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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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06BUCHAREST1160 | PDAS VOLKER'S POLITICAL DIRECTORS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: EUR PDAS Kurt Volker met with the political directors of the 10 new NATO allies for talks on NATO's future and broader regional issues on June 28 in Bucharest. These new NATO allies all shared a common vision for NATO's future focused on securing the entire Western Balkans within [...] | 2006-07-21 08:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1161 | ROMANIA ADVOCATES BALANCED APPROACH TOWARD CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: President Basescu publicly called for the international community to end the human tragedy in Lebanon by enforcing UN Security Council Resolutions aimed at disarming and disbanding Hezbollah. MFA officials assure Romania's balanced approach to the crisis, citing close contact with [...] | 2006-07-21 10:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO |
06BUCHAREST1168 | ROMANIA ANNOUNCES 21% REDUCTION OF TROOPS IN IRAQ [...] (U) The Romanian Chief of the General Staff, Gen. Eugen Badalan, announced July 19 that Romania would reduce its military presence in Iraq by 21%, "as previously discussed with members of the international coalition." According to statements he made to the press, the withdrawal will begin in J [...] | 2006-07-21 14:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST1169 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - FOLLOW-UP THE USE AND SALE OF [...] (S) The Ambassador raised reftel subject in his preparatory meeting with President Basescu on July 12. DCM also raised with Presidential security advisors Gen. Medar and Gen. Degeratu on July 17 and stressed that a concrete message of action from the President would be well received. 2. (S [...] | 2006-07-21 14:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP KCRM PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC |
06BUCHAREST1171 | THREE ROMANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS AND GENERAL [...] (C) Three Romanian Intelligence Chiefs and the General Prosecutor resigned July 20 and 21 amid a media frenzy over Omar Hayssam's disappearance before being prosecuted in court in connection with the 2005 Romanian hostage crisis in Iraq. Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Director Radu Timofte [...] | 2006-07-21 17:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO |
06BUCHAREST1176 | YOUR JULY 27 MEETING WITH ROMANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu's July 27-28 trip to Washington, including his meeting with you at the White House, offers an opportunity to reaffirm U.S. appreciation for Romania's contributions in Iraq, Afghanistan, and more broadly the Global War on Terror. Basescu has anchored his [...] | 2006-07-24 16:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM ECON PINR IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST1181 | ROMANIA SEEKS RELEASE OF NATO INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS [...] (C) Romanian MFA Director for NATO Affairs Mirela Maghiar relayed a demarche to PolOff on July 20 regarding Romania's request for U.S. support for NATO infrastructure funds to be released. She said Romania's proposal includes three locations -- Otopeni, Fetesti, and Mihail Kogalcieanu (MK) air [...] | 2006-07-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS NATO RO |
06BUCHAREST1198 | PRESIDENT BASESCU'S COMMENTS BEFORE LEAVING [...] (SBU) Summary. President Traian Basescu reaffirmed on July 26 Romania's commitment to keep its troops in Iraq until they are replaced by the Iraqi army. This declaration was made as the president left the Bucharest airport for his official U.S. visit. On Kosovo, however, he struck a discordant [...] | 2006-07-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL SOCI MOPS MARR IZ SR RO |
06BUCHAREST1202 | DIVISIONS IN THE NATIONAL LIBERAL PARTY (PNL) -- [...] (C) Summary: As the National Liberal Party (PNL) faces a decline in the polls, three well-known PNL members have staked out a common position against Prime Minister and PNL leader Calin Popescu-Tariceanu that could form a locus for eventually replacing him. Frustrated by Tariceanu's poor rela [...] | 2006-07-28 05:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR RO |
06BUCHAREST1203 | PRESIDENT BASESCU ADVOCATES SERB LINE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Romanian President Basescu promised to advocate for Serbian President Tadic with the leaders of the Contact Group, beginning in Washington, according to the MFA. Following July 25 bilateral talks in Bucharest, Basescu and Tadic had no discernable difference on Kosovo Final Status [...] | 2006-07-28 11:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR RO |
06BUCHAREST1219 | ROMANIAN LIMITS IN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Despite popular sentiment in Romania that it is already stretched thin in contributing to peacekeeping operations overseas, decision makers appear cautiously optimistic that Romania would contribute to an international peace keeping force, should there be an UN mandate to stabili [...] | 2006-07-31 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PREL IS LE RO |
06BUCHAREST1223 | ROMANIAN WEAPONS PURCHASE AND POTENTIAL MANPADS [...] (S) On July 20, PolOff delivered to Dan Neculaescu, MFA Director for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, reftel demarche regarding GOR's weapons systems purchase and possible cooperation on surplus MANPADS destruction. On July 21 PolOffs delivered the same demarche to MOD Director for Internat [...] | 2006-08-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL MASS RO |
06BUCHAREST1235 | ROMANIA'S ROMA AT EUROPE'S DOOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Persistent poverty among Romania's ethnic Roma population, numbering at roughly two million by some estimates, remains one of Romania's most prominent social problems, which will impact other parts of Europe more directly after Romania enters the EU in 2007. Highly transient, g [...] | 2006-08-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1237 | ROMANIA'S EXTREME NATIONALISTS: A FEW NEW FACES, [...] (C) Summary: Romania's extreme nationalist political parties continue to garner between 12-20 percent of public support, according to opinion polls. Many analysts believe these groups could gain further support following Romania's anticipated EU accession in 2007, as the public reacts to chan [...] | 2006-08-04 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1240 | ROMANIA ENCOURAGED BY DRAFT UNSCR ON LEBANON [...] (C) Ambassador, in separate August 6 conversations, discussed the draft UN Security Council resolution on the situation in Lebanon with Romanian FM Razvan Mihai Ungurianu and Presidential Senior Advisor Claudiu Saftoiu. In response to a request from the Ambassador for a statement of support [...] | 2006-08-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE RO |
06BUCHAREST1257 | ROMANIA - EU MAY OPPOSE BUT CAN'T STOP UNBALANCED [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Andreea Berechet, Deputy Director for the MFA's Human Rights Directorate, told PolOff August 9 that Romania agrees that a special session of the HRC would undercut UNSC efforts to resolve the crisis. Berechet noted, however that while it looked like many EU [...] | 2006-08-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER UN IS LE RO |
06BUCHAREST1258 | BASESCU IN BAGHDAD: ROMANIAN TROOPS STAYING IN IRAQ, [...] (SBU) Summary. President Traian Basescu made an August 9 trip to Iraq to emphasize Romania's commitment to stay in Iraq until the Iraqis ask them to leave. His meetings with Iraqi officials also focused on getting Romanian companies reconstruction contracts, both to further support Iraq and t [...] | 2006-08-10 15:41:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST1266 | ROMANIA TO ENDORSE UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche on Aug 12 to MFA Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian and also provided a copy to Presidential Advisor Claudiu Saftoiu. 2. (SBU) Stoian, who was in the proces of preparing briefing materials on Lebanon for Romanian President Basescu, reporte [...] | 2006-08-12 17:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MOPS IS LE RO |
06BUCHAREST1274 | PRESIDENT BASESCU,S TRAVEL TO BAGHDAD AND KABUL: [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu,s August 9-10 trip to Baghdad and Kabul reaffirmed Romania,s strong military commitment and potential economic links with both countries. In Iraq, Basescu,s meetings with the President, PM, and cabinet members aimed to reestablish historic economic ties b [...] | 2006-08-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV AF RO |
06BUCHAREST1298 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LANTOS VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your visit to Romania. Romania has been a staunch ally, providing troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans. President Traian Basescu has championed a strong strategic partnership with the United States, maintaining an outward-looking tr [...] | 2006-08-18 17:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL ECON RO |
06BUCHAREST1308 | ROMANIA: RESPONSE TO SYRIA-IRAN ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS IR SY RO |
06BUCHAREST1309 | IRAN "CONFISCATES" ROMANIAN OIL RIG IN APPARENT [...] (SBU) Romanian press reported on August 22 that an Iranian naval vessel reportedly fired upon and then seized the Orizont, a Romanian-owned oilrig in Iranian waters in the Salman field near the Kish islands. The rig, owned by the Romanian firm Grup Servicii Petroliere (Oil Services Group),ha [...] | 2006-08-22 16:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR RO |
06BUCHAREST1317 | THE DOSSIER WARS: LUSTRATION ROMANIAN-STYLE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1328 | THE DOSSIER WARS: LUSTRATION ROMANIAN-STYLE [...] (C) Summary. After languishing on the political backburner, the exposure and lustration of Ceausescu-era secret police agents and collaborators has become a white-hot SIPDIS political issue this summer. Some observers speculate that the Liberal party (PNL) could benefit most from the lust [...] | 2006-08-24 14:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1330 | ROMANIAN, IRANIAN PRESIDENTS AGREE: OILRIG INCIDENT IS COMMERCIAL DISPUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 22, Iranian authorities boarded and seized a Romanian-owned oilrig involved in a commercial dispute (see reftel). The rig's owner, Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP),controlled by controversial business figure Sorin Ovidiu Vantu, allegedly intended to remove the rig from Iranian [...] | 2006-08-24 16:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR RO |
06BUCHAREST1335 | ROMANIA: PLANS FOR STOCKHOLM DONOR CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Romania MFA has proposed/proposed a &symbolic but credible8 deployment of gendarmes to support the peace process in Lebanon, and as part of the Romanian contribution to be made at the Stockholm donors conference. The Prime Minister has not yet agreed to the proposal, and there i [...] | 2006-08-25 15:21:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID LE RO |
06BUCHAREST1338 | ROMANIA AGREES WITH U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT U.N. HUMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-28 05:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNHRC RO |
06BUCHAREST1375 | BASESCU ANNOUNCES IRAQI TROOP REDUCTION [...] (U) Summary. On the evening of August 30, President Basescu announced that Romania would reduce its troop presence in Iraq over the next two months, as Iraqi forces take control of areas currently under the command of coalition forces. He emphasized in his public remarks that this was not [...] | 2006-08-31 15:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST138 | AMBASSADOR VISITS TIMISOARA; UZBEK REFUGEES THANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Timisoara Mayor Gheorghe Ciuhandu on January 18 described Timisoara as an economically-thriving city with commercial and cultural links throughout Central and Western Europe, during the Ambassador's first visit to the city. Nonetheless, Ciuhandu lamented that the central gover [...] | 2006-01-25 15:34:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM RO |
06BUCHAREST1385 | ROMANIA: CODEL LANTOS DISCUSSIONS WITH ROMANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Romanian President, Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister August 31, Congressman Tom Lantos (D-California) expressed appreciation for Romania's military contributions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans. He briefed on his recent visit to Lebanon, [...] | 2006-09-05 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP HU LE AF IZ IS RO |
06BUCHAREST1407 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: ROMANIAN JCET PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) This message constitutes response to SOCEUR request for human rights vetting of Romanian Special Forces Unit participating in Joint Combined Exchange Training (reference: SOCEUR to USDAO Bucharest; DTG 301157Z May 06). 2. (C) The Embassy conducted a thorough review of its records and [...] | 2006-09-11 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1421 | AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH FM UNGUREANU ON NAZI [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Ungureanu September 11 to discuss the return of Romanian-born Nazi war criminals Michael Negele and Johann Leprich. Ungureanu said that he had already prepared a response to the Secretary's letter of September 7 in which she urged Romania to accept th [...] | 2006-09-11 16:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST143 | ROMANIAN COMMITMENT REMAINS FIRM IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) During a recent press interview, Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu stated that Romania would reevaluate its troop presence in Iraq and Afghanistan at the end of 2006, adding that "for the time being, the Iraqi and Afghan armies are not capable of taking over the Romanian Army's mission." S [...] | 2006-01-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL MARR AF IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST1433 | TIT-FOR-TAT: ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND CHOD ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 10:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST1444 | DAS KRAMER DISCUSSIONS WITH FM UNGUREANU AND [...] (C) Summary: During separate meetings with Foreign Minister Ungureanu and senior advisors in the offices of the President and Prime Minister on September 7 in Bucharest, EUR DAS Kramer provided the Department's perspective on regional issues including the upcoming independence referendum in T [...] | 2006-09-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PNAT MD EU RO |
06BUCHAREST1450 | TIT-FOR-TAT: ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND CHOD ON [...] (C) President Basescu September 12 suspended Defense Minister Theodor Atanasiu from his duties pending the outcome of a criminal investigation in a domestic spying scandal. The President justified his move as necessary in order to preserve evidence and to prevent the Minister's continued pres [...] | 2006-09-14 16:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST1451 | ROMANIAN VIEWS ON SERBIA, ICTY AND PFP [...] (C) In discussions of reftel demarche at the MFA and conversations with both MFA and MOD officials around the margins of a recent V-10 informal defense officials gathering, Romanian officials took our comments on board but also expressed some concern about the diplomatic pressure currently be [...] | 2006-09-14 16:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ICTY SR YI RO |
06BUCHAREST1479 | ROMANIA: SYRIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) DepPolChief delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Laura Mircea. Mircea noted that there was no solution to the Lebanese situation without Syria, and that within the EU process, Romania supported engaging Syria in discussions on the situation in [...] | 2006-09-20 15:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER USUN LE SY EU RO |
06BUCHAREST1499 | OPPOSITION PARTY FIGURE, BASESCU POLITICAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise move, President Traian Basescu nominated George Maior, a senator of the opposition Social-Democratic Party (PSD),to head the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI). Basescu's move has discomfited his coalition partners in the PNL, and breaks with a longstanding tradi [...] | 2006-09-26 16:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1506 | ROMANIA THINKING ON GLOBAL PEACE OPERATIONS [...] (C) DATT, ODC, and POLMILOFF met with MOD State Secretary Claudiu Degeratu on September 26, at his invitation to discuss Romanian interest in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI). Also present were J7 Brig. General Tabarcia, Col. Popescu, Arina Danila from the Defense Integrated Pla [...] | 2006-09-27 12:42:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1509 | QUIET PRIDE AND FLEETING COMITY AFTER EC [...] (SBU) In a rare display of comity between increasingly fractious coalition partners, President Traian Basescu and Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu abandoned earlier plans for separate press events, opting instead for a joint press appearance at Cotroceni Palace to announce a positive E [...] | 2006-09-27 15:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU RO |
06BUCHAREST1511 | RESPONSE TO CUBA AT UN HRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (UN) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Director for OSCE, CE, and Human Rights Issues, Steluta Arhire and MFA Director for UN, Petru Dumitru. They said GOR was in agreement and as part of EU group would support the US position regarding NGOs and the working groups dealing [...] | 2006-09-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1512 | SECOND SESSION HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to MFA Director for OSCE, CE, and Human Rights Issues, Steluta Arhire and MFA Director for UN, Petru Dumitru. Both stated they were in agreement with US comments on the Human Rights Council issue and GOR would support our position as a member [...] | 2006-09-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST153 | S59-05 AND S23B-04: ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO ALERT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW KNNP IR RO |
06BUCHAREST1540 | NOMINEES TO HEAD ROMANIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES [...] (C) During hearings October 3, President Traian Basescu's nominees to head the Romanian Domestic Intelligence Service (SRI) and the foreign Intelligence Service (SIE),George Maior and Claudiu Saftioiu, received the endorsement of their respective parliamentary committees. The votes cast for [...] | 2006-10-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RO |
06BUCHAREST1541 | PARLIAMENT VOTES IN NEW HEADS OF INTELLIGENCE [...] (SBU) The Romanian Parliament, in a joint session October 4 confirmed with a comfortable majority the new heads of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) and of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE). The new SRI director will be George Maior, a senator from the main opposition Social Democ [...] | 2006-10-04 12:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1544 | DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: ROMANIANS [...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister, Ambassador called on Romanian MFA State Secretary Cosmin Viorita October 4. In response to reftel points, Viorita responded that he totally shared the USG view on the issue, and that the GOR strongly condemned the DPRK announcement. Viorita also [...] | 2006-10-05 14:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN RO |
06BUCHAREST1573 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR [...] (C) In the absence of FM Ungureanu, Ambassador and Polcouns delivered ref A demarche to MFA State Secretary Adrian Vierita October 11. Vierita prefaced his remarks by noting that the Romanian government had responded to Ambassador's previous demarche (ref B) by issuing a strong official sta [...] | 2006-10-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC PREL PARM KNNP KN RO |
06BUCHAREST1574 | IRI POLLS UNDERSCORE BASESCU'S DOMINANCE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: A recent IRI opinion survey underscores President Basescu's continuing dominance of the Romanian political scene. A majority of respondents evinced a preference for political stability over early elections. Interestingly, almost as many Romanians support the opposition PSD as th [...] | 2006-10-12 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO |
06BUCHAREST1576 | ROMANIA ON CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFERS [...] (C) Polmiloff met October 11 with MFA Office of Non-proliferation and Arms Control Director Dan Neculaescu and Daniela Marca on approaching Greece on the transfer of TLE Entitlements. They were appreciative but cautious. Neculeascu mentioned that the Norwegians had raised the issue (without [...] | 2006-10-13 08:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RO |
06BUCHAREST1583 | ROMANIA INCREASES INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROLIFERATION [...] (U) Summary. Romania has expanded its participation in Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) activities over the past year. Romania has strengthened domestic legislation and export controls, and improved interagency cooperation. Romania has focused on working with regional counterparts on [...] | 2006-10-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MNUC MOPS PARM PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1584 | ETHNIC HUNGARIAN PARTY STRUGGLES FOR GREATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from more radical Hungarian ethnic parties and the need to retain sufficient support to remain in parliament, the Democratic Union (or Alliance) of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR),has been more vocal of late in its calls for greater territorial autonomy for ethnic Mag [...] | 2006-10-16 11:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | HU PGOV PHUM PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1589 | ROMANIA SEEKS NATO CLEARINGHOUSE FOR MOLDOVA [...] During an October 4 courtesy call by D/PolChief, Romania's MFA Deputy Director for NATO Geta Medeleanu requested US support for setting up a NATO clearinghouse mechanism to help Moldova through implementation of its Individual Partnership Action Plan. Medeleanu said that the non-paper (para [...] | 2006-10-16 13:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MO NATO PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1616 | DEFENSE POLICY WORKING GROUP BILATERAL DISCUSSION [...] (C) Summary: A bilateral working group organized by the Romanian MOD with DOD counterparts provided insights into Romanian views on their ongoing military transformation and bilateral military cooperation. Discussion topics included a review of bilateral cooperation, GWOT, and transformation [...] | 2006-10-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1619 | VENUE FOR 2008 NATO SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-20 14:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO RO |
06BUCHAREST1637 | ROMANIA TO APPROACH GREEKS ON CFE ENTITLEMENTS [...] (C) Following up on Reftel demarche, polmiloff learned on October 24, from MFA Director for Arms Control Dan Neculeascu and CFE Desk Officer Dana Marca that GOR has agreed to demarche Athens on obtaining the ACV entitlements. Neculeascu said the MFA is drafting the instructions today to instr [...] | 2006-10-24 13:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREL MARR PARM RO |
06BUCHAREST1639 | TURKISH AMBASSADOR IN BUCHAREST TERRITORIAL ABOUT TURKISH MINORITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 11, Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Okcun met with the Ambassador to discuss "increased U.S. activity in the Dobrogea region directed at the Turkish minority," who he referred to as "his people." Okcun asserted that the activities centered at the American Corner in Constanta were u [...] | 2006-10-25 11:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SCUL RO |
06BUCHAREST1644 | PACKAGE DEAL: NEW ROMANIAN DEFMIN AND EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER NAMED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-25 16:44:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1646 | FORMER PNL PRESIDENTS EXPELLED AS PARTY TURMOIL [...] (C) Summary: Internecine squabbling in the National Liberal Party (PNL) has claimed more prominent critics of Prime Minister Tariceanu. Two former PNL Presidents, Valeriu Stoica and Theodor Stolojan, are the biggest names in a long list of party leaders expelled in recent weeks. The two re [...] | 2006-10-26 16:02:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1652 | ROMANIA ON OPEN SKIES TREATY GUIDANCE AND CFE [...] (C) In an October 24 meeting with Polmiloff, MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Counter-Terrorism Dan Neculeascu said Romania agreed with the US position on the issue of Russia's hazardous airspace zone Open Skies restrictions for a minimum 3,600 meter flight ceiling (ref A) [...] | 2006-10-30 08:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE NATO PARM PREL KCFE RO |
06BUCHAREST1653 | ROMANIA AND U.S. ON SAME WAVELENGTH - DAS BRYZA AT [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza visited Bucharest October 26 to participate in a conference on Regional Energy Cooperation jointly sponsored by the Romanian Presidency, the U.S. and German Embassies, and the George C. Marshall Center ) Romania. In this forum and in earlier meetings [...] | 2006-10-30 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1665 | DNI NEGROPONTE MEETING WITH OPPOSITION PSD [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with DNI Negroponte and the Ambassador, opposition PSD head Mircea Geoana evinced concern about a posssible post-EU accession malaise in Romanian politics, with weak and divided governance for the next several years. Geoana was skeptical about prospects for early ele [...] | 2006-10-31 16:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1666 | ROMANIA AGREES THAT KOSOVO IS NOT A PRECEDENT FOR [...] (C) Deputy Political Chief October 30 raised reftel points with MFA Director for Western Balkan and Regional Cooperation Raluca-Irina Zidaru, and sought elaboration of the Romanian position regarding Kosovo. Zidaru agreed that Kosovo is not a precedent for the reasons outlined in the demarch [...] | 2006-10-31 16:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL SR RO |
06BUCHAREST1667 | ROMANIA WITHDRAWS EU COMMISSIONER NOMINATION, [...] (SBU) Summary: Romanian senator and Liberal Party spokesperson Varujan Vosganian withdrew his nomination for European Commissioner amid allegations of links to the Communist-era Securitate and shady financial ties. The timing of the allegations lead many to speculate that this was politics Ro [...] | 2006-10-31 17:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR RO |
06BUCHAREST1673 | ATHENS TEPID TO ROMANIA'S CFE FLANK DEMARCHE [...] (C) MFA Non-proliferation and Arms Control Director Bogdan Neculeascu on October 31 briefed Polmiloff on the results of Romania's demarche to Athens regarding possible CFE Flank ACV Entitlement transfers (refs a and b). He described the exchange between Romania's Ambassador in Athens and Gre [...] | 2006-11-01 16:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE MARR NATO PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1678 | ROMANIA CONSIDERS REQUEST TO RESETTLE PROTECTED MIGRANTS FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for Human Rights Steluta Arhire on October 17 and to Ministry of Administration and Interior (MAI) Deputy Director General of the National Refugee Office Catalin Necula on November 1. PolOff praised Romania's provision of refuge for the Uzbek ref [...] | 2006-11-02 15:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREF PGOV PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1679 | ROMANIA SUPPORTS BSEC ENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE [...] Following Embassy,s delivery of reftel A demarche in early October, Econoff and regional environmental hub officer Sam Kotis met with the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs BSEC coordinator, Florica Barbu on October 18. Barbu delivered a dipnote formally stating Romania's support for the U. [...] | 2006-11-02 15:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SENV KCRM RO |
06BUCHAREST1685 | ROMANIA COMMITTED TO UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 07:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PARM PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1686 | GOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM MNF-I AND ITS BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 09:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST1693 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO [...] (S) I welcome your upcoming visit to Bucharest November 13-14. I want to share some thoughts about the extraordinarily strong bilateral partnership we have with the Romanians, the political backdrop to your visit, and how your trip can help advance USG interests here. Romania is a reliable [...] | 2006-11-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1694 | RAFO REFINERY – A TROJAN HORSE FOR RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The RAFO oil refinery is embroiled in a web of corruption, money laundering, fraud and criminal charges involving shady entities in Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria. Russian-Israeli organized crime figures Mikhail Cernoy and Iakov Goldovskiy are believed to be behind the purchase [...] | 2006-11-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | ENRG ECON PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1705 | ROMANIA: COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS AT UN DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 09:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA RO |
06BUCHAREST1706 | ROMANIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMENDING THE CUBA [...] (C) Deputy Polcons on 8 November delivered demarche on the Cuba Embargo Resolution (ref a) to MFA Director for UN Affairs Petru Dumitriu and Deputy Director Eugen Mihut. Dumitriu said he was "surprised" by the U.S. demarche because the Romanian delegation in New York had not yet reported on t [...] | 2006-11-09 09:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CU PHUM PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1707 | ROMANIA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (C) The following information is geared to reftel cable request: A) Contact information for TFCO: John Rodgers; Economic Section Chief; 4021 200-3440; rodgersjr@state.gov; rodgersj@state.sgov.gov; B) Contact information for deputy TFCO: Benjamin Rockwell; Deputy Economic Section Chie [...] | 2006-11-09 15:28:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN ETTC KVPR EFIN PTER PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1712 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador paid a courtesy call on November 7 to new Defense Minister Sorin Frunzaverde, who replaced Teodor Antanasiu. Note: Atanasiu's relationship to a domestic spying scandal led to his suspension on September 12, and was followed by his resignation on October 25 (reftels). end note. [...] | 2006-11-09 15:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV RO |
06BUCHAREST1717 | ROMANIA: GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 11:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EU PGOV PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1721 | ROMANIA,S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS REGROUP FOR UPCOMING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-13 15:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1724 | ROMANIA'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATS REGROUP FOR UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: After a two-year slide in the polls while marked as the "party of corruption," Romania's opposition party is now consolidating its leadership and preparing for European parliamentary elections in 2007. Divided and weak since losing the 2004 elections, the Social Democratic Party [...] | 2006-11-14 09:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1741 | ROMANIA SUPPORTS U.S. ON BELARUS, COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-16 16:01:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA RO |
06BUCHAREST1747 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary: FBI Director Robert Mueller's November 14 visit to Bucharest sent a strong message about our continued commitment to our growing partnership in law enforcement and intelligence. In meetings with President Basescu, Prime Minister Tariceanu, and other key officials, our Romanian interloc [...] | 2006-11-17 16:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL PGOV KCOR PTER PINR KJUS SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1766 | ROMANIA PREPARING TO BID FOR OSCE HIGH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 15:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PHUM RO |
06BUCHAREST1767 | ROMANIA SEEKS ENTRY-INTO-FORCE ALTERATION TO [...] (U) This is a request for Guidance; see para 3. 2. (SBU) POLMILOFF on November 7, met with MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Combating Terrorism Dan Neculaescu, whose office has the lead on the Blanket End-Use Assurances agreement. Neculaescu explained that Romania has [...] | 2006-11-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS PGOV RO |
06BUCHAREST1768 | ROMANIA'S INTEREST IN HOSTING 2008 NATO SUMMIT [...] (U) Embassy received note verbale from the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding Romania's interest in hosting the 2008 NATO Summit. Below, please see the text of the note and the letter addressed to President Bush. 2. (U) Begin text of note verbale: Nr. C1-1/1803 Bucharest, N [...] | 2006-11-22 15:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO MARR PREL PGOV RO |
06BUCHAREST178 | VANGOETHEM VERDICT, SENTENCING ROILS U.S.-ROMANIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The acquittal of former MSG Detachment Commander Christopher VanGoethem on January 31 of negligent homicide, along with the news that he would only receive a reprimand for his conduct, has roiled U.S.-Romanian relations. The denouement of the case will likely complicate ratification by [...] | 2006-02-01 19:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC SOCI MARR MOPS RO |
06BUCHAREST1797 | ROMANIA - ENERGY SCANDAL UNFURLING, AMCIT HELD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. An unfolding energy-related scandal is causing turmoil among Romania's political and economic elites, with allegations of corruption and influence peddling hitting two government ministers, among others. The accusations come with the approach of winter and amid political attacks [...] | 2006-11-29 16:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ENRG PGOV KCOR CACS ECON PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1804 | ROMANIA REQUESTS NEGOTIATIONS TO REPLACE BILATERAL TRADE [...] (U) This cable is an action request. See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials met with Econoffs on November 27 to formally request negotiations on a replacement to the current bilateral Agreement on Trade Relations (BTA). The MFA is proposing that the current BTA, [...] | 2006-12-04 05:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAGR PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1808 | STABILITY PACT MEETINGS IN BUCHAREST FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) The November 15-16 meetings in Bucharest of the Stability Pact for South East Europe saw continued progress toward shifting the Pact's program of regional cooperation initiatives to the responsibility of regional governments under the umbrella of the South East Europe Cooperation Proces [...] | 2006-12-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD EUN PREL BK BU GR HR MD MI |
06BUCHAREST1810 | ROMANIAN PM TARICEANU UNDER FIRE AS PNL REVOLT [...] (C) Summary. A significant number of National Liberal Party (PNL) figures have joined Agriculture Minister Flutur in support of the rebel Stoica-Stolojan faction, handing Romanian Prime Minister Tariceanu his biggest Liberal Party leadership challenge to date. The breakaway faction has stren [...] | 2006-12-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR RO |
06BUCHAREST1811 | CONSERVATIVE PARTY WITHDRAWS FROM GOVERNING [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu's government no longer holds a legislative majority following the Conservative Party's December 3 decision to leave the governing coalition. The resulting minority government could be ousted by a motion of no-confidence, but unless the oppo [...] | 2006-12-04 15:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO |
06BUCHAREST1837 | PM TARICEANU'S LIBERAL PARTY SPLITS: DISSIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Tariceanu,s National Liberal Party (PNL) formally split on December 7. The dissident group of former party presidents, Theodor Stolojan and Valeriu Stoica, formed the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD),inviting others to join and claim PNL's position within the ruling [...] | 2006-12-08 16:55:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1872 | ROMANIA READY TO EXCHANGE ADDITIONAL PROTOCOLS AMENDING THE [...] Econoff met with Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Office of Community Law Ion Galea on December 5 to discuss formalizing the negotiated additional protocols to the bilateral investment treaty (BIT). Romania signed the additional protocol on September 22, 2003, and Romania's Parliam [...] | 2006-12-18 08:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ETRD KTIA PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1874 | ROMANIA: 2006 COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT [...] This report provides Embassy Bucharest,s submission for the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. Summary: Romania continued to be a staunch ally in the global war against terrorism, providing a full range of political, diplomatic, and military support for U.S. goals to combat internation [...] | 2006-12-18 13:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON NATO RO |
06BUCHAREST1883 | COMMUNICATION IN MUNAF CASE [...] (C) DCM accompanied by PolCouns and Resident Legal Advisor met with representatives from the Romanian Ministry of Justice and the Foreign Ministry December 19 to discuss reftel request to streamline communications between the USG and GOR regarding the Munaf case. DCM underscored the need [...] | 2006-12-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PREL MARR KJUS IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST1884 | ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES RELIGION LAW [...] (SBU) The Romanian Parliament in plenary session passed on December 13 a new religion law that has provoked criticism from human rights NGOs and the Helsinki Commission. It was approved by 220 deputies out of 224 present. It appears similar to an earlier draft that was withdrawn in March 2006 [...] | 2006-12-21 12:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL DRL RO |
06BUCHAREST1885 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROMANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: At a year-end meeting with the Ambassador, Romanian FM Ungureanu said Romania hoped to promote an informal "gymnich"-type event as a follow-up to this year's Black Sea Forum. He evinced hope that the three upcoming EU Presidencies of Germany, Portugal, and Slovenia would contin [...] | 2006-12-21 14:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EU MD RO |
06BUCHAREST1886 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu provided assurances at a December 20 meeting with the Ambassador that Romania would maintain current force levels in Iraq and Afghanistan and would continue to upgrade the quality of its forces to NATO standards. Basescu also confirmed Romanian interest [...] | 2006-12-21 15:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RO |
06BUCHAREST1908 | BREAKING WITH THE PAST: PRESIDENT BASESCU ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. At a special parliamentary session, President Traian Basescu publicly condemned the communist regime that ruled the country between 1945 and 1989 as &illegitimate and criminal8 and tendered a formal apology to its victims. The event marked the release of a report drafted by a president [...] | 2006-12-29 12:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST199 | VANGOETHEM VERDICT: PUBLIC OUTRAGE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. The acquittal of former MSG Detachment Commander Christopher VanGoethem on January 31 of negligent homicide continues to receive prominent press coverage, with political leaders and the general public alike questioning the reasons for the verdict as well as the commitment of the USG to [...] | 2006-02-04 09:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC SOCI MARR MOPS RO |
06BUCHAREST278 | ROMANIA SEEKS "POSITIVE POLITICAL SIGNAL" FROM [...] U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragrap 11. 2. (C) Last summer, Romania proposed a "Back Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summi" as a launching pad for a process of dialogue ad partnership among Black Sea states, the U.S. an the E.U. (Refs) The proposed forum focuses on "o [...] | 2006-02-16 16:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ENRG SENV PTER EPET TU |
06BUCHAREST280 | ROMANIA TO VOTE FOR GUATEMALA VICE VENEZUELA IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-17 09:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC RO |
06BUCHAREST287 | ROMANIAN AND UKRAINIAN VIEWS ON PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Romanian MFA officials expressed cautious optimism that the new bilateral commission set up by President Traian Basescu and Ukrainian President Yushchenko could yield concrete results in resolving historic problems between the two countries such as competing territorial claims ove [...] | 2006-02-17 16:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PBTS MD UP RO |
06BUCHAREST309 | ROMANIA RECEIVED GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-22 15:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST344 | ROMANIA RECEIVED GDPR UPDATE FOR NATO ALLIES AND [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel to Mirela Maghiar, MFA Director for NATO Division, and Dan Neculaescu, MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, on February 22. They expressed appreciation for the notification and continuing "great" coordination. Neculaescu promised to inform MOD coll [...] | 2006-02-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | KCFE NATO PREL MARR PARM RO |
06BUCHAREST359 | TRANSYLVANIA REGIONAL GOVERNMENT, FOURTH QUARTER [...] (U) Summary: This cable summarizes recent newsworthy regional and local controversies in the last quarter of 2005. Common themes during this period included local government corruption and stormy relations between members of the governing alliance at the local level, sometimes counterbalance [...] | 2006-03-01 15:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST408 | CONTROVERSY OVER MFA OFFICIAL'S STATEMENT ON USE [...] (SBU) In a response to a question, MFA State Secretary Teodor Baconschi stated during a March 7 Senate joint Foreign Policy and Defense Committee hearing that the U.S.-Romanian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) could permit U.S. forces to launch a military operation from Romanian territory [...] | 2006-03-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST410 | CLAMOR SURROUNDING ETHNIC HUNGARIAN FRINGE GROUP'S [...] (C) Summary. Ethnic Hungarian party (UDMR) leader and Deputy Prime Minister Bela Marko told the Ambassador on March 10 that Marko and his party do not support a March 15 ethnic Hungarian "autonomy proclamation," slated to occur in a small Transylvanian town. He predicted a small and peaceful [...] | 2006-03-10 17:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI HU RO |
06BUCHAREST411 | (C) ROMANIA'S ENERGY SECTOR - RUSSIAN DEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Romania, once a net exporter of energy products, now produces 40% of its domestic oil consumption and 60% of its gas needs, and the rates are decreasing each year. While gas imports are based on trades at the international gas boards, Romania imports nearly all gas from Gazprom [...] | 2006-03-10 17:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV RO |
06BUCHAREST436 | BASESCU PREDICTS CALM ETHNIC HUNGARIAN "AUTONOMY [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu predicted to the Ambassador during a March 13 meeting that a planned March 15 "autonomy declaration" organized by a fringe ethnic Hungarian group would be a relatively low-key event. He characterized it as the product of a power struggle between the main [...] | 2006-03-14 17:36:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON ENRG EINV MARR HU RO |
06BUCHAREST447 | DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO ROMANIA HIGHLIGHTS BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary. DAS Mark Pekala had a productive, upbeat series of meetings during his March 6-8 visit to Bucharest. He expressed strong USG support for Romania's June 5 "Black Sea Forum," (Ref C) and told Romanian officials the U.S. would be represented at an appropriate senior level. His Rom [...] | 2006-03-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL RO SOCI |
06BUCHAREST448 | EX-PM ADRIAN NASTASE OUT, PSD IN DISARRAY AS [...] (SBU) Former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase was forced to resign as Chamber of Deputies President and Executive President of the main opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) after a no-confidence vote during a marathon nine-hour March 14 special meeting of national and local PSD leaders. Duri [...] | 2006-03-15 17:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KCRM RO |
06BUCHAREST457 | ROMANIA'S ETHNIC HUNGARIANS PEACEFULLY CELEBRATE [...] (SBU) Ethnic Hungarians in Romania of both Magyar and Szekler descent peacefully commemorated March 15, a day which marks the 1848-49 Hungarian revolution. In Cluj- Napoca, Transylvania's largest city, up to 2000 ethnic Hungarians gathered in the town's center for a low-key ceremony. One so [...] | 2006-03-16 15:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI HU RO |
06BUCHAREST460 | BLACK SEA BORDER SECURITY INITIATIVE REAL TIME [...] (C) Summary: On January 30-31, Romaia hosted the Black Sea Border Security Initiativ (BSBSI) "real-time operation." As the final evnt of the &STYX 20058 scenario, the Romanians deonstrated a mock seizure of a truck carrying a rdiological commodity to representatives of Bulgari, Ukraine, Moldo [...] | 2006-03-16 16:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETTC KCRM PTER KNNP RO |
06BUCHAREST516 | YOUNG LIBERAL LEADER ELECTED SPEAKER OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Bogdan Olteanu, the ex-minister for relations with parliament, was elected March 20 President of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, replacing former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase. A curious coalition of deputies elected Olteanu in the first round, consisting of the parties of [...] | 2006-03-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR RO |
06BUCHAREST519 | WHAT ROMANIA CAN DO TO PROMOTE STABILITY, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Romania's desire to play an active role in the Black Sea region could, if properly channeled and supported by the U.S., the U.K. and like-minded partners, further our goals for the region and beyond. Bucharest could play a positive role in promoting regional efforts to strengthen [...] | 2006-03-24 18:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON ENRG ASEC PTER KCRM |
06BUCHAREST536 | ABANDONED CHILDREN STILL SUFFERING IN ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary: During an unannounced visit to a children's hospital near Bucharest, Poloff observed first-hand the poor conditions we believe continue to be a fact of life for many of Romania's institutionalized children. Some of the twenty children at the hospital exhibited signs of severe ne [...] | 2006-03-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PHUM PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST539 | ROMANIA -- INITIAL RESPONSE ON SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Further to Reftel, PolMilOff discusse with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar arch 28 a possible Romanian contribution to a seen-man Military Advisory and Liaison Team (MALT). The MALT would certify and mentor the Iraqi Bas Defense Unit (IBDU) taking over guard responsibilities at [...] | 2006-03-28 16:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL RO IZ |
06BUCHAREST559 | INDEPENDENT INQUIRY COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP: ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Econoff met with the spokesman for the Romanian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO),Robert Cazanciuc, as well as Ciprian Nastasiu, the lead prosecutor on an open case with links to the UN Oil-for-Food Program (OFF). According to Nastasiu, the PGO has been investigating connections to Iraq [...] | 2006-03-31 16:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KFIN PGOV KCRM IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST573 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ENGAGING GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL CG RO |
06BUCHAREST576 | ADOPTIONS: ROMANIA OFFICIALLY REJECTS ALL PENDING [...] (U) On April 5, Embassy received by mail a letter from Theodora Bertzi, Secretary of State for the Government of Romania,s (GOR) Romanian Office for Adoptions (ROA),dated March 29 and including the final report of the GOR Working Group established in June 2005 to audit pending petitions by fo [...] | 2006-04-05 16:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PREL PGOV PHUM RO |
06BUCHAREST607 | INITIAL CAUTIOUS ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) Further to Reftel, PolMilOff discussed the U.S. and U.K. paper entitled "NATO's Global Partnership" with MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar on April 12. PolMilOff stressed the U.S. goal of NATO leaders announcing, at the Riga Summit, their intention to reshape how NATO engages with [...] | 2006-04-12 15:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR RO |
06BUCHAREST618 | TURKISH AND SAUDI PRESSURE ON ROMANIAN MUFTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 11, Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Okcun met with the Ambassador to discuss "increased U.S. activity in the Dobrogea region directed at the Turkish minority," who he referred to as "his people." Okcun asserted that the activities centered at the American Corner in Constanta were u [...] | 2006-04-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SOCI TU SA RO |
06BUCHAREST620 | UZBEK REFUGEES: ROMANIAN MFA, LOCAL UNHCR [...] (U) This is an action message -- see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) PolChief received a call April 11 from MFA Director General for Global Affairs Stelian Stoian expressing concern about the slow resettlement to third countries of the Uzbek refugees transported in August 2005 to a facility near Tim [...] | 2006-04-14 15:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL SOCI UZ RO |
06BUCHAREST628 | ROMANIA: BASESCU DISPUTES SPECULATION ON POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) During a nationally televised interview on April 16, President Traian Basescu stated that the U.S. would not be able to launch an attack from Romanian territory without prior GOR approval. He characterized as "exaggerated" press reports that the U.S. could attack a third country from R [...] | 2006-04-17 15:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST629 | ROMANIA: DAS KRAMER, AMBASSADOR HODGES - [...] (C) Summary: DAS David Kramer and Ambassador to Moldova Heather Hodges shared views with leading Romanian interlocutors on recent developments involving Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia during a visit to Bucharest on April 3-4. Although Romanian interlocutors described growing strains in [...] | 2006-04-18 07:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RS BO UP KDEM PHUM RO |
06BUCHAREST635 | ROMANIA: F-16 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER OFFER [...] (C/NF) It is Embassy's understanding, further to discussions with senior MOD officials, that the GOR has not made up its mind regarding the procurement source of F-16 aircraft. Although President Basescu ruled out that possibility in a March conversation with the Ambassador (Ref B),it is st [...] | 2006-04-18 15:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MASS PGOV PREL RO IS |
06BUCHAREST637 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE -- BRIEFING CAPITALS ON U.S. [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel points April 18 to U.S. Kosovo Policy to MFA Director General for Expanded Europe Rasvan Rusu, a core architect of the Romanian MFA's Balkans policy. Rusu noted that Romanian President Basescu and FM Ungureanu would be traveling to Belgrade the same day, and he wo [...] | 2006-04-18 16:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV YI EU RO |
06BUCHAREST638 | ROMANIA'S RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET SHOWS INCREASING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Romania's small but growing market for renewable energy will provide new opportunities not only for U.S. exporters and investors, but for cooperation with Europe in the energy field. In conjunction with its European Union (EU) aspirations, Romania has set aggressive targets for [...] | 2006-04-18 16:29:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG SENV PREL TRGY EINV ETRD EAGR EU RO |
06BUCHAREST660 | ROMANIA: G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP [...] (C) Summary. During the recent Russian Embassy-hosted G8 Counter-terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting (Ref A),participants agreed upon the importance of dialogue and exchange with moderate Muslims but acknowledged that their Embassies had not engaged in such efforts. Several participants [...] | 2006-04-21 10:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST665 | ROMANIA: GOR ADOPTIONS OFFICE MOVES TO PREVENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 17, the Romanian Office for Adoptions (ROA) publicly announced that no inter-country adoptions would result from the government's review of the petitions by foreign families to adopt Romanian children filed before the January 1, 2005 ban on inter-country adoption took [...] | 2006-04-21 11:31:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PHUM PGOV CASC PREL SIPDIS RO |
06BUCHAREST704 | ROMANIAN REACTION TO COMBAT DEATH OF SOLDIER IN [...] (C) Summary. The Romanian government has pledged to maintain its troop presence in Iraq in the wake of its first-ever ombat death there. President Traian Basescu described the fallen soldier as among the pantheon of Romanian heroes, a sentiment widely shared by other political leaders and [...] | 2006-04-28 17:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR SOCI IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST757 | PRESIDENT BASESCU UNDERGOES SURGERY FOR HERNIATED [...] (U) Romanian President Traian Basescu underwent surgery for a herniated disc early Tuesday, May 9, at the University of Vienna Allgemeines Krakenhaus Hospital. He had been transported the evening before to the Austrian capital. A press release from the presidential palace reports that doctor [...] | 2006-05-09 11:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST761 | SENATE DEFENSE COMMITTEE GREENLIGHTS U.S. - [...] (C) George-Cristian Maior, Senate Defense Committee Chairman and a leading member of the opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD),confirmed to PolMilOff that the Defense Committee voted 8 to 1 on May 10 in favor of the U.S.-Romanian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and would send a favora [...] | 2006-05-10 14:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST762 | FORMER RULING SOCIAL DEMOCRATS TO SIGN AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. The opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) announced May 8 it would sign a protocol of parliamentary cooperation with the extreme nationalist Greater Romania Party (PRM). PSD President Mircea Geoana claimed publicly that the agreement would entail preparation of a joint no-con [...] | 2006-05-10 15:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR RO |
06BUCHAREST769 | ROMANIAN ADOPTIONS CHIEF REMAINS INFLEXIBLE, AS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 3, Consul General, and the AID Director called on Theodora Bertzi, Secretary of State of the Romanian Office for Adoptions (ROA). The purpose was to present our formal reaction to the March 29 GOR report on the files of Romanian orphans and abandoned children on whose be [...] | 2006-05-11 15:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL PGOV PHUM RO |
06BUCHAREST799 | ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ELIMINATING ISAF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-16 09:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL AF RO |
06BUCHAREST811 | AVIAN INFLUENZA - OUTBREAK IN ROMANIAN COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) Romania's National Institute for Animal Diagnosis and Health confirmed that H5N1 avian influenza (AI) has been found in Brasov County, the first confirmed case in Transylvania. Ministry officials confirmed that the virus was found in three commercial farms in the county, and warned th [...] | 2006-05-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO |
06BUCHAREST813 | ROMANIA RECEIVES CONDITIONAL GREEN LIGHT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission (EC) gave a conditional green light May 16 for Romania's accession to the EU on schedule on January 1, 2007. Although the EC did not specifically recommend a date in its monitoring report on Romania, local EU contacts and media observers note that the ove [...] | 2006-05-16 18:43:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN PHUM SOCI CASC KDEM |
06BUCHAREST814 | ROMANIA: RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC RO |
06BUCHAREST834 | AVIAN INFLUENZA EXPLODES ACROSS SEVEN ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Romania's Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed new cases of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) in three counties and is testing suspected outbreaks in four more. The cases all are clustered in central Romania, where no previous cases had occurred. Six suspected cases of human AI have tested n [...] | 2006-05-18 17:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO |
06BUCHAREST843 | AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK UNFOLDS [...] (SBU) On May 18, authorities stepped up their effort to contain the H5N1 avian influenza (AI) outbreak in southern Transylvania, restricting traffic and establishing disinfection checkpoints on the DN 1 highway. The virus has also been identified in the bird population within the city limit [...] | 2006-05-22 06:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO |
06BUCHAREST847 | AVIAN INFLUENZA SPREADS TO BUCHAREST, OTHER MAJOR [...] (SBU) The latest outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in Romania continues to spread over nearly one third of the country. A total of 34 sites in nine counties have been confirmed as H5N1 positive, with another 24 sites under suspicion pending confirmation. In Bucharest, dead domestic poultry [...] | 2006-05-22 16:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO |
06BUCHAREST869 | AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE IN BUCHAREST - CONFUSION [...] (C) Avian Influenza (AI) has been confirmed in two neighborhoods within the city limits of Bucharest, making Romania's largest city the first European capital hit by the H5N1 virus. The virus was discovered in dead chickens raised in backyards of residents living in low-income neighborhoods o [...] | 2006-05-25 15:51:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO |
06BUCHAREST877 | ROMANIA: INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 13:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS PGOV RO IZ |
06BUCHAREST878 | ROMANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 13:20:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST881 | ROMANIA PLEDGES SUPPORT ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Romania's president, foreign minister, and national security advisor agreed to support U.S. efforts to resolve Kosovo's final status when they met in Bucharest with Ambassador Frank Wisner, the Secretary's Special Representative to the Kosovo Status Talks. While noting serious con [...] | 2006-05-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL PGOV YI EU RO |
06BUCHAREST902 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR J.D. CROUCH'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Bucharest. Your participation at the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summit" is a tangible sign of USG support for Romania's aspirations to promote regional efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, dive [...] | 2006-05-31 17:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | ECON ETRD MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PHUM PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST913 | MORE AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES DISCOVERED THROUGHOUT [...] (U) Following the detection of H5N1 in three commercial poultry farms in the city of Codlea, Brasov County, the number of outbreaks identified throughout the country has grown rapidly. A total of 114 outbreaks have been confirmed in 15 counties since May 12, including outbreaks within the cit [...] | 2006-06-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CASC WHO RO |
06BUCHAREST928 | ROMANIA SUPPORTS U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) PolChief discussed reftel demarche on joining dialogue with Iran with the Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff Cornel Feruta on May 31, the FM being unavailable. Feruta promised that the GOR would issue a statement in support of the U.S. position. PolOff followed up June 1 with senior MFA offi [...] | 2006-06-02 19:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IR RO |
06BUCHAREST95 | BASESCU DISCUSSES ADOPTIONS, BLACK SEA SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary. Romanian President Traian Basescu on January 10 discussed 10 inter-country adoptions, Black-Sea Security and Russia, and US-Romanian relations with visiting Congressman Robert Wexler. Basescu asserted that he had been "mistaken" during his trip to the U.S. in March 2005 in raisi [...] | 2006-01-18 12:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CASC PHUM RO |
06BUCHAREST980 | MOLDOVAN-ROMANIAN DIFFERENCES OVER SIGNING BASIC [...] (C) Summary: In a June 5 meeting with Deputy NSA J. D. Crouch, Moldovan President Voronin sought U.S. assistance in encouraging Romania to sign a "Basic Treaty" with Moldova. The question of concluding a basic treaty between the two countries is a long-standing one that is fraught with domesti [...] | 2006-06-13 16:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RO |
06BUCHAREST981 | ROMANIAN BLACK SEA FORUM: FIRST STEPS TOWARD A [...] (C) Summary. Senior GOR officials assert that they will use the momentum initiated by the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership" summit in Bucharest as a "launching pad" for further dialogue and cooperation in the Black Sea region. Romanian interlocutors have also expressed gr [...] | 2006-06-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ECIN PINS PHSA NATO PGOV AM AJ BU |
06BUDAPEST1024 | HUNGARY: RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON EU [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and background to Erno Bohar, Director General of the MFA's Fifth Territorial District on May 15. Bohar told Poloff that the MFA does not plan to have a response until May 18. Post will report response septel. 2. (U) Visit Embassy Budapest's classified [...] | 2006-05-16 06:46:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN CE HU |
06BUDAPEST1127 | HUNGARY: FINAL RESPONSE TO EU TAMIL TIGERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 09:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN CE HU |
06BUDAPEST1161 | HUNGARY: OFFICIAL MFA STATEMENT ON USG INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 13:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IR HU |
06BUDAPEST1201 | GOH PRESENTS NEW PROGRAM: GRAND VISION, FEW [...] (U) At Parliament,s May 30 plenary session, PM-elect Ferenc Gyurcsany presented MPs and media with the new coalition program, entitled &New Hungary ) Freedom and Solidarity.8 The 85-page document is the fruit of weeks of negotiations between coalition partners MSZP and SZDSZ, and lays the gro [...] | 2006-06-08 13:34:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
06BUDAPEST1490 | HUNGARY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR 61ST UN [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Kinga Goncz will head the Hungarian delegation to the UN General Assembly (UNGA),addressing UNGA on September 25. Minister of Justice Jozsef Petretei will represent Hungary at the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development on September 14 and 15, a [...] | 2006-07-26 15:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA HU |
06BUDAPEST2105 | RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (U) Post provided reftel points to both MFA Director for International Organizations Laszlo Molnar and to the Americas Department. 2. (U) The GoH remains supportive of our position and issued a public statement in response to the North Korean announcement per our previous request. 3. [...] | 2006-10-17 14:39:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL PARM HU |
06BUDAPEST2161 | LOST IN TRANSLATION: PM GYURCSANY'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany met with the members of the U.S. delegation to the 50th anniversary commemorative events October 22. The delegation and Ambassador Foley underscored the USG's support for democratic reform and our confidence in Hungary's future per the Secretary's recent conver [...] | 2006-10-25 14:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM HU |
06BUDAPEST2236 | ON THE CONTRARY: FIDESZ OFFERS OPPOSITION WITHOUT [...] (C) Ambassador Foley's November 2 meeting with Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Zsolt Nemeth highlights the inability of FIDESZ to match its ideological zeal with a detailed policy agenda in the ongoing confrontation with the Gyurcsany government. Divide and Destroy ... 2. [...] | 2006-11-03 11:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON HU |
06BUDAPEST2267 | IMMEDIATE ACTION DEMARCHE ON AMENDING THE CUBA [...] (C) We provided reftel points to the MFA Americas Department and International Organization Department November 7, highlighting the importance of expeditious consideration in follow-up contacts with the Ministry. 2. (C) Our contacts were not aware of the Australian amendment and welcomed ne [...] | 2006-11-08 16:00:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA HU |
06BUDAPEST2322 | "NO ILLUSIONS" ON REFORM FROM FORMER PM HORN [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador Foley November 16, former PM and MSZP MP Gyula Horn wasted no time in addressing the challenge of implementing the Gyurcsany government's convergence program. He asked us facetiously "not to say reform - because everyone will think we're talking about more cutback [...] | 2006-11-16 15:08:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM HU |
06BUDAPEST2361 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE: BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (U) Ambassador Foley spoke with FM Goncz November 24 regarding the upcoming BMENA Forum for the Future per reftel. 2. (U) The Foreign Minister noted that she is committed to host an upcoming high-level conference on the Balkans in coordination with the Project on Ethnic Relations and will [...] | 2006-11-24 14:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KMPI PREL |
06BUDAPEST2383 | HUNGARY PREPARES FOR THE NATO SUMMIT: TO RIGA ... [...] (C) Summary: As the GoH prepares for the NATO Summit, we are using quiet diplomatic contacts and aggressive public outreach to help shape their preparations. GoH officials recognize that Afghanistan will be the central focus at Riga and appreciate that NATO's efforts there represent an impor [...] | 2006-11-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS HU |
06BUDAPEST2438 | HUNGARY'S REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING THE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS |
06BUDAPEST2439 | HUNGARY ON CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 11:19:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV PHUM |
06BUDAPEST2462 | MFA FULLY ENGAGED ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) MFA Assistant Secretary Varkonyi reviewed the state of play on Afghanistan, Cuba, and the Visa Waiver Program in an informal conversation with Ambassador Foley December 6. The MFA is increasingly taking on the leadership role in coordinating interagency efforts on the reconstruction and d [...] | 2006-12-11 14:18:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CVIS HU |
06BUDAPEST2500 | INSIDE LOOKING OUT: MAKING HUNGARIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian foreign policy has remained a notable exception to partisan domestic disputes to date, but new individuals and new institutions are testing the waters in the policy process. Although EU membership allows the GoH to default to the consensus position on the many issues in [...] | 2006-12-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR HU |
06BUDAPEST2505 | FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION: GOH CONSIDERS ITS NATIONAL [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador Foley December 13 before leaving on a brief trip to Afghanistan, ICDT Director Ambassador Istvan Gyarmati previewed potential changes in the GoH's foreign policy bureaucracy. A SHORT WINTER'S NAP 2. (C) Noting the tendency of the bureaucracy to "hiber [...] | 2006-12-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS HU |
06BUDAPEST543 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SOMOGY COUNTY (C-RE6-00145) [...] (U) This cable continues Embassy's pre-election coverage from the provinces in the run-up to the April contest. On a March 10 trip to Kaposvar, Somogy County, local contacts described the city's electorate as inured to partisan politics and somewhat anxious about bread-and-butter issues such [...] | 2006-03-15 06:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
06BUDAPEST569 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: MSZP MAY GAIN GROUND IN [...] (C) On March 14, SZDSZ and FIDESZ contacts in Veszprem County agreed that FIDESZ is losing its tight grip locally. Whereas in 2002, they enjoyed victories in six of the seven individual constituencies, their MSZP (Socialist) rivals may win as many as three this April, according to Veszprem's S [...] | 2006-03-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
06BUDAPEST572 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: MSZP MAY GAIN GROUND IN [...] (C) On March 14, SZDSZ and FIDESZ contacts in Veszprem County agreed that FIDESZ is losing its tight grip locally. Whereas in 2002, they enjoyed victories in six of the seven individual constituencies, their MSZP (Socialist) rivals may win as many as three this April, according to Veszprem's S [...] | 2006-03-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
06BUDAPEST573 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: MSZP MAY GAIN GROUND IN [...] (C) On March 14, SZDSZ and FIDESZ contacts in Veszprem County agreed that FIDESZ is losing its tight grip locally. Whereas in 2002, they enjoyed victories in six of the seven individual constituencies, their MSZP (Socialist) rivals may win as many as three this April, according to Veszprem's [...] | 2006-03-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
06BUDAPEST629 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: SNAPSHOTS FROM WESTERN [...] (SBU) Contacts in Gyor, Sopron, Szombathely, Csorna, and Kormend predicted to Embassy representatives in March 21-24 meetings that opposition party FIDESZ would continue to dominate western Hungary in the April general elections. A majority of interlocutors believed that FIDESZ would again w [...] | 2006-03-28 16:47:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI HU |
06BUDAPEST658 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: DISPATCH FROM PECS [...] (U) This cable continues Embassy's pre-election coverage from the provinces in the run-up to the April contest. On a March 28-29 trip to the southwestern town of Pecs, Baranya County, local contacts described the city's electorate as inured to partisan politics and somewhat anxious about brea [...] | 2006-03-31 05:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI MARR HU |
06BUDAPEST825 | HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: ROUND TWO SCENESETTER [...] (U) On Sunday, April 23, Hungary will conduct round two of its 2006 national elections. This cable reviews the electoral math and the U.S. interests involved. Following a strong performance in round one, the governing coalition parties MSZP and SZDSZ appear poised to carry the day, although [...] | 2006-04-21 12:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV HU |
06BUENOSAIRES1025 | ARGENTINA VERY UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO OAS [...] (C) POLOFF met May 5 with Minister Maria Ines Fernandez in the MFA's Office of International Organizations, to discuss reftel points. POLOFF said that Canada, the U.S., and Brazil had all contributed to the proposed OAS electoral mission for Guyana, but that the OAS was still short of the nece [...] | 2006-05-05 21:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC OAS PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1035 | THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, met May 5 with Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan at the Foreign Ministry. Also participating in the meeting were Under Secretary for Political Affairs Luis Cappagli, North American Affairs Director Vicente Espeche Gil, [...] | 2006-05-08 17:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG SENV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1037 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN LATIN AMERICA CHAVEZ US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the probable crash between the US and Iran; Latin America's regional situation after Bolivia's nationalization of hydrocarbons; Brazilian fears of a regional 'cold war;' the US "praising Argentine and Brazilian efforts to contain Bolivia;" the alleged [...] | 2006-05-08 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1038 | MEDIA REACTION US-URUGUAYAN FTA THE PRE- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with the meeting held between US President George W. Bush and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez; Argentine and Brazilian presidents' promise to respect "potentially explosive" Bolivia's nationalization of its natural gas sector; the Argentine ann [...] | 2006-05-08 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1050 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN MERCOSUR LATIN AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with Iran attempting to approach the US; China warning about triggering a war like that of Iraq; the implications of Bolivia's nationalization of the energy sector; the crisis of Mercosur; and the Latin American chair at the UN Security Council. [...] | 2006-05-09 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1059 | MEDIA REACTION BOLIVIAN AGRARIAN REFORM US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the prevailing fear in Bolivia due to the Government's planned agrarian reform; the US canceling Ollanta Humala's US visa; Brazilian President Lula's irritation with Venezuelan President Chavez's interventionism in the region; the [...] | 2006-05-10 19:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1069 | MEDIA REACTION VENEZUELAN/BRAZILIAN CLASH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the clash between Venezuela and Brazil over the Bolivian gas crisis; the implications of Bolivian nationalization of the energy sector; the aftermath of the war in Iraq; the statements made by nominee for US Ambassador to Argentina [...] | 2006-05-11 18:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1079 | ARGENTINA DEMARCHE: SYRIA-LEBANON RESOLUTION IN [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 11 to Minister Jorge Gomez and Minister Maria Raballo of the Office of International Organizations of the Argentine Foreign Ministry. PolCouns reviewed points in reftel with Gomez and Raballo and underscored the importance we place on GoA supp [...] | 2006-05-11 20:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SY LE AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1087 | MEDIA REACTION EU-LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Bolivian President Morales ruling out compensation for nationalizing foreign oil and gas subsidiaries; the EU's belief Venezuelan President Chavez is a hurdle in reaching a deal between the EU and Mercosur; and statement [...] | 2006-05-12 19:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1090 | ARGENTINA: AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ADVOCATE EXPELLED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 19:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1099 | Argentina: Disaster Management System Overview [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GOA has a number of agencies in place to deal with disaster management, many with well-trained personnel and established action plans. Of them, the GOA Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ARN) is particularly wel [...] | 2006-05-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID OFDA PREL SENV KNNP KSCA AEMR ASEC KESS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1102 | MEDIA REACTION US TROOPS TO MEXICAN BORDER EU- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include the US Pentagon drawing up plans for troops on the Mexican border; European and Latin American leaders' pledge to bolster ties in "bi- regional strategic relationship;" Argentine deputy Carlos Kunkel rejecting the statements of nominee for US ambass [...] | 2006-05-15 19:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1119 | MEDIA REACTION US SANCTION ON VENEZUELA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US imposing a ban on arms sales to Venezuela because of a lack of support by President Chavez's government for counterterrorism efforts; the USG decision to send troops to the US- Mexican border; the alleged confrontation of the US and China in I [...] | 2006-05-16 18:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1127 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC SYRIA-LEBANON [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Argentine MFA director for international organizations Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez on May 16. Gonzalez was accompanied by Minister Jorge Gomez and Minister Maria Raballo. 2. (C) Gonzalez said he had been in contact throughout the day with the G [...] | 2006-05-16 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC SY LE AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1131 | MEDIA REACTION US MILITARIZATION OF US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the US and Mexican reaction to the USG decision to send troops to the US-Mexican border; Venezuela's reaction to the US ban on arms sales to the country; and the Kirchner administration's handling of Argentine economic affairs. Le [...] | 2006-05-17 18:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1144 | MEDIA REACTION US SENATE VOTING A FENCE ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US Senate voting to construct a fence on the US-Mexican border and supporting citizenship of undocumented US immigrants; Venezuelan President Chavez and Bolivian President Morales creating a bi-national mining corporation; the legality of Bolivia [...] | 2006-05-18 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1156 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION BILL; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US President George W. Bush requesting additional funds from the US Congress for the construction of fences and temporary troop deployment on the US-Mexican border; Venezuela's scam invasion of the US, intended to train its mil [...] | 2006-05-22 16:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES117 | MINISTER DEVIDO DISCUSSES BOLIVIA AND THE GOA'S [...] (C) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon on January 12. A/S Shannon and DeVido SIPDIS discussed recent developments in Bolivia and the need to engage with the new Evo Morales government. DeVido argued that it is important to help Morales consolidate h [...] | 2006-01-17 20:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG EINV EFIN ETRD AR BO VE |
06BUENOSAIRES1176 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INTERVIEWS LIKELY WARM-UP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kirchner recently gave extensive newspaper interviews that likely presage his speech at the huge rally planned in the central square of Buenos Aires on May 25 to commemorate Revolution Day and the third anniversary of Kirchner assuming the presidency. Kirchner's interv [...] | 2006-05-24 14:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1177 | MFA OFFICIAL REAFFIRMS GOA COMMITMENT TO HAITI [...] (SBU) Argentine MFA Undersecretary for Latin American Policy Leonardo Franco told the DCM and PolCouns in a May 18 meeting that the GoA would remain actively involved in supporting Haitian democracy following the inauguration of President Rene Preval. Franco had just returned from Haiti wher [...] | 2006-05-24 14:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AR HI |
06BUENOSAIRES118 | MINISTER MICELI DISCUSSES ECONOMIC POLICY AND LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT WITH A/S SHANNON REF: 05 BUENOS AIRES 3122 Classified By: Ambassador Lino Gutierrez for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D) ------- Summary ------- [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon called on Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli during his visit to Buenos Aires on January 12. Miceli said she had worked for former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna for many years and that her presence is a continuation of what the GOA has been doing sin [...] | 2006-01-17 20:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN ENRG EINV EAGR AR BL |
06BUENOSAIRES1181 | OAS PERMREP MAISTO'S DISCUSSIONS IN ARGENTINA [...] (C) Summary: OAS Permanent Representative John Maisto met May 17 with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to brief him on the U.S. perspective of current OAS activities and the state of play for the upcoming General Assembly meeting in Santo Domingo. Ambassador Maisto also took the oppo [...] | 2006-05-24 18:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OAS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1188 | MEDIA REACTION EUROPEAN ANTI-MISSILE SHIELD; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the USG planning a European anti-missile 'shield;' US President Bush expressing public concern about 'eroded democracies' in Venezuela and Bolivia; the USG's skepticism of the Argentine projected conciliation policy; the [...] | 2006-05-24 19:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1189 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; UN AND GUANTANAMO; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover an interview with journalist Robert Fisk on the war in Iraq; the UN asking the US to close the Guantanamo prison; the US/Latin American ties in the opinion of Argentine President Nestor Kirchner; the impact of the USG decision to militarize the US/Mexi [...] | 2006-05-24 20:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES119 | MINISTER DE VIDO DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received CODEL McConnell on January 11. DeVido noted that the GOA and the U.S. Embassy had a constant dialogue and that they worked together to monitor the status of U.S. companies in Argentina. DeVido said he was optimistic about the future of the Ar [...] | 2006-01-17 21:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EINV ENRG EFIN AR BL VE |
06BUENOSAIRES1190 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE TO UNSC ALLIES ON A BURMA [...] (C) DCM and PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Argentine MFA acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli on May 24. DCM reviewed background and talking points with Cappagli and left a copy of the draft resolution for GoA review and comments. 2. (C) Cappagli, who had just re [...] | 2006-05-24 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1191 | ARGENTINA: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] (SBU) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, delivered reftel points seeking public GoA support of the Iraqi political process to Argentina MFA acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli on May 23. 2. (SBU) Cappagli concurred that the government formation process represented an "import [...] | 2006-05-24 21:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ AR |
06BUENOSAIRES120 | A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ARGENTINE DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon, accompanied by Ambassador, met with Minister of Defense Nilda Garre January 12. They discussed the current situation in Haiti and Garre's vision for the Argentine armed forces. Garre will reconfigure the armed forces for a defensive doctrine, but also continue Argen [...] | 2006-01-18 12:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1203 | EMBASSY-GOA BILATERAL SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] The DCM led the Embassy's Law Enforcement and Homeland Security Working Group's first meeting with a GoA interagency security group headed by Internal Security Secretary Luis Tibiletti on May 23. Post's Working Group included representatives from RSO, LegAtt, MilGroup, DEA, DAO, POL/INL, and [...] | 2006-05-30 14:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PGOV SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1204 | MEDIA REACTION ANTHONY WAYNE'S NOMINATION AS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include a reported delay in the US Senate's approval of Mr. Anthony Wayne's nomination as US Ambassador to Argentina; Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana's meeting with US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, and the alleged [...] | 2006-05-30 15:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1210 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; COLOMBIAN ELECTIONS; UN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include the current situation in Iraq; the outcome of Colombian elections; the imminent voting at the UN Security Council to remove five of its non-permanent members; the implications of the Enron case; the status of the US immigration draft bill; the arriv [...] | 2006-05-31 15:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1216 | MEDIA REACTION NEW US TREASURY SECRETARY IRAQ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers report on the appointment of Henry Paulson as the new US Treasury Secretary in replacement of John Snow; the mobilization of some US troops from Kuwait to Southern Iraq; Argentina and Brazil's efforts to obtain greater integration among Latin American [...] | 2006-05-31 20:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1225 | U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) I delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on June 1. I emphasized to Taiana that if Iran was prepared to suspend all enrichment and reprocessing activities and resume cooperation with the IAEA, the U.S. would become a full party to the EU-3 negotiations with Iran. I a [...] | 2006-06-01 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR |
06BUENOSAIRES1229 | MEDIA REACTION HADITHA INVESTIGATION; US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's stories include the current status of Haditha Investigation; the shift in US policy in Iran; and the opinion of Argentina's ambassador to the US on the bilateral relationship. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES "... Bush promises a punishment for the 24 civil [...] | 2006-06-02 11:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1239 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers report on the US debate on the US immigration legislation; the status of negotiations with Iran on the suspension of its enriched uranium program; the IMF delegation's visit to Argentina; and the upcoming presidential elections in Peru. 2. OPINION P [...] | 2006-06-02 14:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1243 | KIRCHNER'S ASSOCIATES ATTACK FORMER ECON MINISTER [...] (U) Other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (SBU) Summary: Following a number of recent public appearances and statements by former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna, many government officials close to President Kirchner have come out strongly [...] | 2006-06-02 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1246 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION IRAN IMF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers report on the US debate on the US immigration legislation; the status of negotiations with Iran on the suspension of its uranium enrichment program; the IMF delegation's visit to Argentina; and the upcoming presidential elections in Peru. 2. OPINION [...] | 2006-06-05 11:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1251 | MEDIA REACTION WAR IN IRAQ HADITHA FTAA- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the alleged murder of Iraqi civilians in Haditha by a group of US troops; the consequences of the war in Iraq; the US/Latin American relationship; FTAA/Mercosur ties; a group of Canadian residents that were arrested for planning to blow up targets in [...] | 2006-06-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1273 | MEDIA REACTION OUTCOME OF PERUVIAN ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the implications of the Peruvian elections; the possibility of US-Uruguayan and US-Paraguayan FTAs; the US 2006 trafficking in Persons Report; and Venezuela's alleged entry into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STO [...] | 2006-06-06 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES128 | A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ARGENTINE FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 12. During the conversation, which focused on Bolivia, A/S Shannon defined key U.S. concerns about the incoming Evo Morales administration and underscored [...] | 2006-01-18 18:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1283 | MEDIA REACTION PERUVIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT ALAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of Peruvian elections; the USG proposal to Iran; the World Bank granting new loans to Argentina; Brazilian military's geopolitical concerns; and hundreds of landless farm workers invading Brazilian Congress to dema [...] | 2006-06-07 20:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1286 | CODEL SHELBY MEETINGS WITH VP SCIOLI AND FM TAIANA [...] (U) Summary: Senators Richard Shelby and Paul Sarbanes visited Argentina April 22-24. The Senators' visit was focused on examining GoA cooperation on combating money laundering and terrorism financing but also touched on regional issues and the Argentine economic recovery. The Senators hel [...] | 2006-06-07 20:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1288 | MEETING READOUT WITH GOA ON TIG INSURANCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (U) The DCM and Econoff (notetaker) met with Secretary of Economy for Legal and Administrative Affairs Estela Palomeque, and Advisors to the Secretary Carlos Arganaraz and Beatriz Pallares on June 7 to di [...] | 2006-06-07 20:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1297 | MEDIA REACTION US ANTI-CRIME TECHNOLOGY IRAQ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the US new anti-crime "technological arsenal;" the war in Iraq; the current status of the US-Venezuelan relationship; and post-election Ollanta Humala's statements. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US prepares anti-cri [...] | 2006-06-08 19:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES13 | MEDIA REACTION US ANTI-IMMIGRATION LAW THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include: the controversy unleashed by US anti-illegal immigration legislation; the Bush administration's legacy; negotiations related to global farm subsidies; Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' first trip abroad; the Kirchner administratio [...] | 2006-01-04 14:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1309 | ARGENTINA: 2007 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN STARTS EARLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Minister of the Economy Roberto Lavagna's recent steps towards a likely presidential run has opened the 2007 presidential campaign early, with President Nestor Kirchner finally admitting that either he or his wife will be the "official" candidate and center-right Republic [...] | 2006-06-09 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1323 | MEDIA REACTION ZARQAWI'S DEATH; IRAN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the implications of Al- Zarqawi's death; the chances for a diplomatic solution on Iran; the ties between the Chilean and Bolivian administrations; "what to do" with the Chavez administration; and the Darfur genocide. Leading "Clarin" carries an e [...] | 2006-06-12 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1340 | MEDIA REACTION AL ZARQAWI'S DEATH US-CUBAN TIES FARM [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the implications of Al Zarqawi's death; an escalation in the US-Cuban confrontation; agricultural liberalization as the main demand of developing countries; the progress made by the International Criminal Court; internati [...] | 2006-06-13 20:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1349 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH TO IRAQ; ISLAMIC ACTIVITIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US President Bush's trip to Baghdad; and the US House of Representatives passing a resolution calling on the Latin American countries to 'intensify their efforts' against Islamic groups. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORI [...] | 2006-06-15 11:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1362 | 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The following report outlines new and ongoing investment disputes between the GOA and US investors, updating Post,s 2004 Investment Disputes Report (reftel C) and its 2005 update (reftel B). Post is aware of 21 disputes involving 19 claimants against the GOA, of which 12 are active. Since [...] | 2006-06-16 14:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV KIDE PREL OPIC AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1364 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ IMF-ARGENTINA MIDDLE EAST FTAA-MERCOSUR [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the US Senate allegedly limiting US President Bush's war power in Iraq; the report of external auditors on the IMF performance in handling the 2001 Argentine crisis and the Independent Evaluation Office's review; the situ [...] | 2006-06-16 19:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1388 | MEDIA REACTION US-NORTH KOREA; FUTURE US AMBASSADOR TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend newspapers cover the escalation of tension between the US and North Korea; the future US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne; the resignation of DEPSEC Robert Zoellick; Bolivian President Morales' alleged willingness to sign an FTA with the US; Chacho Alvare [...] | 2006-06-22 19:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1389 | MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA; US-LATIN AMERICA; GUANTANAMO; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers lead with the current tension between the US and North Korea; the US concern over Latin American democracy; the EU pressuring US President Bush over the closure of Guantanamo prison; US President Bush leading world trade negotiations; the nature of Latin Amer [...] | 2006-06-22 19:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1391 | MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE EU; US ANTI-MISSILE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US President Bush's trip to the EU; the US activating its anti-missile defense system in an escalation of tension with North Korea; a report from the US Energy Information Administration stating that Brazil, Colombia and Argenti [...] | 2006-06-22 19:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES140 | ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) President Kirchner met with Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales on January 17 in Buenos Aires. The Morales visit to Argentina followed a series of meetings that he had conducted with leaders in Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, France, Spain, South Africa and China. Morales stated in a brief pre [...] | 2006-01-19 17:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG AR BL |
06BUENOSAIRES141 | REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY [...] (C) Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan phoned the Ambassador on January 18 to follow up on the Ambassador's January 12 demarche on reporting Iran to the Security Council (Reftel B). Garcia Moritan told the Ambassador the GOA would support both the call for an emergency [...] | 2006-01-19 17:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AR AORC |
06BUENOSAIRES1414 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA; KIRCHNER IN SPAIN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include North Korea warning Washington about a possible military confrontation between the two countries; the alleged US campaign to avoid Venezuela's entry into the UN Security Council; the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee's resumptio [...] | 2006-06-23 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1433 | IRAQ; ALLEGED US ESPIONAGE; HUMAN RIGHTS; EVO MORALES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the alleged preparation for US troop withdrawal from Iraq; former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's statement that US President Bush will ask for his help in fighting the insurgency in Iraq; a new espionage scandal in the US; the rela [...] | 2006-06-26 17:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1434 | The Argentine/Uruguay Pulp Mill Imbroglio: [...] Sensitive but Unclassified, Not for Internet Distribution 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina's strong stand against the construction of two pulp mills on the Uruguayan side of a river that borders an Argentine eco-tourism area, has given environmental activists an opening to press for increased e [...] | 2006-06-26 17:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PGOV ECON PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1441 | THE US AND THE MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO DOHA ROUND; MIDDLE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the main points of the US-Mexican bilateral agenda vis-`-vis upcoming Mexican presidential elections; the main issues that need to be tackled in the upcoming WTO Doha Round; the impact of the Israeli soldier's kidnapping [...] | 2006-06-27 17:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1454 | ALLEGED US BANKING ESPIONAGE; MIDDLE EAST; COLOMBIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include allegations of USG banking espionage; the situation in the Middle East; the implications of Colombian President Uribe's re-election; the summit to be held between Argentine President Nestor Kirchner and Bolivian President Evo Morale [...] | 2006-06-28 20:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES146 | STAFFDEL MACKEY PUSHES AMIA BOMBING CASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 14. ------- Summary ------- 3. (SBU) House Committee on International Relations (HIRC) Senior Counsel John Mackey and HIRC Democratic Deputy Chief [...] | 2006-01-19 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1460 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL CORNYN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on July 3. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, 2005 President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term l [...] | 2006-06-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES1462 | ARGENTINA: THE K-STYLE OF POLITICS [...] (C) This cable is designed to examine President Nestor Kirchner's unique operating and decision-making style that has become known as the "K-Style." Given Kirchner's control over all aspects of GOA policymaking, knowledge of Kirchner's motivations and methods in arriving at decisions is essential t [...] | 2006-06-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1465 | USG-THE NEW YORK TIMES; MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the confrontation between the USG and The New York Times newspaper over the newspaper's disclosure of the USG's alleged banking espionage; US supporting the Israeli offensive against the Palestinian territories aimed at rescuing an [...] | 2006-06-29 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES147 | STAFFDEL MACKEY EXAMINES ARGENTINE NARCOTICS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) House Committee on International Relations (HIRC) Senior Counsel John Mackey and HIRC Democratic Deputy Chief Counsel Paul Oostburg Sanz traveled to Argentina January 10-13 [...] | 2006-01-19 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1476 | US SUPREME COURT RULING ON GUANTANAMO; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US Supreme Court declaring that military tribunals created after the September 11 attacks violated the Geneva Convention; US Congressional ratification of the Peru FTA; and the US Senate's alleged confirmation of Earl Anthony Wayne as Ambassador t [...] | 2006-06-30 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1487 | RULING ON GUANTANAMO; MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO; KIRCHNER TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the US media reaction to the US Supreme Court's ruling on Guantanamo; the implications of the Mexican election; Argentine President Kirchner's trip to Venezuela; the US-Peruvian FTA; US-Indian ties; alleged USG surveillance of banks in [...] | 2006-07-03 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1510 | FM TAIANA INSTRUCTS UN MISSION TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to Argentine Acting Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan the morning of July 6. (Note: Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana is currently in India.) The Ambassador underscored the gravity of the decision by the DPRK to go forward with the missile launche [...] | 2006-07-06 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM UNSC KN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1515 | NORTH KOREA; THE CARACAS SUMMIT; VENEZUELA'S ENTRY INTO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local media report on Argentine President Nestor Kirchner's address to the Venezuelan National Assembly, in which he strengthened his alliance with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and added that Venezuela "is a full democracy fighting for justice." Papers speculate on [...] | 2006-07-07 12:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1516 | INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ; VENEZUELA'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major papers cover extensively the Fourth of July reception held in the Ambassador's residence in Buenos Aires. Liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald" carries an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutierrez who underscores that "US-Argentina ties are stronger regard [...] | 2006-07-07 12:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1533 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE TO REQUEST CO-SPONSORSHIP OF [...] (C) Per Refs A and B, Ambassador spoke on July 8 with Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan to urge the GoA to co-sponsor the Japanese UNSC resolution on the DPRK missile launches. The conversation was a follow-up to the Ambassador's July 6 demarche to Garcia Moritan on the DPRK res [...] | 2006-07-10 19:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1535 | INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES LINO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Daily-of-record "La Nacion" and leading "Clarin" conducted an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutirrez. Those interviews were reported, thus far, by liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald," wire service agencies Agence France Presse and TELAM, populist "Cronica," [...] | 2006-07-10 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES154 | ARGENTINA: LABOR SECRETARY CHAO MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11, U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine Chao paid a courtesy call on Argentine Labor Minister Carlos Tomada. Secretary Chao took the opportunity to speak about the benefits of free trade, noting that free trade was the best way for Argentina to achieve the goals of continued [...] | 2006-01-20 14:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES1545 | ARGENTINA: STATE OF PLAY OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) PolCouns delivered Reftel A points to Minister Manuel Fernandez Salorio of Argentine MFA International Organizations office on July 11. Fernandez Salorio expressed hope that Chinese diplomatic effort would succeed but reemphasized that Argentina would vote in favor of the UNSC resolution [...] | 2006-07-11 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR UNSC KN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1548 | MUMBAI BLITZ; GUANTANAMO 07/12/06;BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the bomb blitz in Mumbai killing more than 160 in India's worst terrorist attack since 1993; and the USG's alleged announcement that the Geneva Convention will apply to the Guantanamo prison. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES [...] | 2006-07-12 18:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES155 | MEDIA REACTION BRASILIA SUMMIT STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Bin Laden's warning that he is preparing new attacks in the US; French President Chirac's warning that nuclear weapons could be used as a response to a state terrorist attack; French Defense Minister offering Argentina five sup [...] | 2006-01-20 16:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1566 | ARGENTINA'S "SO-SO" MERCOSUR PRESIDENCY COMING TO [...] (C) Summary: As Argentina's pro temp Mercosur presidency comes to an end, it can claim success in its top priority, bringing Venezuela into the Mercosur fold, but it failed to make much progress on any other fronts. An MFA official characterized the Argentine presidency as "so-so." Argentina [...] | 2006-07-14 20:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PINR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES158 | MEDIA REACTION US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include: Michele Bachelet winning Chilean presidential elections and considering relations with Argentina "strategic" for Chile; US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's joint statement to put mutual pressure on Iran [...] | 2006-01-20 20:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1584 | MIDDLE EAST; THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the escalation of the Middle East violence; disagreement at the UN Security Council regarding a call for ceasefire; UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea; the status of Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne's confirmation as US Ambassador to Argen [...] | 2006-07-17 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1586 | US PRESIDENT BUSH ON ISRAELI OFFENSIVE AGAINST LEBANON; USG [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US President George W. Bush supporting Israeli offensive against Lebanon after the Hezbollah militia captured two Israeli soldiers on Wednesday; the USG accusing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of promoting terrorism; and Ambassador Wayne's confirmed [...] | 2006-07-18 10:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1587 | JAPAN DRAFT RESOLUTION AGAINST NORTH KOREA; MIDDLE EAST; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Japan asking for Argentina's support in a draft resolution it submitted to the UN, which requests sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests; the US blames Syria and Iran for the escalation of violence in the Middle East; for [...] | 2006-07-18 13:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES159 | MEDIA REACTION A/S SHANNON STATEMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include A/S Shannon's statements on populist governments; the Human Rights Watch annual report; the Brazilian and Argentine presidents' pledge to discuss issues raised by Uruguay and Paraguay; and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazq [...] | 2006-01-20 20:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1593 | MIDDLE EAST; TRIPLE BORDER; WTO DOHA ROUND; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the war in the Middle East; the US Senate's attempt to pass a resolution intended to create an antiterrorist task force on the Triple Border between Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil; and the US-Argentine deal to fight money launderi [...] | 2006-07-18 20:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1594 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER AT THREE YEARS [...] (C) Coming to power after one of the worst economic, political and social crises in Argentina's history, President Nestor Kirchner has had a successful first three years in office. He is seen as a strong and decisive leader and is credited with restoring governability to the executive branch and pr [...] | 2006-07-18 21:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1599 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON THE ADOPTION OF A CHAPTER [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Ministry Chief of Cabinet Ambassador Augustin Colombo Sierra and Acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Ambassador Luis Cappagli on July 18. Cappagli is the P equivalent in the Foreign Ministry. Foreign Minister Jorge [...] | 2006-07-19 15:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES161 | PRESIDENT KIRCHNER SUPPORTS URUGUAY'S RIGHT TO [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) President Nestor Kirchner made a statement to the press on January 19 during his state visit to Brasilia that he would not oppose Uruguay's negotiation of a free trade agreement with the U.S. "If Argent [...] | 2006-01-20 20:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PREL AR BL VE CI |
06BUENOSAIRES1610 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INSIDER ON GOA POLICY IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 5, the DCM paid a farewell call on Secretary General of the Presidency (President Nestor SIPDIS Kirchner's chief of staff) Oscar Parrilli that included a frank discussion on GOA policy in the region. Attempting to clarify Kirchner's recent comments about the U.S. [...] | 2006-07-20 14:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1617 | MIDDLE EAST; FIDEL CASTRO; MERCOSUR AND VENEZUELA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the war in the Middle East; Fidel Castro's probable visit to Argentina and the Cuban political transition; and Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US agrees with Israel [...] | 2006-07-21 12:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES163 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN ALLEGED A/S SHANNON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Argentina's alignment with the US against Iran and promotion of the peaceful use of nuclear energy; the Latin American intervention in Haiti; Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' visit to Argentina and his announcement [...] | 2006-01-20 22:03:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1631 | CASTRO ATTENDS MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 30th Mercosur heads of state summit took place in Cordoba, Argentina July 20-21. The summit marked Venezuela's debut as a full member of Mercosur. However, the arrival of Cuban leader Fidel Castro has overshadowed all other aspects of the gathering. Castro, Venezuelan pre [...] | 2006-07-21 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1632 | ARGENTINA: FAREWELL CALL ON KIRCHNER INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 19, the DCM paid a farewell call on President Kirchner's closest and most influential advisor, Technical and Legal Secretary Carlos Zannini, that included a discussion on the bilateral relationship and GOA regional policy. Reviewing the U.S. bilateral objectives over [...] | 2006-07-21 21:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1643 | MIDDLE EAST; MERCOSUR AND FIDEL CASTRO; US-ARGENTINE TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the region; and the outcome and implications of the Mercosur summit in Cordoba. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US asks for more pressure against Hezbollah" [...] | 2006-07-24 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1665 | MERCOSUR SUMMIT IN CORDOBA: MORE QUESTIONS THAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MERCOSUR summit, which took place July 20-21 in Cordoba, left more questions than answers about the future of the regional organization. The impact of Venezuela joining the union, how to better treat the smaller members of the bloc, whether MERCOSUR can return to a primarily e [...] | 2006-07-26 20:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1678 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL; AL QAEDA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US support for Israel; Al Qaeda entering the confrontation; ties between Hezbollah and the Arab countries; the Russian-Venezuelan relationship; the "dangerous" implications of Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur; an alleged US-Uruguayan FTA; a [...] | 2006-07-28 17:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1679 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; ROME CONFERENCE; USJ ROLE IN LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories include the status of the war in the Middle East; the outcome of the Rome Conference; the US reconsidering its role in Latin America; the threat posed by North Korea; the upcoming encounter between US and Brazilian authorities on farm s [...] | 2006-07-28 17:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES168 | MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES PRESIDENTIAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales' inauguration ceremony and the progress of indigenous movements in Latin America; the US attitude toward Morales; the US-Argentine relationship; the possible nomination of US Assistant Secretary Earl Anthony Wayne [...] | 2006-01-23 19:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1681 | SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST; TRI-BORDER; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the Middle East; the US proposal to deepen its monitoring of the Tri-Border; the US urging Russia not to sell military equipment to Venezuela; the need for an update in Argentine legislation on terroris [...] | 2006-07-28 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1682 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza's rice to the region; the Argentine Government's position vis-`-vis the war in Lebanon and Israel; Venezuelan President Chavez's trip to Bielo-Russia and Russia; an [...] | 2006-07-28 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1705 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local newspapers report on diplomatic negotiations to find a solution to the war in the Middle East; Peruvian president-elect Alan Garcia and the US-Peru FTA; ties between Mercosur and Venezuela; and failed WTO negotiations. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US [...] | 2006-08-01 16:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1707 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; THE US ROLE; GUANTANAMO; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the war in the Middle East; the UN Human Rights Committee notifying the US that it should close all its secret centers of detention; the confirmation of Ambassador Wayne as US Ambassador to Argentina; and Argentine President Kirchner's isolationism. [...] | 2006-08-01 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1732 | K VERGUENZA: KIRCHNER-CONTROLLED CONGRESS PASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 2, the Lower House of the Argentine Congress approved a controversial bill granting the Casa Rosada permanent special powers to modify the federal budget without the approval of Congress. The bill passed the Senate three weeks earlier. Congress authorized these spec [...] | 2006-08-03 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1733 | CHARGE MEETING WITH VICE MOD VASQUEZ OCAMPO [...] (C) Summary: In an August 1 meeting with CDA Matera, Mil Group Commander, A/DATT and PolOff, Vice Minister of Defense (Vice-MOD) Vasquez Ocampo stated his satisfaction with the state of bilateral mil/mil relations, including continued cooperation, the Bilateral Working Group, training and e [...] | 2006-08-03 19:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL OAS HA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1743 | WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; CUBAN TRANSITION; AMBASSADOR WAYNE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the war in the Middle East and the need for putting an end to the escalation in violence; Fidel Castro's transferring power to his brother; and US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne, having to deal with local political lead [...] | 2006-08-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1744 | MIDDLE EAST WAR; CUBA; IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of the war in the Middle East; US foreign policy; the situation in Cuba; the danger posed by Venezuelan President Chavez to Mercosur and the world; and expectations about the Alan Garcia administration. 2. OPINIO [...] | 2006-08-04 13:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1746 | ARGENTINA AND POSSIBLE TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) Argentine Vice Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan told CDA on July 29 (ref. B) that Argentina will attend the Force Generation Meeting in New York--once scheduled--and would consider participation in a UN Lebanon force, depending on conditions on the ground. Since CDA's conversation [...] | 2006-08-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC LE AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1765 | MIDLE EAST AND A DEAL FOR A CEASE FIRE; AMBASSADOR WAYNE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers heavily cover the implications of the war in the Middle East and a US-French deal for a cease fire at the UN; a likely FTA between the US and Uruguay; current ties between the US and Latin America; the situation in Cuba; alleged support for terrorism at the T [...] | 2006-08-07 19:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1766 | USG FOREIGN POLICY ON THE MIDDLE EAST; US PRESIDENT BUSH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the USG's policy towards the Middle East; US President Bush urging Cubans to undertake democratic change on the island; the trouble met by foreign journalists in reaching Cuba; friction between the Argentine Government and the IMF; [...] | 2006-08-07 19:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1786 | MIDDLE EAST; GSP; CUBA; TRI-BORDER; 08/09/06 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 18:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1787 | GPS UNDER REVIEW; MIDDLE EAST; 08/08/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story include USTR Susan Schwab's announcement that the Bush administration will analyze whether it will limit, suspend or remove commercial advantages granted to the country under the GSP; and US President George W. Bush urging the UN t [...] | 2006-08-09 18:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1791 | STORY OF RUSSIAN ARMS SALES OVERBLOWN [...] (C) On August 9, The Washington Times ran a story regarding potential Russian arms sales to Argentina (local daily "La Nacion" ran the story last week). The source for the WT story, from which the article quotes liberally, is a standard MOD press release following Minister Garre's meetings w [...] | 2006-08-09 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MASS PREL VZ RS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1792 | CONTINUED ARGENTINE COMMITMENT TO HAITI AND [...] (C) Vice-MOD and Secretary for Military Affairs Jose Maria Vasquez Ocampo assured CDA August 4 of continued GOA support for Haiti and MINUSTAH. CDA spoke with Vasquez Ocampo following the Vice-MOD's participation that same day in the meeting of MOD and MFA representatives of the Latin Americ [...] | 2006-08-09 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC HA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1803 | ARGENTINA SUPPORTS HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON [...] (U) Summary: PolCouns and PolOff met August 10 with Federico Villegas, MFA Director for Human Rights, to deliver reftel talking points. Villegas noted that the MFA is still looking at the text of the resolution but that Argentina had supported holding the special session of the Human Rights [...] | 2006-08-10 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO UNRCR |
06BUENOSAIRES1804 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER STRATEGIST ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 9, the Charge and Poloff (notetaker) paid a courtesy call on Juan Carlos Mazzon, President Kirchner's primary political campaign strategist, that included a discussion on the 2007 elections and GOA policy. The Charge noted Argentina's impressive economic recovery in th [...] | 2006-08-10 21:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1809 | MIDDLE EAST; US CHARGE MICHAEL MATERA'S STATEMENTS IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the situation in the Middle East and the status of the US-French draft resolution; US Charge Matera's comments on Venezuela and Argentina during a seminar on US history in Buenos Aires; the status of US-Argentine ties; th [...] | 2006-08-11 19:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1825 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; TERRORISM; WAR IN THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the status of the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the failed terrorist plot to blow up a number of civilian airplanes heading for the US; the war in the Middle East; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the implications of the GSP review in Argen [...] | 2006-08-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1827 | MIDDLE EAST WAR; THE UN; US-CUBA; US NATIONAL SECURITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the situation in the Middle East, the UN's role; US-Cuba ties; US national security; the war on terrorism; the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and Colombia's influence on Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Th [...] | 2006-08-14 20:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES183 | MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES, US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers carry speculation about a second possible candidate for Ambassador to Buenos Aires; the aftermath and repercussions of Evo Morales' inauguration and the appointment of his new Cabinet, and the possible advantage of Brazil's 'war industry' as major supplier of weapon [...] | 2006-01-24 20:38:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1839 | ARGENTINA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN EXPANDED UNIFIL [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche on August 16 to Acting Undersecretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli regarding possible Argentine participation in expanded UNIFIL peacekeeping force. Cappagli listened attentively to Charge's argument for Argentine participation but stated that the dec [...] | 2006-08-16 17:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL LE AR |
06BUENOSAIRES184 | ARGENTINA: IAEA ARREARS AND IRAN VOTE [...] (U) Ambassador delivered talking points on the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors meeting and Argentina's arrears to the IAEA to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 24. As in previous discussions with Taiana on the Iranian nuclear program (reftels b and c),the Ambassador unders [...] | 2006-01-24 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AFIN AORC AR IR KNNP PREL IAEA |
06BUENOSAIRES1842 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; ARGENTINA'S DECISION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentina's decision not to send troops to the border between Israel and Lebanon, and its impact on the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the GSP review in relation to Argentina; Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay's decision to c [...] | 2006-08-17 11:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1843 | MIDDLE EAST WAR; THE UN; US-CUBA; US NATIONAL SECURITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international stories include the situation in the Middle East, the UN's role; US-Cuba ties; US national security; the war on terrorism; the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and Colombia's influence on Latin America. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Th [...] | 2006-08-17 18:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1848 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONS; ARGENTINA'S DECISION NOT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include yesterday's Assistant Secretary Shannon's digital video conference with Argentine journalists on Cuba and U.S.-Argentine relations; the U.S. denial that it was pressuring Argentina to send troops to the Israeli-Lebanese border and an assessme [...] | 2006-08-17 18:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1869 | GOA'S DECISION NOT TO SEND TROOPS TO LEBANON; FUNDING OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories examine the Argentine government's rejection of the UNSC request to send troops to Lebanon; confirmation by a Hezbollah leader that some of its funding is sourced in Argentina; and an editorial about the terrorist threat highlighted by the plot uncov [...] | 2006-08-18 20:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1871 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; ARGENTINA'S DECISION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentina's decision not to send troops to the border between Israel and Lebanon, and its impact on the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; the SGP review in relation to Argentina; Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay's decision to c [...] | 2006-08-22 12:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1873 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONS; ARGENTINA'S DECISION NOT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include yesterday's Assistant Secretary Shannon's digital video conference with Argentine journalists on Cuba and U.S.-Argentine relations; the U.S. denial that it was pressuring Argentina to send troops to the Israeli-Lebanese border and an assessme [...] | 2006-08-22 18:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES188 | MEDIA REACTION PALESTINE ELECTIONS BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include White House expectations regarding Palestinian elections; speculation about the next US ambassador to Buenos Aires; the continued back and forth on alleged US- Uruguayan free trade discussions; the benefits of free trade agreem [...] | 2006-01-25 19:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1886 | MIDDLE EAST: IRAN; HEZBOLLAH F}"/fqEcQ funding; security coordination [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 16:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1888 | ARGENTINA TO EXPAND NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR, RESTART [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina plans an expansion of its nuclear energy infrastructure, including a return of its uranium enrichment program, according to MFA Director General for International Security Issues Ambassador Elsa Kelly. Planning Minister Julio De Vido is expected to lay out the plans d [...] | 2006-08-23 19:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES19 | MEDIA REACTION US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories focus on the Bush administration terming the US-Argentine bilateral relationship 'positive,' as opposed to 'excellent' only three months ago; the alleged anti-US feeling in Latin America; Argentina canceling its 9.5 billion- dollar debt to [...] | 2006-01-04 17:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1901 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER POWER GRAB PUSHING OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The century-old Radical Civic Union (UCR) party is facing serious divisions in the run-up to its national convention to be held in Rosario August 25-26 between those who want to accept President Kirchner's call to join his "concertacion" and those who want to remain an oppositi [...] | 2006-08-24 18:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1906 | ARGENTINA CONFIRMS PLANS TO EXPAND NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) President Nestor Kirchner presided over a ceremony August 23 at which Planning Minister Julio De Vido announced that Argentina was going to expand its nuclear power program and reactivate a dormant ura [...] | 2006-08-24 20:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1910 | IRAN; CUBA; ARGENTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM; US-URUGUAYAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the USG rejection of the Iranian government's proposal to resume multilateral nuclear talks without suspending its nuclear program; US Assistant Secretary for Latin American Affairs Thomas Shannon's statements about Cuba's transit [...] | 2006-08-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1912 | THE LEADING CENTER-LEFT OPPOSITION LEADER ON [...] (C) On August 24, ADCM and Poloff (notetaker) met with center-left opposition leader Elisa Carrio, who gave her view of the current political situation in Argentina. Elisa Carrio began the discussion with her analysis of President Kirchner's foreign policy, which she argued was marked by a c [...] | 2006-08-25 18:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1929 | WAR IN LEBANON; WAR ON TERRORISM; ARGENTINE NUCLEAR PLANS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the implications of the war in Lebanon; the ongoing war on terrorism; USG's support for Argentina's nuclear program; and USTR Susan Schwab's statement that the US does not believe it should revive global commercial talks through a [...] | 2006-08-25 20:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1930 | ARGENTINA: U.S. CITIZENS' LAND THREATENED WITH [...] (SBU) Two recent cases of threatened land expropriation directed against two U.S. citizens have garnered local media attention, but it does not appear that the seizure of properties will move ahead in the near term. The most serious case involves the land of Douglas Tompkins, whose property [...] | 2006-08-25 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1966 | MFA OFFICIAL ON VENEZUELAN UNSC CANDIDACY AND GOA [...] (C) Charge, accompanied by PolCouns, paid a courtesy call August 29 on the new Director General of the MFA Office of International Organizations, Ambassador Raul Ricardes. In the course of the conversation, Ricardes (please protect) opined that it would be very difficult for either Venezuela [...] | 2006-08-31 14:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC AR VZ |
06BUENOSAIRES1969 | FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA; U.S. SUPPORT OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local dailies lead with the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina; Hurricane Ernesto; the US Government's amicus curiae filing supporting Argentina's claim against two venture capital funds seeking to opt out of the terms under the GOA's debt swap deal; and Argenti [...] | 2006-08-31 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1970 | US OPTIONS IN IRAN; CHAVEZ IN SYRIA; BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the USG's options in Iran; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' visit to Syria; the situation in Bolivia; and the UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Bush's three options" Hugo Alconada Mo [...] | 2006-08-31 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1977 | ARGENTINA: RALLY CALLING FOR GREATER PUBLIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anti-crime advocate Carlos Blumberg filled the symbolically important Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires last night in a peaceful demonstration calling on the Kirchner government to provide increased public security. Event organizers succeeded in attracting a large crowd, despite e [...] | 2006-09-01 17:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1978 | ARGENTINA: OPPOSITION UCR PARTY CONVENTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although the August 25-26 national convention of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) confirmed that the UCR would remain an opposition party, it also demonstrated the UCR's weakened state because the most significant party leaders failed to attend. Calls by UCR Congressman Federico [...] | 2006-09-01 17:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1983 | US PRESIDENT BUSH'S POPULARITY RATING; WAR IN LEBANON; IRAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President George W. Bush's popularity rating; the status of the war in Lebanon; the nuclear threat posed by Iran; the role the UN should play in international conflicts; the US policy on Cuba; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the US-Asean [...] | 2006-09-01 19:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES1984 | TRAVEL NOTE: ARGENTINA'S UNDERDEVELOPED NORTHWEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met with leading political, economic and academic leaders August 14-19 in the politically and economically underdeveloped provinces of Catamarca and La Rioja. Poloff's meetings in Catamarca August 14-15 highlighted the province's economic potential, particularly in mini [...] | 2006-09-01 23:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES1994 | SEPTEMBER 11 ANNIVERSARY; IRAN; US ECONOMY; US-URUGUAYAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the USG's alleged use of the war in Iraq for upcoming US legislative elections; the positions of the US, EU and Russia vis-`-vis the imminent sanctions on Iran; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the condition of t [...] | 2006-09-06 10:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES20 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on January 10-12. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term [...] | 2006-01-04 18:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES2001 | US-IRAN; VISIT OF CARLOS VALDERRAMA, EXPERT ON INVESTMENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad disregarding UN ultimatum and maintaining he will further his nuclear plans; US President Bush's reaction to Iran's challenging response; and Argentine First Lady Cristina Kirchner's praising [...] | 2006-09-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2033 | THE US AND IRAN; THE US VOTE ON AN IDB LOAN FOR ARGENTINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President Bush's statements about Iran; the US allegedly opposing the approval of an IDB loan for Argentina; the World Bank's 2007 Doing Business Report on Argentina; Mexican President-elect Felipe Calderon; US Democrats' statement tha [...] | 2006-09-07 20:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2037 | PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...] | 2006-09-08 10:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2040 | PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...] | 2006-09-08 14:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2060 | FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; ARGENTINE PUBLIC SERVICE RATES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks and their connection to the invasion of Iraq and the current situation in Iran; the disapproval of European leaders vis-`-vis US President Bush's acknowledgement of CIA secret pr [...] | 2006-09-11 10:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2070 | FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; GSP REVIEW; ARGENTINE PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend local papers' special supplements cover the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Other international stories include the impact of the GSP review on Argentina; Argentine President Kirchner's upcoming trip to New York; the situation in Bolivia and its impac [...] | 2006-09-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2073 | FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; LATIN AMERICAN ISSUES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story is US President George W. Bush's speech on the fifth anniversary of 9/11. Other international stories include Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez's attempt to gather support from his Mercosur counterparts for his negotiations to rea [...] | 2006-09-12 17:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2091 | ATTACK ON US EMBASSY IN SYRIA; THE US AND THE WAR IN IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local newspapers report on the criminal attack on the US Embassy in Damascus. Other international stories include Democrats' assertions that US President Bush used a day of mourning to defend the war in Iraq; Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's negotiations i [...] | 2006-09-13 20:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2100 | FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11; NON ALIGNED COUNTRIES' [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the world's view of the USG on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks; the upcoming Non Aligned Countries' summit; the allegedly increasing disagreement between the US and the EU vis-`-vis the Iranian case; and [...] | 2006-09-15 11:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES211 | MEDIA REACTION VISIT OF US DEFENSE DEPUTY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the visit of US Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Pardo-Maurer to Buenos Aires; the sweeping victory of the Islamic militant group Hamas in Palestinian parliamentary polls; and Latin America's [...] | 2006-01-27 20:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2117 | US GENERAL CRADDOCK'S STATEMENTS AT TENTH CONFERENCE OF THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US General John Craddock's statements at the Tenth Conference of the Americas; the US Senate Armed Services Committee passing a bill aimed at protecting the rights of foreign terrorism suspects; and the US Lower House pas [...] | 2006-09-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES212 | MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES-U.S.-ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key stories today focus on the strong U.S. interest in Bolivia and President Kirchner's alleged decision to play a regional role in moderating Evo Morales; election outcomes for Hamas and implications for the Middle East peace process, and the World Social Forum organized [...] | 2006-01-27 20:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2120 | KIRCHNER PROMOTES INVESTMENT IN ARGENTINA DURING [...] (SBU) President Kirchner travels to New York for the UNGA with the stated objective of enticing U.S. companies to invest in Argentina, even as local press plays up the chilly bilateral relationship. Kirchner has a limited official schedule -) including meetings with UNSG Kofi Annan and Italia [...] | 2006-09-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2122 | ARGENTINA: TOP POLITICAL LEADERS FROM KEY PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 13, Charge and Poloff met with leading Peronist from Santa Fe province, Senator Carlos Reutemann, and Poloff met separately with leading candidate for Governor of Santa Fe, Socialist Hermes Binner. Reutemann said that Kirchner will continue to succeed politically a [...] | 2006-09-18 20:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2123 | ARGENTINA: CLOSE KIRCHNER ASSOCIATE ON U.S. AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 11, Charge and Poloffs (notetakers) met with Congressman and longtime Kirchner associate Carlos Kunkel that included a wide-ranging discussion on bilateral relations, Venezuela and Argentine politics. Kunkel noted that the GOA has many points of cooperation w [...] | 2006-09-18 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2129 | NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT; THE USG AND THE GWOT; [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-19 16:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2136 | IRAN; MICELI/PAULSON MEETING; REGIONAL FORUM ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major local dailies cover extensively the Regional Forum on International Security and Organized Crime, held yesterday at the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. They also report statements from Theo Van Lingen, Policy Advisor for the Western Hemisphere, US Treasury. Daily-of-reco [...] | 2006-09-19 18:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2149 | IRAN; IMF ANNUAL MEETING; US-BOLIVIAN TIES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the exchange of accusations between the US and Iran at the UN General Assembly; the IMF Annual Meeting; Bolivian President Evo Morales rejecting a US report on the outcome of the struggle against drug trafficking; Morales' ackno [...] | 2006-09-20 18:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2165 | MEETING BETWEEN ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON AND ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major papers report on the meeting between Assistant Secretary Shannon and Argentine Government officials. Leading SIPDIS "Clarin" highlights that "the US Department of State is following with much interest the Argentine Government's initiative aimed at convincin [...] | 2006-09-22 12:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2169 | PRESIDENT KIRCHNER'S TRIP TO NEW YORK AND MEETING WITH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major papers "Clarin" and "La Nacion" reported on President Nestor Kirchner's trip to New York and his meeting with US Ambassador to Argentina, Tony Wayne, and US Assistant Secretary for Western Hemispheric Affairs Thomas Shannon. Daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries [...] | 2006-09-22 19:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2183 | IRAQ; CIA SECRET PRISONS; US-VENEZUELA; PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers report on a confidential intelligence report about the impact of the US global war on terrorism; the CIA secret prisons; a diplomatic incident between the US and Venezuela; President Nestor Kirchner's trip to the US and its impact on the US-Argentine bilatera [...] | 2006-09-26 17:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2196 | VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY; ARGENTINE ANTI-TERRORIST [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US reproach Argentina for its support for Venezuela's candidacy for a seat at the UN Security Council; former Argentine Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna supporting Uruguay as a "natural candidate" to replace Argentina at the UN Se [...] | 2006-09-26 19:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2199 | OTA FIT: FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES (FIT) [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED -- PARAGRAPH 5. 2. (SBU) AS PART OF A USG/GOVERNMENT OF CHILE BILATERAL INITIATIVE, THE U.S. TREASURY OFFICE OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (OTA) IS OFFERING A ONE-WEEK FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS TECHNIQUES (FIT) COURSE IN SANTIAGO, CHILE, OCTOBER 23 ) OCTOBER 27. IN ORDER TO M [...] | 2006-09-26 19:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL KTFN AR BL PE |
06BUENOSAIRES22 | ARGENTINA PAYS OFF ITS IMF DEBT [...] President Nestor Kirchner announced on December 15 that the GOA would pay its remaining debt totalling nearly USD 10 billion to the International Monetary Fund shortly after the new year (reftel). Economy Minister Felisa Miceli and Central Bank President Martin Redrado announced on January 3 [...] | 2006-01-04 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON PREL EINV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2200 | ARGENTINA: RESPONSE TO CUBA AT UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-26 21:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2214 | ARGENTINA: MEETING WITH OPPOSITION RADICAL CIVIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 22, Charge, PolCouns, and Poloffs met with opposition Radical Civic Union (UCR) party leaders to discuss the state of the party and the Argentine multi-party system. They explained that while they are concerned for the health of their party as Kirchner tries to re [...] | 2006-09-28 21:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2215 | LEADING CENTER-RIGHT ARGENTINE OPPOSITION LEADER MAURICIO MACRI ON KIRCHNER AND THE 2007 ELECTIONS REF: BUENOS AIRES 01901 Classified By: CDA, a.i., Michael Matera, Reasons 1.4(b) and (d) [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 26, Charge and Poloff met with leading center-right political leader Mauricio Macri and longtime Macri associate and local businessman, Nicolas Caputo. Macri voiced his criticisms of President Nestor Kirchner's policies and spoke at length about next year's national [...] | 2006-09-28 21:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2229 | A HISTORIAN'S VIEW OF KIRCHNER AND ARGENTINE [...] (C) Leading Argentine historian Jose Ignacio Garcia Hamilton sees President Kirchner as largely reflecting the opinions of the majority of the Argentine people. For Garcia Hamilton, there are two great traditions that make up Argentine political culture: the republican democracy tradition be [...] | 2006-09-29 20:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2237 | ARGENTINA: ACCUSED TORTURER AND FORMER POLICE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Former police official and accused torturer Miguel Osvaldo Etchecolatz was convicted on September 19, 2006 for the disappearance of six people during the Argentine military dictatorship. The ruling was significant as the first major conviction since two amnesty laws were overtur [...] | 2006-10-02 17:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2242 | A/S SHANNON STATEMENTS ON THE US-Argentina BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's statements on the US-Argentina bilateral relationship; Venezuela's candidacy for a seat at the UN Security Council; Argentina's vote in favor of Venezuela's candidacy; a Watergate reporter's [...] | 2006-10-03 11:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2248 | A/S THOMAS SHANNON STATEMENTS ON LATIN AMERICAN DEMOCRATIC [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include A/S Thomas Shannon's statements on Latin American "democratic" and "authoritarian" leaders; the outcome of Brazilian elections; commercial talks between the US and Uruguay; and Paraguay removing immunity from US troops and contracto [...] | 2006-10-04 13:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2264 | AUSTR EVERETT EISSENSTAT IN BUENOS AIRES; US/MEXICAN BORDER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include yesterday's press round table with AUSTR Everett Eissenstat in the US Embassy in Buenos Aires. Business-financial "El Cronista" front-pages "US message - 'Game rules should be honored to improve the business climate.'" Other inter [...] | 2006-10-06 19:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2274 | NORTH KOREA AND THE US; MIAMI HERALD EDITOR; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include North Korea's announcement that it will test its nuclear technology for military purposes and the USG's reaction to this announcement; the resignation of The Miami Herald editor due to Cuban Americans' pressure; a Latino-Coalition s [...] | 2006-10-06 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES228 | ARGENTINA: FINAL NEGOTIATIONS ON STRATEGIC [...] (U) ESTHOFF delivered demarche points in reftel to Argentine MFA Environmental Counselor Miguel Hildmann, and, in a separate meeting, to Ministry of Health (MOH)Secretariat of the Environment officials Pablo Issaly and Lorenzo Videla on January 27, 2006. Both Hildmann and Issaly attended the [...] | 2006-01-30 21:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ECON ETRD PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2280 | ARGENTINE STATEMENT ON NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] The Argentine Foreign Ministry released the following statement regarding the North Korean nuclear test on October 9, 2006. 2. Begin text: The Argentine Government condemns the underground nuclear test conducted today by the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK),which poses a thre [...] | 2006-10-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN PARM KNNP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2281 | RICE IN IRAQ; US-BOLIVIAN TIES; AZNAR'S STATEMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US Secretary Rice's trip to Iraq; Bolivian President Evo Morales' put on a secret list to prevent his entry into the US by plane; former Spanish President Aznar's statements that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez poses a t [...] | 2006-10-10 14:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2286 | NORTH KOREA; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; US TROOP IMMUNITY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover world reaction to North Korea's first nuclear test, underscoring that every country termed it an act of provocation, and that superpowers have asked for sanctions that could include a military action against Pyongyang. According to some local dailies, U [...] | 2006-10-11 15:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2293 | NORTH KOREA; ALAN GARCIA IN THE US; 10/11/06;BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local dailies report on the world's reaction to North Korea's nuclear challenge. 2. OPINION PIECES - "New North Korean challenge" Daily-of-record "La Nacion" reports (10/11) "One day after the North Korean nuclear test, which shocked the world, a North Korea [...] | 2006-10-12 11:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES23 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on January 10-12. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term [...] | 2006-01-04 21:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES2300 | ARGENTINA: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-12 18:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL UNSC KNNP KNEP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2329 | NORTH KOREA; VENEZUELA'S CANDIDACY TO THE UN SECURITY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover China's sanctions on Pyongyang; Venezuela's efforts to win a seat at the UN Security Council; and alleged racism of Bolivian President Morales' opponents; and the UK and Spain's success in solving a long history of diplomatic differences through dialogu [...] | 2006-10-17 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2341 | VENEZUELA'S CANDIDACY TO A UN SECURITY COUNCIL SEAT; GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Venezuela's bid to the UN Security Council; and US President George W. Bush signing "controversial" legislation related to the US Global War on Terrorism. Business-financial, center-right "INFOBAE" published a full-page inter [...] | 2006-10-18 20:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2385 | ARGENTINA: OPPOSITION EFFORTS TO FORM A COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6 Charge and Poloff met with former President and former Senator Federico Ramon Puerta, who wanted to discuss his concerns over the status of democracy in Argentina. Puerta expressed grave concern over the likelihood of fraud in the October 29 Constitutional Conventio [...] | 2006-10-20 19:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2388 | WAR IN IRAQ & ITS IMPACT ON NOVEMBER 7 LEGISLATIVE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers carry opinion pieces on the war in Iraq and on the finding of human remains at Ground Zero and their probable impact on the November 7 legislative elections; the Nicaraguan upcoming elections; US Senator Lugar's report on Non proliferation; Venezuelan Preside [...] | 2006-10-24 09:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2389 | US PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS ON IRAQ; GLOBAL WAR ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include US President George W. Bush's statement about a possible parallel between the rise in violence in Iraq and the 1968 Communist Tet offensive; an Argentine-Bolivian gas deal worth 17 billion dollars; the role to be played by the 'Coalit [...] | 2006-10-24 09:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2390 | VENEZUELA'S CANDICACY TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL; US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the standstill in the vote to determine who will succeed Argentina at the UN Security Council; the implications of the new US National Space Policy; the international community vis-`-vis North Korean nuclear tests; and th [...] | 2006-10-24 09:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2412 | ARGENTINA ON FRANCO-AMERICAN PROPOSAL TO REMOVE [...] (C) On October 24, Poloff delivered ref. A talking points and background paper to Minister Juan Ignacio Tobella of the Office of Terrorism and Other Related Crimes at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tobella stated that he would pass the proposal to, and coordinate a response with, his colleag [...] | 2006-10-25 21:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2413 | ARGENTINA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON UN INDIGENOUS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff, in conjunction with New Zealand First Secretary Mark Gibb, and Australian Third Secretary Lou-Ellen Martin delivered ref. A talking points and background paper to Monica Pinto, MFA Advisor on Human Rights and asked if the GOA intended to change its position on the de [...] | 2006-10-25 21:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2423 | AMIA BOMBING - REQUEST FOR AN INTERNATIONAL ARREST ORDER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local papers widely report on the AMIA bombing prosecutor's request that an international arrest order be issued against former Iranian president Ali-Akbar Hashem Rafsanjani and seven other former Iranian government officials. The U.S.'s strong support for the investig [...] | 2006-10-27 09:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2435 | US FENCE BILL; THE AMIA CASE; AMBASSADOR EARL ANTHONY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 18:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2437 | UPDATE ON AMIA INDICTMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Local press coverage of the October 25 release of the AMIA Prosecutors' report remains relatively low-key. The Iranian Mission here has rejected the Prosecutors' findings, dismissed the report as the work of the CIA and Mossad, and cautioned Argentine officials not to repeat th [...] | 2006-10-27 19:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2441 | 1994 AMIA BOMBING; US-MEXICAN BORDER WALL; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Last weekend's key international stories include the implications of Argentine Prosecutor Nisman's request for an international arrest order against former Iranian government officials for the 1994 AMIA bombing case; the probable impact of upcoming US legislative elections [...] | 2006-10-30 18:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2448 | ARGENTINA TO SEEK BALANCED RESOLUTION ON THE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff delivered talking points and background paper to Manuel Fernandez Salorio, Minister in the Division of International Organizations in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez stated that the Argentine government (GOA) supports efforts to realize a lasting a [...] | 2006-10-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM PREL PTER AR LE IS |
06BUENOSAIRES2449 | ARGENTINA ON ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Poloff delivered talking points and background paper to Manuel Fernandez Salorio, Minister in the Division of International Organizations in Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez stated that he would coordinate with his colleagues in the Division of Human Righ [...] | 2006-10-31 14:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2451 | ARGENTINA: COALITION LED BY CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Misiones Province governor and Kirchner ally Carlos Rovira's attempt to amend the provincial constitution to allow indefinite re-election was soundly rejected in an October 29 election for delegates to a constituent assembly. President Nestor Kirchner had publicly supported the [...] | 2006-10-31 19:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2455 | AMIA ARREST WARRANTS COULD COME EARLIER THAN [...] (C) Summary: AMIA Prosecutor Alberto Nisman told CDA and EmbOffs that Judge Canicoba Corral could issue arrest warrants for the eight indictees as early as this Friday, November 3. It was expected that Canicoba Corral would not want the case sitting on his desk for any length of time, but ra [...] | 2006-11-01 21:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2456 | UPCOMING US ELECTIONS; US AMBASSADOR TO ARGENTINA EARL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the upcoming US legislative elections; and a radio interview with Argentine Ambassador Jose Octavio Bordon about US Ambassador to Argentina Earl Anthony Wayne. Leading "Clarin" carries an op-ed page by Francis Fukuyama, profess [...] | 2006-11-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2458 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP; US ELECTIONS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the state of the US-Argentine relationship based on a report from the US Department of State about Argentina and what kind of cooperation the US expects from Argentina; the upcoming US elections; and the outcome of Brazilian elections [...] | 2006-11-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2485 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER WITHDRAWS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At his request, General Coordinator of the Presidential Unit Juan Carlos Mazzon met with Charge on November 3, and opened the conversation with an admission that the Casa Rosada has been very quiet and alone in the wake of the results of the elections for the Constitutional Asse [...] | 2006-11-03 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2488 | US-MEXICAN BORDER FENCE; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories include the US-Mexican fence; the upcoming US legislative elections; the implications of Ortega's potential victory in Nicaraguan elections; and the investigation into the AMIA bombing case. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Argentina supports Ibero-A [...] | 2006-11-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2499 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; NICARAGUAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers report on the arrival of Ambassador Wayne to Argentina; the upcoming US legislative elections; Nicaraguan presidential elections; an alleged White House's Website containing detailed information on how to manufacture a nuclear bomb; Saddam Hussein sentenced t [...] | 2006-11-07 09:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES250 | MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION, IRAN-IAEA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the State of the Union message, in which President Bush defends his foreign policy, warns Iran and Hamas that the U.S. will fight tyranny in the world, urges them to set aside terrorism; refers to Iraq saying that if the U.S. leaves, 'then Bin Laden will r [...] | 2006-02-01 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2509 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Foreign Minister Taiana used Ambassador Wayne's presentation of credentials to stress his desire for good cooperation and open dialogue with the U.S. In his 45 minute private meeting with Wayne, Taiana stressed that the U.S. is a "friend" of Argentina and that Argentina [...] | 2006-11-07 21:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2513 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE TO ARGENTINA; US LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All major papers report on the arrival of US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne, and his presentation of credentials to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana. Other international stories include today's US legislative elections; the outcome of Nicaraguan presiden [...] | 2006-11-08 19:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2524 | ARGENTINA TO SUPPORT CUBAN EMBARGO RESOLUTION; [...] (SBU) On November 8, DCM raised points in Ref A to Argentine Under Secretary for Foreign Policy Luis Cappagli. Cappagli stated that the GOA would vote for the resolution condemning the U.S. embargo on Cuba, but noted that the GOA had not decided on whether it will support the Australian amend [...] | 2006-11-09 16:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA UN AR CU |
06BUENOSAIRES2541 | WAR IN IRAQ; IRAN; AMIA BOMBING CASE; AFTERMATH OF US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories during the weekend and today include the status of the war in Iraq and the USG's alleged withdrawal plans; the reasons pointed out by the media for the Republicans' defeat in US legislative elections; the Argentine judicial decision on the AMIA bom [...] | 2006-11-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES255 | MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION, IRAN-IAEA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key stories focus on the State of the Union message, noting that Latin America is hardly mentioned; the complicated international scenario posed by President Ahmadinejad's challenges to the UNSC and the Western world; speculation about a possible truce between Hama [...] | 2006-02-03 12:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2558 | IRAQ; IRAN; THE AMIA BOMBING CASE; AMBASSADOR WAYNE; CHINA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US strategy in Iraq and Iran; mounting tension between Argentina and Iran on the AMIA bombing probe; the US commitment to cooperation with the GOA and Interpol authorities to arrest those suspected of having organized and carrie [...] | 2006-11-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2559 | PRESIDENT BUSH'S ASIAN TOUR; AMBASSADOR WAYNE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include President Bush's Asian tour; the status of Argentine-Iranian ties following the latest developments in the AMIA bombing probe; the situation in Central America in the aftermath of Daniel Ortega's election as the new president of [...] | 2006-11-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2567 | US DEMOCRATIC PARTY; US-MEXICAN BORDER FENCE; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the alleged profound disagreement within the US Democratic Party about how to handle sensitive issues such as the war in Iraq; the Church's opinion about the US-Mexican border fence; the Kirchner administration's alleged closer ti [...] | 2006-11-16 20:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2568 | TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] (s) Econoff conveyed reftel demarche and background information November 16 to Gustavo Urutia, Deputy Director, Office of Terrorism Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Urutia said the normal procedure for handling U.S. prenotifications is for the MFA to hold the information until the day [...] | 2006-11-16 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2569 | CRISTINA TACKLES JUDICIAL REFORM: TRIAL BALLOON [...] (C) Summary. In what many view as a trial balloon for Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's bid for the presidency in 2007, the Senator and First Lady introduced a bill on November 9 that would gradually reduce the number of justices on the Argentine Supreme Court from nine to five. The seven j [...] | 2006-11-16 20:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2570 | ARGENTINA UNDECIDED ON BELARUS BUT WILL SUPPORT [...] (C) In response to Embassy demarches that relayed points in reftels A-C, Argentina's MFA Deputy Director for International Organizations Ana Berta confirmed on November 16 that the GOA has issued instructions to their mission in New York to vote with the United States on the country-specific [...] | 2006-11-16 21:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
06BUENOSAIRES258 | ARGENTINA REACHES SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT WITH BRAZIL [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Argentina and Brazil arrived at a bilateral safeguards agreement February 1. The widely publicized agreement is the result of over a year of negotiations, and is a political t [...] | 2006-02-03 15:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV ECON PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2590 | POST SUPPORTS DELAY OF HEZBOLLAH TRI-BORDER AREA [...] (S/NF) Post understands that Treasury proposes the designation under E.O. 13224, on November 21, of nine individuals and two organizations operating in the tri-border region. Post does not object to the specific individuals and organizations that will be subject to the designation. However, P [...] | 2006-11-20 17:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | KFTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2595 | IRAQ; THE AMIA CASE; SOUTH AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers focus on the USG's possible shift on its strategy on Iraq; the AMIA case probe and its possible use by the USG to urge the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran; Brazil's plans to unite South American military forces; and Ambassador Earl Anthony Way [...] | 2006-11-20 19:39:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2597 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH VICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met November 20 with Argentine Vice President Daniel Scioli, his assistant Minister Ricardo Lagorio, and his brother Jose Antonio Scioli, Director of the Corporacion Antigua Puerto Madero. In the 45-minute meeting, Scioli said that he is a "friend" of the U.S. who [...] | 2006-11-20 21:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2612 | AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE [...] (C) Summary. On November 20, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Argentine Justice Minister Alberto Iribarne to discuss ways to strengthen U.S.-Argentine cooperation on law enforcement, judicial reform, and anti-corruption issues. Iribarne noted that money laundering and terrorism financ [...] | 2006-11-22 21:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2613 | AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 16 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) On November 16, Ambassador had a very constructive first meeting with Minister of the Interior Anibal Fernandez. They discussed the excellent working relations between Embassy agencies and the four federal law enforcement agencies under the Minister's control. The Minister explained his [...] | 2006-11-22 21:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PTER KCRM PARM EWWT KNNP ASEC AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2614 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM TAIANA [...] (C) Ambassador met on November 17 with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, primarily to discuss how the U.S. might be of assistance to the GoA in the next phases of the AMIA investigation (Reftel A reports this discussion.) However, the Ambassador took the opportunity to raise several ot [...] | 2006-11-22 21:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2620 | IRAQ; WORLD BANK'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT KIRCHNER; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories include US President Bush's decision not to travel to Baghdad on Thanksgiving Day; the World Bank's response to President Kirchner's letter over the pulp mills; Venezuelan President Chavez's reported decision to remove his Ambassador to [...] | 2006-11-27 09:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2629 | UNESCO DEMARCHE ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS - GOA [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Martin Romero, Secretary of Embassy in the Foreign Ministry's Directorate of SIPDIS International Organisms (DIOIN). According to Romero, Argentina is proceeding with the ratification process for the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...] | 2006-11-28 18:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2630 | AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE [...] (C) Summary: On November 27, Ambassador discussed judicial reform issues with members of the Argentine Supreme Court, including outgoing President Enrique Petracchi, incoming President Ricardo Lorenzetti, and Justices Juan Carlos Maqueda, Elena Highton, and Carmen Maria Argibay. The Justice [...] | 2006-11-28 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS FBI AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2636 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL GOODLATTE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina November 29-December 3. As one of the world,s major agricultural producers and exporters, Argentina,s policies in this sector have an important impact on U.S. agriculture. You will have the [...] | 2006-11-28 20:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PARM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2637 | AMIA SPECIAL PROSECUTORS CALL ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On November 27, AMIA prosecutors Alberto Nisman and Marcelo Martinez Burgos called on the Ambassador to express their deep appreciation for the USG's support for their investigation and publicly for our public support following the release of their report. They noted that their [...] | 2006-11-28 21:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2651 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MEETING WITH NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE ON "ONE [...] Ambassador Wayne met November 22 with Nicholas Negroponte of MIT to discuss how the U.S. Embassy can assist the "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) program, about to be launched in Argentina. Negroponte underlined his interest in working with the State Department and said he intended to incorporate a [...] | 2006-11-29 16:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2665 | AMIA UPDATE: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH MFA'S [...] (C) At a November 28, event, Ambassador and DCM spoke with Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez, Senior Advisor to Deputy Foreign Minister, Roberto Garcia Moritan, about the MFA's perspective on the AMIA case. Ambassador Gonzalez has been charged with managing AMIA at the MFA. He said the MFA is s [...] | 2006-11-30 18:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2691 | CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...] | 2006-12-05 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2692 | FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE US; CHAVEZ; US AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the implications of Venezuelan President Chavez' re-election; the resignation of US Ambassador Bolton; freedom of speech in the US; the WTO's ruling on Techint; and climate change. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Freedom without taboos" [...] | 2006-12-05 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2694 | CHAVEZ; CUBA; MEXICO; ARGENTINA-IRAN; 12/04/06; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers report on the outcome of Venezuelan elections. Weekend papers cover Cuban Raul Castro's proposal of a negotiation with the US; the swearing-in of Mexican President Calderon; and the state of Argentina's ties with Iran following Judge Canicoba Corral's decisi [...] | 2006-12-05 21:20:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2696 | ARGENTINA'S ROLE IN UPGRADING LIBYAN NUCLEAR [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) A December 3 article in a local daily reported that Argentine high technology firm INVAP (Ref A) had won a contract to upgrade a Libyan nuclear power plant. For clarification and details, the Embas [...] | 2006-12-06 14:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG IAEA OTRA PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2697 | HARVARD INITIATES STEM CELL RESEARCH PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) Harvard University and the GoA have begun an education and research and development initiative in Argentina that will initially focus on stem cell research. The program, called PA [...] | 2006-12-06 15:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2705 | IRAQ; CHAVEZ; ECUADOR; MYLES FRECHETTE IN BUENOS AIRES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the US Pentagon's director Robert Gates' statements regarding the war in Iraq; the aftermath of Venezuelan President Chavez' re-election; and the outcome of Ecuadorian elections. Conservative "La Prensa", business-financial "InfoBae [...] | 2006-12-07 09:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2710 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MEETING WITH NICHOLAS NEGROPONTE ON "ONE [...] Ambassador Wayne met November 22 with Nicholas Negroponte of MIT to discuss how the U.S. Embassy can assist the "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) program, about to be launched in Argentina. Negroponte underlined his interest in working with the State Department and said he intended to incorporate a [...] | 2006-12-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2711 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR PM/DAS MICHAEL COULTER AND THE POL/MIL BILATS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL PGOV PTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2723 | CODEL GOODLATTE MEETINGS WITH ARGENTINE OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Goodlatte November 30 meetings in Argentina included discussions with senior officials at the GoA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economy, and the Argentine Lower House of Congress, as well as with U.S. company representatives at the American Chamber of Commerc [...] | 2006-12-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL EAGR AR OREP ETRD |
06BUENOSAIRES2730 | ARGENTINA DOES NOT MAINTAIN TERRORIST LISTS [...] (SBU) The Government of Argentina does not maintain any list of terrorists such as the USG Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) List (reftel). According to Acting Director of the MFA's Counter Terrorism Office, Gustavo Urrutia, the GoA instead relies on the UN 1267 Committee consolida [...] | 2006-12-11 20:02:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PTER ETTC PREL EFIN AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2731 | ARGENTINA: PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER UNSC THEMATIC [...] (C) PolCouns delivered talking points in reftel to the MFA Office of International Organizations on December 7, prior to the long holiday weekend in Argentina. PolCouns followed up on November 11 with Minister Manuel Fernandez Salorio. 2. (C) Fernandez Salorio said Argentina will be repr [...] | 2006-12-11 20:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC IS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2732 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE VISITS SALTA PROVINCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wayne traveled to Argentina's Salta province November 30-December 1, to support anti-narcotics efforts, public outreach and commercial diplomacy. The Ambassador visited the DEA's Northern Border Task Force office, and participated in a ceremony to deliver drug dogs t [...] | 2006-12-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2733 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] Ambassador Wayne paid a courtesy call on Minister of Health Mario Gines Gonzalez Garcia on December 5, 2006. The exchange was positive, with both the Ambassador and the Minister stating that they were pleased with the level of cooperation and the generally strong bilateral relationship on hea [...] | 2006-12-12 15:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2747 | US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL TIES; AMIA BOMBING CASE AND IRAN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Tom Shannon's statement that the US is working 'fantastically' with the Argentine Government; the current state of the Argentine-Iranian ties following an Argentine co [...] | 2006-12-14 18:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2751 | ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER AND KIRCHNER AIDE ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and EmbOffs met with Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana December 14 and discussed U.S.-Argentine relations, among other issues (septels). Ambassador raised the recent article in La Nacion newspaper that claimed President Kirchner had told Venezuelan President Cha [...] | 2006-12-14 20:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2753 | DEATH OF PINOCHET; DIGITAL TV STANDARD COMPETITION IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the implications of the death of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet; the debate over Argentina's upcoming decision on digital TV standard; US Assistant Secretary Shannon's statements about US ties with Latin America; SIPDIS [...] | 2006-12-15 09:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2754 | IRAQ-IRAN-SYRIA; TRI-BORDER AREA; GSP; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories focus on the USG's reaction to the report from the Iraq Study Group; the follow up on the US Treasury Department's designation of individuals and entities supporting Hezbollah in the Tri-Border area; the status of Argentine-Venezuelan ties; and US Ambassador [...] | 2006-12-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2755 | DEATH OF PINOCHET; FATF AND ARGENTINA; AMIA BOMBING CASE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the implications of General Pinochet's death and the USG reaction to it; a probable FATF sanction on Argentina for its lack of stricter anti-terrorist legislation; and the current state of Argentine-Iranian ties after an Argentine [...] | 2006-12-15 09:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES278 | MEDIA REACTION HAMAS-ARGENTINA, IRAN-IAEA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Main stories today refer to Hamas' declarations to a Brazilian daily announcing its trip to South American countries in search of political and financial support, with the FMA saying they haven't received any request for a visit or interviews; Argentina's possible vote on [...] | 2006-02-07 10:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2782 | ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER TAIANA ON CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana December 14 discussed with Ambassador a broad range of topics. Taiana commented on his trip to China and the GoA's interest in developing Chinese markets for Argentine exports. Taiana said the GoA is pleased with the U.S. Congress' recen [...] | 2006-12-19 17:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL UNESCO AR BL MX CH |
06BUENOSAIRES2783 | IRAQ; US AMBASSADOR WAYNE; MIDDLE EAST; THE UN NEW STAGE; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the implications of Robert Gates' taking office as head of the Pentagon; the style of new US Ambassador to Argentina, Earl Anthony Wayne; confrontations in the Middle East; and the new scenario at the UN. Business-financials "El Cronista" and "Ambito [...] | 2006-12-19 19:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2784 | US TIES WITH CUBA AND VENEZUELA; RUSSIAN PRESIDENT PUTIN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's main international stories include the US relations with Cuba and Venezuela; the public image of Russian President Putin in the aftermath of the murder of former spy Litvinenko; and Iran's move to promote a "historical revision" of the Holocaust. All local newspap [...] | 2006-12-19 19:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2785 | NORTH KOREA; ROBERT GATES HEAD OF THE US PENTAGON; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's newspapers carry opinion pieces on the Six-party talks to address North Korea's nuclear program; Robert Gates taking office as the new head of the Pentagon; Colombia's conflict with Ecuador; and Iran's move to question the Holocaust. 2. OPINION PIECES - "A dis [...] | 2006-12-19 19:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2790 | AMBASSADOR WAYNE MEETS WITH AMIA FAMILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador met December 15 with representatives from "Familiares y Amigos de las Victimas" (Family and Friends of the Victims, or FAV),one of the three main organizations representing AMIA victims, and the first meeting between FAV and Ambassador Wayne. Both sides expressed t [...] | 2006-12-20 12:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PTER ETTC PREL AR IR LE |
06BUENOSAIRES2805 | ARGENTINA: STAFFDEL MEETING WITH MFA ON AMIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19 DCM, Emboffs, and visiting Staffdel members met with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Luis Cappagli to discuss the recent Interpol response to the AMIA case and tri-border issues. Staffdel members underlined the importance of responding to INTERPOL Secretary Gener [...] | 2006-12-21 18:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2806 | TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) FOR [...] (C) Post provides the following response to reftel request for contact information on Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO. a) TFCO contact information: Michael A. Matera Deputy Chief of Mission 54-11-5777-4321 MateraMA@state.sgov.gov (class email) MateraMA@stat [...] | 2006-12-21 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2828 | US-LATIN AMERICAN TIES; AMIA-RIO TERCERO BLAST; ARGENTINA'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US Senator Joseph Biden's statement that, once the US Congress is controlled by the Democratic Party, it will pay "much more attention" to Latin American issues; an interview with Brazilian sociologist Helio Jaguaribe, wh [...] | 2006-12-28 11:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2838 | ARGENTINA-U.S. POLITICAL-MILITARY CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) Summary: The United States and Argentina held a successful round of political-military bilateral consultations on December 15, 2006 in Buenos Aires. Both delegations shared their foreign policy principles and objectives. The Argentine delegation explained their government's goals for c [...] | 2006-12-28 21:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PARM AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2842 | SADDAM HUSSEIN; CUBA AND CHINA; ISRAEL; MERKEL; CRIMES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the upcoming execution of Saddam Hussein; Cuba looking to the 'Chinese model;' the US Department of State criticizing Israel's plans to establish a new settlement in the West Bank; a new declassification of USG documents; Angela Merke [...] | 2006-12-29 16:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES2847 | HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY IN ARGENTINA; ECUADOR; 12/29/06 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Most local papers extensively report on Argentine President Nestor Kirchner coordinating a manhunt for a human rights witness, who went missing on Wednesday after accusing last year former police officer Luis Patti of torturing him in 1972. Local dailies highlight that auth [...] | 2006-12-29 18:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES291 | VISIT OF DASD PARDO-MAURER TO ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Rogelio Pardo-Maurer visited Argentina January 26-28. During his visit, Pardo-Maurer met with Argentine Minister of Defense Nilda Garre and other senior ministry officials. During his meetings, Pardo-Mau [...] | 2006-02-08 12:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES293 | ARGENTINA: COUNCIL OF MAGISTRATES BILL SHOWS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lower House of Congress will soon vote on a controversial law to reform the Council of Magistrates that regulates Argentina's judicial system that appears likely to pass despite a united opposition effort against the bill. The proposed law would shrink the size of the Counc [...] | 2006-02-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES308 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN-IAEA-ARGENTINA, GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers continue to lead with the Iran case at the IAEA, with France and Russia seeking to stop the escalation against Tehran, and Argentina's public stance on the up-coming vote at the UNSC; the growing violence between the Muslim world and the West, following the publicat [...] | 2006-02-08 19:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES344 | MEDIA REACTION GLOBAL OUTRAGE OVER MUHAMMAD [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Main story today is the global escalation of violence over Muhammad's cartoons, and its unpredictable consequences. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "Freedom and Common Sense" Pablo Ceron, centrist, leading "Clarin" international columnist, opines (02/09) "Freed [...] | 2006-02-13 14:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES345 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN, GLOBAL OUTRAGE OVER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The Iranian crisis and its global repercussions continue to garner media attention, followed by the international 'furor' over Muhammad's cartoons, which may 'snowball' and the hectic elections in Haiti, marred by violent incidents and disorganization. 2. OPINION PIECES [...] | 2006-02-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES350 | CONVERSATION WITH CASA ROSADA INSIDER OSCAR [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with DCM, Secretary General of the Presidency Oscar Parrilli said GoA SIPDIS efforts to control prices were working and that the 2006 inflation rate would be lower than generally expected. He defended the government's approach to controllin [...] | 2006-02-13 19:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES359 | ARGENTINA RECEPTIVE TO USG ICAO CANDIDATE, IN [...] Per Reftel A, Econoff presented the leave-behind document on William Voss to civil aviation and Foreign Ministry authorities involved in the decision-making process for candidates to leadership positions in the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Econoff met with Air Regions Co [...] | 2006-02-14 16:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES36 | ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina January 11-12. Your visit comes at a critical time for Argentina's relations with its neighbors, especially Bolivia. As a result of Kirchner's resounding victory in October 23 legislativ [...] | 2006-01-06 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES382 | ARGENTINA INTERESTED IN ATTENDING APRIL 11-12 PSI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) At a February 15 lunch hosted by Ambassador, the MFA's new Director of International Security, Nuclear, and Space Issues (DIGAN),Elsa Kelly, said the GOA would like to send an interagency delegation to the April 11-12 PSI Operat [...] | 2006-02-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES396 | MEDIA REACTION NEW AMBASSADOR IN ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the quick approval of Ambassador Wayne's 'agrement', underscoring that he's a good choice to iron out the differences following the Summit of the Americas, and that the move is another sign of both countries' interest in improving bilateral relations. The [...] | 2006-02-17 19:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES398 | MEDIA REACTION ABU GHRAIB, IRAN, HAITI; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the new scandal following the broadcast by an Australian TV station of previously unpublished images of apparent abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib. Bush's request of funds to 'democratize' Iran and the growing allegations of fraud in Haiti which could lead [...] | 2006-02-17 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES407 | ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- Ambassador Meets with New MFA International Security Director -- Rumors of Kirchner Cabinet Changes -- Paper Mill Dispute: Blockage of Bridges into Uruguay Contin [...] | 2006-02-17 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES41 | MEDIA REACTION A/S THOMAS SHANNON UPCOMING [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover: the upcoming visit of A/S Thomas Shannon to Buenos Aires; Uruguay denying that it may be negotiating a free trade deal with the US; the upcoming elections in Haiti; the Argentine- Bolivian relationship; US Republican Tom De Lay quitting US Congress m [...] | 2006-01-09 19:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES411 | TRANSFER OF ITCY WAR CRIMES INDICTEE MILAN LUKIC [...] Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Milan Lukic was transferred to the ICTY from Argentina on February 20. Lukic had been detained in Buenos Aires on August 8, 2005, by Argentine authorities after meeting with his wife and youngest child in a local restaurant (reftels). Argentine Federal Judge [...] | 2006-02-21 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC ICTY KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL BK SR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES414 | ARGENTINA DETAINS FALKLANDS ISLANDS FISHING VESSEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Argentine Coast Guard vessel challenged and - for the first time - detained a fishing vessel from the Falklands Islands February 20. The Argentines claim that the boat was within Argentina's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),while the vessel's owners - one of whom is an [...] | 2006-02-22 11:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIS MARR ENRG PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES416 | ARGENTINE HISTORIAN DENIED ENTRY TO CUBA: FOREIGN [...] Summary: Argentine historian and writer Jose Ignacio Garcia Hamilton was denied entry into Cuba moments after arriving on February 18 despite having a valid visa. In public statements, Garcia Hamilton suspects he was denied entry to the country because of his latest book, which includes cont [...] | 2006-02-22 12:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM AR CU |
06BUENOSAIRES423 | ARGENTINA ON UN REFORM [...] (C) As a follow-up to the Ambassador's demarche to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana (reftel a),PolCouns met on February 13 with MFA deputy director for International Organizations Jorge Gomez to obtain further details on GoA position on UN reform issues raised in reftels b and c. 2. (C) Man [...] | 2006-02-22 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PHUM UN ADCO AR |
06BUENOSAIRES428 | MEDIA REACTION NEW AMBASSADOR IN ARGENTINA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major stories today refer to Ambassador Wayne's designation, its positive repercussions in Argentina and the possible topics he will be addressing; Hamas' difficult relationship with Israel; the aftermath of Haiti's elections and the global concern posed by the avian flu a [...] | 2006-02-23 14:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES433 | ARGENTINA ON AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE BOMBING [...] (C) On February 23 POLOFF delivered the President's February 22 statement (reftel) as well as the joint statement by Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey to Viviana Jones, Deputy Director of the North Africa and Middle East Affairs Office in the MFA. POLOFF also asked for the GOA to issue a [...] | 2006-02-23 20:44:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES439 | MEDIA REACTION US CANCELLATION OF BOLIVIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the US canceling Bolivian Senator Zurita's visa; the discovery of an anthrax case in New York; the US enabling Argentine meat (except that from a province that was affected by a recent foot-and-mouth bout) to enter US markets; an [...] | 2006-02-24 14:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES451 | ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR FEBRUARY 24 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- Paco Use Increases Among Argentine Adolescents -- Ibarra Impeachment Update -- Las Heras Truce Wearing Thin -- Argentina Seeks Dialogue with Uruguay but Prepared f [...] | 2006-02-24 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES469 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN-RUSSIA IRAQ US-BOLIVIA US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover Iran and Russia agreeing to establish a joint uranium enrichment venture; the danger of civil war in Iraq; Palestinian PM-designate Haniyeh's statement that Hamas would establish "peace in stages" if Israel were to withdraw to the borders it held befor [...] | 2006-02-28 12:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES477 | MEDIA REACTION US, COLOMBIA SIGN FREE TRADE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include a free trade agreement reached between the US and Colombia; a US Embassy press release asking for a fast solution of the dispute between the Argentine Government and Monsanto corporation; implications of the nuclear agreement b [...] | 2006-02-28 20:56:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES486 | KIRCHNER BREAKS SILENCE ON PAPER MILL CONTROVERSY [...] (U) During his annual address to Congress on March 1 (SEPTEL),President Nestor Kirchner made his first public remarks regarding the controversial paper mills under construction in Uruguay (REFTELS). In his remarks Kirchner appealed directly to Uruguayan President Tabare Vasquez to, stop the [...] | 2006-03-01 21:00:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV SOCI EAGR AR UY |
06BUENOSAIRES497 | ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 3 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- HAVANA ON THE PARANA -- DIRTY WAR CRIMES PROSECUTIONS PROCEED -- 200 KILOS OF COCAINE SEIZED IN SHIPMENT OF FROZEN FISH -- MILITARY JUSTICE CODE REFORM PROPOSED [...] | 2006-03-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AR SNAR |
06BUENOSAIRES500 | MEDIA REACTION US PRESIDENT BUSH TO INDIA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President Bush's trip to India; the IDB granting a loan to Argentina "in spite of US objections;" Argentina's supporting the strengthening of Haiti's Congress; and President Kirchner urging a 90-day halt to the construction of [...] | 2006-03-03 16:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES505 | MEDIA REACTION US-INDIAN NUCLEAR DEAL A/S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the implications of the nuclear cooperation deal reached between the US and India; the press conference with Eric M. Bost, US Assistant Secretary for Food, Nutrition and consumer Service, US Department of Agriculture; and Argentina [...] | 2006-03-03 19:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES512 | PERUVIAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VISITS ARGENTINA [...] (U) On March 2, Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanto Humala visited Argentina during a campaign tour of the region and met with President Nestor Kirchner, Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez and Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana at the Casa Rosada. According to press reports, there are as many as [...] | 2006-03-03 20:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AR PE |
06BUENOSAIRES524 | MEDIA REACTION US PRESIDENT BUSH TO INDIA AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include US President Bush praising Pakistan as crucial ally in the war on terrorism; the implications of a nuclear deal between the US and India; the civil war in Iraq; the confrontation between the US and Iran on the latter's nuclear prog [...] | 2006-03-06 20:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES534 | MEDIA REACTION US-BOLIVIA US-CUBA US-INDIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Bolivian President Evo Morales accusing the USG of "blackmail" for withdrawing anti-terrorism funding for his country; India's new strategic role in the current geopolitical scenario; the recent expulsion of the Cuban delegation [...] | 2006-03-08 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES535 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN MIDDLE EAST US-BOLIVIA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President Bush's speech on the International Women's Day; US Vice President Dick Cheney's threats to Iran if it does not suspend its enriched uranium-related activities; the US and Russia rejecting Iran's proposal to enrich ur [...] | 2006-03-08 20:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES538 | KIRCHNER TAKES ON TWO INFLUENTIAL DAILIES [...] President Kirchner recently took his contentious relationship with the Argentine press to a new level, publicly and directly attacking Argentina's two most influential daily newspapers -- Clarin and La Nacion. Although La Nacion is accustomed to being targeted by Kirchner, Clarin has enjoyed a [...] | 2006-03-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL PHUM AR |
06BUENOSAIRES561 | ARGENTINA SIGNS SEISMIC MONITORING AGREEMENT [...] (U) Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan signed an Agreement March 9 concerning the establishment and operation of a Primary Seismic Station at Paso Flores in the Argentine province of Rio Negro. The Agreement updates an existing December 1987 Agreement between the Ar [...] | 2006-03-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MARR TPHY KNNP PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES562 | ARGENTINA: IBARRA'S REMOVAL CHANGES THE BUENOS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 7, the Buenos Aires City Legislature voted to permanently remove Mayor Anibal Ibarra from office. Although the required ten votes for removal included mostly opposition legislators, the deciding vote came from a Kirchnerista, Helio Rebot. Ibarra's removal changes the [...] | 2006-03-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES564 | COUNTER-TERRORISM MINISTER BLAMES MISUNDERSTANDING [...] (C) Visiting Desk Officer Gomez, accompanied by POLOFF and POL Intern, delivered (REFTEL) talking points on March 8 to Minister Gustavo Urrutia, Deputy Director of the Office of Counter Terrorism and Related Crimes. 2. (C) Regarding the Declaration of San Carlos, Urrutia said that Argentina [...] | 2006-03-10 16:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL USOAS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES572 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN US HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Iran warning the US that it could inflict "harm and pain" to match whatever punishment Washington persuaded the UN Security Council to dole out for Tehran's refusal to halt atomic research; the 2006 US State Department Human Righ [...] | 2006-03-10 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES573 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN IRAQ VISIT OF A/S OF THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All major local newspapers cover the press conference with Patrick O'Brien, US Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Terrorist Financing, at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires as well as his meetings with members of the Argentine government. Papers highlight that, in spite of th [...] | 2006-03-10 20:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES578 | ARGENTINA MAY NOT RATIFY ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (C) On March 8, in a meeting with Visiting Desk Officer Gomez, POLOFF, and POL Intern, Minister Ricardo Bocalandro of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spoke openly about the GOA's intentions to wait for Brazil before signing the Additional Protocol (AP). (Note: This is the same thing we have [...] | 2006-03-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP AR |
06BUENOSAIRES579 | MEDIA REACTION US PRESIDENT BUSH'S POPULARITY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories from the weekend cover socialist pediatrician Michelle Bachelet's swearing in as the nation's first female president; the US President's popularity rating; the presidents of Argentina and Uruguay reaching an agreement to suspend construction of [...] | 2006-03-13 19:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES595 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN CHILE US-BOLIVIAN TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover US President George W. Bush's alleged plan to destabilize Iran; the possible impact of a hypothetical pre-emptive attack against Iran; Argentine President Nestor Kirchner receiving Haitian president-elect Rene Garcia Preval, who thanke [...] | 2006-03-14 16:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES596 | ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 14 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PROSECUTION OF AND APOLOGIES FOR MILITARY HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES -- NARCOTICS UPDATE 1: FLYING SUITCASE JUDGE REMOVED -- NARCOTICS UPDATE 2: WHITE WEDDING FOR "WHITE WI [...] | 2006-03-14 17:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES611 | ARGENTINA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GRASSLEY [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on March 23-26. Your visit comes as President Nestor Kirchner continues to consolidate his resounding victory in mid-term legislative elections last October 23. Based on these results, Kirchner has tightened his [...] | 2006-03-15 19:01:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR PARM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES621 | INVITING ARGENTINA TO THE MIAMI PSI MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Argentina has been a strong supporter of PSI since its inception. It remains the only country in South America to have formally endorsed PSI. Argentine officials have been willing to make this commitment operational. Post recommends against delivering the instructions set forth [...] | 2006-03-16 22:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | AR MARR PARM PREL |
06BUENOSAIRES623 | MEDIA REACTION UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major local newspapers lead with the creation of the UN Human Rights Council to replace "the discredited UN Human Rights Commission." Based on an article from the New York "Forward" magazine, business- financial, center-right "InfoBae's" Website reports that "The B [...] | 2006-03-17 13:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES625 | ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 17 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACEVEDO STEPS DOWN FROM TUMULTUOUS GOVERNORSHIP -- NARCOTICS UPDATE: THAT WHICH WAS LOST IS NOW FOUND -- TELERMAN TAKES THE HELM -- MISIONES PROVINCE IN FLAM [...] | 2006-03-17 18:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES626 | ARGENTINE MFA RAISES CONCERNS ON POSSIBLE IFC [...] (C) Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana requested a meeting with the Ambassador on March 15 to discuss GoA concerns regarding a proposal before the International Finance Corporation to provide funding for the controversial paper cellulose plants in Uruguay. In the absence of the Ambassad [...] | 2006-03-17 22:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV EFIN SENV AR UY |
06BUENOSAIRES628 | MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the US Operation Swarmer, its largest air assault against Baghdad; the US National Security Strategy Report, in which US President George W. Bush reaffirmed his strike-first policy against terrorists and enemy nations an [...] | 2006-03-20 11:28:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES649 | MEDIA REACTION THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend newspapers lead with the third anniversary of the war on Iraq; anti-war demonstrations in different countries of the world; half a million protesters taking to the streets across France to demand the scrapping of a new law that could erode job security; Al Fatah le [...] | 2006-03-20 19:36:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES65 | MEDIA REACTION VISIT OF US SENATORS UPCOMING [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana's meetings with a delegation of US Republican senators; tomorrow's visit of A/S Shannon (business-financial papers highlight the "US and Argentina's renewed intention to resume talks afte [...] | 2006-01-11 18:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES660 | ARGENTINA WILL NOT SUPPORT VENEZUELAN CHANGES TO [...] (C) On March 20, POLOFF delivered talking points (REFTEL) to Ambassador Victor Beauge and Deputy Director Gustavo Urrutia of the Office of Counter Terrorism and Related Crimes. Mr. Urrutia will head the Argentine delegation at the CICTE meeting in Colombia on March 22-24. 2. (C) Beauge [...] | 2006-03-21 13:50:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL OAS PARM AR VE |
06BUENOSAIRES665 | MEDIA REACTION US AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US President Bush's warning that he will use "military force" against Iran if Tehran attempts to attack Israel; the implications of the US Human Rights Report; and the WTO supporting Argentine Siderca corporation in its [...] | 2006-03-21 17:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES677 | CONVERSATION WITH CARLOS ZANNINI [...] (C) Summary: DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, met on March 20 with Carlos Zannini, the Secretary for Legal and Technical Affairs in the Casa Rosada. This was our first face to face meeting with Zannini since last November's Summit of the Americas. Zannini is widely considered to be the i [...] | 2006-03-22 18:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES688 | MEDIA REACTION USG TRIES MAIN COLOMBIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's papers lead with the Basque separatist group ETA declaring a permanent ceasefire after almost four decades of attacks in Spain; Bolivian President Evo Morales blaming the USG for two criminal assaults launched against La Paz; the US Embassy in Sao Paulo's statement [...] | 2006-03-23 17:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES689 | MEDIA REACTION US-IRAN IRAQ US-SOUTH AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's meeting with President Nestor Kirchner in Buenos Aires during the first state visit of her presidency; the US State Department charging Iran with having ties with Al Qaeda; US President Bush' [...] | 2006-03-23 17:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES693 | ARGENTINA ON SUDAN MISSION [...] POLOFF delivered reftel points March 23 to Minister Jorge Luis Gomez in the MFA's Office of International Organizations. 2. Gomez said that the had spoken with Argentina's UN Mission regarding our draft resolution on the rehatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan. He said that Argentin [...] | 2006-03-23 17:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO SOCI SU AR |
06BUENOSAIRES718 | MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers lead with the US National Security Strategy; immigration demonstration drawing 500,000 in Los Angeles; US Secretary of State Rice's alleged statement that the US could withdraw a significant number of its troops in Iraq; the US Embassy in La Paz's response t [...] | 2006-03-28 15:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES737 | MEDIA REACTION US CHIEF OF STAFF ANDREW CARD [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President Bush announcing the resignation of his chief of staff and his replacement with budget director Joshua Bolten; acting PM Ehud Olmert declaring victory in Israeli elections and their impact on the Middle East conflict; [...] | 2006-03-30 19:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES738 | MEDIA REACTION MOUSSAOUI STATEMENTS ISRAELI [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui testifying that he and would-be 'shoebomber' Richard Reid were supposed to hijack a fifth airplane on September 11, 2001 and fly into the White House; Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Pal [...] | 2006-03-30 19:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES746 | THE IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN ARGENTINA [...] (S) Reftel asked the Embassy to forward the most current records of official Iranian diplomatic representation in Argentina. Poloffs visited the MFA March 30 and spoke with Minister Bibiana Jones and Maria Ruth de Goicochea of the Office of Northern Africa and The Middle East. MFA officials [...] | 2006-03-31 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PINR PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES753 | CODEL GRASSLEY DISCUSSES TRADE AND AGRICULTURE IN [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA),Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, led a delegation to Argentina March 23-26 for discussions related to trade and agriculture with GOA off [...] | 2006-04-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAGR PARM SNAR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES754 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN US-INDIAN NUCLEAR DEAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover Iran rejecting UN ultimatum; a US reporter being set free by Iraqi kidnappers; the Financial Action Task Force asking Argentine legislators to label terrorism as a crime; the US "criticizing Argentina's suspension of meat exports;" the [...] | 2006-04-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES759 | MEDIA REACTION IRAQ IRAN US IMMIGRATION [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledging US "mistakes" in Iraq; the implications of the war in Iraq and the threat posed by Iran; US immigration policies and their impact on upcoming US legislative elections; the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui [...] | 2006-04-03 19:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES766 | READOUT ON ARGENTINE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) POLOFF met March 31 with Oscar Fuentes Lira, First Secretary at the Chilean Embassy in Buenos Aires, for a SIPDIS readout of Chilean President Michelle Bachelet's March 21 meeting with President Nestor Kirchner in Buenos Aires. 2. (C) Lira said the meeting had gone well and that the t [...] | 2006-04-04 15:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG AR CI |
06BUENOSAIRES771 | MEDIA REACTION ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include a US federal jury finding conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui eligible for the death penalty; a debate in the US Senate on undocumented immigrants and the impact of the issue on November legislative elections; Peruvian presidential ca [...] | 2006-04-04 20:23:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES782 | MEDIA REACTION TIES BETWEEN TRI-BORDER AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the alleged ties between the Tri-Border and terrorist organizations through a New York bank account; US President Bush favoring a US law including temporary work permits; and the nomination of Earl Anthony Wayne as new US Ambassador [...] | 2006-04-06 18:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES785 | MEDIA REACTION TIES BETWEEN TRI-BORDER AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the alleged ties between the Tri-Border and terrorist organizations through a New York bank account; US President Bush favoring a US law including temporary work permits; and the nomination of Earl Anthony Wayne as new US Ambassador [...] | 2006-04-06 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES786 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Latin immigrants preparing a large demonstration in the US for May 1; and Uruguayan Economy Minister Danilo Astori's statement that his government has not dismissed an eventual FTA with the US. Daily-of-record "La Nacion," leading [...] | 2006-04-06 20:33:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES813 | MEDIA REACTION US CONCERN OVER HUMALA CHAVEZ [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the outcome of Peruvian elections; USG concern over Humala Ollanta; suicide bombers blasting worshippers as they left a Shiite mosque killing at least 79 people and wounding more than 160 in the deadliest attack in Iraq this year; and [...] | 2006-04-10 20:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES822 | MEDIA REACTION US-CHINA-LATIN AMERICA US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's upcoming trip to Beijing; SIPDIS immigrants' demonstrations throughout the US; nationalist Ollanta Humala leading the count for Sunday's presidential election; conservative Silvio Berlusco [...] | 2006-04-11 17:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES83 | DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM: THE WAY FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 15:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PHUM UN ADCO AR |
06BUENOSAIRES84 | DUVALIER PASSPORT ISSUANCE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 10. The Ambassador underscored the potential dangers of Duvalier's return to Haiti and urged Taiana to express similar concerns to the IGOH. 2. (C) Taiana, who appeared not to be aware of the I [...] | 2006-01-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM HA AR |
06BUENOSAIRES85 | REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 12. Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan was also in attendance. Drawing on points in reftel, which were left as a non-paper, the Ambassador urged the GOA to continue its effor [...] | 2006-01-13 15:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AR AORC |
06BUENOSAIRES850 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN US-PERUVIAN FTA US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the USG asking for "tough measures" against Iran, which has announced plans to obtain industrial-scale enriched uranium; and the signature of an FTA between the US and Peru despite Humala's opposition. Conservative "La P [...] | 2006-04-13 18:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES857 | ARGENTINA: RICARDO LOPEZ MURPHY ON THE ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Charge and Poloff (notetaker) met with opposition Recrear Party leader Ricardo Lopez Murphy that included a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the country and the opposition, President Nestor Kirchner, and Lopez Murphy's future plans. Lopez Murphy was criti [...] | 2006-04-13 21:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES858 | ARGENTINA: RICARDO LOPEZ MURPHY ON THE ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Charge and Poloff (notetaker) met with opposition Recrear Party leader Ricardo Lopez Murphy that included a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the country and the opposition, President Nestor Kirchner, and Lopez Murphy's future plans. Lopez Murphy was criti [...] | 2006-04-17 10:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES866 | MEDIA REACTION IRAN SIX US GENERALS AGAINST [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover six US retired military allegedly asking for US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging the UN to adopt a resolution on Iran; the implications of the US immigration policy; the US policy on the Mi [...] | 2006-04-17 19:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES876 | MEDIA REACTION ARGENTINE MINISTER DE VIDO'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Argentine Planning Minister Julio De Vido's upcoming trip to the US; the US immigration policy and its implications; the IMF spring meetings; the Peruvian presidential candidate Ollanta Humala; and the upcoming visit of the hea [...] | 2006-04-18 19:19:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES886 | ARGENTINA ON PRESSURING IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by POLOFF, met with FM Jorge Taiana April 18 to discuss reftel points and asked for Argentina's support for a strong Chapter VII resolution requiring Iran to comply with the steps called for in the UNSC Presidential Statement and in past IAEA Board of Governor resol [...] | 2006-04-19 14:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES887 | ARGENTINA ON VENEZUELA'S TREATMENT OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by POLOFF, delivered reftel points April 18 to FM Jorge Taiana regarding the April 7 attack on Ambassador Brownfield and four similar attacks over the last seven months. Taiana had been unaware of the earlier incidents and thanked the Ambassador for bringing them t [...] | 2006-04-19 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL PTER AR |
06BUENOSAIRES894 | MEDIA REACTION THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT UNCLEARED BY AN AMERICAN OFFICER UNCLASSIFIED SIPDIS PROG 04/20/06 PAO:RBANKS PRESS:GVEGA IO:MTEKACH PAS AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES SECSTATE WASHDC, IMMEDIATE INFO CDR USSOCOM MACDILL AFB FL//SCJ2// USCOMSOLANT STATE FOR INR/R/MR, I/GWHA, WHA, WHA/PDA, WHA/BSC, [...] | 2006-04-20 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES902 | ARGENTINA: LEADING KIRCHNER STRATEGIST ON POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and POLOFF (notetaker) met April 18 with Juan Carlos Mazzon, President Nestor Kirchner's primary political campaign strategist. The DCM noted the overall positive nature of the bilateral relationship and took the opportunity to highlight our concerns on Venezuela. Mazzon s [...] | 2006-04-21 18:59:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES903 | ARGENTINA NAMES STRONG CHAVEZ ALLY AS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOA announced April 18 that it was seeking acceptance from the Government of Venezuela to name former airline stewardess, union leader, congresswoman, and Chavez ally Alicia Castro as the new Argentine Ambassador to Venezuela. Castro, 56, is known as one of Chavez's most [...] | 2006-04-21 19:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP ENRG AR VZ |
06BUENOSAIRES908 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the wave of arrests of illegal immigrants in the US; US President Bush's tour to China; Venezuela leaving the Andean Community of Nations to join Mercosur; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's statement that there are 'imperialistic fo [...] | 2006-04-21 20:32:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES911 | TRAVEL NOTES: ARGENTINA'S NEUQUEN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In March, Poloff traveled to the province of Neuquen to meet with political and academic leaders and has subsequently met with a number of national legislators from Neuquen. Neuquen Governor Jorge Sobisch is currently the only declared candidate for the 2007 presidential elect [...] | 2006-04-21 21:37:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES915 | MEDIA REACTION GLOBAL TORTURE CHINESE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Osama bin Laden issuing new threats in an audiotape broadcast on Arab TV accusing average Westerners of supporting "a Zionist, crusaders' war on Islam" and urging his followers to go to Sudan to fight a proposed UN peace force; criti [...] | 2006-04-24 20:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES925 | MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY BLOW TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include terrorist bombs hitting the Egyptian resort of Dahab killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 60; US President George W. Bush's trip to California and defense of his proposal to grant a temporary work permit to immigrant [...] | 2006-04-25 19:41:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES940 | MEDIA REACTION CHAVEZ' INFLUENCE ON LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include President Bush's investigation into oil price abuses; Presidents Lula and Kirchner's reaction to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's increasing influence in Latin America; the increasing amount of Bolivian cocaine entering Argentina [...] | 2006-04-26 20:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES944 | ARGENTINA: RICARDO LOPEZ MURPHY LOSES CONTROL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a Recrear political advisor, Ricardo Lopez Murphy is asking for a leave of absence as Recrear Party President and may leave the party following contentious internal elections that left Lopez Murphy isolated within his own party. Lopez Murphy's request for a leave of [...] | 2006-04-26 21:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES956 | MEDIA REACTION IRANIAN LEADER'S THREAT TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei's serious war threat to the US; the US reinforcing its espionage operations in Latin America; the implications of the complaints by several US military retirees against US Defense Secretary Don [...] | 2006-04-27 20:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES964 | MEDIA REACTION AMBASSADOR LINO GUTIERREZ'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All major local papers extensively report on statements made by US Ambassador Lino Gutierrez as the keynote speaker of a diplomatic and business lunch at Club de la Union Nacional. Ambassador Gutierrez is reported to have said that his country "never backed the violation o [...] | 2006-04-28 17:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION |
06BUENOSAIRES97 | A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRCHNER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 20:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ENRG EPET AR |
06BUJUMBURA421 | DEMARCHE - U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] On May 31, Ambassador delivered the demarche reftel to Burundian Foreign Minister Antoinette Batumubwira. 2. The Foreign Minister, caught as she prepared to depart for a cabinet meeting and sounding uncharacteristically harried, acknowledged the boldness of the U.S. initiative, calling it a [...] | 2006-06-01 15:34:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BY IR |
06BUJUMBURA435 | DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BURUNDI REGARDING [...] A copy of the original French version of the following Declaration was received by Embassy Bujumbura on June 5, and faxed immediately to Burundi desk officer Rosalind Montanez- Muhinda. 2. Begin Text: REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI June 2, 2006 Bujumbura, Burundi MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [...] | 2006-06-05 15:31:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BY IR |
06BUJUMBURA607 | BURUNDI - RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT [...] Following significant political progress, the overall humanitarian situation is improving in Burundi. The transition from relief to development is underway, but humanitarian coordination is essential to prevent critical gaps between relief and development assistance. However, several variab [...] | 2006-07-18 07:28:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PHUM ASEC PREL BY |
06CAIRO1144 | EGYPT AND AFRICA: BACKGROUND NOTES FOR U.S.-EGYPT [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Frazer, your bilateral discussions February 24 with Egyptian MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy in Washington will offer an excellent chance to determine how Egypt and the U.S. may be able to cooperate to address regional conflicts like Darfur an [...] | 2006-02-23 12:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EG SU |
06CAIRO1149 | EGYPT: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-23 14:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD EG UNESCO UNGA |
06CAIRO1178 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, you will be the first Secretary of Commerce to visit Egypt since 1999. The business climate has changed significantly since then, especially with the installation in July 2004 of Ahmed Nazif as Prime Minister and a coterie of reform-minded ministers in economic ministrie [...] | 2006-02-26 13:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PGOV PREL EG |
06CAIRO1185 | IRAQ: SHEIKH OF AL AZHAR AND OTHER EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) On February 25, during an unprecedented visit to the Iraqi Embassy in Cairo, Al Azhar's Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Egyptian Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, and Minister of Religious Endowments Hamdy Zaqzouq conducted a lengthy, televised press conference with Iraqi Charge Saad Ridha aimed at [...] | 2006-02-26 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ |
06CAIRO1226 | GOE OPENS A NEW INVESTIGATION AGAINST AYMAN NOUR [...] (C) Gameela Ismail, Ayman Nour's wife, and Hisham Kassem, the Ghad Party vice president, have confirmed wire service reports that the GOE has launched a new investigation against the imprisoned opposition leader. The new case stems from hitherto unreported allegations by an NDP member that [...] | 2006-02-27 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG |
06CAIRO1227 | ASSURANCES FOR FUGITIVE MURDER SUSPECT SAMEH [...] (SBU) Taking advantage of a February 27 call on Minister of Justice Aboul Leil, Ambassador drew from reftel to urge the GOE to provide assurances, following of the precedent of the Nabil Soliman case, that would allow the U.S. to return to Egypt fugitive murder suspect Sameh Khouzam. The Amba [...] | 2006-02-27 16:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PREL EG |
06CAIRO1232 | A/S RADEMAKER'S BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation Stephen Rademaker discussed Iran's nuclear weapons program with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and held bilateral nonproliferation discussions with the Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Na [...] | 2006-02-28 07:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV IS IR EG KNNP IAEA UNSC |
06CAIRO1233 | ISN A/S RADEMAKER DISCUSSES IRAN WITH ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation Assistant Secretary Stephen Rademaker, joined by DCM Stuart Jones, discussed Iran and a proposed Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (MEWMDFZ) with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa on February 16. Moussa ackno [...] | 2006-02-28 07:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IAEA EG IR IS KNNP |
06CAIRO1251 | NEW AYMAN NOUR/GAMEELA ISMAIL INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Gameela Ismail (wife of imprisoned Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour) informed Embassy early February 27 that because of a new criminal investigation of her and her husband (reftel),she might not be able to pass through exit control at Cairo International Airport in order to travel to an IRI [...] | 2006-02-28 12:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EG |
06CAIRO1272 | EGYPT: CODEL BERMAN MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. In a lengthy meeting with visiting Rep. Berman on February 20, Mubarak emphasized that Egypt does not trust Hamas but will work with the organization´s leadership in order to moderate its positions. Mubarak counseled strongly against a rapid withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq and d [...] | 2006-02-28 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OREP PREL PGOV EG KDEM |
06CAIRO1295 | DISCUSSION OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador met on February 26 with Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi in advance of Tantawi's March 5-10 trip to the U.S. and raised Egypt's potential violation of the Arms Export Control Act of 1976 through the treatment of third country patients at the International Medical C [...] | 2006-03-01 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS EG |
06CAIRO1297 | SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During his March 5-10 visit to Washington, Defense Minister Tantawi will seek Administration support for the current level of FMF funding. Tantawi feels that any USG concerns about the pace of democratic reform should be kept distinct from the mil-mil relationship, which he con [...] | 2006-03-01 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS IS EG |
06CAIRO1299 | DARFUR: EGYPTIANS NOT OPPOSED TO UN FORCE; [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the Ambassador late March 1 that press reports claiming President Mubarak and Libyan leader Qadhafi agreed February 28 in Miserata to oppose UN troops in Darfur were "wrong." While Qadhafi opposed UN forces in Darfur, Awad said, President Mubarak [...] | 2006-03-01 18:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO EG LY SU UNSC |
06CAIRO1318 | IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE UNLIKELY TO RECEIVE [...] (C) MFA Spokesman and Deputy Assistant Minister Alaa Hadidi told Poloff March 1 that Egypt had no plans to welcome Muqtada Sadr to Egypt, nor had Sadr sought an invitation to visit the country (reftel). Hadidi shared that the GOE had been troubled by Sadr's recent visit to Jordan where he was [...] | 2006-03-02 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KPAO EG IZ |
06CAIRO1319 | IRAN/IAEA: EGYPT AND U.S. "SEE EYE TO EYE," [...] (C) MFA Office Director for Disarmament Affairs Dr. Hossam Eldeen Aly conveyed to Emboff that Egypt saw "eye to eye" with the USG on dealing with Iran at the IAEA. After reviewing USG analysis (reftel) of the latest IAEA Director General's report and recommended elements to include in nation [...] | 2006-03-02 15:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP EG IR IAEA |
06CAIRO132 | UNHCR ASKS EGYPT TO DELAY DEPORTING SUDANESE [...] (SBU) The GOE has not yet begun deportation of Sudanese detainees. Interior Ministry contacts advised on January 8 that the 72 hour grace period given to UNHCR to interview Sudanese detainees (see Refs A and B) had expired, and the GOE had not yet determined whether to give UNHCR additional [...] | 2006-01-08 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SU EG KREF UNHCR |
06CAIRO1367 | ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS PREP FOR KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo March 4-5 to prepare for a March 28-29 Arab League Summit in Sudan. Among the topics discussed were Iraq, Palestine, Sudan/Darfur, and Arab reform. We understand the meetings were generally uncontentious, with ministers agreeing to support the polit [...] | 2006-03-06 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS IZ UNSC |
06CAIRO1413 | SUDAN: EGYPT PRESSING HARD TO RECONCILE POSITIONS [...] (C) Following up on the Ambassador's discussions with senior Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad (ref B),post delivered reftel demarche March 7 to MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy, stressing the importance of an African Union endorsement of a transition from the AU's M [...] | 2006-03-07 16:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC EG SU |
06CAIRO1450 | SUDAN/DARFUR: EGYPT-LIBYA-SUDAN SUMMIT POSTPONED [...] (C) The DCM delivered ref A demarche late March 7 to Presidential Advisor and Spokesman Soliman Awad, emphasizing the importance of GOE support for the transition of the African Union's peacekeeping operation in Darfur to a UN PKO. Awad said that a planned three-way summit between President [...] | 2006-03-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO EG SU LY |
06CAIRO1451 | SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT ROH AND DELEGATION PRESS [...] (C) On March 7, Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor to the President Soliman Awad briefed the DCM on Mubarak's March 6 meeting with South Korean President Roh. The two presidents, Awad said, discussed their respective peace processes. The Korean leader asked Mubarak to use his influen [...] | 2006-03-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNUC PARM EG KO |
06CAIRO1489 | EGYPT REACTS NEGATIVELY TO PROPOSED U.S.-INDIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KSCA IN PARM EG KNNP |
06CAIRO1636 | JERICHO PRISON CRISIS PROMPTS CANCELLATION OF [...] (C) Summary. Local sources confirm that the Jericho prison crisis in the West Bank has prompted the postponement of an expected visit to Israel by Egyptian Intelligence Minister Omar Soliman scheduled to begin March 15, as well as the postponement of travel to Egypt by Palestinian President [...] | 2006-03-15 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO1676 | JERICHO PRISON INCIDENT PROMPTS HARSH REACTION [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad called the Ambassador late March 15 to share that a parliamentary committee had severely grilled a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official March 14 during an emergency session to address the Jericho prison incident. Awad explained [...] | 2006-03-16 15:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC UNSC EG IS |
06CAIRO1678 | EGYPT POSSIBLE UNAUTHORIZED END-USE: METROLOGY [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7 below. 2. (C) Summary: The Office of Military Cooperation, Egypt (OMC-E) has discovered that the GOE is possibly engaging in an unauthorized end-use of FMF-purchased equipment at the Metrology Engineering Calibration Center (MECC) [...] | 2006-03-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EG |
06CAIRO1696 | THE SECOND U.S. - EGYPT CT JOINT WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Egypt hosted the second U.S.-Egypt Counterterrorism Joint Working Group on February 26, 2006. In a full day of talks, S/CT Amb. Crumpton and a six-member U.S. delegation discussed with the GOE's Inter-Ministerial Counterterrorism Committee the importance of a coordinated, interdisciplinary appr [...] | 2006-03-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL ASEC EG |
06CAIRO170 | SUDANESE REFUGEES IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) THE VIOLENT CONFRONTATION ON DECEMBER 30 BETWEEN EGYPTIAN POLICE AND SUDANESE REFUGEES WHEN AT LEAST 27 LOST THEIR LIVES AND HUNDREDS MORE WERE DETAINED, HAS FOCUSED WORLD-WIDE ATTENTION ON THE LIVES OF THE MANY ASYLUM- SEEKERS WHO HAVE SOUGHT REFUGE IN CAIRO. MANY OF THESE FLED TURMOI [...] | 2006-01-12 20:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR |
06CAIRO172 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SILVERBERG'S [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit. It has been difficult to gain Egyptian cooperation on UN reform. During his meeting with Ambassador Tahir-Kheli in December Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit signaled a willingness to compromise, but this has not yet materialized. The FM w [...] | 2006-01-13 17:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KUNR PHUM IS IZ LE SY SU EG UN |
06CAIRO1737 | AMBASSADOR AND DEFMIN TANTAWI DISCUSS [...] (C) The Ambassador and Defense Minister Tantawi discussed the International Medical Center's treatment of third country nationals during their March 19 meeting (septel). Tantawi's senior advisor, MG Fouad Abdel Halim, told the Ambassador and Field Marshal that the MoD understands that State [...] | 2006-03-20 15:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EG |
06CAIRO1745 | EGYPT'S SMUGGLING INTERDICTION ON GAZA BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 12:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS EG KPAL |
06CAIRO175 | ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA ON SYRIA/LEBANON DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) On January 14, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa provided the Ambassador a readout on recent Arab mediation efforts with Syria and Lebanon, and reaffirmed that the Arab League and others remained committed to full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions. He said he had [...] | 2006-01-15 11:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE |
06CAIRO1782 | DEFMIN TANTAWI ON MFO, PSI, DEMOCRATIC REFORM AND FMF [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, the Ambassador and Defense Minister Tantawi discussed Iraq, Sudan, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),and Tantawi's impressions of his recent visit to Washington. Tantawi reaffirmed the GOE view that for now, U.S. troops must remain in Iraq. On his meetings in Washington, Tantaw [...] | 2006-03-23 07:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IS EG KNNP |
06CAIRO1811 | SCENESETTER FOR GEN ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) GEN Abizaid, Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to review our agenda on regional security and the future of our FMF assistance to Egypt. President Mubarak believes, and the MoD's senior leadership will reiterate, that our mil-mil relationship is the cornerstone of [...] | 2006-03-23 17:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS IS IZ IR EG SU KPAL KNNP |
06CAIRO1883 | EGYPT: FLASH AIRLINES CRASH REPORT RELEASE: NO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-27 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR ECON EG |
06CAIRO1885 | RESTRUCTURING ESF ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT: U.S. [...] (C) Discussions between a joint USAID/State delegation with GOE ministers on March 20-21 moved forward considerably our efforts to restructure ESF. Specifically, the GOE: - appeared effectively, if not explicitly, to accept conditionality (via benchmarks) on future U.S. economic assistanc [...] | 2006-03-27 15:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
06CAIRO1911 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON SINIORA, AL SHARA'A, ARAB [...] (C) Mubarak with Lebanese PM: Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad told DCM on March 28 that during a March 23 meeting with President Mubarak, Lebanese PM Siniora complained about the lack of progress with Syria on the supply of weapons to Palestinians in Lebanon, on the establishment of diplo [...] | 2006-03-28 16:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS LE EG SY KPAL |
06CAIRO2010 | EGYPT: ACTIONS LOUDER THAN WORDS - GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) The public profile of Gamal Mubarak, presidential son and rising star in the ruling party, has increased in recent months. His appearance in late March on an evening talk show and a highly publicized visit to a Cairo slum have fueled speculation that an effort to succeed his father is movin [...] | 2006-04-03 10:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO2021 | ARAB LEAGUE'S KHARTOUM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan played host March 28-29 to the 18th regular summit of Arab League (AL) leaders, a meeting notable for poor attendance by heads of state and deep divisions over Iraq, Lebanon, and Hamas. AL leaders approved dozens of resolutions, covering the range of priorities for all 2 [...] | 2006-04-03 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KPAL MEPN EG SU |
06CAIRO2064 | EGYPT FERRY DISASTER: ABSENT OWNER'S IMMUNITY [...] (C) The investigation into the early February sinking of the "Al Salam 98" passenger ferry in the Red Sea is ongoing, although preliminary GOE statements are assigning culpability to the still-missing captain. Egypt's upper chamber of parliament lifted ferry owner Mamdouh Ismail's parliamentar [...] | 2006-04-04 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EWWT MARR EG |
06CAIRO2100 | DEFMIN TANTAWI WITH GEN ABIZAID ON IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 29 meeting CENTCOM Commander GEN Abizaid and Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi, joined by DCM Jones, discussed regional affairs, terrorism, military cooperation, and the International Medical Center (IMC). Tantawi (1) stressed the importance of a strong Sunni [...] | 2006-04-05 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS IS IZ LE EG SY KPAL |
06CAIRO2133 | ARAB LEAGUE'S AMRE MOUSSA ON DARFUR AND HAMAS [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed regional affairs, including Syria, Iraq, Darfur, and Hamas, during a chance meeting in the airport VIP lounge on April 4. On Israel/Palestine, Moussa said the League is urging Hamas to [...] | 2006-04-06 16:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM IS SU EG KPAL |
06CAIRO2137 | DARFUR: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S MESSAGE TO [...] (C) Summary. According to a senior MFA contact, Egyptian President Mubarak's message to Sudanese President Bashir in Khartoum April 4 was that Sudan was not given a "blank check" at the Arab League summit for its Darfur policies. Mubarak reportedly pressed Bashir to quickly conclude a peace [...] | 2006-04-09 05:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PTER EG SU |
06CAIRO2162 | CAIRO: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to continue our dialogue with the GOE on counterproliferation, Iran, and security assistance. Egypt values its role as a regional leader on nonproliferation and its influence in multilateral fora. Your visit will reassure Egy [...] | 2006-04-09 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS UNSC EG IR KNNP |
06CAIRO2183 | DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI ON IRAN, IRAQ, HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran, Iraq, Hamas, Sudan and the International Medical Center with Defense Minister Field Marshal Tantawi during an April 4 meeting. Responding to A/S Welch's caution on Iran's growing influence in the regi [...] | 2006-04-11 11:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM SY IS IZ SU EG KPAL |
06CAIRO2202 | IRAQ: MUBARAK'S TELEVISED REMARKS CREATE [...] (C) Summary. Only three days ahead of an Arab League foreign ministerial meeting on Iraq, Egyptian President Mubarak created waves during an Al Arabiya television interview (Ref) aired April 8, in which he questioned the national loyalties of Iraq's and the region's Shiites. While President [...] | 2006-04-11 16:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG IZ |
06CAIRO2203 | EGYPT: ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH'S APRIL 4 MEETING [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch and the Ambassador met with Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on April 4. Welch briefed Nazif on U.S. regional priorities and encouraged Nazif to make a visit to the U.S. Nazif discussed Egypt's reform successes, noting that results in the economic sphere were [...] | 2006-04-12 05:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG |
06CAIRO2228 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS APRIL 12 [...] (C) Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre Moussa provided the Ambassador April 12 with a brief read-out of that day's Iraq "Follow-Up Committee" ministerial meeting in Cairo. Despite Iraq's decision to boycott the meeting, nine Arab foreign ministers agreed on three main points, Moussa sai [...] | 2006-04-13 13:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC PTER EG IZ |
06CAIRO2337 | PALESTINIAN FM ZAHAR'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian FM Mahmoud Al Zahar met with Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Director Omar Soliman and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa during his April 15-17 visit to Cairo. Al Zahar did not meet with FM Aboul Gheit, or any other GOE officials. Al Zahar downp [...] | 2006-04-18 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS EG KPAL |
06CAIRO2350 | ARAB LEAGUE WITH U/S JOSEPH ON IRAN AND POLICY ON [...] (C) Arms Control and International Security U/S Robert Joseph and Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed Iran's nuclear program and the idea of a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (MEWMDFZ) in their April 13 meeting. U/S Joseph told Moussa that the Iran nucl [...] | 2006-04-19 11:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM IS IR EG KNNP KPAL |
06CAIRO2364 | DEFMIN TANTAWI AND U/S JOSEPH DISCUSS IRAN, MIDDLE [...] (C) Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi told Arms Control and International Security Under Secretary Robert Joseph April 13 that Egypt: shares U.S. concerns over Iran's effort to acquire nuclear weapons, will discuss possible measures to combat Iran's aims, resents threats of a possibl [...] | 2006-04-19 14:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER EG IR KNNP |
06CAIRO2417 | U/S JOSEPH'S APRIL 13 MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Cairo April 13 to discuss regional security issues. The meeting focused on efforts to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions, with U/S Joseph pressing for solid GOE s [...] | 2006-04-23 08:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KPAL EG IR IS |
06CAIRO2432 | AMBASSADOR´S MEETING WITH MIN INFO AND EGIS CHIEF ON RADIO SAWA AND AL-MANAR [...] (S) Summary: On April 20th, the Ambassador pressed MOI Al-Fiqqi on the GOE´s media portrayal of issues important to the US-Egyptian relationship, including Iran, Hamas, and Iraq. He also again raised the issues of Radio Sawa and Al-Manar. The Ambassador argued that if the GOE values its relation [...] | 2006-04-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL KPAL EG |
06CAIRO2435 | PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZAHAR TO CAIRO, NO [...] (C) During an April 23 meeting with Senator Dodd (D-CT) and the Ambassador, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit reviewed GOE thinking on regional and bilateral topics (septel),and acknowledged reports that he did not meet with visiting Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud al Zahar dur [...] | 2006-04-23 16:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KPAL EG IS MEPN |
06CAIRO2438 | APRIL 25 UPDATE ON DAHAB TERROR ATTACKS [...] (U) The official numbers of dead and injured following the April 24 triple bombing at the Dahab seaside resort in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, remain in flux, with State Security sources informally sharing their count of 24 killed and upwards of 100 injured. The Embassy is not aware of any Am [...] | 2006-04-25 12:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC EG |
06CAIRO2453 | NORTH SINAI TERRORIST ATTACKS HIT MFO AND EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) Two suicideattacks occurred at approximately 11:10 and 11:3 (local) April 26 in the vicinity of MFO's North Camp in the North eastern Sinai. In the first attack, a suicide bomber allegedly wearing a belt bomb threw himself on the hood of an unarmored MFO Chevy Blazer, shattering the wi [...] | 2006-04-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EG KMFO |
06CAIRO2475 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILLEN'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to discuss security assistance, border security, regional cooperation, and the MFO with the GOE. The Defense and Foreign Ministers will likely press you for further assurance of the Administration's support for the current lev [...] | 2006-04-27 14:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS MOPS KMFO EG IR IS KNNP KPAL |
06CAIRO2477 | MUBARAK'S MAY DAY SPEECH STRESSES CONTINUED REFORM [...] (SBU) President Mubarak's annual May Day address to the Egyptian labor movement, on April 27 at the Convention Center in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, was notable for his comments on reform and stability. In addition to the obligatory congratulations to Egypt's labor movement, Mubarak recapp [...] | 2006-04-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO2500 | SENATOR DODD'S APRIL 21-23 VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) Summary. During an April 21-23 visit to Egypt, Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) met Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the wife of imprisoned political figure Ayman Nour, a group of Egyptian civil society and business leaders, and attended a Coptic Easter Mass with the Ambassador. The Senator [...] | 2006-04-27 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG LE IR |
06CAIRO258 | PRESIDENTIAL SPOKEMAN'S STATEMENT FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-18 11:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SY IZ IS IR EG UN IAEA |
06CAIRO2648 | PM A/S HILLEN DISCUSSES FMF, SINAI SECURITY, IRAN, [...] (C) Visiting PM A/S Hillen, joined by the Ambassador, discussed Darfur, security assistance, Sinai security and regional cooperation with FM Aboul Gheit and Defense Minister Tantawi April 30. On Sudan, Aboul Gheit said that Egypt would only send more forces to Sudan with Khartoum's full suppo [...] | 2006-05-07 15:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS UN EG IS IR SU KPAL KNNP KMFO |
06CAIRO2671 | GAMAL MUBARAK: DESPITE HIGH PROFILE, DOUBTS FROM [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of Gamal Mubarak's unpublicized visit to Washington, he remains a decidedly controversial figure inside Egypt. Since reftel's analysis of Gamal's standing, vehement public skepticism continues and we are even hearing murmurs of dissent from within his own circle. Comme [...] | 2006-05-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO268 | SUDAN REFUGEES: EGYPT RELEASES ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs briefed the DCM January 18 on the status of detained Sudanese asylum seekers in Egypt. Hefny clarified that 153 Sudanese had been released January 17, with an unspecified number of others to be released shortly. UNHCR, he said, had been given [...] | 2006-01-18 16:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR |
06CAIRO2698 | EGYPT TO ATTEND D-8 SUMMIT IN BALI; EGYPT TO ACT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-09 14:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER EG IZ IR IS ID |
06CAIRO270 | CAIRO AIWG REVIEWS MISSION AND GOE PREPAREDNESS [...] (U) Summary: The Cairo Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met January 12, 2006, to assess mission preparedness, review its tripwires, and evaluate recent interactions with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on avian influenza (AI) preparedness and other related issues. End summary. 2. (SB [...] | 2006-01-18 17:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON PREL SOCI EG WHO KSTH |
06CAIRO2702 | SUDAN: EGYPT WELCOMES DARFUR PEACE DEAL, LOOKS TO [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the Ambassador late May 8 that Egypt had publicly welcomed the peace deal between Darfur rebels and the Government of Sudan (GOS) signed in Abuja May 5. Awad said the Presidency issued a statement to the media welcoming the agreement(faxed to NEA/ [...] | 2006-05-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM EG SU |
06CAIRO2723 | EGYPT'S NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (C) MFA's Disarmament Director Dr. Hossam Aly told poloff that a recent National Committee meeting to review the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) (Refs A and B) included representatives of all relevant ministries, inc [...] | 2006-05-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EG KNNP |
06CAIRO2761 | ARRESTS OF PRO-DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS SPARK MORE [...] (C) The recent detention of several dozen secular democracy activists, including the influential blogger Alaa Saif Al-Islam, on charges of insulting the president, has fueled concern among our pro-democracy contacts that the GOE is engaged in a comprehensive effort to put a lid on political [...] | 2006-05-10 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
06CAIRO2933 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Sharm El Sheikh. You come at a tense time for Egypt. The Mubarak regime has come under criticism for its heavy-handed response to protest demonstrations in each of the past two weeks. Also, judicial decisions are expected on May 18 in both Ayman Nour's app [...] | 2006-05-16 15:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO2966 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE INVITES USG PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Post received a note verbale (text below) from the Arab League May 17, inviting U.S. participation for the opening session of the "Iraqi National Accord Conference" slated to be convened June 21, 2006 in Baghdad. The League asks that the Embassy provide it with the name(s) of those repre [...] | 2006-05-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EG IQ |
06CAIRO2971 | MAY 18 - CRUNCH TIME ON AYMAN NOUR/JUDGES CASES [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Cairo's Central Court Complex, Dar al-Qada al-Aly, will be the focal point of two dramas currently dominating Egypt's domestic political scene. In one room, the Court of Cassation will hear the appeal of jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour. In another room, a discipli [...] | 2006-05-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO2989 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONCERNED OVER SECURITY [...] (C) During a May 15 luncheon, MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs Ambassador Salama Shaker pressed the DCM on GOE security concerns for its Washington, D.C. mission (ref). Shaker reported continuing GOE anxiety over what it perceives as inadequate notification by D.C. and federal au [...] | 2006-05-18 12:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC EG |
06CAIRO2991 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SNOW [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you to Sharm El Sheikh. You come at a tense time for Egypt. The Mubarak regime has come under criticism for its heavy-handed response to demonstrations supporting jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour and judges who criticized corruption in the last election. Th [...] | 2006-05-18 12:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EG SU IS KPAL |
06CAIRO2993 | WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-18 13:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EG PREL AORC TBIO WHO |
06CAIRO3006 | EGYPT: NOUR APPEAL DENIED, MIXED VERDICT IN JUDGES [...] (C) Summary: May 18 saw major developments in two key domestic political cases in Cairo. The conviction of imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour was upheld by Egypt's Court of Cassation, a decision led by a controversial judge in spite of the defense's citation of numerous technical flaws [...] | 2006-05-18 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EG |
06CAIRO3007 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON DARFUR, UN REFORM, [...] (C) During a May 18 meeting requested by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit offered his views on next steps in Darfur, UN reform, and countering the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Aboul Gheit said Egypt was in touch with Khartoum to urge its cooperation to resolve international [...] | 2006-05-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC EG SU LE |
06CAIRO3027 | MRS. MUBARAK AND ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGE [...] (SBU) Israeli FM Livni delayed her departure from the WEF at Sharm el-Sheikh on May 21 in order to meet with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak to discuss increasing Egyptian-Israeli cooperation on combating TIP. The meeting came at US suggestion to both sides after Livni had raised the TIP [...] | 2006-05-22 08:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM EG |
06CAIRO3029 | IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WELCOME FORMATION OF [...] (U) The Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued a public statement May 21 that welcomed the formation and approval of Iraq's new cabinet May 20. In the MFA's public statement, issued in the name of the Foreign Minister, Egypt called for the process of government formation to be completed via agreem [...] | 2006-05-22 09:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
06CAIRO3038 | EGYPT: GAMAL MUBARAK'S U.S. VISIT STIRS [...] (C) Summary: Cairo is still buzzing a week after news broke over Gamal Mubarak's visit to the United States. The perception that Gamal attempted to conduct the visit "in secret" - only to be exposed by a chance White House sighting SIPDIS by a Jazeera correspondent, was a major focus of cri [...] | 2006-05-22 14:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG |
06CAIRO305 | EGYPT: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Nazif asked the Ambassador for help dealing with Congress, complaining that Egypt could not get a fair hearing. Particularly regarding Ayman Nour, the full story of the case needed to be communicated; "Nour is a crook." The Ambassador raised Egypt's reluctance to refer Iran to t [...] | 2006-01-19 14:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD |
06CAIRO3071 | MRS. MUBARAK AND ISRAELI FM LIVNI PLEDGE [...] (SBU) Israeli FM Livni delayed her departure from the WEF at Sharm el-Sheikh on May 21 in order to meet with Egyptian First Lady Suzanne Mubarak to discuss increasing Egyptian-Israeli cooperation on combating TIP. The meeting came at US suggestion to both sides after Livni had raised the TIP [...] | 2006-05-23 13:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM EG |
06CAIRO3119 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MAY 20 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by Economic and Political Counselor John Desrocher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) May 20, 2006; 11:45AM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Ricciardone NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Se [...] | 2006-05-25 08:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PTER KPAL IS XF |
06CAIRO3128 | POTENTIAL IMPACT OF A REDUCTION OF EGYPT'S FMF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. (U) During a recent meeting with Office of Military Cooperation-Egypt Chief MG Byron Bagby, Congressman Kolbe requested an outline of the potential impact of a reduction or reprogramming of Egypt's Foreign Military Financing. P [...] | 2006-05-25 11:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS MOPS EG |
06CAIRO313 | CODEL WOLF DISCUSSES AYMAN NOUR, RELIGIOUS [...] (C) In a January 17 meeting with President Hosni Mubarak, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed the GOE on: --finding a solution to the Ayman Nour issue; --supporting and expanding religious freedom; --supporting US positions at the UN, especially with regard to Human Rights Commission [...] | 2006-01-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL IR SY EG OVIP |
06CAIRO3135 | POTENTIAL EGYPTIAN VIOLATION OF ARMS EXPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KOMC EG |
06CAIRO3139 | PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ZAHAR MAKES BRIEF [...] (C) En route to East Asia for another regional fund-raising tour and participation in an Arab-China ministerial gathering in Beijing, Palestinian Authority (PA) Foreign Minister Mahmud al Zahar visited Cairo May 24 where he met Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa. MFA Palestinian Affai [...] | 2006-05-25 13:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN MEPN KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO314 | UPDATE ON THE AYMAN NOUR CASE [...] (C) Summary: The case of jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour was a focal point of discussions between visiting USG officials, the GOE, and private Egyptians in mid-January. Visiting Congressman Wolf raised the issue with President Mubarak, Interior Minister Adly, Justice Minister Aboul Leil, [...] | 2006-01-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO3145 | EGYPT REVIEWING USG REQUEST ON KYRGYSTAN'S MANAS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-25 13:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EG AF KG |
06CAIRO3155 | NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT MINISTERIAL FOCUSED MORE ON [...] (C) MFA UN Affairs Officer Karim Sherif told emboff May 25 that Egypt would not support the issuance of any statements at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) ministerial in Malaysia supportive of Iranian positions vis-a-vis its nuclear program. Egypt's positions toward Iran, he said, sho [...] | 2006-05-25 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA EFIN EG |
06CAIRO3227 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MAY 21 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Minister-Counselor Michael H. Corbin, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) MAY 21, 2006; 12:45; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (C) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor Rich Mills D Special [...] | 2006-05-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM LE |
06CAIRO3235 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S MAY 20 MEETING WITH GAMAL [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) MAY 20, 2006; 5:30PM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (C) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Ricciardone NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Special Assist [...] | 2006-05-30 06:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO3236 | EGYPTIAN METROLOGY CALIBRATION CENTER NO LONGER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KOMC EG |
06CAIRO3243 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 21 MEETING WITH ISRAELI [...] (U) Classified by: Ambassador Francis J. Ricciardone, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) MAY 21, 2006; 2:30pm; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (C) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Ricciardone NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor [...] | 2006-05-30 11:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS |
06CAIRO3264 | CODEL KOLBE MEETINGS WITH EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS AT [...] (C) Summary. A series of senior Egyptian officials told CODEL Kolbe at the World Economic Forum (WEF) that a process of real political reform is underway in Egypt and that opposition political leader Ayman Nour's sentencing was not a political act. President Mubarak told the delegation th [...] | 2006-05-30 13:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EG |
06CAIRO3267 | CODEL KOLBE MAY 20 MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 20 meeting on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told House Foreign Ops Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Jim Kolbe and his delegation that, having had little choice but to allow Hamas to form a government [...] | 2006-05-30 13:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS XF |
06CAIRO3268 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 21 MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (U) Classified by: Economic and Political Counselor John Desrocher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) May 21, 2006; 9:30AM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor Rich Mills [...] | 2006-05-30 13:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON MOPS TU SU IR IZ EG |
06CAIRO3269 | IRAQ: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) In addition to a public statement made by Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (reftel) that welcomed the formation of a new government in Baghdad, President Mubarak sent congratulatory telegrams to both new Iraqi Prime Minister, Nour El Maliki, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Accordin [...] | 2006-05-30 13:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG IZ |
06CAIRO3271 | EGYPT: WEF IN SHARM EL SHEIKH PUTS EGYPT IN A [...] (C) Summary. Egypt managed to successfully host its first regional World Economic Forum (WEF) from May 20-22 in the shiny new Sharm el Sheikh International Congress Center without significant public glitches. The most newsworthy events were the meeting between Palestinian President Abu Maze [...] | 2006-05-30 15:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EG |
06CAIRO3282 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL GRIFFIN'S JUNE VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to discuss with you ways in which we might bolster our military cooperation with Egypt. The U.S.-Egyptian military partnership is the cornerstone of our strategic relationship. While both nations benefit from the relationship [...] | 2006-05-31 09:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MASS MOPS EG KPAL IS IZ SU |
06CAIRO330 | CODEL WOLF DISCUSSES AYMAN NOUR WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) In a January 17 meeting with Gamal Mubarak, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed Gamal on Ayman Nour, religious freedom, and Egypt's support for the USG positions in international fora. In response to Rep. Wolf's request that the GOE work quickly to resolve the Ayman Nour matter, Ga [...] | 2006-01-22 10:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EG |
06CAIRO3334 | MEETING OF IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS IN TEHRAN UNLIKELY; [...] (C) MFA Spokeman and Cabinet staffer responsible for Iraq affairs, Alaa Hadidi, told poloff May 30 that Egypt opposed the holding of a meeting of Iraq's neighbors and Egypt in Tehran, as agreed at the last neighbors meeting in Istanbul, Turkey. Hadidi said the Iranians had recently proposed J [...] | 2006-06-01 13:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IZ IR |
06CAIRO3348 | EGYPTIANS WELCOME U.S. WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IRAN [...] (U) Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit issued a statement June 1 welcoming reftel announcement and calling for the creation of a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction. The full text of the statement follows. Begin text: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit welcomed the statement by [...] | 2006-06-01 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM IAEA EG IR IS KNNP |
06CAIRO3349 | PALESTINIAN FUNDING MECHANISM: EGYPT AND ARAB [...] (C) On May 30, drawing from ref A talking points, post described USG thinking on creation of a temporary funding mechanism for assistance to the Palestinian people to MFA Palestinian Affairs Director Randa Labib and Arab League Cabinet Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef May 31. Both parties were [...] | 2006-06-01 14:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON EAID KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO3354 | EGYPT: MFA ASKS INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN [...] (SBU) ECPO Counselor and poloff attended a June 1 meeting at the MFA between IRI country director Gina London and Assistant Minister for North American Affairs Salama Shaker, which Shaker had called to address the issue of IRI's pending registration in Egypt. London apologized to Shaker for [...] | 2006-06-01 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM EG |
06CAIRO3358 | EGYPTIANS WELCOME U.S. WILLINGNESS TO ENGAGE IRAN [...] (U) Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit issued a statement June 1 welcoming reftel announcement and calling for the creation of a Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction. The full text of the statement follows. Begin text: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit welcomed the statement by [...] | 2006-06-01 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM IAEA EG IR IS KNNP |
06CAIRO3363 | EGYPT: MFA ASKS INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN [...] (SBU) ECPO Counselor and poloff attended a June 1 meeting at the MFA between IRI country director Gina London and Assistant Minister for North American Affairs Salama Shaker, which Shaker had called to address the issue of IRI's pending registration in Egypt. London apologized to Shaker for [...] | 2006-06-01 15:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM EG |
06CAIRO3419 | EGYPTIAN DISARMAMENT OFFICE COMMENTS ON NAM [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, the MFA's Disarmament Office Director Dr. Hossam Aly told poloff June 4 that Egypt did work to moderate the NAM statement on Iran at the ministerial meeting in Malaysia. Dr. Aly said that the original proposed Ministerial Statement had been much worse and [...] | 2006-06-04 14:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA UNSC EG IR KNNP |
06CAIRO3422 | EGYPT: MFA TERMS IRI COUNTRY DIRECTOR'S PRESS [...] (SBU) In a phone call to the Ambassador (in Washington) on June 3, FM Aboul Gheit expressed his concern with statements attributed to IRI Country Director Gina London in an undated interview, which ran in the June 3 issue of Nahdat Misr, an independent daily newspaper. Following up on the F [...] | 2006-06-04 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM EG |
06CAIRO3441 | MFA TELLS NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TO HALT [...] (SBU) In a June 5 meeting, MFA Assistant Minister for the Americas Ambassador Salama Shaker told National Democratic Institute regional representative Joe Hall, joined by his local attorney Sarwat Shahid and poloff, to halt NDI outreach activities pending GOE approval of NDI's registration a [...] | 2006-06-05 13:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
06CAIRO3482 | DARFUR: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT APPROVES INCREASE IN [...] (C) During a June 4 meeting, Foreign Ministry Cabinet staff member Ahmed Abul Zeid told poloff that Egyptian President Mubarak had recently approved a recommendation by the Egyptian Cabinet to increase the GOE's contribution of personnel to the African Union's Mission in Sudan (AMIS). Egypt h [...] | 2006-06-06 10:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS UNSC EG SU |
06CAIRO35 | THE EGYPTIAN ECONOMY IN 2006 - CAN EGYPT SUSTAIN [...] (C) As noted in reftel, the Mubarak regime has clearly recognized the need for wholesale economic reform to avert a serious deterioration in employment prospects and living standards for Egypt's burgeoning population and to keep Egypt afloat in the global economy. Gamal Mubarak's Policy Secr [...] | 2006-01-03 09:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL EG |
06CAIRO3508 | ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNS AMERICAN ACTIONS IN HADITHA, [...] (C) Following the June 4 issuance by the Arab League of a condemnatory statement (text below) regarding the actions of American soldiers in Haditha, Iraq, emboff complained to Arab League Spokesman Alaa Rushdy June 6 about the content of the statement, particularly since the incident was still [...] | 2006-06-06 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EG IZ |
06CAIRO3557 | GOE "FREEZES" ACTIVITIES OF IFES [...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs Salama Shaker convoked IFES Country Director Ben Goldsmith and Deputy Director Noreen Tadros on June 7. USAID/Cairo democracy and governance director and poloff (notetaker) joined the meeting at Shaker's request. Shaker, joined by her deputy [...] | 2006-06-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM EG |
06CAIRO358 | CODEL WOLF MEETINGS WITH GOE MINISTERS [...] (C) In January 15 meetings with the Ministers of Interior, Justice, and Trade-Industry, as well as with senior MFA officials, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed the GOE on the Ayman Nour case, as well as religious freedom, support for the U.S. in international fora, and discussed regio [...] | 2006-01-23 11:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OVIP KDEM PHUM KIRF EG IR MFA |
06CAIRO3583 | EGYPT: NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On June 5, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) issued a statement sharply critical of the GOE's treatment of pro-reform activists. According to the statement, GOE security forces should reconsider their use of "highly cruel security measures used lately against protestors who [...] | 2006-06-08 18:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EG |
06CAIRO3638 | EGYPT ON JUNE 12-16 IAEA MEETING; VISIT OF ALI [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit June 11 the U.S. desire that Egypt make a strong statement at the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors meeting calling on Iran to accept the offer made by P5 governments and Germany. Referring to his discussions with the Secretary G [...] | 2006-06-12 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA MNUC IR EU EG KNNP |
06CAIRO3641 | EGYPT ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 06:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | MNUC PARM PREL KNNP EG |
06CAIRO3672 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE AND EGYPT PRESSING AHEAD WITH [...] (C) Drawing from reftel talking points, emboff reviewed planning for the Arab League's Iraqi National Accord conference with Arab League Secretariat Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef on June 12. Citing political and security considerations on the part of unnamed Iraqi political figures, as well [...] | 2006-06-13 15:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ARABL EG IZ |
06CAIRO3743 | EGYPT VIEWS ON OIC MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-15 12:13:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR EG KNNP |
06CAIRO3756 | EGYPT: UN DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS [...] (C) Coordinating with Australian Embassy colleagues (New Zealand does not have an Embassy in Egypt) on reftel demarche, emboff met June 15 with MFA Human Rights Affairs Office Director Ihab Gamaleddin to discuss the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP). Drawing from [...] | 2006-06-15 15:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EG |
06CAIRO3758 | EGYPT: FIRST SESSION OF NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) The Ambassador drew from reftel in separate meetings June 11 with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit and June 13 with EGIS Chief Soliman, to stress the importance of Egyptian cooperation on UN and other multilateral issues. (Both senior officials have been urging us to advance a "strategic dial [...] | 2006-06-15 16:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA EG |
06CAIRO3759 | MUBARAK REACTS TO PRESS SPECULATION ON POLICY [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Soliman Awaad phoned Ambassador June 15 to convey President Mubarak's personal disavowal of an unattributed accusation reported that day in the influential weekly magazine al-Musawwar. The article (text below) reports last month's visit to the U.S. by the Egyptian Co [...] | 2006-06-17 09:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | OPRC PREL PGOV KPAO PTER IZ EG |
06CAIRO3792 | EGYPT CONSIDERING USG NOMINATION OF RUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-18 12:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC EG |
06CAIRO3794 | EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES "CONSTRUCTIVE" [...] (C) I conveyed ref A points to Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on June 19, making clear I was doing so on direct instructions from the Secretary. I reminded him that I had raised the same issue with him last week (ref B). Claiming he was not current on the state of play due to recent t [...] | 2006-06-18 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MEPN KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO3818 | (U) MUBARAK AND JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH DISCUSS [...] (C) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Soliman Awad shared with the Ambassador June 19 scant detail regarding Mubarak's June 18 meeting with King Abdullah. The two leaders reportedly focused primarily on the Palestinian situation, sharing identical views on Hamas. They compared notes on ma [...] | 2006-06-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL MEPN PTER EG JO IS |
06CAIRO3819 | SOMALIA: EGYPT LAMENTS U.S. DECISION TO "EXCLUDE [...] (C) During a June 19 meeting, MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy complained to poloff about what he termed Washington's decision to "exclude Arab participation" in a newly formed "Contact Group" to deal with the ongoing crisis in Somalia. Higazy questioned the selectio [...] | 2006-06-19 13:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG SO |
06CAIRO3822 | (C) EGYPT NON-COMMITTAL ON GUATEMALA'S BID FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 15:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA EG GT VE |
06CAIRO3836 | EGYPT: RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON TEMPORARY [...] (C) Drawing from reftel background and talking points, Poloff delivered on June 20 USG views regarding the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) for donor funding to the Palestinians to MFA Palestinian Affairs Office Director Randa Labib. Labib shared that Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed A [...] | 2006-06-20 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EAID EG IS |
06CAIRO3849 | SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE TO HOLD MINISTERIAL MEETING [...] (C) The Arab League will hold a ministerial meeting in Khartoum, Sudan June 21-22, to discuss political and security developments in Somalia, according to senior Arab League contacts. League Secretariat staffer Talal Elameen (protect) told Poloff that the meeting of the League's 11-member So [...] | 2006-06-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER ARABL EG SO |
06CAIRO3874 | GOE PROSECUTES STATE SECURITY OFFICER ON TORTURE [...] (SBU) In a notable break with past practice, GOE prosecutors have moved to prosecute a State Security officer on torture charges. In recent years, there has been a modest trend of successful prosecutions of regular police officials on torture and abuse charges in Egyptian criminal courts. Pe [...] | 2006-06-21 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO3875 | EGYPT: UPDATE ON ACTIVIST DETENTIONS [...] (C) Bahey Eddin Hassan, Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, confirmed to poloff June 21 press reports that influential blogger Alaa Saif Al-Islam will be released from GOE custody in the next few days. Al-Islam was detained on May 7 (ref A) with a number of other democra [...] | 2006-06-21 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
06CAIRO3901 | SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt welcomes you and your delegation to Cairo. Your visit will advance the President's freedom agenda with Egypt by stepping up our engagement on the rule of law. In this context, we ask your help on four specific issues - the return of Egyptians detained by the USG [...] | 2006-06-22 16:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CJAN KDEM EG |
06CAIRO3923 | ATTACK ON KEREM SHALOM CROSSING: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) On June 25, the Ambassador discussed the recent attack on Israeli forces at the Kerem Shalom crossing with Defense Minister Tantawi, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and EGIS Deputy Gohar (in Minister Soliman's absence). All three agencies were obviously following events closely and they ha [...] | 2006-06-25 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MEPN KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO3924 | IRAQ: EGYPT LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Egyptian MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs, Hani Khallaf, told poloff that Tehran is pressing to host a meeting of Iraq's neighboring countries (and Egypt) on July 8-9, and thought Saudi Arabia was encouraging Arab participation. Khallaf confirmed reports that the League would host [...] | 2006-06-25 15:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MOPS EG IZ |
06CAIRO3966 | SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE BRINGS SOMALI TRANSITIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Senior Arab League contacts Samir Hosni and Talal Elamine briefed poloff June 25 on outcomes of the Khartoum meeting of the Arab League's Somalia Committee with key Somali political leaders. In addition to providing Arabic texts of the June 22 Khartoum Communique (translations [...] | 2006-06-26 12:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MOPS EG SM |
06CAIRO3975 | EGYPT AND EUROPEANS FAIL TO FINALIZE NEW FRAMEWORK [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph seven. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) According to Egyptian and European contacts, significant disagreement on human rights and non-proliferation language derailed efforts to negotiate a new EU-Egypt bilateral Framewo [...] | 2006-06-27 10:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EFIN EG |
06CAIRO4168 | EGYPT PREPARING TO HOST IRAQI OFFICIALS; FORMAL [...] (C) During the July 4 Embassy reception, poloff discussed Iraqi-Egyptian relations with Iraqi Embassy diplomatic attache, Amir Abbas (protect). Asked about upcoming senior visits between Cairo and Baghdad, Abbas shared that he was working with contacts at the Egyptian General Intelligence Se [...] | 2006-07-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN ECON EG IZ |
06CAIRO4169 | EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON US-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On July 5, Ambassador, DCM, and EconCouns met with Minister for Foreign Affairs Aboul Gheit to discuss preparations for the US-Egyptian Strategic Dialogue meetings in Washington. Aboul Gheit had met the previous day with the Prime Minister and other cabinet memb [...] | 2006-07-05 15:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PHUM EG |
06CAIRO4185 | EGYPT "CONCERNED" BY NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TESTS; [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche July 6 to MFA Cabinet staff member Moataz Zahran, stressing the importance of concerted international pressure on North Korea to curb its provocative missile tests and proliferation of missile parts and technology. Zahran acknowledged GOE concerns regarding [...] | 2006-07-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM KNNP EG KN |
06CAIRO4197 | EGYPTIAN RAFAH/GAZA BORDER SITREP; UPDATE ON GOE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Local sources report that the Egyptian and Palestinian Rafah terminals may open briefly July 6 or 7 to allow a limited number of Palestinians stranded inside the Egyptian border terminal to enter [...] | 2006-07-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL MEPN PTER PHUM EG IS |
06CAIRO4243 | EGYPT: POPE SHENOUDA AND PAPAL SUCCESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt's sizeable Coptic Orthodox Church for the last three decades, returned to Cairo July 9 after receiving treatment for back and kidney problems in Cleveland. Although it appears the Pope will recover fully, change in the Coptic Orthodox Church has [...] | 2006-07-10 07:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF EG |
06CAIRO4258 | SUDAN: DARFUR'S MINI MENNAWI WARMLY WELCOMED IN [...] (C) Summary: Darfur rebel leader Mini Mennawi is currently in Cairo, Egypt with a large delegation from the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) faction he represents, preparing to depart for Washington, DC, where he expects to meet with President Bush and other senior USG officials. In Cairo, M [...] | 2006-07-10 13:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MOPS PTER KPKO EG SU CD |
06CAIRO4259 | MUSLIM-BORN CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY ALLEGE GOE [...] (C) Summary: Egypt's small community of Christians who have converted from Islam are subject to periodic harassment and occasional persecution by elements of the Egyptian security service. Recent discussions with members of this community, who identify themselves as "Muslim-born Believers" [...] | 2006-07-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF EG |
06CAIRO4282 | IRAQ: ARAB LEAGUE TO HOST PREPARATORY MEETING [...] (C) Arab League staff members shared July 11 that the League would hold a preparatory meeting of Iraqi political figures July 25-28 in Cairo to plan for a National Reconciliation Conference (NRC) in Baghdad later this summer. A maximum of 30 Iraqis from all the major Iraqi political groups a [...] | 2006-07-11 15:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MOPS PTER EG IZ |
06CAIRO431 | IO A/S SILVERBERG DISCUSSES UN REFORM WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: IO Assistant Secretary Silverberg discussed UN reform with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit and Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Naela Gabr on January 16. A/S Silverberg, accompanied by the Ambassador, urged Aboul Gheit to support management reforms and the creation of [...] | 2006-01-25 15:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL EG IS UNGA UNSC |
06CAIRO432 | ISRAELI FM TO MAKE EGYPT, FIRST VISIT ABROAD [...] (c) Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni will come to Egypt -- her first official trip outside of Israel as minister-- for a one-day visit February 1 at the invitation of Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Shalom Cohen told Ambassador January 25 that the visit [...] | 2006-01-25 16:31:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IS EG |
06CAIRO4334 | EGYPTIAN COMMENTS ON STRATEGIC DIALOGUE PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the meeting between A/S Welch and Elliott Abrams and Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, arrangements for the upcoming July 18 Strategic Dialogue were discussed. Aboul Gheit expressed his preference for a press event at the start of the meeting to a press conference a [...] | 2006-07-12 15:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID EG |
06CAIRO4356 | EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTION AT THE [...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy National Security Council Advisor Elliott Abrams discussed the draft UNSC resolution condemning military operations in Gaza with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa during separate July 12 SIPDIS meetin [...] | 2006-07-13 11:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS KPAL KWBG UNSC EG IS |
06CAIRO4382 | NEA ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID WELCH AND DNSA [...] (C) During a July 11-12 visit to Cairo, NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott SIPDIS Abrams along with the Ambassador met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman (sep channel),Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Arab League Secretary General Amre Mo [...] | 2006-07-16 07:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID MOPS KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO441 | PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FORMAL EGYPTIAN REACTION [...] (C) The Egyptian Government is watching with intense concern as initial reports indicate a Parliamentary majority for the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas along with the possibility that the Islamic militant group could form the next Palestinian government. Embassy sources among Egyptian Gove [...] | 2006-01-26 09:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO4482 | ARAB LEAGUE BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON JULY 15 FOREIGN [...] (U) Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef briefed diplomats July 18 on the three resolutions approved by the Arab League foreign ministers on July 15. He also gave some of the atmospherics of the meeting. According to Youssef, the foreign ministers agreed that the Israelis appeared to be [...] | 2006-07-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AL EG |
06CAIRO4495 | EGYPTIAN ELECTRICITY TO GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the June 28 Israeli strike knocking out Gaza's power station and the subsequent cuts in Israeli supply, Egypt has been providing 5 megawatts of emergency supply to Gaza, with plans to increase supply to 12 megawatts. In late June, prior to the strike, Egypt and the PA were [...] | 2006-07-19 11:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL KPAL EG |
06CAIRO4559 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COLE, JULY 29-30 [...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit to Egypt on July 29-30. Your visit to the Multinational Force and Observers' South Camp and other facilities will offer an opportunity to talk to U.S. commanders on the ground about MFO's operational mission and organizational structure, force l [...] | 2006-07-25 16:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP MARR PGOV PREL EG IZ |
06CAIRO4560 | TFLE01: FREQUENT DEMONSTRATIONS IN CAIRO AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations in support of Lebanon and against Israel have become near daily occurrences in Cairo since the July 13 Israeli bombing of Beirut,s international airport. Protests are expected to continue this week, with the largest anticipated to be a July 26 demonstration in C [...] | 2006-07-25 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EG |
06CAIRO4611 | TFLE01: EGYPT: JULY 26 DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 26, an estimated 1000 Egyptians gathered in Cairo's central Tahrir Square to protest Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine and to criticize a perceived lack of response on the part of Arab governments. Police cordoned off the protesters and several violent scuffles b [...] | 2006-07-27 14:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EG |
06CAIRO4646 | EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: JULY 30, 2006-07-30 [...] Summary. Egyptian media continue to focus almost exclusively on the Israel-Lebanon crisis, with an occasional turn to domestic issues, namely, the hike in gas prices. Columnists expressed what we believe to be widespread frustration with the government due to these two issues, and a resultant [...] | 2006-07-30 14:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL IS LE EG |
06CAIRO4647 | PERMREP TO REPRESENT EGYPT AT JULY 31 FORCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO LE EG |
06CAIRO4675 | REVENGE, REVENGE, REVENGE! EXPEL THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR! [...] Summary. Egyptian media was overwhelmingly focused on the July 30 Qana bombing. Most headlines, television talk shows and commentaries expressed rage toward the US for the deaths of women and children, perceiving the US as, having planned the military campaign with Israel in order to pursue i [...] | 2006-07-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IS LE EG |
06CAIRO4680 | TFLE01: INCREASING EGYPTIAN ANGER ABOUT LEBANON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Egyptians are increasingly angry about the violence suffered by Lebanese civilians as a result of Israeli military operations against Hizbullah, and public outrage has surged since the July 30 Israeli bombing of Qana. Calls for the expulsion of the Israeli and U.S. ambassadors are beco [...] | 2006-07-31 14:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG IS LE |
06CAIRO4758 | EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 2, 2006 [...] Summary. The Israeli ground offensive, Syria's readying of forces and reaction to President Bush's statements about the conflict in Lebanon while in Florida were themes in the day's headlines and news stories. Papers called the Qana bombing "terrorism" and accused Bush of insensitivity toward [...] | 2006-08-02 13:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IS LE EG |
06CAIRO4760 | TFLE01: PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL COMMITTEE CONDEMNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 31 emergency session, the "General Committee of Egypt's People's Assembly" condemned Israel's "war crimes" and "American complicity with Israel in preventing the UNSC for carrying out its role." The Arab and Foreign Affairs and National Security Committee of the Shura Counc [...] | 2006-08-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LE IS EG |
06CAIRO478 | GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT INDICATES INTEREST IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-26 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EG UNGA |
06CAIRO4782 | TFLE01: ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL ALLEGES U.S. LOSING [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef told poloff that in a meeting on August 2, the League's permanent delegates had expressed growing frustration with the failure to achieve a cease fire in Lebanon and agreed to seek an emergency meeting of the UN Human Rights Council to investig [...] | 2006-08-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN PTER LE IS EG |
06CAIRO4784 | TFLE01: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMRE [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre Moussa issued a statement on August 2 describing the conclusions of the meeting of perm reps held earlier in the day; the first such meetings since the outbreak of hostilities in Lebanon. In his statement, Moussa said that th [...] | 2006-08-03 12:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL LE EG IS |
06CAIRO4796 | EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 3, 2006 [...] Summary. Headlines in opposition, pro-government and independent papers today focused on the escalation of the conflict, and Egypt's role in supporting Lebanon. Front-page photos in many papers included injured Lebanese women, parents carrying injured or deceased children, and world leaders, [...] | 2006-08-03 14:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IS LE EG |
06CAIRO480 | SUDAN REFUGEES: UNHCR MEETS DEADLINE, BUT [...] (SBU) UNHCR has completed its evaluation of the 183 Sudanese asylum seekers still in detention since they were forcibly evicted from a sit-in in a downtown park last December 30 and will present its final report to the GOE tonight. Since it reopened its offices, UNHCR has been overwhelmed wit [...] | 2006-01-26 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR |
06CAIRO482 | PALESTINIAN ELECTION RESULTS A "SURPRISE" TO [...] (C) During a January 26 meeting with poloff, MFA Cabinet staff member responsible for the peace process portfolio, Ezzedine Shukry-Fisher, and Palestinian Affairs Office Director Randa Labaib, expressed surprise that Hamas had done so well in the latest parliamentary elections. Noting that t [...] | 2006-01-26 16:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER KDEM EG IS MEPN |
06CAIRO4829 | EGYPT ON CONTINUING CHALLENGES TO AMIS TRANSITION [...] (C) MFA's Sudan Department Director Ambassador Maasoum Marzouk told poloff August 3 that ongoing references to Chapter VII and the International Criminal Court (ICC) in UN discussions on Darfur complicate efforts to convince Sudan to accept the AMIS transition to a UN mission. Marzouk said [...] | 2006-08-06 15:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UN SU EG |
06CAIRO4840 | EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 6, 2006 [...] Summary. Continuation of fighting in Lebanon amid reports of a draft resolution sponsored by the US and France were the main stories in all papers on Sunday. Pro-government papers continued what we perceive as efforts to downplay support for Hezbollah in commentaries, while many papers cont [...] | 2006-08-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IS LE EG |
06CAIRO4855 | ARAB LEAGUE TO CONTINUE CONFIDENCE BUILDING BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef said that although participants at the late July Iraq Reconciliation Preparatory Conference made progress on divisive issues, reconciliation will be a long process and circumstances, including security, are not yet conducive to scheduli [...] | 2006-08-07 15:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ EG |
06CAIRO4875 | "SINIORA CRIES." EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: [...] Summary. Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's emotional speech in Beirut yesterday, and the debate over whether Hezbollah or Israel is the victor of the war continued in television and print commentaries. All papers led with similar stories and headlines, including, "Siniora's Tears"; the "pu [...] | 2006-08-08 13:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IS LE EG |
06CAIRO4899 | EGYPTIAN LIBERALS PREDICT MOMENTUM FOR REFORM WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Several of Embassy's liberal and activist contacts have expressed distress over American policy regarding Lebanon, as well as concern about the ramifications of the current crisis on Egyptian reform efforts. In a series of meetings with a range of reform-minded contacts, poloff w [...] | 2006-08-09 08:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IS LE EG |
06CAIRO4918 | EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 7, 2006 [...] Summary. The main headlines in today's papers were the Israeli casualties of the day, Al-Jamaa Al-Islamia's denial of ties to Al-Qaeda, and the Muslim Brotherhood's temporary retraction of its call to send 10,000 "mujahadeen" to Lebanon. Headlines also revealed displeasure with the US- Franc [...] | 2006-08-10 08:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IS LE EG |
06CAIRO4919 | "LEBANON IS IN EGYPT'S HEART." EGYPT [...] Summary. One of the main news stories and subject of much commentary was the 70-member delegation which traveled to Lebanon yesterday "as an assertion of solidarity to the Lebanese people during this hard time." Commentaries were particularly rough in their criticisms of the US and Israel [...] | 2006-08-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IS LE EG |
06CAIRO4928 | EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 10, 2006 [...] Summary. All Egyptian terrestrial and satellite channels aired Hassan Nasrallah's exclusive statement on Al-Manar TV, to include Egyptian Television which did not air items from Al-Manar before the war in Lebanon. Lead stories in morning television and print news included Israel's vote to [...] | 2006-08-10 12:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IS LE EG |
06CAIRO493 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER KCRM PREL EG |
06CAIRO4939 | GAMAL MUBARAK DISCUSSES BEIRUT TRIP, UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gamal Mubarak briefed Ambassador and visiting Congressman Darrell Issa August 9 on his August 8 visit to Beirut, at the head of a 70-member Egyptian "solidarity" delegation. He predicted that the Egyptian Parliament's new session (beginning in November) will be "the constitutional refo [...] | 2006-08-10 17:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM LE IS EG |
06CAIRO5011 | EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS AUGUST 13, 2006 [...] Summary. The day's headlines largely focused on the UNSC resolution, its potential for implementation on Monday, and Israel's planning of large military campaigns in anticipation. In breaking news, during their afternoon press conference following a meeting with President Mubarak, Iranian Fo [...] | 2006-08-14 11:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IS LE EG |
06CAIRO5019 | UPDATING BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Ambassador, USAID Mission Director and Washington visitors met on August 2 with GOE Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga and other GOE ministers and officials regarding proposals to update the management of U.S. bilateral foreign assistance to Egypt. Aboulnaga labeled as [...] | 2006-08-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EG |
06CAIRO5028 | EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT REACTION TO UN SECURITY [...] (C) During an August 14 discussion of regional issues, MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hany Khalaf shared with poloff the text (below) of an "oral message" from Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit that he said would be delivered in UN Security Council P-5 member state capitals and Israel. Th [...] | 2006-08-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG LE IS |
06CAIRO5030 | "THE END OF THE MYTH." EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 14, 2006 [...] Summary. For the second consecutive day, headlines in opposition and independent papers, responded to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah by highlighting Israel's "last minute massacres" and portraying Israel as "failed." Government-controlled dailies focused on President Mub [...] | 2006-08-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IS LE EG |
06CAIRO5031 | ISRAELI EMBASSY ON STATUS OF RELATIONS WITH EGYPT [...] (C) Israeli Embassy Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Israel Tikochinski called on the DCM August 13 to discuss the status of Israel-Egypt relations. The GOI is pleased overall, he reported, with the GOE's bilateral response to the recent crises in Gaza and Lebanon. Nevertheless, according to Tikochin [...] | 2006-08-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ECON MEPN KPAL EG IS LE |
06CAIRO5123 | SUDAN: EGYPT RELUCTANT TO PRESS BASHIR ON UN FORCE [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke August 15 with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and August 16 with Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad to request that Egyptian President Mubarak press Sudanese President Bashir to accept a transition to a UN force in Darfur. Drawing from [...] | 2006-08-16 15:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID UNSC PHUM EG SU |
06CAIRO5124 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S SPEECH BRUSHED OFF BY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary. The vitriolic August 15 speech by Syrian President Bashar Asad before the Syrian Journalists Union, elicited a predictable mixed reaction from Egyptians, with official sources largely brushing off its significance, pro-government media sources lashing back, and the general publi [...] | 2006-08-16 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE |
06CAIRO5126 | SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S SPEECH BRUSHED OFF BY OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary. The vitriolic August 15 speech by Syrian President Bashar Asad before the Syrian Journalists Union, elicited a predictable mixed reaction from Egyptians, with official sources largely brushing off its significance, pro-government media sources lashing back, and the general publi [...] | 2006-08-17 05:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE |
06CAIRO5207 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS SET TO MEET ON LEBANON ISSUE [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche August 19 separately to MFA Cabinet staff member Nazih al Negeiry and Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef, ahead of an August 20 ministerial meeting at Arab League headquarters focused on Lebanon. Negeiry committed to delivering the message to Minister Aboul [...] | 2006-08-20 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC MEPN EG LE |
06CAIRO5237 | EGYPT'S INTERIM RESPONSE ON NUCLEAR FUEL CONCEPT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 14:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL IAEA UN EG |
06CAIRO5239 | EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS: AUGUST 18-21, 2006 [...] Summary. Reactions to Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad's August 17 speech has figured prominently in Egyptian news and commentaries, with the majority of monitored columns devoted to the subject since August 18. Commentaries and editorials have been largely disapproving of his "insults" towa [...] | 2006-08-21 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL IS LE EG SY |
06CAIRO5240 | ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) In an effort to be seen as "doing something," Arab League foreign ministers met in Cairo August 20 to address assistance for the reconstruction of Lebanon, to discuss reviving the Arab-Israeli peace process, to debate the utility of an Arab Summit, and to offer political support to Sudan. [...] | 2006-08-21 14:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL UNSC ARABL MOPS EG LE SY |
06CAIRO5270 | AL MANAR NEXT STEPS [...] (S) Ref B and previous messages report our campaign against Al Manar on NileSat over the past year. When circumstances permit, we will resume our advocacy with every influential top official. Further discussion with the GOE at this time regarding removing Al Manar broadcasts from NileSat would not [...] | 2006-08-22 16:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ECPS ETTC KPAO PREL PTER XF EG |
06CAIRO5298 | EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENTARY DYNAMICS: DEBATE SHIFTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current Egyptian parliament, populated by a majority of National Democratic Party (NDP) members and an energized Islamist minority, contains more opposition parliamentarians than any previous People's Assembly in Egyptian republican history. The presence of an activist and discipli [...] | 2006-08-24 08:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO5317 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Welcome back to Cairo. Your visit allows us to reaffirm our nations' strong mil-mil cooperation at a time when the broader bilateral relationship and the U.S. image on the Arab Street shows signs of strain due to the crisis in Lebanon. In meetings with governmental and non-governmental contacts [...] | 2006-08-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER MOPS EG IS IZ IR SU LE KNNP |
06CAIRO5333 | GOE SEEKS CLARIFICATION OF FAA PLANS [...] (U) This is an action cable. For action requested, see paragraph four. 2. (SBU) On August 6, econoff learned from Chairman of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) General Samir Abdel Maboud that a courtesy call by FAA desk officer Leeann Hart on the Egyptian Ambassador in Washin [...] | 2006-08-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL EG |
06CAIRO5362 | ANTI-ISRAEL INITIATIVES FROM EGYPTIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Lebanon crisis, Egyptian oppositionists across the political spectrum are concentrating their attention on anti-Israel initiatives, rather than their usual pro-reform efforts. Most notably, the Egyptian opposition movement Kefaya recently launched a "One Milli [...] | 2006-08-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EG |
06CAIRO5383 | VENEZUELA PRESSING ARABS HARD ON UN SECURITY [...] (C) Venezuela is taking advantage of ongoing conflicts in Lebanon and Palestine, and Arab discontent with Israel and the U.S., to boost its chances of winning a seat on the United Nations Security Council in October. While neither Egypt nor the Arab League to our knowledge has committed to s [...] | 2006-08-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC ARABL UNGA EG VE GT |
06CAIRO5389 | EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE ASSISTANCE FOR LEBANON [...] (C) According to MFA Cabinet staff member Ezzedine Shukry, Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga will represent Egypt at the August 31 Stockholm donors conference for Lebanon. MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Amal Mourad will also attend. Minister Aboul Naga [...] | 2006-08-29 12:03:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID EG LE |
06CAIRO5430 | AMBASSADOR SCHULTE DISCUSSES IRAN WITH FM ABOUL [...] (C) U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Mission in Vienna Ambassador Schulte discussed Iran's nuclear weapons program with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on August 28. Aboul Gheit warned Ambassador Schulte that the U.S. handling of Lebanon had strengthened Iran, that economic sanctions against Ir [...] | 2006-08-31 10:33:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC EG IR LE IS KNNP |
06CAIRO5459 | GOE'S MIXED SIGNALS ON INTERNATIONAL NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: Internews, the U.S.-based media reform NGO, appears to have secured GOE approval to finalize its registration in Egypt, paving the way to start work with independent Egyptian media, supported by USAID. IRI, which continues to defer appointing a new country director, is taking a [...] | 2006-08-31 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EG |
06CAIRO5496 | ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE RECEIVED WITH [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche September 3 to MFA Assistant Minister Hani Khalaf, and separately to Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef. With regards to UNSCR 1701, both Khalaf and Youssef welcomed news of USG humanitarian and military support for Lebanon and registered stron [...] | 2006-09-05 11:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN UNSC UNGA ARABL EG |
06CAIRO5526 | EGYPT: UPDATE ON USG CANDIDATES FOR UNITED [...] During a September 4 meeting with MFA Office Director for Candidacy Issues, Counselor Hatem Tag-Eldin, poloffs reviewed pending USG requests for Egyptian support for elections to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),the International Law Commission (ILC),and the International Mobile Satellite [...] | 2006-09-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA UNSC PHUM UNHCR EWWT INMARSAT EG |
06CAIRO5527 | EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT [...] (C) During a September 5 meeting with MFA Office Director for Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Affairs, Osama Khalil, poloff delivered reftel demarche on topics expected to be discussed at a September 11-16 NAM Summit in Havana, Cuba. Khalil believed the summit would be uneventful, but noted the " [...] | 2006-09-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UNSC PHUM PTER EG CU VE GT |
06CAIRO5528 | 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] We obtained the following information on September 5 from officials of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and the Secretariat of the League of Arab States, respectively. SIPDIS Egypt: A. Attendance of the Head of State. -- President Hosni Mubarak will not attend the UN General Assembly [...] | 2006-09-05 14:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA EG |
06CAIRO5529 | GRAND MUFTI SEEKS INCREASED MEDIA ATTENTION ON [...] (SBU) In a September 4 meeting with Grand Mufti of the Republic Ali Goma'a, Charge registered USG concern regarding the Mufti's August 7 Al Ahram op-ed titled "The Crime of the Qana Massacre." The article centered on criticizing Israeli "crimes" in Lebanon, but also cited the notorious alleged [...] | 2006-09-06 03:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL PHUM EG |
06CAIRO553 | EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON FINAL NEGOTIATIONS ON STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Summary. A GOE participant in the SAICM process reports that the GOE is supportive of U.S. positions regarding precaution, scope, a savings clause, and the Global Plan of Action. However, post does not expect the GOE delegation to vigorously promote these positions during the February [...] | 2006-01-30 15:18:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV |
06CAIRO5555 | (C) VISIT TO EGYPT BY UN SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI [...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad briefed Charge on September 5 on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's meeting with President Mubarak earlier that day. The meeting covered Annan's recent visit with Syrian President Asad, Lebanon, Sudan, and the Arab League initiative to involve the Securi [...] | 2006-09-06 15:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA MEPN EG |
06CAIRO557 | SOLIMAN ON ARAB LEAGUE IRAQ CONFERENCE VENUE [...] (S) Ambassador told EGIS chief Omar Soliman that we had heard that the AL was thinking of postponing its planned follow-up conference involving all the Iraqi factions, and of moving it outside Iraq. We could understand the need to postpone such a conference, particularly pending the formati [...] | 2006-01-30 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ |
06CAIRO5601 | ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN CAIRO TO [...] (C) Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo September 5-6 for a regularly-scheduled session, mainly to discuss joint Arab positions on the topics of Lebanon, the Arab-Israeli peace process, and Sudan. A long list of less pressing items were also considered by ministers, but local contacts describ [...] | 2006-09-07 14:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN UNGA UNSC ARABL EG |
06CAIRO5619 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO ARB [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KAWC PINR PREL EG |
06CAIRO563 | EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT PUBLIC LINE ON PALESTINIAN [...] (U) Egyptian state media reported a January 28 phone call between President Mubarak and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which the Egyptian leader expressed hope that the Palestinians would "close ranks in the coming period" in order to push the peace process forward and achieve the asp [...] | 2006-01-30 16:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS MEPN |
06CAIRO5708 | READOUT OF BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT'S [...] (C) UK Embassy Poloff Martin Hetherington provided emboff with a brief readout of UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett's September 7 visit to Egypt, where she met separately with President Mubarak, EGIS Chief Soliman, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and Arab League Secretary General Amre Mouss [...] | 2006-09-12 13:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL PTER EG UK |
06CAIRO5748 | DEFMIN TANTAWI AND GENERAL ABIZAID: STRENGTHEN [...] (C) In his August 30 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid, Egypt's Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi inquired about the possibility of sending U.S.-origin Egyptian armaments to support the Lebanese Army, which he characterized as very weak. General Abizaid agreed, and promi [...] | 2006-09-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS PTER KPAL PHUM KNNP LE EG IR |
06CAIRO5796 | MFA OFFICIAL URGES HIGH-LEVEL USG CONTACT WITH GOE [...] (C) Summary: The MFA official in charge of registration of foreign NGOs has said the freeze on activities by IRI, NDI, and IFES, as well as the issue of their pending legal registration in Egypt, could best be resolved by a "high level" overture from the USG to the GOE. The official offere [...] | 2006-09-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KDEM EG |
06CAIRO5799 | EGYPTIAN-IRAQI RELATIONS UPDATE; IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Egyptian MFA Spokeman Alaa Hadidi updated poloff on September 14 regarding Egypt's bilateral relations with Iraq, and on upcoming regional events involving Iraq. Hadidi confirmed reftel report that Egypt invited Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki to visit, but said he was unaware of specific pl [...] | 2006-09-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA PTER EG IZ |
06CAIRO58 | EGYPT: NO UNHCR ACCESS TO SUDANESE DETAINEES [...] (C) UNHCR still has no access to the Sudanese being held by the GOE in temporary camps following a violent confrontation that occurred when GOE security forces ended the Sudanese group's three month protest over refugee policy. While the GOE has not formally declined UNHCR's access request, [...] | 2006-01-03 17:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CASC EG SU UNHCR |
06CAIRO5831 | EGYPT: STILL NO ANSWER ON US CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] On September 17 emboff met with National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) Vice President for Policies and International Cooperation Dr. Offat Abd El Monsef to seek GoE support for the United States candidate to head the International Mobile Satellite Organizaton (IMSO). Dr. Abd [...] | 2006-09-18 06:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA UNSC PHUM UNHCR EWWT INMARSAT EG |
06CAIRO5860 | EGYPTIAN REACTIONS TO PAPAL COMMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A loud chorus of Egyptian political and religious leaders has publicly criticized Pope Benedict XVI's September 12 comments regarding Islam. The Pope's September 17 statement that he is "deeply sorry" about the reaction to his comments has been met with varying reactions in Egyp [...] | 2006-09-19 03:53:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL EG |
06CAIRO5865 | EGYPT'S POLITICAL REFORM PROCESS: SAAD EDDIN [...] (C) Summary: Leading Egyptian democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim confirmed that he is deeply disappointed by what he perceives as diminished USG support for democratic reform in the Middle East. Ibrahim is worried that the USG is pulling back from once clear support for democracy in the [...] | 2006-09-19 11:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
06CAIRO5867 | DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN EGYPT: SEPTEMBER [...] (C) In meetings with GOE and NGO contacts on September 10-11, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles and NEA DAS J. Scott Carpenter reaffirmed USG support for democracy in Egypt and underscored the importance of GOE respect for human rights. MFA officials asserted that the GOE is committed to real poli [...] | 2006-09-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
06CAIRO5927 | RAFAH BORDER UPDATE [...] (C) An Egyptian military official in the Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) told poloff on September 20 that LAWIO is working closely with Israeli liaison counterparts, including General Udi Dekel, to coordinate the opening of the Rafah terminal in the near future. He s [...] | 2006-09-21 10:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO601 | IRAN: CENTRIFUGE BRIEFING TO EGYPTIAN MFA [...] Lawrence Livermore representative Roger Miller and Department of Energy representative Richard Nephew briefed the MFA's Assistant Minister for American Affairs Ali al Hefny and MFA disarmament specialists on Iran's Gas Centrifuge Program on January 29. Al Hefny said Egypt appreciated the opp [...] | 2006-02-01 18:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IS IR EG KNNP IAEA UNSC |
06CAIRO6016 | NO SURPRISES AT NDP PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling National Democratic Party's annual party conference, convened under the banner "New Thinking ... and the Second Leap Towards the Future," closed on September 21, following three days of animated speeches, discussion panels, plenary sessions, and discourse on policy paper [...] | 2006-09-25 12:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO603 | SECURITY COORDINATOR LTG DAYTON DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton and the Ambassador discussed the recent Hamas election victory, Palestinian security, and Egyptian-Israeli border security with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Director of Military Intelligence Mowafi Februa [...] | 2006-02-01 21:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS |
06CAIRO604 | EGYPT AND IRAN/IAEA: PRESSING FOR REFERENCE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-01 21:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR EG IAEA UNSC |
06CAIRO6106 | SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RICE'S OCT 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Madame Secretary, warm welcome to Cairo. President Mubarak and Omar Soliman have been trying to ameliorate conditions in Gaza. They will look to you for specific measures to support Abu Mazen, specifically on salaries to workers and release of prisoners. They [...] | 2006-09-28 19:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KDEM PHUM EG |
06CAIRO6132 | SSIS MONITORING OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY NGOS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 08:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EG KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL |
06CAIRO6143 | EGYPT "DISAPPOINTED" WITH U.S. POSITION AT [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Ihab Fouzy, acting on Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's instructions, summoned the DCM on October 1 to express Egypt's disappointment at the U.S. decision to oppose Egypt's "Application of Safeguards in the Middle East" resolution and to de [...] | 2006-10-02 11:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IAEA IR EG KNNP |
06CAIRO6172 | SUDAN: EASTERN PEACE TALKS GOING WELL, DON'T [...] (C) Drawing from reftel background and talking points, poloff shared with MFA Cabinet staff member Ahmed Aboul Zeid on October 2 USG concerns regarding the direction of peace talks between the Government of Sudan and Eastern rebel groups currently taking place in Asmara, Eritrea. Aboul Zeid, [...] | 2006-10-02 16:08:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KDEM EG SU ER |
06CAIRO6196 | AVIAN FLU CASES REEMERGE IN EGYPT AFTER SUMMER LULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several new cases of H5N1 avian influenza (AI) emerged in backyard poultry farms in August and September, following a relative lull in outbreaks in the early summer. Both the Ministers of Health and Agriculture expressed concern about recent outbreaks. The re-emergence of live [...] | 2006-10-03 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG |
06CAIRO6233 | SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE MISSION TO SEEK REGIONAL, [...] (C) According to Arab League (AL) officials, an AL delegation is preparing to visit Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Eritrea, Sudan, and Somalia from roughly October 8 - 22. The visit is intended to prepare for the next round of AL-hosted talks in Khartoum on October 30. Salah Halima, Advisor to Sec [...] | 2006-10-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ARABL EG SO |
06CAIRO6235 | COUTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CAMERON HUME [...] Post welcomes the visit of Charg dAffaires Cameron Hume. Country clearance has ben granted for October 5-8, 2006 visit to Cairo fr the purpose of meetings with Egyptian official. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in paragraph 18 for all visitors requiring Embassy upport. 2. Ho [...] | 2006-10-04 17:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT OTRA EG |
06CAIRO6294 | SADAT NEPHEW STRIPPED OF PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY, [...] (C) Summary: Controversial independent parliamentarian Talaat Sadat (nephew of the late president) has publicly alleged that high-ranking military personnel, as well as then Vice-President Hosni Mubarak, were behind the 1981 assassination of President Anwar El Sadat. Talaat was subsequently c [...] | 2006-10-10 12:04:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO6308 | EGYPT UNDECIDED ON UN DECLARATION ON RIGHTS OF [...] (C) With the Australian Charge in the lead, poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 10 to MFA Human Rights Office Deputy Director Mai Khalil, describing U.S. concerns over the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP). Khalil shared that internal GOE deliberation on [...] | 2006-10-11 09:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNGA PHUM KTIA EG |
06CAIRO6325 | GOP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON VENEZUELAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] SUMMARY. (C) GOP Energy policy remains divided as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) pursues divergent paths to ensure an affordable supply of petroleum for Panama. MICI Vice-Minister Jose Paredes stated publicly that the new Panamanian state run oil company would not distribute fue [...] | 2006-10-11 15:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MOPS PHUM ARABL EG SU |
06CAIRO6326 | FIRST HUMAN CASE OF AI IN FIVE MONTHS REPORTED IN EGYPT [...] (U) On October 10, World Health Organization (WHO) officials in Cairo confirmed the first case of H5N1 Avian influenza in a human since May, bringing the total number of human cases this year to fifteen, six of which were fatal. According to WHO statistics, Egypt has had the second highest num [...] | 2006-10-11 15:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG |
06CAIRO6328 | EGYPT: NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MICHAEL DORAN [...] (C) In an October 3 meeting with pro-reform Egyptians on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Cairo, NSC Senior Director Michael Doran reiterated the USG's commitment to supporting political reform and freedom in Egypt and BMENA. Yomn El-Hamaqi (a member of Egypt's Consultative Council and [...] | 2006-10-12 06:45:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
06CAIRO6365 | EGYPTIAN LIAISON CHIEF DISCUSSES BORDER GUARD [...] (C) Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) Liaison Chief MG Nagy reported that Egypt has sought assistance from a petroleum company (NFI) to bolster its tunnel detection tactics on the border with Gaza. Although Egypt and Israel began a tunnel detection discussion between engineers in e [...] | 2006-10-15 10:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL KTIP IS EG |
06CAIRO6371 | CAIRO DATE MARKET AS POLITICAL BAROMETER [...] (SBU) In a recent visit to Cairo's bustling date market, poloff chatted with several date vendors about their merchandise and marketing techniques. Egyptians traditionally break the Ramadan fast with a date - a custom that hearkens back to the 7th century, when the Prophet Mohammed broke his [...] | 2006-10-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL EG |
06CAIRO6377 | EGYPT: GOVERNMENT FORMING INTER-MINISTERIAL BODY [...] (SBU) On October 12, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Naela Gabr told Charge the GOE is creating an inter-ministerial body to coordinate TIP policy. Gabr acknowledged the Prime Minister's office has not yet issued the decree establishing the new coordinating body (it is due out [...] | 2006-10-16 14:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM EG |
06CAIRO6381 | EGYPT HOSTS SENIOR FRENCH, SPANISH, AND ITALIAN [...] (C) Italian and French Embassy officials offered separate readouts on October 16 of a gathering in Cairo of senior diplomats from Rome, Paris, and Madrid the day before to discuss the Middle East peace process and related topics. Italian Embassy First Secretary Lamberto Moruzzi and French Emba [...] | 2006-10-16 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN UNSC KPAL EG IS FR SP IT |
06CAIRO639 | SUDAN REFUGEES: UNHCR COMPLETES ITS WORK WITH [...] (SBU) Although some Sudanese asylum seekers were released during the week, 155 remain in detention following their forcible eviction from a sit-in in a downtown park December 30. UNHCR has completed its evaluation of all of those still in detention and will present its final report to the GOE [...] | 2006-02-02 14:50:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR |
06CAIRO6441 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SUDAN SPECIAL ENVOY [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios and delegation. Country clearance has been granted for their visit to Cairo October 20-22, 2006 for the purpose of consultations with senior Egyptian officials. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in paragr [...] | 2006-10-17 14:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP NATSIOS PREL AMGT OTRA EG SU |
06CAIRO6442 | GUATEMALA VS. VENEZUELA: ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT [...] (C) The Charge called Arab League (AL) Secretariat Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef on October 17 to request League assistance with Guatemala's bid for a UN Security Council seat, and to complain about public remarks attributed to the AL's New York representative Yahya Mahmassani's - seemingly i [...] | 2006-10-17 15:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC PTER ARABL EG GU VE |
06CAIRO6459 | UNSCR 1718 WILL DEFINE EGYPT'S NORTH KOREA POLICY [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A demarche on October 17 to MFA Cabinet Advisor for Asian Affairs Moataz Al Zahran, stressing USG concerns over North Korea's test of a nuclear device, and the importance of strict implementation of UNSCR 1718. Poloff emphasized resolution language on prevention of ma [...] | 2006-10-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PNUK PTER EG NK |
06CAIRO646 | EGYPT HOSTS PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT AND ISRAELI [...] (C) Playing a central role in post-Hamas victory diplomatic contacts, Egypt hosted Palestinian President Abu Mazen and Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Cairo February 1. Livni met one-on-one with Mubarak for nearly 2 hours, and was hosted by Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit for a joint press co [...] | 2006-02-02 18:15:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN |
06CAIRO6461 | (C) THREATS TO LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER OF SERIOUS [...] (S) During an October 17 meeting with MFA Cabinet Advisor for Syrian and Lebanese Affairs, Nazih Al Negeiry, poloff raised reftel demarche points on Syrian-originated threats against Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora. Negeiry was familiar with the topic, referring to Egyptian embassy rep [...] | 2006-10-18 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PTER MEPN UNSC EG LE SY |
06CAIRO651 | EGYPTIANS REFLECT ON THE NIGHT BAGHDAD [...] (U) SUMMARY From a standing ovation at the Cairo International Film Festival to standing room only crowds in working class downtown theaters, the film The Night Baghdad Fell (NBF) has enjoyed critical and popular success in Egypts capitol since its premier on December 8. The film condemns US [...] | 2006-02-05 08:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EG US OIIP KPAO KIRF |
06CAIRO6550 | SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE INVITES USG TO ATTEND TALKS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph four. 2. (U) During the October 24-25 Eid al-Fitr holiday, Embassy Cairo received a fax from the Arab League inviting USG "attendance" for a third round of Somalia peace talks scheduled to commence in Khartoum on October 30. According to the fa [...] | 2006-10-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER ARABL EG SO |
06CAIRO6581 | SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS'S OCTOBER 21 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary and comment: In separate October 21 meetings, Presidential Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios discussed next steps on Sudan with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit. Moussa agreed the humanitarian situation in Darfur was bad but it [...] | 2006-10-29 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EAID EG SU |
06CAIRO6582 | SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH [...] (C) In an introductory meeting October 21, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman reviewed Egyptian thinking on Sudan and Darfur with U.S. Presidential Envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios. Despite tense relations with Khartoum, Egypt is working to resolve the conflict in Darfur and to bolster the stabi [...] | 2006-10-29 14:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EAID EG SU |
06CAIRO6593 | MUBARAK'S VISIT TO RUSSIA AND CHINA: DIVERSIFYING [...] (C) With media attention focused on Mubarak's upcoming visit to Russia (Nov 1-4) and China (Nov 6-9),speculation is rife as to why he is going, and what message he is sending. While Egypt has solid reasons for expanding cooperation with both countries; the fact that Mubarak is throwing his we [...] | 2006-10-30 10:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EG RU CH KNNP |
06CAIRO6678 | (C) EGYPT TO FULLY RESPECT UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS [...] (S) During an introductory meeting on November 2 with MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for East Asian Affairs, Ambassador Magdy Amer, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Egypt's obligations with respect to North Korea and UNSCR 1718. Amer was not aware of any Egyptian ties with the Korea Mining [...] | 2006-11-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM EG NK |
06CAIRO6736 | MFA PROTESTS USG COMMENTS ON SADAT CONVICTION [...] (C) On November 2, in a conversation with Assistant Minister for Americas Salama Shaker, DCM expressed USG concern over the sentencing of MP Talaat El Sadat to one year of hard labor (ref A),citing the November 1 statements of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Sean McCormack. Shaker, no [...] | 2006-11-06 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG |
06CAIRO6746 | EGYPTIAN TABLOIDS CRITICIZE EMBASSY LES [...] (C) Summary: Two Egyptian tabloids with a history of spurious attacks on Egyptian human rights and democracy activists recently turned their sights on a senior Egyptian employee of post's Economic-Political Section, decrying his work on religious freedom and MEPI. Post sees no evidence at [...] | 2006-11-07 09:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KIRF EG |
06CAIRO6770 | IRAQ: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN AND ARAB [...] (S) EGYPT'S ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ, BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, CONTINUES TO BE QUIET BUT CONSISTENT. PER REFTELS, EGYPT IS IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL IRAQI DELEGATIONS, AND IS INTERESTED IN DEEPENING BILATERAL TIES AS THE SECURITY SITUATIO [...] | 2006-11-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER UNSC EG IZ |
06CAIRO6780 | HISTORIC PARLIAMENTARY SESSION OPENS AGAINST TENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE NEW SESSION OF EGYPT'S PARLIAMENT OPENS NOVEMBER 8 AGAINST A BACKDROP OF HEIGHTENED GOVERNMENT-OPPOSITION TENSIONS, AND EXPECTATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM. PRESIDENT MUBARAK IS EXPECTED TO DELIVER A SPEECH OUTLINING THE SPECIFICS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PACKAGE TO [...] | 2006-11-08 11:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO6800 | ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED BY EGYPT [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) EMBOFF RAISED REFTEL DEMARCHE WITH STAFF AT THE ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT AND THE EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, STRESSING USG VIEWS TOWARD THE AL'S ISRAEL BOYCOTT. ACCORDING TO CONTACTS AT THE MFA, EGYPT IS AWARE THA [...] | 2006-11-08 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MEPN ARABL KPAL EG |
06CAIRO6822 | ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS TO MEET IN CAIRO [...] (SBU) FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE LEAGUE OF ARAB STATES (AL) WILL GATHER AT AL HEADQUARTERS IN CAIRO ON NOVEMBER 12, TO DISCUSS THE ONGOING VIOLENCE IN THE GAZA STRIP. THE MINISTERIAL FOLLOWS A NOVEMBER 6 MEETING OF AL PERMREPS ON THE SAME ISSUE, AND WAS CALLED FOR IN THE WAKE OF THE NOVEMBER 8 [...] | 2006-11-09 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAL MEPN PTER ARABL EG IS |
06CAIRO6823 | DIRECTOR OF US FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TOBIAS' MEETING [...] (SBU) On October 30, Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga hosted Director of US Foreign Assistance Randall Tobias at lunch to discuss the future of U.S. economic assistance. The Egyptian Ministers of Education, Health, Energy and Housing, as well as the Ambassador, [...] | 2006-11-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAID PREL EG |
06CAIRO6824 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ -- DEBT RELIEF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL IZ EG |
06CAIRO6825 | IRAQ: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN AND ARAB [...] (S) EGYPT'S ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ, BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, IS QUIET BUT CONSISTENT. PER REFTELS, EGYPT IS IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL IRAQI DELEGATIONS, AND WILL DEEPEN BILATERAL TIES AS THE SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ PERMITS. EGYPT MA [...] | 2006-11-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EFIN ECON EG IZ |
06CAIRO6839 | ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR "LIFTING [...] (C) FOLLOWING A NOVEMBER 12 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS HELD IN CAIRO, THE GROUP ISSUED A STATEMENT (TEXT BELOW) PLEDGING TO "BREAK THE SIEGE" AGAINST THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, CALLING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE BEIT HANOUN ATTACK, THE SENDING OF INTERN [...] | 2006-11-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL UNSC UNGA ARABL EG IS |
06CAIRO6846 | (C) LEBANON: EGYPT BACKING PM SINIORA TO PURSUE [...] (C) THE AMBASSADOR SPOKE WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AHMED ABOUL GHEIT NOVEMBER 13 TO URGE GOE SUPPORT FOR LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER FOUAD SINIORA, FOLLOWING THE RECENT RESIGNATIONS OF HIZBALLAH-AFFILIATED CABINET MINISTERS FROM THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT. ABOUL GHEIT CONFIRMED TO THE AMBASSAD [...] | 2006-11-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS UNSC MEPN EG LE |
06CAIRO6867 | SENIOR-LEVEL RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TRAVEL TO MIDDLE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL KDEM EG RU |
06CAIRO6889 | EGYPT: MEPI SMALL GRANT REPORTING [...] Summary: In response to reftel, post is pleased to report on the following 2005 MEPI-funded Small Grants, all of which were awarded to NGOs based in Alexandria: -- "Decentralization of Educational Tools towards Youth Participation in Decision Making Process," implemented by Sustainable Dev [...] | 2006-11-16 15:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KDEM EG |
06CAIRO689 | EGYPT FERRY DISASTER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Despite some recent rescues, hopes are fading for the approximately 830 passengers still missing after the sinking of the Egyptian passenger ferry "Al Salam Boccacio 98" during its transit from Dubah, Saudi Arabia to Safaga, Egypt. Embassy Cairo has been in close contact with GOE counte [...] | 2006-02-05 16:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EWWT MARR EG |
06CAIRO6904 | MUBARAK SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT: LONG ON FORM, SHORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MUCH-ANTICIPATED NOVEMBER 19 SPEECH BEFORE A JOINT SESSION OF PARLIAMENT AND THE SHOURA COUNCIL, PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK STRESSED THAT FORTHCOMING CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS WILL BE THE "BIGGEST AND WIDEST" SINCE 1980, BUT PROVIDED NO NEW DETAILS ON THE YET-TO-BE-UNVEILED PACKA [...] | 2006-11-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO6936 | CASH TO HAMAS CROSSES RAFAH BORDER [...] (C) LOCAL SOURCES TOLD EMBOFFS ON NOVEMBER 20 THAT TWO HAMAS MINISTERS HAD SUCCESSFULLY TRANSPORTED OVER FOUR MILLION DOLLARS INTO THE GAZA STRIP VIA EGYPT'S RAFAH CROSSING DURING THE PREVIOUS WEEK, DESPITE SENIOR-LEVEL GOE ASSERTIONS TO THE CONTRARY (REF A). EGYPTIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF OMAR [...] | 2006-11-21 15:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MEPN EFIN ECON KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO6937 | (C) SOMALI DIPLOMAT REPORTS ON ISLAMIST HASSAN [...] (C) Summary: Somali diplomat Ismail A. Hussein told poloffs on November 16 that Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) officials informed the Somali Embassy in Cairo about the visit of Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) leader Hassan Dahir Aweys on the day of his arrival in Egypt. W [...] | 2006-11-21 15:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EG SO |
06CAIRO6939 | DARFUR: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PLEASED WITH AU-UN [...] (C) The Government of Egypt (GOE) and the Arab League Secretariat (AL) are pleased with the outcome of November 16 SIPDIS high-level consultations on Darfur held in Addis Ababa and hosted by the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN). GOE leaders and the Arab League are pressing th [...] | 2006-11-21 16:06:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS UNSC EG SU |
06CAIRO6953 | EGYPT: BAHAI CASE POSTPONED UNTIL DECEMBER 2 [...] (SBU) As anticipated (reftel),on November 20 Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) again postponed the GOE's appeal of an April 4 decision by a lower administrative court, which had ruled that Egypt's Baha'is have the right to receive GOE identity cards. The SAC acknowledged receipt of [...] | 2006-11-22 11:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF EG |
06CAIRO6959 | BMENA: EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO HEAD GOE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI MEPN EG |
06CAIRO6963 | MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DEPUTY LEADER: "I AM VERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A TWO-HOUR LONG NOVEMBER 21 APPEARANCE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF CAIRO, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) DEPUTY SUPREME GUIDE MOHAMED HABIB DELIVERED A BRIEF LECTURE ON "THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP," AND THEN TOOK QUESTIONS FROM THE CROWD COVERING A RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM HIS VIEWS OF T [...] | 2006-11-22 17:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO6974 | HALA MUSTAFA REAPPOINTED TO NDP POLICIES COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Hala Mustafa, the NDP Policies Committee member who had expressed concerns that her criticism of the GOE and the ruling NDP had led to threats against her safety and reputation (retels),has renewed her membership in the Policies Committee. In an article in Al-Masry Al-Youm (AMAY) on [...] | 2006-11-26 13:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EG |
06CAIRO6984 | IRAQ UPDATES: SENIOR-LEVEL VISITS AND OTHER [...] (C) Local contacts confirmed plans for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to visit Egypt in mid-December, preceded by a visit by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari December 3-4. In addition to advancing the President's visit, Zebari will represent Egypt at an Arab League ministerial meeting on [...] | 2006-11-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER ARABL EG IZ |
06CAIRO7000 | MUBARAK ON DARFUR, IRAQ, IRAN, AND THE [...] (S) President Mubarak informed visiting Congresswoman Diane Watson on November 27 that he would travel to Khartoum within ten days to follow up on the recent Tripoli Darfur meetings and that he invited the presidents of Eritrea, Chad and the CAR to visit Cairo within the next month. Mubarak w [...] | 2006-11-28 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS EG IR IZ SU |
06CAIRO7001 | HAMAS FIGURES VISIT CAIRO FOR TALKS ON NATIONAL [...] (C) Amidst a flurry of regional diplomatic activity, senior Hamas political leaders Khaled Misha'al and Prime Minister Haniyeh have been visiting Cairo for talks with Egyptian leaders on the formation of a National Unity Government and related issues. Misha'al, who visited Egypt from November [...] | 2006-11-28 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MEPN PTER KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO7002 | EGYPT NOT YET PREPARING REPORT ON NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 08:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM UNSC KNNP EG KN |
06CAIRO7008 | EGYPT: CONGRESSWOMAN WATSON DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 27, VISITING CONGRESSWOMAN DIANE WATSON AND THE AMBASSADOR MET JOINTLY WITH PRIME MINISTER AHMED NAZIF, MINISTER OF INVESTMENT MAHMOUD MOHEILDIN, AND MINSTER OF TRADE AND FINANCE RACHID RACHID, WHO ALL STRESSED THAT RESOLVING THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT IS OF THE UTMOST IM [...] | 2006-11-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BEXP EG IR IZ IS |
06CAIRO7009 | MUBARAK'S CHINA VISIT STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC, TRADE [...] (C SUMMARY: Egyptian President Mubarak and a delegation including most of his economic ministers visited Moscow and Beijing in early November. While the visit played in the press as a rebuke to the US, the delegation did conduct some real business while visiting both countries, China in pa [...] | 2006-11-29 15:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EFIN MNUC EPET AA CH RU EG |
06CAIRO7012 | ANOTHER HAMAS MINISTER HAND-CARRIES CASH TO GAZA [...] (C) EGYPTIAN SOURCES HAVE CONFIRMED PRESS REPORTING THAT PALESTINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAHMOUD AL-ZAHAR HAND-CARRIED TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH ACROSS THE EGYPT-GAZA BORDER AT RAFAH ON NOVEMBER 28. AL-ZAHAR, WHO LEFT CAIRO FOR TEHRAN ON NOVEMBER 12 SHORTLY AFTER ARAB MINISTERS ANNOUNCED PLA [...] | 2006-11-29 16:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MEPN KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO7040 | DARFUR: EGYPT'S MFA OPTIMISTIC AFTER LATEST ROUND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Egyptian MFA contacts expressed surprise at how "positive" the November 30 Darfur talks in Abuja had been, among members of the African Union's (AU) Peace and Security Commission (PSC). The MF [...] | 2006-12-04 14:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR UNSC ARABL EG SU |
06CAIRO7041 | (C) SOMALI DIPLOMAT PROVIDES ARAB LEAGUE MINUTES [...] (C) Cairo-based Somali diplomat Ismail Hussein (strictly protect) provided poloff with an Arabic-language document purported to be an Arab League (AL) internal summary of November 2-3 meetings in Mogadishu between senior League staff and Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) leader Sheikh Has [...] | 2006-12-04 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ARABL UNGA MARR EG SO |
06CAIRO7071 | MILITARY LIAISON DISCUSSES WEAKNESSES IN EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) Liaison Chief MG Nagy (protect) gave poloff an uncharacteristically candid assessment of the shortcomings in Egypt's counter-smuggling efforts in the Sinai during a December 4 meeting. Suggesting that the GOE could do more to combat s [...] | 2006-12-06 12:38:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO7074 | IRAQ: ENGAGING THE ARAB LEAGUE ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL EG IZ |
06CAIRO7078 | ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR DISMANTLING [...] (SBU) Summary: Arab League foreign ministers, meeting in Cairo on December 5, deplored the deteriorating security situation in Iraq, and called for the immediate dismantling of sectarian militias. Mubarak expressed support for Iraq, and welcomed Talabani's visit on December 12. Iraqi foreign [...] | 2006-12-06 16:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EG IZ |
06CAIRO7100 | (C) EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE VIEWS ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Egypt, bilaterally and via its strong influence over the Arab League (AL),hopes to help stabilize Somalia and prevent Islamic extremists from taking over. Egypt appears to be hedging its bets with the powerful Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in hopes of bolstering its more moder [...] | 2006-12-07 16:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR EG ET SO |
06CAIRO7104 | EGYPT: NO OFFICIAL LIST OF TERRORIST ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-11 06:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER EG |
06CAIRO7109 | EGYPT: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES UPDATE [...] (SBU) International Human Rights Day passed with little notice in Egypt, but human rights continue to generate public debate and controversy. Government progress on some human rights issues has been notable, but civil society critics of the GOE--bolstered by an increasingly assertive media-- [...] | 2006-12-11 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KIRF EG |
06CAIRO711 | EGYPT ICAO DEMARCHE: INITIAL RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and points to Samir Abd El Maboud, Head of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA). Vice Chairman of the ECAA Gen. Shawky El Azzab was also present at the meeting. Maboud was thankful for the points outlining the U.S. position and for the Voss bio [...] | 2006-02-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR AORC EG ICAO |
06CAIRO7121 | EGYPTIAN FM ABOUL GHEIT ON DARFUR [...] (C) In a meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on December 12, the Ambassador cited recent public comments by President Mubarak as indicating apparent support of Bashir's effective rejection of the Abuja and Addis agreements regarding deployment of UN Forces to Darfur. Aboul Gheit [...] | 2006-12-12 15:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KPKO AU UN EG SU |
06CAIRO7122 | THWARTING HAMAS CASH TRANSFERS THROUGH RAFAH [...] (S) Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the Ambassador on December 12 that Egypt "had taken a decision" and is striving to find a legal mechanism to stop Hamas officials from taking cash through Egypt into Gaza. Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali reportedly has "found one bank" in which th [...] | 2006-12-12 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL EFIN IS EG |
06CAIRO7123 | STRAINS IN EGYPT-IRAQ RELATIONS DELAY TALABANI [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Minister for Water Resources, Abdel Latif Rachid, told the Ambassador on December 10 that Iraqi President Jalal Talabani postponed an expected visit to Egypt over Iraqi perceptions that Egypt did not treat the visit with sufficient protocollary importance. FM Aboul Gheit [...] | 2006-12-12 16:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC EG IZ |
06CAIRO7124 | ABOUL GHEIT URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and the Ambassador discussed Iraq, Iran, Syria and Lebanon in a December 12 meeting. Aboul Gheit strongly cautioned the U.S. not to engage Iran or Syria under current circumstances and repeated his call for the U.S. to "destroy the Iraqi mili [...] | 2006-12-12 16:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER UNSC IR IZ EG LE SY |
06CAIRO713 | ANGER IN EGYPT OVER DANISH CARTOONS EXPRESSED [...] (SBU) Egyptians are peacefully expressing their outrage over Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed, which is finding expression through various official and private channels. Businesses and consumers are boycotting Danish products, and the government is publicly condemning the cartoons in a [...] | 2006-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL PGOV ECON ASEC EG DE |
06CAIRO7142 | STRAINS IN EGYPT-IRAQ RELATIONS DELAY TALABANI [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Minister for Water Resources, Abdel Latif Rachid, told the Ambassador on December 10 that Iraqi President Jalal Talabani postponed an expected visit to Egypt over Iraqi perceptions that Egypt did not treat the visit with sufficient protocollary importance. FM Aboul Gheit [...] | 2006-12-14 11:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC EG IZ |
06CAIRO7159 | EGYPT PRESSING FORWARD ON NILE BASIN INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Egypt is a strong supporter of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) as a tool for cooperative management of water resources and is leading efforts to finalize a framework agreement. In January, the GOE will host an NBI council meeting aiming to ratify the framew [...] | 2006-12-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL KPAO EG ET ER SU BY RW UG TZ KE |
06CAIRO7165 | ARAB LEAGUE'S AMRE MOUSSA TO SENATOR KERRY ON [...] (C) SENATOR JOHN KERRY MET WITH ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMRE MOUSSA ON NOVEMBER 15 TO DISCUSS EVENTS IN LEBANON, IRAQ, AND THE REGION. MOUSSA BRIEFED ON HIS LEBANON MEDIATION, CLAIMING LIMITED SUCCESS ON ELECTION-RELATED ISSUES, AND NOTED PLANS TO VISIT BEIRUT, DAMASCUS, AND SAUDI ARAB [...] | 2006-12-17 15:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER UNSC EG LE |
06CAIRO7171 | MORE ARRESTS: GOVERNMENT-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian security services arrested between 140-200 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members (many of them college students) between December 14-16. The dragnet included one of the most senior leaders in the MB's hierarchy. Detainees are reportedly being charged with "terrorism" and [...] | 2006-12-18 16:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PHUM EG |
06CAIRO7185 | EGYPT SEEKS SUPPORT FOR RENOMINATION OF GOE [...] (U) Post received a diplomatic note on December 18 from the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informing us of the re-nomination by Egypt of Ambassador Mushira Khattab as a member of the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child. The elections, the note states, are to be held in New York on [...] | 2006-12-19 11:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA EG |
06CAIRO7190 | GRAFT, BRIBES, AND SWEETHEART DEALS: THE RISE (AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption in Egypt, long a concern of investors, opposition politicians and average Egyptians trying to keep on the good side of shady officials, is receiving renewed attention from civil society activists, media commentators, the Egyptian government and even the Arab League. [...] | 2006-12-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EG |
06CAIRO7199 | SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE PRESSING FOR RESUMPTION OF [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Arab League Secretariat African Affairs Office Director Samir Hosny on SIPDIS December 20, urging the League to use its contacts with Somali Islamic Courts (CIC) and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) figures to help avoid military clashes, to r [...] | 2006-12-20 12:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR ARABL EG SO |
06CAIRO7206 | EGYPT PROPOSES STRENGTHENED TIES BETWEEN UN [...] (SBU) MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs, Ambassador Massoum Marzouk, convoked the Charge on December 19 to describe Egypt's proposal to strengthen institutional linkages between the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The [...] | 2006-12-21 07:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC UNGA ECON EFIN EG |
06CAIRO7208 | EGYPTIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS: WARMING IN PUBLIC ONLY [...] (C) Summary: Visits by Iranian FM Motakki to Cairo and other high-level meetings between Egyptian and Iranian officials in 2006 have created public perceptions of a thaw in the historically chilly relationship, but GOE contacts stress privately that they remain deeply suspicious about Tehran' [...] | 2006-12-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KNNP IR EG |
06CAIRO7211 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: COMING SOON, BUT [...] (C) Summary: President Mubarak is expected to submit his long-awaited constitutional amendments package to the Egyptian legislature on December 25. While precise details of the substance of the proposed changes are still scarce, likely amendments can be roughly divided into four broad catego [...] | 2006-12-21 10:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EG |
06CAIRO7232 | EGYPT COMMITTED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737; [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 24 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Office Director Hossam Aly, seeking Egyptian reactions to the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1737 and its likely impact on Iran's nuclear activities. Aly believed the final resolution language was caref [...] | 2006-12-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC UNSC EG IR |
06CAIRO7249 | EGYPT: THREE NEW HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES [...] (SBU) Officials from the Central Public Health Lab at the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and NAMRU-3 confirmed on December 24 two new cases of H5N1 and a probable third in a family in the northern governorate of Gharbia, the most recent human cases since October (reftel). All three [...] | 2006-12-28 09:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG |
06CAIRO7260 | SOMALIA: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WORKING TO [...] (C) MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs, Ambassador Marsoum Marzouk, detailed Egyptian concerns and responses to the current fighting between Ethiopian forces and the Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). Responding to ref A demarche, Marzouk noted that Egypt was an unlikely transit [...] | 2006-12-28 15:41:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS EG SO |
06CAIRO75 | EGYPTIAN, EUROPEAN SOURCES CONFIRM RAFAH BORDER [...] (C) In separate conversations January 4, MFA Palestinian Affairs Office Director Randa Labib and European Union Deputy Director Oliver Nette confirmed that the Egyptian-Gaza border terminals at Rafah remain open, despite press reports that Gaza militants closed the PA-controlled terminal. Lab [...] | 2006-01-04 17:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAL EG IS |
06CAIRO765 | HAMAS DELEGATION ENDS CAIRO TALKS, CONTINUES [...] (SBU) A delegation of senior Hamas political figures wrapped up several days of talks in Cairo February 8, including a full day of internal deliberations February 6 among internal and external leaders of the Islamic organization. Press reports assert that part of the team departed for Gaza w [...] | 2006-02-08 16:46:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS MEPN |
06CAIRO783 | SUDAN REFUGEES: ALL UNHCR `PERSONS OF CONCERN' [...] (SBU) Emboffs met separately February 9 with MFA and UNHCR to discuss the status of Sudanese asylum seekers in Cairo. All UNHCR `persons of concern' have been released, leaving the fate of the remaining 156 detainees in question. MFA contacts rule out deportations in the short term, and belie [...] | 2006-02-09 14:29:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS EG SU UNHCR |
06CAIRO798 | FERRY DISASTER: RIPPLES HITTING CAIRO [...] (C) The emerging picture of negligence on the part of the "Al Salam 98" crew and ownership, coupled with a GOE response perceived as ineffective, has caused tempers to flare among victims' families. Opposition politicians and press are casting the tragedy as an indicator of GOE corruption and [...] | 2006-02-09 16:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EWWT MARR EG |
06CAIRO799 | DEFEATING VENEZUELA, SUPPORTING GUATEMALA FOR UN [...] (C) Post intends to raise the issue of Guatemala's UN Security Council candidacy when the Ambassador meets next with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, following the latter's return to Egypt from regional travel. Post will also engage with the Guatemalan Ambassador in Cairo to coordinate diplomat [...] | 2006-02-09 16:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG GT VE UN UNSC |
06CAIRO800 | DANISH CARTOON CONTROVERSY: GOE WORKING TO DEFUSE [...] (C) According to our European colleagues, GOE officials, and our own analysis, the GOE and Egyptian public remain deeply angered over the cartoon controversy and believe additional steps can be taken by the Danes to defuse the current tensions. The issue of physical security for the Danish an [...] | 2006-02-09 18:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC EG DA |
06CAIRO82 | EGYPT CHANGES COURSE ON DEPORTING SUDANESE ASYLUM [...] (C) Following a series of high-level Embassy demarches, the GOE informed post late January 4 that Egypt will permit the UNHCR access to the 631 Sudanese detainees it plans to deport. Egypt will delay the deportations until January 8 to allow UNHCR staff to interview the detainees. UNHCR Cair [...] | 2006-01-05 12:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EG SU PREF |
06CAIRO83 | PALESTINIANS BREAK THROUGH BORDER WITH EGYPT: TWO [...] (C) Summary: GOE contacts from the Foreign Ministry and Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) confirmed that on the evening of January 4, a group of Palestinians allegedly from the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigade broke through the security wall between Egypt and Gaza allowing nearly 1,000 Pales [...] | 2006-01-05 12:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER EG |
06CAIRO855 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY RADEMAKER'S [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit for nonproliferation discussions. Nonproliferation has been a key agenda item in the U.S.- Egyptian bilateral relationship in recent months, and expanding our dialogue will facilitate greater cooperation. Because Egypt takes seriously its role a [...] | 2006-02-13 09:54:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS IR EG KPAL KNNP IAEA |
06CAIRO87 | EGYPT QUESTIONS RE-HATTING AFRICAN UNION MISSION [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche January 5 to MFA Sudan Affairs Office Director Marsam Marzouk, seeking GOE support within the African Union (AU) to "re-hat" the AU's Darfur mission. Marzouk said that there was little support within Africa for such a move, as it signified AU "failure" in it [...] | 2006-01-05 13:40:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EG SU UNSC |
06CAIRO873 | EGYPT FREES REMAINING SUDANESE ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-13 15:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU |
06CAIRO941 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER’S VISIT TO EGYPTREF: CAIRO 493 [...] (C) During his February 8-9 visit to Egypt FBI Director Robert Mueller held a series of cordial and productive meetings with President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Soliman, Interior Minister Adly, and State Security Director Abdel Rahman. The strength of the bilateral security relationship, and mean [...] | 2006-02-15 07:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL EG |
06CAIRO968 | ISRAELI DEFMIN VISITS CAIRO: MUBARAK DELIVERS [...] (C) According to Egyptian Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad, the visit to Egypt by Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz went extremely well. Awad told the DCM shortly after the conclusion of the February 14 visit that Mofaz's meeting with President Mubarak had been "very fruitful." The messa [...] | 2006-02-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS MEPN |
06CAIRO970 | SUDAN/DARFUR: EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON RE-HATTING AMIS [...] (C) During a February 13 meeting with MFA UN Affairs Office Director Hani Saleem, poloff discussed GOE views on re-hatting the African Union's Darfur Mission (AMIS-II) to a UN operation (reftel). Saleem noted that Egypt had concerns regarding the impact that such a transition might have on th [...] | 2006-02-15 16:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO EG SU UNSC |
06CAIRO971 | IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WELCOME FINAL [...] (U) Following the public release February 17 of final election results by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),both the Government of Egypt and Arab League publicly welcomed the conclusion of Iraq's electoral process and called for the rapid formation of a government of nation [...] | 2006-02-15 16:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAO OPRC EG IZ |
06CALCUTTA101 | WEST BENGAL LEFTISTS PROTEST PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) On March 1, demonstrators from the youth wings of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM),the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and the Students Federation of India (SFI),protested the impending arrival of President Bush to India in front of the American Center in Calcut [...] | 2006-03-01 13:26:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC CASC CVIS PREL KRIM OVIP IN |
06CALCUTTA195 | COMMUNISTS SWEEP WEST BENGAL STATE ELECTIONS AND CONGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Initial May 11 state election results indicate that the Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPM) and its Left allies increased their seats in West Bengal's 294-seat state assembly from 199 to 235. The CPM's victory is seen as a strong endorsement of Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bha [...] | 2006-05-11 14:10:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI IN |
06CALCUTTA201 | TREASURY U/S ADAMS MEETS WEST BENGAL FINANCE MINISTER AND [...] (U) Summary: May 2-3, 2006 U.S. Department of the Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Mr. Timothy D. Adams visited Calcutta as part of his trip to India for the Asian Development Bank's Annual meeting in Hyderabad. During his time in Calcutta, U/S Adams met with West Bengal F [...] | 2006-05-12 12:51:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EINV ECON SOCI ETRD IN |
06CALCUTTA362 | LACK OF TRUST CONTINUES TO STIFLE PEACE TALKS IN ASSAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Local media reports that hurdles for direct talks between Government of India (GOI) and United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) have been reduced, with New Delhi agreeing to release five militant leaders and ULFA announcing a "cessation of hostilities" against the Indian Army. [...] | 2006-08-23 08:56:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINR IN XD NCTC |
06CALCUTTA386 | CHARGE PYATT MEETS W. BENGAL COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 29, Charge met with Government of West Bengal (GOWB) Minister for Commerce and Industry Nirupama Sen to discuss Communist Party of India - Marxist's (CPM) views on economic development in the state and CPM policy perspectives at the state and national level. Sen was [...] | 2006-08-31 09:56:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ETRD IN PREL EAGR EIND ECON |
06CALCUTTA413 | SHADOW LINES - INDIA STRUGGLES WITH SECURITY ON ITS EASTERN [...] (C) Summary. Porous borders with Bangladesh and Burma present a serious threat to India's security that India so far has been unable to manage effectively. In West Bengal, politicians, intelligence, law enforcement, and academics all agree on the growing problem of Islamist infiltration int [...] | 2006-09-13 12:11:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL BG IN NP PK |
06CALCUTTA425 | JHARKHAND SWEARS IN A NEW CHIEF MINISTER [...] (U) Summary. On September 18, an Independent Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Madhukar (Madhu) Koda was sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Koda is Jharkhand's fifth Chief Minister since the state's creation in 2001. Three defectors from the previous government - Anos Ekka, [...] | 2006-09-19 13:31:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IN EINV |
06CALCUTTA430 | NEPAL MAOIST LEADER RELEASED THEN DETAINED [...] (U) Summary: On September 18 in Chennai, W. Bengal police attempted to arrest Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPNM) Politburo member Chandra Prakash Gajurel upon his release from a Chennai prison after serving a three year term for passport forgery. The W. Bengal police action was in conn [...] | 2006-09-21 12:53:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR PGOV IN NP PTER |
06CALCUTTA463 | DHAKA POL/ECON COUNSELOR DUNDAS MCCULLOUGH INTERACTS WITH [...] (U) Summary: On October 5, Embassy Dhaka Pol/Econ Counselor Dundas McCullough visited Calcutta to assess Indian perspectives on security and infiltration of terrorists from Bangladesh into India and for an overview of India's economic relationship with Bangladesh. The prevailing sentiment in [...] | 2006-10-16 13:08:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS ECON IN BG NP PTER |
06CALCUTTA495 | INDIA'S COMMUNISTS LOBBY FOR CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In anticipation of Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 20-24 visit to India, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) has been pressuring the GOI to conduct a more conciliatory foreign policy towards China. In its September Central Committee meeting, the CPM criticized the r [...] | 2006-11-01 12:35:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON CH ETRD ENRG PBTS IN PGOV PREL |
06CALCUTTA516 | NO PROGRESS DURING LATEST ROUND OF TALKS ON NAGALAND [...] (U) Summary. October 17-19 in Amsterdam, another round of talks between the Northeast Indian insurgent group National Socialist Council of Nagalim - Isak Muivah (NSCN-IM) and the GOI ended without progress. The Indian delegation met the rebel leadership to discuss "substantive issues" as a fo [...] | 2006-11-12 11:24:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER IN BM |
06CALCUTTA517 | DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST SADDAM HUSSEIN DEATH SENTENCE [...] (SBU) The street in front of post's American Center continues to be the venue for daily demonstrations against the recent Saddam Hussein death sentence. A range of the usual Leftist groups have come out to express their opposition to the verdict but other political groups, such as the youth [...] | 2006-11-13 07:35:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AMGT CASC PREL IN |
06CALCUTTA541 | MUSLIMS LAMENT LACK OF JOBS, EDUCATION IN WEST BENGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 8-9, Poloff visited the majority Muslim district of Murshidabad along the West Bengal-Bangladesh border to discuss socioeconomic and security concerns with district officials, local politicians, and journalists. Discussions echoed the findings of the Rajinder Sachar Com [...] | 2006-12-03 17:03:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN BG PGOV PTER |
06CALCUTTA542 | WEST BENGAL OFFICIALS TALK BANGLADESH, BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of recent political tensions in neighboring Bangladesh, post has engaged West Bengal state government officials on their views of the situation and the impact on the India-Bangladesh border. The government contacts had a general preference for the Awami League as they be [...] | 2006-12-03 17:03:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PREF XD IN BG |
06CALCUTTA543 | TO KEEP CHINESE OUT, INDIA SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The GOI recently provided arms to Burma for use in counter-insurgency operations along the Indo-Burma border. The GOI hopes to stop the activities of especially violent insurgent groups the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the United Liberation Front (UNLF),but the GO [...] | 2006-12-04 11:59:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER IN BM |
06CALCUTTA555 | WEST BENGAL LABOR SECRETARY PROVIDES CHILD LABOR STATUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, Government of West Bengal (GOWB) Labor Secretary Subesh Das met with Poloffs to discuss child labor and the state government's efforts to implement the national child labor ban enacted on October 10. Das recognized that implementation has been slow, but argued th [...] | 2006-12-14 14:47:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KWMN SOCI KCRM PHUM PREL IN |
06CALCUTTA556 | GOVERNANCE, DEVELOPMENT, AND NAXALISM IN BIHAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After one year in office, expectations remain high for Bihar's Janata Dal United (JDU)-led government. During a December 4-6 visit to Bihar, state officials, journalists, and NGOs told Poloff, however, that the new state government has to start from scratch after fifteen years [...] | 2006-12-15 08:40:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON PREL SOCI IN |
06CALCUTTA561 | NAGA INSURGENCY OFFERS NO EASY SOLUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: December 4-7, ConGen met with government officials and contacts in the Northeast Indian state of Nagaland to discuss ongoing ethnic Naga insurgencies. During this period, representatives of the separatist National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Isak-Muivah) (NSCN-IM) factio [...] | 2006-12-18 11:58:00 | Consulate Kolkata | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV PHUM IN BM |
06CANBERRA1201 | FURTHER AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO NATO GLOBAL [...] (C) Australia is willing to participate in NATO's Global Partnership but only under a flexible, informal arrangement that stresses practical cooperation and that avoids a new formal institutional structure, including fixed requirements for meetings and expenditure of resources. The GOA plans [...] | 2006-08-08 10:27:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR AS |
06CANBERRA1224 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (U) Acting POLCOUNS delivered ref demarche on UNSC Resolution 1701 to Richard Maude, Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs and Director, Lebanon Crisis Management Center, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 12. 2. (U) Maude responded by referring to Foreign Minister Alexande [...] | 2006-08-12 10:26:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER MOPS UNAUS UNSC IS LE AS |
06CANBERRA1229 | PM HOWARD WITHDRAWS CONTROVERSIAL REFUGEE ASYLUM [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Howard was forced to withdraw legislation from Senate consideration on August 14 that would have required all future unauthorized boat arrivals to be processed offshore for asylum claims. Facing almost certain defeat in the upper house where the Government enj [...] | 2006-08-14 08:48:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM AS ID |
06CANBERRA1238 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON BERN PROCESS JOINT/PARALLEL [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche request August 16 to Rachel White, Acting Branch Chief in the Human Rights and Indigenous Issues Section of DFAT,s International Organizations Division. She noted that the GOA would raise the issues separately, as part of their follow-up with the Chinese a [...] | 2006-08-16 06:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | CH PGOV PHUM PREL |
06CANBERRA1311 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with Nigel Stanier, Executive Officer for South and West Asia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 28, 2006, to follow up Ref A invitation for Australia to participate in the Contact Group's expert level m [...] | 2006-08-28 07:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER AS |
06CANBERRA1366 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON OPPOSITION [...] (C/NF) Opposition Leader Kim Beazley told the Ambassador during his September 6 introductory call that the alliance continued to enjoy broad bipartisan support in Australia. The Labor Party, for its part, could be counted on to continue to support the alliance,s core elements of ship visits, [...] | 2006-09-08 06:10:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR PARM AS |
06CANBERRA1430 | AUSTRALIAN COMMENTS ON DOD REPORT ON CHINA'S [...] (S/NF) An Australian Government interagency review of the U.S. Defense Department's 2006 Report on China's Military Power has yielded broad agreement with most of the report's key conclusions. Australia estimates that China's military spending for 2006 is approximately USD 70 billion, twice th [...] | 2006-09-15 07:38:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MOPS PREL CH PM AS |
06CANBERRA1444 | LIBERAL PARTY DIRECTOR CONFIDENT PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Liberal Party Federal Director Brian Loughnane (Protect) told Poloffs September 18 that Prime Minister John Howard was in a good position to win reelection as long as the economy continued to do well. The Labor Party's (ALP) slight lead in most of the national polls conducted [...] | 2006-09-19 05:51:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PREL AS |
06CANBERRA1517 | OPPOSITION LEADER BEAZLEY WILL FIGHT PM HOWARD FOR [...] (C/NF) During a meeting with poloffs on September 25, Opposition and Australian Labor Party (ALP) Leader Kim Beazley's principal advisors vowed to fight John Howard,s coalition for the political center. Though the ALP remains strongly supportive of the alliance with the United States, it will [...] | 2006-09-26 07:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MARR ELAB AS |
06CANBERRA1586 | QUESTIONABLE POLL CLAIMS STRONG PUBLIC OPPOSITION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A poll of Australian citizens released by the Lowy Institute in Sydney October 2 found that 84 percent of respondents did not believe the war in Iraq would reduce the threat of terrorism. Two-thirds of those surveyed thought the war would not lead to the spread of democracy in [...] | 2006-10-06 07:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PGOV PREL SCUL AS |
06CANBERRA1804 | PM ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C/NF) A/S Hillen held productive talks with a wide range of Australian Government officials in Canberra November 2-5. He secured GOA consent to meet again bilaterally to consider an Article 98 agreement before the December 12 Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations. Austra [...] | 2006-11-09 22:20:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AS |
06CANBERRA1933 | KEVIN RUDD IS NEW OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Kevin Rudd won the vote in the Labor Party (ALP) caucus on December 4, beating Kim Beazley 49-39 to become the new leader of the Opposition. The press is reporting that the uncommitted caucus members swung to Mr. Rudd over the weekend. Voting for the shadow cabinet and other [...] | 2006-12-04 05:13:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL AS |
06CANBERRA1940 | AUSTRALIA DECLINES FIJI'S REQUEST FOR MILITARY [...] (C) Australia declined a request by Fijian Prime Minister Qarase for Australian military intervention to prevent a coup by the RFMF Commander Bainimarama. In reaction to events, the Australian Foreign Minister announced December 5 Australia would suspend defense ties with Fiji, including impo [...] | 2006-12-05 06:44:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MASS AS FJ NZ |
06CANBERRA2043 | INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS ABOUT SPECIALTY STEELS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-28 04:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL AS |
06CANBERRA577 | AUSTRALIA DEPLOYS TROOPS, POLICE TO SOLOMON ISLANDS [...] (U) Prime Minister Howard announced on April 19 that Australia would deploy 110 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and about 70 police to Honiara to help maintain law and order in response to post-election rioting in the Solomon Islands capital (reftels). Four C-130 aircraft are preparin [...] | 2006-04-19 06:40:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PREL AS BP |
06CANBERRA810 | INDONESIAN EARTHQUAKE: AUSTRALIAN AID UPDATE [...] (U) Australia has provided AUS$7.5 million (US$5.7 million) in assistance in response the May 27 earthquake in Indonesia to date. The lead agency for the Australian disaster relief effort, AusAID, had sent or was preparing to send more than 80 disaster, logistics and relief specialists to aff [...] | 2006-05-31 10:35:00 | Embassy Canberra | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PGOV PREF PREL AS ID |
06CANBERRA814 | AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) Charge presented reftel U.S. demarche on Iran to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on the morning of June 1. Responding positively to the U.S. proposal, the FM said he would be happy to support it publicly. He told his staff participating in the meeting to draft a press re [...] | 2006-06-01 02:42:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM AS IR |
06CANBERRA849 | EAST TIMOR: UPDATE ON AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AND [...] (C/NF) The GOA confirmed that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) could include U.S. Embassy in Dili in its patrolling arrangements and could mount a rapid reaction capability to respond to a security threat at the U.S. Embassy, if needed. The GOA planned to double the number of police currently [...] | 2006-06-08 07:58:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS MARR AORC PREL KDEM AS PO TT |
06CANBERRA889 | EAST TIMOR: AUSTRALIA CONCERNED ABOUT UN SLIPPAGE; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3 below. 2. (C/NF) Michael Bliss, International Law Director in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Legal Branch, told Poloff June 13 that the GOA was concerned about delays in moving forward with next steps to establish a new U [...] | 2006-06-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL AS TT |
06CARACAS1032 | BRV IRRITATED BY AMBASSADORIAL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES [...] (C) VFM Maripili Hernandez convoked the Ambassador on April 12 to complain that his public diplomacy visits to poor communities were inadequately coordinated, and to suggest that we were collaborating with the independent media to provoke incidents during such visits. The Ambassador rejecte [...] | 2006-04-17 19:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC VE |
06CARACAS1096 | VENEZUELA: RESPONSE ON TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Post sees no evidence that the BRV has undertaken policies or actions to advance democracy, human rights, or fundamental freedoms in Cuba over the last six months. In fact, Venezuela has continued to provide financial support to the Castro regime and strengthen its trade relationship wit [...] | 2006-04-25 18:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL VE |
06CARACAS1104 | HAITI'S PRESIDENT-ELECT MAKES BRIEF VISIT TO [...] (U) Haiti's President-elect Rene Preval arrived in Caracas April 24 for a brief bilateral meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, which included discussions on energy and implementing effective strategies for improving the country's social conditions. During a joint press conference f [...] | 2006-04-26 13:19:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
06CARACAS1169 | IS CHAVEZ LOSING IT? [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' rhetoric has always been radical. Yet, up until the last six to 12 months, he reserved his most extreme statements for domestic audiences. Lately, he has flown off the handle in front of international microphones. He has criticized regional counterpar [...] | 2006-05-03 16:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR VE |
06CARACAS1174 | TAKING THE BAIT: CHAVEZ CREATES ANOTHER [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez started a diplomatic row with the Peruvian Government after Peruvian presidential candidate Alan Garcia questioned Chavez' "Bolivarian" credentials in late April. Chavez called Garcia a corrupt thief on April 28, adding that Garcia and Peruvian President [...] | 2006-05-03 20:31:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS1199 | BRV REACTS TO COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blasted the Department's Country Report on Terrorism in almost real time April 28, claiming that the USG was the real terrorist state. The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry followed his remarks April 29 with a communique detailing alleged U.S. "terrorist" abus [...] | 2006-05-04 20:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL VE |
06CARACAS1252 | PARANOIA IN INTERNAL VENEZUELAN MILITARY DOCUMENT [...] (C) Embassy received from opposition contacts CD copies of two internal Venezuelan military powerpoint presentations that appear to date from around 2003. The presentations contain charts so complex, intricate, and overlapping as to be hardly readable. They portray revisionist history and [...] | 2006-05-09 18:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL VE |
06CARACAS1276 | BRAZIL STILL INTERESTED IN TUCANO SALES, PROPOSES [...] Actions requested - see para 12. Summary ------- 2. (C) Brazilian Ambassador Joao Carlos da Sousa Gomes, acting on instructions, proposed that we trade licensing for U.S. components in the Tucano aircraft for Brazilian support for Sumate with the BRV. That sounds like a bad trade to [...] | 2006-05-11 19:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PREL PTER BL BR IR VE UN CU |
06CARACAS1417 | NO SURPRISES IN BRV RESPONSE TO CT DESIGNATION [...] (C) The Department's May 15 announcement that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is not fully cooperating in the global war on terrorism unleashed a series of scathing but typical responses from President Hugo Chavez and his senior mouthpieces. Chavez called the USG an "impotent empi [...] | 2006-05-17 22:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM PTER VE |
06CARACAS1449 | BOLIVARIANS IN THE OLD COUNTRY: CHAVEZ DOES EUROPE [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez conducted an array of state business and outreach to sympathizers during a six-country swing through Europe and North Africa, May 10-18. The trip began with Chavez getting a stern message on human rights from Pope Benedict XVI. In Rome, Chavez met with communist Ita [...] | 2006-05-21 19:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE IT IZ AU AG UK VT |
06CARACAS1461 | BRV VICE MINISTER DISCUSSES TERRORISM, EXTRADITION [...] (S//NF) Venezuelan vice foreign minister Maria Pilar Hernandez called in the Ambassador on May 17 to discuss the status of BRV extradition requests on alleged terrorist bombers Jose Antonio Colina, German Varela, and Luis Posada Carriles. She said her government had taken the position that [...] | 2006-05-22 17:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PREL SNAR PTER KSAF VE |
06CARACAS1469 | HOW CHAVEZ MANAGES PROBLEMS [...] (C) SEPTEL addresses the divisions within President Hugo Chavez' administration and the dissent among his support base. This cable shows that Chavez has sought with some success to deflect his administration's failures by blaming the USG, chastising his own subordinates, and holding rallies [...] | 2006-05-22 20:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS1617 | VENEZUELA: LUKEWARM REACTION TO STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) The Ambassador called Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) Foreign Minister Ali Rodriguez on May 31, to deliver the points in reftel. The Ambassador conveyed our strong hope that the BRV would issue a public statement of support, publicly encourage Iran to suspend its enrichment and p [...] | 2006-06-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM VE IR |
06CARACAS1639 | VISAS DONKEY -- TASCON GUTIERREZ, LUIS [...] (C) Post requests SAO on the prudential revocation of the B1/B2 visa of Venezuelan citizen Luis Tascon (DPOB: 27AUG1968, Venezuela) on Foreign Policy grounds under INA 212(A)(3)(C). Post believes that his entry in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy conse [...] | 2006-06-05 17:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM PTER VE |
06CARACAS1680 | AMBASSADOR VISITS CHAVEZ'S HOME STATE [...] (C) The Ambassador traveled to Barinas on May 18, visiting two USAID projects and a radio station, and meeting with the local bishop and civic leaders. Surprisingly, no untoward incidents marred the visit of the Ambassador to the heart of chavismo, Chavez's home state. The Ambassador reques [...] | 2006-06-08 16:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC ECON EAGR EIND VE |
06CARACAS1736 | VENEZUELA RESPONDS TO TIER 3 PLACEMENT [...] (C) After several days of working to arrange an appointment, Poloff delivered 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and mini-plan demarches to BRV Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for North American and Multilateral Affairs Yaneth Arocha on June 8. Poloff confirmed BRV's criticism of t [...] | 2006-06-13 17:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG VE |
06CARACAS1758 | BRV CONTINUES TO TOY WITH BARUTA MAYOR [...] (C) Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles Radonski's trial, scheduled to begin June 9, was postponed for another ten days. Prosecutors allege Capriles incited the uprising that occurred at the Cuban Embassy in Caracas during the April 2002 coup attempt (reftels). The failure of the prosecution to [...] | 2006-06-14 19:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
06CARACAS2005 | PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE [...] (U) This cable is the next in a series of updates on the repressive tendencies of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) towards the freedom of press. As indicated in reftels, the BRV employs a variety of mechanisms - legal, economic, regulatory, judicial, and rhetorical - to harass the [...] | 2006-07-03 20:08:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SCUL VE |
06CARACAS2043 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR ON US-PRC SUB-DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met July 6 with PRC Ambassador Jiu Yijie to discuss A/S Shannon's meetings in Beijing last April (ref a). Ambassador walked Jiu through the PRC-Venezuela relationship, which is focused on energy, raw materials, and commercial issues. Ambassador suggested our two coun [...] | 2006-07-10 15:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL ETRD PGOV CH JA KS VE |
06CARACAS2131 | DEMARCHE ON DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Poloff delivered points contained in reftel to Yaneth Arocha, Office Director for the Vice Ministry of North American and Multilateral Affairs, on July 17. Poloff provided Arocha with a translated copy of the White House Statement on the missile launch. The BRV provided no substantive [...] | 2006-07-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN PARM KNNP VE |
06CARACAS2132 | 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (C) Poloff met with Yaneth Arocha, Office Director for the Vice Ministry of North American and Multilateral Affairs, on July 17, to discuss possible attendance of senior BRV officials at the 61st UN General Assembly. Arocha said she could not make firm commitments, nor did she expect to be [...] | 2006-07-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA VE |
06CARACAS219 | CUBA/VENEZUELA AXIS OF MISCHIEF: THE VIEW FROM [...] (S//NF) As noted in REF A, the Venezuelan relationship with Cuba continues to intensify. Thousands of personnel sent by the Cuban Government are involved in the Venezuelan health sector and other BRV social missions. Cubans cooperate extensively with Venezuelan intelligence services. Cubans ma [...] | 2006-01-30 19:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS2238 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EU TROIKA -- ELECTION [...] (C) During a lunch for EU Troika representatives at the Ambassador's residence July 26, Finnish Ambassador Mikko Pyhala said the EU received a formal invitation to observe the December 3 presidential elections. (Note: Venezuelan-based representatives of the OAS and Carter Center report they [...] | 2006-07-28 15:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM EU OAS VE |
06CARACAS2272 | VENEZUELAN ATTACKS ON PRESS CONTINUE [...] (C) This cable is the next in a series of updates on Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) harassment of and limitations on the freedom of press. The BRV uses the courts, government media outlets, regulations and verbal threats to create not only a system of government-imposed censorship, [...] | 2006-08-01 17:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
06CARACAS2348 | HARD-LINE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT MADURO NAMED [...] (C) Summary. According to a well-placed BRV official, President Chavez will soon name National Assembly president Nicholas Maduro, an anti-American aparatchik, to be his new Foreign Minister. Maduro can be expected to inject new, but continued hostile, energy into the Ministry of Foreign Aff [...] | 2006-08-08 19:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM VE |
06CARACAS2367 | CASTRO'S ILLNESS; IMPACT ON THE BRV, ON BRV-GOC [...] (S/NF) BRV reaction to the announcement of Castro's illness and recovery directly mirrored that of the Cuban regime. There is no reason to believe that the fundamentals of the Cuba-Venezuela relationship -- with Venezuela providing huge resource flows, and the Cubans providing tens of thousand [...] | 2006-08-10 02:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KDEM VE CU |
06CARACAS2406 | CHAVEZ ROMANCES THE CARIBBEAN TO GAIN UNSC VOTE [...] (C) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,s (BRV) bid for a seat on the UN Security Council will depend partially on the support of the fifteen CARICOM countries (almost half of the 33 Latin American votes). A CARICOM consensus in favor of support for Venezuela, while assumed by Pres [...] | 2006-08-14 21:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS2478 | SUMATE UNDER SEIGE [...] (C) The National Assembly committee investigating Sumate released an August 15 report claiming Sumate committed tax evasion, fraud, foreign exchange law violations, false accounting, and treason, and called on the tax authority, foreign exchange commission, and banking officials to investigat [...] | 2006-08-21 14:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
06CARACAS2485 | THE STATE OF VENEZUELAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] (C) President Chavez has been exploiting violence in the Middle East to seek international media attention and to burnish his pro-Arab and "anti-Empire" credentials. Chavez's inflammatory and extreme anti-Israel rhetoric first headlines while he was in Iran, and has continued since his retur [...] | 2006-08-21 19:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VE |
06CARACAS2520 | INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION LAW STALLED - FOR NOW [...] (C) A three part deterrence strategy which included civil society involvement, media pressure and diplomatic efforts dissuaded the National Assembly from approving the International Cooperation Law by the August 15th deadline it initially set for its passage. This law would effectively put [...] | 2006-08-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS2527 | HUGO CASTRO?: THE TORCH PASSING VIEWED FROM [...] (C) Summary. The media images of President Chavez's August 13 visit with the ailing Fidel Castro have received wide press play in Venezuela. For many Venezuelans, they confirmed that Chavez aspires to succeed Fidel as the leader of the international socialist movement. Key Embassy contacts [...] | 2006-08-23 20:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE |
06CARACAS2529 | PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE: BRV PRESSURE CONTINUES INTO [...] (U) This cable is an update on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) efforts to restrict freedom of press. As indicated in reftels, the BRV employs a variety of mechanisms - legal, economic, regulatory, judicial, and rhetorical - to harass the private media, inducing self-censorship a [...] | 2006-08-23 21:43:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS2625 | FROM LAUGHS TO VOTES: EL CONDE DE GUACHARO'S [...] (C) Summary. Comedian-turned-politician Benjamin Rausseo (a.k.a., "El Conde de Guacharo") has launched a semi-serious, but long-shot independent presidential campaign (Reftel). So far, Rausseo has been better at attracting publicity than organizing a nation-wide, grassroots political campaign [...] | 2006-08-30 21:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS2626 | SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR VENEZUELA MCCARTHY'S [...] (C) Summary. Special Coordinator for Venezuela McCarthy and Charge called August 28 on MFA Vice Minister for North America Mary Pili Hernandez. McCarthy pressed the BRV for counter-narcotics and counterterrorism cooperation and urged the BRV to promote continued strong bilateral commercial t [...] | 2006-08-30 21:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR ECON PGOV AMGT VE |
06CARACAS2655 | VENEZUELA/CUBA: MORE TORCH-PASSING VIEWS [...] (C) Summary. Charge met August 25 with several Venezuelan Cuba experts to solicit informed views on the likely impact Fidel Castro's absence from the scene would have on Venezuela and President Chavez. The Venezuelan Cuba-watchers predicted that the death of Fidel Castro would be a severe ps [...] | 2006-09-01 21:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE CU |
06CARACAS2684 | MFA PLEDGES TO SPEED UP ACCREDITATION PROCESS; NO [...] (C) Summary. A/Management Counselor met September 1 with MFA Division Chief for Immunities and Privileges Alberto Armas to press reciprocity issues as a follow-up to Special Coordinator for Venezuela McCarthy's and Charge's August 28 meeting with MFA Vice Minister Hernandez (Ref A). Armas said [...] | 2006-09-06 18:55:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT PREL SNAR VE |
06CARACAS2692 | FORMER FM ALI RODRIGUEZ NAMED AMBASSADOR TO CUBA [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez's designation of former foreign minister Ali Rodriguez as Ambassador to Cuba on August 31 demonstrates that Chavez continues to make Venezuelan-Cuban relations one of his top foreign policy priorities. It may also portend the BRV's determination to play an impor [...] | 2006-09-06 21:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE CU |
06CARACAS2740 | OAS AMB. VALERO NAMED MFA VICE MINISTER FOR NORTH [...] (C) Summary. The BRV announced on September 5 that Jorge Valero, Venezuela's Ambassador to the OAS, will be the new MFA Vice Minister for North America. Valero replaces the self-professed Bolivarian "revolutionary" Mary Pili Hernandez. USOAS will have more up-to-date impressions of Valero, [...] | 2006-09-08 18:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
06CARACAS2742 | VENEZUELANS TO CHAVEZ ON MURDER OF CUBANS: "WHAT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-08 19:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS2758 | VENEZUELANS TO CHAVEZ ON MURDER OF CUBANS: "WHAT [...] (SBU) The September 2 murder of Cuban doctor Raquel de los Angeles Perez Ramirez in a Caracas barrio struck a raw nerve with President Chavez. With his administration currently criticized for not being tough on crime, the murder of a Cuban doctor somehow provoked a reaction in Chavez that t [...] | 2006-09-11 17:42:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS2799 | BRV: 61ST UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) As of 12 September, Post's Consular Diplomatic Window has received 213 applications for visas to travel to the 61st UN General Assembly. The 213 applications can be broken down as follows: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 42; Ministry of Defense, 138; Ministry of Communications, 32; and Min [...] | 2006-09-13 20:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA VE |
06CARACAS2817 | BRV: DEMARCHE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 13:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV VE |
06CARACAS2829 | THE OUTSIDERS: BRV RECRUITMENT OF ROGUE STATES [...] (C) President Chavez' September 5-7 meeting with Belarussian government officials provides another example of the BRV's strategic partnerships with the most troublesome of bedfellows. In part through his extensive international travel schedule, Chavez has strengthened ties around the globe to [...] | 2006-09-15 20:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS2830 | CHAVEZ AND THE GLOBAL CHESSBOARD [...] (U) With his eye towards increasing his international stature and gaining a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),President Chavez is literally traveling to all ends of the earth. As a part of this strategy, and in addition to his visits and signing of multiple b [...] | 2006-09-15 20:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
06CARACAS2832 | VENEZUELA REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE ELECTED MEXICAN [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez announced publicly September 12 that Venezuela does not yet recognize the elected Calderon government in Mexico. Chavez also criticized EU observer missions as having been excessively lax in Mexico and severe in Venezuela. Mexico and Venezuela, which downgraded [...] | 2006-09-15 21:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE MX |
06CARACAS2845 | THE CHAVEZ CAMPAIGN: VICTORY, AT ANY COST? [...] (C) Summary. President Hugo Chavez' re-election campaign is a disturbing mix of retrograde authoritarian tactics and creeping totalitarian tendencies. Chavez and his close campaign team exercise tight control over a formidable, country-wide grassroots electoral organization and an administra [...] | 2006-09-18 20:32:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS2852 | DIPLOMATIC CARGO IMPOUNDED [...] (C) The Venezuelan National Guard (GN) seized and opened part of an inbound U.S. Military Group (MILGP) shipment on August 23. The seized cargo consists of household effects (HHE) and commissary rations. A shipment of FMS materials ordered and purchased by the BRV and consisting of ejection [...] | 2006-09-18 21:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | ADPM MARR MASS PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS2877 | BRV ATTACKS ON A FREE PRESS CONTINUE UNABATED [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable updates the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) efforts to restrict freedom of press. As indicated in reftels, the BRV employs a variety of mechanisms - legal, economic, regulatory, judicial, and rhetorical - to harass the private media, inducing self-censorship [...] | 2006-09-19 17:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KDEM VE |
06CARACAS289 | UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT REFUGEE SITUATION AT [...] (U) Over the last few years, the expansion and intensification of Colombia's conflict has forced an increasing number of Colombians to flee their homes in search of protection in neighboring countries. In Venezuela, officials estimate there are currently two to three million Colombian migrant [...] | 2006-02-03 20:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF VE |
06CARACAS2900 | CHAVEZ HOSTSAHMADINEJAD: BRV FORGING EVER CLOSER [...] (C Summary. President Chavez hosted Iranian Presidet Ahmadinejad for a September 17-18 red carpet vsit to Venezuela, a follow-on to Chavez' July 29August 1 state visit to Iran. The two leaders reortedly signed 34, mostly commercial, accords aspart of a "strategic alliance" against American m [...] | 2006-09-21 17:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON VE IR |
06CARACAS2911 | MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTY CALIXTO [...] (C) Summary. MVR National Assembly Deputy and Chavez Campaign Coordinator in Maracaibo Calixto Ortega told PolCouns September 8 that President Chavez and his campaign team are remobilizing their nation-wide political machine and are confident of victory on December 3. PolCouns raised concern [...] | 2006-09-22 12:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS2990 | MINERS MASSACRED; MILITARY IMPLICATED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Military forces killed at least six miners in the La Paragua area of Bolivar state on September 22. The killings quickly elevated to a massacre in the public eye, and the number of killed miners could be as high as two dozen. Defense Minister Baduel's initial reaction was to [...] | 2006-09-29 21:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS2998 | MONAGAS STATE: THE CHAVEZ MACHINE VS. STRUGGLING [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez dominates the political landscape of the eastern plains state of Monagas and at this stage appears likely to carry the state of over 480,000 registered voters by a wide majority. Chavez' pet infrastructure projects and social programs in the state are having onl [...] | 2006-10-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3037 | THE BRV SOAPBOX: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS THREE [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly has passed three foreign policy resolutions in the last two weeks to lend political support to the Chavez administration's ever more radical foreign policy. On September 26, the National Assembly passed both a resolution praising President Chavez' September [...] | 2006-10-06 20:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
06CARACAS3038 | PPT SECRETARY GENERAL: "ONE PARTY IS UN-DEMOCRATIC" [...] (C) Summary. During a September 26 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, pro-Chavez Patria Para Todos (PPT) Secretary General and National Assembly Deputy Jose Albornoz criticized both the Chavez and Rosales campaigns, but expressed confidence that President Chavez would be re-elected. He accuse [...] | 2006-10-06 20:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3066 | EVEN VENEZUELA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed Ref A points regarding North Korea's nuclear test plans to MFA North American Affairs Director Yaneth Arocha prior to North Korea's October 8 announcement of a nuclear weapons test. In addition, Ambassador spoke on the phone with MFA Vice Minister for Asia and the Middl [...] | 2006-10-11 14:29:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP VE KN |
06CARACAS3068 | CHAVEZ ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO CREATE A SINGLE [...] (C) Summary. During his September 9 campaign rally in Caracas, President Chavez announced his intention to hold a party conference in early 2007 to create a unified revolutionary party. Chavez has reiterated the need for such a single party at more recent campaign events. Leaders of parties [...] | 2006-10-11 17:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3069 | ROSALES RALLY GIVES OPPOSITION A BOOST [...] (C) Summary. Opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, October 8 "Avalanche" Rally in Caracas, the biggest opposition event since the 2004 presidential recall referendum, put some new life into Rosales' long-shot campaign. The opposition also demonstrated that it retains residual "street power" a [...] | 2006-10-11 17:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL VE |
06CARACAS3171 | SUMATE PREPARES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary - Ambassador met October 10 with the subdued, but determined leadership of election NGO Sumate to discuss the upcoming December 3 presidential election. Despite the ongoing threat of political persecution, Sumate is teaming up with the opposition to mount an ambitious election obs [...] | 2006-10-20 16:51:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL VE |
06CARACAS3174 | MILITARY CLASHES WITH FISHERMEN, LEAVES NINE [...] (U) SUMMARY Violent clashes in the port of Guiria in Sucre state left nine fishermen injured on October 19. Fishermen took control of the port in early October, protesting the awarding of a contract to a new port administrator. Police and military forces, accompanied by state governor Ramo [...] | 2006-10-20 21:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS3194 | STAFFDEL MEACHAM BREAKFAST WITH DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Senate Staff Member Carl Meacham, accompanied by Ambassador and DCM, met October 23 with diplomats from Chile, Mexico, the UK, and Canada. The diplomats predicted President Chavez will win the December 3 presidential election, but said Rosales is running a strong campai [...] | 2006-10-24 17:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC VE |
06CARACAS3214 | ROSALES ADVISOR: "WE'RE PULLING EVEN" [...] (C) Summary. Angel Emiro Vera, close advisor to consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, told the DCM October 24 that the Rosales campaign is gaining momentum and could defeat President Chavez in a free and fair election. The Rosales campaign is focused on trying to win the December 3 [...] | 2006-10-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3231 | AMBASSADOR VISITS ANZOATEGUI STATE [...] SUMMARY: (U) With an eye to highlight USG-related activities and institutions in eastern Venezuela, Ambassador Brownfield visited the state of Anzoategui on October 19-20, 2006. When BRV meddling prohibited visits to U.S. business plants in the Jose industrial complex, he met with Exxon Mobi [...] | 2006-10-27 17:28:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON VE |
06CARACAS3238 | KEY BRV ADVISOR ON UNSC RACE, POSSIBLE CABINET [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met on October 27 with Rene Arreaza of the vice president's office, about our only reliable contact within the BRV. Arreaza said that the BRV had concluded it could not win a UNSC seat, and so was aiming at a seat-sharing arrangement with Guatemala. This would be an [...] | 2006-10-27 21:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE GT UN |
06CARACAS3241 | STAFFDEL MEACHAM MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) Carl Meacham, visiting Staffer for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Caracas October 22-24. This cable addresses Meacham's meetings with several members of Venezuelan civil society, with whom he discussed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's ongoing global study on the [...] | 2006-10-27 21:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS3257 | CHAVEZ' DOLLAR DIPLOMACY: SPREADING WEALTH AND [...] (C) Since 2005, President Chavez has verbally pledged over USD 90 billion for bilateral agreements, regional initiatives, government contracts, binational funds, donations, investments and joint ventures involving foreign countries. The total figure is approximately one third of combined GDP [...] | 2006-10-31 18:54:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EAID PREL VE IR |
06CARACAS3284 | CHAVEZ DEMANDS MILITARY LOYALTY -- AND WARNS [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez' televised October 31 speech to a large group of senior military officials appeared to be a very public effort to cement the military's loyalty prior to the December 3 presidential election. Chavez accused the opposition of trying to conspire with unidentified m [...] | 2006-11-01 21:58:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3296 | COMPETING ECONOMIC PLANS: CHAVEZ AND ROSALES [...] (U) Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales released his "Proposal for Change toward a New Social Democracy" on October 25. This platform details his populist economic plans for distributing the country's oil wealth to the neediest through "Mi Negra" debit cards, respect for private pro [...] | 2006-11-02 15:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3313 | ROSALES FOREIGN POLICY PLATFORM - CHIDING CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales has prepared a written foreign policy platform. It is a moderate and savvy alternative to President Chavez' anti-American foreign policy. Rosales pledges to prioritize relations with Latin America and "normalize" relations with the [...] | 2006-11-06 16:33:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ETRD VE |
06CARACAS3318 | UNSC DEFEAT: CHAVEZ TRYING TO SAVE FACE [...] (C) Summary. After publicly predicting that Venezuela would definitely win a rotational seat on the UN Security Council, President Chavez has been forced to backtrack systematically as Venezuela subsequently lost 46 (and tied one) UNGA ballots to Guatemala. Chavez and BRV officials are lamel [...] | 2006-11-06 21:39:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
06CARACAS3319 | ROSALES CAMPAIGN ON THE MARCH [...] (C) Summary. While he still faces an uphill struggle to defeat President Chavez' electoral machine, consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales continues to campaign hard and intelligently. Rosales' November 4 city-wide Caracas march attracted several hundred thousand participants and his [...] | 2006-11-06 22:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELAB VE |
06CARACAS3345 | THE VENEZUELA-IRAN ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) In the last two years, Venezuela and Iran have signed at least 61 agreements, respective presidents have visited each other at least four times, and trade between both countries has increased exponentially in percentage terms. However, the number of joint ventures in operation on the g [...] | 2006-11-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN VE IR |
06CARACAS3347 | BRV: DEMARCHE ON CUBA AND THE IBERO-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 14:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CU EU PHUM VZ |
06CARACAS3351 | NO LETTING UP: THREATS TO A FREE PRESS CONTINUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable updates the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) continuing efforts to stifle the media and to restrict freedom of press. As indicated in reftels, the BRV employs a variety of mechanisms - legal, economic, regulatory, judicial, and rhetorical - to harass the priv [...] | 2006-11-08 17:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS3353 | BRV: DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Poloff verbally delivered points contained in ref a to Yaneth Arocha, Office Director of North American and Multilateral Affairs, on November 6. No substantive response is expected. BROWNFIELD [...] | 2006-11-08 21:35:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KTIA UN VE |
06CARACAS3356 | USAID/OTI PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY TEAM 5 [...] (S) During his 8 years in power, President Chavez has systematically dismantled the institutions of democracy and governance. The USAID/OTI program objectives in Venezuela focus on strengthening democratic institutions and spaces through non-partisan cooperation with many sectors of Venezue [...] | 2006-11-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS3412 | ELECTION RUMOR MILL IN HIGH GEAR [...] (C) Summary. Venezuela, a country with a tradition of conspiracy theories, is rife with election rumors. At least five different major themes are circulating in the rumor mill in Venezuela right now suggesting that President Chavez, opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, or the military will d [...] | 2006-11-15 21:40:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3413 | LULA BACKS CHAVEZ, CNE DIRECTOR AND OPPOSITION BALK [...] (U) During the inauguration of a second bridge connecting Venezuela and Brazil across the Orinoco River on November 13, Brazilian President Lula gave his strongest endorsement of President Chavez in years. Lula proclaimed that the same people that had elected him and the Presidents of Argent [...] | 2006-11-15 22:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3425 | FOREIGN MINISTER MADURO BLASTS PERUVIAN COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro lashed out at the Peruvian government in the wake of Peruvian Foreign Minister Garcia Belaunde's reported reference to Venezuela's unsuccessful bid to secure a rotational UNSC seat. Maduro told reporters November 11 that his Peruvian counterpar [...] | 2006-11-17 18:41:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
06CARACAS3427 | ELECTION UPDATE: ROSALES INROADS, STILL UPHILL [...] (C) Summary. Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales continues to wage a strong, credible campaign against President Chavez. Rosales' political strength is now greater than the sum of the parts of the opposition that united behind him in August, and recent endorsements of his candidac [...] | 2006-11-17 19:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3432 | DEMARCHE ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL BO VZ |
06CARACAS3433 | DEMARCHE ON EMERGENCY SPECIAL SESSION OF UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS VE |
06CARACAS3437 | DEMARCHE ON CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 21:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL CBW BWC CWC OPCW VE |
06CARACAS3439 | DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY RESOLUTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 21:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC VZ |
06CARACAS3448 | THE MILITARY'S INCREASINGLY RED ROLE IN THE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez and his hand-picked military leaders are coordinating the armed forces' efforts to provide Election Day security in ways that are likely to intimidate some opposition voters. Under the auspices of "Plan Republica," the Venezuelan National Armed Forces (FAN) will [...] | 2006-11-21 21:00:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM MARR VE |
06CARACAS3465 | CANDIDATE CHAVEZ CONTINUES TO THREATEN PRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This press freedom report focuses on President Chavez's threats to Venezuela's independent media related to the December 3 presidential election. In response to media reporting of Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez's threats to PDVSA managers to support the Chavez re-election ca [...] | 2006-11-24 20:53:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS3477 | VENEZUELAN ELECTION UPDATE: SIX DAYS OUT [...] (C) Both opposition candidate Manuel Rosales and President Hugo Chavez took advantage of the last weekend of campaigning before the December 3 elections to stage some of the largest rallies seen in Venezuela in recent years. The OAS and EU electoral observation missions met with electoral offi [...] | 2006-11-27 22:14:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE |
06CARACAS3483 | VENEZUELAN ELECTION UPDATE: FIVE DAYS OUT [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez continues to travel widely in Venezuela and open major public works projects during the final days of campaigning. Opposition candidate Manuel Rosales met November 27 with members of the European Union's Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) and publicly urged th [...] | 2006-11-28 20:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE |
06CARACAS3493 | SHOW TRIAL RESUMES AMIDST ELECTION SEASON [...] (U) The trial of opposition mayor Henrique Capriles Radonski resumed November 27. The timing of the trial's resumption occurred as the country's attention is universally focused on the December 3 presidential elections. The case has languished in the BRV judicial system for over four years [...] | 2006-11-29 21:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS3513 | STATE OF VENEZUELAN ELECTORAL OBSERVATION EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary. The electoral observation missions (EOMs) have missed most of the key "lead-up" events in the electoral preparation process and have had to scale back previously planned activities. Post believes it to be very unlikely that they will be able to mount a comprehensive observation e [...] | 2006-12-01 16:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE PREL |
06CARACAS3516 | VENEZUELAN ELECTION UPDATE: TWO DAYS OUT [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez and opposition candidate Manuel Rosales officially concluded their campaigns November 30 with press events and final rallies. Chavez claimed without proof that his government recently foiled an assassination attempt against Rosales aimed at discrediting Chavez. [...] | 2006-12-01 17:05:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE |
06CARACAS3518 | CORRECTED COPY: STATE OF VENEZUELAN ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary. The electoral observation missions (EOMs) have missed most of the key "lead-up" events in the electoral preparation process and have had to scale back previously planned activities. It will be very difficult for them to mount a comprehensive observation effort. In effect, they w [...] | 2006-12-01 20:30:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM VE PREL |
06CARACAS3532 | USAID/OTI VENEZUELA ELECTION RELATED ACTIVITIES [...] (C) During President Chavez' launch of his reelection campaign in February this year he stated that the real opposition was the Empire and not its Venezuelan lackeys, a position he has maintained throughout the campaign. In this environment, USAID/OTI has prudentially kept a low profile, av [...] | 2006-12-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS3547 | TIME TO REDOUBLE OUR PRO-DEMOCRACY EFFORTS IN [...] (C) Summary. We understand the Deputies Committee asked in November whether Embassy has the needed resources to promote our country team strategy. We waited until after the Venezuelan presidential election to respond. The answer is that we are grateful for all resources made available, but i [...] | 2006-12-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KDEM VE |
06CARACAS3557 | CHAVEZ WELCOMES NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT-ELECT ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez received Nicaraguan President-Elect Daniel Ortega at Maiquetia International Airport December 5. Ortega is the first foreign leader to visit Venezuela after Chavez was re-elected December 3, albeit for a visit of less than 24 hours. In brief remarks to the pres [...] | 2006-12-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
06CARACAS3572 | PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: WINNERS AND LOSERS [...] (C) Summary. The National Electoral Council (CNE) officially declared President Chavez the winner of the December 3 election on December 5; he was re-elected for six more years. While the presidential election did not usher in any tectonic shifts, it did reveal some clear winners and losers. [...] | 2006-12-08 15:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL VE |
06CARACAS3604 | POST-ELECTION: CAN ROSALES STAY THE COURSE? [...] (C) SUMMARY Although he lost to President Chavez by a substantial margin on December 3, Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales emerged from the presidential election as Venezuela's preeminent opposition leader. It remains to be seen whether the momentum Rosales enjoyed as a candidate will continue. [...] | 2006-12-12 20:37:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3621 | POST-ELECTION SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DELAHUNT/MEEKS [...] (SBU) Representatives Delahunt and Meeks are already very familiar with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). They will be the first congressional visitors to come to Caracas since their April 23-24 visit, and this visit comes on the heels of President Chavez's re-election on December 3. [...] | 2006-12-14 18:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV VE |
06CARACAS3633 | OPPOSITION LEADER ROSALES PLANNING US VISIT [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke by phone December 14 with Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales, their first conversation since before Rosales' four-month campaign for the presidency as the opposition's consensus candidate. The Ambassador congratulated Rosales on a hard fought and skillful campaign. He als [...] | 2006-12-15 21:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV VE |
06CARACAS3646 | CAPRILES ACQUITTED ON ALL CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY After four years and eight months, Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles Radonski was acquitted December 15 of all charges stemming from incidents at the Cuban Embassy on April 12, 2002. The opposition mayor of Baruta municipality (a metropolitan Caracas borough where the U.S. Embassy [...] | 2006-12-18 21:49:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS3671 | THE DO-NOTHING NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF 2006 POISED TO [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly, although composed entirely of pro-Chavez party members after the opposition boycotted the December 2005 parliamentary election, passed little important legislation in 2006. Among the more memorable National Assembly "Bolivarian accomplishments" of 2006 are [...] | 2006-12-21 20:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL VE |
06CARACAS3688 | ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT CORREA'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. President Hugo Chavez hosted Ecuadorian president-elect Rafael Correa December 20-21. Both Chavez and Correa pledged to enhance bilateral economic integration, particularly energy cooperation. Chavez also said he would consider the request of Correa and Bolivian President Mora [...] | 2006-12-27 17:13:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD VE EC |
06CARACAS374 | CHAVEZ BASHES BLAIR [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez launched into one of his customary tirades on February 8 after British Prime Minister Tony Blair offered measured criticism of his government. Chavez' diatribe against Blair is the latest example of Chavez' increasing tendency to provoke leaders in the i [...] | 2006-02-10 18:36:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS397 | VENEZUELA: BOSTON GROUP FUTURE MURKY [...] (C) With the current climate of bilateral relations, post is not optimistic about the future of the US-Venezuelan bipartisan legislative forum, known as the Boston Group (BG). Even before President Chavez' February 2 and 4 speeches (ref a and b),post was unable to secure meetings with Natio [...] | 2006-02-14 18:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM VE |
06CARACAS458 | IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS VENEZUELA [...] (U) On February 14, the Venezuelan National Assembly received a delegation of Iranian legislators, including the President of the Iranian Parliament Gholamali Haddad Adel. Adel emphasized that the governments of Venezuela and Iran were united in the fight against imperialism and committed to s [...] | 2006-02-17 19:38:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS460 | BRV ON DEFENSIVE AFTER SECRETARY'S REMARKS [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called U.S. officials "crazy" in response to Secretary Rice's criticism of the BRV on February 16. Suggesting that USG policy was inconsistent, he said the Secretary's remarks came after a "good conversation" between Assistant Secretary Shannon and Venez [...] | 2006-02-17 21:11:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS473 | WHAT TO EXPECT FROM CHAVEZ' PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' history of dirty campaigning and his announcement that he is running against President Bush have several implications for how he will prepare for Venezuela's December 3, 2006 presidential election. Many of these actions violate the letter and spirit of [...] | 2006-02-21 18:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS503 | MESSAGE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Third Secretary for Multilateral Affairs Aldo Perfetto had no substantive response to ref A regarding the US government's conditions for providing future financial assistance to the new Palestinian Authority government. Perfetto agreed, however, to pass talki [...] | 2006-02-23 19:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IS KPAL |
06CARACAS535 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS LUNCHEON FOR UNIVERSITY DIRECTORS [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted a luncheon on February 9 for administrators of several Venezuelan universities. In addition to expressing their eagerness for greater educational exchanges between Venezuelan and American universities, representatives also expressed concern that a proposed education [...] | 2006-03-02 18:24:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS581 | EMBASSY SAYS NIGERIA'S SUPPORT FOR BRV'S UNSC BID [...] (U) Venezuela's Vice-Minister for Africa Reinaldo Bolivar met February 24 with Nigeria,s Ambassador to Venezuela Samson Ayodole Adepoju. Following the meeting, the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported Adepoju saying he believed Venezuela would be accepted as a non-permanent member [...] | 2006-03-03 19:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS588 | MESSAGE ON HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH HAMAS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-06 16:01:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL |
06CARACAS590 | REQUEST FOR STATEMENTS CONDEMNING AL-ASKARIYA [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Third Secretary for North America Robinson Zapata had no substantive response to reftel demarche requesting that host countries issue statements condemning the Al-Askariya shrine bombing. Zapata agreed, however, to pass talking points to Vice Minister for Nor [...] | 2006-03-06 17:16:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPOA PTER IZ |
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