy Korshuk, Director of the Department for Air Transportation and Licensing at the State Aviation Administration (SAA) of Ukraine. SAA Chairman Oleksander Davydov and his deputy Dmytro Babeichuk were unavailable to meet. Jeff Morgan, Di [...] | 2009-05-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA EAIR PREL UP |
09KYIV936 | UKRAINE CARBON SALES BOOST FINANCES, ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Needing to stave off Ukraine's budget crisis and simultaneously enhance the country's energy efficiency, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has supported selling 180 million metric tons of surplus carbon emissions rights to Japan, Switzerland, and New Zealand. Back-of-the-envelope [...] | 2009-06-02 10:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV941 | ODESA: CITY WITH A RUSSIAN PAST SEARCHING FOR A [...] (C) Odesa, with a population of over a million, is an important commercial and cultural center for Ukraine. The city, known for its sea port and ethnically diverse population, is still strongly influenced by historic and cultural ties to Russia. In recent meetings, interlocutors described a [...] | 2009-06-02 12:13:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL UP |
09KYIV942 | URGENT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING AIR [...] (U) Post has confirmed with the GoU that Ukraine posesses Mi-8 MTV helicopters, most of which are in need of substantial refurbishment, but which are comparable in general terms to the Mi-17. On June 2, contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense indicated that Uk [...] | 2009-06-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG PARM UP |
09KYIV949 | UKRAINIAN LAB CONFIRMS FIRST "SWINE FLU" CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Deputy Health Minister Oleksander Bilovol confirmed yesterday that a local lab had positively diagnosed A/H1N1 with "99 percent certainty" in a 24 year-old Ukrainian man, who had arrived in Kyiv on May 29 from New York via Paris. His is the first known case of "swine [...] | 2009-06-03 13:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL AMED CASC PGOV XH UP |
09KYIV950 | BYUT-REGIONS CLOSE TO FORMING BROAD COALITION [...] (C) While PM Tymoshenko's BYuT faction and opposition Party of Regions (Regions) have yet to announce their possible broad Rada coalition, Rada contacts from both factions confirmed that negotiations are ongoing and that the two sides are close to inking a deal (Reftel). Rank and file Deputie [...] | 2009-06-03 14:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV953 | SEA BREEZE MILITARY EXERCISE AT RISK [...] (C) The Rada on June 3 again failed to include on its agenda legislation authorizing foreign military personnel to participate in joint training exercises on Ukrainian territory. Although the legislation is necessary for Ukraine to conduct eleven training exercises planned for 2009 with vario [...] | 2009-06-03 15:07:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UP |
09KYIV954 | IMF ON UKRAINE'S BUDGET AND BANKING BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary. Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier told us on June 2 that Ukraine remained far from completing structural benchmarks on bank reform, necessary for the disbursement of the IMF's third loan tranche. Ukraine was still saddled with an unfinanced budget deficit, the size [...] | 2009-06-03 15:23:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV955 | UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ'S FINANCIAL HOUSE OF CARDS [...] (SBU) Naftohaz's ability to pay its gas bill has become a monthly guessing game since the January 2009 gas crisis. While Ukraine has managed to pay its gas bill for the first four months of the year, it will face increasing difficulties to do so through the summer as it pumps gas into undergrou [...] | 2009-06-03 15:51:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET ECON PINR PREL RU UP |
09KYIV964 | IMF AND WORLD BANK: UKRAINE STALLED ON BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF and World Bank have told us that they do not foresee any net revenues or fiscal savings in the pipeline for Ukraine's strapped budget. Additionally, Ukraine has stalled on necessary reforms to qualify for a World Bank DPL loan. Ukraine's parliament increased excise ta [...] | 2009-06-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP |
09KYIV988 | PRESIDENT AND PM CALL IN DIP CORPS; DEFENSE [...] (SBU) President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko on June 5 called in selected HOMs to argue their respective positions on a potential broad coalition between BYuT and opposition Party of Regions (Regions). Yushchenko characterized the potential BYuT-Regions marriage and their planned [...] | 2009-06-05 15:29:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL UP |
09KYIV99 | GAS CRISIS: WHO'S IN CHARGE? [...] (C) Given the lack of clarity regarding executive authority (and the personal animus) which characterizes the relationship between President Yushchenko and PM Tymoshenko, they have, on occasion, exhibited rare comity during the gas crisis, including signing off on two joint letters reflecting [...] | 2009-01-16 17:16:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD UP RS |
09LAGOS116 | NIGERIA: GAZPROM ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR JOINT VENTURE [...] (C) Summary: Vladimir Ilyanin, Managing Director of GAZPROM Nigeria, told an audience at a major Nigerian oil conference in Abuja on February 25 that his company is close to signing a USD 2.5 billion oil and gas exploration deal with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Described as [...] | 2009-03-12 15:49:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL NI |
09LAGOS138 | NIGERIA: DELTA STATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: Gary Akpobire, Director of the Delta State Integrated Development Agency (DIDA) told Pol-Econ Chief on February 17 that Delta State's development plans are proceeding apace. The state plans four new gas-fired power plants to drive industry, but Akpobire seemed unaware of problems [...] | 2009-03-18 08:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
09LAGOS14 | NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBER [...] (U) Summary: Acting Consul General met on December 23 with Tony Uranta (protect throughout),a member of the Niger Delta Technical Committee and campaign manager for the 2007 presidential campaign of Patrick Utomi, Dean of the Lagos Business School. According to Uranta, the Technical Committe [...] | 2009-01-12 06:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
09LAGOS182 | NIGERIA: CONSUL GENERAL MEETS WITH UNITED NIGER [...] (U) Summary: On March 17, Consul General met with Tony Uranta (protect),Executive Director for the new United Niger Delta Energy, Development and Security Strategy (UNDEDSS) organization. Uranta, who coordinated the 2007 African Democratic Congress (ADC) party presidential campaign of Patrick [...] | 2009-04-09 14:48:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
09LAGOS191 | NIGERIA: LEADING NIGER DELTA ACTIVIST BRIEFS [...] (C) Summary: Patrick Utomi, Director of the Center for Applied Economics at the Lagos Business School (LBS) and 2007 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Party (ADP),and originally from Delta State, told Ambassador, while she was in Lagos on March 23, that he is working, as Chair o [...] | 2009-04-17 12:10:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
09LAGOS201 | NIGERIA: IJAW YOUTH COUNCIL TELLS CONSUL GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Consul General met March 23 with Ijaw Youth Council spokespersons Dr. Felix Tuodolo, Chairman of the IYC Committee on Security and Economic Development (CSED),currently a lecturer in Corporate Social Responsibility at Liverpool University, and first President of the IYC; Enginee [...] | 2009-04-22 06:16:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
09LAGOS271 | NIGERIA: CHINESE OIL FIRM BUYS ADDAX PETROLEUM [...] (SBU) Chinese oil company Sinopec has agreed to purchase Addax Petroleum for $7.2 billion. The deal was announced on June 24 after several weeks of press and industry speculation that Addax was seeking a buyer. Contacts at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation confirmed that Sinopec an [...] | 2009-06-29 15:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PREL NI |
09LAGOS373 | NIGERIA: CHINA AND INDIA VIE FOR IOC LEASES [...] (U) China has made a bid for 23 offshore oil leases in the Niger Delta, according to a September 29 press report. The blocks "bid" on by the Chinese are currently held by the International Oil Companies (IOCs) and some of the blocks are producing oil. China has reportedly bid up to USD 50 bil [...] | 2009-10-03 13:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG NI PREL |
09LAGOS377 | NIGERIAN GREEN GOVERNORS SIGN CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Governors Babtunde Fashola and Emmanuel Uduaghan of Lagos and Delta states, respectively, have agreed with global counterparts to work together to promote clean transportation, support national climate change legislation, include forests in climate policy development, and recognize the ro [...] | 2009-10-06 18:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SENV ENRG PREL PGOV NI |
09LAGOS390 | DEMARCHE ON IMO ELECTIONS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Mission formally requested Government of Nigeria support for USG reelection as a category "A" member of the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) via September 24 Embassy Abuja diplomatic note, per reftel. ConGen Lagos P/E Chief shared this note with Director Gen [...] | 2009-10-16 15:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PREL NI |
09LAGOS4 | NIGERIA: CITIZENS ADVOCACY GROUP FOR [...] (C) Summary: On December 18 Pol-Econ Chief and PolOffs met in Lagos with Olawale Okunniyi spokesman of PRONACO (Pro National Conference),a coalition of Nigerian organizations seeking to ensure that Constitutional Reform takes into account the wishes of the Nigerian people. Okunniyi pointed ou [...] | 2009-01-07 06:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER NI |
09LAGOS434 | H1N1 CASE CONFIRMED IN NIGERIA [...] (C) A case of H1N1 flu was confirmed in Lagos on November 2. A child of a U.S. citizen Mission employee contracted the virus over a month ago. The minor has fully recovered and no other case of H1N1 has been reported since. This is the first confirmed case of H1N1 in Nigeria, although most [...] | 2009-11-18 05:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL APER NI |
09LAGOS435 | H1N1 CASE CONFIRMED IN NIGERIA [...] (C) A case of H1N1 flu was confirmed in Lagos on November 2. A child of a U.S. citizen Mission employee contracted the virus over a month ago. The minor has fully recovered and no other case of H1N1 has been reported since. This is the first confirmed case of H1N1 in Nigeria, although most [...] | 2009-11-18 05:33:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL APER NI |
09LAGOS450 | U.S.-UK PRE-ELECTION ASSESSMENT IN ANAMBRA [...] (C) The electoral campaign is on in earnest in Anambra State in advance of the key February 6, 2010, gubernatorial election. Serious structural and electoral process problems exist in Anambra, notably the ability (or inability) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduc [...] | 2009-11-25 16:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC ECON SOCI NI |
09LAGOS462 | SOUTHERN REACTIONS TO YAR'ADUA'S AILING HEALTH [...] (S) Lagos has remained outwardly calm over the recent Eid-el-Kabir holiday weekend, and during the week of November 30 over reports of President Yar'Adua's ailing health. The main southern Nigerian preoccupation, if there is one apparent now, is speculation and concern over the staying power [...] | 2009-12-04 07:00:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PGOV PREL SOCI NI |
09LAGOS465 | NEW WAVE OF NIGERIANS RETURN FROM BAKASSI [...] (C) ConGen Lagos contacts confirmed press reports that increasing numbers of fishermen and their families are seeking refuge near Calabar in Cross River State, after alleged violent clashes with Cameroonian gendarmes in Bakassi. These individuals claim to have been harassed, illegally detain [...] | 2009-12-04 18:22:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PREF PREL PHUM NI |
09LAGOS466 | MORE LAGOS VIEWS AND NEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Some observers point to the risk of renewed unrest in the Niger Delta and behind-the-scenes political machinations from possible challengers if VP Jonathan becomes head of state. Others pray for Yar'Adua to survive. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------- STATE OF PLAY AND [...] | 2009-12-04 18:55:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI NI |
09LAGOS470 | MORE LAGOS VIEWS AND NEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Some Lagos observers point to the risk of renewed unrest in the Niger Delta and behind-the-scenes political machinations from possible challengers if VP Jonathan becomes head of state. Others pray for Yar'Adua to survive. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------- STATE OF PLAY [...] | 2009-12-08 09:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI NI |
09LAGOS471 | MORE LAGOS VIEWS AND NEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Some Lagos observers point to the risk of renewed unrest in the Niger Delta and behind-the-scenes political machinations from possible challengers if VP Jonathan becomes head of state. Others pray for Yar'Adua to survive. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------- STATE OF PLAY [...] | 2009-12-08 09:03:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI NI |
09LAGOS472 | SOLUDO'S ANAMBRA BRAVADO CONTINUES [...] (C) A Federal Appeals Court ruled December 1 that People's Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Charles Soludo should suspend his campaign in Anambra State and "stop parading" himself as a candidate pending a final judicial outcome. The court also ordered the Independent Nigerian El [...] | 2009-12-08 10:39:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI NI |
09LAGOS484 | SUPREME COURT REINSTATES SOLUDO [...] (SBU) After several legal setbacks, People's Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Charles Soludo received Supreme Court approval December 17 to participate in the February 6, 2010, gubernatorial election in Anambra State. The PDP is therefore very much back in the fray, and the potential for el [...] | 2009-12-18 15:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI |
09LAGOS493 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) Ambassador met with former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, at his Hill top residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Dec. 23. The discussion focused on several topics including recent developments in the Congo, U.S. support for Nigeria and upcoming elections in Nigeria. The unexpect [...] | 2009-12-31 15:35:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI |
09LAGOS53 | NIGERIA: ELECTRICITY EXEC SEES NO LARGE INCREASE [...] (SBU) Summary: The former country manager for GE Nigeria expects that due to a lack of domestic natural gas, Nigeria will see no significant increase in power generation in 2009. In a January 27 conversation, Ade Audifferen said the GON is focusing on transmission projects in the 2009 budget, [...] | 2009-02-05 07:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL NI |
09LAGOS66 | NIGERIA: DESOPADEC'S "QUICK START" PROJECTS BRING [...] (C) Summary: Chief Wellington Okirika, Chairman of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Council (DESOPADEC) told Pol-Econ Chief January 12 that in less than a year, he has put in place a series of "quick start" programs that provide potable water, free medical care for 200-300 perso [...] | 2009-02-11 12:11:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET ECON SENV KDEM NI |
09LAGOS70 | NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT PULLS KOREAN COMPANY OIL BLOCKS [...] (C) Summary: The GON announced on January 20 that it will revoke exploration rights to two deep water oil blocks awarded to a South Korean consortium led by the Korean National Oil Company (KNOC). The Korean group has threatened legal and diplomatic action. The blocks were awarded in 2005 a [...] | 2009-02-13 06:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL KS NI |
09LAGOS71 | NIGERIA: CANADIAN TO HELP IGALI FOUNDATION OPEN [...] (C) Canadian expatriate Mary Ellen Havlik (protect throughout),former Security officer for the Canadian Embassy in Nigeria on leave from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and currently Executive Director of the Daniel Igali Foundation,) told Pol-Econ Chief on January 31 that her principal ta [...] | 2009-02-13 06:15:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
09LAGOS72 | PETROBRAS EXEC SAYS NIGERIA PRODUCING BELOW ITS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 06:17:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL BR NI |
09LAGOS74 | NIGERIA: IJAW YOUTHS "TAKE BACK THE STRUGGLE" AT [...] (U) Summary: Over 3,000 Ijaw youths, led by Dimieri von Kemedi and other drafters of the Kaiama Declaration, met in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State on February 6 to "take back the struggle" for solutions to the problems of the Niger Delta. According to Kemedi, the youths issued a strong [...] | 2009-02-19 06:05:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
09LAGOS76 | NIGERIA: ISRAELI MILITARY TRAINS, EQUIPS JTF IN [...] (C) Summary: Magnus Abe (protect throughout),Secretary to the State Government of Rivers State, told Pol-Econ Chief January 17 that Governor Amaechi had succeeded in pushing the military into buying helicopters, gunboats and other equipment for the Joint Task Force (JTF); as a result of milit [...] | 2009-02-23 06:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
09LAGOS83 | AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS PROPOSED NIGERIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 19, the Ambassador again discussed with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe the question of Nigeria's commitment to deploy a battalion of peacekeepers to AMISOM. Drawing on ref A talking points, the Ambassador reiterated the importance of Nigeria standing by its previous c [...] | 2009-02-25 14:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR NI SO |
09LAGOS84 | NIGERIA: PROFESSOR ASKS USG SUPPORT ON AMNESTY, [...] (C) Summary: Pol-Econ Chief met with President of the Lagos Business School and 2007 Presidential candidate Patrick Utomi at his request on February 6. The militant "boys in the creeks" want to come in, Utomi said, and but do not trust the politicians who they believe will profit from any plan [...] | 2009-02-25 14:59:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI |
09LAGOS85 | PETROBRAS EXEC SAYS NIGERIA PRODUCING BELOW ITS [...] (C) Summary: The head of Petrobras Nigeria said on February 9 that Nigeria is producing 80,000 barrels of oil per day less than its current OPEC quota. He expected the Total-led Akpo project, in which Petrobras has a 40 percent stake, to come on stream before April 1. Once Akpo comes on str [...] | 2009-02-25 15:02:00 | Consulate Lagos | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL BR NI |
09LAHORE11 | PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER THREATENS "OPEN WAR" IF NAWAZ IS DISQUALIFIED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 15:45:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09LAHORE132 | PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE ELECTIONS SHOW PARTY IS ADRIFT [...] (C) Summary: Although the July 8 provincial party elections of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML; also known as the "Q League") strengthened the Chaudhry family control over the PML, a prominent faction of dissidents who boycott the PML polls could could damage the national standing of the PML in [...] | 2009-07-13 04:33:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09LAHORE154 | ICE MAY HAVE CRACKED, BUT SHARIFS STILL DISTRUST IN ZARDARI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 12:45:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM PK |
09LAHORE155 | RAPE VICTIM PORTRAYED BY NY TIMES FACES CORRUPT POLICE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Police in Khanewal district in south Punjab have refused to arrest the rapists and police whom New York Times subject Assiya Rafiq has accused of rape, women's rights activist Mukhtar Mai told Acting Principal Officer July 28. According to the July 26 article by Nicholas Kristof, [...] | 2009-07-28 13:36:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR PK |
09LAHORE164 | POWER IN PUNJAB: LIMITED OPTIONS FOR ADDING SUPPLY, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Punjab provincial government is increasingly concerned about persistent rolling blackouts, but has few options to respond to the electricity crisis. In a July 28 meeting with A/PO, son of the Chief Minister and Member of the Provincial Assembly, Hamza Sharif, acknowledged t [...] | 2009-08-08 10:24:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ECIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09LAHORE175 | SHAHBAZ SHARIF CLAIMS ZARDARI GOVERNMENT LACKS CREDIBILITY [...] (C) This is an action request for S/SRAP. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif told PO August 31 that the federal government as lacked credibility, hampering improvement in economic and social development. He pledged to prosecute the perpetrators of the A [...] | 2009-09-01 08:10:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU PK |
09LAHORE177 | U.S. DAIRY IN PUNJAB: A $34 MILLION SUCCESS STORY [...] (SBU) Summary: Sweetwater International's Punjab dairy operation demonstrates how private business can lead economic development in Pakistan without government assistance. The firm's methods might provide a replicable model for modern milk production in the region. Acting Principal Office [...] | 2009-09-02 07:18:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09LAHORE178 | PROSPECTS FOR POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH NON-FARM EMPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Non-farm employment is vital to help alleviate poverty in southern Punjab, according to local policy makers and academic experts. Population growth has vastly outpaced increases in both agricultural productivity and non-farm jobs, which resulted in higher poverty rates in sout [...] | 2009-09-03 02:35:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09LAHORE179 | AGRICULTURE IN PUNJAB: MODERN AGRI-BUSINESS CAN LEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: A key strategy for enhancing agricultural production in Punjab is to leverage private sector connections to export markets, and to use supply chain development to drive broader improvements in agricultural practices, according to many researchers in the field. Ten years of smal [...] | 2009-09-03 03:02:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09LAHORE183 | NON-STOP FLIGHTS FROM LAHORE TO NEW YORK LOOK LIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Lahore International Airport (LHE) may meet security standards required for direct flights to the United States, according to a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) observation team that conducted a survey at LHE August 24-28. The TSA team noted that LHE officials had ac [...] | 2009-09-09 06:41:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EAIR ECIN PGOV PREL PK |
09LAHORE195 | UNICEF SUSPENDS SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN TRAFFICKED BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary. UNICEF temporarily suspended programs aimed at rehabilitating children trafficked to the United Arab Emirates as camel jockeys, pending the resolution of a partisan squabble that has essentially closed a district office of the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau, UNICEF's gover [...] | 2009-10-14 05:34:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PK |
09LAHORE205 | ATTACK ON ISLAMABAD ISLAMIC SCHOOL SHOCKS PUNJABIS, CLOSES [...] (C) Summary. On October 21, the Punjab provincial government called for all educational facilities in the province to close until further notice. Immediately after the October 15 attacks on three security installations in Lahore, some public and private schools closed for a few days while th [...] | 2009-10-21 13:37:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09LAHORE236 | PUNJAB CHIEF MINISTER ON SARGODHA DETAINEES, NRO, AND OTHER [...] (C) Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked for more time as Pakistani authorities need to thoroughly investigate the Sargodha detainees. As the Supreme Court decides on the NRO, Shahbaz believes the next five weeks are critical and reiterated the PML-N's position that it wants to see the d [...] | 2009-12-21 10:36:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PTER PK |
09LAHORE50 | GOVERNOR RESISTS COMPROMISE IN PUNJAB [...] (C) Summary: Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told Principal Officer (PO) March 14 that the best solution to stabilize the provincial government continues to rely on a tie-up between the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) with a PPP Chief Minister at the helm. He d [...] | 2009-03-14 12:06:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09LAHORE72 | PUNJAB GOVERNOR TASEER TELLS CODEL KYL THAT EXTREMISM IS [...] Summary (C) Punjab Governor Salman Taseer told a congressional delegation led by Senator Jon Kyl that only a small minority in Pakistan supports extremism. He highlighted assistance to Pakistan's education system as the best way to counter terrorist recruitment. Taseer also envisioned Pakist [...] | 2009-04-10 14:08:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PK |
09LAHORE76 | NAWAZ SHARIF TELLS CODEL KYL TO TALK TO ALL PARTIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 10:58:00 | Consulate Lahore | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PK |
09LAHORE77 | PUNJAB AGRICULTURE OFFICIALS CRITICIZE PAKISTAN WHEAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior bureaucrats in the Punjab Ministry of Agriculture realize that government wheat policy endangers Pakistan's food security and perpetuates rural poverty and isolation, creating fertile ground for extremists. Despite the cost and corruption fueled by price supports and subsi [...] | 2009-04-20 10:27:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09LAHORE87 | PUNJAB WHEAT HARVEST JEOPARDIZED BY CORRUPTION AND LACK OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption and inadequate storage facilities have hindered the Punjab government's ability to take full advantage of a bumper crop of wheat. Many farmers, faced with transportation and bureaucratic hurdles, have chosen to sell their wheat to middlemen, who have pocketed the diff [...] | 2009-05-07 06:30:00 | Consulate Lahore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID ECIN ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09LAPAZ1027 | GOB "SUSPENDS" USAID DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: Citing "orders from above," GOB Planning and Development Minister Noel Aguirre on July 9 delivered a letter to CDA Creagan suspending all USAID democracy programs as of July 15. Aguirre acknowledged such a decision could neg [...] | 2009-07-10 21:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR SOCI BL |
09LAPAZ103 | BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM OBSERVERS UNDER OBSERVATION [...] (C) Summary: President of the National Electoral Court Jose Luis Exeni has confirmed that 11 international observer missions are expected to observe the January 25 constitutional referendum, including most prominently the European Union, OAS, Carter Center, the CAN, and Unasur. OAS Mission Re [...] | 2009-01-23 22:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BL |
09LAPAZ104 | BOLIVIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SITREP 1, 1130 [...] (U) Voting in the constitutional referendum has begun with no reports of violence thus far. Reports of minor procedural irregularities include the fact that a major polling station had closed with no notice: the president of the National Electoral Court himself expected to vote at the closed [...] | 2009-01-25 16:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL |
09LAPAZ1043 | CHOQUEHUANCA UNAWARE OF USAID SUSPENSION [...] (C) Summary: Government of Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca expressed to CDA James Creagan in a meeting on July 14 some surprise that he was unaware Planning Minister Noel Aguirre had given Creagan a letter July 9 directing USAID to freeze all democracy and governance programming by [...] | 2009-07-14 21:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON BL |
09LAPAZ1046 | SPECIAL ADVISOR ECHAVESTE VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Maria Echaveste, Special Advisor to the Secretary, traveled to Bolivia June 27-28 to meet with GOB officials including President Evo Morales, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana, and Government Minister Alfredo Rada to convey the Secretary,s commitment to improving bilateral [...] | 2009-07-17 18:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ECON SNAR EAID EINV |
09LAPAZ105 | BOLIVIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SITREP #2 1400 [...] (U) Radio Erbol is reporting that as of noon over 40 percent of urban registered voters and over 60 percent of rural registered voters have voted. (Note: Voting is mandatory in Bolivia. Registered voters who do not vote are removed from the voter rolls and must re-apply. The National Electo [...] | 2009-01-25 18:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL |
09LAPAZ1053 | BOLIVIAN MINING, INDUSTRY OF INDECISION AND [...] (C) The Mining industry in Bolivia is in a state of uncertainty. Propelled by large investments to start operations at the San Bartolom and San Cristobal mines, the sector was responsible for 25% of Bolivia's GDP in 2008. Despite concerns about the local government, unions, community, and n [...] | 2009-07-20 18:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL |
09LAPAZ106 | BOLIVIA: CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM SITREP #3 1730 [...] (U) Although initial official result estimates will not be available until after 8 pm local (7 pm Eastern),exit polls suggest that the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) constitution has been approved by a majority of voters. 2. (U) Leading pollsters Ipsos-Apoyo and Mori Group announced natio [...] | 2009-01-25 23:22:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM BL |
09LAPAZ1062 | USAID SUSPENSION: DIPLOMATIC NOTE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) As per reftel A, Embassy has prepared a draft diplomatic note to be delivered to the GOB Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Planning Minister Noel Aguirre's request to Charge Creagan on July 9 to suspend all USAID Democracy and Go [...] | 2009-07-22 15:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID OPDC BL |
09LAPAZ1080 | UNGA BOLIVIA ATTENDANCE: INTERIM REPORT [...] (SBU) As per reftel, Embassy has requested information from the GOB Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the attendance of President Morales, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, and all other members of the GOB delegation to the UN General Assembly. At this time, the GOB has told us only that Pre [...] | 2009-07-23 22:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA PINR KDEM BL |
09LAPAZ1111 | CHOQUEHUANCA SAYS USAID SUSPENSION "LIMITED" [...] (C) Summary: Government of Bolivia Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca told CDA James Creagan July 29 that a GOB directive to suspend USAID democracy and governance programs (reftels) applied only to a limited number of democracy programs and agreed with Charge that it would be better to disc [...] | 2009-07-30 16:59:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID SNAR BL |
09LAPAZ1141 | BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: TRANSPORTATION GRIDLOCK [...] (C) Bolivia's ground transportation infrastructure is either in complete disrepair or the standard by which South America should be measured, depending on one's perspective. Seventy percent of Bolivia's 50,000 KM (31,000 miles) of roads are in need of repair, yet the 3521 KM (2188 miles) of [...] | 2009-08-04 20:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL |
09LAPAZ1142 | MORALES SEEKS OBAMA MEETING AT UNGA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca told CDA James Creagan August 4 that President Evo Morales seeks a "significant meeting" with President Obama on September 23 as part of the UN General Assembly gathering. Choquehuanca accepted the USG counterproposal on a bilateral framework a [...] | 2009-08-05 13:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ1146 | HOLY FRIJOLE: BOLIVIA'S ALBA TRADE PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part two of a three-part series on the trade and economic situation in Bolivia. While Bolivian President Evo Morales continues to alienate his neighbors (ref C) his government publicly continues to rely on Bolivia's membership in the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas [...] | 2009-08-07 11:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL CU VZ IR EAGR |
09LAPAZ115 | BOLIVIA: REFERENDUM PASSES, WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: In a generally peaceful day of voting marked by scattered accusations of fraud, Bolivians voted in a national referendum January 25 to approve a new constitution. Although official vote tallies will not be available until February, initial surveys place the national referendum r [...] | 2009-01-27 15:54:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PINR BL |
09LAPAZ1166 | BOLIVIAN INFRASTRUCTURE: ELECTRIC INERTIA [...] (C) The Government of Bolivia (GOB) began negotiations in late July with the country's electric generation and distribution companies to reportedly nationalize the sector by the end of the year. As negotiations move forward, the GOB will find it is acquiring a sector that received no invest [...] | 2009-08-11 21:10:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL |
09LAPAZ117 | BOLIVIA: MUTED REACTION TO USG STATEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: President Evo Morales used a substantial portion of his January 22 state of the union address (marking the beginning of his fourth year in power) to repeat baseless attacks on the USG, forcing Charge to leave the speech early (reftel). After leaving the event, Charge spoke with t [...] | 2009-01-27 18:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BL |
09LAPAZ1183 | MANY ACCUSATIONS, LITTLE PROOF OF BOMB MOTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Although the Bolivian National Police have not yet established a motive in the August 12 letter-bomb explosions in La Paz (Refs A and B),President Evo Morales has nevertheless cast a wide net in accusing the political opposition, former military officials, and unnamed Peruvians [...] | 2009-08-14 18:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL |
09LAPAZ1184 | RESPONSE ON DRAFT E.O. 13126 LIST [...] Following review of the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft revised EO 13126 list of products for Bolivia (reftel),post has concluded that child labor in Bolivia in the sugar cane and Brazil nut sectors does not constitute forced or indentured labor as defined in E.O. 13126. 2. Post understa [...] | 2009-08-14 21:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PREL BL |
09LAPAZ1196 | BOLIVIA: SPECULATION, LITTLE PROGRESS IN BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: After initially blaming a range of potential actors for two letter bombs that exploded August 12 in La Paz (reftels A - C),the GOB now seems to be downplaying the attacks. Some embassy sources suggest the bombings could be the result of differences within President Morales' rulin [...] | 2009-08-19 21:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC PTER BL |
09LAPAZ1220 | BOLIVIANS PRESS FOR END TO ADDITIONAL USAID [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent assurances from Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca that the GOB directive to suspend USAID democracy programs should not apply to our public administration and conflict resolution programs (reftels),Bolivian Planning Minister Noel Aguirre wrote our acting [...] | 2009-08-21 20:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ1233 | BOLIVIA: BRAZIL'S LULA BACKS MORALES FOR [...] (C) Summary: At an open-air event August 22 in one of Bolivia's principal coca-growing regions, Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivered a public endorsement of Bolivian President Evo Morales, reflecting Brazil's conclusion that Morales' re-election is all but inevitable. Lula and Morales [...] | 2009-08-26 21:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD ENRG PINR BR BL |
09LAPAZ1239 | "CLOSED" MEANS "CLOSED": USAID DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charg d'Affaires Creamer met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Deputy Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez on August 24 to discuss their previous agreement to "suspend" rather than "close" USAID democracy programs (REFTEL A). The meeting was prompted by an August 18 GOB l [...] | 2009-08-27 18:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR BL |
09LAPAZ1256 | BOLIVIAN JUDICIARY CRUMPLES UNDER MAS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Through a series of judicial maneuvers and pressure tactics reminiscent of their 2007 dismantling of the country's Constitutional Tribunal, Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party appear to be set on shutting down the Supreme Court until [...] | 2009-08-31 20:15:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ126 | BOLIVIA POST-ATPDEA: WOOL COATS TO CARACAS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of December 15, Bolivian exporters can no longer use the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) to send their goods tariff-free to the United States. While most goods can enter the United States under the General System of Preferences (GSP),many exporters, m [...] | 2009-01-28 18:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB KTEX VN BR |
09LAPAZ127 | BOLIVIAN GAS: LOWER SALES MAY HURT MORALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Evo Morales called in favors the first weeks of January, after Brazil announced it would cut its demand for natural gas by one-third (a potential loss of $600 million for Bolivia in the first four months of 2009). Morales sent delegations to both Brazil and Argentina in a [...] | 2009-01-28 19:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR |
09LAPAZ1285 | BATTLE LINES DRAWN FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the passage of the September 7 filing deadline, eight parties have registered to contest the December 6 elections for Bolivia's presidency and Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Three parties are set to split the bulk of the opposition vote, greatly strengthening Presiden [...] | 2009-09-09 21:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM INR PHUM BL |
09LAPAZ131 | EU ISSUES MIXED REPORT ON BOLIVIAN REFERENDUM [...] Summary: The European Union Electoral Observation Mission (EU EOM) published on January 27 its Preliminary Statement regarding the January 25 constitutional referendum. Although the report says the referendum was credibly completed and the "electorate could in general freely exercise their ri [...] | 2009-01-29 11:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL |
09LAPAZ1320 | BOLIVIAN ELECTION PLANNING (C-AL9-01770) [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel A request, Embassy reports that Bolivian election planning is advancing on all fronts. The registration process for the new biometric electoral roll, managed by the Bolivian National Electoral Court (CNE) is proceeding on schedule and without major obstacles. The CNE [...] | 2009-09-17 14:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL |
09LAPAZ1321 | PANDO SETTLEMENTS UPDATE: C-AL9-01687 [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Poloff traveled to Bolivia's Pando department on September 11-12 to discuss GOB resettlement programs with local sources. The GOB maintains the settlements are necessary to reinforce its border with Brazil and "re-establish sovereignty" in the region, while cr [...] | 2009-09-17 15:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR BL |
09LAPAZ1327 | NEW VIDEO CASTS DOUBT ON PANDO "MASSACRE" [...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the September 11, 2008 clash in Pando department that left 11 dead, local opposition groups released new video evidence that casts doubt on the GOB's version of events. Poloff traveled to the site of the conflict on September 11 and 12 to interview a [...] | 2009-09-18 16:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ1333 | BOLIVIAN PRESS REVIEWS CLOSURE OF USAID PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the weekend of September 19-20, the Bolivian press featured extensive coverage of the recent closure of USAID democracy and public administration programs (reftels),highlighting the concerns of Bolivians affected by the cuts and prompting the GOB to articulate its interest [...] | 2009-09-21 21:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV BO |
09LAPAZ1359 | BOLIVIAN OPPOSITION MOSTLY RESIGNED TO MORALES [...] (C) Summary: Meetings September 23-24 with leading Bolivian opposition figures in Santa Cruz underscored their subdued mood two months ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections. Almost all believe that President Morales will be easily re-elected to a second term and that his MAS party [...] | 2009-09-30 13:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SNAR KDEM BL |
09LAPAZ1412 | FM CHOQUEHUANCA ON BILAT TALKS, USAID, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In two conversations on September 30 and October 2 with Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) discussed the second round of bilateral talks, Iranian presence in Bolivia, continuation of USAID's municipal strengthening program, USG approval of Brazilian helicopter [...] | 2009-10-05 22:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SNAR EAID PARM BL IR |
09LAPAZ1417 | BOLIVIAN ANTIPOVERTY PROGRAMS ADDRESS REAL NEEDS [...] (SBU) With an overall poverty rate of 60% and with 37% of the population in extreme poverty, the government of Bolivia has made the fight against poverty a priority. Although programs may be concentrated in areas where the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party hopes to win during the upcoming [...] | 2009-10-06 17:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL |
09LAPAZ1425 | POLLS: MAS TO SWEEP, MAY WIN TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY [...] (C) Summary: Three recently-published polls -- including an unreleased, privately-commissioned poll by Stanley Greenberg's firm -- confirm President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are well positioned to sweep the December 6 elections. Morales is favored to wi [...] | 2009-10-07 19:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ1468 | GOB DIVIDED ON APPROACH TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Our recent experiences with the Bolivian government show its internal divisions, between those officials who distrust the USG but recognize the value of repairing relations and those who view us as a threat and want to reduce us to a minimal in-country presence. The upcoming sec [...] | 2009-10-20 11:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID BL |
09LAPAZ1476 | BOLIVIA HOSTS ANTI-IMPERIALIST ALBA SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales played host to the Seventh Summit Meeting of ALBA (the "Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America," in its latest iteration) October 16-17 in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Leaders from ALBA's nine member states (Bolivia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba, [...] | 2009-10-20 21:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD BL |
09LAPAZ1477 | SUSPENSION OF MINING ACTIVITY ON CERRO RICO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pressure from the local community in Potosi has led to a directive from the government of Bolivia (GOB) for Manquiri, a subsidiary of U.S. mining company Coeur d'Alene, to suspend mining activity at their San Bartolome silver mine at altitudes above 4,400 meters. Although this [...] | 2009-10-21 12:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN PREL PGOV EINV BL |
09LAPAZ1520 | INDIGENOUS LAND USE RIGHTS EMERGING ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: With President Morales' ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party projected to take control of both houses of Congress in upcoming elections, attention has begun to turn to a package of 100 laws Morales has pledged to pass to implement the new Constitution, including several t [...] | 2009-11-04 19:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ECON BL |
09LAPAZ1537 | BOLIVIAN LEADERS FORECAST EARLY AGREEMENT WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Recent statements by Bolivian President Evo Morales and Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca have underscored their commitment to a quick conclusion to ongoing bilateral framework agreement talks with us, raising public expectations of a signed accord before the end of November. In an Oct [...] | 2009-11-09 12:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID BO |
09LAPAZ1538 | MORALES MAINTAINS COMMANDING LEAD [...] (C) Summary: With one month left before the December 6 national elections, President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) remain poised to retain the presidency and take control over both houses of the Plurinational Assembly (Congress). Public and private polling indic [...] | 2009-11-09 12:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ1541 | EU WEIGHS ITS COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary: Our exchanges with European Union representatives and an EU working group paper underscore growing European recognition of the need for intensified cooperation on counter-narcotics in Bolivia. The Europeans note increases in coca production, fear the introduction of third country [...] | 2009-11-10 15:34:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR EU BO |
09LAPAZ155 | BOLIVIAN FM'S CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO SEC. CLINTON [...] On January 27, 2009, the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship transmitted a letter (Note GM No. 037/09) from Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca to Secretary of State Clinton. The official Embassy translation follows: - - - - - - BEGIN TEXT - - - - - - Republic of Bolivia M [...] | 2009-01-29 19:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BL |
09LAPAZ1551 | SANTA CRUZ GOVERNOR REMAINS IN OPPOSITION, WILL RUN AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: Santa Cruz Prefect (Governor) and leading opposition figure Ruben Costas told us November 6 that he will run again for prefect in April under the banner of his recently-established "Verde" party. Costas described public security in Santa Cruz as worsening, prompting the national [...] | 2009-11-18 14:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ1553 | CAMPAIGN UPDATE: MAS GAINS MOMENTUM IN COCHABAMBA [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party of President Evo Morales is likely to do well in the December 6 elections in Cochabamba Department, a highland area southeast of La Paz that includes the coca-growing Chapare region. This reflects its strength in rural areas, an al [...] | 2009-11-18 14:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL |
09LAPAZ1557 | BOLIVIAN FM ON BILATERAL AGREEMENT, UNGA, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian FM Choquehuanca reported that the GOB now hopes to be able to give final approval to the bilateral framework agreement after the December 6 general elections here, with the aim of hosting a signing ceremony in La Paz before Christmas. Choquehuanca heard our message on the [...] | 2009-11-19 16:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA BL |
09LAPAZ1559 | Response Regarding Title III of the Libertad Act [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Bolivian government officials are strongly supportive of the existing Cuban government and crit [...] | 2009-11-19 22:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD KDEM BL CU |
09LAPAZ156 | BOLIVIA: MURDER AND SCANDAL [...] Summary: Bolivian headlines announced "murder", "torture", and "conspiracy" in the days following a brutal murder and robbery which may have ties to powerful politicians. An investigation into the January 27 murder and theft of $450,000 has raised suspicions of corruption within the state hy [...] | 2009-01-29 21:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ1567 | CAMPAIGN UPDATE: POTOSI AND CHUQUISACA GO TO THE MAS [...] (C) Summary: The southern highland department of Potosi will vote heavily in favor of President Evo Morales and his Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS) party in December's elections. His support is solid in rural areas, as well as in the periphery of Potosi city, populated by newcomers from the co [...] | 2009-11-25 13:51:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL |
09LAPAZ1577 | BOLIVIA: ELECTION MONITORS CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on November 24 and 25 with representatives from the OAS, European Union, and Carter Center electoral observation missions, all told us they were prepared for the December 6 elections and identified potential pitfalls, including the practice of "public voting," inapprop [...] | 2009-12-01 17:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ1585 | BOLIVIA: FINAL PRE-ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: With days remaining before the December 6 presidential and legislative elections, polls report President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have widened their lead, with an outside chance at reaching an overall two-thirds majority in the Plurinational Ass [...] | 2009-12-02 20:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ1587 | BOLIVIA: WHAT LIES AHEAD IN A SECOND MORALES TERM [...] (C) Summary: With a sweeping victory increasingly likely for Bolivian President Evo Morales and his MAS party in December 6 elections, the political focus in Bolivia has already shifted to how Morales will approach his next five years in office. Morales's outreach to opposition voters and (re [...] | 2009-12-03 20:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON BL |
09LAPAZ1589 | MORALES, MAS WIN RESOUNDING ELECTION VICTORY [...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) won a resounding victory in national elections on December 6. Parallel vote counts show Morales won re-election with approximately 63 percent of the vote and that the MAS won at least 24 of 36 Senate seats. L [...] | 2009-12-07 19:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ1591 | GOB DEMARCHED ON UNGA DEFAMATION RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 19:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA UN BL |
09LAPAZ1593 | BOLIVIA MINING -- UPDATE ON CERRO RICO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a visit to the San Bartolome silver mine in the southern Bolivian city of Potosi, EconOff learned that the financial impact of the suspension of mining above 4400 meters is significant and is already impacting operations for Manquiri, a subsidiary of U.S. mining company Co [...] | 2009-12-09 16:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EAID BL EMIN EINV |
09LAPAZ1595 | BOLIVIAN FM: URGENT ACTION NEEDED ON BILAT ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: Charge met December 5 with Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca, who said President Morales wants to finalize a bilateral framework agreement but that "certain cabinet members" do not want the accord to succeed and would prefer to maintain minimal relations with the USG. H [...] | 2009-12-09 20:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SNAR EAID ECON BL |
09LAPAZ1599 | BOLIVIA - MOVING FORWARD WITH LITHIUM PRODUCTION ON ITS OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian government is moving forward with its ambitious plans to produce 100,000 tons a year of lithium carbonate by 2013, starting with President Morales' inauguration of a pilot lithium processing plant on October 30. The GOB has made it clear it is not interested in inter [...] | 2009-12-14 18:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV BL EMIN EINV |
09LAPAZ1601 | BOLIVIANS REACT SHARPLY TO SECRETARY'S IRAN REMARKS [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government responded forcefully to the Secretary's December 11 caution about closer ties with Iran, seizing upon her remarks to attack the United States for "imperialist" and "colonial" interference in Bolivia's sovereign affairs. The Bolivian MFA initially sought to [...] | 2009-12-14 19:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR BL |
09LAPAZ1605 | GOB TO JAIL OPPOSITION LEADER REYES VILLA? [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader and former presidential candidate Manfred Reyes Villa confirmed to local press December 16 that he is in hiding from GOB authorities but said he had not fled the country. Reyes Villa labeled himself a victim of political persecution and said President Morales sou [...] | 2009-12-18 17:03:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ1609 | DECEMBER ELECTIONS SHOW MAS GAINING IN OPPOSITION DEPARTMENT [...] (C) Summary: The opposition remains strong in Beni, but the ruling Movemiento al Socialismo (MAS) party made considerable inroads in the December elections. The increase reflected the MAS' substantial investment in its Beni campaign, its increased appeal to poorer voters, and a weak oppositi [...] | 2009-12-23 13:05:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM BL |
09LAPAZ1611 | BOLIVIA: NEGATING "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Bolivia regularly votes for the Organization of the Islamic Conference's UN resolutions against "defamation of religions," most recently on December 18 in the UNGA plenary session. Given our thorny bilateral relationship, the GOB's ALBA membership, and its growing ties with Iran, [...] | 2009-12-23 14:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KISL OPDC BL |
09LAPAZ163 | MORALES: "DEA PLANNED MY ASSASSINATION" [...] Summary: President Evo Morales and his ministers are calling for improved bilateral relations even as he continues to state publicly that the USG has tried, is trying, and will try to kill him. In the World Social Forum in Belem, Brazil, Morales called for a "world revolution to end the north [...] | 2009-01-30 21:46:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BL |
09LAPAZ1642 | BOLIVIAN NOMINATION: THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Per REFTEL, Embassy La Paz nominates Dr. Marina Flores Villena for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Through her work as a lawyer and public prosecutor, Marina has dedicated herself professionally and personally to positively impacting the lives of hundreds o [...] | 2009-11-30 21:25:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREL KPAO BL |
09LAPAZ175 | BOLIVIA: PANDO REPORT CONCERNS; OHCHR RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with Denis Racicot, representative in Bolivia for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) January 26, to assess OHCHR activities as per request (Reftel E). Relations between the OHCHR and both the government and civil society actors appear to be generally qu [...] | 2009-02-02 20:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ176 | BOLIVIAN GAS CHIEF FIRED IN MURDER/KICKBACK SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales fired the president of state hydrocarbons company YPFB on February 1, just two days after publicly defending Santos Ramirez, a close confidant and member of his inner circle of advisors. Santos Ramirez has been implicated in the kickback case that involved t [...] | 2009-02-02 21:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BL |
09LAPAZ178 | LATEST PODEMOS MAGIC BULLET: NAVA TO TURN ON EVO [...] (S) Opposition strategist Javier Flores (strictly protect) told PolOff February 1 that Bolivian Army Lt. Jorge Nava is working with Flores and opposition Senator Roger Pinto (Podemos, Pando) to discredit the government's denial of involvement in the June 21 bombing of an opposition television [...] | 2009-02-03 17:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL VE |
09LAPAZ183 | BOLIVIAN MINING: WORLDWIDE WOES AND LOCAL LAMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. presence in Bolivian mining will change dramatically over the next few years. Denver-based Apex Silver has announced the sale of all its San Cristobal Mine stock to former partner Sumitomo Corporation, which will take over full ownership of the largest silver mine in Bo [...] | 2009-02-04 22:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL |
09LAPAZ194 | LOWER HOUSE PRESIDENT ENLISTS SELF AS BILAT ALLY [...] (C) Summary: Lower House President Edmundo Novillo told Charge' February 3 that, in order for bilateral relations to move forward, both sides would need to identify common ground and establish some "essential points" for engagement. He added the United States would need to acknowledge the his [...] | 2009-02-06 14:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SNAR BL |
09LAPAZ211 | MAS AIMS CONSTITUTION AT SENATE, MFA, "TRAITORS" [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the January 25 constitutional referendum, we are seeing signs that the Morales Administration plans to move its agenda forward aggressively after promulgating the new constitution. The MFA's Director of Bilateral Affairs told diplomats February 5 that the governme [...] | 2009-02-09 22:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR ETRD KDEM KTIA BL |
09LAPAZ220 | BOLIVIA: NEW CONSTITUTION, NEW CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Leveraging his now certified victory in the January 25 constitutional referendum, President Evo Morales held a massive "party" February 7 to promulgate the constitution and herald the arrival of the new "community socialist" revolution. The next day, Morales announced the result [...] | 2009-02-10 16:08:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL |
09LAPAZ225 | BOLIVIA: ENGAGING MAS-CONTROLLED ORURO [...] (U) Charge's February 6 trip to Oruro to visit USAID-supported organic sweet onion and quinoa projects was well-received in the Oruro press and by the indigenous communities which benefit from USAID's projects. In Amachuma Catuyo, organic sweet onion farmers thanked the Charge and USAID for t [...] | 2009-02-11 13:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID BL |
09LAPAZ247 | VICE MINISTER FIRED FOR U.S. IV VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Vice Minister for Basic Services Gustavo Morales was fired last month for participating in a USG-sponsored International Visitor program. VM Morales said his former boss Minister of Water Rene Orellana and Minister of Government Juan Ramon Quintana approached President Evo Morale [...] | 2009-02-12 21:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OEXC KDEM BL |
09LAPAZ267 | LITHIUM: A NEW BATTERY FOR BOLIVIA'S ECONOMY? [...] (C) Summary: Recent articles from BBC, the New York Times, and business journals have created substantial buzz about the reportedly large reserves of lithium contained in Bolivia's Uyuni salt flat. On February 11, Bolivia's National Mining Director Freddy Beltran announced that four companies [...] | 2009-02-19 13:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL BL |
09LAPAZ270 | PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIAN CONGRESS'S FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] (C) In a February 18 call on the Charge d'Affaires, President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chamber of Deputies (lower house of congress) Michiatki Nagatani portrayed himself as a personal messenger from Minister of Foreign Affairs David Choquehuanca. He said Choquehuanca had asked [...] | 2009-02-19 14:56:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BL |
09LAPAZ272 | EVO RETURNS FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales returns from his Moscow/Paris trip February 18 basking in Russian and French goodwill, but with only promises of deals to come on counternarcotics, gas exploration, and lithium industrialization. Although the gas deal is potentially huge (up to $4.5 [...] | 2009-02-19 15:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAIR ECON EINV EMIN EPET SNAR |
09LAPAZ290 | SEVEN TAKEN IN NEW ROUND OF PANDO DETENTIONS [...] (C) Summary: As predicted in conversations with EcoPol contact (reftel A),Bolivian security forces on February 18 detained up to 21 people in Pando department (state) before releasing 14 and bringing the rest to La Paz for further questioning. According to the prosecutor's office, the detai [...] | 2009-02-20 21:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL |
09LAPAZ294 | EVO BLAMES CIA FOR YPFB SCANDAL; POLICE'S MILGP BAN [...] (C) Summary: Despite overtures to the Obama Administration in general, President Morales and Government Minister Rada continued the GOB's now familiar barrage of U.S.-blaming and blasting February 20-21. This time the target was the CIA, blamed for the corruption and murder scandal involving [...] | 2009-02-26 14:57:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PROP EAID EPET MARR OFDP |
09LAPAZ303 | FOREIGN MINISTER ON CIA, ERADICATION, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Kris Urs met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca February 26 to refute President Evo Morales' accusations of CIA presence in state oil company YPFB, discuss joint counternarcotics eradication efforts, and review the newly-released human rights report. Choqu [...] | 2009-02-26 22:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ305 | EVO NAMES EMBOFF AS CIA; TARGETS "TRAITORS" [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Bolivian President Evo Morales named EmbOff Francisco "Frank" Martinez as a "Mexican infiltrator" while sharing his vision of a vast CIA network that permeates all sectors of Bolivian government and social groups February 26. Morales' message was clear: Martinez is a CIA [...] | 2009-02-26 23:21:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR PROP EMIN EPET EINV |
09LAPAZ31 | USAID AND GOB AGREEMENT ON CHAPARE PHASE OUT [...] (C) USAID-Bolivia and the Vice Ministers of Social Defense Felipe Caceres and Coca/Integrated Development Geronimo Meneces Mollo have signed an agreement for the orderly phase-out of USAID's work in the Chapare. In the agreement the Government of Bolivia agrees to provide the necessary securi [...] | 2009-01-08 14:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | BL EAGR ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SENV |
09LAPAZ319 | BOLIVIA NONCOMMITTAL TO PAINTER NOMINATION FOR UN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yuri Arce, U.S. desk officer, and Estella Mendoza, Chief of American Affairs, February 27. Arce agreed Judge Painter was a qualified candidate, but would offer no pledge of support or hint of who Bolivia will support. URS [...] | 2009-03-02 11:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09LAPAZ373 | BOLIVIA: MORALES EXPELS EMBASSY OFFICER [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C//NF) Summary: President Evo Morales declared Embassy officer Francisco (Frank) Martinez persona non grata on national television March 9. Morales accused Martinez of "meeting with opposition prefects (governors)" and said he wa [...] | 2009-03-09 20:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER ODIP |
09LAPAZ374 | MAS MOB TAKE HOUSE, BEAT FAMILY OF FORMER VP [...] (C) Summary: Apparently induced by agitators, protesters from one Lake Titicaca region ransacked the house and attacked the family of former Vice-President and current presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas on March 7. Although the government has launched an investigation, officials inclu [...] | 2009-03-09 21:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL |
09LAPAZ38 | UN DROPS PANDO "BOMB" ON MFA [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs sources indicate the UN is preparing a report on the violent events in Pando in September, which will be much less to the government's liking than the Unasur's report released December 3. According to MFA Legal Advisor Paola Melendres (strictl [...] | 2009-01-09 20:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTIA PINR CI BL |
09LAPAZ381 | MFA PLUGS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING, APPLAUDS IRAQ PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Post delivered demarche on Iraq (reftel A) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and received a generally positive response. Conversation turned quickly to recent House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearings on bilateral relations, which MFA representatives used to ask again for a m [...] | 2009-03-11 18:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ MOPS PREL KDEM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ386 | "COMMUNITARIAN JUSTICE" SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL? [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 7 ransacking of former Vice President Victor Hugo Cardenas' home and attack on his wife and family (reftel),provincial community leaders declared March 10 they would formally expropriate the property and claimed the new constitution explicitly justified their [...] | 2009-03-12 20:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL |
09LAPAZ389 | BOLIVIA: SENATE PRESIDENT CALLS FOR INT'L HELP [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate President and opposition leader Oscar Ortiz on March 12 publicly called on the diplomatic community to "remain engaged" and encourage the Morales administration to negotiate in good faith regarding the new constitution's implementation, Congress' role during the transitio [...] | 2009-03-12 22:38:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ4 | MORALES OFFERS OBAMA DIALOGUE, OR SETS TRAP? [...] (C) Summary: In a relatively restrained New Year's Day address, Bolivian President Evo Morales offered to dialogue with President-elect Barack Obama regarding suspension of Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act benefits instead of pursuing a complaint with the World Trade Organizati [...] | 2009-01-02 17:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BL ECON EFIN |
09LAPAZ407 | BOLIVIA: CIA ACCUSATIONS SPREADING [...] (C) Summary: Accusations of CIA involvement in Bolivian "internal affairs" have proliferated since the announcement of Embassy officer Francisco "Frank" Martinez's expulsion March 9. President Morales' top advisors, Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana and Government Minister Alfredo Rada, [...] | 2009-03-13 21:24:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL |
09LAPAZ409 | GOB RHETORIC MAY SET STAGE FOR FURTHER EXPULSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 9 expulsion of Embassy officer Frank Martinez (Reftels B, C) and subsequent government accusations March 12 of more CIA activity in the country (Reftel A),President Evo Morales charged March 13 and 14 that "foreign agents" were "buying the loyalty" of Bolivia [...] | 2009-03-16 15:59:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ412 | BOLIVIAN CORRUPTION: MORE SCANDALS LIKELY [...] (C) As the Bolivian state extends its participation in the economy well beyond its capacity, corruption scandals are likely to surface across any number of the poorly managed and highly politicized state enterprises. The state hydrocarbon company (YPFB) is far and away the largest of these c [...] | 2009-03-17 18:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR |
09LAPAZ416 | BOLIVIA: MOD ANNOUNCES USG BLOCKED JET SALE [...] (C) Summary: After meeting with CDA and MILGP Commander March 16, the spokesman for the Bolivian Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel announced the United States had "vetoed" the sale of Czech L-159 military jets to Bolivia. Post suspects San Miguel was expecting to be told that the sale was [...] | 2009-03-17 21:39:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MCAP SNAR KTIA BL |
09LAPAZ418 | BOLIVIAN VFM: THINGS MAY GET WORSE BEFORE THEY GET [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Fernandez, the GOB had no reaction to the Charge's protest regarding the expulsion of Francisco Martinez, President Morales' latest claims of CIA conspiracies, and Minister Rada's accusations that Bolivian Police working for the Embassy a [...] | 2009-03-17 22:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL PGOV PREL |
09LAPAZ434 | BOLIVIA: CONTINUED MIXED MESSAGES [...] (C) Summary: While official media give extensive coverage of Foreign Secretary David Choquehuanca's March 19 announcement that Bolivia seeks to "rebuild mutual trust" with the USG, President Evo Morales' March 20 statement that he will "personally investigate the presence of external agents" [...] | 2009-03-20 19:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ436 | BOLIVIA: WHO CAN CHALLENGE MORALES? (PT 1) [...] (C) Summary: Although presidential elections will not occur until December 6, at least ten members of the opposition are being mentioned as potential candidates. This is the first in a series of cables that will review the possibilities for each. Part One will focus on the three leading can [...] | 2009-03-20 20:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR ENVR BL ECON |
09LAPAZ464 | RUMORS OF CORRUPTION IN BOLIVIAN COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary: The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) has received numerous reports from certain members of the Bolivian National Counternarcotics Police (FELCN) regarding alleged acts of corruption involving members of the GOB and the FELCN. While the NAS cannot conduct investigations to determ [...] | 2009-03-25 15:29:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL |
09LAPAZ469 | MAS TRAMPLES CONSTITUTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales, his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, and affiliated social groups continue to use authoritarian measures to implement a so-called "democratic revolution," including the initiation of legal proceedings against Supreme Court President Eddy Ferna [...] | 2009-03-26 16:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ470 | CHARGE MEETING WITH FM CHOQUEHUANCA [...] (C) Summary: Per Reftel Charge met with Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca on March 25 to deliver correspondence from Secretary Clinton. The FM again confirmed assurances provided by UN Charge Solon in New York that the GOB would first seek to resolve bilateral issues through dip [...] | 2009-03-26 18:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL OPDC PGOV PREL |
09LAPAZ472 | GAS SCANDAL TOUCHES TARIJA AND SQUEEZES OPPOSITION [...] (C) As corruption scandals swirl around President Morales and his administration, corruption may also provide a mechanism for a power-grab in the southern, gas-producing state of Tarija. Ironically, the same company, Catler-Uniservice, that was presumably making the payoff to Santos Ramirez [...] | 2009-03-27 12:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR |
09LAPAZ474 | MORALES ALLEGES USG INTERFERENCE, AGAIN [...] (C) One day after Foreign Minister Choquehuanca assured us the GOB would not take actions to embarrass the U.S. administration and would resolve bilateral issues through diplomatic channels, President Evo Morales on March 26 publicly and without proof accused the USG of "mobilizing" CIA and DE [...] | 2009-03-27 16:59:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER |
09LAPAZ478 | BOLIVIA: A VIEW FROM THE BANKS [...] (C) Bolivian bank executives report that the sector is currently solid, but bracing for more difficult economic times ahead. While weaker commodity prices and reduced remittances will take their toll on the real economy in 2009, the banker's greatest fear is that pressure on the Bolivian cu [...] | 2009-03-30 18:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN PINR ASEC |
09LAPAZ496 | MAS TRIES TO STACK THE DECK FOR DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The new Bolivian constitution requires Congressional passage by April 7 of a "transitional regime" to establish the rules for the December 6 election of the president, vice president, and members of the new "Plurinational Assembly." Under threat of a 10,000-person siege by socia [...] | 2009-03-31 17:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ497 | KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE NOT DELIVERED [...] Post believes that delivering reftel would be counterproductive at this time per reftel instructions. The Bolivian government used former Ambassador Goldberg's past experience working on Balkan issues as "proof" he was conspiring against the Morales Administration. See reftels for additiona [...] | 2009-03-31 18:36:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL ICJ KVBL BL |
09LAPAZ508 | GOVERNMENT OF BOLIVIA FOLDS REGULATORY BODIES BACK [...] (C) The Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) economic model firmly places the state at the center of all economic activity. One more step will be taken toward this goal with the dismantling of the regulatory system that won accolades upon its creation in the early 1990s. The system featured sup [...] | 2009-04-01 20:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL EINV BL EFIN ASEC SENV |
09LAPAZ519 | MORALES PARROTS CHAVEZ ON G20, CRITICIZES OBAMA [...] (C) Summary: During a press conference at the Presidential Palace, Bolivian President Evo Morales on April 3 repeated almost verbatim Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's criticisms of the G20 summit agreement from a day before. Morales added his own doubts regarding President Obama, saying he [...] | 2009-04-03 21:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON |
09LAPAZ522 | BOLIVIAN GAS: ACTIVITY RETURNS TO THE GAS FIELDS [...] (C) Despite the controversy surrounding Santos Ramirez's tenure as head of Bolivia's state hydrocarbon company (YPFB),he was able to clarify partially the operating environment for the major players in the Bolivian gas sector. As a result, activity has returned to many fields. That said, [...] | 2009-04-06 15:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR |
09LAPAZ555 | MR. OBAMA, TEAR DOWN THIS EMBARGO: BOLIVIA'S BIG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a press conference at the presidential palace April 8, Bolivian President Evo Morales announced that Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) will meet prior to the Summit of the Americas to discuss a Bolivian proposal to lift the United States' embargo on Cuba. The group [...] | 2009-04-09 19:48:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL CU |
09LAPAZ557 | STARVING DEMOCRACY: ELECTORAL LAW IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary: As of 2:00pm April 9, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party has been unable to break a legislative deadlock with the opposition over passage of the constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which will govern all aspects of upco [...] | 2009-04-09 20:41:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ572 | NO ELECTION DEAL; MORALES: USG DEATH THREAT [...] (C) Summary: After five days of often heated debate, as of 4:00pm April 13, President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) have been unable to reach a satisfactory compromise with the opposition to pass a constitutionally-mandated Electoral Transition Law (ETL). The [...] | 2009-04-13 21:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL ECON |
09LAPAZ578 | OPPOSITION GAINS WITH ELECTORAL LAW PASSAGE [...] (C) Summary: At approximately 4:00am on April 14, the Morales administration reached formal agreement with the opposition and passed the Electoral Transition Law (ETL),which establishes the rules for the December 6 national elections. The ETL directs the National Electoral Court to construc [...] | 2009-04-14 22:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ584 | MORALES TO ATTEND SOA, UNASUR MULTILAT [...] PolOffs demarched on April 9 and April 15 Bolivian MFA Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza and MFA Multilateral Affairs Director Cecilia Chacon, respectively, to request information on the Bolivian delegation to the Summit of the Americas, or SOA (Reftel B). Between the two dates, th [...] | 2009-04-15 21:19:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC BL KDEM KSUM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR |
09LAPAZ593 | GOVERNMENT CLAIMS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISTS ARE IN [...] (C) Summary: Early April 16, a Bolivian National Police (BNP) SWAT team raided the ExpoCruz fairgrounds in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, reportedly discovering arms and ammunition. Police also raided a downtown hotel, engaging in a firefight and ultimately killing three individuals (reportedly includin [...] | 2009-04-16 22:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PTER PREL BL |
09LAPAZ594 | BOLIVIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) As per reftel B, PolOff on April 9 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza regarding USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. On April 15, Post delivered via diplomatic note the points listed in Reftel A. 2. (C) During the April 9 meeting, Mendoza lame [...] | 2009-04-17 13:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ596 | BOLIVIAN FM: "STOP SUPPORTING THE OPPOSITION" [...] (C) SUMMARY: April 20, one day after leaving the Summit of the Americas (SOA),both Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Charge to the United Nations Pablo Salon are claiming victory after making their "demands" known to the U.S. delegation. Salon spoke to press in Geneva about "laying down [...] | 2009-04-21 21:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC BL ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ENVR |
09LAPAZ600 | GOB BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON "TERRORIST CELL" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera and other senior administration members, during an address to the diplomatic corps on April 21, underscored the seriousness of what they labeled a series of three terrorist attacks and the presence of a terrorist cell with at least ten [...] | 2009-04-23 11:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL PTER |
09LAPAZ601 | MORALES PRAISES OBAMA, BLASTS DEA [...] (SBU) Bolivian President Evo Morales gave a press conference with foreign press April 21 to express his views on the Summit of the Americas (SOA) in terms of the U.S.-Bolivian bilateral relationship. He highlighted his brief encounters with President Obama at the SOA, saying that Bolivia "saw [...] | 2009-04-23 11:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ604 | Bolivia 2009 Fiscal Transparency Report [...] (U) The Government of Bolivia has maintained its commitment to fiscal transparency and accountability as reported in Post's submissions for the Department's preparation of the report submitted under a similar provision in the FY 2008 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriatio [...] | 2009-04-23 13:22:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL PGOV BL |
09LAPAZ611 | MIXED SIGNS ON TERROR INVESTIGATION, USG [...] (SBU) During April 22 interviews to BBC Mundo and CNN Espanol, Bolivian President Evo Morales seemingly sent mixed messages regarding any international role in the investigation of the April 16 operation against an alleged terror cell in Santa Cruz in which three alleged terrorists were killed [...] | 2009-04-24 14:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ODIP OFDP OPRC PGOV PREL PTER HU EI HR RO BL |
09LAPAZ62 | BOLIVIA: EVO WARNS HE WILL RULE BY DECREE [...] (U) At the January 11 conference of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, President Evo Morales called on his followers to perpetuate MAS power "forever." Morales assured his listeners that he was confident the new constitution would pass in the January 25 referendum, allowing for [...] | 2009-01-13 21:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ631 | BOLIVIA SCENESETTER FOR FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER [...] Embassy La Paz offers a warm welcome to Former President Carter and accompanying team to Bolivia April 30-May 3. The information in this cable on U.S. government engagement in Bolivia is designed to complement the background paper provided by the Department of State, which summarized political [...] | 2009-04-29 19:42:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL BL |
09LAPAZ635 | BOLIVIA: "TERRORISM" EXCUSE FOR MASS ARRESTS? [...] (C) Summary: The Morales administration may use an April 16 police team raid in opposition-dominated Santa Cruz, in which police shot and killed three alleged terrorists, arrested two more, and reportedly found a separate weapons cache (Reftels A, B),to initiate arrests of the political opposition [...] | 2009-04-29 21:20:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL |
09LAPAZ640 | CN DEMARCHE: OBAMA OPTIMISM AMIDST CN NEGATIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered the annual certification counternarcotics (CN) demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez on April 28, 2009. Post highlighted that the legal cultivation of coca needs to be regulated, no concessions should be made to coca producers in the Chapare [...] | 2009-04-30 18:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID KJUS KCRM BL |
09LAPAZ655 | BOLIVIA: MORALES' MAY DAY WEEKEND [...] (C) Summary: Continuing a three-year tradition of May Day nationalization announcements, Bolivian President Evo Morales on May 1 nationalized AirBP, a jet fuel provider and subsidiary of British Petroleum. Morales announced the nationalization in conjunction with several supreme decrees regar [...] | 2009-05-05 17:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ658 | FORMER PRESIDENT CARTER VISITS BOLIVIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Former President Jimmy Carter, his wife, and members of the Carter Center in Atlanta visited Bolivia April 30-May 3. The former President met (in chronological order) with the Embassy Country Team, Foreign Minister Choquehuanca, presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas, Presiden [...] | 2009-05-05 22:44:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR BL VE EC |
09LAPAZ659 | GOB IMPLICATES SANTA CRUZ LEADERS IN "TERRORISM" [...] (S) Summary: The government prosecutor has implicated a dozen top Santa Cruz leaders in supporting a "terrorist cell" aiming to divide the country. A former public defender for one of the Hungarian defendants told us the government had informants within the group and a great deal of evidence t [...] | 2009-05-06 15:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ66 | EVO BREAKS RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL; ATTACKS VATICAN [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales announced January 13 that Bolivia would break relations with Israeli, although the Israeli Honorary Consul told us he is still waiting for a formal notification from the Foreign Ministry. Morales also claimed he would charge Israel with war crimes at the Int [...] | 2009-01-14 22:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OFDP VN IS VT BN |
09LAPAZ674 | EL ALTO MAS ASKS FOR USAID EXPULSION [...] SUMMARY. El Alto members of President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party verbally attacked the United States May 4, following a presentation by Venezuelan-American Eva Golinger entitled "The Interference and Subversive Strategies of the United States in Latin America during the Twe [...] | 2009-05-07 18:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL |
09LAPAZ698 | BOLIVIA: POLITICAL VIEWS FROM TARIJA STATE [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM and PolOffs met with Tarija Department (state) leaders during a May 7-8 outreach trip (reftel a). Prefect (governor) Mario Cossio told us the GOB's investigation into an alleged terror cell was a "show." He said he would be the next prefect to be arrested largely because th [...] | 2009-05-13 20:28:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL |
09LAPAZ708 | USAID BOLIVIA: IN THE CLEAR OR IN THE CROSSHAIRS? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ten days after several El Alto leaders called for the expulsion of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from their city (ref),other leaders, including the mayor, are coming to the organization's defense. Oscar Chirinos, an El Alto Movement Towards Social [...] | 2009-05-14 21:43:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL |
09LAPAZ710 | DEFENSE ATTORNEY LAMENTS POLITICIZED TERROR CASE [...] (S) Ministry of Foreign Relations Legal Advisor Paola Melendres (strictly protect) told PolOff May 11 that her close friend and the former defense attorney for Santa Cruz terror cell suspect Elot (alternative spelling Elod) Toasa told her there is sufficient evidence to prosecute Toasa for "st [...] | 2009-05-15 16:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL |
09LAPAZ715 | SUPREME COURT HALTED, JUDICIARY DISMANTLED [...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian Congress' lower house narrowly voted on May 14 to impeach Supreme Court President Eddy Fernandez, and the opposition-controlled Senate will begin a "trial of responsibilities" within two weeks. The ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party's main charge against F [...] | 2009-05-15 20:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ72 | WE'RE RUDE, WE'RE NUDE, WE WANT OUR '99 NISSANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bolivian government is facing massive protests - some in the nude - relating to a December Presidential decree relating to used car imports. The decree limits the importation of used cars older than five years into Bolivia. Importers have been protesting for weeks, including o [...] | 2009-01-15 20:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL SENV BL |
09LAPAZ722 | SCENE SETTER FOR A/S SHANNON VISIT [...] (C) Welcome to La Paz! Your visit comes at a critical moment in U.S./Bolivian relations. In the past year, bilateral relations sank to their lowest point in decades, largely as a result of unprovoked Government of Bolivia rhetoric and action. Events over the past twelve months include a mar [...] | 2009-05-19 11:55:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL EAID ASEC PTER BL |
09LAPAZ743 | CHARGE MEETING WITH FORMER VP CARDENAS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation on May 15, Charge d'Affaires met with former Vice President and leading opposition presidential candidate Victor Hugo Cardenas and discussed Cardenas' campaign prospects, recent attacks against political opponents by ruling Movement Toward Socialism [...] | 2009-05-22 15:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ASEC PTER BL |
09LAPAZ744 | BOLIVIA-CUBA RELATIONS: RESPONSE TO TITLE III OF [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the questions in reftel A and reflect new developments since reftel B. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? --No. The Bolivian government continues to see Cuba as a via [...] | 2009-05-22 21:33:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD KDEM BL CU |
09LAPAZ750 | LAWYER: GOB INVOLVED IN TERROR, PANDO, YPFB CASES [...] (S) Summary: A Bolivian government lawyer who worked closely on the Santa Cruz terrorism case, the investigation into the September 2008 Pando conflict, and the YPFB (state oil company) murder and corruption case provided new information on GOB involvement in all three incidents. In the alleg [...] | 2009-05-26 19:45:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC PTER BL |
09LAPAZ758 | GOB TO SEIZE "TERRORIST" ASSETS WITHOUT TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: President Morales issued a supreme decree on May 20 authorizing government prosecutors to seize, without trial, assets related to alleged terrorist acts, including personal goods, business assets, bank accounts, and communications media. The decree is to be applied retroactively [...] | 2009-05-27 22:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ766 | BOLIVIA'S BILATERAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Paragraph two contains the Embassy La Paz translation of the proposed Framework Agreement presented by the Bolivian Government for consideration at the May 20-21 bilateral dialogue. A point of clarification in Article III, Section 1: the Bolivian Government intends "State to State" to ex [...] | 2009-05-29 12:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID ODIP OPDC OEXC SNAR BL |
09LAPAZ799 | BOLIVIA: USG-BACKED CONFERENCE SPURS TIP [...] Summary: On April 21 and 22 the Embassy's Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),in a joint initiative with the United Nations, Office of International Migration (OIM) and the Attorney General's Office, organized Bolivia's first International Conference on Trafficking in Persons in the city of Cochab [...] | 2009-06-02 18:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KDEM ASEC KJUS BL |
09LAPAZ806 | IS BOLIVIA EXPORTING URANIUM? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 16:18:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IAEA ECON EMIN ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PREL |
09LAPAZ811 | BOLIVIA: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) Per reftel A, Post has verified via the Defense Attache's office that the Bolivian military does not use the Mi-17 helicopter (nor does it have such parts in its inventory) and therefore cannot provide assistance to Pakistan. Bolivian military and security forces use the Bell UH-1 (Huey [...] | 2009-06-03 18:01:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PARM PKBL BL |
09LAPAZ812 | BOLIVIA TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Per reftel a instructions, Post did not deliver reftel point to Bolivian Government as doing so would be counterproductive at this time. The Bolivian government used former Ambassador Goldberg's past experience working on Balkan issues as "proof" he was conspiring against the Morales Admi [...] | 2009-06-03 20:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KVIR PREL BL |
09LAPAZ828 | MFA ON UPCOMING DC ROUND OF BILATERAL TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez told Charge June 4 that he would confirm the timing of D.C.-based bilateral talks with UN Charge Pablo Solon. Fernandez urged that President Obama reverse suspension of ATPDEA trade preferences for Bolivia by June 30. Fernandez said it would [...] | 2009-06-05 16:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL PINR OFDP OPDC OVIP SNAR EAID |
09LAPAZ844 | HOW GOB COULD BLAME US FOR ALLEGED TERROR CELL [...] (S) Summary: The USG has not yet been directly accused of involvement with an alleged terrorist cell in Santa Cruz. However, there are several factors that could induce the GOB to connect us to suspected extremist groups in Santa Cruz: the petition of political asylum from alleged terrorist Hug [...] | 2009-06-08 20:52:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER PINR BL |
09LAPAZ845 | BOLIVIA LUKE WARM ON ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points to Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez June 4. Fernandez was noncommittal, but was responsive to reftel point that U.S. Caniddate Lucretia Myers was the only candidate from the Americas. URS [...] | 2009-06-09 19:27:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUST KUNR PREL UNGA BL |
09LAPAZ867 | BOLIVIA: NEIGHBOR RELATIONS NOT SO NEIGHBORLY [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are enmeshed in diplomatic flaps with neighbors, including: a growing feud with Peru over asylum approvals for four former GOB ministers and allegations of GOB support for a June 5 Peruvian indige [...] | 2009-06-10 22:16:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ENVR BL |
09LAPAZ89 | U.S./BOLIVIA RELATIONS: HOW WE GOT HERE [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales has repeatedly stated that he will "never break relations with the United States," and he has recently expressed hopes that bilateral relations will improve under the Obama administration. Privately, however, high-level officials told us as early as 2007 tha [...] | 2009-01-21 19:02:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ECON EFIN EAID BL |
09LAPAZ898 | EVO BLAMES U.S. FTA FOR PERU "GENOCIDE" [...] (C) Summary: Tensions between Bolivia and Peru continue to simmer following Peru's allegations that the June 5 indigenous uprising, in which an estimated 24 police and nine indigenous were left dead, was incited by a pro-rebellion letter from President Morales (reftel). Morales' claims that t [...] | 2009-06-19 21:00:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PINR ETRD EPET EMIN ECIN OFDP |
09LAPAZ93 | BOLIVIA: MORALES TARGETS USG BEFORE REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In his January 22 State of the Union Address marking the beginning of his fourth year in office, President Evo Morales made repeated rhetorical attacks against the United States, to the point that Charge was obliged to leave the meeting. In an encounter with the press afterwards, [...] | 2009-01-22 22:13:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ETRD EAID OFDP OPRC KDEM BL |
09LAPAZ934 | THE U.S.- BOLIVIA TRADE RELATIONSHIP [...] SUMMARY. This is the first of a three part series on Bolivia's economic and trade situation. In 2008, Bolivia was the United States 105th highest trading partner, while the U.S. was Bolivia's third. Despite concern over the potential permanent removal of Bolivia from the Andean Trade Preferenc [...] | 2009-06-24 21:32:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL KTEX BL EAID KTIA KTDB PE |
09LAPAZ94 | SENATE MURDER PLOT TURNS INTO PANDO "TELL ALL" [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian television networks aired testimony January 19 from the supposed organizer of the pro-government, September 11, 2008 campesino (peasant farmer) march in Pando Department that accuses Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana of arming the group with the purpose of violently [...] | 2009-01-22 22:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR VN BL |
09LAPAZ957 | BOLIVIA: CDA, FM DISCUSS BILAT RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca welcomed new Charge d'Affaires James Creagan June 26 at what he called a "historic moment" in the country's history. Although he emphasized his desire to return the bilateral relationship to a state of normalcy, Choquehuanca admitted no [...] | 2009-06-26 23:04:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR BL |
09LAPAZ96 | BOLIVIA'S REFERENDUM: MARGIN OF VICTORY MATTERS [...] (C) Summary: With the January 25 constitutional referendum rapidly approaching, all signs point to victory for President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party. Although the opposition has made inroads into the MAS lead, most national polls point to between 54 and 60 p [...] | 2009-01-23 13:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM PINR ENVR BL |
09LAPAZ968 | BOLIVIAN GAS: PURGATORY [...] (C) Over the past three years investments in the Bolivian gas fields have been minimal; this is changing, as companies have begun to make significant investments to guarantee enough gas for both domestic demand and exports to Brazil (with any excess going to Argentina). Moments of optimism [...] | 2009-06-30 14:31:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL EFIN PINR |
09LAPAZ977 | BOLIVIA: DPRK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) As per reftel, PolOff on June 29 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Desk Officer Yuri Arce regarding threats posed by North Korea's nuclear weapon, ballistic missile, WMD, and conventional weapons programs. PolOff informed Arce of the resolution and that purchase of all weapons system [...] | 2009-06-30 20:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC MTCRE KN BL |
09LAPAZ981 | GOB DELAYS, DENIES ISSUANCE OF OFFICIAL VISAS [...] (C) Summary: Since September 2008, the Bolivian government has increasingly delayed, and in some cases denied, issuance of official visas to incoming USG personnel. While the majority of visa requests are still granted without significant delay, a higher percentage of applications than normal [...] | 2009-07-01 14:35:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR OFDP OTRABL |
09LEIPZIG15 | RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS WIN MINOR GAINS IN EASTERN GERMANY'S [...] (U) The right-wing extremist "National Democratic Party of Germany" (NPD) achieved minor gains in the June 7 communal elections in the eastern states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia, had an increase in support in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (M-V) from .08 to 3.2 percent of the vote statewid [...] | 2009-07-02 08:32:00 | Consulate Leipzig | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV GM |
09LIBREVILLE104 | GABON: DEATH OF FIRST LADY EDITH BONGO [...] (U) Gabon has announced an indefinite mourning period for Edith Bongo Ondimba, the wife of Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba and the daughter of Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Edith Bongo died March 14 in Rabat, Morocco, after a protracted but undi [...] | 2009-03-16 15:03:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR GB |
09LIBREVILLE109 | GABON STEPS UP SECURITY IN RESPONSE TO EXTERNAL [...] (U) The Gabonese Ministry of Defense issued a communique March 16 stating that it was stepping up patrols in Libreville and cities in the interior of Gabon in response to "corroborated information" about a potential attack by an "identified armed group." A translation of the communique follo [...] | 2009-03-18 12:05:00 | Embassy Libreville | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR GB |
09LIBREVILLE113 | GABON: FIRST LADY COMMEMORATED AFTER DEATH [...] (C) Ten African heads of state attended the funeral of 45-year old Edith Lucie Bongo Ondimba, wife of Gabonese president El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba and daughter of President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, in Libreville on March 18. In addition to Bongo and Sassou Nguesso, the [...] | 2009-03-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZF XY GB |
09LIBREVILLE133 | SLOW START FOR CENTRAL AFRICAN STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) The Libreville-based Central African Stock Exchange (BVMAC) is off to a modest start, and has failed to persuade any company to list on the exchange since its August 2008 debut. BVMAC management cites several obstacles, including the existence of a separate stock exchange in the region, [...] | 2009-04-03 09:30:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECIN PREL GB CN |
09LIBREVILLE139 | SAO TOME & PRINCIPE - UPDATE ON MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Senior political leadership in Sao Tome and Principe (STP),including the president and prime minister, remain committed to the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) threshold program but frustrated over what they perceive as a lack of progress. MCC Threshold Programs Director Malik Ch [...] | 2009-04-06 09:50:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD ECON KMCA TP |
09LIBREVILLE16 | GABON: DETAINED NGO LEADERS OUT ON BAIL [...] (C) Five NGO leaders and others arrested by Gabonese authorities in a December 31, 2008, crackdown (reftels) were released on bail January 12. The two most prominent detainees appeared initially to be in good physical condition. In a wide-ranging press conference days before the release, th [...] | 2009-01-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE211 | CEEAC/ECCAS PURSUES AMBITIOUS AGENDA [...] (U) The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS, or French acronym "CEEAC") is the least developed of Africa's major regional organizations with responsibility for peace and security issues. CEEAC is nevertheless pursuing an ambitious agenda that includes oversight of a peacekeepi [...] | 2009-05-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MASS GB TP CD CG CF AO BY EK CM |
09LIBREVILLE22 | GABON: WORRIES PERSIST OVER BONGO,S HEALTH [...] (C) Embassy visitors calling on a mid-ranking official at Gabon's presidential palace January 14 caught a rare glimpse of an extremely frail President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba being lifted into his presidential Rolls Royce en route to a ceremonial opening of the latest session of the Gabones [...] | 2009-01-15 15:19:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE220 | GABON AFTER PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, Africa's longest-serving head of state, is gravely ill. Following is Embassy Libreville's analysis of the prospects for succession and stability in Gabon, and the likely impact on U.S. interests. End Summary. ------------------------------ [...] | 2009-05-20 10:42:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR GB FR |
09LIBREVILLE235 | GABON RESPONSE TO KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-26 14:13:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV GB KV |
09LIBREVILLE236 | SAO TOME & PRINCIPE: KOSOVO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Homero Salvaterra, Special Counselor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sao Tome & Principe, on March 22. 2.(C) Ambassador Salvaterra understood our position, but was unable to confirm the support of the Government of Sao Tome & Princip [...] | 2009-05-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL TP KV |
09LIBREVILLE245 | GABON: REGIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Gabon is concerned about the future of the MICOPAX peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, maritime security, potential Hezbollah activity in West and Central Africa, and other issues, Defense Minister Ali Bongo Ondimba told the Ambassador in a wide-ranging conversation. End [...] | 2009-06-02 16:22:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PINR GB FR |
09LIBREVILLE247 | GABON WORRIED ABOUT UPCOMING CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE) [...] (C) Gabon views the July 12 presidential election in the neighboring Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) with "great concern," according to Minister of Defense Ali Bongo Ondimba. Bongo said a significant number of Congolese have crossed the ROC/Gabon border in recent weeks, fearing a resurgence o [...] | 2009-06-03 09:41:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM CF CG GB |
09LIBREVILLE256 | GABON CLAIMS NIGER DELTA MILITANTS IN SAO TOME [...] (C) Gabon's defense minister claims that a senior official in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) recently told him that militants from Nigeria's Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) have infiltrated the Portuguese-speaking island nation off Nigeria's coast. Meanwhile, in Gabon, of [...] | 2009-06-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Libreville | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL MARR SNAR GB TP NI |
09LIBREVILLE262 | GABONESE FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS IRAN [...] (C) According to the French Ambassador to Gabon, Gabonese Foreign Minister Paul Toungui recently visited Tehran where he and Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki talked about visas, improving economic relations, and establishing regular talks between Gabon and Iran. The French Ambassador said tha [...] | 2009-06-05 09:46:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GB IR |
09LIBREVILLE267 | GABON'S RESPONSE TO RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREL SU AF GB |
09LIBREVILLE269 | EMBASSY GABON'S OUTREACH FOR THE PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) In response to REFTEL, post hosted twelve local religious leaders at the Ambassador,s residence to watch the speech delivered at Cairo University on June 4. Reactions to the speech were uniformly positive. Post specifically targeted religious leaders, with the majority being influential [...] | 2009-06-08 17:37:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL |
09LIBREVILLE27 | GABON: EIGHT FRENCH SOLDIERS DIE IN HELICOPTER [...] (U) A French military helicopter crashed off the Gabonese coast January 17, killing eight of ten French military personnel aboard. The Couger helicopter had just lifted off from the French amphibious assault ship La Foudre, in Gabon for a bilateral training exercise. French President Nicolas [...] | 2009-01-20 12:53:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL MASS CASC GB FR |
09LIBREVILLE270 | PRESIDENT OMAR BONGO DEAD AT 1430 LOCAL [...] (U) Gabonese officials have confirmed that President Omar Bongo Ondimba passed away on June 8 at 1430 Gabonese time. The Government of Gabon has announced a 30-day period of mourning. There are no details on the funeral yet. The Gabonese military is on alert, the international airport is clo [...] | 2009-06-08 17:37:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GB SP FR |
09LIBREVILLE275 | GABON: EAC MEETING CONVENED FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (SBU) Following the announcement of the death of Gabon's President Omar Bongo Ondimba, a meeting of Post's EAC was convened at 1930 at the CMR. The meeting was chaired by the Ambassador. 2. (SBU) The first order of business was an accounting of all official embassy personnel, family members [...] | 2009-06-09 14:21:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PREL ASEC GB |
09LIBREVILLE276 | GABON THE DAY AFTER: LIBREVILLE QUIET, SUCCESSION [...] (U) The post-Omar Bongo era has begun. Prime Minister Eyeghe Ndong returned to Libreville from Barcelona to push along the constitutionally-mandated succession process. Following the articles of succession in the constitution, the Council of Ministers unanimously voted to refer the question o [...] | 2009-06-09 16:49:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PREL GB FR SP TP |
09LIBREVILLE281 | GABON: U.S. INTERESTS IN THE POST-BONGO ERA [...] (C) About a dozen African heads of state, French President Sarkozy, AU Chair Jean Ping and other luminaries are expected in Libreville for Gabonese President Omar Bongo's June 16 state funeral. Drawing on our excellent condolence message, any U.S. delegation should honor Bongo's memory and f [...] | 2009-06-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR GB |
09LIBREVILLE288 | GABON: DYNAMICS OF OMAR BONGO'S FUNERAL [...] (C) President Omar Bongo's funeral was a solemn event marked by the presence of fourteen African heads of state and French President Sarkozy. In separate meetings with Interim President Rose Rogombe and Defense Minister Ali Bongo, the U.S. Presidential delegation emphasized the importance of [...] | 2009-06-17 18:25:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GB FR |
09LIBREVILLE302 | GABON: INTERIM PRESIDENT OPENS DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (U) Interim President Rose Rogombe announced June 20 that she would launch a dialogue and consultations with Gabon,s political and civic actors to reach consensus concerning the election of Gabon,s next President. Her consultations began three days later with the leadership of the ruling Democ [...] | 2009-06-25 16:30:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE307 | JOINT GABONESE-CHINESE MEDICAL-MILITARY EXERCISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. From June 21-28, "Angel of Peace 2009," a joint Gabonese-Chinese medical-military exercise took place in Ogooue Ivindo province, the location of the proposed $3 billion Chinese-funded Belinga iron mining project (Reftel). Notably, the formal ceremony included a simulation of an ex [...] | 2009-06-29 15:49:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PMIL PGOV GB |
09LIBREVILLE310 | GABON: ANNULLED SCHOOL YEAR AVERTED... FOR NOW [...] (C) The possibile annulment of the 2008-2009 school year was resolved between the teachers and Gabonese Government on June 27. President Omar Bongo had been the arbiter of union demands and ended most lingering strikes. Without his intervention, the teachers' stike continued until the Prime [...] | 2009-06-30 14:03:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE318 | GABON: NO DATE YET FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, BUT [...] (C) Preparations for Gabon's presidential election are underway, including the revision of electoral lists and determining the number of local electoral commissions. However, an election date has not yet been determined and there is broad agreement across the political spectrum that more time [...] | 2009-07-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE321 | GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES STEP FORWARD [...] (U) Gabon,s election is shaping up to be the country,s first truly comprehensive election since independence. The ruling Democratic Party of Gabon (PDG) announced last week a July 4 deadline for submission of names of presidential candidates from the party's membership. In total, there are t [...] | 2009-07-07 16:10:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE323 | GABON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY SEPTEMBER 6 [...] (C) The Constitutional Court ruled on July 8 after declaring the existence of a "force majeure," that the upcoming presidential election must occur no later than September 6 The ruling Democratic Party of Gabon has missed its self-imposed July 8 date to announce its candidate from among ten [...] | 2009-07-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE34 | GABON: ECCAS/CEEAC PITCHES FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) The head of the military joint staff of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS/CEEAC) made a pitch for U.S. assistance, outlined regional security initiatives and introduced his multinational staff in a lively meeting January 12 meeting with Emboffs and the visiting AF/C [...] | 2009-01-23 10:02:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS KPKO CT CD CG SU GB |
09LIBREVILLE344 | GABON: VOTER REGISTRATION CLOSED, MINISTER OF [...] (C) Voter registration for Gabon's upcoming presidential election ended on July 22 after being extended an extra day due to higher-than-expected demand. Long lines and early closings of registration offices have fueled complaints by citizens and political opponents to the ruling party. Casami [...] | 2009-07-23 16:14:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR GB |
09LIBREVILLE349 | GABON: WHO'S WHO OF THE FRONT-RUNNING [...] (C) With the race for the Gabonese presidency underway, there are a number of presidential hopefuls who will remain important throughout the election cycle. The full roster of candidates, 23 in all, contains only a handful of legitimate contenders to succeed Omar Bongo. This cable identifies [...] | 2009-07-29 12:34:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE365 | SAO TOME: ELECTION TIMING UNRESOLVED, ECONOMIC [...] (C) Dates for country-wide National Assembly and Presidential elections in Sao Tome and Principe (STP) are unresolved due to the severe lack of funds of the Sao Tomean Government. Originally scheduled for summer 2009, the Government announced in June that it did not have the required 2 millio [...] | 2009-08-05 13:16:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EINV PGOV PREL TP |
09LIBREVILLE368 | GABON: ELECTION MISCELLANY [...] (C) As Gabon enters into an unprecedented period in its history, Gabonese politics also struggles to define the norms for the first truly unpredictable political landscape in 41 years. New election tactics like the use of short messaging services (SMS) and billboards are prompting local debate [...] | 2009-08-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE38 | GABON: ACTIVISTS SAY GOVERNMENT TRUMPED UP [...] (C) The Ambassador met January 16 with two Gabonese NGO leaders under investigation for an alleged plot to undermine state security. Marc Ona and Georges Mpaga, arrested on New Year's Eve, were released January 12 but are still subject to a lengthy investigation and trial. Neither is free to [...] | 2009-01-26 11:00:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SENV SOCI GB |
09LIBREVILLE386 | GABON: ELECTION OBSERVATION UPDATE [...] (C) The African Union (AU) pre-election evaluation delegation led by Dr. Albert Tevoedjre, Mediator of Benin, visited Libreville the week of August 10. The delegation included former ministerial-level and election commission officials from Burkina Faso, Mali and Mauritius. Sent by AU Peace [...] | 2009-08-14 13:34:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE387 | GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN FULL SWING: ALI [...] (C) Gabon,s two week presidential campaign period officially started August 15 with launch rallies held by most, if not all, 23 candidates in Libreville. Also on the eve of the campaign Bongo stepped down as Defense Minister. Quickly establishing himself as the spending forerunner, ruling PDG [...] | 2009-08-19 15:57:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE388 | GABON: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS IN FULL SWING; ALI [...] (C) Gabon's two week presidential campaign period officially started August 15 with launch rallies held by most, if not all, 23 candidates in Libreville. Also on the eve of the campaign Bongo stepped down as Defense Minister. Quickly establishing himself as the spending forerunner, ruling PDG [...] | 2009-08-19 16:07:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE389 | GABON: ELECTION MISCELLANY II [...] (C) The jockeying for position and desire for votes by the candidates of the Gabonese presidency has steadily risen in intensity. Bruno Ben Moubamba, an independent candidate, is in the sixth day of a hunger strike to protest irregularities regarding the Constitutional Court and electoral list [...] | 2009-08-21 13:55:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE395 | GABON: IS THE VOTERS LIST INFLATED? [...] (C) Independent candidate Bruno Ben Moubamba was hospitalized briefly on August 22 in the 7th day of his hunger strike (reftel). He returned to his spot at the entrance of the National Assembly after being treated and is now drinking juices. Prior to the start of the hunger strike Moubamba [...] | 2009-08-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE397 | GABON: JEAN PING SENDS AN AU WISEMAN TO [...] (C) In addition to sending an election observer team to Gabon, African Union (AU) Peace and Security Commission President Jean Ping also dispatched a high-level envoy to facilitate a smooth transition to the new President. Former Senegalese Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse called on the Ambas [...] | 2009-08-28 12:47:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE398 | GABON: SECURITY ISSUES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Libreville is calm and will likely remain so in the leadup to the August 30 presidential election. For the first time in 41 years the Gabonese will not have Omar Bongo as the shoo-in candidate. Since the rules that applied under Omar Bongo's presidency are now in flux, security and peacef [...] | 2009-08-28 15:02:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE399 | GABON: A PARTING SHOT BEFORE THE ELECTION [...] (C) Two days before Gabonese go to the polls, twenty-three candidates are still officially in the race for the presidency. Despite press reports of discussions between eleven opposition and independent candidates to support Andre Mba Obame, no alliances have formed to strengthen support for o [...] | 2009-08-28 20:08:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE405 | GABON: ALI DECLARED WINNER, LIBREVILLE LOCKED [...] (C) The Gabonese Electoral Commission declared Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba, the ruling party candidate, the winner of the presidential election on September 3. Gabonese security forces dispersed a crowd of an estimated 2000 supporters of various opposition leaders who had gathered in a downtown ar [...] | 2009-09-03 15:09:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE412 | GABON: THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: DOUBTS ABOUT [...] (C) Gabon,s presidential election process continues to move forward. On September 4, Ali Bongo Ondimba was announced as the winner of the August 30 presidential election (Reftel). Opposition requests for an independent vote count were rejected. Losing candidates have 15 days (until Septembe [...] | 2009-09-11 10:08:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE413 | GABON: RESPONSE FOR POTUS LUNCH WITH AF [...] This cable is a response to the action request in REFTEL. 2. The attendee from Gabon will be: Ali BONGO ONDIMBA (Bon - Go On - Deem - ba). Ali Ondimba's official position is currently President-elect, however by the date of the event he may be formally invested as President of the Republic [...] | 2009-09-11 12:29:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA AF GB |
09LIBREVILLE414 | SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: RESPONSE FOR POTUS LUNCH [...] This cable is a response to the action request in REFTEL. 2. The attendee from Sao Tome and Principe will be: His Excellency Fradique Bandeira de MENEZES (Men - Ez). Mr. Menezes's official position is President of the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe. 3. President Menezes [...] | 2009-09-11 12:33:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA TP |
09LIBREVILLE430 | GABON: OPPOSITION ORGANIZES TO PRESENT THEIR CASE [...] (C) A 19-member delegation representing Gabon's political opposition presented their case against the election of Ali Bongo Ondimba to the Ambassador on September 25. The opposition is using its newly-found united front with foreign embassies and international missions to underscore their arg [...] | 2009-09-25 15:18:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE460 | GABON: ALI BONGO INSTALLATION, IMPLICATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ali Bongo Ondimba, the son of former President Omar Bongo who ruled Gabon for 41 years, will be formally inaugurated as the country's fourth president on October 16. The Constitutional Court's validation of the August 30 election results on October 11 and Bongo's installation end [...] | 2009-10-15 15:18:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB EK |
09LIBREVILLE466 | GABON: NEW FACES IN LEANER ALI BONGO CABINET, PART [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ali Bongo Ondimba era has begun in Gabon with the naming of a new cabinet. President Bongo lived up to a campaign promise, cutting more than 15 senior positions in the government and consolidating a number of ministries. New and younger faces now head the remaining ministries [...] | 2009-10-19 16:47:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE471 | GABON: ALI BONGO TRAVELS REGIONALLY, DEALS WITH LOCAL [...] SUMMARY. President Ali Bongo Ondimba wasted no time after his inauguration to travel regionally in an effort to establish his credentials outside of Gabon. President Bongo travelled to the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo where he met with s [...] | 2009-10-26 13:28:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE481 | GABON: PPRESIDENT ALI BONGO CHANGES WAY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Ali Bongo's changes to the government are shaking up the way Gabon does business. His efforts look to streamline the government and focused its agenda. He continues to eliminate "dead-weight" positions throughout the government. He has capped the maximum public secto [...] | 2009-11-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE485 | GABON AND SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] Summary: The U.S. has a strong bilateral military cooperation relationship with both Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe. There are no established bilateral security dialogues between the U.S. and either country. Military and security cooperation is conducted through daily interactions with our [...] | 2009-11-05 05:28:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MOPS GB STP |
09LIBREVILLE490 | GABON: ABSTENTION ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT A [...] On November 4, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General of the Americas Desk Bika Bisso told poloff that Gabon may decide to abstain from voting on the Goldstone Report. Bika Bisso said that he could not give a definitive answer, but that Gabon had abstained in the past on similar measure [...] | 2009-11-05 14:10:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL GB |
09LIBREVILLE492 | Letter from Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba to U.S. [...] The following message is an English translation of a letter received from Gabon's President Ali Bongo Ondimba addressed to President Barack Obama, dated October 30, 2009. This letter is in response to President Obama's congratulatory letter on President Bongo's recent investiture. 2. [Be [...] | 2009-11-09 05:53:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP GB |
09LIBREVILLE495 | GABON: NATIONAL PARKS FACING SIGNIFICANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Gabon's newly-appointed director of the National Parks Agency (ANPN),biologist and environmentalist Dr. Lee White, reviewed the current status of the parks authority, anticipated next steps to develop eco-tourism and the parks, and provided a general background on the status of [...] | 2009-11-12 07:18:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE498 | GABON: SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. FOOD SECURITY OBJECTIVES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 07:03:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ETRD PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE499 | GABON: GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE [...] SUMMARY. Ali Bongo's new cabinet spent the weekend of November 7-9 at an off-site seminar in Lope National Park, located several hours by train from Libreville. The Prime Minister and members of government were tasked by President Bongo to develop a road map for "Emerging Gabon: Building a Sh [...] | 2009-11-16 11:27:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE501 | SAO TOME: LETTER FROM MENEZES CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] On November 12 the Embassy received a letter dated October 10 from Sao Tome and Principe President Fradique Menezes for President Obama conveying congratulations for the award of the Nobel Peace Prize. 2. The translated letter reads as follows: Dear Mr. President, It is with great plea [...] | 2009-11-16 13:25:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TP |
09LIBREVILLE538 | GABON: RULING PARTY LOSING GROUND IN OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gabon's ruling Democratic Party is on the verge of losing its only toehold in Port Gentil, the country's second largest commercial center and opposition stronghold. Port Gentil's current mayor, Andre Jules Ndjambe, is likely to be ousted in the next week after losing the confide [...] | 2009-12-09 05:00:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE547 | GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION [...] (c) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Gabon,s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said he would like to strengthen the good bilateral cooperation that already exists with the U.S., and pledged to stay involved in facilitating solutions to regional conflict. President Bongo comment [...] | 2009-12-15 12:34:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | KHUM KTIP PGOV PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE550 | GABON: FORWARD THINKING TO NEGATE DEFAMATION OF RELIGION [...] (SBU) I welcome the opportunity to work with you on combating racial and religious discrimination and intolerance (reftel). In the past, unfortunately Gabon has voted "yes" and abstained on the anti-defamation resolutions, despite our efforts. Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials have expla [...] | 2009-12-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Libreville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PROVE OPDC GB |
09LIBREVILLE56 | SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: COUP PLOT FOILED? [...] (U) According to information trickling out of Sao Tome and Principe (STP),security forces thwarted a suspected coup plot by arresting several suspects on the evening of February 11. Information is sketchy, but initial reports indicate that the former paramilitary group known as the Buffalos [...] | 2009-02-12 16:03:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR CASC GB TP |
09LIBREVILLE57 | GABON: CHAD-SUDAN PEACE PROCESS WAY OFF TRACK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 16:04:00 | Embassy Libreville | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM SU CD CF GB |
09LIBREVILLE58 | GABON LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 16:06:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AORC UNSC KV GB |
09LIBREVILLE7 | GABON: DETAINED ACTIVISTS SCHEDULED FOR [...] (C) Seven persons detained in a crackdown on anti-corruption and anti-government activists were scheduled to be arraigned in a Libreville court on the afternoon of January 7. Details of potential charges against the detainees are not available. One of the detainees told us they are being he [...] | 2009-01-07 14:34:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GB |
09LIBREVILLE76 | GABON: GOVERNMENT AT A NEAR-STANDSTILL [...] (C) Gabonese President El Hadjj Ombar Bongo Ondimba has been in Morocco since February 5, attending to his ailing 45-year old wife Edith, who is said to be incapacitated and possibly near death. A media blackout on the case continues in Gabon, and all but the most critical government decision [...] | 2009-02-27 10:39:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GB |
09LIBREVILLE87 | GABONESE GOVERNMENT LASHES OUT AT FRANCE [...] (U) Gabon's foreign minister convoked the diplomatic corps March 6 to deliver a scathing indictment of the French "media campaign" against President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, which the foreign minister says threatens to seriously damage relations with France. He noted bitterly that the cam [...] | 2009-03-06 10:40:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GB FR |
09LIBREVILLE9 | ACTIVISTS CHARGED WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE [...] (C) Civil society activist Marc Ona is among several NGO activists reportedly charged under Article 88 of Gabon's Penal Code with the intent to distribute "propaganda, written or oral, that could disturb the peace, incite a revolt against the authorities, attack the Republic of Gabon by tarnis [...] | 2009-01-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL GB |
09LILONGWE11 | MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN PRESIDENCY AT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-08 14:51:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID MI |
09LILONGWE122 | AMBASSADOR TALKS ELECTIONS, U.S. COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador had a lengthy one-on-one meeting with President Mutharika on Monday, March 2nd. The cordial and wide-ranging discussion covered expanded U.S. assistance for economic development, particularly agriculture; Malawi,s Millennium Challenge Corporation compact status; USG [...] | 2009-03-06 08:14:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO MI |
09LILONGWE150 | MALAWI: AU PRACTICES PRE-ELECTION "PREEMPTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Joachim Chissano of Mozambique returned to Lilongwe March 5 to facilitate an African Union (AU) sponsored dialogue between President Mutharika, former President Muluzi, and opposition leader John Tembo. The talks brought together Mutharika and Muluzi for the fi [...] | 2009-03-17 15:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM AU MI |
09LILONGWE173 | MALAWI: GOM TO PUSH FOR RESTORATION OF RAVALOMANA [...] (C) On March 27, Charge delivered reftel demarche to Permanent Secretary Anthony Livuza of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Livuza said that Malawi would support SADC and AU sanctions against Madagascar. He also said that SADC should insist of the restoration of former President Ravalomana to [...] | 2009-03-31 13:04:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL MA MI |
09LILONGWE204 | MALAWI RESPONSE: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO [...] Malawi's central government does receive U.S. foreign assistance funded with FY 09 funds, as defined by reftel. 2. Malawi's annual budget is a matter of public record. Budget documents are made available to parliament and can be viewed at the Ministry of Finance budget office. The Minister [...] | 2009-04-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL MI |
09LILONGWE252 | MALAWI: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] Malawi voted in favor of Kosovo's membership in the IMF and has informed Post that it has voted in favor of its World Bank membership as well. 2. Malawi's Minister of Finance and Minister of Economic Planning and Development (MEPD) serve as Governor and Alternate Governor, respectively, to [...] | 2009-05-12 14:52:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL MI |
09LILONGWE320 | MALAWI: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH OPENS DOORS FOR INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions with student groups and Muslim leaders following President Obama's recent speech in Cairo have highlighted several opportunities for increased outreach to the Muslim community in Malawi. Commenting on President Obama's balance and inclusiveness in the speech, observe [...] | 2009-06-09 14:18:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL KPAO KISL MI |
09LILONGWE348 | UN ACCEPTS MALAWI FOR MISSION IN CHAD, BUT [...] (C) Summary: During its recent inspection, the U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO),accepted a Malawi Defense Force (MDF) infantry battalion for deployment to the U.N. Mission to Chad and the Central African Republic (MINURCAT). Coming on the heels of a nine-week African Conti [...] | 2009-06-23 15:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS KPKO PREL MI |
09LILONGWE373 | MALAWI: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MI |
09LILONGWE378 | MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL ACTION ON [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Erica Maganga, Deputy Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture. Maganga noted that support for agricultural development and food security has been a top priority for the GOM over the past five years. In 2008/09, the GOM devoted 13.5 percent of its [...] | 2009-07-02 14:49:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL MI |
09LILONGWE379 | MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL ACTION ON [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Erica Maganga, Deputy Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture. Maganga noted that support for agricultural development and food security has been a top priority for the GOM over the past five years. In 2008/09, the GOM devoted 13.5 percent of its [...] | 2009-07-02 15:05:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID PREL MI |
09LILONGWE42 | MALAWI: AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On January 28, emboff delivered reftel demarche to Acting Principal Secretary Eric Ning'ang'a at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ning'ang'a confirmed that the Foreign Minister, along with the entire political affairs department, had already departed for the AU Summit. Ning'ang'a note [...] | 2009-01-28 16:45:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ZI MI |
09LILONGWE424 | MALAWI AT THE AGOA FORUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi will send a senior delegation led by its new Finance Minister to the AGOA Forum in Nairobi. The forum offers the GOM a rare opportunity to engage with senior USG officials. Malawi's widely praised presidential elections in May, in which President Mutharika and his party [...] | 2009-07-31 11:30:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL ECON MI |
09LILONGWE445 | MALAWI: AMBASSADOR REVIEWS RELATIONS WITH NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-11 15:44:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON AGRI KMCA MI |
09LILONGWE478 | INCREASING U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH MALAWI DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of recent visits allowed Post to increase engagement with the Malawi Defense Forces (MDF). AFRICOM's first ever Military-to-Military (Mil2Mil) exchange program in Malawi saw U.S. Air Force security police share experiences with their MDF military police counterparts. At [...] | 2009-08-25 12:57:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MI |
09LILONGWE507 | MALAWI DEPORTS "IMPERIALIST" TOBACCO EXECUTIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, the GOM deported four senior executives from the three largest tobacco buying companies in Malawi, with less than 24-hour notice. Two of the companies have U.S. ownership. In a public statement, President Mutharika labeled the executives "imperialists" and "enemie [...] | 2009-09-09 15:19:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAGR MI |
09LILONGWE513 | MALAWI: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 64 GOALS AND [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel UN General Assembly 64 goals and objectives to GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni. Unprepared to offer a detailed response, Chiunguzeni said Malawi's goals for UNGA 64 track with those of the USG, particularly with regar [...] | 2009-09-14 14:11:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA MI |
09LILONGWE519 | MALAWI: POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 10:27:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL MI |
09LILONGWE522 | MALAWI: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES [...] Post welcomes this opportunity to provide input on the Malawian diaspora community. The initiative is particularly timely given recent remarks by President Mutharika regarding his interest in tapping the Malawian diaspora community as a resource for in-country development activities. We will [...] | 2009-09-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL MI |
09LILONGWE531 | MALAWI: U.S. TOBACCO COMPANY CONVEYS CONCERNS [...] (C) Executives from U.S.-owned tobacco firm Alliance One told the Ambassador they have concerns about the future of their operations in Malawi following the deportation of four tobacco company executives on September 9 (reftel). They noted that President Mutharika's harsh rhetoric in justifyin [...] | 2009-09-25 10:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAGR MI |
09LILONGWE537 | MALAWI: PRESS REPORTS VP BANDA ATTENDANCE AT SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice President Joyce Banda led the GOM delegation to the South America-Africa Summit in Venezuela. Local Malawi press reports that Banda made a statement at the gathering, urging delegates to prioritize investment in infrastructure. This is not a significant departure from the [...] | 2009-09-30 08:02:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAID MI |
09LILONGWE540 | MALAWI: PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA SLATED FOR AU CHAIRMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the communique from its September 7-8 summit, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) endorsed Malawi's candidacy for chairman of the African Union (AU) (reftel). Barring unforeseen events, Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika is set be elected chairman of the AU As [...] | 2009-09-30 15:13:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV AU MI |
09LILONGWE572 | MALAWI: AMCIT NOMINATION TO UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR MI PREL UNGA |
09LILONGWE590 | MALAWI: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 11:26:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL MI |
09LILONGWE591 | MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN GENERAL [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni. Specific information on each priority area follows. 2. (C) On no-action motions, Chiunguzeni stated that Malawi's policy would be to listen to the debate on any and all mo [...] | 2009-11-03 11:32:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA MI |
09LILONGWE606 | MALAWI: REFUGEE FLOW SLOWED BY TIGHTER BORDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: RSO and Poloff visited Malawi's Dzaleka Refugee Camp on October 27 and learned that the GOM has tightened border controls along Malawi's frontier with Tanzania. UNHCR and NGO staff believe commercial smuggling of Ethiopian and Somali refugees through Malawi has been reduced due t [...] | 2009-11-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | SECRET | ASEC KTIP PREL PREF PTER MI |
09LILONGWE624 | MALAWI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA ANTI-ISRAELI [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche on November 19 to GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni. 2. (C) Chiunguzeni agreed that many of the UNGA resolutions on the Middle East which were offered and debated were redundant, saying, "The General Assembly ce [...] | 2009-11-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL MI |
09LILONGWE629 | MALAWI: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES USG ASSISTANCE WITH MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: In a tour d'horizon of USG assistance with new Minister of Development Planning and Cooperation Abbie Shaba, the Ambassador noted that the U.S. has become the largest donor to Malawi. Minister Shaba noted the mutually supportive elements of the GOM's "Greenbelt Initiative" and th [...] | 2009-11-20 12:40:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID MI |
09LILONGWE635 | MALAWI: PRESIDENT SAYS NO TO EUROPE'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Malawian President Mutharika said Malawi will not sign an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union during his presidency. Lambasting the agreements as a plot to undermine regional integration in Africa, he said the EPAs offered no benefits to Malawi. A senior GOM tr [...] | 2009-11-24 13:20:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON ECIN PREL MI |
09LILONGWE642 | MALAWI TO EASE FOREX PEG, OTHER RESTRICTIONS [...] (SBU) Governor of the Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) Perks Ligoya told the Ambassador the RBM will allow the exchange rate to move, and will relax its rules regarding forex deposits with the bank in an effort to address the country's ongoing foreign exchange shortage. The Government will further [...] | 2009-11-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL ECON MI |
09LILONGWE648 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni. Chiunguzeni stated to Emboff that the GOM had not engaged with Iran on the matters raised, but that they were following events at the IAEA. He offered no other substantive re [...] | 2009-12-02 14:09:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MI |
09LILONGWE688 | MALAWI RE-EXAMINES ELECTRICITY CONNECTION WITH [...] (SBU) Malawi's Parliament deferred approval of a proposed connection of the national electrical grid to the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP). An already approved World Bank loan to finance the infrastructure is due to expire on December 31, 2009. Lack of reliable electrical power has been [...] | 2009-12-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG PREL MI |
09LILONGWE690 | MALAWI CONFIDENT ON BEING ELECTED TO LEAD AFRICAN [...] (C) GOM Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Anthony Livuzu told Post December 18 that Malawi is "confident it will come out on top" in the leadership election at the January 2010 African Union summit (reftels). Livuza said he is aware that Libya is still working hard to elic [...] | 2009-12-22 07:31:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU MI |
09LILONGWE696 | MALAWI: DEMOCRATIC NORMS UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Six months into President Bingu wa Mutharika's second term, Malawi's continued development as a multi-party democracy is slowing. Once lauded as a leader dedicated to the development of Malawi's democracy, Mutharika's commitment to democratic norms is now coming into question. Malawi's p [...] | 2009-12-22 13:25:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MI |
09LILONGWE704 | MALAWI: AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) The Ambassador joined his German and UK counterparts to represent the Donor Group countries in a December 23 call on GOM Minister of Foreign Affairs Etta Banda to set the stage for a meeting with President Mutharika requested by the group. The Donor Group is a collaborative mechanism to c [...] | 2009-12-24 07:33:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AU MI |
09LILONGWE707 | MALAWI HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) The following is a compilation of recent highlights in Malawi. MULUZI RETIRES - JUMBE TO LEAD UDF ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Former Malawian President and United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Bakili Muluzu has announced his retirement from politics. Famous for defea [...] | 2009-12-24 09:20:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EINV AU MI |
09LILONGWE77 | CHINESE AID TO MALAWI: BIG BARK, SMALL BITE [...] (C) Summary. Since December 2007, when Malawi established diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China, there has been a lot of rumor and speculation about the amount of aid China would provide to Malawi. The GOM has fostered the impression that China represents a new, virtually limitl [...] | 2009-02-13 11:07:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL MI |
09LILONGWE85 | MALAWI: COMMANDER AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO DEPLOY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi Defense Force (MDF) Commander Marko Chiziko confirmed to emboffs that Malawi will seek to deploy to the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) in June 2009. Chiziko said the GOM has purchased 30 Toyota Landcruisers and provided the MDF over $1 mill [...] | 2009-02-18 15:36:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS KPKO PREL MI |
09LIMA1000 | PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING NGO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 18:10:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PE |
09LIMA1002 | PARTIALLY RESHUFFLED CABINET SWORN IN [...] (SBU) Summary. After several weeks of anticipation, President Garcia swore in a partially renovated Cabinet of Ministers last Saturday. Outgoing President of Congress, APRA Congressman Javier Velasquez Quesquen, replaces Yehude Simon as the Prime Minister. Six other new ministers take over k [...] | 2009-07-13 20:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA1010 | AMAZON PROTESTS AND VIOLENCE: GOVERNMENT MISTAKES, [...] (C) Summary: Nationally and internationally, the Peruvian government has suffered a serious public relations blow as a result of the June 5 violence in Bagua in which 24 police and 10 protesters were killed. The prevailing perception in part reflects distorted information and even disinformati [...] | 2009-07-14 16:51:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI ETRD ELAB PE |
09LIMA1038 | PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Oscar Paredes Loza, MFA Counselor for Non-EU European Countries, on July 16. Paredes said there was no official government opinion on the U.S.-Russia Presidential Summit. He noted that the Peru-Russia bilateral relationship is not a foreign policy [...] | 2009-07-20 13:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | RS PGOV PREL PE |
09LIMA1051 | DHS-FUNDED APEC CASH COURIER WORKSHOP SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, JUNE 9-12, 2009 - USAGE OF FUNDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 17:39:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA PTER PREL SNAR PE EINV |
09LIMA1055 | NEW CABINET TO FOCUS ON "ORDER" "INCLUSION" [...] (C) Summary: President Garcia on July 11 swore in a new cabinet that replaces seven Ministers, including the important posts of Prime Minister, Defense Minister, Interior Minister and Trade Minister. Most Embassy contacts say the new Cabinet more closely aligns with the President's policy pre [...] | 2009-07-22 16:35:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI |
09LIMA1059 | CUZCO PROVINCE: TARGET FOR EVO MORALES? [...] (C) Summary: There is evidence that Canchis, a protest-prone area in Cuzco region, may be a focus of Bolivian activities in Peru. Canchis is a rich target with a history of rebellion going back over two centuries and a highly politicized and ideological population. The GOP has alleged Boliv [...] | 2009-07-22 21:45:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA1061 | PERU RESPONSE: GOP INTERVENTIONS RE H1N1 [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel, Post compiled a list of Peruvian government interventions related to A/H1N1 2009 influenza virus (H1N1). As of July 21, Peru had 2,796 confirmed cases, and 14 deaths. Many of the interventions listed in reftel either have not been implemented or are not a [...] | 2009-07-23 15:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI TBIO PE |
09LIMA1114 | SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Summary: Peru is a close U.S. partner in a complicated South American region. Our bilateral relationship is anchored in a shared vision of opportunities and challenges - specifically, that a pro-growth strategy is best suited to reduce poverty and that strengthening institutions is the [...] | 2009-08-04 19:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PHUM USAID OVIP PE |
09LIMA1120 | PNP INCREASES OPERATIONS IN UPPER HUALLAGA, [...] (C) Summary: The Peruvian National Police (PNP) on July 21st launched an attack on a Shining Path (SL) camp in the Upper Huallaga Valley (UHV),possibly injuring a key terrorist leader and capturing various munitions and supplies. Several contacts report that the raid was part of an increased [...] | 2009-08-05 14:56:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA1131 | PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER TALK PERU'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador McKinley met in late July with President Alan Garcia and spoke separately on several recent occasions with Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde. Garcia and Belaunde discussed a range of Peruvian foreign policy issues, including the situation in Honduras, Colombian pol [...] | 2009-08-05 22:12:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA1166 | SENDERO ARREST: GOP AND ANAYLSTS ACCOUNTS DIFFER [...] (C) Summary. Peruvian National Police (PNP) and the Interior Ministry's intelligence unit on August 9 captured Felix Victoriano Mejia Ascencio ("Mono"),who the GOP claims is a high-ranking leader in the Upper Huallaga Valley (UHV) faction of Sendero Luminoso. According to law enforcement c [...] | 2009-08-12 21:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA1174 | NAS LIMA MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY [...] (U) Summary: - New Minister of Interior and PNP Director - Eradication Update - Police Programs Update - Ports Programs Update - Aviation Update New Minister of Interior and PNP Director 2. (U) Following the events in Bagua (Ref A),the GOP experienced yet another Cabinet shake up (R [...] | 2009-08-13 20:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
09LIMA1177 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM ON COLOMBIA AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with FM Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde on August 11 to discuss the Colombia "non-bases" issue and Honduras. Garcia Belaunde imparted two key messages: (A) We are not out of the woods on the Colombia DCA controversy, and B) the USG needs to be seen as doing conside [...] | 2009-08-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR SNAR CO HO PE |
09LIMA1178 | GOP UNGA DELEGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL PGOV OVIP PE |
09LIMA1191 | ISRAELI FM VISIT: REGIONAL TIES, IRAN, SHARED [...] ... [...] | 2009-08-14 20:49:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA1200 | GOP REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] The Foreign Ministry has presented the Embassy with diplomatic note 22-6-GG/71 announcing Peru's candidacy for the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for the period 2011-2014, and requesting USG support for Peru's candidacy. We have emailed scanned copies of the diplomatic note, its ac [...] | 2009-08-19 17:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PE |
09LIMA1226 | REVIEW OF NAS ASSISTANCE WITH VICE MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting August 6 with Vice Minister of Interior Wilson Hernandez, NAS Director reiterated USG desire that in 2010 the GOP assume costs of fuel currently paid by NAS. The Vice Minister promised to raise the issue with the new minister, and inquired about several assistanc [...] | 2009-08-21 22:34:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PE |
09LIMA1258 | CODEL PRICE: HDAC INAUGURATES RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Summary: The August 15-19 visit to Peru of Codel Price -- representing the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) -- inaugurated formal legislative to legislative relations between the U.S. and Peruvian Congresses. Codel discussions focused on four topics: representation (constitue [...] | 2009-08-27 20:03:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA1290 | NAS LIMA END OF MONTH REPORT - AUGUST [...] (U) Summary: * Ports Program Report * Capture of Sendero Luminoso leader leads to NAS-PNP collaboration seminar * Aviation Report * NAS Director and Deputy Meet with head of Police Education directorate * NAS Director and Deputy Meet with Huanuco Regional President on New Police Academy * [...] | 2009-09-02 20:55:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
09LIMA1350 | PERU RESUMES HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Overcoming past shortcomings and deserved skepticism, Peru recently resumed humanitarian demining (HD) operations in parts of its shared border with Ecuador and at other sites within its territory. Senior GOP officials expressed gratitude for the USG's "crucial" assistance, and [...] | 2009-09-14 22:25:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KHDP MOPS PTER SOCI EC PE |
09LIMA1351 | PERU ON IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE, MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Drawing on reftel points, Poloff delivered subject demarche to the MFA's Chief of International Security and Disarmament issues Vitaliano Gallardo, on September 14. Gallardo listened attentively, but indicated that Peru was preparing to follow its earlier voting pattern of supporting both [...] | 2009-09-14 22:55:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS PE |
09LIMA1389 | AMAZON WORKING GROUPS: FRUSTRATIONS AMID DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Following the deadly June 5 Amazon clashes in which 24 police officers and 10 civilians were killed, then-PM Yehude Simon signed accords with indigenous groups that established the National Coordinating Group for the Development of Amazon Populations ("Grupo Nacional" -- reftels) [...] | 2009-09-17 21:47:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD ECON PE |
09LIMA1398 | PERU'S TAKE ON ECUADOR UNASUR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: DCM met September 18 with MFA Undersecretary for the Americas Javier Leon to discuss the September 15 UNASUR ministerial meeting in Quito. Leon described the meeting as "difficult and unproductive," mainly because Colombia had dug in its heels over Brazil's request for further as [...] | 2009-09-18 20:38:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PE |
09LIMA145 | PERU'S TRADE AGENDA: REACHING ACROSS THE GLOBE [...] (U) In 2008, Peru made significant strides towards diversifying its trading partnerships. Peru signed trade agreements with Canada and Singapore and concluded negotiations with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). Visits by leaders participating in the European Union - Latin American [...] | 2009-02-03 21:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN ECON PREL PE |
09LIMA1453 | GARCIA SWEARS IN APRA LOYALIST AS NEW MINISTER [...] (C) President Garcia swore in Juan Sarmiento Soto as new Housing, Construction, and Sanitation Minister on September 29, replacing Francis Allison. Sarmiento is a Housing Ministry veteran, having served as Vice Minister in both of Garcia's presidencies (1985-1990 and 2006-present). He is al [...] | 2009-09-30 12:21:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PE |
09LIMA146 | GARCIA AT THE HALF-WAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: At the ... id: 190261 date: 2/3/2009 22:13 refid: 09LIMA146 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: P 032213Z FEB 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9983 INFO AMEMBASSY ASUNCION PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BOGOTA PRIORITY AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIO [...] | 2009-02-03 22:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PINR ECON EFIN ETRD PE |
09LIMA1498 | LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 19:33:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
09LIMA1561 | HUMALA: HEDGING BETS IN RUN UP TO ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Ollanta Humala -- who nearly won the 2006 presidential elections on a populist platform -- heads a Peruvian Nationalist Party (PNP) pursuing an ambiguous dual-track political path. According to insiders, the party continues to have "one foot inside and the other [...] | 2009-10-21 20:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SNAR PE |
09LIMA1569 | PERU RESPONSE: U.S. CANDIDACY TO INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 21:16:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA PREL UK PE |
09LIMA1601 | PERU RESPONSE: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2009 PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 22:15:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN PE |
09LIMA1611 | PERU AND ECUADOR: GOOD VIBES AT 3RD BILAT [...] (C) Summary: Presidents Alan Garcia and Rafael Correa presided jointly over the Third Binational Ministerial that concluded in Piura, Peru on October 22. According to press accounts and our MFA contacts, bilateral discussions were infused with good feelings and helped advance two of Peru's ke [...] | 2009-10-29 23:52:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KHDP EC PE |
09LIMA1620 | PERU: SUPPLEMENTAL TO FY'10 1206 COUNTER-IED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 21:55:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS MOPS KTIA PREL PTER PE |
09LIMA1629 | Amazon Dialogue: Negotiating Through Distrust [...] (C) Summary. Working groups formed to resolve issues arising out of the deadly June 5 Amazon clashes have shown uneven progress thus far. GOP contacts assure us that the dialogue process will lead to a new forestry law that brings Peru back into compliance with the PTPA by the August 2010 d [...] | 2009-11-04 17:46:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ETRD ECON PE |
09LIMA1635 | Garcia's Peace Initiative Gathering Steam [...] (C) Summary: MFA interlocutors have told us that President Garcia's recent "Peace and Security Cooperation" initiative is a serious effort to promote regional stability and contain defense costs at a time of global economic distress. Garcia's proposals seek to prevent an arms race in the regi [...] | 2009-11-09 15:34:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS MARR PBTS PE |
09LIMA164 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY [...] (SBU) Summary: You will arrive in a Peru relatively well-positioned to deal with the unfolding global economic crisis but deeply concerned about its longer-term implications. Thanks to several recent policy successes and a tactical shift to the left, President Garcia's nation-wide poll numbe [...] | 2009-02-09 20:00:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON OVIP PE |
09LIMA1647 | Peru: Chile Military Purchases Rankle [...] (C) Summary: Reports that Chile is poised to make significant arms purchases from the U.S. have caused rankles in Peru, and are being connected in the media to the capture of a Peruvian Air Force officer alleged to have been spying for Chile. The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Ga [...] | 2009-11-13 19:39:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PE |
09LIMA1649 | PERU DEMARCHED ON U.S.-BOLIVIA 2ND ROUND OF DIALOG [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to the MFA's DirGen for South America, Francisco Rivarola and Andean DeskOff Augusto Salamanca on November 12. Rivarola appeared pleased by U.S. engagement and efforts to improve its relations with Bolivia following [...] | 2009-11-13 21:45:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PE BL |
09LIMA1651 | Peru Response: UNGA Specific Resolutions [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 23:04:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA PE |
09LIMA1653 | BREWING SPY SCANDAL FURTHER TENSES PERU-CHILE RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of a Peruvian Air Force (FAP) noncommissioned officer for alleged spying and passing classified defense information to Chile has brought relations between the two neighbors to a new low point. It also complicates President Garcia's peace initiative aimed at reducin [...] | 2009-11-17 20:50:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS PARM PE |
09LIMA1661 | PERU: INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) Please find below Embassy Lima's responses to questions posed in reftel. 2. (SBU) Q: Does the United States currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Please report on all established or ad hoc dialogues of a pol-mil nature, regardless of the terminol [...] | 2009-11-20 16:58:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PE MOPS |
09LIMA1665 | Peru Response to Review for Suspension of Title III of the [...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. GOP EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) Peru's leadership, including President Garcia, has taken an ambivalent approach to promoting a democratic [...] | 2009-11-20 19:39:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ETTC ETRD PREL CU PE |
09LIMA1669 | SCENESETTER FOR USSOUTHCOM COMMANDER, GENERAL DOUGLAS M. [...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy Lima warmly welcomes you to Peru. You will arrive at a time of strong GOP interest in expanding security cooperation with the United States. Under President Alan Garcia, Peru has been a reliable U.S. partner and played a constructive role in a complicated South America chara [...] | 2009-11-25 20:48:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MASS MOPS SOCI PE |
09LIMA1671 | Peru on U.S. Posture on Iran and Next Steps [...] (C) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA Chief of Disarmament and International Security Vitaliano Gallardo on November 25. 2. (C) Gallardo, who has responsibility for this issue responded that "Peru will be supportive of the United States", but did not elaborate furth [...] | 2009-11-25 22:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IR PE |
09LIMA1689 | Potential Peruvian OIOS Candidate [...] (C) Genaro Matute is known to the Embassy from his time as Peru's Comptroller General (CG - rough equivalent of a government-wide Inspector General) from October 2001 to October 2008, who served during two successive administrations (Toledo and Garcia). He is seen as having done a credible j [...] | 2009-12-03 21:15:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC UN PREL AMGT PE |
09LIMA1699 | PERU: CHINESE TANKS, PEACE PROPOSALS AND U.S. MILITARY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Peru is reportedly poised to purchase Chinese tanks with an eye towards replacing its aging tank fleet and building up its "dissuasive" defense posture, and to buy aircraft from Brazil as well as MANPADS and anti-tank weapons from other countries. These defense acquisitions [...] | 2009-12-15 23:08:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS PARM PTER SNAR PBTS CI PE |
09LIMA1725 | Cabinet Change: Araoz to Ministry of Economy [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the resignation of Economy Minister Luis Carranza, Mercedes Araoz (previously Minister of Production) was sworn in to assume the post December 22. President Garcia publicly tasked Araoz with maintaining Peru's reputation for fiscal discipline. Observers believe [...] | 2009-12-23 22:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV ECON EFIN ETRD PE |
09LIMA1729 | NAS Lima End of Month Report - November [...] (U) Summary: - Aviation Report - Ports/Maritime Program Report - Ports Program Case of Note - Eradication Report - Police Programs Report - CADCA Evaluates New Community Anti-Drug Coalitions East of the Andes Aviation Report 2. (SBU) NAS Aviation ha [...] | 2009-12-29 19:58:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PE XR KCRM ASEC PREL |
09LIMA182 | EAVESDROPPING SCANDAL DRAGS ON, BUT NO SMOKING GUN [...] (C) Summary: In part two of the scandal that toppled Prime Minister Jorge Del Castillo's cabinet in October 2008, Peruvian National Police (PNP) recently arrested the employees of a "security" company called Business Track for illegally recording the private telephone conversations of private [...] | 2009-02-11 20:01:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PE |
09LIMA1834 | Peru Will Consider United States Candidacy for WHO Executive [...] (U) ECONOFF delivered reftel talking points requesting support for US membership on the Executive Board of the World Health Organization to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials on November 24. MFA officials included Ana PE????A Doig, Director of Social Policy, Maria MERINO de Hart, Dir [...] | 2009-11-25 20:31:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO PE |
09LIMA185 | PERU ON U.S. PROGRAMS TO ADDRESS ILLICIT ARMS [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and Spanish language non-paper to the MFA's Chief for International Security and Disarmament, Lilliam Ballon and to her assistant for disarmament matters, Milagros Winkelreid. Ballon expressed a keen interest in maintaining an open, continuing dialog with t [...] | 2009-02-11 22:36:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MASS EAIR ETTC PREL OAS PE |
09LIMA1892 | PERU RESPONSE: US WTO REMANUFACTURING INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 14:04:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO PE |
09LIMA206 | PERU OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF AGREMENT ACCEPTANCE [...] Per instructions reftel, Embassy delivered diplomatic note No. 174 to the MFA informing that the acceptance of Ambassador Luis Miguel Valdivieso Montano as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Peru to the United States is acceptable to the Government of the United St [...] | 2009-02-18 13:18:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDP PREL PGOV PE |
09LIMA225 | SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: You will arrive in a Peru relatively well-positioned to deal with the unfolding global economic crisis but deeply concerned about its longer-term implications. Thanks to several recent policy successes and a tactical shift to the left, President Garcia's nation-wide poll numbe [...] | 2009-02-19 17:40:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OVIP MASS MARR PE |
09LIMA24 | LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT - DECEMBER [...] (U) Summary: * Police Report * Maritime Ports Program Report * Change in PNP Counterpart for ILEA Program * Eradication Report * Aviation Report * NAS Conducts Humanitarian Mission in VRAE ------------- Police Report ------------- 2. (U) At the end of each year, the Peruv [...] | 2009-01-09 18:02:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
09LIMA242 | DHS-FUNDED APEC CASH COURIER WORKSHOP MANILA, PHILIPPINES, DECEMBER 03-05, 2008 - USAGE OF FUNDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 16:42:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON OTRA PTER PREL SNAR PE EINV |
09LIMA246 | NEW INTERIOR MINISTER: APRA CONGRESSWOMAN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yehude Simon announced the resignation of Interior Minister Remegio Hernani Meloni February 19, ostensibly for "personal reasons." APRA Congresswoman Mercedes Cabanillas was sworn in as the new Interior Minister on the same day. The resignation of Hernani, who nev [...] | 2009-02-24 18:42:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM PE |
09LIMA267 | PERU RESPONSE: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 18:49:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA PE |
09LIMA329 | OPERATION EXCELLENCE: MILITARY ATTACKS SHINING [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Peruvian military between August and October 2008 implemented "Operation Excellence 777" to take control of a historic Shining Path stronghold located in an area called Vizcatan in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE). The Vizcatan area's critical importa [...] | 2009-03-12 17:40:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PE |
09LIMA345 | ALLEGED ARMY CORRUPTION -- A PERSPECTIVE [...] (S/NF) Introduction and Summary: The Garcia Administration's efforts to combat narcotrafficking have been stronger than under past administrations, and have included a National Anti-Drug Strategy partly supported with government funds, solid progress combatting coca production in the Upper Hua [...] | 2009-03-12 21:57:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SNAR KCRM PE |
09LIMA360 | PERU-CHILE RELATIONS: ANOTHER ROUGH PATCH [...] (C) Summary: In early March, the Garcia government issued an executive decree that expanded the existing economic accord between Peru and Chile into a formal free-trade agreement, sparking an outcry from local opposition parties and, subsequently, a strong Chilean counter-response. According t [...] | 2009-03-13 21:03:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD PE |
09LIMA364 | PERU RESPONSE: RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 16:48:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS PE |
09LIMA394 | PERU SUBMITS CHILE BORDER DISPUTE ARGUMENTS TO THE [...] (U) Introduction and Summary: The GOP on March 19 submitted to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague its legal brief arguing for defining (and redrawing) Peru's maritime border with Chile. Peru's submission is the second step in a judicial process that the GOP initiated in 20 [...] | 2009-03-20 15:53:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PE |
09LIMA417 | LIMA NAS END OF MONTH REPORT FEBRUARY [...] (U) Summary: -- Eradication Report -- Maritime/Ports Program Report -- Aviation Report -- Police Programs Report Eradication Report 2. (U) Having begun February 12, by the end of the month CORAH eradicated 321.87 hectares of coca even though one third of operating days were p [...] | 2009-03-24 21:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
09LIMA422 | PERU RESPONSE: MAY 2009 PSI OUTREACH MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP PE |
09LIMA428 | PRESIDENT'S POPULARITY UP DESPITE OBSTACLES [...] (C) Summary: The international economic crisis notwithstanding, President Garcia's approval ratings have risen steadily since late 2008 (in that year as low as 19-22% pct) and in February jumped by two points to 38% nationally, according to recent polling. No single factor accounts for Garcia [...] | 2009-03-25 21:36:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON SOCI PE |
09LIMA452 | PERU AND THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153) [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding Government of Peru perspectives on the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. The answers are keyed to reftel paragraphs. 2. (S/NF) The Government of Peru looks forward to the Obama administration's active engageme [...] | 2009-03-30 16:48:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV VZ BO CU CO OAS PE |
09LIMA468 | PERU HAS TRANSPARENT BUDGETS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 13:37:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PE |
09LIMA543 | SHINING PATH IN THE VRAE [...] (C) Summary: The Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE),a remote jungle area east of the Andes straddling northern Ayacucho and parts of several other regions, is home to the most resilient of the remaining two armed factions of the Shining Path (SL). The SL faction in the VRAE is led by three [...] | 2009-04-13 20:27:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PETR PE |
09LIMA544 | NAS LIMA END OF MONTH REPORT - MARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 20:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
09LIMA589 | VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION LEADER REQUESTS ASYLUM IN [...] (C) Summary: Former Venezuelan presidential candidate and Mayor of Maracaibo Manuel Rosales has solicited political asylum in Peru. Claiming Rosales was the object of a political witchhunt in Venezuela, APRA Congressman Javier Valle Riestra in an April 21 press conference urged the Government [...] | 2009-04-22 22:11:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE PE |
09LIMA596 | PERU RESPONSE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 21:06:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL |
09LIMA628 | ROSALES' ASYLUM: VENEZUELA RECALLS ITS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Garcia administration's granting of political asylum to former Venezuelan presidential candidate and Maracaibo Mayor Manuel Rosales (ref B),the Venezuelan Ambassador was recalled to Caracas for consultations. While the GOP sought to soften the diplomatic blow [...] | 2009-04-30 22:09:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE PE |
09LIMA637 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OLLANTA HUMALA [...] (C) Summary: I met one-... id: 205404 date: 5/4/2009 16:16 refid: 09LIMA637 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0006 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0637/01 1241616 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 041616Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0500 INFO RUEH [...] | 2009-05-04 16:16:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PE |
09LIMA639 | SHINING PATH IN THE VRAE: GOALS, METHODS, AND NEW [...] (C) Summary: Although most observers describe the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso or SL) faction operating in the Apurimac and Ene River Valley (VRAE) as little more than narcotraffickers, several analysts argue convincingly that the faction maintains political goals more akin to those of a ter [...] | 2009-05-04 16:29:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC PE |
09LIMA680 | PERU-BOLIVIA RELATIONS TENSE OVER EX-MINISTERS' [...] (C) Summary: Peru's relations with Bolivia took another sour turn after Bolivian President Evo Morales called President Alan Garcia "chabacano" (vulgar) over Peru's granting of political asylum to three former cabinet members of Bolivian ex-President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada's adminis [...] | 2009-05-12 21:51:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BL PE |
09LIMA695 | LIMA NAS APRIL END OF MONTH REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-14 20:32:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE |
09LIMA697 | NEWSPAPER ALLEGES HUMALA LINKS TO VENEZUELAN CASH [...] (... id: 207110 date: 5/14/2009 21:04 refid: 09LIMA697 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0697/01 1342104 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 142104Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0565 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION [...] | 2009-05-14 21:04:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER VE PE |
09LIMA717 | PERU REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (U) Following is Post's response to reftel questions. GOP EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) Peru's leadership, including President Garcia, has taken an ambivalent approach to promoting a democratic tra [...] | 2009-05-19 20:44:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC ETRD PREL CU PE |
09LIMA786 | PERU: IDENTIFYING AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) This telegram responds to reftel's urgent action request to evaluate possible availability of MI-17 helicopters for use by the Pakistani military. This message also contains an action request for SCA/P in para 4. 2. (C) The Peruvian Air Force has seventeen MI-17 helicopters in its fle [...] | 2009-06-03 21:03:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR PARM SMIG PK PE |
09LIMA793 | AMAZON PROTESTS: NOT SO HIDDEN POLITICAL AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Amazon community groups have invoked the supposed unconstitutionality of nine legislative decrees as the reason for protests that have gone on for almost two months now. These nine decrees are technical laws that seek to facilitate investment and promote development in one of Pe [...] | 2009-06-05 19:20:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB ECON ETRD PE |
09LIMA794 | BOLIVIAN MEDDLING IN PERU [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales has launched a new round of rhetorical attacks on the Government of Peru with a call for indigenous peoples to rebel against their governments. GOP officials and other observers are concerned Morales' rhetoric is part of a broader effort to meddle i [...] | 2009-06-05 19:50:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL PTER BL PE |
09LIMA795 | CLASH LEAVES NINE POLICE, ELEVEN PROTESTORS DEAD [...] (C) Summary: After the government decided to act to facilitate the flow of food and fuel to several communities and cities strangled by prolonged protests (ref),as many as nine police and eleven indigenous protestors were killed today in a violent clash that occurred as security forces attemp [...] | 2009-06-05 20:30:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA810 | AMAZONIAN VIOLENCE: CONFUSION ABOUT DETAILS [...] (C) Summary: Confusion still surrounds the June 5 outbreak of violence in Bagua, complete with competing versions about who shot first and which side suffered more casualties. What is clear is that, on the same day in a separate violent incident on the outskirts of Bagua , about 500 indigeno [...] | 2009-06-08 22:34:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA816 | AMAZON PROTESTS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: As of June 9, an uneasy calm prevailed in Bagua in anticipation of the announced indefinite, nationwide strike scheduled to begin on June 11. Meanwhile, Aidesep leader Alberto Pizango has sought refuge in the Nicaraguan Embassy, and Minister for Women's Affairs Carmen Vildoso has [...] | 2009-06-09 21:30:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR PE |
09LIMA821 | PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF LUCRETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 21:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PE |
09LIMA822 | CONGRESS SUSPENDS DECREES TO DEFUSE PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to reduce tensions and defuse protests, the Congressional plenary on June 10 voted to suspend decrees 1064 and 1090 for 90 days. Security forces are preparing for planned June 11 nation-wide protests, including one in downtown Lima. The Prime Minister has met with C [...] | 2009-06-10 21:50:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ELAB ETRD ECON PE |
09LIMA830 | AMAZON PROTESTS: UPDATE ON JUNE 5TH VIOLENCE AND [...] (C) Summary: Peru's premier political weekly, Caretas, published a series of articles that help clarify events during the June 5th clash between protesters and police in Peru's Amazon, complete with a series of pictures showing that, in one incident, police were ambushed by protesters firing a [...] | 2009-06-11 21:25:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA843 | PROTESTS PEACEFUL, NATIONALIST CONGRESSMEN [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of students, union members, and others in numerous cities nationwide protested on June 11 to support Amazon community demands (refs),with few reported injuries and mishaps. Whereas relative calm prevailed on the streets, tensions inside Congress peaked when legislators [...] | 2009-06-12 19:46:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI ELAB ETRD ECON PE |
09LIMA844 | AMAZON PROTESTS: AIDESEP'S VIEWS AND ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Prior to the June 5 outbreak of violence, Emboffs met with representatives of Aidesep (the indigenous organization leading Amazon protests) to learn about their concerns and demands. Aidesep leader Alberto Pizango described centuries of abuses against the indigenous and the indif [...] | 2009-06-12 20:10:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI PE |
09LIMA847 | SCENESETTER FOR DASD FRANK MORA [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Lima welcomes Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Frank Mora to Peru and to the June 18-19 Peru-US Defense Bilateral Working Group (BWG). Peru is a close U.S. partner in a complicated South American region. Our bilateral relationship is anchored in a shared vision of op [...] | 2009-06-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MOPS SOCI PTER SNAR PE |
09LIMA856 | GOP SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH INDIGENOUS LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: The GOP on June 15th signed a 12-point agreement with indigenous leaders that will lead to the annulment (vice the previous suspension) of the two presidential decrees that sparked protests and roadblocks in the northern Amazon since early April. Protests and roadblocks continue [...] | 2009-06-15 22:12:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE |
09LIMA861 | PM'S "REPEAL" AGREEMENT SURPRISES PARTIES [...] (C) Summary. PM Yehude Simon agreed with Amazon community representatives June 15 to repeal the two recently "suspended" legislative decrees and outlined the framework for future negotiations to resolve the crisis (refs). According to several congressional representatives, the PM's agreement [...] | 2009-06-16 22:27:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE |
09LIMA866 | AGREEMENT LEADS TO LIKELY REPEAL OF DECREES [...] (C) Summary. The multi-sector working group established to hold dialogue between indigenous groups and the central and regional governments met for the first time June 16 (refs). On June 17, the Prime Minister and working group representatives delivered to Congress the government's proposal to [...] | 2009-06-17 22:34:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE |
09LIMA875 | PRESIDENT CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION, CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: President Garcia struck a conciliatory but defensive tone in a televised speech Wednesday night, acknowledging government error in handling the controversial presidential decrees that sparked weeks of protests in the Amazon. Most media interpreted Garcia's speech as an apology de [...] | 2009-06-18 22:29:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA888 | AMAZON PROTESTS SUBSIDE, COPYCATS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: After Congress repealed two legislative decrees (ref),prolonged protests by Amazon communities appear to have subsided. The GOP must now negotiate with indigenous and regional leaders to develop new laws. Should a majority of legislators vote to "censure" the PM, who has been s [...] | 2009-06-22 21:50:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA899 | THE PRO-SYSTEM VIEW: PERU ON RIGHT COURSE BUT [...] (C) Summary: Pro-system political figures believe Peru is an example of how democratic government coupled with an open, market-based economy can promote development, reduce poverty and lay the groundwork for long-term progress. Many see the 2011 general elections as a defining moment, likely [...] | 2009-06-23 19:25:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV PINR PE |
09LIMA904 | PM SEEKS TO NEGOTIATE END TO ONGOING PROTESTS [...] Summary: (C) Amazonian protests against several presidential decrees have ended, but a handful of spinoff -- and unrelated -- protests continues to nag the GOP. Prime Minister Yehude Simon traveled to Andahuaylas June 16 and to Cusco June 17 seeking to strike deals to end these protests. End [...] | 2009-06-24 22:44:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER PE |
09LIMA918 | PM GOES BEFORE CONGRESS; POTENTIAL FOR PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary. After diffusing protests in Andahuaylas on June 23, Prime Minister Yehude Simon was unable to reach a similar deal the next day in the town of Sicuani, where the demands were more political. Protest leaders there have given Simon three days to address their complaints, or they w [...] | 2009-06-26 17:47:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE |
09LIMA924 | "EVO MORALES IS OUR PRESIDENT": THE ANTI-SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: Its economic success of recent years notwithstanding, Peru remains fertile terrain for anti-system radicals, with persistent endemic poverty and social inequality, the absence of the state from large swaths of national territory, and clumsy, sometimes jarring public action when t [...] | 2009-06-26 22:13:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR BL PE |
09LIMA93 | CABINET CHANGE: MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE [...] (SBU) Luis CARRANZA Ugarte was sworn in (again) as Peru's Economy and Finance Minister following the January 19 resignation of Luis VALDIVIESO Montano, who had held the post over the last six months. The widely respected Carranza previously headed the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) from [...] | 2009-01-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PINR PE |
09LIMA935 | PM NARROWLY AVOIDS CENSURE; VARIED PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: Congress's censure motion against PM Simon and Interior Minister Cabanillas fell short of the 61 votes required to remove them from office. Simon earlier announced he would step down in the coming weeks, while reports indicate that Garcia may soon reshuffle his Cabinet while kee [...] | 2009-06-30 23:16:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI PE |
09LIMA971 | ROLLING PROTESTS BEGIN; GARCIA ANNOUNCES CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Unions and diverse social organizations on July 7 initiated a series of rolling protests, strikes, and road blockades around the country, slated to last 3 days. Protests are focused on a grab-bag of local and national issues, from construction of roads to the cancellation of free [...] | 2009-07-08 19:19:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI |
09LIMA982 | PROTESTS FIZZLE INTO THIRD AND FINAL DAY [...] (C) Summary: The second of three days of general, nationwide protests continued with underwhelming impact and participation. In Lima, gatherings were small and marked by internal discord. In some provinces, protesters blocked roads and paralyzed public transportation and schools, but gather [...] | 2009-07-09 19:23:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI PHUM ELAB PE |
09LISBON100 | PORTUGAL: ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (C) Due to its small size and reach, Portugal has chosen to limit its international ambitions to three foreign policy pillars: transatlantic relations, former Portuguese colonies (the Lusophone world),and the European Union. In 2008, the GOP added a fourth focus - economic diplomacy - in orde [...] | 2009-02-13 17:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON106 | PORTUGAL RECEIVES DEMOCRACY IN MAURITANIA MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 16:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PO |
09LISBON111 | PORTUGAL PASSES LEGISLATION ON NATO ACCESSION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-20 16:30:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PGOV PO AL HR |
09LISBON112 | PORTUGAL RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON NATO TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 11:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MOPS PREL PO |
09LISBON117 | PORTUGAL ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR PO |
09LISBON12 | PORTUGAL RECEIVES NOTICE OF THE PHASE II REPORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PO |
09LISBON125 | PORTUGAL RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 08:32:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AF PREL MOPS MARR PO |
09LISBON127 | PORTUGAL WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Officer briefed Portuguese MFA Human Rights Director Sara Martins that the United States would be an active observer in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and would seek to participate actively in discussions and decisions. Martins said Portugal and its EU partners warmly welcom [...] | 2009-03-03 14:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PO |
09LISBON129 | PORTUGUESE DELEGATION HEADING TO GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (SBU) Portuguese MFA number two, Secretary of State Joao Cravinho, is heading to Guinea-Bissau on March 3 on a fact-finding mission, leading a delegation of the Lisbon-based Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP). According to MFA contacts, Cravinho will meet with senior military [...] | 2009-03-03 14:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PO |
09LISBON133 | PORTUGUESE SOCIALISTS RATIFY CONTINUED SOCRATES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Portugal's ruling Socialist Party was fully behind party Secretary General (and current Prime Minister) Jose Socrates during the February 27-March 1 party convention. Socrates used the occasion, which was particularly harmonious due to the absence of combative PS leftist Manuel [...] | 2009-03-04 17:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON136 | (C) WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE PORTUGUESE MOD? [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: In November 2008 we reported on the Portuguese MFA and the forces that shape its policy-making (reftel). In this companion piece, we look at the Portuguese MOD. Portugal is a NATO ally, but its contributions to security operations are usually far less than we desire. The [...] | 2009-03-05 15:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MCAP MOPS PREL PO |
09LISBON137 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PORTUGUESE DEFMIN; HELP [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador met March 4 with Portugal's Minister of Defense to discuss a range of issues. The Minister said Portugal's second ISAF OMLT will deploy to Afghanistan before the end of March and the medical unit is ready to deploy to Kabul Airport but is held up by administrative [...] | 2009-03-06 13:06:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AF PU PO |
09LISBON141 | PORTUGAL: DISAPPOINTING BRIEFING ON GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (SBU) The Portuguese Foreign Ministry on March 9 briefed the Lisbon diplomatic corps on recent activities in Guinea-Bissau. Portuguese MFA number two, Secretary of State Joao Cravinho, last week led a delegation of the Lisbon-based Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) to Bissau, [...] | 2009-03-10 11:25:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON144 | IF YOU WANT A FRIEND IN WASHINGTON, GET A WATER DOG [...] SUMMARY. Media reports that the Obama family may be interested in acquiring a Portuguese Water Dog have excited the press and the dog-loving Portuguese public. Some two months ago, the regional tourism authority in southern Portugal offered a Water Dog to the First Family, and representativ [...] | 2009-03-10 14:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OFDP OPRC PO |
09LISBON152 | PORTUGUESE UNLIKELY TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) Pol-Econ officer, Korean Political Counselor Jum Soo Lee, and Russian Political Counselor Vladimir Dedushkin met with Portuguese MFA Deputy for Disarmament and Security Issues Joao Lago to discuss reftel Global Initiative (GI) invitation. Lago told us that, due to the short notice and sta [...] | 2009-03-12 11:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PO |
09LISBON155 | PORTUGAL/EU BACK BALANCE ON GAZA AT GAERC/GYMNICH [...] (SBU) On March 13 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy said the EU generally shares US positions about Bosnia/Herzegovina, Belarus, Sudan, and the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process as outlined in our talking points for the March GAERC. Cardy told us Montenegro, Transnistria, a [...] | 2009-03-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON162 | PORTUGUESE FOLLOW GERMAN STRATEGY FOR UN UNIVERSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Portugal is preparing for a December Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Portuguese MFA Director for Human Rights Sara Martins outlined Portugal's plan to consult with NGOs, coordinate a unified GOP response, and prepare for the HRC Review in Dec [...] | 2009-03-17 16:11:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN PO |
09LISBON163 | PORTUGAL ATTENDING MAY 2009 PSI OPERATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-19 18:04:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PO |
09LISBON164 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS KFOR MISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 11:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL MARR PO |
09LISBON177 | PORTUGAL: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 15:05:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PREL PO |
09LISBON182 | PORTUGAL RECEIVES CONCLUSIONS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF PREL MARR MOPS PO |
09LISBON183 | AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN DELIVERABLES FOR NATO AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 14:47:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF PREL MOPS MARR |
09LISBON184 | PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-01 13:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL IS EUN PO |
09LISBON19 | PORTUGAL QUESTIONS ON RESETTLING CUBAN MIGRANTS [...] (C) DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor met January 9 with Rui Macieira, Deputy for Security Issues to Portuguese MFA PolDir Nuno Brito. Portuguese President Cavaco Silva announced at UNGA last September that Portugal has doubled the number of asylum-seekers it would accept annually, and we wished to [...] | 2009-01-12 10:34:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON2 | PORTUGAL NOTIFIED ABOUT MAY 2009 PSI OPERATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-02 12:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PO |
09LISBON202 | PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO STATE DEPARTMENT'S 2008 HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PO |
09LISBON208 | PORTUGAL'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 13:05:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PREL MOPS MARR PO |
09LISBON214 | PORTUGAL ON BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 07:20:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD PO |
09LISBON215 | PORTUGAL'S INFORMATION SHARING AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 07:20:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PO |
09LISBON216 | PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO IMF / WORLD BANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor, together with the British DCM in Lisbon, on April 17 delivered reftel demarche regarding Kosovo's application to join the IMF and World Bank. Liliana Mascarenhas Neto, the Director for European Affairs at the Portuguese MFA, took note of our points, particularly the im [...] | 2009-04-17 15:26:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PO |
09LISBON218 | PORTUGAL WELCOMES U.S. CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 16:20:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PO |
09LISBON219 | PORTUGAL TO ATTEND MAY GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 16:21:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV PTER KGIC PO |
09LISBON226 | PORTUGUESE ON S-FM MEETING, ISAF, AFRICA, AND [...] (C/NF) Summary. Portuguese MFA Political Director and his advisers met with Ambassador Stephenson April 21 to discuss a range of issues in advance of the Portugal-U.S. Bilateral Commission meeting scheduled for May 4. The Portuguese are pleased to have confirmation for FM Amado's meeting with [...] | 2009-04-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CVIS XA ZK AF PO |
09LISBON228 | PORTUGAL VIEWS ON APRIL GAERC [...] (SBU) On April 23 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy shared Portugal's views on the April GAERC. Burma, the Middle East, the Eastern Partnership, and Sri Lanka will be on the agenda, with informal discussions on Afghanistan/Pakistan/Iran, Ukraine, Moldova, and the Durban Re [...] | 2009-04-24 09:53:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON231 | Former Secretary of Education Spellings Visits Portugal [...] SUMMARY. On her first trip to Portugal, April 15-19, former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings highlighted common concerns and challenges in education, stimulating debate among Portuguese stakeholders about possible solutions. She engaged both education professionals and leaders [...] | 2009-04-24 15:11:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL PREL OVIP PGOV PO |
09LISBON233 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS ISAF MEETING IN LISBON [...] (C) Ambassador Stephenson on April 22 hosted a meeting of several ISAF-country ambassadors in Lisbon to review the outcomes of the recent NATO Summit and to assess strategies for encouraging the Portuguese government to continue to contribute to ISAF in a meaningful way. Present were Lisbon-b [...] | 2009-04-27 10:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PO |
09LISBON238 | PORTUGAL TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF / WORLD BANK BID [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 09:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PO |
09LISBON244 | ONE CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA IN PORTUGAL [...] Portugal currently has one confirmed case of 2009-H1N1 influenza. The case is a 30 year-old woman who had recently returned from a vacation in Mexico. The Portuguese Health Minister announced that the woman is recovering well and has been asymptomatic for the past few days. Her relatives a [...] | 2009-05-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU PO AEMR ASEC PREL CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF |
09LISBON251 | PORTUGAL FAVORS WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP FOR KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-12 14:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KV PO |
09LISBON254 | PORTUGAL-US BILATERAL COMMISSION; PROGRESS ON ISAF [...] (C) Summary. The U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission met in Lisbon on May 4 as part of its regular semi-annual meeting schedule and reviewed the state of the bilateral relationship. Portuguese MFA PolDir Brito said the GOP continues to study options to make good on the Prime Minister's promis [...] | 2009-05-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV OVIP PO |
09LISBON26 | PORTUGAL LIKELY TO SUPPORT CONSENSUS ON EU-SYRIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EU SY PREL PO |
09LISBON261 | PORTUGAL: GAERC CONTINUES TO WAIT ON IRAN [...] (SBU) On May 14 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy shared Portugal's views on the May GAERC. Russia and Moldova are on the morning GAERC agenda, and Iran, Georgia, and Sri Lanka will be the lunchtime topics. The afternoon session including ministers of foreign affairs and [...] | 2009-05-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON264 | PORTUGAL RESPONSE FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) The information below is keyed to the reftel questions: - Portugal supports EU efforts to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba. The GOP claims to press these messages bilaterally, but it is not a Portuguese priority. - Portugal has neither taken notable action [...] | 2009-05-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL |
09LISBON265 | PORTUGAL IN THE CONTACT GROUP ON PIRACY OFF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 11:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM MARR ECON PREL PGOV EWWT PBTS PHSA PO |
09LISBON266 | MEETING WITH JORGE SAMPAIO ON ALLIANCE OF [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Former Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio, currently the UN HiRep for the Alliance of Civilizations and the UN Special Envoy against Tuberculosis, met with Ambassador Stephenson at the embassy on May 15. Sampaio gave a re [...] | 2009-05-19 11:55:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN PO |
09LISBON269 | PORTUGAL: UNSC 1718 DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-20 13:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM |
09LISBON271 | PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-21 08:55:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PO |
09LISBON273 | PORTUGUESE FM'S MEETING WITH S; HELP ON GTMO, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Stephenson met with Portuguese FM Luis Amado May 20 to prepare for Amado's June 4 meeting with Secretary Clinton in Washington. Amado recognized the need to use Lajes Air Field for the process of transferring detainees from Guantanamo to resettlement countries and str [...] | 2009-05-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV IR IS AF PO |
09LISBON277 | PORTUGAL-IRAN DISCUSSIONS [...] (C/NF) The Portuguese MFA's Political Director, Nuno Brito, received the Iranian Ambassador to Portugal Seyed Rasool Mohajer May 22 to discuss nuclear proliferation. As Iran's nuclear ambitions are expected to be an agenda item for Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado's June 4 call on Secre [...] | 2009-05-22 15:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNP PINR IR PO |
09LISBON289 | PORTUGUESE ELECTIONS: DOES ANYONE WANT TO WIN? [...] (C/NF) Summary. This is a primer on each of Portugal's major parties and what is driving them for the election season, plus specific expectations for the June 7 European elections. Portugal has three elections this year; the June 7 elections for the European Parliament, plus legislative and municip [...] | 2009-06-02 10:02:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PO |
09LISBON293 | PORTUGAL CANNOT PROVIDE MI-17S TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG PARM PO |
09LISBON30 | PORTUGAL INFORMED OF U.S. RATIFICATION OF THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KTIA AORC IAEA ENRG PREL TRGY PO |
09LISBON305 | PORTUGAL: NO COMMENT ON U.S. POINTS FOR IWC MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 09:19:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EFIS PREL SENV PO |
09LISBON306 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT - [...] (C) Ambassador Stephenson met with Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on June 8, a farewell lunch prior to the Ambassador's departure from post. The discussion focused primarily on the economy and on Portugal's consideration of further deployments to Afghanistan. On the economy, Cavaco [...] | 2009-06-09 10:27:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PO |
09LISBON307 | PORTUGAL ON NATO'S LONG-TERM COUNTER-PIRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 12:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PREL PO |
09LISBON31 | PORTUGAL NOTIFIED OF US NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-15 15:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | GM KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN PO |
09LISBON310 | PORTUGAL: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 14:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL PO |
09LISBON311 | PORTUGAL ON JUNE GAERC: EU BALANCED ON [...] (SBU) On June 12 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy said the EU generally shares US positions about the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process, Lebanon, Cuba, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Bosnia, and Sudan, as outlined in our talking points for the June GAERC. Cardy told us Georgia is n [...] | 2009-06-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON316 | PORTUGAL ON U.S. JOINING THE INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-17 15:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG SENV PREL PO |
09LISBON323 | PORTUGAL: EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE CORFU [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 09:44:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EU OSCE PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON330 | S/GC AMBASSADOR FRIED DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Daniel Fried met on June 19 with Portuguese MFA Political Director Nuno Brito to discuss Portugal's willingness to accept detainees from Guantanamo detention center. Portugal will accept "up to three" detainees, Brito said, to be selected from among four individuals w [...] | 2009-06-25 07:24:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PO |
09LISBON336 | PORTUGAL SUPPORTS AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 13:50:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AF PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON354 | PORTUGAL: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 13:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PO |
09LISBON355 | PORTUGAL ON UPDATED GICNT MODEL GUIDELINES REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 13:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER PO |
09LISBON358 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR JULY 11-12 VISIT TO PORTUGAL [...] (SBU) Your participation in the Lisbon Ministerial Conference of the Community of Democracies (CD) comes at the conclusion of Portugal's term as Convening Group chair. Portugal has not been as proactive a chair as we had hoped, so this Ministerial is an opportunity to reinvigorate the CD as Li [...] | 2009-07-06 13:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OTRA PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON36 | PORTUGAL WELCOMES ENGAGEMENT ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) On January 7, WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon visited Lisbon as part of a series of visits to international partners engaged in Latin America. Shannon met with Portuguese officials in the Prime Minister's office, the Foreign Ministry, and with Ambassadors from European and Latin American partne [...] | 2009-01-16 16:49:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PO XM |
09LISBON364 | PORTUGAL ECONOMY MINISTER RESIGNS, FINANCE [...] (U) Finance Minister Fernando Teixeira dos Santos was sworn in as Portugal's Economy Minister on July 6, replacing Manuel Pinho, who resigned on July 2 after making an insulting gesture toward Communist parliamentary leader Bernandino Soares during the "state of the nation" session in parliam [...] | 2009-07-07 14:32:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PO |
09LISBON365 | PORTUGAL OPPOSES THE ITSO DG PUSH FOR ARBITRATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 14:46:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA AORC ECON ECPS EFIN PREL TSPA PO |
09LISBON366 | PORTUGAL UN NGO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 07:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PO |
09LISBON371 | U.S. and Portugal sign criminal information sharing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Lisbon, Portugal on June 30, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano signed an agreement with Portugal on Preventing and Combating Crime (PCC). The GOP Ministers of Interior Affairs (MOI) and Justice (MOJ) both signed the agreement for Portugal, with F [...] | 2009-07-13 13:02:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT PREL PTER PO |
09LISBON374 | PORTUGAL UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 09:38:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PREL PTER PO |
09LISBON376 | US, PORTUGAL RESOLVE LAJES WAGE DISPUTE [...] (SBU) On July 11, 2009 Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado signed agreements for a new wage increase procedure for Portuguese employees at Lajes Air Base in the Azores, resolving one of our most difficult bilateral issues. Although the economic [...] | 2009-07-15 15:00:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV OVIP PO |
09LISBON378 | PORTUGUESE DEPUTY FORMIN'S VISIT TO CUBA [...] (C) On July 15, Pedro Carneiro, the Legal Advisor to Portuguese MFA number two, Secretary of State Joao Cravinho, gave P/E Counselor a readout of a trip to Cuba that he and Cravinho made on June 30-July 1. This was the first senior Portuguese visit to Cuba in several years and was a response [...] | 2009-07-16 11:52:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XM CU PO |
09LISBON380 | CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL PO |
09LISBON385 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S 12 JULY 2009 MEETING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg met on 12 July with Yu Myung-hwan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The meeting lasted 30 minutes; it took place on the margins of the Community of Democracies Ministerial conference in Lisbon. Min [...] | 2009-07-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PO KN |
09LISBON399 | PORTUGAL REQUESTS TWO SPECIFIC GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C/NF) On July 23, Portuguese MFA PolDir Nuno Brito called in Charge d'Affaires and Pol/Econ Counselor to pass the names of two Guantanamo detainees that Portugal is willing to accept for resettlement at this time. The two are Muhammad KHANTUMANI (SY-312) and Moammar Badawi DOKHAN (SY-317). P [...] | 2009-07-23 15:25:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER MARR MOPS PO |
09LISBON401 | PORTUGAL, EU REMAIN PASSIVE ON IRAN AT GAERC [...] (SBU) On July 23 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy said the EU will continue to rely on "quiet diplomacy" with Iran but shares US positions about Somalia and Georgia, as outlined in our talking points for the July GAERC. 2. (SBU) Iran: Cardy maintained that the EU is e [...] | 2009-07-24 10:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON406 | PORTUGAL: ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN BEYOND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-28 09:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | AF PREL MOPS MARR PGOV PO |
09LISBON412 | INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC [...] (U) SUMMARY. The ROKG (South Korea),current Chair of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP),hosted an inter-sessional meeting of APDP on the margins of the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Portugal on July 11. The ten governments represented received a briefing on APDP activit [...] | 2009-07-29 06:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM XB PO |
09LISBON424 | PORTUGAL ON 64TH UNGA ATTENDANCE AND MEETINGS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 14:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS PO |
09LISBON428 | PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON RECENT CLIMATE CHANGE TALKS [...] (C/NF) Portuguese Ministry of Environment climate change contacts Nuno Lacasta and Fausto Brito e Abreu welcome increased U.S. engagement in climate change talks and stress the urgent need for an agreement at Copenhagen in December 2009. The two accept that a prospective agreement, which th [...] | 2009-08-06 14:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG KGCC SENV PREL PO |
09LISBON444 | PORTUGAL ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] (U) Poleconoff delivered reftel points on August 12 to Frederico Nascimento of the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Political Organizations. Nascimento thanked us for our input and said Portugal's preferred candidate will be decided in early September. 2. (C [...] | 2009-08-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO PREL PO |
09LISBON447 | HIJACKED SHIP NOT IN PORTUGUESE WATERS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Portuguese Navy officials confirmed on August 13 that the Portuguese government was closely monitoring the situation involving the Arctic Sea, a Maltese-flagged, Finnish-owned commercial ship with a Russian crew that "disappeared" July 24 off the coast of Sweden, while reported [...] | 2009-08-14 11:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM PO |
09LISBON453 | PORTUGAL ON AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S CONVICTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PO |
09LISBON457 | PORTUGAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: IAEA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KNNP AORC PREL PARM IAEA PO |
09LISBON46 | PORTUGAL QUESTIONS ON RESETTLING CUBAN MIGRANTS [...] This cable is unclassified and can be shared with UNHCR or other interested agencies. 2. Embassy Lisbon officers met January 9 with Portuguese MFA officials regarding Cuban migrants. Portuguese President Cavaco Silva announced at UNGA last September that Portugal has doubled the number of [...] | 2009-01-23 14:49:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON484 | PORTUGAL: SEPTEMBER GYMNICH POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 13:58:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON491 | PORTUGAL ON A/S GOTTEMOELLER'S DISCUSSION WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 11:47:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO PO |
09LISBON494 | PORTUGAL ON FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR INTERNALLY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN |
09LISBON495 | PORTUGAL ON 64TH UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Poleconoff delivered reftel points on September 4 to Goncalo Silvestre of the Portuguese MFA Directorate for International Organizations and discussed the points further on September 11 with Joao Ribeiro de Almeida, Portugal's MFA Director for Common Foreign and Security Policy a [...] | 2009-09-11 14:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL PO |
09LISBON498 | GICNT: PORTUGAL INFORMED THAT UNODC IS OBSERVER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 09:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER PO KGIC |
09LISBON50 | PORTUGAL TO GUIDE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES DISCUSSION [...] (U) Summary: Portuguese FM Luis Amado will take the lead in the Guantanamo discussion at the January GAERC meeting to encourage EU member states to accept Guantanamo detainees, but will otherwise follow the EU consensus on Afghanistan, Gaza, and the Russia-Ukraine issues. In response to ref A [...] | 2009-01-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PO AF BO |
09LISBON500 | PORTUGAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE: IAEA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-16 13:12:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | IS KNNP AORC PARM PREL IAEA EG PO |
09LISBON502 | CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 18:15:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PO |
09LISBON503 | CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 18:15:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PO |
09LISBON504 | CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON POTUS EUROPEAN-BASED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 18:15:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MARR PREL PO |
09LISBON507 | POST DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 15:07:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA PO |
09LISBON510 | PORTUGUESE ELECTIONS -- SOCIALISTS AHEAD, STILL [...] (U) Summary: With the September 27 parliamentary elections just days away, the Socialists (PS) led by Prime Minister Jose Socrates have a three-point lead over the Social Democrats (PSD) led by Manuela Ferreira Leite. However, a significant portion of the electorate -- 24 percent of those int [...] | 2009-09-23 15:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI PO |
09LISBON513 | POTENTIAL PORTUGUESE NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a surprising development, Portuguese Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Alberto Alves, Head of Strategic Planning and International Affairs at the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR),Portugal's National Guard equivalent, told poleconoff September 23 that the GNR is poised to deploy a [...] | 2009-09-25 14:04:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EZ MARR PREL PO |
09LISBON514 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR OCTOBER 6-7 VISIT TO PORTUGAL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Lisbon comes on the heels of the most closely contested parliamentary election in many years. With the September 27 parliamentary elections just days away, the Socialists led by Prime Minister Jose Socrates have a ten-point lead over the Social Democrats led by former Finance Mi [...] | 2009-09-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | OTRA PREL PGOV ECON MARR PO |
09LISBON516 | SOCIALISTS WIN PORTUGUESE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] Summary: On September 27, the ruling Socialist Party won a plurality of the seats in the Portuguese Parliament with 37 percent of the vote. The Social Democratic Party, led by former Finance Minister Manuela Ferreira Leite, came in second with 29 percent of the vote. The Socialists lost 25 [...] | 2009-09-28 11:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI PO |
09LISBON519 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON CONCLUSIONS OF BURMA POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 15:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BM PO |
09LISBON52 | NEW AZORES STATUTE OPENS A WINDOW ON PORTUGUESE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A few weeks ago the Portuguese parliament passed a new law regulating relations between mainland Portugal and the Azores islands, which are a Portuguese autonomous region. This seemingly straightforward act was a proxy for far deeper political maneuvering playing out in Lisbon a [...] | 2009-01-26 16:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PO |
09LISBON523 | PORTUGAL ON WHO SUPPORT AGAINST GLOBAL H1N1 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-01 13:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AORC PREL WHO PGOV PO |
09LISBON530 | UPDATE ON RESETTLEMENT OF TWO GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C/NF) On October 7, an official with the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service (SEF),which is charged with administering the resettlement of the two Syrians transferred from Guantanamo to Portugal on August 28, provided us an update on their resettlement process. 2. (C/NF) The two i [...] | 2009-10-08 09:26:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER MARR PO |
09LISBON532 | PORTUGUESE ELECTION RESULTS PORTEND UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) Summary: The Socialists resumed power in the September 27 Portuguese elections but lost their absolute majority in Parliament, losing 24 seats to the far-left Left Bloc and the conservative Popular Party (CDS/PP). With the loss of their majority, the Socialists must now either form a coa [...] | 2009-10-08 13:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI PO |
09LISBON538 | SOCIAL DEMOCRATS AND SOCIALISTS BOTH CLAIM VICTORY [...] (U) As anticipated, the Social Democrats (PSD) retained the majority of Portugal's 308 mayoral posts, while the Socialists (PS) won the most number of votes -- an estimated 2 million to PSD's 1 million -- in the October 11 local elections (ref A). Both parties claimed victory. Voter turnout [...] | 2009-10-13 13:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI PO |
09LISBON539 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 09:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP PO |
09LISBON540 | UPDATE ON DAILY ROUTINES OF TWO GUANTANAMO [...] (C/NF) Further to information provided reftel regarding the two Syrians transfered from Guantanamo to Portugal on August 28, at our request the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service (SEF),which adminsters the resettlement, has provided further details on the transferees' daily routines. [...] | 2009-10-15 12:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER MARR PO |
09LISBON545 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM FORMER PORTUGUESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 12:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP PO |
09LISBON549 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON EC/SWISS POSITIONS ON [...] PoleconOff delivered reftel demarche to Antonio Miguel, Director of European Affairs and International Relations, and Maria Pastor, Chief of the Division of Foreign Relations and Cooperation, at the Portuguese Ministry of Agriculture on October 20. PoleconOff clarified the U.S. position regard [...] | 2009-10-21 13:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL EUN KIPR PO |
09LISBON553 | PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES NEW CABINET [...] Summary: In the wake of September 27 Portuguese elections, PM Socrates announced his new cabinet on October 22, naming seven new ministers, including five independents and four women for a total of nine independents and five women in his 16-member cabinet. The cabinet will take office on Oct [...] | 2009-10-23 16:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PO |
09LISBON554 | PORTUGAL ON RECENT GICNT UPDATES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 12:25:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER KGIC PO |
09LISBON556 | PORTUGAL WILL SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS AT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN PO |
09LISBON561 | SUBMARINE PURCHASE SPARKS DEBATE IN PORTUGAL [...] (C) Summary. The Portuguese prosecutor's office filed fraud charges September 30 against seven Portuguese and three Germans involved in the controversial one billion Euro purchase of two German-built diesel submarines for the Portuguese Navy, sparking debate about whether Portugal needs -- or [...] | 2009-10-29 15:35:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON565 | PORTUGAL INCSR PART I: DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL [...] Summary: Portugal once again saw a significant decline in cocaine seizures as shipments to Europe are increasingly being routed through African nations rather than northern Atlantic routes. As a result, seizures of cocaine decreased from 2.6 metric tons in the first six months of 2008 to 1.6 me [...] | 2009-11-02 08:45:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL SOCI PO |
09LISBON566 | PORTUGAL TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poleconoff delivered reftel points on October 23 to Goncalo Silvestre of the Portuguese Ministy of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Political Organizations. Post received on November 2 a note verbale from the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming that Portug [...] | 2009-11-03 10:05:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PGOV UNGA PO |
09LISBON567 | PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER PRESENTS GOVERNMENT [...] Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates presented the Socialist government program to Parliament on November 2. This is the policy agenda that will guide his government for the next four years. As noted in ref A, on September 27 Socrates and the Socialists were elected to a second four-year t [...] | 2009-11-03 19:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI PO |
09LISBON568 | PORTUGAL WILL SUPPORT EU POSITION ON GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL PO |
09LISBON575 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HAITI'S WAIVER OF TOURIST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-09 08:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD KTIP KCRM PREL ASEC CVIS PO |
09LISBON577 | PORTUGAL WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 11:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | BO PREL EUN PHUM PO |
09LISBON582 | (C) CUBA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) In response to Ref A, Pol/Econoff met November 17 with Joao Batista, senior MFA official responsible for Cuban affairs, to discuss Portuguese-Cuban relations. Portugal's relationship with Cuba has not significantly changed since Ref B update in December 2008. Batista noted that while Por [...] | 2009-11-18 14:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL PGOV CU PO |
09LISBON593 | PORTUGAL ON MACEDONIA EU MEMBERSHIP AND NAME ISSUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 14:43:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | EU GR PGOV PREL PO |
09LISBON594 | PORTUGAL ON PSI LEADING EDGE 2010 UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 14:49:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PO |
09LISBON595 | PORTUGAL ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 15:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE PO |
09LISBON598 | PORTUGAL ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM, NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 13:34:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR PREL PO |
09LISBON599 | PORTUGAL ON ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel points on November 25 to Ambassador Nuno Brito, Portugal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Foreign Policy. Brito said, &We were expecting this.8 He said that Minister of Foreign Affairs Amado and Minister of Defense Santos Silva had [...] | 2009-11-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PO |
09LISBON602 | PORTUGAL ON U.S. EMISSIONS PROPOSAL, COPENHAGEN [...] (C/NF) Poleconoff met with Fausto Brito e Abreu of the Portuguese Ministry of Environment on November 26, following President Obama's announcement of U.S. emissions reductions targets the U.S. will offer at Copenhagen. Brito e Abreu described the U.S. targets as "minimal," as they are based o [...] | 2009-12-02 11:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ENRG KGCC SENV PREL PO |
09LISBON607 | PORTUGUESE NATIONAL GUARD POISED TO DEPLOY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Portuguese Lieutenant Colonel Carlos Alves, Head of Strategic Planning and International Affairs at the Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR),Portugal's National Guard equivalent, told us December 3 that the Portuguese government had made a decision to deploy a GNR contingent of [...] | 2009-12-04 06:56:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EZ MARR PREL PO |
09LISBON608 | IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT DOMINATED BY HONDURAS DISPUTE [...] (U) Delegations from twenty-two Iberian and Latin American nations attended the nineteenth Ibero-American Summit in Estoril, Portugal November 29-December 1. The summit's theme was "Innovation and Knowledge" and featured discussions on technology and innovation collaboration, social developm [...] | 2009-12-04 07:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECIN EFIN PREL AN XM CU DR SP PO |
09LISBON623 | PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS LISBON [...] (C) Deputy P/E Chief met on December 15 with Joao Neves da Costa, Portuguese MFA Director for Middle East and Maghreb Affairs, at Neves' request. Neves reported that Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado had met with Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki in Lisb [...] | 2009-12-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA KPAL IS PO |
09LISBON624 | PRIVATE SECTOR HELP FOR GUINEA-BISSAU ON CUSTOMS, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-17 12:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC EWWT PREL SNAR PO |
09LISBON631 | BLUE LANTERN REPLY ON LICENSE 050101274 [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Emboffs conducted a post-shipment check of Ogma Industria Aeronautica de Portugal (Ogma) regarding license 050101274 concerning aircraft parts and components sold by Dynatech International Corporation to Ogma. Saul Pascoal, Ogma's Director for Government Affairs, con [...] | 2009-12-21 14:33:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC PREL PO |
09LISBON633 | PORTUGAL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The text of Embassy Lisbon's 2009 Country Report on Terrorism follows: Portugal Portugal worked proactively with other nations to combat terrorism and disrupt funding for terrorist groups. Portugal does not have any indigenous terrorist groups, therefore the legal system and law enforcem [...] | 2009-12-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR PO |
09LISBON638 | PORTUGAL INFO DELIVERED RE: GICNT PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 14:14:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER PO |
09LISBON65 | FURTHER ON PORTUGAL'S CONSIDERATION OF CUBAN [...] (C) On January 29, DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor met a second time with Rui Macieira, Deputy PolDir for Security Issues at the Portuguese MFA. This meeting followed up our Jan. 9 discussion (ref A) of the possibility of Portugal accepting for resettlement Cuban migrants currently at Guantanamo. [...] | 2009-01-29 17:05:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PO |
09LISBON66 | PORTUGAL EXPECTS TO HANDLE NATO ACCESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR PARM PREL PO |
09LISBON7 | PORTUGUESE RECEIVE READOUT OF FRIED-ANTONOV [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-06 08:37:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | RS KCFE PARM PREL PO |
09LISBON71 | PORTUGAL: INFORMATION ON GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - [...] (U) This message responds to the reftel questions concerning Portugal's information collection, screening, and sharing practices. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? Which ministr [...] | 2009-02-03 07:35:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PO |
09LISBON74 | PORTUGAL INVITED TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE WORKSHOP, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-03 15:25:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL PTER PO |
09LISBON75 | PORTUGAL LOOKS TO SHAPE PROCEDURE, NOT POLICY, IN [...] (SBU) On January 29, Portuguese DCM to Washington Paula Cepeda offered a readout of the January 23 Community of Democracies' (CD) "troika" meeting in Lisbon that included Portuguese FM Luis Amado, Lithuanian FM Vygaudas Usackas, Secretary General Al-Maamoun Baba Lamine Keita from Mali, and Exe [...] | 2009-02-03 15:25:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM PO |
09LISBON77 | PORTUGUAL: CONTACTS FOR NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 11:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL IAEA PO |
09LISBON79 | AMBASSADOR'S FEB. 3 MEETING WITH PORTUGUESE FM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Stephenson met February 3 with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado to discuss a range of issues. Their last extended discussion was on November 13 (ref A). Amado told Ambassador that the January 26 GAERC had made progress on the issue of Guantanamo detainees and th [...] | 2009-02-04 13:06:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PO |
09LISBON94 | S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Clint Williamson of S/WCI visited Lisbon February 10 and met with PolDir Nuno Brito and other Portuguese MFA officials to discuss resettlement of Guantanamo detainees. Ambassador Williamson described the importance placed on this issue by the new US administration and [...] | 2009-02-11 14:59:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PGOV EUN PO |
09LJUBLJANA10 | SLOVENE PM ADAMANT THAT CROATIA MUST COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Borut Pahor told the Ambassador January 8 that Slovenia would block Croatia's EU accession negotiations again in February if Zagreb does not demonstrate the will to resolve the issue of the allegedly prejudicial documents submitted by Croatia as part of the accessi [...] | 2009-01-09 17:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG NATO EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA102 | SLOVENIA: BUDGET MEETS TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS [...] The Government of Slovenia's budget is publicly available, including specific breakdowns of incomes/revenues and expenditures per quarter. Because Slovenia receives FMF and IMET funds, its budget must meet the transparency requirements of section 7088(c) of the Foreign Operations Appropriatio [...] | 2009-04-10 10:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON SI |
09LJUBLJANA106 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS US HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] Smiljana Knez, Minister Plenipotentiary in the MFA's International Organizations division, told emboff on April 15 that Slovenia would support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (reftel). Knez noted that the U.S. would be in a better position to influence the 2010 review [...] | 2009-04-16 09:48:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SI |
09LJUBLJANA109 | IAEA DG RACE: SLOVENIA NOMINATES PETRIC [...] (SBU) The MFA held a briefing for Ljubljana's diplomatic corps on April 17 to present Dr. Ernest Petric as Slovenia's candidate for IAEA Director General. Andrej Benedejcic, Director-General of Policy Planning and Multilateral Political Relations, said that Slovenia believed that Petric "coul [...] | 2009-04-17 12:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KNNP IAEA SI |
09LJUBLJANA110 | SLOVENIA: DELEGATION WILL ATTEND GICNT 2009 [...] (SBU) Together with the Dutch ambassador and Russian DCM, emboff delivered the agenda (reftel) for the June 16-17 meetings Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Igor Jukic, new head of the MFA's Security Policy Division. Jukic said that Slovenia would send a delegation and [...] | 2009-04-17 13:19:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC SI |
09LJUBLJANA111 | SLOVENIA LOBBYING OTHERS TO VOTE YES ON KOSOVO IFI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL KV SI |
09LJUBLJANA113 | SLOVENIA OPEN TO NEW IDEAS ON BURMA, SUPPORTS EU [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel demarche and technical paper on the U.S. Burma policy review to Matjaz Marko, first secretary in the MFA's Asia division. Marko agreed that the EU common position would not change; Slovenia supported the rollover in the EU's position from last year. Marko describe [...] | 2009-04-20 11:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD PREL BM SI |
09LJUBLJANA114 | SLOVENIAN INTERIOR MINISTER ON AFGHANISTAN, GUANTANAMO, AND [...] (C) In an April 20 courtesy call on Interior Minister Katarina Kresal, CDA discussed several current issues in the U.S. - Slovenian relationship. CDA pressed Kresal to move forward with HSPD-6 and PCSC agreements, in order to satisfy requirements to remain on the visa waiver program. He raise [...] | 2009-04-22 12:28:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDRG KCRM NATO CVIS ASEC PHUM PTER PINR SI |
09LJUBLJANA115 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF "LENGTHY," BUT VAGUE APRIL [...] (C) Emboff discussed ref's points on the April 27-28 GAERC meeting with Acting European Correspondent Jurnej Muller on April 22. Muller commented that it was obvious that last week was a holiday as the Czech Presidency still had not provided background for some of the agenda items, so their p [...] | 2009-04-22 15:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV SI |
09LJUBLJANA120 | SLOVENIA: AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS WAITING ON [...] (C) Officials from the ministries of Defense (MOD),Interior (MOI),and Foreign Affairs (MFA) told CDA in separate meetings that Slovenia will contribute equipment to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF),but decisions on police mentoring teams (PMT) and an operational liaison and mentor [...] | 2009-04-23 15:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF SI |
09LJUBLJANA123 | SLOVENIA'S VOTE FOR KOSOVO IMF MEMBERSHIP TO COME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KV SI |
09LJUBLJANA124 | SLOVENIA: CHOD'S OUSTER FAVORS REFORM, TIES WITH [...] (U) The Government of Slovenia announced on April 23 that Major General Alojz Steiner will become the new Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) on May 1, replacing Lieutenant General Albin Gutman. Brigadier General Branimir Furlan will become the deputy CHOD. Defense Minister Ljubica Jelusic told [...] | 2009-04-24 15:47:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR SI |
09LJUBLJANA125 | SLOVENIA SWALLOWS HARD, PREPARES TO ACCEPT NEW EU [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Slovenia has reacted cautiously to the latest proposal put forth by EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn to resolve the border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia and allow Croatia's accession negotiations to move forward. In contrast to the joyous Croatian reaction reporte [...] | 2009-04-28 18:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA13 | SLOVENIA: UNSCR 1267 PRENOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN PTER ETTC SI |
09LJUBLJANA132 | SLOVENIA TO VOTE YES ON KOSOVO IMF MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KV SI |
09LJUBLJANA135 | SLOVENIAN FM STRATEGIZING ON LATEST REHN PROPOSAL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Zbogar reviewed with us on May 5 the government of Slovenia's planning on trying to get to a "yes" on EU Commissioner Rehn's most recent proposal on the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute. He stressed the government's concern that it be able to sell the Rehn proposal to the [...] | 2009-05-06 11:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA137 | SLOVENIA CONFIRMS GICNT DELEGATION TO HAGUE [...] Igor Jukic, head of the MFA's Security Policy Division, told ADCM that he would lead the Slovene delegation to the June 16-17 meetings of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (ref A). Jukic noted that he would be accompanied by Slovene diplomats from their mission at the Hague, b [...] | 2009-05-08 10:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP PREL PTER MNUC KGIC SI |
09LJUBLJANA139 | SLOVENIA: "SUBSTANTIVE AMENDMENTS" NEEDED TO [...] (C) Prime Minister Borut Pahor announced on May 12 that the major parties had reached agreement on a response to the latest proposal from EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn on resolving the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute. Pahor told press that the response would include "substantive amend [...] | 2009-05-13 16:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA142 | SLOVENIAN MOD PREPARING TO WHIP UP AN OMLT [...] (C) Brigadier Branimir Furlan, newly named Deputy Chief of Defense, told us on May 12 in response to our request (ref A) that Slovenia plans to lead an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) in Afghanistan, with its state partner Colorado Army National Guard (CO ARNG) augmenting the OMLT [...] | 2009-05-15 02:31:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF SI |
09LJUBLJANA144 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MAY 17-18 JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) On May 16, Emboff discussed the U.S. nonpaper (ref) with new European Correspondent Jernej Muller. Muller said the EU Foreign Ministers would prepare for the EU-Russia Summit, where the perception was that the Russians were trying to "steal" the agenda and focus the summit on their Europe [...] | 2009-05-15 15:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN GG RS SO IR SI |
09LJUBLJANA149 | SLOVENIA SEEKS ANOTHER ROUND OF "QUIET" TALKS WITH [...] (C) Iztok Mirosic, the MFA Coordinator for Croatia and U/S equivalent Director for Bilateral Affairs, briefed CDA on May 15 on Slovenia's response to the latest Rehn proposal, which it formally submitted to Rehn on May 18. Mirosic explained that the government was very concerned that there be [...] | 2009-05-18 17:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA151 | SLOVENIA: CUBA LIBERTAD ACT DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Natasa Furlan, counselor in the MFA's Latin American section, on May 18. Furlan noted that Slovenia's position remains has not changed from 2008, and Slovenia will continue to emphasize the EU "doubletrack" policy. Embassy provides the following in re [...] | 2009-05-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD ETTC CU SI |
09LJUBLJANA156 | SLOVENIA: KOSOVO PARTICIPATION IN REGIONAL FORA [...] (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel demarches to Amela Kentric, the MFA's desk officer for Kosovo and Serbia, regarding Kosovo's participation in the Corridors of Culture conference and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) annual meetings. Kentric stressed that Kosovo's participation in these and [...] | 2009-06-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KV SI |
09LJUBLJANA157 | SLOVENIA: EP ELECTIONS A REFERENDUM ON COALITION [...] (C) While the governing center-left coalition has been focused on the twin challenges of the economic crisis and the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute (ref A),the center-right opposition has surged to the lead in polls ahead of Slovenia's June 7 European Parliament (EP) elections. The oppositi [...] | 2009-06-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN SI |
09LJUBLJANA158 | SLOVENIA: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS [...] Slovenia has no Mi-17 helicopters in its inventories, and is therefore unable to make any available for lease, sale, or donation to Pakistan as requested reftel. FREDEN [...] | 2009-06-03 15:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL SMIG MOPS PK SI |
09LJUBLJANA16 | DAS GARBER CEMENTS TIES WITH NEW SLOVENIAN [...] (C) During a visit to Ljubljana on January 14, visiting EUR DAS Judy Garber assured Slovenian officials that the USG would continue to pursue a strong transatlantic partnership. She noted that the U.S. had coordinated closely with its G-20 partners to respond to the global financial crisis and [...] | 2009-01-20 09:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ECON ENRG SI |
09LJUBLJANA161 | SLOVENIA: "EVERYONE IS A WINNER" IN EP ELECTION [...] (U) Slovenia's June 7 elections for seven seats in the European Parliament (EP) provided no surpises, as the unofficial results on June 8 mirrored the final pre-election polling numbers. The Slovene Democratic Party (SDS),the main opposition party, and Prime Minister Pahor's Social Democrats [...] | 2009-06-08 14:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN PINR SI |
09LJUBLJANA163 | SLOVENIA: COUNTER-PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Emboff delivered reftel demarche on June 9 to Andrej Slapnicar in the MFA's Security Policy Division. Slapnicar did not have an initial response on Slovenia's position or possible contributions to NATO's long-term counter-piracy effort. He undertook to provide a response as Slovenia dete [...] | 2009-06-10 14:16:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR NATO SI |
09LJUBLJANA164 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF CONCLUSION-HEAVY JUNE 15-16 [...] (SBU) On June 10, Emboff discussed the U.S. nonpaper (ref) with European Correspondent Jernej Muller. Muller said the EU Foreign Ministers would prepare for the European Council, which would issue a Declaration on Afghanistan/Pakistan, as well as discuss Burma, and the European Security Strate [...] | 2009-06-11 13:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EUN PGOV SI |
09LJUBLJANA165 | SLOVENIA WANTS FOCUS ON EXISTING INSTITUTIONS AT [...] (C/NF) Emboff delivered reftel demarche on June 11 to Andrej Slapnicar, minister plenipotentiary in the MFA's Security Policy Division, to convey U.S. expectations for the upcoming Corfu ministerial and our emphasis on strengthening the existing security framework in Europe. Slapnicar stresse [...] | 2009-06-11 14:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OSCE NATO PGOV SI |
09LJUBLJANA173 | SLOVENIA READY TO REENGAGE IN REHN PROCESS [...] (C/NF) MFA State Secretary Dragoljuba Bencina requested to see CDA on June 19 to review the recent developments with the Rehn process. CDA urged Slovenia to continue its efforts in the Rehn process and assured Slovenia we were passing this message in Zagreb as well. CDA conveyed Embassy Zagre [...] | 2009-06-19 15:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA176 | FIRST CASE OF H1N1 INFLUENZA IN SLOVENIA [...] Slovenia confirmed its first case of H1N1 influenza on Friday, June 19. The case is a young woman who had recently returned from a trip to New York. The woman is being treated with Tamiflu and did not remain in the hospital over the weekend. She is recovering well at home, and those she wa [...] | 2009-06-22 13:53:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SI |
09LJUBLJANA178 | CROATIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS U.S. SHOULD BECOME MORE [...] (C) Svjetlan Berkovic, Croatian Ambassador to Slovenia, made a pitch to CDA on June 29 for greater U.S. involvement in getting Croatia's EU accession talks back on track. Citing the example of Slovenia's ratification of Croatia's NATO membership, "which ran through Washington," Berkovic expres [...] | 2009-06-29 16:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA18 | DEMARCHE: ALERTING ARAB CAPITALS TO U.S.-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 15:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS SI |
09LJUBLJANA182 | SLOVENIA: H1N1: ELEVEN NEW CASES THIS WEEK BRING SLOVENIA'S [...] (U) In the past week, the Slovenian National Institute of Public Health confirmed that eleven additional positive cases of H1N1 had been identified, bringing Slovenia's total to fourteen. All patients are being treated at home and authorities did not signal that any of the cases were worrying [...] | 2009-07-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SI |
09LJUBLJANA183 | SLOVENIA-CROATIA: PM CLINGS TO REHN PROCESS, [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting with CDA, a haggard-looking Prime Minister Pahor stated that he would like the process led by EU Commissioner Olli Rehn to resolve the Slovenia-Croatia impasse to continue as the two countries were "very close." He acknowledged, however, that it was an open question as t [...] | 2009-07-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV PINR HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA184 | SLOVENIAN FM WILL SKIP DUBROVNIK SUMMIT, CITING [...] (C) MFA Director-General for Bilateral Affairs Iztok Mirosic informed CDA the afternoon of July 6 that the Foreign Minister would not go to Dubrovnik for the Croatia Summit after all (reftel). Mirosic explained that the FM had changed his plans after hearing Sanader's comments at his July 4 f [...] | 2009-07-06 16:17:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA185 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-06 16:31:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP SI |
09LJUBLJANA193 | SLOVENIA: H1N1: TEN NEW CASES BRING SLOVENIA'S TOTAL TO [...] (U) In the past week, the Slovenian National Institute of Public Health confirmed that ten additional cases of patients infected with H1N1 have been detected in Slovenia, bringing the total number of cases to 24. Post contacted the Institute for details on the cases but was informed that the [...] | 2009-07-15 08:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SI |
09LJUBLJANA197 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF JULY 27-28 GAERC [...] (C) On June 10, Emboff discussed the U.S. nonpaper (ref) with European Correspondent Jernej Muller. Muller was unable to provide Slovenia's views on whether/how the U.S. might best support the EUMM because Slovenia has not yet developed its position. He noted that Slovenia has focused more on [...] | 2009-07-17 12:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV GG SI |
09LJUBLJANA20 | SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF THE "LIGHT" JANUARY 26-27 [...] (C) On January 22, Emboff met with Jernej Muller, of the MFA's EU Division, to deliver reftel's talking points in advance of the January 26-27 GAERC. Muller said the agenda for the Czech Republic's first GAERC was not so heavy. The Foreign Ministers would focus on energy security and relatio [...] | 2009-01-22 16:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ZL AF SU ZI UP BO SI |
09LJUBLJANA209 | SLOVENIAN FM LEANS FORWARD ON W. BALKANS, [...] (C) During a July 22 discussion with CDA, Foreign Minister Zbogar focused on the Western Balkans, stressing that Slovenia remained concerned about Bosnia and Herzegovina, while its relationship with Serbia was deepening despite Slovenia's strong support for Kosovo. Zbogar hoped that a July 31 [...] | 2009-07-23 17:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV ECON SI |
09LJUBLJANA21 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS: U.S.-EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In farewell calls on Slovenian President Daniel Turk and National Assembly speaker Pavel Gantar, Ambassador Ghafari: highlighted the importance of U.S.-European partnership; stressed the need for prompt parliamentary ratification of Croatia's membership in NATO; and urged Sloven [...] | 2009-01-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EUN MARR HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA212 | SLOVENIA PLANS INCREASE IN CIVILIAN ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Emboffs delivered demarche on assisting Afghanistan beyond the August elections (ref A) and encouraged Slovene officials to commit additional military and civilian resources to Afghanistan. Jure Rifelj, the MFA's coordinator for Afghanistan and currently working in the Defense Ministry's [...] | 2009-07-24 12:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR KPAO AF PK SI |
09LJUBLJANA215 | YOUR MEETING WITH SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Your July 29 meeting with Foreign Minister Zbogar is an opportunity to advance our bilateral and regional agendas on at least three fronts: European integration of the Western Balkans, including Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Kosovo; a qualitative and quantitative increase in Sl [...] | 2009-07-24 17:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AF HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA223 | SLOVENIA FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHILDREN [...] (U) After the successful launch of the "Our Rights" program in 2005 under Slovenia's Chairmanship of the OSCE, it is continuing the program on human rights education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and North Ossetia, during its chairmanship of the Council of Europe. In a July 16 meeting wit [...] | 2009-07-30 08:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL COE BK KV SI |
09LJUBLJANA224 | SLOVENIA: BUDGET CUTS DELAY MOUNTAIN WARFARE [...] (SBU) Representatives from Slovenia's Mountain Warfare School (MWS) and Ministry of Defense officials confirmed to ODC Chief in mid-July that Slovenia was no longer asking the U.S. to be a supporting nation for its proposed NATO MWS Center of Excellence (COE) in 2009. They explained that Slov [...] | 2009-07-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NATO SI |
09LJUBLJANA231 | SLOVENIAN AND CROATIAN PMS AGREE TO DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) At their July 31 meeting in northern Croatia, Slovenian PM Borut Pahor and Croatian PM Jadranka Kosor agreed to have a dialogue and try to prepare a two-part package that would allow Slovenia to lift its reservations and Croatia's EU negotiations to resume. The first part would be a Croat [...] | 2009-07-31 18:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA24 | SLOVENIA: COMMITTEE SUPPORTS CROATIA'S NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following a push by the Prime Minister to lobby wavering MPs, Slovenia's parliamentary foreign policy committee voted 16-3 on January 26 in support of ratification of Croatia's NATO accession. The three votes against ratification came from one Slovene People's Party (SLS),one S [...] | 2009-01-26 17:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA254 | SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING AUNG SAN [...] (C) On August 19, Emboff met with Matjaz Marko from the Asia and Pacific Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver reftel talking points regarding the conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi. Marko expressed GOS unity with the EU position strongly condemning the conviction. He also stated [...] | 2009-08-19 11:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BM SI |
09LJUBLJANA256 | SLOVENIA: IAEA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Borut Valencic of the Security Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He opined that the proposal for a single resolution was a good idea but GOS has not yet made a decision on the issue. He expects it to be discussed at the EU working gr [...] | 2009-08-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS SI AORC |
09LJUBLJANA258 | SLOVENIA-CROATIA: PRESIDENT SEES WINDOW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to his advisors, President Danilo Tuerk is deeply interested in finding a solution to the ongoing border dispute with Croatia that would allow Croatia's EU accession to proceed and would be politically salable in Slovenia. He sees the proposal put forth by EU Enlargeme [...] | 2009-08-21 19:15:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA259 | SLOVENIA-CROATIA: PRESIDENT SEES WINDOW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to his advisors, President Danilo Tuerk is deeply interested in finding a solution to the ongoing border dispute with Croatia that would allow Croatia's EU accession to proceed and would be politically salable in Slovenia. He sees the proposal put forth by EU Enlargeme [...] | 2009-08-24 07:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA261 | SLOVENIA: H1N1: SLOVENIAN H1N1 COUNT AT 201 [...] (U) As of August 17, there are 201 Slovenian H1N1 cases, according to the Institute for National Health. The number of reported cases this week has grown from 162 on August 10. 2. (U) The National Institute of Health (IVZ) announced last week that it will only release infection figures on [...] | 2009-08-24 14:49:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT SI |
09LJUBLJANA272 | SLOVENIA: FM ZBOGAR SAYS NO ORAL ARGUMENT FOR [...] (C) Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar told EUR/SCE PDAS Stu Jones on August 30 that Slovenia would not provide oral arguments at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding Kosovo's independence (reftel). Jones urged Zbogar to reconsider Slovenia's position. 2. (C) Comment: T [...] | 2009-09-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ICJ AORC KV SI |
09LJUBLJANA274 | SLOVENIA: PM ASKS FOR BREATHING ROOM RE GUANTANAMO [...] (C) DAS Stu Jones asked Prime Minister Pahor in a private meeting at the Bled Strategic Forum on August 30 if Slovenia would be willing to accept one or two Uighur detainees from Guantanamo. Pahor declined to provide an immediate answer, staying that he needed to resolve the border dispute wi [...] | 2009-09-03 14:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDRG SI |
09LJUBLJANA275 | SLOVENIA-CROATIA: PM WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor informed DAS Stuart Jones on August 30 that he was willing to be flexible on the language of the June 15 Rehn proposal (Rehn 2) despite the political risks, but he needed a public statement from the Government of Croatia (GoC) agreeing to the Rehn 2 fr [...] | 2009-09-03 16:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA28 | SLOVENIA: UNRELATED DISPUTE DELAYS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Former PM Jansa's opposition SDS party blocked a parliamentary vote on NATO membership for Croatia and Albania January 29 ecause of a dispute over domestic budget legislaion. With parliament not scheduled to meet again n regular session until the end of February, the government plans to c [...] | 2009-01-30 19:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA280 | SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER: "WE HAVE REACHED [...] (C/NF) In a one-on-one meeting September 9, Slovenian PM Pahor told CDA that he and Croatian PM Kosor had reached agreement on the way forward regarding the border dispute and Croatia,s EU accession. He said Kosor would travel to Ljubljana, perhaps as early as September 11, to sign the letter [...] | 2009-09-09 19:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA281 | SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER: "WE HAVE REACHED [...] (C/NF) In a one-on-one meeting September 9, Slovenian PM Pahor told CDA that he and Croatian PM Kosor had reached agreement on the way forward regarding the border dispute and Croatia,s EU accession. He said Kosor would travel to Ljubljana, perhaps as early as September 11, to sign the letter [...] | 2009-09-09 20:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA286 | SLOVENIA/CROATIA ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO UNBLOCK EU [...] (U) Slovenian PM Pahor and Croatian PM Kosor announced in Ljubljana on September 11 an agreement to resume talks on their border dispute and to remove Slovenia's hold on Croatia's EU accession negotiations. As part of the agreement, Kosor sent a letter to the Swedish EU presidency stating tha [...] | 2009-09-11 18:14:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA289 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES AT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche on September 11 to Smiljana Knez, Minister Plenipotentiary in the Slovenian MFA's International Organization and Human Security Division, to encourage Slovenian support for U.S. priorities during the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) Session and to gather in [...] | 2009-09-17 09:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN SI |
09LJUBLJANA291 | SLOVENIA: SCENESETTER FOR MOD STATE SECRETARY [...] (C) State Secretary Uros Krek, Slovenia's Deputy Minister of Defense, is visiting the U.S. primarily to determine if there is true U.S. political support /appreciation for Slovenian past and current military efforts in Kosovo, Afghanistan and NATO. This is an opportunity for senior U.S. offi [...] | 2009-09-18 13:38:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO SI |
09LJUBLJANA293 | SLOVENIA AGREES ON IRAN, BUT SEES NARROW WINDOW OF [...] (C) On September 18, Pol/Econ Chief called on MFA's Tomaz Mencin, Head of Division for Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Oceania, and Tadej Rupel, Head of the Unit for Middle East to urge Slovenia's active involvement in calling on Iran to engage constructively with the P5 1. Mencin affirme [...] | 2009-09-21 06:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC |
09LJUBLJANA295 | SLOVENIA ON UNGA REDLINES TOES THE EU LINE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-22 14:05:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA |
09LJUBLJANA3 | GAZPROM HALTS DELIVERIES, BUT SLOVENES REMAIN [...] (C) Gazprom completely closed down gas supplies to Slovenia at midnight on January 6, saying deliveries will not resume for at least 24 hours. Slovenia receives about 55% of its gas from Russia. The country has reserves for 30 to 45 days stored in Austria, but Government officials are concer [...] | 2009-01-07 19:08:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV SI |
09LJUBLJANA30 | SLOVENIA WELCOMES EU COMMISSION PROPOSAL AS WAY TO [...] (SBU) During a February 5 briefing for heads of diplomatic missions on Slovenia's positions on Slovenia-Croatia relations, MFA State Secretary Dragoljuba Bencina emphasized that Slovenia welcomed the Ollie Rehn proposal as the appropriate solution. She told the diplomatic corps that PM Pahor [...] | 2009-02-06 16:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA307 | SLOVENIA FAVORS EU ABSTENTION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) On October 1, Pol/Econ Chief used the occasion of a previously scheduled lunch to discuss refs (A) and (B) talking points concerning the Goldstone Report with MFA's Andrej Benedejcic, MFA's Director General for Security Policy and Multilateral Political Affairs. The MFA's Section for Hu [...] | 2009-10-01 14:03:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL |
09LJUBLJANA312 | (C) PM PAHOR CALLS FOR URGENT U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-05 18:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN SI HR |
09LJUBLJANA32 | SLOVENIAN PARLIAMENT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES NATO [...] (U) Slovenia's 90-seat National Assembly voted 75-11 on February 9 to approve Croatia's NATO accession protocol. The vote followed a brief debate, during which all representatives of the People's Party (SLS) and the Nationalists' Party (SNS, headed by Jelencic) spoke out and subsequently vote [...] | 2009-02-09 17:16:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA324 | SLOVENIA-CROATIA: PM PAHOR FRUSTRATED BY FAILED [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for European Affairs and Bilateral Relations Iztok Mirosic told Charge October 9 that this week's bilateral talks in Zagreb on an arbitration agreement to resolve the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute have failed. Croatia has crossed two Slovenian redlines by i [...] | 2009-10-09 16:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA325 | SLOVENIA ON GOLDSTONE REPORT: WAITING FOR EU POSITION [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche on the Goldstone Report to Smiljana Knez, Minister Plenipotentiary in the MFA's International Organization and Human Security Division. Knez stated that Slovenia was looking for the EU to take a common position following today's meeting in Geneva. She n [...] | 2009-10-14 13:11:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU IS KPAL PREL PTER SI |
09LJUBLJANA327 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS MONTENEGRO'S AND SERBIA'S [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Zlatko Vehovar, acting head of the Ministry of Defense's Defense Policy Agency, told emboff on October 16 that "we fully support the U.S. view" on Serbian and Montenegrin membership in the Southeastern Europe Defense Ministerial (SEDM). Vehovar noted that [...] | 2009-10-16 14:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR SI |
09LJUBLJANA332 | SLOVENIA: NO EASY SOLUTION FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-21 05:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PREF PHUM SI |
09LJUBLJANA336 | PAHOR EXPECTS FINAL ACT TO BORDER DRAMA [...] (C) Prime Minister Pahor's Foreign Policy Advisor Marko Makovec told CDA October 23 that Pahor took away a positive impression of this week's telephone conversation with Deputy Secretary Steinberg. Makovec expressed the PM's appreciation for Washington's understanding and support. He noted, [...] | 2009-10-23 17:34:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA337 | SLOVENIA: POLITICAL DECISION ON OMLT, CAVEATS [...] (C) The Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) are both preparing for the government to make a decision on the possibility of a Slovene-led Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) in late October or early November, according to MOD State Secretary Uros Krek and MF [...] | 2009-10-26 15:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR AF SI |
09LJUBLJANA339 | SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT AMCIT NOMINEE FOR UN CIVIL [...] (SBU) Eliska Kersnic, advisor in the MFA's International Organizations division, told emboff on October 29 that Slovenia would vote for Lucretia Myers in the November 6 election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (reftel). She also noted that the Slovene mission in New York had [...] | 2009-10-29 15:01:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA SI |
09LJUBLJANA341 | SLOVENIA: AGREEMENT ON HSPD-6 NEGOTIATIONS POSSIBLE BY [...] (U) Summary: A joint team composed of representatives from the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Office of the Legal Adviser, and Terrorist Screening Center visited Ljubljana on October 19 to commence negotiations with the Slovenian Government on an agreement t [...] | 2009-10-30 07:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS ASEC PREL PTER SI |
09LJUBLJANA347 | MFA NOTES ACHIEVEMENTS, NEXT STEPS ON ARBITRATION [...] (C) Summary. Senior officials at Slovenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs are pleased with the November 4th signing of the arbitration agreement to resolve the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute. At a November 5 briefing, Director-General for European Affairs and Bilateral Relations Iztok Mirosic [...] | 2009-11-06 17:45:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA349 | YOUR UPCOMING VISIT TO SLOVENIA: AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (SBU/NF) Thank you for agreeing to a bilateral program on the margins of the NATO Strategic Concept Seminar in Brdo. Your visit could not have come at a better time. Slovenia is in the midst of an internal debate over its future role in ISAF, and the political class could badly use some additi [...] | 2009-11-09 19:54:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO PGOV SI |
09LJUBLJANA351 | SLOVENIA ON BELARUS SANCTIONS: CURRENT POLICY NOT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 13:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PHUM BO SI |
09LJUBLJANA356 | SLOVENIA: CABINET SUPPORTS OMLT TO TRAIN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 07:23:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS AF SI |
09LJUBLJANA358 | SLOVENIA-CROATIA: NOW THE HARD PART [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 12. SUMMARY 2. (C) The signing of the historic border arbitration agreement November 4 by the Prime Ministers of Slovenia and Croatia is just the first step in a complex domestic process that will challenge Prime Ministe [...] | 2009-11-18 17:48:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA359 | SLOVENIA LARGELY CONCURS ON NATO ENLARGEMENT GOALS [...] (C) Danilo Vidic, advisor in the MFA's NATO section, told emboff on November 13 that Slovenia concurred on most of the U.S. goals for the December NATO foreign ministerial (reftel). Vidic said Slovenia would support MAP for Montenegro, while also hoping that an invitation MAP would be forthc [...] | 2009-11-19 07:57:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO PARM MARR SI |
09LJUBLJANA366 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 18:43:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IAEA SI |
09LJUBLJANA367 | SLOVENIA WILL DEEPEN ENGAGEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 19:31:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SI |
09LJUBLJANA37 | SLOVENIA PRESENTS CANDIDATURE FOR MEMBERSHIP OF [...] (U) Embassy received a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 5. Text follows: 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America in Ljubljana and has the honour t [...] | 2009-02-13 16:25:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV UN EAID SOCI SI |
09LJUBLJANA374 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS PRESSING FOR FURTHER DIALOGUE IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 14:40:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BM SI |
09LJUBLJANA384 | SLOVENIA: COALITION PARTY LEADER EMPHASIZES UN [...] (C) Summary: CDA met December 9 with Zares Party President Gregor Golobic, the leader of one of Prime Minister Pahor's junior coalition partners, as part of the Embassy's strategy to actively engage Slovenia's leadership in support of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan. MP and Foreign Policy Co [...] | 2009-12-17 15:09:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL AF SI |
09LJUBLJANA385 | PUTTING U.S.-SLOVENIA RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 17:12:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN NATO MARR HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA388 | SLOVENIA-CROATIA BORDER ARBITRATION: RATIFICATION [...] (C) As Slovenia's Constitutional Court moves forward with its review of the Slovenia-Croatia arbitration agreement, court justice and former senior diplomat Ernest Petric has asked an independent panel of former justices -- some publicly critical of the agreement -- for their opinions on t [...] | 2009-12-30 10:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA39 | AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR VALENTIN INZKO PROMOTES OHR [...] (U) CDA met today with Austria's Ambassador to Slovenia, Valentin Inzko, at Inzko's request. Inzko presented a CV for forwarding to Washington in connection with his candidacy for the Office of High Representative (OHR),Sarajevo. The CV will be scanned and forwarded to EUR/CE and EUR/SCE. [...] | 2009-02-13 17:28:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN BK AU SI |
09LJUBLJANA40 | SLOVENIA/CROATIA: THE NATO REFERENDUM NOBODY WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Marjan Podobnik, a one-time agrarian politician and head of a patriotic NGO called the June 25th Institute, formally submitted more than 5,300 signatures to parliament on February 16 to initiate a request for a referendum on Croatia's NATO accession protocol. Unless a compromise [...] | 2009-02-17 18:13:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA41 | SLOVENIA EXPECTS WESTERN BALKANS TO DOMINATE [...] (C) ADCM delivered ref's points regarding the February 23-24 GAERC to EU Correspondent Darja Gruban on February 19. Gruban said she expected the restricted Foreign Ministers' lunch discussion on the Western Balkans would be long. In addition to the FMs discussing Afghanistan, the Political Di [...] | 2009-02-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV AFDB SU SI |
09LJUBLJANA45 | POSITIVE READ-OUT OF SLOVENIAN PM'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) The Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, Marko Makovec, gave us a read-out of the February 24 meeting between PM Pahor and Croatian PM Sanader, which he characterized as more positive than portrayed by the media. Makovec explained that after the press conference, during which both side [...] | 2009-02-25 11:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EUN HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA50 | SLOVENIA AGREES WITH USG'S NEW APPROACH IN [...] (C) ADCM met with MFA Security Policy Division Chief Stanislav Vidovic on February 24 and with MOD Deputy Director General of Defense Planning Primoz Savc on February 26 to: outline the "anchor points" of the Afghanistan-Pakistan review; seek Slovenia's input for the strategy review; and encou [...] | 2009-02-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF SI |
09LJUBLJANA51 | SLOVENIAN SUPPORT FOR NTM-I [...] (C) Emboff met with MFA Security Division Chief Stanislav Vidovic on February 24 to encourage Slovenia to support the continuation and expansion of the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I),per reftel. Vidovic explained that although Slovenia withdrew its two trainers from NTM-I in December in [...] | 2009-02-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ SI |
09LJUBLJANA52 | SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] (C) Slovenia will support Judge Mark Painter in the March 2 vote on judges for the UN Appeals Tribunal. Mateja Stojanovic, in the MFA's International Organizations sector, told us on February 27 that the MFA would also deliver a diplomatic note confirming Slovenia's support. FREDEN [...] | 2009-02-27 14:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA SI |
09LJUBLJANA55 | SLOVENIA: MFA PRAISE, CONCERNS ABOUT HRR 2008 [...] (SBU) Andrej Benedejcic, acting director of the MFA's policy planning and multilateral affairs division, expressed appreciation to CDA on February 27 for Post's "big investment" in producing the Human Rights Report and for Post's engagement with various ministries on human rights issues. He n [...] | 2009-03-03 11:58:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SI |
09LJUBLJANA57 | SLOVENIA DESPERATELY TRYING TO AVOID A TRAIN WRECK [...] (C) The Government of Slovenia is pursuing a multi-track approach to try to assure Croatia's entry into NATO. PM Pahor's government will continue to try to persuade the marginal Party of the Slovene Nation (SSN) to pull the plug on its campaign for a referendum about Croatia's NATO accession. [...] | 2009-03-03 18:49:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV MARR HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA59 | PRIME MINISTER SAYS NATO RATIFICATION PROCEDURE [...] (C) Clearly anticipating the subject of our conversation, Prime Minister Pahor pre-empted CDA's delivery of reftel's points on March 5 by opening with the news that the government believed it had the legal means to cut short the seven-day follow-up for submission of signatures in favor of a re [...] | 2009-03-06 16:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR NATO KTIA PREL HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA60 | FINANCE MINISTER SAYS SLOVENIAN ECONOMY BETTER OFF [...] (SBU) CDA met with Finance Minister France Krizanic on March 6 to discuss Krizanic's views of the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and Slovenia's overall economic position. Krizanic appeared realistic, but upbeat about Slovenia's financial situation. He explained that while Slovenia avoided the [...] | 2009-03-06 17:02:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PINR PREL SI |
09LJUBLJANA61 | SLOVENIAN ECONOMY DOWN, BUT NOT OUT [...] (C) Slovenia is facing the most severe economic times in its eighteen-year history. A director of the Government Institute of Economic Analysis and Development (IMAD) said at a press conference on that the first quarter of 2009 will be the worst since independence and that Slovenia has not yet [...] | 2009-03-09 17:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PREL SI |
09LJUBLJANA62 | SLOVENIA TO COMPLETE CROATIA'S NATO RATIFICATION [...] (C) There is progress on turning off the referendum initiative on Croatia's accession to NATO before March 26. With the announcement March 9 by Marjan Podobnik's Institute 25 June of its non-entrance into the signature campaign, it has become clear that the non-parliamentary Party of the Slove [...] | 2009-03-10 16:04:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR EUN PGOV HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA64 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: FORMER SLOVENIAN FM RUPEL ASKED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: CDA met March 11 with former Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel ) now PM Pahor,s diplomatic &Special Envoy8 ) at Rupel's request to discuss a proposal that he lead a UN Human Rights Council fact-finding mission to Gaza. Rupel said he was asked by the [...] | 2009-03-11 18:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA IS SI |
09LJUBLJANA65 | SLOVENIA INTERESTED IN U.S. VIEWS ON SYRIA AND [...] (C) ADCM reviewed our points for the March GAERC and Gymnich meetings (ref) with MFA European Corespondent Darja Gruban on March 12. Gruban requested updates on the U.S. position on Syria and Iran, which the EU FMs would discuss at the March 27-28 Gymnich. She expected GAERC conclusions on Bo [...] | 2009-03-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN PGOV MD MW BK MK SU SY BO SI |
09LJUBLJANA68 | ECON MINISTER TALKS ABOUT FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. [...] (C) CDA discussed with Slovenian Minister of Economy Matej Lahovnik on March 11 the Global Economic Crisis, Slovenia's economic position, and opportunities for U.S. investments in Slovenia. CDA urged Slovenia, as part of the EU, to address the financial vulnerabilities in Central and Eastern Eu [...] | 2009-03-13 17:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PINR PREL SI |
09LJUBLJANA7 | SLOVENIA LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON EU-SYRIA [...] (C) On January 9, Emboff met with Miljan Majhen, MFA Near East Section, to urge Slovenia to withhold approval of the EU-Syria Association Agreement (reftel). Majhen said that Slovenia did not attach great significance to the accord, which was just "updating a technical economic agreement." He [...] | 2009-01-09 15:17:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU SY SI |
09LJUBLJANA78 | SLOVENIA: ADDRESS FINANCIAL CRISIS IN CEE ON [...] (C) Emboffs met with Ministry of Finance officials Katja Bozic, Director General of Financial Systems, and Andrej Kavcic, Head of the International Finance Department, to discuss Slovenia's views on the Global Financial Crisis. Per reftel A, emboffs urged European leadership and proactive flex [...] | 2009-03-20 16:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL SI |
09LJUBLJANA8 | SLOVENIA PREPARES "PARACHUTE" CANDIDATE IN CASE OF [...] (C) Ambassador Ernest Petric, an experienced diplomat and former member of the IAEA board of governors, called on Ambassador Ghafari on January 9 to inform him that Slovenia would nominate him as a candidate for IAEA Director General if the first two rounds of voting ended with a deadlock betw [...] | 2009-01-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA PINR KNNP SI |
09LJUBLJANA80 | SLOVENIA: HCOC ANNUAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED IN [...] Borut Valencic, advisor in the MFA's Security Policy Division, told emboff on March 20 that Slovenia had already submitted its annual declarations for the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) in late February using the nil form (reftel). FREDEN [...] | 2009-03-24 15:20:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KSCA MNUC ETTC TSPA SI |
09LJUBLJANA83 | SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Gaja Peric, counselor in the MFA's security policy division, on March 27, and encouraged contributions to the key deliverables for the NATO summit (ref A). Peric confirmed Slovenia's prior decision to send ten additional troops to contribute to security [...] | 2009-03-27 13:19:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF SI |
09LJUBLJANA84 | SLOVENIA: PM PAHOR'S 1ST 100 DAYS DEFINED BY [...] (C) Nearly all observers cite the economic crisis as the biggest task facing the government during its first 100 days in office, with the Slovenia-Croatia border dispute a close second. Pahor himself told us he agrees with this assessment, and that he is "basically satisfied." On the domesti [...] | 2009-03-27 15:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SI |
09LJUBLJANA85 | SLOVENIA TO DEPOSIT NATO RATIFICATION INSTRUMENT [...] (SBU) Slovenia's president, Danilo Turk, signed the parliament's ratification of Croatia's NATO accession into law around 1 p.m. on March 27. He explained to the press that he had received the official determination from Pavel Gantar, Speaker of Parliament, that SSN had not met the conditions [...] | 2009-03-27 16:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO KTIA PARM MARR PGOV HR SI |
09LJUBLJANA93 | SLOVENIA CONSIDERING SPECIFIC REQUESTS FOR [...] (C) CDA raised with Ambassador Benedejcic, Director of the MFA's Directorate for Policy Planning and Multilateral Policy, on April 2 our specific requests for additional contributions in Afghanistan (reftel). Benedejcic thanked the U.S. for its leadership on the situation in Afghanistan. He n [...] | 2009-04-03 11:59:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF SI |
09LJUBLJANA95 | SLOVENIA FEELING TRAPPED BY CROATIAN INTRANSIGENCE [...] (C) Iztok Mirosic, the Director-General for European Affairs and Bilateral Politics (Under Secretary equivalent) and Coordinator for Croatia, told CDA on April 3 that the Government of Slovenia (GoS) wanted Croatia in the European Union as soon as possible. However, Slovenia felt trapped betw [...] | 2009-04-03 16:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EUN PGOV HR SI |
09LOME111 | TOGO: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Kodjo Menan, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 9. Menan listened carefully and said Togo would be happy to support a U.S. candidate. He requested a diplomatic note with particulars to pass on the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [...] | 2009-04-09 14:26:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL TO |
09LOME14 | TOGO: PRESIDENT FAURE COMMITTED TO FIGHT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. President Faure requested a meeting with Ambassador Hawkins to discuss the growing drug trade in Togo, specifically a drug trade organization (DTO) recently apprehended in Lome. He candidly and knowledgeably discussed particulars of that case, the need for increased cooperation be [...] | 2009-01-14 17:18:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR ASEC PGOV PREL TO |
09LOME274 | THE AFRICAN UNION'S INTEREST IN THE DRUG TRADE IN [...] Summary. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sent its Dakar-based regional representative to Togo the week of August 3 to help launch the GOT's five-year plan to combat drugs and crime. The representative, Alexandre Schmidt, met with the Ambassador and discussed various develo [...] | 2009-08-10 13:17:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL XR XY TO |
09LOME400 | DEMARCHE REPLY TO 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarch to Assistant Secretary General Adomayakpon of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Oct 28. Adomayakpon did not give any clear answers as to the GOT position on the matter but promised to pass along our message. He did state that the GOT usually does support th [...] | 2009-10-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN TO |
09LOME422 | TOGO: THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION FINALLY ON THE ROAD TO THE [...] SUMMARY. After a very slow start, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) has finally begun the task of organizing the presidential election scheduled for February 28, 2010. There were many roadblocks to overcome at the beginning, from determining who would be on the CENI to cho [...] | 2009-11-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TO |
09LOME432 | TOGO: DOES THE RPT WANT TO PLAY BALL? [...] SUMMARY. On Nov. 16, Poloff met with the chief of staff of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Yawo Kpamatchou, to discuss his recent trip to the U.S. for UNGA and the ruling party's, Rally of the Togolese People (RPT),role in the 2010 presidential elections. Kpamatchou expressed great interest in [...] | 2009-11-17 13:32:00 | Embassy Lome | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TO |
09LOME444 | TOGO: ELECTION DEVELOPMENTS - OPPOSITION BOYCOTT - [...] On Friday, November 12, Gilchrist Olympio, leader of the major opposition party, the UFC, visited the CMR to reiterate his concerns that the Government and ruling party (RPT) were conniving to steal the election from him. He requested assistance from the USG to provide each of the 6,000 voting [...] | 2009-11-20 12:08:00 | Embassy Lome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TO |
09LONDON1039 | A GUIDE TO THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES [...] (C) The British Overseas Territories (BOT) are fourteen far-flung possessions under British sovereignty that hearken to the era when Britannia truly ruled the waves. One Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) official accurately characterized the BOTs as "remnants of empire" -- acquired by G [...] | 2009-05-01 15:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MOPS MARR AY CJ FK GI |
09LONDON1064 | UK POLITICAL SNAPSHOT: A “RESILIENT†GORDON BROWN [...] (C/NF) Key points: -- Westminster seethed with rumors over the May 2-4 holiday weekend that one or more members of Gordon Brown's cabinet were preparing to unseat him as Prime Minister/Labour Party leader following a disastrous two-week period (Ref A). By the evening of May 4, however, all of the p [...] | 2009-05-06 10:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL UK |
09LONDON1067 | SOMALIA: FORMER PM NUR ADDE ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. "There is momentum behind the reconciliation process," former Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein ("Nur Adde") and TFG Member of Parliament Mustafa Duhulow (Hawiye/Murosade and ex TFG Minister under Nur Adde) told Poloff May 6 in London. The best way forward for the reconci [...] | 2009-05-06 12:44:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SO UK |
09LONDON1077 | ZIMBABWE: BITI'S APRIL 30 MEETINGS IN LONDON [...] (C) Summary. Zimbabwean Minister of Finance Tendai Biti met with UK Foreign Secretary Miliband and Foreign Office Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown separately on April 30. Biti described the Spring IFI meetings in Washington as "helpful," gave an overview of the economy and the Governme [...] | 2009-05-07 11:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ZI UK |
09LONDON1082 | SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON UK ACTION AND THINKING [...] (C/NF) Summary. After giving a brief overview of UK Foreign Secretary Miliband's and a British Parliamentary Group's separate visits to Sri Lanka, Foreign Office Sri Lanka team leader Tim Waite and Desk Officer Sharon Diaz said May 7 that the UK plans to continue its "concerted drive to achieve a f [...] | 2009-05-07 14:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID CE UK |
09LONDON1104 | HMG HAS NOT DECIDED WHOM TO SUPPORT FOR IAEA [...] (S/NF) Summary. HMG has not decided whom to support for Director General (DG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),Simon Manley, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Director, Defense and Strategic Threats, told the Political Minister Counselor May 11. The issue of whom [...] | 2009-05-11 13:24:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP AORC IAEA PREL UK AR IR |
09LONDON1156 | HMG FLOATS PROPOSAL FOR MARINE RESERVE COVERING [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG would like to establish a "marine park" or "reserve" providing comprehensive environmental protection to the reefs and waters of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT),a senior Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) official informed Polcouns on May 12. The official insisted [...] | 2009-05-15 07:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS SENV UK IO MP EFIS EWWT PGOV PREL |
09LONDON1185 | AIRCRAFT IN EXETER NOT EN ROUTE TO SYRIA (CHAM [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points and the Temporary Denial Order (TDO) to the British Foreign Office's (FCO) Americas Desk and Flybe, the company carrying out repair of the Orion aircraft, on May 15, and to the UK Department for Transport (DfT) on May 19. HMG officials were vaguely aware [...] | 2009-05-19 16:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL UK |
09LONDON1203 | UK WINDOW ON IRAN: NGO ARGUES MORE SABERI-LIKE [...] (SBU) This cable responds to Department (NEA/IR) request that Iran Watcher posts, echoing IRPO Dubai's widely read "Window on Iran" round-ups, provide as feasible occasional front channel summaries of day-to-day Iran-related interactions appropriate for reporting in summary form to a wide Wash [...] | 2009-05-21 12:47:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | IR JA PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON UK |
09LONDON1226 | LIBERTAD ACT: INPUT FOR UK [...] (C) Summary. Further to reftel, Poloff met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officers May 21 to seek updated information about HMG actions and policies concerning Cuba. HMG remains committed to promoting the development of democratic institutions and human rights in Cuba and is disa [...] | 2009-05-22 11:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ETTC PHUM CU UK |
09LONDON1229 | WEST AFRICA/NIGERIA: UK PLANS TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. To stem drug trafficking, money laundering, and immigration fraud in West Africa that directly affects the UK, the UK's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA) plans to increase its presence and support to the region, including through opening a new office in Senegal in October 2009 [...] | 2009-05-22 14:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR SMIG KCOR KCRM KFRD NI XY UK |
09LONDON1230 | SOUTH AFRICA: IAEA CANDIDATE MINTY OFFERS VIEWS ON [...] (C) Discussing what South Africa had learned from its rotation on the United States Security Council (UNSC),South Africa Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC) Special Representative on Disarmament and NEPAD Ambassador Abdul Minty -- also Africa's candidate for the IAEA [...] | 2009-05-22 15:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR UNSC PARM TRGY SF ZU UK |
09LONDON1233 | NIGERIA: AN ON-GOING UK PRIORITY [...] (C) Summary. Migration and prisoner transfers; corruption; trade; and, the Niger Delta and oil all form important components of the UK-Nigeria bilateral relationship, Foreign Office Nigeria team leader Catherine Inglehearn told Poloff and visiting Nigeria Desk Officer May 20. Nigeria is an "o [...] | 2009-05-26 14:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS NI UK |
09LONDON124 | DRC/SANCTIONS: UK PREFERS PREVIOUS APPROACH AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 15:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC ZF UK |
09LONDON127 | IRAN: BBC PERSIAN TV BEGINS OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary. BBC Persian TV launched its well-resourced broadcast operations January 14. Both anti-regime exiles and the Tehran regime continue to attack BBC's objectivity. The BBC's effort is a long-term one aimed at attracting Farsi-speaking audiences in Iran, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan; broa [...] | 2009-01-16 16:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF IR KPAO PHUM PREL PROP TI UK |
09LONDON1300 | SUDAN: TROIKA RE-INVIGORATED AT MAY 28 LONDON [...] (C) Summary. Troika partners welcomed Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration's robust efforts to support implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),noted the important role the Troika had and could play in encouraging CPA implementation through support and political pressure, and [...] | 2009-06-02 10:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KDEM SU UK |
09LONDON1301 | SUDAN/UK: SE GRATION'S MAY 28 BILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. In May 28 U.S.-UK meetings on Sudan, the UK Government welcomed Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration's approach to Sudan and offered its support for the USG's emerging strategy. Foreign Office Political Director Mark Lyall Grant welcomed SE Gration's engagement with China, while [...] | 2009-06-02 10:09:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PINR CH SU UK |
09LONDON1303 | SOMALILAND: LACK OF FINANCIAL SECTOR REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) Somaliland's economic growth and development are hindered by having no legislative framework to regulate the financial services sector, Saad Ali Shire of Dahabshiil, the UK's largest Somalia remittances transfer firm (reftel),told Poloff June 2. He offered the following thoughts: -- [...] | 2009-06-02 14:18:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL EFIN PINR SO UK |
09LONDON1310 | UK ON IRISL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 17:10:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN KNNP ETTC PREL PARM IR UK |
09LONDON1318 | SUDAN: CONTACT GROUP WELCOMES SE GRATION'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan Contact Group delegations welcomed Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration's approach to supporting the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the Darfur peace process at a May 29 meeting in London. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chair Sir Derek Plumbly told Co [...] | 2009-06-03 15:32:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID KDEM NO FR NL CA EU CD UK |
09LONDON1338 | UK SHARES U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR PALESTINIAN AHLC [...] (SBU) The UK "very much" supports the U.S. objectives for the June 8 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) of Palestinian donors, according to Alice Mann, Deputy Head of the Palestinian Program at the UK Department for International Development (DFID). Responding to reftel points, she said the thr [...] | 2009-06-04 17:01:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS UK |
09LONDON1344 | UPDATE ON STATUS OF HMG PROPOSAL FOR MARINE [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG remains committed at the most senior levels to establishing a marine reserve in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT),which includes the island of Diego Garcia, a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officer told Poloff June 3. UK officials have made little progress [...] | 2009-06-05 11:18:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS SENV UK IO MP EFIS EWWT PGOV PREL |
09LONDON1370 | AFRICA'S EMERGING ECONOMIC LIONS: MALLOCH-BROWN [...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Office Minister for Africa Lord Mark Malloch-Brown argued in a major June 9 speech that Africa should concentrate on "Africa first" in order to "use the opportunity of the (economic) crisis to speed up the process of regional integration" and give Africa's emerging econo [...] | 2009-06-10 10:47:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PINR ECIN XA UK |
09LONDON1373 | WEST AFRICA: UK RESOURCE CRUNCH MEANS PROGRAM CUTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Budget cuts in the UK's Conflict Prevention Program (CCP) have hurt the UK's programming in West Africa "more than most" regions (reftel A),new Foreign Office West Africa team leader Paul Welsh told Poloff June 9. On Sierra Leone, Welsh and Sierra Leone Desk Officer Simon Day [...] | 2009-06-10 16:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PINR KPKO EFIN SL LI XY UK |
09LONDON1374 | NATO COUNTER-PIRACY OPERATIONS: UK SUPPORTIVE BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 16:27:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL NATO UK |
09LONDON1385 | COMMMONWEALTH ON FIJI, SRI LANKA, NIGERIA, QUEEN'S [...] (C) Summary. During a June 11 discussion with Poloff, Commonwealth Political Director Amitav Banerji offered electoral commission capacity-building as an area where the USG and Commonwealth could be strategic partners; said a Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) would soon discuss and [...] | 2009-06-11 15:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM PINR NI CE FJ NZ CA MY UK |
09LONDON139 | USG AND MEXICAN DELEGATIONS DISCUSS AREAS FOR [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffrey Kupfer and Mexican Deputy Secretary of Energy Mario Gabriel and their accompanying delegations discussed reforms in Mexico's oil sector, areas of potential collaboration, and progress on renewable energy strategies on December 19 on the mar [...] | 2009-01-20 16:25:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV UK |
09LONDON1394 | UK EXPECTATIONS FOR JUNE GAERC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 12:59:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EU LE CU BM UK |
09LONDON1396 | EU-PAKISTAN SUMMIT: DELIVERABLES ON TRADE, IDPS, [...] (C/NF) Acknowledging that internal EU discussions on deliverables for the EU-Pakistan had been "tough going," UK Foreign Office Pakistan Team leader Matthew Lawson and Desk Officer Bikash Dawahoo said the UK had secured deliverables on trade, General Schedule Preferences Plus (GSP Plus),IDPs, [...] | 2009-06-12 15:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID PHUM ETRD PK UK |
09LONDON1423 | IRAN ELECTION: XXXXXXXXXXXX CLAIMS MOJTABA IS [...] (S/NF) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX and former XXXXXXXXXXXX claims that Mojtaba Khamenei, acting in concert with IRGC Jafari and other officials in the Supreme Leader's office, has been a major force behind vote manipulation, and current measures to repress pro-Moussavi demonstrations in the street, accor [...] | 2009-06-16 15:55:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER ECON UK |
09LONDON1442 | IRAN: XXXXXXXXXXXX SAYS ELECTION PRECLUDED BY "POLITICAL COUP," URGES USG FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR PROTESTORS [...] (S) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX on June 16 told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) and a small group of diplomats that "a majority" of leaders within the government of Iran and the IRGC want the United States, while continuing to avoid interference in Iran, to continue and even strengthen its public messages [...] | 2009-06-18 17:50:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PINS IR UK |
09LONDON1455 | "TEMPERATURE LOWERING" UNDER UK-RUSSIAN RELATIONS [...] (C/NF) Russia seeks to "work around" its intractable problems with the UK, and not allow them to hold hostage progress on areas such as the robust commercial and financial relationship between the countries. According to new Russian DCM Alexander Sternik, the fact that the UK is the second [...] | 2009-06-19 15:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PREL RU UK |
09LONDON1516 | ZIMBABWE: TSVANGIRAI'S VISIT - FURTHER SUPPORT [...] (C/NF) Summary. During Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's June 19-24 visit to London, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Foreign Office Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown, and Development Secretary Douglas Alexander communicated the message that f [...] | 2009-06-30 15:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID PHUM ZI UK |
09LONDON1542 | UK EFFORTS TO MANAGE MIGRATION AS RISING [...] (SBU) Summary: Even prior to the worsening of the economy, the UK government was reviewing its immigration policy, with a special eye to fine-tuning and further defining immigration categories. With rising unemployment, reaching 7.2 percent this spring, the UK Home Office is further evaluating [...] | 2009-07-01 15:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON EINV PINR PREL PGOV SMIG ELAB UK |
09LONDON155 | ZIMBABWE: UK SEEKS TO CURB DIAMOND EXPORTS [...] (C) FCO Minister for Africa Mark Malloch-Brown has instructed the Foreign Office to push the Kimberley Process (KP) to investigate Zimbabwe's KP eligibility and issue a statement about Zimbabwe's trafficking of conflict diamonds (reftels). In the interim because KP "is so slow," Malloch-Brown [...] | 2009-01-21 14:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EMIN UNSC ZU ZI UK |
09LONDON157 | SUDAN: P-3 DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON ICC INDICTMENT [...] (C) Summary. In a January 13 round of UK-France-U.S. (P-3) talks in London, Senior P-3 representatives held a shared assessment of the Darfur peace process: Darfur was at a stalemate and the situation on the ground deteriorated in 2008. The Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) as well as the Qata [...] | 2009-01-21 16:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK |
09LONDON1628 | HMG DEFENDS AFGHANISTAN MISSION AS BRITAIN'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. In the past week, Prime Minister Brown, Foreign Secretary David Miliband, and Defense Secretary Bob Ainsworth have unequivocally and publicly reaffirmed Britain's commitment to its mission in Afghanistan. "This is a very hard summer, it's not over, but it's vital that the inte [...] | 2009-07-13 17:06:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS MASS UK AF |
09LONDON1635 | SOMALIA/HOA: UK MINISTERS REVIEWING POLICY [...] (C/NF) Summary. Newly arrived Foreign Office East Africa and Great Lakes Director Jonathan Allen previewed July 14 for Poloff the discussions UK officials have teed up for ministers to have on Somalia at their July 21 Cabinet sub-committee on Africa meeting. Disrupting the al-Shabaab network [...] | 2009-07-14 15:19:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID PHUM MCAP MASS PINR XW SO KE ER |
09LONDON1652 | BRITAIN'S COMMITMENT IN AFGHANISTAN REMAINS FIRM [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG remains firmly committed to its mission in Afghanistan despite a spate of intense media coverage of British casualties there and political debate about whether Prime Minister Brown's government has provided a sufficient number of troops on the ground and helicopters in [...] | 2009-07-16 18:09:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KDEM AF UK IZ |
09LONDON1668 | DARFUR/SUDAN: UPDATE ON JEM THINKING BY GIBRIL [...] (C) Summary. Senior Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Representative Gibril Ibrahim said July 20 that JEM is "not venue shopping" for peace talks and continues to support the Doha talks, and that the international community needs to put pressure on the Government of Sudan (GoS) to implement [...] | 2009-07-20 15:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID MOPS KPKO SU CD UK |
09LONDON1669 | DRC/LRA: UK SEES ARMY REFORM AS KEY TO SEXUAL AND [...] (C) Summary. The UK sees security sector reform (SSR) and army reform as keys to improveing sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Foreign Office Great Lakes team leader Nne-Nne Iwuji-Eme and DRC Desk Officer Oliver Craven told Poloff July 20. The U [...] | 2009-07-20 15:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS ZF CG RW UG SO UK |
09LONDON1674 | DARFUR/SUDAN: ABDUL WAHID COMMANDERS READY FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Following SE Gration's June meetings with Abdul Wahid al Nour's Sudan Liberation Army/Movement (SLA/AW) commanders in Chad (ref A),SLA/AW field commanders and political officers plan to force Abdul Wahid into engagement in the Darfur peace process, London-based SLA/AW represen [...] | 2009-07-21 10:52:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM MOPS SU CD UK |
09LONDON1692 | (SBU) HMG CONSIDERS ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG considers the outcome of the U.S. assessment of operations in Afghanistan as a prerequisite for determining key aspects of British strategy in Afghanistan -- including deciding whether the UK will maintain in the fall the additional 700 troops originally sent to Afghanista [...] | 2009-07-23 17:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO ECON EAID AF UK |
09LONDON1701 | SOMALIA/HOA: PDAS CARTER INFORMED THAT UK TO INCREASE SOMALIA ENGAGEMENT REF: LONDON 1635 Classified By: Acting Political Counselor Daniel McNicholas, reasons [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 13:11:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS PHUM PINR XW SO KE ER ET UK |
09LONDON1702 | WEST AFRICA: PDAS CARTER HEARS UK CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Office West and Southern Africa DAS-equivalent Janet Douglas told PDAS Carter July 22 that relative stability in West Africa and a UK budget crunch had meant a reduced UK presence and programming in West Africa, but agreed that Briton Edwin Dyer's June murder in Mali by AQIM ha [...] | 2009-07-24 13:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS PHUM XY NI UK |
09LONDON1707 | (SBU) DOUBTS -- AND REASSURANCES -- ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. The Prime Minister's office released a statement July 17 affirming that "there has been no change in the Government's position on Trident. The policy remains as set out in the 2006 White Paper, and there has been no change to the timetable." This statement was a reaction to media repor [...] | 2009-07-24 16:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UK PARM MNUC MCAP |
09LONDON1722 | (U) MEETING WITH THE AFGHAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UK [...] (C/NF) Summary. During a July 23 introductory meeting with the Charge, Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Homayoun Tandar, expressed concern that British public opinion is not favorable to Britain's engagement in Afghanistan and the international stabilization effort there. Tand [...] | 2009-07-28 12:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KPAO SCUL MOPS UK AF SOCI |
09LONDON1725 | HMG RESPONSE TO CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD) DEMARCHE ON DELAY OF START OF WORK IN THE CD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-28 16:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CH FR MNUC PARM PK PREL RS UK |
09LONDON1745 | IRAN: XXXXXXXXXXXX MEETS ARAB AMBASSADORS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: London Iran Watcher (poloff) attended a luncheon XXXXXXXXXXXX hosted by the XXXXXXXXXXXX in honor of XXXXXXXXXXXX. Also in attendance were the ambassadors of XXXXXXXXXXXX, as well as XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXX, and XXXXXXXXXXXX businessman XXXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXXX pro [...] | 2009-07-30 10:30:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL KNNP IR |
09LONDON1761 | THE ROAD TO 2010: HMG'S STRATEGY FOR THE NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. On July 16, the Cabinet Office released a 52-page document entitled "The Road to 2010 - Addressing the Nuclear Question in the Twenty First Century," which charts the UK's road map to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in April-May 2010. The document (f [...] | 2009-07-31 14:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC ENRG IR KNNP MNUC MOPS PARM PGOV PREL |
09LONDON1767 | SOMALIA: LONDON-BASED ARS CHAIR SAYS ARS READY TO [...] (C) Summary. Acting Chair of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) Zakaria Abdi told Poloff July 31 that ARS is ready to mediate between the Transition Federal Government (TFG) and Hisbul Islam and al-Shabaab. Abdi claimed the TFG's Sheikh Sharif left the ARS because ARS was "to [...] | 2009-07-31 16:15:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM PTER SO UK |
09LONDON1777 | HMG'S VIEWS ON INDIA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH PAKISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG is "cautiously optimistic" about the progress of India's relationship, with Pakistan and the U.S. and HMG should "compare notes" this fall to determine "how serious the Indians actually are in relaxing their rhetoric toward Pakistan," Neil Kernohan, Head of the India, Nepal [...] | 2009-08-03 15:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR AF IN NP PK UK PTER |
09LONDON1817 | (C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): HMG [...] (C/NF) HMG agrees on the importance of encouraging Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) partners to make presentations at the MTCR Information Exchange (IE) session during the November plenary, Edward Evans, Missile Policy Desk Officer in the WMD Controls Policy Section of the Counterprol [...] | 2009-08-07 14:30:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA UK RS |
09LONDON1818 | SOMALILAND: KULMIYE OPPOSITION PARTY SUPPORTS MORE USG PRESSURE FOR ELECTIONS REF: NAIROBI 1685 [...] (C) Summary. Mohamed Omar, Foreign Affairs Secretary of Somaliland's Kulmiye opposition party, said August 7 the USG should put more pressure on Somaliland President Dahir Riyale to reinstate the voter registration list and to allow the return of Interpeace, the NGO supporting the technical conduc [...] | 2009-08-07 14:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL EAID PHUM SO DJ ET XW UK |
09LONDON1851 | IRAN: FCO SHARES LESSONS LEARNED ON DETAINEES [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Iran Watcher (poloff) August 11, Will Gelling, Tom Burn and Rachel Martinek of the FCO's Iran office shared lessons learned from the detention of British sailors by Iran in 2007 and more recently the arrest of nine local staff members from the British Embassy in Teh [...] | 2009-08-11 14:36:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PREL PGOV UK IR |
09LONDON1873 | UK REACTS STRONGLY TO AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S CONVICTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-12 10:59:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM BM UK |
09LONDON1876 | FCO MINISTER IVAN LEWIS' "INTRODUCTORY" VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary. Recently appointed Foreign Office Minister Ivan Lewis made his first visit to Syria and Lebanon August 3-6, in what FCO officials told us was Lewis' "introductory" visit to the region. In Syria, Lewis sought to broaden the UK's bilateral relationship with Syria and urged Syri [...] | 2009-08-12 14:36:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR LE SY UK |
09LONDON1888 | SOMALILAND: UK "VERY CONCERNED," BUT REFRAINING FROM CONDEMNING RIYALE PUBLICLY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 13:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV KDEM SO UK |
09LONDON1932 | IAEA: UK PESSIMISTIC ABOUT AVOIDING FURTHER [...] (C/NF) Duncan Johnson of the Regional Issues Section of the FCO's Counter Proliferation Department told Poloff on August 20 that the UK shares USG frustration (reftel) that Arab-Israeli debates at the IAEA General Conference (GC) since 2006 have detracted from the GC's effectiveness, but was not [...] | 2009-08-21 13:31:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS IR UK |
09LONDON1933 | UK GOVERNMENT SEEKS DEEPER COUNTER-RADICALIZATION [...] (C/NF) Summary. During a USG-HMG Video Tele Conference (VTC) meeting on August 14, UK officials focused on the UK's PREVENT counter-radicalization strategy expressed strong interest in collaborating more closely with the US Government to counter violent extremism. UK officials outlined several pr [...] | 2009-08-21 13:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KISL PREL PTER |
09LONDON202 | UK EXPECTATIONS FOR JANUARY GAERC: GAZA AND [...] (C) Summary. The UK expects next steps in bolstering the peace in Gaza and how to strengthen EU energy security to dominate the January 26-27 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) Meeting, according to Paul Williams, the Foreign Office EU Correspondent, who spoke with Poloff [...] | 2009-01-23 12:01:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV EUN AF ZI BO UK |
09LONDON2027 | LABOUR PARTY PREPS FOR CONFERENCE, HONES ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Labour Party's key electoral message, which it will unveil at its September party conference, is "all about the economy," Patrick Loughran, Special Advisor to influential Labour heavyweight Lord Peter Mandelson, told Poloff August 28. It will have three themes: the economic me [...] | 2009-09-01 11:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON PINR UK |
09LONDON2040 | COMMONWEALTH SUSPENDS FIJI [...] (SBU) Commonwealth Secretariat Political Director Amitav Banerji confirmed September 1 to Poloff that Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma announced the Republic of Fiji Islands' full suspension from membership of the Commonwealth, effective 00:01 September 1, 2009 (Fiji time). Baner [...] | 2009-09-02 15:50:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV FJ UK |
09LONDON205 | AU SUMMIT: UK PRIORITIES AND PING'S VISIT TO LONDON [...] (C) Summary. FCO Minister for Africa Lord Malloch-Brown will represent HMG at the January/February AU Summit in Addis Abba. Malloch-Brown has been invited to speak about the London Summit in April. He intends to explain the aims and objectives of the London Financial Summit and to highlight [...] | 2009-01-23 13:34:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AU XA UK |
09LONDON207 | IRAN - ANALYST KHAJEHPOUR ARGUES FOR: BROADENING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iran's leadership is committed domestically to low-grade enrichment but is not irretrievably committed to creation of a nuclear weapon, in the view of Tehran-based political risk analyst Bijan Khajehpour, who met privately in London with U.S Ambassador to UNVIE Greg Schulte ac [...] | 2009-01-23 15:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR IS KPRP LE PGOV PHUM PINS PREL UK IA SW |
09LONDON211 | CONGRATULATORY LETTER FROM COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY-GENERAL TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-23 17:35:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP PGOV UK |
09LONDON2117 | GREAT LAKES: UK WELCOMES SE WOLPE'S APPOINTMENT [...] (C) Summary: UK Government officials, including FCO Africa Director Adam Wood, East Africa and Great Lakes Department deputy head Graham Zebedee, Great Lakes team leader Nne-Nne Iwuji-Eme, and DFID Senior Political Analyst Nick Bates, welcomed SE Wolpe's appointment and the USG's reinvigorated coo [...] | 2009-09-11 08:32:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | PINR PREL ZF UG CG RW BY ZU UK |
09LONDON2120 | UK WELCOMES US UNHRC PRIORITIES [...] (C/NF) Summary: HMG welcomes U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council and is in broad agreement with its priorities. It sees difficulties in convincing some EU states to go along with the freedom of expression resolution; if amendments are not possible, political pressure will be neede [...] | 2009-09-11 13:54:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN UNHRC UK |
09LONDON217 | AGREEMENT TO LAUNCH THE INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. Energy Ministers (or representatives) from major energy consuming countries (G8, Brazil, the People's Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico),along with the European Union (EU) and International Energy Agency (IEA) agreed on December 18, 2008 to launch the [...] | 2009-01-26 12:05:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PGOV PREL UK |
09LONDON2178 | IRAN: HMG "WILL DISCUSS" RAISING CASES OF MISSING/DETAINED AMERICANS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Helen Teasdale of the Foreign Office's Iran Bilateral Affairs desk September 16. Her initial reaction to the request was that given the low ebb of relations between Iran and the UK -- which is still very concerned about the welfare of its local embassy staff [...] | 2009-09-18 15:08:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER UK |
09LONDON2180 | HMG'S POSITIVE REACTION TO POTUS' EUROPEAN-BASED [...] (S) HMG will adopt a "supportive position" regarding President Obama's decision about European-based missile defense, Judith Gough (Protect),Deputy Head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's (FCO) Security Policy Group, told Poloff September 17. (Ref) She said that HMG "would like to help" by [...] | 2009-09-18 15:38:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL RU UK |
09LONDON2183 | (S/NF) SEPARATE UK DEMARCHE UNLIKELY ON GOL SCUDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 07:21:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC LY UK MTCRE |
09LONDON2184 | (S/NF) SEPARATE UK DEMARCHE UNLIKELY ON GOL SCUDS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 07:21:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC LY UK MTCRE |
09LONDON2186 | DEFENCE SECRETARY AINSWORTH OUTLINES TOP [...] (C/NF). Summary. In a September 24 initial call by the Ambassador, Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth expressed his firm commitment to the international mission in Afghanistan, describing success there as his top priority as Defence Secretary. Ainsworth stressed the importance of demonstrating to [...] | 2009-09-21 13:20:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS MCAP PINR UK AF |
09LONDON2198 | U/S TAUSCHER’S MEETINGS WITH FS MILIBAND AND OTHER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Under Secretary Tauscher held meetings in London on September 2-4 on the margins of the P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament with Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Simon McDonald, Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...] | 2009-09-22 14:13:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM KNNP PREL CH EG FR IN IR IZ JA KN PK |
09LONDON2199 | (C/NF) P5 HEADS OF DELEGATION SIDE-MEETING ON NPT [...] (C/NF) Summary: On Friday, September 4, in conjunction with the UK-hosted P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament, UK Del head, Mariot Leslie, convened a side meeting of the P5 heads of delegation (HOD) to discuss preparations for the UN Security Council Summit on [...] | 2009-09-22 14:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP UK CH FR RS IR EG PK |
09LONDON2212 | UK PLEDGES TO DONATE $37 MILLION TO HELP FIGHT THE [...] (SBU) International Development Secretary Douglas Alexander announced on September 17 that HMG will donate 23 million GBP ($32 million) to the World Health Organization (WHO) to help developing countries tackle the H1N1 pandemic. The value of this commitment is equivalent to 10 percent of the [...] | 2009-09-23 15:13:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL KFLU WHO UK |
09LONDON2214 | U/S TAUSCHER’S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN LONDON WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary: U/S for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Ambassador Susan Burk held bilateral consultations in London September 3-4, on the margins of the P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disa [...] | 2009-09-23 16:24:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP CH EG FR IN IR KN PK RS UK |
09LONDON222 | AFGHANISTAN: FCO AFGHANISTAN DIRECTOR SAYS FS [...] (C) The UK is looking forward to hearing details about the new U.S. Administration's plans for military and civilian efforts in Afghanistan, and sees the weeks remaining before the April 3 NATO summit as critical to coordinating ISAF strategy, particularly in RC-South. FCO Afghanistan Office [...] | 2009-01-26 16:19:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR AF UK |
09LONDON2222 | SUBJECT: PM BROWN'S DECISION TO CONSIDER REDUCING THE UK'S TRIDENT NUCLEAR DETERRENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 15:46:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS MCAP KNNP PARM UK PGOV |
09LONDON2229 | (C/NF) LIB DEM CONFERENCE: MOSTLY MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Liberal Democrats' quiet September 20 - 23 conference received mixed reviews in the UK media and did little to tell voters why they should vote Lib Dem. Leader Nick Clegg's call for "savage" cuts in public spending and Deputy Leader Vince Cable's announcement of an uncoordinate [...] | 2009-09-25 15:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR UK |
09LONDON230 | PAKISTAN: NEXT STEPS AFTER MILIBAND'S VISIT [...] (C/NF) Summary. Pakistan's engagement and public messaging about its actions in the aftermath of the Mumbai bombings formed the core of Foreign Secretary Miliband's script during his January 16-17 visit to Islamabad. Miliband, according to FCO Pakistan Team leader Laura Hickey, was re-assured [...] | 2009-01-27 10:33:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EAID PTER KDEM IN PK UK |
09LONDON2303 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY’S OCTOBER 10-11 [...] (C//NF) Summary. The Secretary's visit to London comes on the heels of the Labour, Conservative, and Liberal Democrat political party conferences -- their last before the UK elections which must be held by June 2010. The domestic political situation remains in flux, but with the Conservatives enjoy [...] | 2009-10-06 16:46:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ECON UK KNNP MOPS IR PK AF |
09LONDON2311 | (SBU) BRITISH PERSPECTIVES ON THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C//NF) Summary. In October 1 and 2 meetings with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Admiral Stavridis, and ISAF Commander General McChrystal, Prime Minister Brown, Foreign Secretary Miliband and other senior UK officials underscored HMG [...] | 2009-10-07 17:27:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF UK PK |
09LONDON2315 | UK THINKING ON OCTOBER 9 DISCUSSION WITH AUNG SAN [...] (C) UK Foreign Office Burma Team deputy leader Gill Lever told poloff October 8 that the key message the UK Government wants to get across during the October 9 meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) about sanctions is that sanctions are "not all or nothing" and can be done in a gradual way based on t [...] | 2009-10-08 12:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM UK |
09LONDON2333 | THE GAMBIA: UK CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, NO PROGRESS ON EU ARTICLE 8 PROCESS REF: BANJUL 235 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 16:19:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM PGOV XY GA EU UK |
09LONDON2339 | UK UNABLE TO COMMIT TO SENDING REPRESENTATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Together with Russian Embassy colleagues, Poloff delivered reftel joint demarche to Sharon McDonald, CBRN Terrorism Desk Officer in the Counter-Proliferation Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on October 14. McDonald told Poloff and Sergei Andiashin of the Russian [...] | 2009-10-14 15:13:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL PTER KGIC UK RS |
09LONDON2346 | BROWN'S PROMISE TO SEND AN ADDITIONAL 500 TROOPS [...] (C//NF) Summary. Prime Minister Brown announced October 14 that he is prepared to deploy an additional 500 troops to Afghanistan provided three key conditions are met: the Afghan security forces must do a better job, and be willing to fight alongside and be trained by British forces; British troo [...] | 2009-10-15 16:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF PK UK PGOV PREL MARR MOPS MCAP PTER |
09LONDON2347 | HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: USN PLAN TO [...] (C) COMUSEUCOM has requested a host nation sensitivity survey for the USN plan to homeport a submarine tender to Diego Garcia in 2010. For the reasons discussed below, there is no expected negative reaction by HMG to this change. 2. (C) HMG considers continued presence of military ships and i [...] | 2009-10-15 16:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV UK IO |
09LONDON2352 | IRAN: IDEAS ON HOW TO PRESSURE THE REGIME ON HUMAN RIGHTS WITHOUT RISKING OUR BROADER AGENDA REF: A. A. STATE 103219 B. B. THE HAGUE 608 Classified By: Politial Minister-Counselor Greg Berry, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] (C) Summary: Iranian interlocutors are increasingly concerned that the international community is not doing enough to highlight the human rights violations being committed by the Iranian regime (IRIG). These contacts believe focusing on the nuclear issue provides the Iranian regime with legitima [...] | 2009-10-16 12:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR UK |
09LONDON236 | INDIA: MILIBAND'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH GOI OFFICIALS [...] (C/NF) Summary. In spite of the significant Indian media criticism of Foreign Secretary Miliband's comments on Kashmir during his January 13-15 visit to India (reftels),he had an opportunity for useful discussions with Indian leaders on key policy and regional issues, including Pakistan, Iran [...] | 2009-01-27 14:09:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER EAID KDEM IN PK IR XD UK |
09LONDON2382 | IRAN/AMERICAN DETAINEES: HMG UNABLE TO PROVIDE [...] (C) Following up on her September 16 meeting (ref B) with Helen Teasdale of the Foreign and Commonwealth's Iran office, London Iran Watcher asked if HMG had made a decision regarding raising the issue of American detainees with the Iranian government. Teasdale explained the U.S. request for assist [...] | 2009-10-21 13:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR UK |
09LONDON2391 | UK IN AGREEMENT WITH THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Head of the UN Human Rights Team at the Foreign Office Andrew Suarez responded to reftel demarche by saying that HMG is supportive of all U.S. priorities at this year's session of the UN Third Committee. The UK opposes the use of no-action motions to block country-speci [...] | 2009-10-22 16:29:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN UK |
09LONDON2447 | HMG APPROACH TO ENGAGING AFGHAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C/NF) Poloff discussed the development of a coordinated approach among allies to engaging the Afghan government on governor appointments with Liz Boyles, the Deputy Head of the Afghanistan Group in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on October 27. (Ref) Boyles affirmed the importance of [...] | 2009-10-29 14:21:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO PGOV AF UK |
09LONDON2449 | LAUNCH OF UK TOP LEVEL GROUP OF PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Fifteen senior UK parliamentarians launched in London October 29 the Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation. The group represents a cross party effort to promote British leadership of multilateral disarmament. One of the Gro [...] | 2009-10-29 18:04:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UK |
09LONDON2477 | SOMALIA: PM OUTLINES TFG PLAN FOR STABILIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Somali Prime Minister Abdirashid Ali Shamarke defended the strength of the Tranistional Federal Government (TFG) and outlined its plans to bring unity and peace to Somalia in an October 28 speech in London. The Prime Minister asserted that his government intends to expand its [...] | 2009-11-03 11:49:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL MASS UK SO ET |
09LONDON2484 | SUDAN: UK HOME OFFICE GRANTS NON-ARAB DARFURIS [...] (SBU) In a break with the UK's previous policy on granting asylum to Darfuri refugees on a "carefully considered case-by-case basis," the UK Home Office announced November 2 that "all non-Arab Darfuris," who have not committed a serious crime, regardless of political affiliation "qualify for a [...] | 2009-11-04 13:55:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SU UK |
09LONDON2485 | IRAN: SUPPORTERS OF THE GREEN MOVEMENT PRESENT [...] (U) On November 4, about 10 self-identified supporters of the Green Movement of Iran delivered a letter (text below) and a commemorative plaque expressing regret for the take-over of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979. London Iran Watcher accepted the items on behalf of the embassy. A few m [...] | 2009-11-04 15:58:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV UK IR |
09LONDON2499 | MILIBAND'S RUSSIA TRIP AIMS TO MOVE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 15:47:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KPAL ETRD KNNP PARM SENV MARR MNUC |
09LONDON2501 | SCOTLAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS [...] (U) Summary. The Ambassador engaged with a wide variety of policy, civic, business, and Muslim communities during his first official visit to Scotland, October 29-30. Prominent Scottish Muslim leaders told the Ambassador during a roundtable discussion that the Muslim community in the UK and [...] | 2009-11-05 16:27:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OEXC OIIP ECON UK |
09LONDON2509 | TORIES ABANDON EU REFERENDUM, BUT CRY "NEVER AGAIN" [...] (C/NF) Summary. Conservative leader David Cameron abandoned his party's plans for a UK referendum on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty as the treaty becomes law on December 1. In a November 4 speech, Cameron lamented that the country, under Labour governments, was denied the chance for a referen [...] | 2009-11-05 18:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EU UK |
09LONDON2517 | SOMALILAND: UK DIASPORA HIGHLIGHT NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Members of the UK-based Somaliland Diaspora - including representatives from the three political parties, NGOs, and civil society organizations - told the Political Minister Counselor November 2 that what Somaliland needs most is assistance in developing governance and democracy [...] | 2009-11-06 13:43:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV PINR SO UK |
09LONDON2520 | UK INITIATIVES HARNESS DIASPORA CAPACITY [...] (U) Summary. The UK has initiated a number of programs to help engage UK-based Diaspora groups and harness their expertise in international development. Under the direction of the Department for International Development (DFID),and the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO),these programs are ty [...] | 2009-11-06 17:18:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM OIIP SCUL SMIG ECON SO PK NI |
09LONDON2523 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON LORD SPEAKER: [...] (C/NF) Lord Speaker of the House of Lords Baroness Hayman told the Ambassador during a November 6 meeting that in the run-up to the general elections, party politics are beginning to play a role in the House of Lords, especially the public debate over the UK's role in Afghanistan. She said the exp [...] | 2009-11-09 11:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR UK |
09LONDON2535 | UK IN BROAD AGREEMENT ON NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Head of the Foreign Office's NATO Team expressed broad UK agreement with U.S. goals for NATO enlargement as regards Bosnia and Macedonia; indicated that HMG ministers were discussing the UK position on MAP for Montenegro, but that the UK would likely align itself with the U.S. [...] | 2009-11-10 15:07:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA UK |
09LONDON2543 | BRITISH SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN WAR DROPS ON EVE [...] (U) Summary: The murder of five British police trainers by a rogue Afghan officer, the unsatisfying conclusion to the Afghan election, public challenges to UK policy by leading politicians, and a wave of wrenching television interviews with grieving family members this week combined to dampen [...] | 2009-11-10 16:56:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAO MARR MOPS SOCI ECON UK AF |
09LONDON2557 | INDIAN ENVOY DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. During a meeting with Poloff to discuss the October 27-29 state visit of President Pratibha Patil to India, Neil Kernohan (Protect),Head of the India, Nepal, and Bhutan Team at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),told Poloff that HMG would appreciate it if the U.S. would [...] | 2009-11-13 12:35:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI AF UK PK |
09LONDON2567 | AMBASSADOR MCELDOWNEY'S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and Introduction. During her November 9-11 visit to London, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Nancy McEldowney discussed a range of issues in bilateral meetings with UK officials. Julian Miller, Deputy Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...] | 2009-11-16 15:51:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS SOCI ECON PK AF OSCE NATO EU |
09LONDON2569 | HMG STRESSES U.S.-UK COORDINATION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. Karen Pierce (Protect),the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Director for South Asia and Afghanistan, told the Political Minister Counselor November 16 that HMG is eagerly awaiting President Obama's decision on the way forward in Afghanistan and would appreciate as much insig [...] | 2009-11-16 17:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS AF PK NATO UK |
09LONDON2575 | PM FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH STRESSES AFGHANIZATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a November 16, speech, PM Gordon Brown reviewed UK foreign policy priorities -- but focused on Afghanistan. Emphasizing that Britain's national security was at stake, Brown argued that the "greater international good will never be subordinated to the mood of the passing momen [...] | 2009-11-17 17:18:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS AF PK NATO UK |
09LONDON2581 | PADDY ASHDOWN ON WAY FORWARD IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-18 15:16:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF UK PK |
09LONDON2582 | ANTI-BRIBERY BILL HEADS TO PARLIAMENT, BUT PASSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The UK government included anti-bribery legislation among its priorities in the Queen's Speech on November 18, 2009, at the State opening of Parliament. While this indicates HMG commitment to meet OECD and other global anti-bribery standards, some observers doubt, however, that [...] | 2009-11-18 15:36:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EU OECD PREL PGOV KCRM UK |
09LONDON2583 | WEST AFRICA: AF DAS FITZGERALD'S NOVEMBER 18 [...] (C/NF) Summary. In meetings with British counterpart Janet Douglas and other Foreign Office officials, AF DAS William Fitzgerald reviewed the situation in Guinea, discussing the need for CNDD leader Dadis Camara to leave Guinea and to stabilize the country through an ECOWAS observer mission. On N [...] | 2009-11-18 17:19:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS XY GV NI ML UK |
09LONDON2592 | UK INPUT: CUBA, LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Poloff met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officers November 18 per reftel to seek updated information about HMG actions and policies concerning Cuba. HMG remains committed to promoting the development of democratic institutions and human rights in Cuba and is disappointe [...] | 2009-11-19 12:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU UK |
09LONDON2595 | UK WANTS LESS UN FOCUS ON ISRAEL; SEES ABSTENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 16:12:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA KPAL IS UK |
09LONDON2596 | PADDY ASHDOWN ON WAY FORWARD IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C//NF) Summary. British Parliamentarian and former UN High Representative in Bosnia Lord Paddy Ashdown recently shared his views with DCM LeBaron on the way forward in Afghanistan. Ashdown stressed that while finding a solution would not be easy, success was absolutely critical. Any strategy for [...] | 2009-11-19 16:12:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF UK PK |
09LONDON261 | CAMERON SHUFFLES CONSERVATIVE'S FRONT-BENCH, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Conservative Leader David Cameron shook up his party with a shadow cabinet reshuffle on January 19. Cameron wanted to strengthen his front-bench team and sharpen its attacks on the Labour Government, as well address a Labour argument that still has traction with UK voters -- th [...] | 2009-01-29 12:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL EU UK |
09LONDON2616 | UK-HOSTED P5 CONFERENCE ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 17:03:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP AORC PGOV PREL MNUC IAEA NPT UNGA ENRG |
09LONDON2617 | UK-HOSTED P5 CONFERENCE ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 17:05:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP AORC PGOV PREL MNUC IAEA NPT UNGA ENRG |
09LONDON2619 | UK RESPONSE: INVITATION TO ATTEND PSI EXERCISE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 17:08:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC KNNP UK |
09LONDON2622 | UK-HOSTED P5 CONFERENCE ON CONFIDENCE BUILDING [...] (SBU/NF) Summary and Introduction: The United Kingdom (UK) hosted a conference of P5 states on 3-4 September 2009 to discuss confidence building measures (CBMs) on nuclear disarmament and associated non-proliferation issues. The conference originated in a proposal made by then Defence Secre [...] | 2009-11-20 17:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP AORC PGOV PREL MNUC IAEA NPT UNGA ENRG |
09LONDON2623 | BARONESS CATHERINE ASHTON UNEXPECTED CHOICE FOR EU [...] (U) This is an Embassy London and U.S. Mission to the European Union joint cable. 2. (SBU) Summary. Baroness Catherine Margaret Ashton was nominated as the first EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on November 19. She is a British Labour politician who is also cur [...] | 2009-11-20 17:17:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ETRD EUN UK |
09LONDON2635 | (C/NF) UK SUPPORTS U.S.-PROPOSED THIRD SUBSIDIARY BODY AT 2010 NPT REVCON REF: SECSTATE 119753 [...] (C/NF) Summary: The UK can support "from top to bottom" the U.S. proposal for the re-establishment of a subsidiary body to deal with Article X at the 2010 NPT Review Conference. According to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),France and Germany also support the creation of such a subsidiar [...] | 2009-11-24 14:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA CDG NPT |
09LONDON2638 | FOREIGN OFFICE MIDDLE EAST TEAM LEAD ON ISREAL RELATED UN RESOLUTIONS REF: A. REF A STATE 118799 B. REF B LONDON 2595 [...] (C//NF) Poloff had an introductory call with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Levant team leader Nishi Dholakia on November 20. Poloff used the opportunity to reinforce Washington,s points on resolutions against Israel (ref A) which were previously delivered to the FCO International Organiza [...] | 2009-11-24 16:58:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA KPAL IS UK |
09LONDON2639 | (S/NF) AFGHANISTAN: UK WILL SAY NO TO A REQUEST [...] (S/NF) Summary. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and Cabinet Office officers told the Political Minister Counselor November 24 that the total number of UK troops in Afghanistan will soon total 9,500, as the UK will be plussing up its permanently deployed force by 1,200; this number consists [...] | 2009-11-24 17:28:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS MARR PGOV MCAP UK |
09LONDON2649 | UK BUDGET SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) The UK is currently reviewing its plans for budget support for the Palestian Authority (PA) and expects to reach a decision by December 4, Alice Mann, Deputy Head (London),Palestinian Program at the Department for International Development, told ECOUNS. She stated that she is confident [...] | 2009-11-25 17:24:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID WBG IS UK |
09LONDON266 | HMG BUDGET CRUNCH THREATENS TO LIMIT UK'S GLOBAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. Ballooning UN assessed costs, an HMG budget crunch, and the falling Pound have all contributed to an internal budgeting crisis for HMG's tri-departmental conflict prevention spending, which includes UN assessed costs, discretionary spending on peacekeeping operations, election [...] | 2009-01-29 15:13:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EAID MASS UNSC KPKO UK |
09LONDON2678 | UK HOSTS P5 UN DEPUTY DIRECTORS MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: IO PDAS Gerald Anderson participated in a P5 UN Deputy Directors meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London on November 23. The Deputy Director-level meeting was the first of its kind and covered Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding reform, Afghanistan and Paki [...] | 2009-12-02 13:49:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KUNR PGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KWMN CH FR RS |
09LONDON2680 | DPRK: AMB BOSWORTH'S DEC 2 MEETINGS WITH UK [...] (C/NF) Summary. Foreign Office junior minister Ivan Lewis and Asia Pacific Director Scott Wightman told Special Representative for North Korea Policy Ambassador Stephen Bosworth in separate December 2 meetings that the UK and EU want to support the USG's efforts to see North Korea return to multil [...] | 2009-12-02 15:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS FR UK |
09LONDON2690 | HMG PRAISES U.S. AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN STRATEGY, PREPARES FOR JANUARY CONFERENCE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Prime Minister Brown was "very pleased" by President Obama's December 1 speech describing the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and HMG would like U.S. and UK public statements to remain in synch, Philip Barton, Director, Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the Cabinet Office's Fore [...] | 2009-12-02 17:40:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PTER AF PK UK |
09LONDON2691 | AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO WALES, PROMOTES TRADE AND [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Susman made his first official visit to Wales on November 25, where he met political and business leaders and reached out to the Muslim community. Political leaders told him that Welsh devolution is gaining momentum and reported on Welsh efforts to minimize the effects of [...] | 2009-12-03 10:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UK |
09LONDON2697 | UK FOREIGN OFFICE ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] (C//NF) Summary: Poloff met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Levant team leader Nishi Dholakia on December 1 to discuss Israel's recently announced settlement moratorium and USG support for the return to negotiations as outlined ref A. The UK shares the USG's desire to return to negoti [...] | 2009-12-03 15:37:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IS KPAL PREL KWBG |
09LONDON2702 | WELSH LABOUR ELECTS NEW LEADER [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Carwyn Jones won an unexpectedly strong victory in the Welsh leadership election and will take over as First Minister for Wales on December 9. Jones will have to live up to the example set by outgoing First Minister Rhodri Morgan, who has held the post for all but a few months [...] | 2009-12-03 16:57:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UK |
09LONDON2707 | BRITISH MPS' FEEDBACK ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] (C/NF) Summary. MPs who attended a December 2 reception for the Ambassador hosted by the British-American Parliamentary Group (BAPG) expressed opinions in conversations with Embassy officers that were broadly supportive of the President's Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy. Several MPs stressed [...] | 2009-12-03 17:22:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF PK UK |
09LONDON2708 | NIGERIA: UK INITIATIVE TO OFFER CLEAN DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary. Following numerous consultations with senior Nigerian political and industry leaders, the UK government is moving forward with an initiative to facilitate responsible business development in Nigeria. Implemented by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC),the program aims [...] | 2009-12-03 17:30:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCOR EAID ECON PINR NI UK |
09LONDON2712 | UK APPROVES ADDITIONAL GBP 11.5 MILLION IN [...] (SBU) The UK will provide an additional GBP 11.5 million (approximately USD 19 million) in budget support to the Palestinian Authority, Alice Mann, Deputy Head (London) Palestinian Program at the Department for International Development told ECOUNS on December 4. The money will be disbursed th [...] | 2009-12-04 10:26:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID WBG IS UK |
09LONDON2716 | MONUC: EARLY UK THINKING ON MANDATE RENEWAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 12:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO ECON CG UK |
09LONDON2723 | AFRICA: NEW AFRICA MINISTER FOCUS ON TRADITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 15:32:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR SENV EAID XA EU UK |
09LONDON2737 | EMBASSY LONDON NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN [...] (U) Summary: Post's nominee for the International Women of Courage Award is Farhat Khan. Farhat is an inspirational woman who experienced forced marriage and prolonged violence and abuse in Pakistan, escaped to the UK, and has used this experience to work -- often on a volunteer basis -- to [...] | 2009-12-08 16:44:00 | Embassy London | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM |
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