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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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07MANILA864 | PHILIPPINES LOOKING FOR WAYS TO NUDGE BURMA TOWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on March 2, EAP/MTS Director Marciel underscored the USG's concern with the Burmese government's record on democracy and rights and urged the Philippines, while chairing ASEAN, to press for a unified, regional voice to seek [...] | 2007-03-16 01:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL RP BM |
07MANILA876 | PHILIPPINES TO CONSIDER U.S. POINTS ON [...] (C) The Philippines has no position at this time on proposed reforms to the internal system of Administration of Justice, according to Gunther Sales, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Director for the Political, Security, and International Law Division in the Office of the United [...] | 2007-03-16 07:46:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC UNGA RP |
07MANILA879 | PHILIPPINES TO RELAY U.S. CONCERNS ON SUDAN, [...] (C) Poloff on March 16 communicated in strong terms U.S. points (ref b) regarding the no-action motion on the Sudan Assessment Team report in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to Charmaine Serna, Department of Foreign Affairs' Assistant Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in the [...] | 2007-03-16 09:08:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHCR PHUM PREL ZI SU RP |
07MANILA881 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WILLIAM WALLACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. General Wallace, welcome to the Philippines! I know your visit is short, but I am sure you will find it productive. You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is demonstrating impressive combat prowess in ongoing operations a [...] | 2007-03-16 09:30:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
07MANILA909 | PHILIPPINES NOTES U.S. CONCERNS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Charmaine Serna, Department of Foreign Affairs' Assistant Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs in the Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO),noted U.S. concerns regarding Zimbabwe. She stated she would communicate our points to the Philippine Missi [...] | 2007-03-20 07:02:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL ZI RP |
07MANILA923 | MISUARI REGISTERS CANDIDACY FOR SULU GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Jailed Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari personally registered his candidacy in Jolo on March 20 for the Sulu Gubernatorial election. Misuari, who has become increasingly desperate to gain his freedom, entered the race against well financed traditional [...] | 2007-03-21 07:22:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA931 | PHILIPPINES SUPPORTS IN PRINCIPLE U.S. ARF [...] (C) According to Hans Siriban, Department of Foreign Affairs' Special Assistant to the Undersecretary for Policy, the Philippines supports in principle the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Statement Supporting National Implementation of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 and the e [...] | 2007-03-22 03:00:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ARF PREL MARR XB EAID PARM RP |
07MANILA952 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON PEACE IN MINDANAO [...] (S) Summary: Presidential Peace Process Advisor Dureza told Charge that he welcomed increased Embassy engagement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF),local and national leaders in support of the peace process. Separately, chief government negotiator Afable said the Cabinet would co [...] | 2007-03-23 06:49:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET | PREL PINS KISL RP |
07MANILA962 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR COMMENTS ON UNLAWFUL KILLINGS [...] (C) Presidential Peace Process Advisor and cabinet member "Jess" Dureza raised the issue of unlawful killings with Charge and poloff March 20 after discussing the peace process (septel). The recent telephone call from D/NSA Crouch to Philippine NSA Gonzales, together with U.S. Congressional h [...] | 2007-03-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS RP |
07MANILA965 | EXTENSION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES MANDATE AT [...] (SBU) In a meeting on March 23 with Julius Torres, the Executive Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of United Nations and International Organizations, Acting Pol/C conveyed reftel points regarding the review of the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Territori [...] | 2007-03-26 02:44:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | UNHRC PREL PHUM RP |
07MANILA977 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BRYAN BROWN [...] (SBU) General Brown, welcome back to the Philippines! A lot has changed since you visited in 2005. The Armed Forces of the Philippines is demonstrating impressive combat prowess in ongoing operations against Abu Sayyaf and Jemaah Islamiyah terrorists on the island of Jolo. You will have a ch [...] | 2007-03-26 08:39:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS MCAP PREL RP |
07MAPUTO1047 | Northern Provinces Demining a Success, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Humanitarian demining of the Northern provinces of Mozambique is complete. The USG and other donors look to publicly announce this success in November as efforts begin to focus on other areas of the country. USG funded and equipped military demining corps gives the GRM the cap [...] | 2007-08-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHDP PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1048 | Demining Brings Economic Growth Near Mozambique-Tanzania [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KHDP PGOV PREL ECON MZ |
07MAPUTO1055 | Leahy HR VQng for Port Security Training Seminar [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidates nominated to participate in a DOS-sponsored PORT SECURITY TRAINING SEMINAR to be held September 6-7, 2007, in Mombasa, Kenya in conjunction with a DOD-sponsored Maritime Security Conference to be held September 4-6. [...] | 2007-08-31 10:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PINR PINS PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1110 | HOUSECLEANING IN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S [...] (U) In the past two weeks President Guebuza fired Attorney General Joaquim Madeira and all deputy attorneys general in what some observers are calling an unprecedented display of housecleaning. Included in the firings are the former and current heads of the Central Office for the Combat of Co [...] | 2007-09-14 06:08:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1113 | PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA: [...] Per a request for a brief overview of U.S. programs to promote and protect human rights in Mozambique, we provide the following input keyed to the queries in reftel: 2. The Embassy currently oversees four human rights and democracy fund projects totaling $75,000. The projects aim to impro [...] | 2007-09-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1186 | EMBASSY MAPUTO HOSTS RAMADAN EVENTS [...] SUMMARY: In Mozambique, with a near forty percent Muslim population, post regularly seeks to engage Muslims and this year programmed a number of events: an Iftar hosted by the Charge; a film showing and discussion followed by an Iftar at the Public Affairs building; and the donation of Ramadan [...] | 2007-10-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KAPO MZ |
07MAPUTO1198 | PRESIDENT GUEBUZA HIGHLIGHTS HIV/AIDS AT [...] (U) During the recent opening session of a National Youth Conference on HIV/AIDS, President Armando Guebuza and Prime Minister Luisa Diogo encouraged young Mozambicans to take the lead in the country's fight against HIV/AIDS. The three- day meeting was organized by the Ministry of Youth and [...] | 2007-10-09 07:23:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCOR PGOV PHUM MZ |
07MAPUTO1278 | PRESIDENCY MINISTER ON ZIMBABWE, PKO'S [...] (C) Summary: The Charge raised Mozambican PKO participation and the Zimbabwe crisis with Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana on 10/31. Sumbana stated that the GRM wanted to participate in PKO's, and that he would speak to President Guebuza about notifying the UN's DPKO of Mozambique's [...] | 2007-11-05 08:08:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV MASS MCAP MOPS MARR PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1287 | MOZAMBIQUE: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Mozambique is a transit country for illegal drugs such as hashish, herbal cannabis, cocaine, and heroin consumed primarily in Europe, and for mandrax (methaqualone) consumed primarily in South Africa. Some illicit drug shipments passing through Mozambique may also find their way to the United [...] | 2007-11-06 09:45:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PREL PGOV SNAR MZ |
07MAPUTO1294 | GRM FOLLOW-UP TO THE WHITE HOUSE CONFERENCE ON [...] In response to the invitation from First Lady Laura Bush to participate in a literacy luncheon in New York on the margins of UNGA (reftel),Mozambican First Lady Ana Guebuza directed Minister of Education Aires Ali to write a letter to the U.S. National Committee for UNESCO, providing an update [...] | 2007-11-06 15:48:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1301 | REACHING OUT TO NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE'S MUSLIM [...] During a recent visit to Nampula, Mozambique's most populous province, the Charge hosted a meeting with eight Muslim leaders representing key Muslim groupings in the province: the Islamic Council of Mozambique, one of the most representative Muslim organizations in the country with more than [...] | 2007-11-08 08:21:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KISL PHUM EAID MZ |
07MAPUTO1319 | MOZAMBIQUE'S EVALUATION OF THE EAST AFRICA SOUTH [...] The Mozambican delegates found the exchange of information between their African counterparts at the conference beneficial. The exchange of information will aid them in implementing the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS). They found particularly useful the presentatio [...] | 2007-11-14 15:16:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL EWWT MZ |
07MAPUTO1320 | REQUEST TO RE-OBLIGATE INL FUNDING FOR MOZAMBIQUE [...] INL proposes to de-obligate Mozambique Border Security Technical Assistance funds of FY04 $191,418 and FY05 $216,000. These currently obligated funds support the highly successful training and equipment program for Mozambican border guards and supervisors. Mozambique's borders are lengthy a [...] | 2007-11-14 15:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER SNAR PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1322 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES INVESTMENT, AID, [...] (C) Summary: The Charge and USAID Director met with Prime Minister Luisa Diogo on 11/8 and discussed business environment concerns, the important USG role in donor assistance, efforts to reduce corruption in government, peacekeeping and Zimbabwe. Clearly grasping how to make bureaucracy mor [...] | 2007-11-14 16:42:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID ETRD PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1340 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES INVESTMENT, AID, [...] (C) Summary: The Charge and USAID Director met with Prime Minister Luisa Diogo on 11/8 and discussed business environment concerns, the important USG role in donor assistance, efforts to reduce corruption in government, peacekeeping and Zimbabwe. Clearly grasping how to make bureaucracy mor [...] | 2007-11-15 12:37:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID ETRD PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1344 | RENAMO LEADER DHLAKAMA DECRIES "ONE-PARTY STATE" [...] (C) Summary: In a November 8 meeting with the Charge, Afonso Dhlakama, leader of opposition party RENAMO, gave his perspective on the status of democracy in Mozambique. He expressed concern that the country was becoming a one-party state as FRELIMO consolidates total control over government e [...] | 2007-11-16 08:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MZ |
07MAPUTO1345 | MCC COMPACT UPDATE [...] The Embassy welcomes the November 17-21 visit by Ambassador John Danilovich, Chief Executive Officer for the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and provides the following short update of MCC implementation activities in- country since the July 13 Compact signing in Washington. 2. On August [...] | 2007-11-16 09:23:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1346 | FY 2007 CARRY-OVER ESF FOR STATE AFRICA REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY. Embassy Maputo proposes two projects for FY 2007 ESF carryover funding: (1) $1,000,000 for political competition and consensus-building under the elections and political processes (2.3.2) element and (2) $500,000 to structure a program aimed at improving the Doing Business "taxes" c [...] | 2007-11-16 10:00:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO138 | MOZAMBIQUE - AU CHARTER ON DEMOCRACY, ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-30 10:03:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL MZ XA |
07MAPUTO1393 | FORMER PRESIDENT'S SON DIES, IMPLICATED IN MURDER [...] (SBU) The son of former President Joaquim Chissano, Nyimpine Joaquim Chissano, died on November 19 at the age of 37. Though reportedly of a heart attack, his death has been subject to public rumors of foul play, including poisoning. Nyimpine was implicated as the intellectual author of the m [...] | 2007-11-29 05:48:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCOR MZ |
07MAPUTO1443 | CHINESE AMBASSADOR PRIORITIZES POVERTY REDUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 27 meeting with the Charge, Chinese Ambassador to Mozambique Tiang Uang Seng said that China's goal in Mozambique is the reduction of poverty through efforts focused on agricultural assistance and health care. Ambassador Tiang showed particular interest in AFRICOM, [...] | 2007-12-06 11:58:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID CN MZ |
07MAPUTO1444 | MOZAMBIQUE AGREES WITH CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN'S [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 11:58:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL MNUC PARM IR MZ |
07MAPUTO1445 | MCC CEO DANILOVICH SEES CAPACITY CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador John Danilovich, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),met with Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, international donors and private sector representatives, gave a speech on U.S. development assistance at a local university, and visited MCC project sites on [...] | 2007-12-06 13:07:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1451 | MCC CEO DANILOVICH SEES CAPACITY CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador John Danilovich, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),met with Mozambican President Armando Guebuza, international donors and private sector representatives, gave a speech on U.S. development assistance at a local university, and visited MCC project sites on [...] | 2007-12-11 06:31:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO1469 | INDIA HOPING TO "CHECKMATE CHINA" IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge recently paid a courtesy call on the India's High Commissioner to Mozambique, Rajinder Bhagat. The High Commissioner related his country's primary interests in Mozambique, focusing on commercial sector development, agricultural development, and coal mining, while rec [...] | 2007-12-17 12:19:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EMIN KDEM PGOV PREL IN MZ CN |
07MAPUTO1471 | INDIA HOPING TO "CHECKMATE CHINA" IN MOZAMBIQUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge recently paid a courtesy call on the India's High Commissioner to Mozambique, Rajinder Bhagat. The High Commissioner related his country's primary interests in Mozambique, focusing on commercial sector development, agricultural development, and coal mining, while rec [...] | 2007-12-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN KDEM PGOV PREL IN MZ CN |
07MAPUTO1486 | MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY ON ZUMA AND ZIMBABWE [...] (C) The Charge hosted Minister of the Presidency Antonio Sumbana at his residence December 19 for a one-on-one lunch to discuss Zimbabwe and the election of Jacob Zuma as ANC President (other topics covered septel). Sumbana noted that the GRM and the Frelimo party worked hard to maintain rel [...] | 2007-12-19 15:52:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MZ SF ZI |
07MAPUTO1502 | MOZAMBIQUE: RACIAL DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE DIPNOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-27 11:50:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNGA MZ |
07MAPUTO191 | Chinese President Hu Makes 24-hour Visit to [...] (U) Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao stopped by for an overnight in Maputo February 8/9 before departing for the Seychelles, the final leg of his two-week Africa tour. In remarks to government officials, both Hu and Mozambican President Guebuza praised the two countries' "profound friends [...] | 2007-02-13 14:26:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH MZ |
07MAPUTO334 | MOZAMBICAN CONCERN OVER ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Charge and acting British High Commissioner met on March 20 with Foreign Ministry Director for International Organizations and Conferences Manuel Goncalves to deliver ref A-B demarches and seek GRM views on next steps in addressing developments in Zimbabwe. Goncalves was not sure how much [...] | 2007-03-20 14:59:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | MZ PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
07MAPUTO371 | Mozambique: Demarche on SADC Heads of State Meeting and [...] On March 28 Charge and pol/econoff met with Enrique Banze, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, to deliver the demarche on the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) response to the Zimbabwe situation and the demarche on UNSCR 1747 on Iran. 2. Banze noted our concern about the situatio [...] | 2007-03-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MZ |
07MAPUTO433 | Mozambique - March Political Digest [...] (U) This is a summary of significant political developments in Mozambique that occurred during March 2007. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. -- Commission of Inquiry into Weapons Depot Explosion -- Likely Delay in Scheduling Provincial Elections -- Humanitarian De-mi [...] | 2007-04-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PARM PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO491 | NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ: MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-25 12:24:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER MZ |
07MAPUTO540 | MOZAMBIQUE: ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC MZ |
07MAPUTO556 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ACOTA GEORGETTE [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for ACOTA Georgette Maloney and John Sevold to travel to Mozambique from 23 to 26 May 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct coordination meetings with U.S. Embassy and FADM personnel prior to ACOTA New Equipment Training (NET) in the [...] | 2007-05-15 15:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL OTRA ASEC MZ |
07MAPUTO623 | AGOA Forum - Mozambican Delegation [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-04 13:39:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO651 | Mozambique: Socio-Political Digest [...] (U) This is a summary of significant socio- political developments in Mozambique over the past two months. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. -- Developments re March 22 Explosion at Munitions Depot -- PDD District Leader Defects to Frelimo -- Police accused of e [...] | 2007-06-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | POL PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO743 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ACOTA FREDERICK [...] Embassy Maputo welcomes and grants country clearance for ACOTA Frederick Curry, Walter Griffin, Chris Hahn, Corry Holmes and Stephen Marshall to travel to Mozambique from 12 to 20 July 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct ACOTA New Equipment Training (NET) with FADM trainers and specia [...] | 2007-06-29 17:54:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL OTRA ASEC MZ |
07MAPUTO780 | Mozambique: June Socio-Political Digest [...] This is a summary of significant socio-political developments in Mozambique that occurred during June 2007. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. -- Provincial Elections Scheduled for December 20, 2007; Election Process Moves Forward -- Recent Increase in Crime Rate Vi [...] | 2007-07-09 13:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | POL PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO781 | Mozambique: June Socio-Political Digest [...] This is a summary of significant socio-political developments in Mozambique that occurred during June 2007. We provide it as a supplement to our other reporting. -- Provincial Elections Scheduled for December 20, 2007; Election Process Moves Forward -- Recent Increase in Crime Rate View [...] | 2007-07-09 14:28:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | POL PGOV PREL MZ |
07MAPUTO899 | PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS DELAYED, BUT MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Provincial elections in Mozambique originally set for December 20 face logistical difficulties, voter cynicism, protest by the Muslim community, and a budget shortfall. Despite these challenges, the GRM maintains its commitment to proceeding with the elections, but delayed them [...] | 2007-08-01 12:41:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | POL PGOV PREL KDEM MZ |
07MAPUTO902 | CHARGE'S COURTESY CALL WITH FM ABREU [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a July 31 courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs Alcinda Abreu, the Charge noted the positive and expanding nature of our bilateral relationship, underscored by the recent visit of First Lady Laura Bush and the MCC compact signing. He also advised Abreu of several upcomin [...] | 2007-08-02 15:55:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | POL PGOV PREL KDEM MZ |
07MAPUTO903 | MOZAMBIQUE UNDECIDED ON HEAD OF STATE UNGA ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 16:08:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA MZ |
07MAPUTO956 | MOZAMBIQUE--DISPARATE VIEWS ON MUGABE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Guebuza's Chief of Staff Antonio Sumbana told Charge of private GRM concerns about the ongoing political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, but that the GRM saw little benefit in publicly challenging Robert Mugabe. "Zimbabwe still has the potential to destabilize Mozambiqu [...] | 2007-08-14 08:10:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MZ PGOV PHUM PREL ZI |
07MAPUTO969 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) The Embassy warmly welcomes Secretary Leavitt and his accompanying delegation to Mozambique, widely considered to be an exemplary post-conflict democratic success story in Africa. Following the June visit of First Lady Laura Bush and the July MCC compact signing in Washington with Presi [...] | 2007-08-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV ECON KHIV PREL EAID MZ |
07MAPUTO988 | PRESIDENT GUEBUZA ON ZIMBABWE AND PKO'S [...] (C) Summary: President Guebuza told the Charge on August 20 that he pressed both Mbeki and Mugabe for a speedier solution to Zimbabwe's political crisis at the Lusaka Summit that reflects the will of the Zimbabwean people. He said that Mozambique was interested in participating in peacekeep [...] | 2007-08-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MZ ZI |
07MAPUTO998 | PRESIDENT GUEBUZA ON ZIMBABWE AND PKO'S [...] (C) Summary: President Guebuza told the Charge on August 20 that he pressed both Mbeki and Mugabe for a speedier solution to Zimbabwe's political crisis at the Lusaka Summit that reflects the will of the Zimbabwean people. He said that Mozambique was interested in participating in peacekeep [...] | 2007-08-24 05:44:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MZ ZI |
07MARSEILLE66 | MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE: AN OVERVIEW OF [...] Summary: The 2008 municipal elections in the three largest cities in the south of France (Marseille, Nice and Montpellier) will probably not see any city halls changing hands. Marseille and Nice will remain UMP, and Montpellier PS. Marseille will see the closest race, as the powerful sociali [...] | 2007-09-25 14:59:00 | Consulate Marseille | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI EU FR PINR ECON ELAB |
07MARSEILLE9 | HEAD OF LOCAL MUSLIM COUNCIL LOOKING FORWARD TO A PRODUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, 2007 Abderhammane Ghoul, (protect) President of the Regional Council of the Muslim Cult, Province Cote d'Azur Region (CRCM-PACA),discussed with Marseille Consul General his reasons for optimism about 2007. Major mosque projects in his region are advancing, and the [...] | 2007-01-26 14:18:00 | Consulate Marseille | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PREL PINR PGOV |
07MASERU111 | LESOTHO: THE STRIKE THAT WAS A GUTTERBALL [...] SUMMARY: Wednesday, February 28, 2007, was the "strike that wasn't" in Lesotho. Rumors and pamphlets swirled through the capital and numerous interior towns after the weekend's political rallies that a potentially disruption work stoppage would occur. In a positive sign for the acceptance o [...] | 2007-03-02 12:27:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
07MASERU112 | LESOTHO: INPUT FOR US/CHINA DIALOG ON AFRICA [...] (U) Per REFTEL request, Embassy Maseru provides the following information on the relationship between the Kingdom of Lesotho and the People's Republic of China. ----------------- Lesotho and China ----------------- 2. (SBU) Relationship: Cordial and deepening. Public Perception: M [...] | 2007-03-02 12:32:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PGOV PREL EINV CH LT |
07MASERU113 | LESOTHO: ELEVEN APPOINTED TO SENATE [...] The Office of the Prime Minister announced on February 28 that His Majesty King Letsie III, in accordance with Section 55 of the Constitution of Lesotho, appointed eleven new members of the Senate, the upper house of Parliament. (NOTE: The Constitution stipulates that the Council of State sho [...] | 2007-03-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
07MASERU124 | LESOTHO: NEW MEMBERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S CABINET [...] SUMMARY: On Friday, March 2, Lesotho's Chief Justice, in the presence of King Letsie III and Prime Minister and Mrs. Mosisili, swore in the nation's new cabinet in a lengthy ceremony at the Royal Palace. The Cabinet is composed of members of the nation's two houses of Parliament. While the [...] | 2007-03-06 20:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM LT |
07MASERU135 | SCHEDULE OF MANAGING DIRECTOR MANS VISIT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Perry and Finance Minister Thahane reviewed March 7, 2007 the necessary elements (including a potential address by the King at a Special Parlimentary session 3/16/07) for a fruitful visit by Darius Mans, Managing Director of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),taking into [...] | 2007-03-07 14:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHIV KMCA PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU149 | LESOTHO'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES BILATERAL [...] (C) In her first official courtesy call on the "new" Foreign Minister (FOMIN) Mohlabi Kenneth Tsekoa March 14, Ambassador Perry congratulated him on his return to the posting. The Minister graciously accepted the Ambassador's congratulations and remembered our first meeting in 2004 when he ac [...] | 2007-03-14 16:09:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID LT |
07MASERU157 | LESOTHO AND THE CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) With the bad and worsening situation in Zimbabwe, Ambassador raised the issue of (a) what Lesotho as Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chair was going to do about Mugabe, and (b) what Lesotho as a nation would do to stop Mugabe's continued assault on the opposition. The discus [...] | 2007-03-15 15:23:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL ZI LT |
07MASERU160 | LESOTHO: OPENING OF PARLIAMENT ENDS WITH SIT-IN, EJECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: After His Majesty King Letsie III officially opened the 7th Parliament of Lesotho on Thursday, March 15, Lesotho's major opposition parties staged a "sit-in," and pledged not to leave the Parliament building until the government had addressed their demands for a redistribution of legi [...] | 2007-03-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT |
07MASERU161 | SADC, OPPOSITION AND GOVERNMENT MEETINGS ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Over the past three and a half days, Ambassador Perry has met with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary and his senior staff, the diplomatic corps and all leaders of the opposition parties concerning the current political crisis and stay-away occurring in L [...] | 2007-03-19 15:32:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT |
07MASERU162 | MASERU EAC (3/19/07) ASSESSES MASSIVE WORK STOPPAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Maseru's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on March 19 to discuss the first day of a three-day, opposition-led work stoppage ("stay away"),to assess potential threats to USG personnel, and to review the mission's security posture. Day One of the stay-away was widely ob [...] | 2007-03-19 15:51:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU167 | LESOTHO: OPPOSITION CALLS OFF WORK STOPPAGE AFTER TWO-DAY [...] (U) Summary: After a two-day strike that crippled the Maseru economy, late on March 20 Lesotho's political opposition leaders called off the mass action in order to hold talks with visiting SADC leaders. We expect that business will return to regular levels of activity on March 21, although th [...] | 2007-03-20 15:45:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU168 | LESOTHO: ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Acting Foreign Minister Dr. Phooko March 20 and reviewed with him the Secretary's statement as well as the spokesman's remarks on the SIPDIS issue. We also went through key points related to the treatment of the opposition by the Mugabe government, [...] | 2007-03-20 15:57:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ZI LT |
07MASERU176 | GOL DEFENDS ELECTORAL PROCEDURES [...] (C) The Government of Lesotho (GOL) called an emergency donors meeting on March 21 to discuss its views of the tactics used by the opposition parties, particularly by the All Basotho Convention (ABC) party led by Thomas Thabane. The meeting was convened by the Minister in the Office of the Pr [...] | 2007-03-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR PHUM SADC ZI LT |
07MASERU177 | SADC: POSSIBLE EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary: Tanzanian Foreign Minister Membe, in Lesotho for the SADC Council of Ministers meeting, told Maseru-based diplomats on March 22 "in confidence" that the SADC Double Troika ministers had recommended to their respective capitals that Tanzania host an Extraordinary Summit for SADC He [...] | 2007-03-22 21:10:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM ECON ZI LT |
07MASERU182 | SADC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MEETING: MEDIA BRIEFING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
07MASERU183 | SADC DOUBLE TROIKA PRESS RELEASE: MASERU - MARCH 22, 2007 [...] On March 22, Embassy Maseru received a diplomatic note from Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs extending an invitation to all Diplomatic Missions in Maseru to send representatives to attend a media briefing by Timothy Thahane, the Lesotho Minister of Finance and Development Planning, who is [...] | 2007-03-23 12:06:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ZI LT |
07MASERU19 | FINANCE MINISTRY INTACT DESPITE POLITICAL SHENNANIGANS [...] (C) In an extremely frank January 10 discussion with Ambassador Perry, Lesotho's Finance Minister Tim Thahane demonstrated his underlying suspicions of Trade Minister Malie's and Foreign Minister Moleleki's ambitions and how they might contribute to a more unsettled national election than nece [...] | 2007-01-12 12:29:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU191 | SADC/LESOTHO NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) This message provides a basic chronology and substantive background on our bilateral and multilateral engagements during Lesotho's pre-election, electoral and post electoral developments. The latter more closely involved Southern African Development Community (SADC) Executive Secretary Sa [...] | 2007-03-27 16:29:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT |
07MASERU192 | SADC PRESS RELEASE ON LESOTHO MEDIATION [...] (SBU) On March 23, the Chairperson of the SADC Ministerial Troika of the Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Cooperation (Tanzania) issued a press release in Maseru regarding a potential SADC role in mediating talks among Lesotho's political parties to resolve an ongoing election-related [...] | 2007-03-27 17:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU198 | BUDGET SPEECH HIGHLIGHTS POVERTY REDUCTION ROLE OF DONOR [...] (SBU) Following is summary of the key points made by Lesotho's Finance Minister Tim Thahane in Parliament on March 30. A full analysis of his speech will be available septel. The main categories Thahane addressed were: -- achieving development goals of Lesotho's vision 20/20; -- job cre [...] | 2007-03-30 11:56:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID LT |
07MASERU20 | LESOTHO: STATE OF PREPAREDNESS FOR 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] Summary: As polling day approaches, anticipation is high across Lesotho and political parties are busy holding rallies to drum up support for the February 17, 2007 national election, less than six weeks away. Fierce competition and internal disputes have delayed some political parties in ide [...] | 2007-01-12 12:46:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
07MASERU202 | LESOTHO: POST ELECTION CONFERENCE [...] Summary: The Lesotho Council of NGOs (LCN) hosted a two-day conference on Post 2007 National Assembly Elections from March 26 to 27, 2007. The Conference was aimed at reflecting on Lesotho's February 17 2007 National Assembly elections and beyond so as to facilitate the process of learning and [...] | 2007-04-02 15:21:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
07MASERU210 | LESOTHO: U.S. POSITION ON KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche concerning the introduction of a U.S. resolution granting Kosovo independence to Lesotho's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Kenneth Tsekoa on April 4. She provided the key points, notably the fact that Kosovo has experienced eight years of United Natio [...] | 2007-04-04 14:41:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR UN LT |
07MASERU211 | HCOC: LESOTHO'S RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points concerning the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) on Missile Non-Proliferation to Lesotho's new Minister of Foreign Affairs Kenneth Tsekoa on April 4, although they had been delivered as previously noted in Ref (B). Tsekoa found the specific example [...] | 2007-04-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA LT |
07MASERU213 | LESOTHO: U.S. POSITION ON KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche concerning the introduction of a U.S. resolution granting Kosovo independence to Lesotho's newly-appointed Foreign Minister Kenneth Tsekoa on April 4. She provided the key points, notably the fact that Kosovo has experienced eight years of United Natio [...] | 2007-04-05 09:01:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR UN LT |
07MASERU214 | SADC EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT READOUT BY MFA [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsekoa invited the diplomatic corps for an April 4 briefing on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit held in Tanzania March 29. The Minister opened the meeting with an overview of political developments in Lesotho and specifical [...] | 2007-04-05 13:03:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR SA ZI CG LT |
07MASERU215 | SADC EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT READOUT BY MFA [...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Tsekoa invited the diplomatic corps for an April 4 briefing on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extraordinary Summit held in Tanzania March 29. The Minister opened the meeting with an overview of political developments in Lesotho and specifical [...] | 2007-04-05 15:17:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SA ZI CG LT |
07MASERU223 | EXTRAORDINARY SADC DELEGATION ARRIVES IN LESOTHO [...] A ministerial-level delegation of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security arrived in Maseru on April 11 to focus on Lesotho's post-election political stalemate. The troika consists of Tanzania (chair),Namibia (in-coming chair) and Ang [...] | 2007-04-12 15:44:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU231 | LESOTHO: VISIT OF MCC MANAGING DIRECTOR DARIUS MANS AND MCC [...] (SBU) As the potential signing of a Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact draws nearer, MCC Managing Director for Anglophone and Lusophone Africa, Dr. Darius Mans, visited Lesotho on March 15-16, 2007, for a series of meetings with GOL officials and other stakeholders. Prior to Dr. Mans [...] | 2007-04-19 16:12:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KMCA EAID ECON PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU24 | LESOTHO REQUESTS USG OBSERVER MISSION FOR NATIONAL [...] This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. SUMMARY. On January 11, Embassy Maseru received a diplomatic note from Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs formally announcing the date of forthcoming national elections as February 17, 2007, and inviting the United States Government to [...] | 2007-01-18 15:07:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM LT |
07MASERU246 | LESOTHO: NEW COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER ASKS FOR HELP [...] SUMMARY: In an April 20 meeting with U.S. Ambassador June Carter Perry, Lesotho's new Minister of Communications Mothetjoa Metsing acknowledged the failure of the GOL and the governing party to properly communicate with Lesotho's public and asked the U.S. Embassy in Maseru for assistance. Un [...] | 2007-04-26 13:23:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
07MASERU265 | LESOTHO: LCD HOLDS PEACEFUL MARCH TO DEMONSTRATE UNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In order to demonstrate unity in the face of political opposition rhetoric and allegations of intra-party differences (reftel),the governing Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party held a march and rally in Maseru on Sunday, May 6 attended by an estimated three thousand sup [...] | 2007-05-08 16:11:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU27 | "ABC 1, 2, 3": OPPOSITION LEADER CALLS ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Former Minister of Communications Thomas Thabane visited the Ambassador the morning of January 12 and expressed his own concerns about instability during the electoral period. The Ambassador told Thabane frankly that she was concerned about reports that the youth league of his party might [...] | 2007-01-19 12:35:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC LT |
07MASERU272 | LESOTHO: EDUCATIONAL ADVISING TAKES OFF [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Maseru's student advising program has now grown into a lively and formal weekly program which has begun its third year. The program is building on the successes of the past year to continue its expansion. After a tour of local radio stations by our dedicated academic adviso [...] | 2007-05-10 18:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL SCUL CVIS LT |
07MASERU273 | LESOTHO: UNHCR/BELARUS DEMARCHE [...] (U) On May 10, poloff delivered reftel demarches to Acting Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs P. P. Makosholo. The Foreign Minister and his top two deputies are currently in Durban, South Africa attending an African Union (AU) meeting and will remain unavailable to receive the demarche dir [...] | 2007-05-10 18:54:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNHRC LT |
07MASERU276 | LESOTHO SUPPORTS U.S. ON SMALLPOX, FLU ISSUES [...] (U) On May 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Lesotho's Principal Secretary for the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, T.J. Ramotsoari, who pledged support for U.S. positions at the 2007 World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland. He stated that Minister of Health Ramatlepeng h [...] | 2007-05-11 10:21:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO LT |
07MASERU277 | LESOTHO: BELARUS - AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH GOL'S PRIME [...] (C) On May 11, the Ambassador raised with Prime Minister Mosisili, in the presence of Acting Foreign Minister Mothetjoa Metsing (Minister of Communications),the points concerning Belarus' bid for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. Prior to talking with the Prime Minister, Amb [...] | 2007-05-11 12:01:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC LT |
07MASERU281 | "THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT" -- LESOTHO'S MONARCH SPEAKS [...] (SBU) In a May 16 farewell call on Lesotho's King Letsie III, His Majesty expressly asked Ambassador Perry to convey to President Bush a sincere "Thank You" for his PEPFAR and Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) initiatives. The King stated his gratitude for the increases in PEPFAR funding to a [...] | 2007-05-16 14:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KMCA LT |
07MASERU282 | LESOTHO: UNSCR 1267 AND UNHRC DEMARCHES [...] On May 16, Poloff spoke with Acting Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs P.P. Makosholo regarding continued implementation of UNSCR 1267 (ref A) and Bosnia's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (ref B). Regarding UNSCR 1267, Makosholo stated that he would encourage a representative o [...] | 2007-05-16 19:00:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC LT |
07MASERU287 | LESOTHO: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZIMBABWE DURING FAREWELL CALLS [...] (SBU) In support of ref C strategy, Ambassador raised Zimbabwe issue with Prime Minister and Acting Foreign Minister on May 11. She reviewed key points also with King Letsie III on May 16. 2. (C) The Government of Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated that the Southern African [...] | 2007-05-21 15:15:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ZI LT |
07MASERU304 | CRACKING THE CODE: FINDING SUCCESS FOR A U.S. FILM FESTIVAL [...] SUMMARY: After a series of film screenings at the beginning at Embassy Maseru's seven-week U.S. film festival (March 8 through April 19),the event closed with a packed, standing room only showing of Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center." Attendance grew remarkably during the course of the fes [...] | 2007-05-29 08:20:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO SCUL PREL LT |
07MASERU337 | TANZANIAN FM DELIVERS SADC REPORT TO LESOTHO [...] Summary: On June 11, Tanzanian Foreign Minister Membe, in his capacity as representative of the Chairperson of SADC's Troika on Politics, Defense, and Security, delivered a much anticipated report to Lesotho on the country's contested February 2007 national election. The Troika's recommendati [...] | 2007-06-11 18:31:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU339 | LESOTHO: RADIO STATION WINS CASE AGAINST GOVERNMENT [...] SUMMARY: Harvest FM, a popular local private anti-government radio station, won a last minute court case against the GOL on Saturday, June 9. The outcome of the case overturned a Ministry of Tourism decision to deny the station the right to rent the National Convention Center to celebrate its [...] | 2007-06-12 14:56:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU34 | AMBASSADOR'S QUARTERLY REPORT ON SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-23 14:12:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT PGOV PREL CVIS LT |
07MASERU340 | LESOTHO: GUNMEN FORCIBLY DISARM MINISTERIAL GUARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the night of June 10, unknown gunmen carrying automatic rifles attacked, disarmed, and kidnapped Lesotho Defense Forces (LDF) guards at the residences of the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office Motloheloa Phooko and the Minister of Trade and Industry Popane Lebesa. No sho [...] | 2007-06-12 15:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC LT |
07MASERU341 | LESOTHO: SUSPENSION OF INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS BY [...] (SBU) Summary: A Ministry of Health and Social Welfare official acknowledged to Conoff that the GOL has suspended international adoptions in Lesotho, effective June 4, based on the Ministry's concern that certain Basotho children adopted by foreigners in unidentified countries "are being abuse [...] | 2007-06-12 15:41:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CVIS PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU345 | LESOTHO: U.S. DOD DONATIONS YIELD CELEBRATIONS [...] SUMMARY: On June 7 and 8, items procured through the Department of Defense's Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) were delivered to the Lesotho Defense Forces (LDF) medical services and the rural Itumeleng Primary and Secondary Schools in Mohale's Hoek. The donations -- a large van to be co [...] | 2007-06-13 10:05:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS EAID LT |
07MASERU347 | LESOTHO: TIP REPORT RELEASE FILM SCREEENING STRIKES CHORD [...] SUMMARY: On June 12, hours after the release of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report in Washington, Embassy Maseru held a presentation on the report's results and a screening of the IIP-supplied film "Human Trafficking." The event, attended by representatives of Lesotho's Gender and Child [...] | 2007-06-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO LT |
07MASERU350 | LESOTHO: FORMER BOTSWANA PRESIDENT LEADS SADC DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: A mere two days after a SADC Troika report on Lesotho's political impasse called for a SADC-facilitated dialogue, former Botswana President Ketumile Masire arrived in the capital city of Maseru for a six-day effort aimed at resolving a post-election stand-off that has at times t [...] | 2007-06-14 20:41:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU351 | LESOTHO: EAC CONSIDERS JULY 4 POSTURE, RECENT ATTACKS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires convened an EAC meeting on June 15 to assess security policies and potential threats associated with the Embassy's planned official July 4 reception. The EAC also reviewed the mission's general security posture in light of recent attacks on the properties of GOL [...] | 2007-06-15 10:14:00 | Embassy Maseru | SECRET | ASEC PTER CASC PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU353 | LESOTHO: FRESH ATTACKS ON HOMES OF GOL MINISTER AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Only four days after the June 10 attack on the residences of two government ministers, unidentified gunmen carried out a new attack on the residence of Mothojoa Metsing, Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, on the night of June 14. Post sources indicated that the a [...] | 2007-06-15 13:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC LT |
07MASERU355 | LESOTHO: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER CLAIMS ATTACKS ARE COUP [...] (C) Summary: Lesotho's Deputy Prime Minister, in a June 18 briefing for chiefs of diplomatic missions, said that the violent security environment in the capital city of Maseru, which deteriorated further following implementation of a daily curfew on June 15, had taken on "political undertones, [...] | 2007-06-18 17:28:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU356 | LESOTHO: EAC ASSESSES GOL CURFEW, SECURITY DETERIORATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge convened the EAC twice on June 18 to assess mission security policies and potential threats following the GOL's after hours announcement on June 15 of a daily curfew, several violent security incidents over the weekend of June 16-17 (including the carjacking of a U.S. missio [...] | 2007-06-18 18:33:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER CASC PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU357 | LESOTHO: SADC ENVOY BRINGS GOL, OPPOSITION TOGETHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 16, former President of Botswana Kitumile Masire, head of a SADC mediation team in Lesotho, succeeded in pulling together various stakeholders, including the governing and opposition parties, to discuss the nation's current political stalemate. Masire achieved an agreement [...] | 2007-06-19 17:07:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU358 | LESOTHO JUNE 19 SITREP: GOL REVISES CURFEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the face of public criticism, mounting pressure from Lesotho's political opposition, and a threatened taxi strike, the nation's Police Commissioner announced on June 19 a loosening of Maseru's current 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily curfew to the hours of 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Embassy Mase [...] | 2007-06-19 17:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC LT |
07MASERU359 | LESOTHO JUNE 20 SITREP: CONTINUED QUIET IN MASERU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A second consecutive night of calm on June 19-20 during newly shorted curfew hours has eased Maseru's immediate tensions. On June 20, Lesotho's powerful taxi associations agreed with a GOL appeal to postpone consideration of a strike until June 25, the GOL's Ombudsman publicly [...] | 2007-06-20 16:39:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC LT |
07MASERU365 | LESOTHO JUNE 22 SITREP: A CALM BUT UNCERTAIN CURFEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, Maseru remained perfectly calm one week after implementation of a curfew implemented to end attacks on senior political and government figures. The security situation, however, remains unpredictable. There are no signs the Lesotho police have made progress in identi [...] | 2007-06-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC LT |
07MASERU367 | LESOTHO CURFEW LIFTED; FM APPEALS FOR DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: To the relief of local residents, Lesotho Police lifted a week-long curfew on June 22. Security forces, however, maintained checkpoints throughout Maseru, leading to the shooting of a government employee. Foreign Minister Tsekoa, meeting with resident diplomats on June 23, dismi [...] | 2007-06-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ASEC LT |
07MASERU37 | EMBASSY MASERU'S MLK DAY EVENT SETS TONE FOR UPCOMING [...] SUMMARY: On January 17, Embassy Maseru held a lecture/discussion event in commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which one resident Ambassador declared "the best and most intellectually stimulating event I've attended since I've arrived in Lesotho." The MLK Day Commemoration event, fe [...] | 2007-01-24 07:20:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM SCUL PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU370 | LESOTHO: PM VISITS SOUTH AFRICA DESPITE TROUBLE AT HOME [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 18-20, the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Phakalitha Mosisili, conducted an official visit to Cape Town, South Africa. An official communiqui on the visit mentioned the signing of agreements on several bilateral issues, including the cross-border movement of citizens. In his [...] | 2007-06-26 15:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KMCA KDEM EAID SF LT |
07MASERU371 | LESOTHO: EMBATTLED RADIO PRESENTER FACES SEDITION CHARGES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-26 17:10:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM LT |
07MASERU373 | LESOTHO: DELEGATION TO AU SUMMIT IN ACCRA, GHANA [...] Per reftel, Embassy Maseru has received the following delegation list for Lesotho's mission to the July 1-3 African Union Summit in Accra, Ghana. 2. Lesotho's delegation will include the following individuals: - Pakalitha Mosisili, Prime Minister (Head of Delegation) - Mohlabi Tsekoa, M [...] | 2007-06-27 11:07:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KSUM PREL LT |
07MASERU378 | LESOTHO ARMY COMMANDER: "WE HAVE FRUSTRATED THE COUP [...] (C) Summary: The Commander of the Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF) told diplomats on June 26 that security forces thwarted a coup attempt in mid-June which had been in the works since December 2006. He alleged the coup effort, which had the support of some active and former military personnel, was [...] | 2007-06-29 12:26:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC LT |
07MASERU379 | LESOTHO: SADC MEDIATION SUCCESS AMID ABUSE ALLEGATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a turbulent week of negotiations (June 25-29),ongoing SADC mediation efforts between Lesotho's governing and opposition parties appear to have made progress as stakeholders have identified outside experts to evaluate Lesotho's implementation of the Mixed Member Proportion [...] | 2007-06-29 12:52:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM LT |
07MASERU384 | LESOTHO CONTRADICTIONS: TALKS ADVANCE, OPPOSITION ANNOUNCES [...] SUMMARY: Head of the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) mediation delegation and former President of Botswana Masire successfully concluded the first round of talks between Lesotho's governing and opposition parties on July 1. On the same day, however, Lesotho's largest oppositio [...] | 2007-07-02 19:51:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PHUM LT |
07MASERU385 | LESOTHO: ABUSED OPPOSITION BODYGUARD FREED ON COURT ORDER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On the evening of July 2, a High Court Justice ordered the Lesotho Defense Forces (LDF) Commander to facilitate the immediate release of Mr. Makotoko Lerotholi to his family. Unidentified gunmen took Mr. Lerotholi, a bodyguard for Thomas Thabane, head of the All Basotho Convention [...] | 2007-07-03 15:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM ASEC LT |
07MASERU386 | MASERU EAC CONVENES PRIOR TO POSSIBLE JULY 5 PROTEST MARCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires, a.i. convened post EAC on July 3 to assess the mission's security posture and potential threats following the July 1 announcement of an unsanctioned July 5 political opposition protest march and sit-in scheduled to end at the Prime Minister's office (reftel and [...] | 2007-07-03 16:14:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU387 | LESOTHO: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION DIVIDE GROWS [...] (C) Summary: During a July 2 briefing for the diplomatic corps, three senior GOL ministers described recent SADC-mediated dialogue between the GOL and the political opposition as successful, but proceeded to lambaste the ABC opposition party for a July 1 rally announcing a protest march and si [...] | 2007-07-03 17:16:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC LT |
07MASERU389 | LESOTHO: PEACEFUL OPPOSITION MARCH DISSIPATES TENSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 5, Lesotho's opposition parties held a large and peaceful march to deliver protest petitions to Lesotho's Commissioner of Police and the Prime Minister's office. The march ended at the National Convention Center, where opposition leaders (with ABC Leader Thomas Thabane [...] | 2007-07-05 18:30:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM LT |
07MASERU398 | MOB CONFRONTS MILITARY OVER RE-ARREST OF ALLEGED COUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7, the Lesotho army's seizure of three soldiers, which Lesotho's High Court had ordered released from GOL custody for a second time, led to an angry mob hurling rocks at military vehicles and burning tires in the vicinity of a Maseru police station. The GOL accuses the [...] | 2007-07-09 14:58:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM LT |
07MASERU400 | LESOTHO: FOCUS SECTORS FOR AGOA DIVERSIFICATION EFFORTS [...] SUMMARY: In order to better focus Embassy Maseru's efforts to assist Lesotho in diversifying its exports to the United States under AGOA, the Economic Section (ES) conducted an informed study of the nation's promising export growth sectors. Three products lines were identified: blue-agave alo [...] | 2007-07-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECIN ETRD PREL LT |
07MASERU401 | LESOTHO: GOL APPEALS FOR HELP IN DEALING WITH OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a briefing for resident chiefs of mission on July 6, Foreign Minister Tsekoa reiterated his desire that the international community support the "government of the day" and desist from taking a neutral stance toward the political impasse between the GOL and the political oppositi [...] | 2007-07-09 16:49:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM LT |
07MASERU403 | DISASTER DECLARATION: FOOD INSECURITY IN LESOTHO [...] This is an action cable. See paragraphs 3 and 11. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. SUMMARY: According to a variety of food experts, Lesotho government officials, and official observers -- including USAID, the World Food Programme (WFP),the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO),the GO [...] | 2007-07-10 15:05:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU412 | SCENESETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Mosisili's imminent visit to Washington to sign a $362.5 million MCA Compact on July 23 with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) comes at a high point in the U.S.-Lesotho bilateral relationship, reflecting many shared values, mutual cooperation, successful [...] | 2007-07-12 18:33:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV PREL PHUM KMCA LT |
07MASERU428 | LESOTHO: LAWSUITS AND PRESS STATEMENTS AMID RELATIVE QUIET [...] (U) SUMMARY: The past week and a half in Maseru passed quietly without jarring developments relating to Lesotho's ongoing political impasse. Deputy Prime Minister Lehohla addressed the nation on Lesotho Television on July 10, reinforcing the government line that attacks on ministerial reside [...] | 2007-07-20 09:30:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM LT |
07MASERU43 | PEPFAR LESOTHO PROGRAM PRESENTED TO GOVERNMENT OF LESOTHO [...] Seven USG representatives made a formal presentation of Lesotho's HIV/AIDS FY07 mini-Country Operational Plan (COP) to high-level officials in the Ministry of Health & Social Welfare (MOHSW) on January 18, 2007. The Ministry's Principal Secretary (PS) chaired the meeting, which was extremely [...] | 2007-01-26 10:53:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID PREL AMGT AFIN LT |
07MASERU436 | LESOTHO: ARMY AND POLICE RECOVER STOLEN WEAPONS AMID NEW [...] SUMMARY: On June 19, the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) launched a joint operation to recover weapons stolen from army guards outside of ministerial residences (ref B). In their first major success in locating these weapons, the LDF and LMPS recover [...] | 2007-07-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM LT |
07MASERU439 | LESOTHO: JUDGE'S HOME SEARCHED, OPPOSITION AND CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lesotho's political crisis continues to lumber forward, as the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) searched the home of a High Court Justice who recently issued two rulings against the GOL. Leaders of Lesotho's five major opposition parties held a press conference on July 24 [...] | 2007-07-25 15:02:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC KDEM PHUM LT |
07MASERU452 | LESOTHO: RSA REPORTEDLY GRANTS ASYLUM TO ACCUSED COUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Republic of South Africa has reportedly granted temporary asylum to six Basotho men accused by the GOL of involvement in alleged coup plotting. Two of the men claim torture, and in a recent press interview all denied any involvement in attacks on ministerial residences. Th [...] | 2007-07-31 15:40:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS LT |
07MASERU460 | LESOTHO: ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS FACE HARASSMENT IN LESOTHO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 31, the Lesotho Defense Forces (LDF) redetained two soldiers charged with high treason immediately upon their release on bail from Maseru's "Maximum Central Prison." Meanwhile, local media and opposition political leaders claim that South African National Defense Force [...] | 2007-08-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS KMCA LT |
07MASERU467 | LESOTHO: PRELIMINARY 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DELEGATION [...] The Government of Lesotho has not yet finalized its delegation for the 62nd UN General Assembly. However, Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the Kingdom will be represented by a high-level delegation most likely led by Prime Minister Mosisili. 2. Pending the Min [...] | 2007-08-06 14:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ITRA OVIP UNGA LT |
07MASERU476 | LESOTHO: CHARGE MEETS WITH OPPOSITION, GOL ON CALL FOR AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met on August 7 with Lesotho's main opposition party leaders, and separately on August 8 with a key GOL minister, to discuss the opposition's recent appeal for a suspension of foreign assistance, including MCC funding, until the country returns to "proper democratic rule." [...] | 2007-08-08 16:31:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL EAID LT |
07MASERU487 | THE LESOTHO LIBERATION ARMY (LLA): BACK FOR MORE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lesotho Liberation Army, or LLA, is an aging insurgent group dating back to the 1970's which appeared to rest in obscurity until several of its former members were recently implicated in attacks on ministerial residences. Born out of opposition to the dictatorship of post-i [...] | 2007-08-14 23:01:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS PTER LT |
07MASERU488 | THE LESOTHO LIBERATION ARMY (LLA): BACK FOR MORE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Lesotho Liberation Army, or LLA, is an aging insurgent group dating back to the 1970's which appeared to rest in obscurity until several of its former members were recently implicated in attacks on ministerial residences. Born out of opposition to the dictatorship of post-i [...] | 2007-08-14 23:01:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS PTER LT |
07MASERU491 | LESOTHO: UN FLASH APPEAL FOR FOOD SHORTAGE [...] SUMMARY: On August 2, the United Nations invited donors and representatives of the Government of Lesotho to the official launch of a flash appeal for food aid, stating that the need in Lesotho was nearly $19 million. GOL representatives explained that the need was beyond its capacity to addre [...] | 2007-08-15 14:08:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR ECON PGOV PREL UN LT |
07MASERU500 | LESOTHO: ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS FREE IN SOUTH AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 14, three of the six Lesotho nationals accused of coup plotting in Lesotho, and reportedly granted political asylum in South Africa, walked free from a magistrate court in Gauteng Province after posting bail. Crowds of their supporters, bused in from Maseru, packed th [...] | 2007-08-17 14:55:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC PINS SF LT |
07MASERU51 | LESOTHO'S FIVE MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] In reponse to reftel request, Embassy Maseru submits the following list of the five most influential women in Lesotho. 2. As requested, the following list includes: A) name; B) title; C) institution; and D) contact information. A) Her Majesty Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso B) Queen of Leso [...] | 2007-01-31 09:44:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL LT |
07MASERU527 | LESOTHO: FINAL 62ND UNGA DELEGATION [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following list of Lesotho's delegation to the 62nd UN General Assembly as an update to the preliminary list sent on August 6 (ref A). Of note, Prime Minister Mosisili is no longer expected to head the delegation, which will be led by Deputy Prime Minister Lesao Lehoh [...] | 2007-09-13 11:16:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA LT |
07MASERU553 | LESOTHO: ANACLETTA KEISO MATASHANE-MARITE, NOMINEE FOR [...] Embassy Maseru is proud to nominate Ms. Anacletta Keiso Matashane-Marite for the 2008 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. As instructed REFTEL, we will also send this nomination by unclassified e-mail. 2. The following is Ms. Keiso's official nominating information: [...] | 2007-10-03 11:29:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM LT |
07MASERU562 | LESOTHO: AMB CHAVEAS VISITS, INJECTS REALITY INTO AFRICOM [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 20-23 visit to Lesotho, Director of the Department of Defense's Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Ambassador Peter Chaveas (ret.) disseminated useful information concerning AFRICOM and ACSS to a range of high-level GOL officials. Chaveas met with the [...] | 2007-10-10 15:46:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU563 | LESOTHO: AMBASSADOR NOLAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO KING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 10, Ambassador Robert B. Nolan presented his credentials to Lesotho's King Letsie III at the Royal Palace in Maseru. During their private conversation following the presentation, the King emphasized the excellent state of U.S.-Lesotho bilateral relations following th [...] | 2007-10-10 16:41:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID KHIV KMCA LT |
07MASERU567 | LESOTHO: RENEWAL OF FOOD INSECURITY DISASTER DECLARATION [...] This is an action cable. See paragraphs 2 and 7 below. 2. SUMMARY: On July 10, Charge issued a food insecurity disaster declaration following a severe decline in Lesotho's agricultural production as a result of drought conditions affecting the southern African region. Lesotho will requi [...] | 2007-10-11 15:45:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID PREL SOCI LT |
07MASERU576 | LESOTHO: UPDATE ON FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION SITUATION AND [...] This cable summarizes latest estimates of food insecurity in Lesotho, plans for scale-up of food distribution levels in the coming months, and increasing concerns about acute malnutrition in some areas, and Post's follow up of these concerns. Post recommends continued vigilance to the possibi [...] | 2007-10-16 12:26:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR EAID PREL SOCI LT |
07MASERU577 | LESOTHO: CONTROVERSIAL RADIO PRESENTER DEPORTED AGAIN [...] SUMMARY: On October 16, listeners to Maseru's popular local radio station Harvest FM were surprised to hear a familiar voice on the airwaves -- the voice of Reverend Adam Lekhoaba, a controversial presenter deported as an illegal alien in May 2007. As Lekhoaba's claim of Lesotho citizenship [...] | 2007-10-16 14:21:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
07MASERU586 | LESOTHO SUPPORTS RAPE RESOLUTION, AMBIVALENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26, Poloff delivered reftel demarches on UN resolutions concerning rape, the Cuba embargo, and the human rights situation in Iran, Burma, Belarus, and North Korea to Lesotho's Deputy Principal Secretary of Foreign Affairs Thabang Lekhela. Mr. Lekhela was strongly supp [...] | 2007-10-26 12:32:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KTIA UN UNGA ETRD IR LT |
07MASERU597 | LESOTHO: FRUSTRATED OPPOSITION RALLIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 4, Lesotho's largest opposition political party, the All Basotho Convention (ABC),led an opposition rally in Maseru at which ABC leader (and former GOL minister) Thomas Thabane highlighted growing frustration with a SADC-led mediation process aimed at resolving a po [...] | 2007-11-05 22:03:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC LT |
07MASERU598 | LESOTHO: COURT REINSTATES CITIZENSHIP OF GOL CRITIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lesotho's High Court, in a high-profile case which had become a cause celebre within opposition circles, has reversed a GOL decision to strip the citizenship of the Reverend Adam Lekhoaba, a controversial local radio presenter and harsh critic of the government. In addition to [...] | 2007-11-06 07:12:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC LT |
07MASERU60 | TEMPERATURE RISING IN LESOTHO'S POLITICAL SEASON [...] SUMMARY: Lesotho's upcoming national election, scheduled for February 17, has raised the tenor and velocity of political discourse in the Mountain Kingdom. While a recent emergency meeting of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) focused on technical election problems, the candidate nomi [...] | 2007-02-06 15:34:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
07MASERU607 | LESOTHO OPPOSITION CALLS FOR SUSPENSION OF MCC FUNDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Lesotho's political opposition parties, still aggrieved that they were outmaneuvered by the governing LCD party during the country's February 2007 national election, staged a walk-out in Parliament on November 14 and a protest march on November 16, drawing attention in part to th [...] | 2007-11-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM LT |
07MASERU608 | LESOTHO PM TO AMBASSADOR: "THANK YOU FOR STAYING THE [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's November 19 initial courtesy call on Lesotho Prime Minister Mosisili, the PM expressed deep appreciation for 41 years of an uninterrupted USG presence in the mountain kingdom and for American generosity over the years, including programs in the areas of heal [...] | 2007-11-20 16:19:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID LT |
07MASERU619 | LESOTHO: GOL SCRUTINY OF PONZI SCHEME LEADS TO PROTESTS, [...] SUMMARY: On November 27, Lesotho's Central Bank suspended many commercial activities of the country's largest funeral services company, Lesotho MKM Burial Society, for functioning as an unlicensed bank, insurance company, and possibly as a pyramid investment scheme. As hundreds of anxious in [...] | 2007-12-03 17:39:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LT |
07MASERU623 | LESOTHO DEFENCE FORCE COMMANDER: "WE SUPPORT AFRICOM" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 5, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) Commander Lt. General Thuso Motanyane, during which the Commander expressed strong support for the establishment of AFRICOM and lauded growing military relations between the U.S. and Lesotho. The Amba [...] | 2007-12-06 16:50:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM MARR MASS MOPS MCAP LT |
07MASERU630 | LESOTHO: OPPOSITION CALLS OFF LIGHTLY OBSERVED GENERAL [...] On December 12, the second day of an opposition-led general strike (reftel),Lesotho's five major opposition parties held a press conference to announce the suspension of the "stay-away" and launch further complaints against the Government of Lesotho. All Basotho Convention Leader Thomas Thab [...] | 2007-12-12 18:22:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ASEC LT |
07MASERU64 | FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONCURS WITH U.S. ON SEVERAL ISSUES; [...] (S) On February 7 ( and over the course of the past 3 weeks) Ambassador raised key U.S. policy issues with Foreign Minister Moleleki. We also discussed the issues facing the February 17 general elections. On the new U.S. Africa Military Command, Moleleki was in complete agreement with the U [...] | 2007-02-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Maseru | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER MARR KNNP EFIN LT |
07MASERU66 | PEPFAR/ICAP HANDOVER CEREMONY AT QUEEN ELIZABETH II [...] Ambassador Perry and Minister of Health Phooko were the keynote speakers at a February 8, 2007 ceremony to hand-over renovated buildings at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Maseru, Lesotho. The building renovations were funded by the US Government under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Re [...] | 2007-02-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV EAID PREL SOCI MCC LT |
07MASERU69 | LESOTHO ELECTION UPDATE: RULING PARTY DITCHES DEBATE [...] SUMMARY: Shocking many observers, the governing Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) pulled out of Lesotho's only political debate between major party leaders just hours before the event on February 10 -- one week before the election. The withdrawal came as a surprise and disappointment to L [...] | 2007-02-14 20:23:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM LT |
07MASERU73 | WINNER TAKE ALL: UPDATE ON LESOTHO'S ELECTION EVE [...] (S) Over the past few weeks, the Ambassador met once or twice weekly with other Chiefs of Mission (COM) as well as political party leaders, the Minister of Foreign Affairs (FOMIN),Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Chairperson, international observers and civil society representatives. O [...] | 2007-02-16 11:04:00 | Embassy Maseru | SECRET//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL PINR LT |
07MASERU75 | LESOTHO ELECTION COMMISSION SPEAKS ON EVE OF ELECTION [...] SUMMARY: As Lesotho approaches polling for the National Assembly election on February 17, Lesotho's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has consistently stated that it is prepared for polling day. Ballot papers are printed and are in place or being transported by road or helicopter to the [...] | 2007-02-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL LT |
07MASERU77 | LESOTHO: CALM ELECTION DELIVERS WAKE-UP CALL TO GOVERNING [...] SUMMARY: Early unofficial results from Lesotho's national election on February 17 indicate that the governing political party, the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD),will likely retain control of Parliament and form a new government. The LCD, however, received a significant wake-up call fr [...] | 2007-02-20 12:07:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PGOV EAID LT |
07MASERU81 | INITIAL POST ELECTIONS VIEWS [...] (C) In reviewing the outcome to date, Ambassador has met with counterparts in the diplomatic corps, heads of observer missions, and primary opposition leader Thabane to further analyze the implications of Lesotho's February 17 elections. The major observer groups and the Independent Electoral [...] | 2007-02-20 14:48:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR LT |
07MASERU82 | EMBASSY MASERU'S PRE-ELECTIONS MEDIA WORKSHOP IS TIMELY, [...] SUMMARY: On February 8-9, 2007, Embassy Maseru gathered 25 of Lesotho's state-employed and independent journalists for a two-day pre-election media workshop conducted by Cape Town-based American media trainer Terry FitzPatrick. Mr. FitzPatrick used examples from television, radio, and print [...] | 2007-02-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM SCUL PREL LT |
07MASERU86 | POST ELECTION UPDATES [...] (C) While the 2007 national elections in Lesotho are over, the questions that remain post election are still lingering throughout the country and particularly in the capital city of Maseru. The overwhelming victory between Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) (61 national assembly seats -- al [...] | 2007-02-22 15:38:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC PINR LT |
07MASERU87 | LESOTHO'S PRIME MINISTER-ELECT SPEAKS OUT ON VICTORY, AGOA, [...] SUMMARY: On February 21, 2007, a victorious and magnanimous Prime Minister-elect Mosisili convened a standing room only press conference to discuss the LCD's election win, alleged abuse of Lesotho's "Mixed Member Proportional" parliamentary system, the MCC, AGOA, and the closure of a popular [...] | 2007-02-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PGOV EAID MCC LT |
07MASERU90 | LESOTHO: FINAL RESULTS OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has released the final results of the February 17, 2007 Lesotho National Assembly election, with a controlling share of seats going to the governing Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD). Voter turnout was 49 percent, and participation by youn [...] | 2007-02-26 12:18:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
07MASERU93 | PRIME MINISTER MOSISILI SWORN-IN, OPPOSITION HOLDS RALLY [...] SUMMARY: The leader of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD),Pakalitha Mosisili, was inaugurated for his third term as Prime Minister on February 23, 2007. The inauguration was preceded by a swearing-in ceremony for newly elected members of the National Assembly, which was not attended by [...] | 2007-02-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM LT |
07MEXICO1020 | PRESIDENT CALDERON SEEKS INVESTMENT FOR MEXICO,S [...] (SBU) Summary: Speaking three months after taking office, President Calderon offered his perspective of why Mexico is uniquely positioned to become one of the world's leading investment destinations and gave an overview of progress on his three priorities: security and the rule of law, poverty [...] | 2007-02-28 19:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN MX |
07MEXICO1041 | SCENESETTER FOR AGRICULTURE SECRETARY JOHANNS [...] (SBU) Summary: We welcome your visit to Mexico City as an outstanding opportunity to demonstrate our continued interest in working with the new Mexican government on tackling the sensitive issues surrounding the bilateral agricultural relationship, which will be key to making progress on oth [...] | 2007-03-01 16:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR BEXP ETRD ECON KJUS PREL MX |
07MEXICO1068 | ANTI-DRUG OPS EXTENDED TO EIGHT STATES [...] (C) In the first three months of his presidency, President Calderon has initiated "surge operations" involving the mass deployment of federal police and troops in anti-drug operations in a total of 8 of Mexico's 32 states. When measured strictly by the quantity of drugs seized and the number [...] | 2007-03-02 13:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
07MEXICO108 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 7 - DECEMBER 13 -- [...] (U) The first budget from the Calderon Administration, for fiscal year 2007 (ref A) was met by loud protests over proposed funding levels for education and infrastructure, as well as an increase in the tax for soft drinks. A detailed cable regarding contentious parts of the budget will follow. [...] | 2007-01-09 19:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ENRG ELAB EFIN PGOV PREL MX |
07MEXICO1102 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO MEXICO, MARCH [...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Merida. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and appears to have the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed three months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in tackling hi [...] | 2007-03-05 19:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR ECON OVIP MX |
07MEXICO1119 | TERRORIST FINANCE: MEXICAN OFFICIAL DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) The head of Mexico's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),Luis Urrutia, called Econoff on March 5, 2007 about the non-paper she sent him on illicit cash couriers (Refs A and B). Urrutia told Econoff that Mexico understands the threats associated with illicit cash courier activity and that [...] | 2007-03-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER MX |
07MEXICO1181 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 23:45:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER MX |
07MEXICO12 | ISNA SANCTIONS NOTIFICATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-03 21:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MX |
07MEXICO1209 | DEMARCHE TO MEXICO ON USG PRIORITIES FOR HUMAN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Luis Benavides, Director of International Policy on Political and Civil Rights, and Mariana Salazar, Director of International Policy on Cultural, Social, Economic and Minority Rights, both of the Secretariat of Foreign Relations. 2. (C) Con [...] | 2007-03-08 23:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHCR MX |
07MEXICO1237 | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY REMARKS SHARED WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-10 00:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL MX |
07MEXICO1357 | OUTCOME OF OPENING MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) Poloff participated in the March 12, 2007 opening meeting of the Community of Democracies (CD) working group on "poverty, development, and democratic governance" held at the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) in Mexico City. The SIPDIS working group was inaugurated by Mexican Unders [...] | 2007-03-16 21:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA MX |
07MEXICO1367 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MARCH 9 - MARCH 16 [...] (SBU) A senior Mexican Treasury (Hacienda) official told emboffs that pension reform introduced this week would pass before a general fiscal reform because it was less contentious. The Mexican Senate nixed Carlos Hurtado as a new Deputy Governor of the Bank of Mexico (Central Bank). A judge r [...] | 2007-03-16 23:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG MX PGOV PINR PREL |
07MEXICO1451 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MARCH 16-23, 2007 [...] (SBU) The Mexican Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on March 22 approved new draft legislation to reform the agency responsible for providing pension and health care services for government employees. The centerpiece of the reform is the replacement the current "defined-benefits" system with a [...] | 2007-03-23 18:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO1452 | CORRECTED COPY - MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MARCH [...] (SBU) The Mexican Chamber of Deputies (lower house) on March 22 approved new draft legislation to reform the agency responsible for providing pension and health care services for government employees. The centerpiece of the reform is the replacement the current "defined-benefits" system with a [...] | 2007-03-23 18:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO149 | MEXICO'S NEW TRADE CZAR - BEATRIZ LEYCEGUI [...] (SBU) The Secretariat of Economy's new Sub-Secretary for International Trade Negotiations, Beatriz Leycegui, is a seasoned trade hand (she was a Mexican NAFTA negotiator and has since worked in the private sector as a trade lawyer and consultant) and committed to maintaining good commercial re [...] | 2007-01-11 23:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR PREL PINR MX VE |
07MEXICO152 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 11, 2007 [...] (SBU) GE/NBC asked the Embassy to continue pressing the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) to drop frivolous criminal charges against the company, meanwhile GE Chairman Jeff Immelt made similar points to President Calderon. The Mexican Telecom Regulator (Cofetel) will hold a teleconfere [...] | 2007-01-11 23:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO1581 | ZOCALO RALLY SHOWS AMLO'S CONTINUED STRENGTH -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Until the March 25 closing rally in Mexico City's central square or "Zocalo," many political analysts and observers, including many PRDistas, were writing off Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's (AMLO) 2nd National Democratic Convention (NDC) as an utter failure. Although AMLO manage [...] | 2007-03-28 23:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
07MEXICO160 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVED FOR VISIT OF TIP [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mark Taylor, Senior Coordinator for Reports in the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (GTIP) for travel to Mexico City and Ciudad Juarez from January 14-17, 2007. Purpose of the visit to Mexico is to hold consultations [...] | 2007-01-12 18:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN OTRA PHUM PREL MX |
07MEXICO1688 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON, 10-11 APRIL 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Garza and Mission Mexico welcome you to Mexico City. Since his December 1 inauguration, President Felipe Calderon has taken several bold actions to confront the public security challenges facing Mexico: he has launched major military-backed surge operations against [...] | 2007-04-03 19:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SMIG SNAR MX |
07MEXICO1710 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-04 17:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR MX |
07MEXICO172 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVED FOR JANE NADY SIGMON, [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Jane Nady Sigmon, Senior Coordinator for International Programs in the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) for travel to Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Tapachula, Mexico City and Cancun from January 14-20, 2007. The pu [...] | 2007-01-12 22:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN OTRA PREL MX |
07MEXICO1720 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL THOMPSON VISIT TO [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Thompson for travel to Mexico City from April 10 to 11, 2007. The purpose of the visit to Mexico is to meet Government of Mexico officials and Embassy personnel on bilateral law enforcement issues. 2. Post control officer for the visit is [...] | 2007-04-06 23:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT ASEC MX OREP PREL |
07MEXICO1815 | MEXICO HOSTS PLAN PUEBLA-PANAMA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Leaders from seven Central American nations, plus Colombia, met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon in Campeche April 9-10 for a two day summit aimed at revitalizing the long-stagnant Plan Puebla Panama (PPP),a regional development initiative proposed by former President Vic [...] | 2007-04-12 18:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MX PGOV |
07MEXICO185 | PRESIDENT CALDERON CALLS FOR GREATER FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: During the January 9-10 annual meeting of Mexican ambassadors and counsels, President Calderon envisioned Mexico's foreign policy as "more of Mexico in the world and more of the world in Mexico." He told his country's top diplomats to execute a "responsible and active foreign pol [...] | 2007-01-13 00:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MX |
07MEXICO1854 | ONDCP WALTERS MEETINGS WITH MEXICAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 27 visit by John Walters (ONDCP) helped initiate coordination with the newly installed Calderon Administration. In separate meetings with Attorney General Medina Mora and Public Security Secretary Garcia Luna, Director Walters emphasized the importance of information [...] | 2007-04-13 22:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL MX |
07MEXICO186 | FALL LEGISLATIVE SESSION: IN LIKE A LION, OUT LIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The first session of Mexico's 60th Congress concluded on December 23 with a trajectory defying easy characterization. The session could not have begun in a less auspicious manner, with PRD legislators seizing the podium in the Chamber of Deputies to prevent President Fox from [...] | 2007-01-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN MX |
07MEXICO1963 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE. PARTICIPATION IN THE FORMAL [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Secretariat of Foreign Relations (SRE) Director General for Middle East and Africa Ana Luisa Fajer Flores. Fajer was aware of the event and said Mexico would probably send its concurrent Ambassador to Egypt and Iraq, Jaime Nualart. She asked if Mexico would [...] | 2007-04-20 21:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PREL UNAUS MX |
07MEXICO1996 | TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS FROM MEXICO FOR 2007 ESF AND [...] (U) Embassy Mexico City established a committee to review 14 project proposals from non-governmental organizations in Mexico requesting funding support from FY2007 INCLE and ESF appropriations. The following sections of the Embassy were represented on the committee: Political, Public Affairs, [...] | 2007-04-23 20:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG MX |
07MEXICO2183 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NPT PREPCOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-03 16:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT MX |
07MEXICO2202 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, APRIL 27 - MAY 4 [...] (SBU) The Mexican senate approved a bill combating terrorist financing that will now go to the President for signature. The Bank of Mexico (BOM) raised interest rates by a quarter percent to head off inflation, and the Finance Secretariat and BOM revised this year's growth forecast SIPDIS [...] | 2007-05-04 16:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO2235 | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, Secretary Guillermo Galvan spent nearly two hours fielding questions and offering comments to 19 legislators in a public hearing called by the Chamber of Deputies' Defense Committee to discuss the military's growing role in counter narcotics operations. Galvan's f [...] | 2007-05-07 15:02:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL MX |
07MEXICO2334 | MEXICO ECONOMIC WEEKLY, MAY 4-11, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Inflation fell in April, despite price increases for some commodities. President Calderon is exploring how to proceed with fiscal reform. The United States and Mexico held the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Mexico Consultative Committee on Agriculture, and discussed implementing [...] | 2007-05-11 18:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS ELAB EFIN PGOV ETRD PREL MX |
07MEXICO2545 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 11 - MAY 18 [...] (U) Mexico's economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6 percent in the first quarter of 2007, the lowest in a year. In a speech accompanied by controversial teachers' union president Gordillo, President Calderon outlined coming educational reforms. The Mexican Supreme Court began considering [...] | 2007-05-18 21:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO2576 | PRI SET TO WIN YUCATAN GOVERNORSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. With 80% of the votes counted, it appears that PRI candidate Ivonne Ortega has won the race for Governor in the Yucatan. The elections occurred in a climate relatively free of conflict or controversy with some irregularities noted in smaller towns. The elections should not be [...] | 2007-05-21 23:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MX |
07MEXICO2651 | MEXICO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. The Mexican International Development Bank has begun the process of recovering debt from Cuba. There are small exchange programs between the two countries. Mexico continues to promote respect for human [...] | 2007-05-23 22:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL CU MX |
07MEXICO2653 | MEXICO NOT LIKELY TO VOICE CONCERN OVER [...] (C) Summary: Political Counselor met with Mario Arriola Woog, SRE's Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, on May 21 to emphasize that growing political, economic and commercial ties between Venezuela and Iran not only served to undermine international sanctions against the l [...] | 2007-05-23 22:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR MX |
07MEXICO2716 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 19 - MAY 25 [...] (SBU) Mexican inflation, though relatively high, fell in the first half of May. PRI unions stood behind victorious Yucatan gubernatorial candidate Ivonne Ortega, contributing to her victory, despite unions' recent, less-than-active support for PRI candidates. The U.S. and Mexican government [...] | 2007-05-25 17:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO2719 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES + 3, [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles, Ms. Laura Jordan, Mr. Douglas Rohn, and Mr. Stevel Hill for travel to Mexico City from 28-30 May for trilateral meetings. 2. Post control officer for the visit is Political Officer Pris [...] | 2007-05-25 18:43:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CA MX OTRA PREL US |
07MEXICO2723 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-25 21:11:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR MX |
07MEXICO2748 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 19 - MAY 25 [...] (SBU) Mexican inflation, though relatively high, fell in the first half of May. PRI unions stood behind victorious Yucatan gubernatorial candidate Ivonne Ortega, contributing to her victory, despite unions' recent, less-than-active support for PRI candidates. The U.S. and Mexican government [...] | 2007-05-29 18:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO276 | CORRECTED -- MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 6 - [...] (SBU) GE/NBC asked the Embassy to continue pressing the Mexican Attorney General's Office (PGR) to drop frivolous criminal charges against the company, meanwhile GE Chairman Jeff Immelt made similar points to President Calderon. The Mexican Telecom Regulator (Cofetel) will hold a teleconfere [...] | 2007-01-19 20:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO2837 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, MAY 26 - JUNE 1 [...] (U) President Calderon said he was displeased by the appreciate of the peso resulting from the Bank of Mexico's decision to raise interest rates. He also urged governors to negotiate on fiscal reform. Finance Minister Carstens expects mid-year GDP growth to reach 3.8 %. Cofetel issued regulat [...] | 2007-06-01 19:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO2886 | HUMAN RIGHTS TALKS REVEAL AREAS OF AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, U.S., Canadian and Mexican officials held trilateral talks in Mexico City on human rights cooperation. This is the first of two cables summarizing the talks, and will focus on issues relating to the upcoming OAS General Assembly (OASGA); issues relating to the UN Hum [...] | 2007-06-04 18:35:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN |
07MEXICO2947 | NORTH AMERICAN PARTNERS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: This is the second of two cables summarizing trilateral talks on human rights cooperation with Canada and Mexico held in Mexico City on May 29. This cable focuses on issues relating to the UN system, with a particular focus on those before the UN Human Rights Council (HRC); ref [...] | 2007-06-06 19:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC MX OAS HUMAN |
07MEXICO3111 | NEW SLATE OF INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP PARTICIPANTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Focusing this year on economic competitiveness, immigration and security/law enforcement, legislators at the 46th annual Interparliamentary Groups (IPG) agreed their countries shared common stakes in economic development and improved security. Coming as it did two days afte [...] | 2007-06-14 15:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO346 | SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUITERREZ'S [...] (SBU) Summary: We welcome your visit to Mexico City as an unparalleled opportunity to set the stage and coordinate with the new Mexican government on concrete measures we can take together to move the relationship forward in many important economic areas, including improving competitiveness [...] | 2007-01-23 23:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ETRD ECON KJUS PREL MX |
07MEXICO3653 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-11 20:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG MX |
07MEXICO380 | GOM BACKING OFF PURCHASE OF RUSSIAN FIGHTER [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns about a possible Mexican Navy purchase of Russian fighter aircraft with (in separate conversations) Ambassador-designate to the U.S. Arturo Sarukhan, Presidential Counselor Juan Camilo Mourino, Foreign Minister Patricia E [...] | 2007-01-25 19:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR ENRG MX RS |
07MEXICO381 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TODD ANDERSON AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Todd Anderson and Cheryl Goodman, of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for travel to Mexico City, Tijuana and Cancun February 5-11, 2007. The purpose of the visit to Mexico is to review the efforts of US agencies and multilateral organiza [...] | 2007-01-25 20:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AGAO OTRA PREL MX |
07MEXICO390 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 18 - JANUARY 24, [...] (SBU) Finance Secretary Agustin Carstens discussed technical assistance, and Economy Secretary Sojo raised border facilitation in meetings with the Embassy. The Embassy's Energy Reform Project held its first public meeting. Questions remain even within Pemex about the cause of a six percent [...] | 2007-01-25 23:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO3926 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG PRIORITIES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-24 22:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA MX |
07MEXICO4017 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JULY 14 - JULY 27 [...] (SBU) Senior Mexican officials told Commerce Assistant Secretary Bohigian they wanted more participation from U.S. SIPDIS Cabinet level officials to push the prosperity agenda at the upcoming North America SPP Summit. While the Confederation of Mexican Workers (CTM) publicly announced its [...] | 2007-07-30 22:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO4062 | DEMARCHE REGARDING NTC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-01 19:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MX |
07MEXICO414 | MEXICAN REACTION TO EXTRADITIONS MUTED; [...] (SBU) Summary. Mexican reaction to the recent, unprecedented extradition of 15 wanted criminals to the U.S. has been muted. Although such massive extraditions predictably triggered isolated complaints from the opposition that the move violated Mexico's "national sovereignty," such complaint [...] | 2007-01-29 13:20:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN MX |
07MEXICO4265 | PARTIES ACCENTUATE THE NEGATIVE AFTER MIXED STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Recriminations are raining this week across Mexico's political landscape in the wake of August 5 state and local elections in Baja California, Aguascalientes and Oaxaca. All three parties are smarting in one locale or another. In Baja California, PRI's Jorge Hank Rhon broke [...] | 2007-08-09 21:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO4286 | POSSIBLE TELECOM PROPOSAL FOR NORTH AMERICA LEADERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico's Communications and Transport Ministry (SCT) has asked the Calderon Administration to present a dramatic telecom proposal at the North America Leader's Meeting in Montebello, Canada on August 20-21. Under the proposal, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) would [...] | 2007-08-13 13:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL SPP KIPR EAIR MX |
07MEXICO4291 | POSSIBLE TELECOM PROPOSAL FOR NORTH AMERICA LEADERS' [...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico's Communications and Transport Ministry (SCT) has asked the Calderon Administration to present a dramatic telecom proposal at the North America Leader's Meeting in Montebello, Canada on August 20-21. Under the proposal, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) would [...] | 2007-08-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL SPP KIPR EAIR MX |
07MEXICO4331 | CALDERON MAINTAINS HIGH APPROVAL RATING [...] President Calderon's public approval rating stands at 64%, according to a reliable Mexican poll that registered his approval at 68% in April. The four point decline falls within the poll's margin of error, and reflects the continued strong standing of the president as he prepares to give his [...] | 2007-08-14 14:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MX |
07MEXICO4340 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF STANDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-14 20:21:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC |
07MEXICO4341 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED--MEXICO'S RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-14 20:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA MX |
07MEXICO4390 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BLUNT'S AUGUST 20-21 VISIT [...] (SBU) My staff and and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed his first 9 months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in implemen [...] | 2007-08-16 18:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP ECON PGOV PREL MX OVIP BLUNT ROY |
07MEXICO4460 | MEXICO BORDER WORKING GROUP TOUR A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Mexico Border Facilitation Working Group (BFWG) toured points of entry (POEs) in Laredo, Nogales, and San Diego to witness first hand the bottlenecks that limit cross border trade and gain insight on possible low cost/high impact changes that could rectify the problems. [...] | 2007-08-21 17:10:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD ELTN PGOV PREL MX |
07MEXICO4598 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) My staff and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. Having completed his first 9 months in office, he has demonstrated resolve in implementing [...] | 2007-08-27 20:06:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV ENRG PREL MX OVIP DANIEL SULLIVAN |
07MEXICO4696 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PRE-BRIEF MEXICO ON UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-30 19:58:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR PREF PTER PARM EAID ECON OPDC CO MX |
07MEXICO483 | CALDERON, ON FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO EUROPE, STAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This week, President Felipe Calderon wrapped up a six day official visit to Europe, his first since taking office. The visit took him to Berlin, Madrid and London and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Calderon's team successfully used the tour to mount a major i [...] | 2007-01-31 22:30:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
07MEXICO4881 | JUSTICE REFORM SEASON OPENS [...] (SBU) Summary: Proposed constitutional changes that briefly became the focus of criticism by human rights lawyers last week are the first step in a protracted effort by the GOM to modernize the administration of justice in Mexico by granting police and prosecutors greater authority and a wide [...] | 2007-09-10 23:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO4907 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST FOR BILATERAL MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 21:52:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA UNGA |
07MEXICO508 | CALDERON CRITICS MARCH ON THE ZOCALO [...] (SBU) On January 31, demonstrators thronged Mexico's central square or "Zocalo" to protest the rising cost of staple foods, and call for wage increases. Participating organizations, mainly labor and peasant groups, issued a statement called the "Zocalo Declaration," demanding food and energy [...] | 2007-02-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
07MEXICO5243 | MEXICAN SENATORS PLANNING U.S. VISIT TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior-level Mexican Senators are considering traveling to Washington for the purpose of meeting with their counterparts from the U.S. Congress. We understand President Calderon and PAN Party stalwarts in the Mexican Congress seek to use these trips to lay the groundwork for a [...] | 2007-10-01 12:32:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM MX PGOV PREL SNAR |
07MEXICO5362 | JOINT BORDER GOVERNORS CONFERENCE CALLS ON FEDS TO [...] (SBU) Sonora Governor Eduardo Boars sponsored the 25th Annual Border Governor's Conference in Puerto Penasco, Sonora. Eight of the ten U.S. and Mexican border-state governors attended. Mexican President Felipe Calderon called for cross-border labor mobility and cooperation in combating the [...] | 2007-10-09 18:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECIN ETRD MX |
07MEXICO5395 | U.S. AND MEXICAN CONGRESSMEN SEEK COMMON GROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. CODEL Reyes met with representatives from Mexico's leading political parties October 8 to exchange views on enhanced USG/GOM security cooperation. Reyes understood the security package under consideration could come before the U.S. Congress within weeks but was ambivalent ab [...] | 2007-10-10 22:22:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM MASS MX |
07MEXICO5466 | MEXICAN CONGRESS BUILDS CONFIDENCE DURING ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mexico's legislature has moved beyond its rubber stamp role of years past and begun playing a formative role in the advancement of critical bills. Strong inter-party and party-government dialogue, as well as the powerful impetus provided by the three senior party leaders in the S [...] | 2007-10-16 17:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB ENRG PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SENV |
07MEXICO548 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, JANUARY 25 - FEBRUARY 1 [...] (SBU) Commerce Secretary Gutierrez discussed criminalization of commercial disputes, the current tortilla crisis, conformity assessment, competitiveness, the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP),and border cooperation with Secretary Sojo of Economy. Gutierriez learned of a GOM inter [...] | 2007-02-06 16:44:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO5529 | CNDH DISCUSSES ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO SEDENA [...] On October 18, Poloff met with Dr. Javier Moctezuma Barragan, Executive Secretary in The National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) to discuss the organization's recommendations to Mexico's National Defense Secretariat (SEDENA) and what steps SEDENA is taking to prevent human rights abuses from m [...] | 2007-10-19 21:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
07MEXICO5535 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY'S TRIP TO MEXICO [...] (C) Ambassador Garza and Mission Mexico warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico and our appreciation for Calderon's demonstrated leadership. His administration is prioritizing security and economic [...] | 2007-10-20 18:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PTER PINR ECON ELAB ENRG PHUM |
07MEXICO5614 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, OCTOBER 19-26, 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chamber of Deputies on October 23 approved the 2008 Revenue Bill for a total of 2.57 trillion pesos (USD 236 billion). A PRD proposal to include in the Revenue Bill a provision to establish a government body to control imports and exports of sensitive agricultural products [...] | 2007-10-26 20:47:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO5620 | MIGRATION, POVERTY AND OTHER DYNAMICS IN CHIAPAS [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and Econoff explored current political, social, and economic dynamics in Chiapas during recent visits to the state, among Mexico's most culturally and geographically distinct. Although the Zaptista movement of the mid-1990s raised the profile of Chiapas and resulted in inc [...] | 2007-10-26 21:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM MX |
07MEXICO5651 | MEXICO: CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR IAAC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 20:26:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UN UNGA MX |
07MEXICO57 | A CHAT WITH FORMER PRESIDENT ZEDILLO [...] (C) Summary: During a January 4 visit to the embassy to renew his visa, former President Ernesto Zedillo cheerfully shared his views on Mexico's post-electoral crisis, Felipe Calderon's debut as President, and the future of his own Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He seemed unworried [...] | 2007-01-05 17:49:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
07MEXICO571 | SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY KAREN HUGHES TRIP [...] Summary: Welcome to Mexico. Your visit comes at an important time, with the Calderon administration in only its third month in office. Notwithstanding the polarized political climate in Mexico, President Felipe Calderon is off to a strong start, demonstrating leadership at home and abroad [...] | 2007-02-07 21:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS MX |
07MEXICO5773 | SECURITY, MIGRATION, AND ELECTIONS IN MICHOACAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 18:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON ELAB PHUM MX |
07MEXICO5793 | TERRORIST FINANCE: MEXICO CITY'S RESPONSE TO [...] (SBU) This cable is Mexico City's response to Ref A. -- Status of laws specifically criminalizing bulk cash smuggling, and key elements of those laws 2. (SBU) The Government of Mexico continues efforts to implement an anti-money laundering program according to international standards such [...] | 2007-11-09 18:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER MX |
07MEXICO5846 | FOREIGN SECRETARY ESPINOSA COURTS CONGRESSIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Responding to Congressional calls for the Executive to clarify the Merida Initiative, Foreign Secretary Patricia Espinosa testified before the Senate on October 22 and before the Chamber of Deputies on October 31. She was clear the Merida Initiative is not a formal accord requirin [...] | 2007-11-14 22:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PTER SMIL MX |
07MEXICO5880 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL REID TO MEXICO, [...] Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve public securit [...] | 2007-11-20 20:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON MX PGOV PREL OVIP REID HARRY |
07MEXICO5891 | MEXICO: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Mexico (GOM) has shown significant and substantive progress in addressing its deficiencies in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) since the release of the June 2007 TIP Report, in particular by enacting comprehensive federal anti-TIP legislation to criminal [...] | 2007-11-20 22:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN MX PGOV PHUM PREL |
07MEXICO59 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, DECEMBER 28, 2006 - JANUARY [...] (SBU) The Embassy held its second meeting with new Under Secretary for Communications Rafael del Villar who again SIPDIS asked to exchange views with USG officials on key telecom issues (Refs A and B) National Action Party (PAN) Secretary General Jose Espinosa called for a third television [...] | 2007-01-05 19:53:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO5964 | SENATE STAFFER, GOM AUTHORITIES SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. Carl Meacham, the Senior Advisor on Western Hemisphere Affairs to the U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations Committee briefed a wide array of GOM officials November 7 on the current political environment in Washington and what to expect from the legislative process in the U.S. as t [...] | 2007-11-29 17:38:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX |
07MEXICO5982 | OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) The Deputy Political Counselor met with Julian Juarez, the Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director of its United Nations office, November 28 to urge Mexico reconsider its long-standing support for a long list of UN resolutions on the Middle East that undermine UN credibility and do little t [...] | 2007-11-30 18:46:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA IS MX |
07MEXICO5984 | CALDERON EYING EXPANDED CONTROL OVER PAN [...] (C) Summary: President Calderon is poised to take control of the PAN--a party shaken by his rivalry with PAN President Manuel Espino--with the uncontested election of former cabinet member German Martinez for party president on December 8-9. Tensions between Calderon and Espino reflect a broa [...] | 2007-11-30 21:00:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
07MEXICO6005 | MEXICO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) Post supports continued waiver of Title III provisions of the Libertad Act for Mexico. The Government of Mexico (GOM) is optimistic that a debt settlement with Cuba will be reached in the near future. There are small exchange programs between the two countries. Mexico continues to promot [...] | 2007-12-03 20:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL CU MX |
07MEXICO6009 | RE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Below please find Post's responses regarding host government's policies toward and capabilities for collection of biographic and biometric data for terrorist screening purposes. The resonses are keyed to the questions per reftel. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "w [...] | 2007-12-03 22:05:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC CVIS ECON KVPR MX PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
07MEXICO6024 | STAFFDEL QUILTER: OPTIMISTIC, BUT ASSERTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: A delegation from the House Foreign Affairs Committee, headed by Professional Staff Member Peter Quilter spent two days in Mexico City (November 26-28) meeting with GOM representatives, legislators, NGO representatives and Embassy officials to discuss the recently proposed Me [...] | 2007-12-04 22:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6027 | STAFFDEL QUILTER VISIT TO MICHOACAN: PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 28 and 29, the House Foreign Affairs staff delegation headed by Peter Quilter spent a day and a half in Morelia, Michoacan to discuss the impact of the GOM's counter-narcotics operations in the state and the Merida Initiative with state officials and NGO representat [...] | 2007-12-05 17:59:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6042 | DEPUTY SECRETARY ENGAGES MEXICAN LEGISLATORS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: At an October 29 dinner with senior members of Mexico,s congress, Deputy Secretary had the opportunity to address some of the issues raised both in the U.S. and Mexico regarding the announced Merida Initiative. While members of the three principal parties in both chambers ind [...] | 2007-12-05 21:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6043 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE HAS CORDIAL MEETINGS [...] Summary: On October 30, Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary of State Tom Shannon and party met heads of Mexico,s Secretariats of Gobernacion (Interior) and Public Security, as well as with Mexico,s Attorney General. All three GOM officials outlined steps the Calderon administra [...] | 2007-12-05 21:13:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6044 | DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE NEGROPONTE MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Mexican human rights groups to address the concerns raised in recent weeks regarding both President Calderon,s approach to law enforcement and the Merida Initiative. He conveyed the U.S. commitment to promoting greater resp [...] | 2007-12-05 21:14:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6045 | PUBLIC OUTREACH REINFORCES MISSION PUBLIC [...] (U) Summary: The Deputy Secretary built a robust public diplomacy element into his October 29-30 visit to Mexico City. Two TV interviews and a round table with senior print and broadcast leaders (reported septel) substantially buttressed ongoing mission efforts to build public support for t [...] | 2007-12-05 21:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6046 | DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO MEXICO DEMONSTRATES [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the first of five cables reporting on the October 29-31 visit to Mexico City by Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State for SIPDIS Western Hemisphere Affairs Tom Shannon. In meetings with government leaders, opinion makers and members of civil [...] | 2007-12-05 21:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MX |
07MEXICO6049 | CODEL REID DISCUSSES IMMIGRATION, SECURITY, AND [...] (C) Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada),leading a bipartisan Senate delegation, met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon November 29 in Mexico City. The delegation pointed to improving U.S. Mexican relations following Calderon's election. President Calderon called immigration an "economic pheno [...] | 2007-12-06 13:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ETRD MX OVIP PGOV PREL SNAR |
07MEXICO6085 | MEXICO ON PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 19:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL PVOV KWBG IS MX |
07MEXICO6099 | TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICERS IN [...] (SBU) As per reftel's request, the Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) at Embassy Mexico City is Manuel Larragoity, Deputy Attache for DHS/ICE. He may be reached at (52-55) 5080-2384 or via e-mail at manuel.larragoity@dhs.gov. 2. (SBU) Post TFCO Deputy is Laura M. Lausier, Economi [...] | 2007-12-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER MX |
07MEXICO6128 | MEXICAN AND U.S. SENATORS DISCUSS MIGRATION, [...] Summary. Mexican Senate President Santiago Creel extended a bipartisan U.S. delegation headed by Senator Harry Reid an official welcome on the floor of the Mexican Senate November 29. Afterwards, over a lunch hosted by Creel, the leaders of six of Mexico's seven political parties represente [...] | 2007-12-12 15:51:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON ETRD KCRM MX OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL |
07MEXICO6184 | PRESIDENT CALDERON SPEAKS TO ACHIEVEMENTS, [...] Summary. In a series of interviews commemorating his first year in office, President Calderon touted the creation of 800,000 jobs and singled out narco-trafficking as one of Mexico's biggest challenges. The U.S. was assuming greater responsibility on drugs but needed to do more to reduce de [...] | 2007-12-14 22:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR SMIG ECON EINV KDEM PINR |
07MEXICO6185 | MEXICO: ITQ,S DIFFERENT ON THE BORDER [...] Summary. Deputy PolCouns recently traveled to several destinations on the Mexican border with the U.S. as part of an orientation trip. The visit reaffirmed the perception that life in the north of Mexico and, in particular on the border with the U.S., is different from any other place in Me [...] | 2007-12-14 22:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR SMIG ECON EINV KDEM PINR |
07MEXICO6186 | VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARIES SULLIVAN AND LOWERY [...] (C) Summary: Over the course of meetings with prominent Mexican economic opinion leaders within and outside government, a visiting State/Treasury delegation received enthusiastic responses to U.S. ideas to establish an association of free trade partners in the hemisphere to promote competitive [...] | 2007-12-14 23:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL MX VE |
07MEXICO6219 | CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] Summary: Concerns about human rights abuses and threats to security posed by drug trafficking collide in Mexico's southern state of Guerrero where Poloff met with a wide range of Mexican congressional representatives, government officials, human rights activists, NGOs and other members of c [...] | 2007-12-19 12:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR ECON PINR MX |
07MEXICO6228 | SUBJECT: NARCO-KILLINGS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Although estimates of the total number of organized crime-related killings in the first 11 months of 2007 vary between GOM sources and newspaper tallies -- ranging between approximately 2,200 to 3,200 -- Mexico has witnessed more of these types of killings this year, compared to an estima [...] | 2007-12-19 20:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PINR MASS MX |
07MEXICO6259 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHARGES AGAINST FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 21 to the Foreign Secretariat's (SRE's) Director of South American Affairs Lic. Raphael Bernal Cuevas. Bernal underlined that the GOM has no position on this issue, but would follow the case closely. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site [...] | 2007-12-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PREL CJAN ASEC |
07MEXICO6281 | RECOMMENDATION TO UPGRADE CONSULATES NUEVO LAREDO, [...] Summary and action request: Mission Mexico has undertaken a thorough review of interests, missions, workloads, and staffing structures at all of its consulates. As a result we recommend that three posts -- Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros and Hermosillo -- be formally redesignated as Consulates Gener [...] | 2007-12-28 13:12:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER OPDC PREL MX |
07MEXICO640 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 2 - FEBRUARY 9 [...] (SBU) Although the new Mexican Undersecretary for Hydrocarbons told the Embassy he would continue working on the Mesoamerican Energy Initiative, he has not yet assigned staff to the task. Finance Secretariat Undersecretary Werner explained how Mexico could use its oil stabilization fund to [...] | 2007-02-09 21:15:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO777 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 16 [...] (U) Missouri Governor Matt Blunt promoted the Kansas City Smart Port on a visit to Mexico City February 12. The Embassy worked successfully to ensure Mexico included petroleum products when it approved a third track of NAFTA rule changes this week, thereby facilitating trade worth roughly US [...] | 2007-02-16 16:25:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO824 | UNSCR 1737 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 23:19:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR MX |
07MEXICO847 | PRD AIRS DIRTY LAUNDRY AT NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 10-11, delegates of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) gathered for their annual National Executive Council (CEN) meeting to discuss their strategy for the 2007 state elections. The high-level meeting quickly devolved into a strident clash over a single is [...] | 2007-02-21 13:33:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
07MEXICO860 | PRD AIRS DIRTY LAUNDRY AT NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 10-11, delegates of the Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) gathered for their annual National Executive Council (CEN) meeting to discuss their strategy for the 2007 state elections. The high-level meeting quickly devolved into a strident clash over a single is [...] | 2007-02-21 17:16:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
07MEXICO869 | PRI ELECTS BEATRIZ PAREDES AS PARTY PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: As the pundits and polls predicted, Beatriz Paredes, a former PRI Secretary General, Senator, Deputy and Tlaxcala state Governor, easily defeated her rivals in the race for the PRI party presidency, with a margin of better than two-to-one over her nearest rival, former Senate P [...] | 2007-02-21 21:03:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MX |
07MEXICO936 | MEXICO ECONOMIC NOTES, FEBRUARY 16 - FEBRUARY 23 [...] (SBU) The Chamber of Deputies approved a bill that provides for up to 40 years in prison for those convicted of financing terrorist activities. President Calderon tried to address criticism of the January 2008 final opening of the agricultural market under NAFTA by extending and expanding far [...] | 2007-02-23 22:55:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO961 | TERRORIST FINANCE: EMBASSY RAISED PROBLEM OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 21:54:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER MX |
07MEXICO963 | MEXICO'S LOWER HOUSE APPROVES ANTI-TERROR BILL [...] (SBU) Mexico,s lower house of Congress approved a bill on February 20, 2007 that provides up to 40 years imprisonment for people convicted of financing terrorist groups. The bill, approved 413-12 with six abstentions, establishes terrorism financing and international terrorism as serious crim [...] | 2007-02-26 22:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB ENRG MX PGOV PREL |
07MEXICO965 | DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF IN MEXICO, FEBRUARY 15-16: [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Chertoff's February 15 meetings with GOM Interior (Gobernacion) officials occasioned broad-ranging discussions of ongoing bilateral cooperation and yielded several specific proposals to broaden it, including: --A commitment to work together closely in shaping and [...] | 2007-02-26 22:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR |
07MEXICO966 | DHS SECRETARY FEBRUARY 15TH MEETING WITH MEXICO'S [...] (SBU) During a two-day trip to Mexico City, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met February 15 with Mexican Secretary of Finance and Public Credit Agustin Carstens. Both secretaries reaffirmed long-standing cooperation between the U.S. and Mexican customs officials. 2. (SBU [...] | 2007-02-26 22:18:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MX |
07MEXICO983 | SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S MEETINGS WITH ATTORNEY [...] (SBU) During a two-day trip to Mexico City, Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff met February 16 with Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro Garcia Luna. Secretary Chertoff and senior Department of Homeland Security SIPDIS (DHS) staff heard Medina Mora outline plans to impr [...] | 2007-02-27 16:04:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTE SNAR MX |
07MINSK1004 | KOZULIN CONTEMPLATES NEW HUNGER STRIKE [...] (C) Aleksandr Kozulin plans to begin another hunger strike in March 2008, his wife Irina told the Charge in a meeting December 7. Upset with the legitimacy that he felt Lukashenko had gained through appeals for dialogue with the regime by some opposition figures and European officials, Kozul [...] | 2007-12-07 16:11:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR BO |
07MINSK1009 | BELARUSIAN SOVEREIGNTY NOT UNDER THREAT FROM PUTIN [...] (C) With the December 13-14 visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Minsk imminent, official Minsk has moved to tamp down wild rumors in the local and international media about the end of Belarusian sovereignty through the signing of a Union State Constitution. According to a report from [...] | 2007-12-11 12:51:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR BO |
07MINSK1025 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Registers Pro-Regime NGO Belaya Rus (para. 2) - GOB Adopts 2008-2010 Anti-TIP Program (para. 3) - Opposition Party Receives Warning (para. 4) - Signature Campaign [...] | 2007-12-14 16:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG KCRM BO |
07MINSK1032 | PUTIN IN MINSK: MORE OR LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE? [...] (C) After Putin's December 13-14 visit to Minsk, Belarus appears to have secured attractive loan terms and a lower than expected gas price increase beginning in January 2008. Lukashenko did not appear particularly pleased, however, suggesting that Putin presented unattractive conditions to the [...] | 2007-12-17 15:45:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL EFIN BO RS |
07MINSK1035 | BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION INVIGORATED BY U.S. VISIT [...] (C) Following a Belarusian opposition delegation's December 3-8 visit to the United States, party leaders from the United Democratic Forces (UDF) met with the Ambassador December 13. All expressed gratitude for the meetings with President Bush and Secretary Rice, and said that the private co [...] | 2007-12-18 16:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BO |
07MINSK104 | BELARUS DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP WITH IRAN: MOTIVES [...] (SBU) On January 21 and January 27, the Belarusian Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs held meetings with their Iranian counterparts and the Iranian president in Tehran. Although the Belarusian state media mysteriously ignored the trips, Iranian and independent Belarusian news sources re [...] | 2007-02-02 10:39:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ETRD BO IR |
07MINSK1045 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 21, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Market Vendors Conduct Nationwide Strike (para. 2) - Opposition Groups Protest Social Benefit Cuts (para. 3) - BGKB Resumes Malady Front Criminal Case (para. 4) - Smal [...] | 2007-12-21 10:33:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK1047 | AMBASSADOR'S RECEPTION IN HONOR OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Ambassador hosted her second annual holiday reception for former political prisoners and the family and friends of currently jailed opposition activists. In the wake of the December 3-8 visit to Washington of a senior Belarusian opposition group, attendees expressed their appreciation of [...] | 2007-12-21 17:02:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BO |
07MINSK1059 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 28, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. The next weekly will come out January 11. Happy New Year! TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Authorities to Approve Undergraduate Matriculation (para. 2) - Polish Catholic Priest Expelled from Belarus ( [...] | 2007-12-28 10:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK1060 | IOM BULLISH ON GOB TIP COOPERATION [...] (SBU) DCM, USAID, and poloffs met with Dejan Keserovic, Minsk Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),to discuss GOB cooperation with the organization's anti-trafficking efforts. Keserovic expressed a generally favorable attitude towards the GOB and government [...] | 2007-12-28 13:22:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN BO |
07MINSK1061 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON REFORM IN BELARUS: FREE [...] (C) Ambassador met December 19 with Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Surikov to compare notes on recent Presidential interactions with Belarus -- the December 7 White House meeting with a delegation of Belarusian opposition leaders and the December 13-14 visit to Minsk of Vladimir Putin. Surikov, [...] | 2007-12-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PINR BO RS |
07MINSK1064 | LUKASHENKO THREATENS TO EXPEL AMBASSADOR [...] (C) While addressing the press following a holiday visit to an orphanage December 30, Belarusian head of state Aleksandr Lukashenko threatened to expel the Ambassador should the USG impose additional economic sanctions on Belarus. GOB contacts have been reached by the Embassy but have not pr [...] | 2007-12-31 12:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ODIP OFDP APER BO |
07MINSK110 | LUKASHENKO'S "REACHING OUT" TO THE WEST: POSTURING [...] (U) In his latest public appearances on January 25-30, the Belarusian President slammed Russia's energy prices and indicated that his country was ready for a dialogue with the West. In usual form, Lukashenko deflected blame for poor relations with Belarus' neighbors. He admitted that Belarus' [...] | 2007-02-06 12:45:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK113 | EUR/UMB DIRECTOR DISCUSSES OPPOSITION CONGRESS AND [...] (C) Ambassador and visiting EUR/UMB Director Boehme recently met with several Belarusian opposition party leaders who expressed their support for holding an early March congress of pro-democracy forces. The opposition leaders generally were in favor of broadening U.S. economic sanctions agai [...] | 2007-02-06 14:51:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK123 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 8, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - GOB, Ukrainian Vice Premiers Hold Energy Talks (para. 2) - Ukraine Appoints New Ambassador to Belarus (para. 3) - Venezuela to Open Embassy in Belar [...] | 2007-02-09 12:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK13 | LUKASHENKO GIVES RUSSIA BLACK EYE OVER BLACK GOLD [...] (C) On January 3, Belarusian PM Sergey Sidorskiy announced duties of USD 45/ton on Russian crude oil shipped via pipeline through Belarus effective from January 1. If crude shipments were to continue at their 2006 volume, Transneft would pay the GOB USD 3.1 billion in duties. Lukashenko expl [...] | 2007-01-05 13:56:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL BO RS |
07MINSK142 | BELARUS' NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Post has the honor to nominate Irina Kozulina for the Secretary of State's first International Women of Courage Award for SIPDIS her work on behalf of political prisoners and her promotion of breast cancer awareness in Belarus. She stands as a vital national figure representing both hu [...] | 2007-02-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO BO |
07MINSK152 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 20, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - U.S. Citizens Deported from Belarus (para. 2) - Lukashenko Wants to Cooperate with Europe (para. 3) - GOB Delegation Me [...] | 2007-02-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK154 | EMBASSY IN BELARUSIAN STATE MEDIA SPOTLIGHT: COVERAGE [...] (SBU) The Belarusian state media landscape remains challenging, with a clear anti-USG and anti-Western agenda. State-owned media outlets, both broadcast and print, have continued their negative and inaccurate reporting about U.S. Embassy activities; post management and Embassy officers -- par [...] | 2007-02-20 15:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL BO |
07MINSK158 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST CONVICTED FOR ALLEGED POLICE [...] (C) A Minsk court recently convicted the half-brother of prominent Belarusian human rights defender Vyacheslav Sivchik for allegedly assaulting a police officer last year. Highlighting a previous assault against Sivchik by attackers who impersonated Embassy personnel during March 2006 pro-demo [...] | 2007-02-22 15:29:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK159 | ILO SUPPORTS POSTPONING GSP SUSPENSION FOR BELARUS [...] (C) Independent trade union leaders have warned Poloffs in recent meetings that the GOB's "progress" in implementing the International Labor Organization's (ILO) 12 recommendations on improving labor rights is purely cosmetic. However, the ILO has noted some willingness from the GOB to reform [...] | 2007-02-22 15:42:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK160 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - French Ambassador Seeks Belarus-EU dialogue (para. 2) - Foreign Minister Martynov Visits India (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - I [...] | 2007-02-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK161 | AMERICAN BUSINESSES WARY OF COZYING UP TO DICTATOR [...] (C) Executives from two American businesses, Microsoft and American Express Bank, asked post about the advisability of expanding their presence in Belarus. Microsoft asked for advice on which GOB officials were off-limits, and on whether to move forward with talks on upgrading the regime's co [...] | 2007-02-22 15:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK162 | PARTY LEADERS ANGRY WITH MILINKEVICH, FORGE AHEAD [...] (C) Political party leaders tried to assure Ambassador that the opposition coalition remained united, despite de facto coalition leader Milinkevich's refusal to participate in the upcoming congress of democratic forces tentatively scheduled for March 17-18. Calling his decision a big mistake, [...] | 2007-02-23 15:16:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK163 | SCENESETTER FOR BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS' [...] (C) The delegation of leading Belarusian political and civil society activists to the U.S. will provide USG policy makers an insightful and balanced view of the current state of affairs in the democratic opposition camp. The Lukashenko regime's desperate struggle to adapt to significantly hig [...] | 2007-02-23 15:21:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK177 | MILINKEVICH PROVES HE IS A DIVIDER, NOT UNITER [...] (C) Opposition coalition leader Milinkevich on February 27 told Ambassador that coalition was fragmented but denied he was at fault for the divisions and accused left-wing coalition parties of hijacking the agenda of the upcoming congress of democratic forces. The coalition leader also noted [...] | 2007-02-28 14:11:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK178 | GOB ALLOWS HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, WITHIN LIMITS [...] (C) Ambassador's participation in a press conference on humanitarian assistance to a regional children's hospital gave the USG unusually good coverage in Belarusian state media. Child Health International also continues to successfully provide humanitarian assistance by training local medical [...] | 2007-02-28 14:24:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK179 | RESOLUTION OF NEW LIFE CHURCH POSTPONED AGAIN [...] (U) On February 26, members of the Protestant-based New Life Church (NLC) began a week-long hunger strike following another postponement of its appeal to overturn a lower court's decision to strip the church of its property (ref A). (Note: In October 2006, more than 100 NLC members went on h [...] | 2007-03-01 12:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF BO |
07MINSK18 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 5, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Prosecutor Not to Investigate Election Fraud (para. 2) DOMESTIC ECONOMY ---------------- - Finance Ministry to Adjust 2007 Budget (para. 3) - Belarus Worst Country for Ta [...] | 2007-01-09 03:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK182 | INDEPENDENT SURVEYS HAVING EFFECT ON VOTERS [...] (SBU) Independent pollsters Manaev and Vardomatskiy gave Ambassador the results of their latest polling conducted in January. Both pollsters' results indicate that public support for a union with Russia dropped by 10-15 percent to 35 percent. However, support for a closer relationship with th [...] | 2007-03-02 13:09:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO |
07MINSK183 | FRUSTATED MILINKEVICH SUPPORTERS SAY, &JUST LEAD, [...] (C) De facto opposition coalition leader Milinkevich's supporters say that the former presidential candidate has tremendous potential as the head of a broad opposition movement. However, his support base, which is made up of civil society groups and sympathetic opposition party activists in [...] | 2007-03-02 13:56:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK184 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 1, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - CEI Executive Secretary DG Visits Minsk (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - State Control Committee Creates Anti-Corrupt Hotline (para. 3) [...] | 2007-03-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK188 | GOB SEARCHES FOR EASY MONEY AS OIL EXPORTS VANISH [...] (C) Two months after the loss of Belarus' privileged status as a de facto offshore for Russia oil companies, the GOB has yet to find a way to sustain the economy. The duty on refined oil product exports from Belarus, established at Russia's behest, currently makes refining oil profitable only [...] | 2007-03-05 14:00:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL BO RS |
07MINSK198 | UKRAINIAN CHARGE ON LUKASHENKO-YUSHCHENKO MEETING [...] (C) Ukrainian Charge Aksana Kitsun assured DCM March 5 that the Ukrainians want any meeting between Presidents Yushchenko and Lukashenko to bring concrete, positive results. She reported that Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Deputy Head for Foreign Policy Oleksandr Chaliy SIPDIS met wit [...] | 2007-03-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP |
07MINSK199 | LUKASHENKO FOR PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA? [...] (SBU) In late February, relatively unknown Moscow artist turned political activist Aleksandr Kanurin announced a movement to nominate Belarusian President Lukashenko as a candidate for the 2008 Russian presidential elections. The movement's website solicits people to register their names and [...] | 2007-03-06 15:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO RS |
07MINSK204 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 9, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - GOB Security Council Denies Iran, Syria Arms Sales (para. 2) - GOB Calls ODIHR Monitoring Practices "Biased" (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------ [...] | 2007-03-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK218 | VYACHORKA AND SIVCHIK ARRESTED, STILL MISSING [...] (C) Belarusian security forces on March 13 arrested Belarusian National Front leader Vintsuk Vyachorka and opposition activist Vyacheslav Sivchik and kept them overnight at an undisclosed location. Relatives, colleagues, and DCM and Poloff waited hours at the Sovetskiy courthouse to learn mor [...] | 2007-03-14 15:50:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK222 | RUSSIA'S AGGRESSIVE NEW BELARUS POLICY - IS IT [...] (C) Last December, Russia delivered a body blow to the Lukashenko regime by ending years of cheap energy and easy profits. Observers here generally agree that several objectives prompted Russia to significantly raise energy prices for Belarus. First, Russia is forcing Belarus through the ne [...] | 2007-03-15 13:21:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ENRG RS BO |
07MINSK227 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...] | 2007-03-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK229 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Belarusian Plane Attacked in Somalia (para. 2) - Lukashenko's Kyiv Visit Postponed (para. 3) - GOB Urges UN HRC to Avoid "Double Standards" (para. 4 [...] | 2007-03-19 05:55:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK247 | BELARUSIAN TRADE STATISTICS FOR 2006: SOLID GROWTH BUT [...] (SBU) Clearly, higher energy prices this year will likely have an adverse and significant impact, but Belarus enjoyed solid growth in foreign trade in 2006. The key driving factors were high world prices on oil and oil products and cheap energy supplies from Russia. Commodity exports and impo [...] | 2007-03-21 11:43:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO |
07MINSK250 | GOB LIKELY TO SEEK LOANS BEFORE FDI [...] (C) While higher energy prices have not immediately impacted all firms significantly, Belarusian manufacturers have become less competitive. As a result, the GOB will seek to reduce imports. Bureaucratic and philosophical barriers will prevent drawing foreign investment into Belarus via ser [...] | 2007-03-22 08:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK261 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - German MP Zapf Seeks Dialogue with Regime (para. 2) - GOB Delegation Arrives in Venezuela (para. 3) - New Ukrainian Ambassador Meets Foreign Ministe [...] | 2007-03-26 11:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK266 | BELARUSIAN DIESEL SPILL CAUSES LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE [...] (U) Independent and state media on March 25 reported that on March 23, a Belarusian pipeline carrying diesel to the Latvian seaport Ventspils leaked 100 tons of fuel into the Ulla and Western Dvina rivers in Beshankovichiy (Vitebsk oblast) which was moving downstream to Latvia. By March 26, t [...] | 2007-03-27 13:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL BO |
07MINSK270 | DEFMIN SEEKS USG COOPERATION DESPITE THE OBSTACLES [...] (C) Defense Minister Leonid Maltsev told Ambassador during their first meeting that he would like to deepen the military's interaction with the United States, but he understands the political obstacles to high-level cooperation. The MoD benefited greatly from past USG assistance, and Maltsev [...] | 2007-03-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK272 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MARCH 29, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Bodies from GOB Plane Attacked in Somalia to Return (para. 2) - Venezuela Considers Buying Missiles from Belarus (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY -------- [...] | 2007-03-30 13:55:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK290 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 05, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Minsk Oil Extraction Deals Outside Russia-"Propaganda" (para. 2) - Latvia to Demand Compensation for Fuel Spill (para. 3) - Parliament Approves Visa [...] | 2007-04-05 15:36:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK294 | COALITION STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME IMPASSE ON [...] (C) We are seeing gathering indications of disagreement in Belarus' democratic opposition. Belarusian Party of Communists Head Kalyakin warned of a potential split in the coalition in the next week if the parties fail to reach a compromise with coalition leader Milinkevich's camp on procedure [...] | 2007-04-06 13:12:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK296 | GOB MOVING SLOWLY TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT [...] (C) The government of Belarus announced its hopes to attract greater investment and to expand the share of foreign investment in the economy. However, the GOB has not undertaken any new initiatives to make the business climate more favorable for foreign investors. Systemic barriers and overa [...] | 2007-04-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK3 | GAS FLOWS TO BELARUS, BUT ECONOMY STILL AT RISK [...] (C) Negotiations in Moscow over gas prices and a Russian stake in Beltransgaz (refs A and B) resulted in a last minute deal, averting a potential gas cutoff. Belarus managed to knock an additional USD 5 of the price per thousand cubic meters for 2007. In return, Belarus agreed to sell Gazprom [...] | 2007-01-03 13:32:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL BO RS |
07MINSK304 | LUKASHENKO SEEKS TO ASSUAGE CONCERNS OVER PERSONAL [...] (SBU) During his latest speeches on April 4-9, Lukashenko emphasized that he remains in firm control of the country. Lukashenko stated that while the recent oil and gas conflict had caused problems for the economy, these problems would soon be overcome and forgotten. He declared that recent e [...] | 2007-04-12 08:29:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ECON BO |
07MINSK307 | LUKASHENKO RECONFIRMS HIS PLAN TO REMAIN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) During a press conference with independent and state media on April 12, Lukashenko denied rumors that he was grooming one of his two legitimate sons for the presidency, stressing that he plans to remain in power for the "foreseeable future." During his most recent statements to the pres [...] | 2007-04-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK31 | ELECTION SITREP 4: FAMILIAR THEMES CHARACTERIZE [...] (C) Despite claims from authorities in Brest that the local election process is proceeding smoothly, opposition political party leaders confirmed that the GOB unabashedly continues to employ the full arsenal of administrative resources at its disposal to influence the electoral process. Par [...] | 2007-01-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK312 | BELARUSIAN WOMEN UNITE TO NETWORK, NOT PROTEST [...] (C) Belarusian women's groups are working together to establish a women's network and a large women's coalition that would eventually focus on democracy promotion and increasing women's activism in Belarus. However, many obstacles, including fear, economic instability, and social attitudes, p [...] | 2007-04-16 14:53:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK314 | MINSK OSCE OFFICE EXTRA-BUDGETARY FUNDS REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-16 15:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABUD AFIN EAID OSCE PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK324 | BELARUS EXTENDS SYMPATHIES OVER VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 11:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BO |
07MINSK327 | NEW OPPOSITION PARTY SEEKS TO UNITE CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Belarus Christian Democracy (BCD),a newly emerged opposition party, seeks to create a democratic Belarus based on Christian principles and Belarusian patriotism. Pursuant to those goals, the unregistered BCD is cooperating with Christian leaders and religious NGOs to launch a signature c [...] | 2007-04-23 10:45:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF BO |
07MINSK336 | GOB STILL FINDS ENERGY SOLUTION ELUSIVE [...] (C) Press speculation that the government will institute measures to make refining oil in Belarus for export profitable despite export duties masks the fact that the country cannot support its two refineries in the long-term. Moreover, recent official GOB visits to oil exporting countries will [...] | 2007-04-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK337 | BELARUSIAN ECONOMY WEAK BUT STABLE, VISITING DAS [...] (C) Belarusian economists and business leaders told visiting EUR DAS Kramer the Belarusian economy, while weak, would remain stable. The slightly dampened economy might cause Lukashenko finally to consider one or two multibillion-dollar privatizations this year to raise revenues. Corruption, [...] | 2007-04-25 15:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK341 | APOLITICAL PRO-BUSINESS NGO STUNTED BY GOB [...] (SBU) At its annual congress on April 20, members of the Belarusian Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers, the most influential business association in the country, discussed factors diminishing the ability of the NGO to effectively promote the interests of its 162 member companies. The plight [...] | 2007-04-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK343 | OPPOSITION REMAINS UNITED AHEAD OF CONGRESS [...] (C) At a meeting with EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Kramer, opposition leaders emphasized the importance of intense cooperation and successful strategy implementation going into and following the upcoming congress of democratic forces. After the congress, the coalition plans to increase its [...] | 2007-04-26 14:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK349 | LUKASHENKO'S ANNUAL SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (U) In his annual address to the Belarusian parliament, President Lukashenko announced plans to prevent future energy crises, which include diversifying Belarus' energy supplies, building a nuclear power plant, and encouraging Belarusians to be thriftier. Naming China as Belarus' number one i [...] | 2007-04-27 18:46:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK352 | VISITING DAS DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE TO CLOSE [...] (C) Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer and Ambassador were invited to an informal meeting with Presidential Administration Deputy Head and close Lukashenko advisor Natalya Petkevich. Following a disappointing meeting with Foreign Minister Martynov and an unequivocal endorsement from the oppositio [...] | 2007-04-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK353 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leaders Warned for March 25 Demonstration (para. 2) - Parliament Adopts Changes to Political Party/NGO Law (para. 3) - Pro-Democratic Historians to Establish [...] | 2007-04-30 14:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK354 | POLLING RESULTS: LUKASHENKO SUPPORT REMAINS HIGH IN WAKE OF [...] According to latest polling results of independent pollster Andrey Vardomatskiy, Lukashenko's public support remains at 51.3% while de facto coalition leader Milinkevich's support rating dwindles to 4.0%. A large portion of respondents approve of Lukashenko's handling of the gas-oil conflict a [...] | 2007-04-30 14:36:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO |
07MINSK357 | GOB SHOWED RESTRAINT AT LABOR DAY DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) Despite inclement weather and heavy police presence, approximately 500 opposition activists gathered at Bangalore Square for a peaceful Labor Day rally and concert on May 1. Belarusian Party of Communists Head Kalyakin condemned the GOB efforts to suppress labor activists, including the use [...] | 2007-05-02 15:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK358 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 3, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Former Political Prisoner Banned From Traveling Abroad (para. 2) - Over 4,500 Signatures Collected to Challenge the Religion Law (para. 3) - GOB to Review Former Monas [...] | 2007-05-04 08:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK37 | BELARUS BACKS OUT OF ITS OIL JAM, FOR NOW [...] (C) On January 12, Belarus and Russia signed an agreement on oil, giving both sides some of what they wanted. While Russia will finally see budget revenues from its oil exports to Belarusian refineries, Lukashenko has preserved, albeit in a weakened form, his country's status as an offshore d [...] | 2007-01-16 12:19:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL BO RS |
07MINSK382 | LUKASHENKO, PALE AND BOMBASTIC, SLAMS U.S. AT [...] (SBU) President Lukashenko on May 9 delivered a war-like Victory Day speech to WWII veterans and the diplomatic corps at Victory Square in Minsk. After leading a short march of WWII veterans and laying a wreath at the eternal flame, Lukashenko praised the heroism and sacrifice of the Belarusi [...] | 2007-05-10 14:21:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR BO |
07MINSK385 | DEMARCHE ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT THE ANNUAL [...] Post on May 11 delivered reftel talking points to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The points were received with no response. MOORE [...] | 2007-05-11 11:18:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO IO AIAG ISN BO |
07MINSK391 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 11, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - EC Office in Minsk Not Sign of Softness on GOB (para. 2) - Lukashenko Ratifies Kyoto Protocol (para. 3) Civil Society ------------- - Supreme [...] | 2007-05-14 08:00:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK395 | YOUTH ACTIVISM DECLINING ABSENT UNIFYING NATIONAL [...] (C) At a recent meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, youth leaders listed fear, GOB propaganda, and general complacency with the quality of life in Belarus as the main reasons for the decline in youth activism. Indifferent to contrived political maneuvers such as the opposition,s upcoming congress, t [...] | 2007-05-14 14:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK399 | DELEGATE CONFERENCE RESULTS IN MILINKEVICH LOSS [...] (SBU) The coalition of United Democratic Forces held seven regional delegate conferences April 29 - May 13 in which 620 regional delegates voted on agenda items for the May 26-27 opposition congress. Delegates voted against de facto leader Milinkevich's campaign for a single chairperson of the [...] | 2007-05-16 14:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK401 | MAY 31-JUNE 1 COUNTERTERRORISM CONFERENCE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On May 15, Vladimir Tararov, Minister Counselor from the Russian Embassy, and Dep Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points, agenda and timetable to Vladimir Serpikov, Director of the MFA's European Cooperation Department. 2. (SBU) Serpikov said Oleg Anatolyevich Chernyshev, head [...] | 2007-05-16 14:49:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PREL PTER AFIN RS SP BO |
07MINSK412 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 18, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Protest Children's Benefits Cut (para. 2) - Opposition Calls for Solidarity with Indicted Youth (para. 3) - Opposition Seeks Legal Action against P [...] | 2007-05-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK416 | MR. AHMADINEJAD COMES TO MINSK MAY 21 [...] (C) Iranian President Ahmadinejad will pay a two-day visit Minsk starting May 21. Post understands Tehran will seek to equip its military -- through purchases of weapons and dual-use technologies, expanding the presence of Belarusian companies producing dual use manufactures, and training Ira [...] | 2007-05-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EPET BO IR |
07MINSK422 | BELARUS: LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) Although the frequency of high-level contacts between Belarus and Cuba has subsided in 2007, the GOB continues to hope to build economic ties with Cuba, strongly supports the Cuban government, and has no interest in promoting democracy, human rights or free market reform. End summary. [...] | 2007-05-22 05:54:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ETTC PREL BO CU |
07MINSK425 | AHMADINEJAD IN MINSK: PARIAHS SEEK ECONOMIC TIES [...] (SBU) During President Ahmadinejad's May 21-22 visit to Minsk, Belarus and Iran signed a wide range of economic agreements. The deal with the most potential significance grants Belarus access to the Jofeir oilfield. Any arms sales were not made public. Only significant military exports from [...] | 2007-05-23 10:01:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR ECON EPET BO IR |
07MINSK437 | EUR DAS KRAMER'S MESSAGE RESOUNDS [...] (SBU) Local media coverage of DAS Kramer's recent visit to Minsk reflected primarily straightforward and opinion-free reporting. A bit of vituperation was thrown in by Belarusian State TV, which commented in a manner consistent with its usual anti-American sentiment. A lively element of pu [...] | 2007-05-24 10:17:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL BO |
07MINSK442 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - MAY 25, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Fines Third Organizer of Chernobyl March (para. 2) - Opposition Campaign to Commemorate Vitebsk Purges (para. 3) International Relations ----------------------- [...] | 2007-05-25 10:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK464 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 1, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Activists Protest Abolition of Social Benefits (para. 2) - Protestant Pastors Face Intensified Harassment (para. 3) - Youth Activists Protest Old Town Demolition in Gro [...] | 2007-06-01 14:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK466 | LIDA AUTHORITIES ALLOW NON-PARTY AFFILIATED [...] (C) Opposition and civil society activists in Lida are permitted to conduct most activities without hindrance and sometimes in cooperation with the local authorities so long as they refrain from organizing such events in their capacity as political party activists. The local Belarusian Nationa [...] | 2007-06-04 13:17:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK477 | POLITICAL PRISONERS APPLY FOR CLEMENCY AFTER GOB [...] (C) The GOB in recent weeks has shown some signs of progress by dropping charges against youth activists and giving Malady Front members on trial a fine rather than a jail sentence. In light of these events, human rights lawyer Labkovich informed Pol/Econ Chief that lawyers for several politi [...] | 2007-06-05 14:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK481 | IMF: ENERGY COST INCREASES DEMAND STRUCTURAL REFORM [...] (SBU) The annual IMF mission to Belarus terms 2007 a new economic era for the country with higher energy costs possibly knocking 5.5 percent off of GDP growth. Although the IMF notes some GOB short-term policies softened the blow, only more thorough tightening will head off the danger of the [...] | 2007-06-07 12:27:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK484 | GOB RATCHETS UP HARASSMENT OF PROTESTANTS [...] (C) The GOB recently increased its harassment of Protestants. On June 3, Protestant Pastor Bokun, who had been arrested two times in eight days, was sentenced to three days in jail for organizing an unauthorized religious service in his home. Bokun's co-pastor, Polish citizen Yaroslav Lukasi [...] | 2007-06-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF BO |
07MINSK486 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 8, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Benefits Cuts for Children (para. 2) - Holocaust Memorial Unveiled at Former Ghetto Site (para. 3) - Youth Activists Receive Short Jail Sentences (p [...] | 2007-06-08 12:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK489 | MFA WARNS EMBASSY NOT TO INTERFERE IN BELARUS' [...] (C) On June 7, Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Viktor Gaisyonok called Ambassador to the MFA to complain that Embassy officials' regional travel was one-sided and interfered in the internal affairs of Belarus. He warned that if such activities continue, the GOB could "take appropriate measures [...] | 2007-06-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK490 | NEW COALITION CO-CHAIRS ON OPPOSITION, POLITICAL [...] (C) The new co-chairs of the opposition coalition outlined for Ambassador their plans through the fall. The co-chairs will each take responsibility for a segment of the coalition's work but leave the door open for former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich to become a fifth co-chair [...] | 2007-06-08 15:05:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK497 | OSCE ACTIVELY WORKS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY IN BELARUS [...] (C) According to Deputy Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk Vahram Abidjan, the mission's democracy promotion efforts in Belarus focus primarily on monitoring the GOB's actions to fulfill its OSCE commitments. In order to evaluate the GOB's progress, Minsk OSCE Office representatives attend tria [...] | 2007-06-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK508 | THE SURVEY SAYS SUPPORT FOR LUKASHENKO STILL HIGH [...] (C) Independent pollster Oleg Manayev presented post the results of the latest IISEPS survey conducted May 5-15. Aleksandr Lukashenko's rating fell slightly, although support for opposition leaders remained low. Manayev's findings suggest public openness to an opposition and support for negot [...] | 2007-06-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK510 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 15, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Activists Arrested and Fined in Vitebsk (para. 2) - Youth Activist Fined in Mogilev (para. 3) - Women Support Activist Shatsikova's Parental Rights (para. 4) [...] | 2007-06-15 10:07:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK52 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 17, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. This report covers events from January 8 to January 19. TABLE OF CONTENTS GOVERNMENT ---------- - Lukashenko Appoints Son to Belarus' Security Council (para. 2) - Parliamentary Session on Election Commission (para. 3 [...] | 2007-01-19 14:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK521 | MFA REQUESTS A RESPONSE TO ITS LETTER TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) On June 12, MFA Americas Desk Counselor Andrei Rzheusskiy reminded A/DCM that the GOB is awaiting an answer from the USG on its request that the FBI participate in the investigation of the deaths of Belarusian citizens Al [...] | 2007-06-18 12:00:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS OEXC PREL BO |
07MINSK541 | USG Defends Belarus TIP Ranking Despite GOB Disappointment [...] (SBU) Following the release of the Department's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, Ambassador hosted a digital video conference with G/TIP Ambassador Mark Lagon for those involved in combating TIP in Belarus. The participants discussed Belarus' Tier 2 Watch List (T2WL) placement, steps the [...] | 2007-06-22 13:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN BO |
07MINSK542 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 22, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - South African Delegation Visits Belarus (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Minsk Authorities Want to Remove Small Retail Kiosks (para. 3) [...] | 2007-06-22 13:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK550 | WOMEN LEADERS DIVIDED ON POTENTIAL FOR WOMEN'S [...] (C) In a recent lunch with Ambassador, several prominent women leaders praised the creation of a newly formed U.S. NGO-sponsored women's network that seeks to promote both women and democracy in Belarus. However, a number of prominent women leaders were quite discouraged about the network's a [...] | 2007-06-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK551 | BELARUS HOPES TO REVERSE GSP SUSPENSION [...] (U) The GOB has responded relatively tamely to the June 21 suspension of the EU's General System of Preferences (GSP) for Belarus. Although a loss to the country's budget, independent analysts doubt the annual impact will amount to more than USD 67 million. However, Belarus' image will suffe [...] | 2007-06-28 09:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK561 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 29, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - GOB and Russian FMs Discuss Union, Missile Shield (para. 2) - Official Israeli Delegation Arrives in Minsk (para. 3) - Vietnam Military Delegation V [...] | 2007-06-29 14:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK566 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Your decision to meet with leaders from the Belarusian opposition underlines continued USG support for democratic transformation in the country Secretary Rice aptly labeled Europe's last dictatorship. Belarus's increasing international isolation puts the opposition in a unique position [...] | 2007-07-05 09:22:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK576 | CHAVEZ IN MINSK, THE NEW CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE [...] (C) Belarusian coverage of Hugo Chavez's visit to Minsk focused on the Venezuelan's "anti-imperialist" rhetoric. The militaristic tone of the trip lends credence to suggestions Venezuela will acquire Belarusian dual-use technologies with applications for anti-aircraft systems. As for non-mili [...] | 2007-07-06 12:49:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV BO |
07MINSK577 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 06, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Iranian Military Delegation Comes to Belarus (para. 2) - South Korean Trade Delegation in Minsk (para. 3) Civil Society ------------- - Opposi [...] | 2007-07-06 12:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK578 | LUKASHENKO PAYS FEALTY TO RUSSIA, DEFIES WEST [...] (C) In recent Belarusian Independence Day speeches, President Lukashenko reaffirmed the GOB's commitment to strengthening its relations with Russia and other former Soviet republics. Meanwhile, the dictator defiantly downplayed the economic consequences of the EU's recent removal of trade pr [...] | 2007-07-06 13:32:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK595 | DELIVERED NON-PAPER ON AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING AS US [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-12 12:11:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG |
07MINSK601 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - July 13, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Top Election Official Rules Out Dialogue with Opposition (para. 2) - Civil Society Activist Loses Lawsuit, Remains Expelled (para. 3) - Youth Opposition Activist Faces J [...] | 2007-07-13 11:00:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK635 | Embassy Minsk Weekly Pol/Econ Report - July 19, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Adopts Parliamentary Elections Guidelines (para. 2) - Daughters Visit Kozulin (para. 3) - Polish Journalist Banned Entry to Belarus (para. 4) - Union of Left- [...] | 2007-07-20 13:49:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK642 | ISA DEMARCHE DELIVERED, IRANIAN FM VISITS MINSK [...] (SBU) On July 20, Acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to Oleg Anisimov, Counselor in the North American Division. Anisimov promised to pass the information along to the Asia-Africa Department and the International Organizations Department. He also offered to attempt to facilitate a m [...] | 2007-07-25 10:22:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR BO |
07MINSK65 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 2617, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Gomel Opposition Files Suit against Election (para. 2) - GOB Detains and Drafts Youth Activists (para. 3) INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ---------------------------------- [...] | 2007-01-26 13:35:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK650 | GOB EXPLORES TARGETS FOR THREATS TO U.S. BUSINESS [...] (C) Belarusian authorities have begun preliminary investigation into options for carry through on threats made by Lukashenko to retaliate against U.S. businesses if the USG strengthens its sanction regime. Officials claiming to represent the tax authorities asked Coca-Cola and McDonald's to d [...] | 2007-07-26 07:33:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK654 | Embassy Minsk Weekly Pol/Econ Report - July 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Solidarity Road Tour Participants Detained (para. 2) - Opposition Movement Denied Registration (para. 3) - GOB to Establish Nuclear Regulatory Agency (para. 4) - Forensi [...] | 2007-07-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO |
07MINSK656 | PA AIDE: IT SECTOR SUCCESSES NOT TRANSFERABLE [...] (C) Former Belarusian Ambassador to the United States turned IT promoter Valeriy Tsepkalo provided Ambassador an overview of his High Tech Park. Tsepkalo discounted the possibility of Belarus recreating similar pro-business conditions in other sectors of the economy in the near future. He al [...] | 2007-07-27 13:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK66 | LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FACES CLOSURE [...] (C) In the GOB's latest attack on Belarusian civil society, authorities have formally taken steps to evict the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC),one of the country's last registered human rights NGOs, from its office. If the BHC continues to operate without a legal address, it could be li [...] | 2007-01-26 13:39:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK673 | TIP ACTION PLAN DELIVERED - GOB RESPONDS [...] On July 31, Poloffs delivered reftel points to Oleg Anisimov, Counselor in the North American Division, and Andrei Taranda, Counselor in the Human Rights Division. Taranda promised to pass the information along to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for review, and offered a written commentary on [...] | 2007-08-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK674 | TWO DAYS FOR LUKASHENKO TO FIND A COMPROMISE [...] (C) Gazprom's surprise announcement that it will reduce gas transfers to Belarus by 45 percent effective August 3 follows the company's longstanding policy of publicly stating it wants to move its dealings with Minsk to a market basis. Unlike negotiations over gas and oil pricing for 2007, def [...] | 2007-08-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL BO RS |
07MINSK676 | LUKASHENKO ORDERS GOB TO PAY UP [...] (C) Lukashenko publicly announced he ordered his government to withdraw money from its foreign reserves to pay off its debt to Gazprom. GOB officials and independent commentators alike predicted that Minsk would seek to avoid escalating the gas crisis with Moscow. Belarusian state media outl [...] | 2007-08-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL BO RS |
07MINSK678 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 3, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Neo-Nazi Activist Jailed (para. 2) - Disabled Children Seek Greater State Support (para. 3) - Two Protestants Briefly Detained (para. 4) - Human Rights NGO Seeking Re- [...] | 2007-08-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO |
07MINSK681 | GASTRIC REFLUX: NEAR-TERM ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) On August 3, Belarus made initial payment on its debt to Gazprom as ordered by Lukashenko. GOB foreign reserves remain sufficient to preserve economic stability in the short term, although Belarus likely will seek foreign credits in advance of further increases in gas prices in 2008. Poli [...] | 2007-08-06 12:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL BO RS |
07MINSK685 | ISA DEMARCHE: MFA FURTHER DETAILS GOB POSITION [...] (C) MFA officials presented DCM further points in response to the demarche on the Iran Sanctions Act August 7. They claimed Belarusneft's oil exploration in Iran would not violate international norms, and noted that Western investors, including oil companies, are already engaged in Iran. The [...] | 2007-08-09 12:54:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR BO |
07MINSK689 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 10, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Appeals Registration Denial (para. 2) - Human Rights Group to Assist Political Victims (para. 3) - Minsk Authorities Deny Application for Demonstration (pa [...] | 2007-08-10 12:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK692 | GOB THREATENS UNSPECIFIED RECIPROCAL MEASURES IN REACTION [...] (SBU) In an August 9 meeting, the MFA protested to Ambassador the expansion of categories of persons considered subject to travel restrictions under Presidential Proclamation 8015. The Ambassador reviewed the policy behind the expansion and reminded the GOB that it could hardly be described a [...] | 2007-08-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CVIS BO |
07MINSK696 | PINT-SIZED PRIVATIZATIONS UNDER WAY WHILE [...] (C) August could become a relatively significant month for privatizations. An Austrian company apparently fronting for Belarusians will purchase a controlling packet in an ailing bicycle factory. More significantly, potential investors submitted bids for one of the country's largest breweries [...] | 2007-08-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK711 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 17, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Demographic Trends (para. 2) - Entrepreneurs Resolve to Strike and Defend Rights (para. 3) - Independent Editor Faces Criminal Charges (para. 4) - Polish Officials Den [...] | 2007-08-17 13:36:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK72 | KEEPING THE ECONOMY AFLOAT SANS CHEAP ENERGY? [...] (C) Economists' forecasts for Belarus in the wake of significant energy import price rises vary greatly. Those most optimistic about the economy's prospects focus on the relatively benign budget implications for 2007 and the ability of Lukashenko to dictate adjustments. Pessimists note the m [...] | 2007-01-30 09:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK727 | TRUSTBANK REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION BY TREASURY [...] (C) Trustbank requested a meeting with post to seek a means to remove the bank from the Department of Treasury's list of money laundering concerns. Bank officials conceded its continued profitability remained highly doubtful without rehabilitation, and they offered to consider any recommendat [...] | 2007-08-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL BO |
07MINSK728 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 24, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Neo-Nazis Threaten Vitebsk Activist (para. 2) - Police Prevent Solidarity Demonstration (para. 3) - Vendors Hold Spontaneous Protest at Minsk Market (para. 4) - Opposi [...] | 2007-08-24 13:44:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK729 | BELARUSIAN BLOGGERS AND OFFICIALS COMMENT ON U.S. VISA BAN [...] (U) On August 3, the USG expanded the list of Belarusians subject to special visa review procedures under Presidential Proclamation 8015. The previous list, which cannot be made public due to the Privacy Act, contained only those individuals directly linked to human rights abuses. The new ex [...] | 2007-08-27 05:55:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BO |
07MINSK730 | BELARUSIAN BLOGGERS AND OFFICIALS COMMENT ON U.S. VISA BAN [...] (U) On August 3, the USG expanded the list of Belarusians subject to special visa review procedures under Presidential Proclamation 8015. The previous list, which cannot be made public due to the Privacy Act, contained only those individuals directly linked to human rights abuses. The new ex [...] | 2007-08-27 06:32:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BO |
07MINSK738 | GOB DISPUTES U/S BURNS' STATEMENTS ON BELARUSIAN [...] (C) On August 28, Director of the MFA's North America office Sergey Sergeyev, accompanied by Counselor Andrey Rzheuskiy, presented to Charge and Acting Pol/Econ Chief the GOB's official reaction to Under Secretary Burns' characterization during a August21 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interv [...] | 2007-08-28 12:18:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC BO IR |
07MINSK739 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR IN MINSK SPECULATES ON [...] (U) In an Interfax interview that has circulated widely through the international media beginning on August 27, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Aleksandr Surikov was asked whether Russia might station new military assets on Belarusian territory in response to USG moves to enhance European anti- [...] | 2007-08-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MNUC BO RS |
07MINSK758 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 31, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Several Demonstrations for Kozulin Release Banned (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Fined for Leaflets (para. 3) - Police Detain Youths for Pro-Opposition Graffiti (para. 4) [...] | 2007-09-05 11:51:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK770 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Pro-GOB Youth Union Reports on Successes (para. 2) - Opposition Leaders Harassed in Brest (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Sentenced to Jail and Fines (para. 4) - Free-Lan [...] | 2007-09-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK771 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Pro-GOB Youth Union Reports on Successes (para. 2) - Opposition Leaders Harassed in Brest (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Sentenced to Jail and Fines (para. 4) - Free-Lan [...] | 2007-09-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK783 | OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 07:07:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON OSCE BO |
07MINSK786 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 14, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Leader Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Three Activists Receive Jail Sentences (para. 3) - GOB Introduces Residential Registration (para. 4) - Soligorsk Miners [...] | 2007-09-13 13:07:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK796 | CHANGE COMING TO BELARUS WITH OR WITHOUT CIVIL [...] (SBU) The fledging Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS) held its inaugural conference September 10-12 in Kyiv. The conference represents the first attempt to gather the full spectrum of independent political and social analysts of Belarus, without GOB or political participants, t [...] | 2007-09-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK8 | A STIFF LUKASHENKO SENDS A MELANCHOLIC NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (SBU) An exhausted-looking Lukashenko on December 31 delivered his yearly New Year's address to Belarusians before the stroke of midnight. Standing stiffly next to a fireplace mantle and eyes noticeably shifting to the teleprompter behind the camera, Lukashenko slowly, without his infamous "ch [...] | 2007-01-05 07:38:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO |
07MINSK808 | GEORGIA ON LUKASHENKO'S MIND [...] (C) During a visit by Georgia's Minister of Defense to Minsk, Lukashenko said he wanted to make relations between the two countries "better than during the Soviet Union." While Georgian officials mostly focused on trade in public statements, the GOB most likely sought to signal independence fr [...] | 2007-09-21 11:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BO GG |
07MINSK809 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 21, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - Syria to Open Embassy in Minsk, Expand Ties (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Arrested, Fined, and Expelled (para. 3) - [...] | 2007-09-21 11:07:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK81 | BELARUS' MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, below please find the name, title, institution and contact information for post's recommendations for the five most influential women in Belarus. A. Karach, Olga Head Sedmaya Gran +375-29-662-7120 (cell) B. Kozulina, Irina Wife of i [...] | 2007-01-31 09:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK810 | WORLD BANK: BELARUS ECONOMY NOT IN DANGER -- YET [...] (SBU) In a World Bank Country Assistance Team meeting with the diplomatic corps, World Bank Country Director Paul Bermingham stated that the macroeconomic situation in Belarus is "serious, but not life-threatening", that economic growth is real, but foreign reserve levels are not ideal. Bermin [...] | 2007-09-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK811 | LUKASHENKO'S ARMS DEALER BACK FROM MALTA? [...] (C) A Minsk businessman claims suspected Belarusian arms dealer Vladimir Peftiyev just returned to Minsk permanently after several years residing in Malta. The move, if true, suggests Lukashenko may have transferred ill-gotten assets elsewhere. End summary. Major Weapons Trader Returns to [...] | 2007-09-21 11:19:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PREL PINR BO MT |
07MINSK819 | UNGA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-25 15:52:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA BO |
07MINSK825 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - September 28, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Leaflets against Edicts Seized at Market (para. 2) - Corruption Case Sent to Supreme Court (para. 3) - Activist Hospitalized After Arrest (para. 4) - Participants of F [...] | 2007-09-27 16:33:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK849 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 05, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Protests Social Benefits Cuts (para. 2) - Jailed Opposition Leader's Daughter Fired (para. 3) - Parliament's Lower House Elects New Speaker (para. 4) - Loca [...] | 2007-10-05 15:10:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK850 | VENEZUELA ARMS SHIPMENTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (S) On October 2, Ambassador delivered points from reftel to Valentin Rybakov, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Lukashenko. Rybakov noted the points, and responded only by asking if the U.S. Government expresses such concerns to other governments as well, mentioning Russia in particular, o [...] | 2007-10-05 16:31:00 | Embassy Minsk | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC RS VE BO |
07MINSK863 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 12, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Authorities Permit March with Route Modification (para. 2) - UCP Office Raided after OSCE Speech (para. 3) - European March Organizer Sentenced to Jail (para. 4) - Dem [...] | 2007-10-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK884 | BELARUS TIP STRATEGY PROPOSAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-18 12:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PREL KCRM UN AU BO |
07MINSK885 | EMBASSY MINSK'S 2008 WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINEE [...] (SBU) Embassy Minsk's nominee for the International Woman of Courage Award is Enira Bronitskaya, former political prisoner, human rights advocate, civil society activist, and International Coordinator for the Belarusian NGO Committee for Defense of the Repressed "Salidarnasts." Nominee is wil [...] | 2007-10-19 08:08:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KPAO KWMN CG BO |
07MINSK886 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 19, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Polish Minority Leaders Arrested in Grodno (para. 2) - Supreme Court Denies Leftist Union Registration (para. 3) - Milinkevich Founds European Integration Council (para [...] | 2007-10-19 16:16:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK892 | WALKER CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 15:20:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC UN UNGA BO |
07MINSK904 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - October 26, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Party Establishes Youth Wing (para. 2) - Activists Protest Expulsions (para. 3) - Activist Re-Arrested Immediately Following Release (para. 4) - Commemorati [...] | 2007-10-26 14:48:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK917 | MCC INDICATOR SCORES DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 16:14:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC BO |
07MINSK918 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 02, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Activists Mark Remembrance Day (para. 2) - Police Seize Materials Ahead of Social March (para. 3) - Opposition Youth Examined by Psychiatrists (para. 4) - Authorities [...] | 2007-11-02 16:15:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK922 | AMBASSADOR HONORS STALIN VICTIMS AT KURAPATY [...] On November 2, Ambassador, several EU Heads of Mission, and the Israeli Ambassador visited Kurapaty, a wooded area outside Minsk where Stalin's secret police murdered thousands of victims and buried them in mass graves during the 1930s and 1940s. The Heads of Mission held the ceremony in obse [...] | 2007-11-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK929 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 09, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition to Hold 1,500 Rallies in Mid-December (para. 2) - Gomel District Court Upholds University Expulsion (para. 3) - Christian Democracy Conference Held in Minsk [...] | 2007-11-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK93 | LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO FACES CLOSURE [...] (C) In the GOB's latest attack on Belarusian civil society, authorities have formally taken steps to evict the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC),one of the country's last registered human rights NGOs, from its office. If the BHC continues to operate without a legal address, it could be li [...] | 2007-02-01 18:42:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK935 | MODEST GAS PRICE HIKE LIKELY FOR BELARUS IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Gazprom is likely to raise natural gas prices for Belarus by roughly 25 percent for 2008. Such a modest hike would rule out Russia granting Belarus a stabilization loan. Still, analysts term the predicted 2008 price less than called for by the New Year's agreement between Minsk and Mosc [...] | 2007-11-13 16:12:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PREL BO RS |
07MINSK944 | INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR BELARUS [...] This interim assessment (reftel) covers Belarus' continuing efforts against trafficking in persons (TIP) since April, 2007. GOB action on TIP has seen marked, if uneven, improvement in this period. The GOB has provided increased in-kind resources to TIP-related NGOs, and has improved relatio [...] | 2007-11-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN BO |
07MINSK946 | BELARUS PROTESTS EXPANDED USG SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Deputy FM Viktor Gaysyonok summoned Ambassador November 15 to protest the recent listing of Belarusian petrochemical giant Belneftekhim by Treasury's Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC). Gaysyonok read the text of a diplomatic note (see text para 5) stating in part that the OFAC measu [...] | 2007-11-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ETTC BO |
07MINSK949 | REGIME FAILING TO DEAL WITH POPULATION DECLINE [...] (C) A recent conference demonstrated that official Minsk recognizes that economic migration to Belarus could help counterbalance the country's significant natural population decline. Weak policies and modest goals for attracting workers from abroad suggest the GOB will continue to focus on we [...] | 2007-11-16 13:10:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB BO |
07MINSK95 | GOB RENEWS LEASE OF LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGO [...] (C) On January 31, the GOB reversed a December 2006 decision and announced that it would renew the lease contract for the offices of the prominent human rights organization the Belarus Helsinki Committee (BHC) for one more year. The GOB denied any political motivation in its original cancell [...] | 2007-02-01 19:06:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BO |
07MINSK950 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 16, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - BPF Convention to Be Held in Minsk (para. 2) - Apparent Neo-Nazis Disrupt Polish Embassy Reception (para. 3) - GOB Bans Subscription to Major Russian Periodicals (para. [...] | 2007-11-16 17:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK96 | KEEPING THE ECONOMY AFLOAT SANS CHEAP ENERGY? [...] (C) Economists' forecasts for Belarus in the wake of significant energy import price rises vary greatly. Those most optimistic about the economy's prospects focus on the relatively benign budget implications for 2007 and the ability of Lukashenko to dictate adjustments. Pessimists note the m [...] | 2007-02-01 19:09:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET PGOV PREL BO |
07MINSK967 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 23, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Polish Priest Faces Deportation (para. 2) - Activists Authorized to Mark Slutsk Uprising (para. 3) - Activist Wins Appeal in Supreme Court (para. 4) - Pro-Regime "Bela [...] | 2007-11-23 15:39:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK968 | MESSAGE FOR BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION: UNITY, ACTION, [...] (C) An opposition visit to Washington just weeks after the OFAC listing of Belarusian petrochemical giant Belneftekhim offers an ideal opportunity both to reconfirm USG support for the opposition and to express USG expectations for 2008. The opposition will no doubt take heart from a restatem [...] | 2007-11-23 16:14:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL BO |
07MINSK97 | EUR/UMB DIRECTOR DISCUSSES OPPOSITION CONGRESS AND [...] (C) Ambassador and visiting EUR/UMB Director Boehme recently met with several Belarusian opposition party leaders who expressed their support for holding an early March congress of pro-democracy forces. The opposition leaders generally were in favor of broadening U.S. economic sanctions agai [...] | 2007-02-01 19:09:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BO |
07MINSK973 | REQUEST DELIVERED TO BELARUS TO OPPOSE RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel talking points to the MFA November 23. No substantive comment has been received to date. 2. (SBU) On November 26, Pol/Econ Chief discussed the upcoming votes with Andrey Rzheusskiy, Counselor in the MFA's USA and Canada Department, and noted that abstentions by [...] | 2007-11-27 06:07:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA BO IS |
07MINSK976 | UDF FALLING BEHIND ON JOINT CANDIDATE LIST [...] (C) Belarus' United Democratic Forces (UDF) have fallen significantly behind their self-imposed timetable for formation of a unified slate of candidates for 2008 parliamentary elections. While UDF co-chairs had hoped a candidate list would be complete by mid-November (refs B, D),USAID-funded [...] | 2007-11-27 15:54:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID BO |
07MINSK978 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NOMINATION OF PROSPER TO UN CERD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-27 16:21:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA BO |
07MINSK983 | EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - November 30, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Blacklisted Musicians Meet Chief Ideology Officer (para. 2) - Three Poles Expelled from Belarus (para. 3) - Business Activists Jailed (para. 4) - Family Describes Kozu [...] | 2007-11-30 14:41:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO |
07MINSK984 | BELARUS - LIBERTAD ACT [...] (SBU) Although the frequency of high-level contacts between Belarus and Cuba has subsided since 2006, the GOB continues to build economic relations with Cuba (ref B). It has consistently offered the Cuban regime strong support and has no interest in promoting democracy, human rights or free m [...] | 2007-11-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC ETRD PREL BO CU |
07MINSK992 | VITAL VOICES PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS SEMINAR WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met with participants of a summit held recently by Vital Voices in Ukraine. The conference, "Vital Voices of Eurasia: A Leadership Summit for Women and Girls," took place in Kyiv October 14-18 and highlighted successful practices that women leaders have undertaken to advance the [...] | 2007-12-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Minsk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN BO |
07MONROVIA1109 | LIBERIA - ICGL MEETING OF AUGUST 31 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 15:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL KPKO LI |
07MONROVIA1139 | LIBERIA: RELATIONS WITH SIERRA LEONE INCREASINGLY WARM [...] (SBU) Summary: Sierra Leonean President Ernest Koroma used the opportunity of his first official visit to Liberia to strengthen ties between the neighboring democracies. End Summary. 2. (U) On his first foreign trip since taking office, Sierra Leone's newly-elected President Ernest Bai Ko [...] | 2007-09-28 15:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SL LI |
07MONROVIA1181 | DEMARCHE: POSSIBLE AFRICOM SITE [...] (S) As instructed in reftel, Ambassador contacted President Sirleaf on October 5 to confirm whether or not Liberia is still interested in being considered as a possible host country for AFRICOM. President Sirleaf confirmed without any hesitation that Liberia remains enthusiastically intereste [...] | 2007-10-05 16:53:00 | Embassy Monrovia | SECRET | MARR PREL LI |
07MONROVIA1297 | LIBERIA PLANS TO INCREASE MANO RIVER UNION COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Liberia has assumed the chairmanship of the Mano River Union (MRU) and will promote economic integration in addition to the traditional focus on security. The GOL plans to encourage Cote d'Ivoire to become a full member of the union, and will propose a free trade zone along the MRU bo [...] | 2007-10-29 16:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON LI |
07MONROVIA1302 | LIBERIA WILL NOT ATTEND INTERPOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 15:13:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR LI |
07MONROVIA1319 | LIBERIA: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 07:48:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN LI |
07MONROVIA1321 | LIBERIA: MOJ PLANS TO REDUCE PRISON POPULATION [...] SUMMARY: After the mass prison break in 2006 and the riot at Monrovia Central Prison (MCP) on October 20 (reftel) the Ministry of Justice is taking a hard look at reducing the prison population to improve security. This will be done through increasing resources, having a well-trained staff and [...] | 2007-11-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KJUS PREL PHUM LI |
07MONROVIA1375 | FORMER REBEL LEADER DENIES HARBORING FIGHTERS [...] (C) Summary: Former MODEL rebel group leader and NTGL foreign minister Thomas Nimely Yaya rejected accusations that he was training 150 Burkinabes at his family plantation in Grand Gedeh County. He told Ambassador that he has no political designs whatsoever, and supports the Sirleaf governme [...] | 2007-11-30 16:08:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM LI |
07MONROVIA1393 | LIBERIA: LEGISLATORS KEEN ON LIBERIA HOSTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador briefed Senators and Representatives serving on key legislative committees on the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM),and responded to their questions. The legislators expressed overwhelming support for the initiative and reiterated President Sirleaf's request tha [...] | 2007-12-06 07:59:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR AMGT ASEC PHUM LI |
07MONROVIA1417 | LIBERIA: IN WELL-RUN ELECTION, UNITY PARTY AND [...] SUMMARY. Unity Party candidate J.S.B. Theodore Momo and independent candidate Armour Kanie Wesso will advance to round two of the Gbarpolu County by-election to replace the late Senator Samuel Tormetie on December 18. Two Embassy teams, along with UNMIL and several NGOs, observed round one D [...] | 2007-12-17 07:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL EAID LI |
07MONROVIA1423 | LIBERIA'S POSTAL SYSTEM GETTING BACK ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Liberia's Postal system is struggling to reconstitute itself after being totally destroyed during the 14-year civil war. There is strong commitment by the Director General of Posts to improve service and the just-announced replacement of the Minister of Post and Telecommunicat [...] | 2007-12-20 13:03:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EAID MARR MASS MOPS PREL OTRA LI |
07MONROVIA1424 | LIBERIA: GOL CONSULTS CITIZENS ON POVERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY. Liberians want roads, healthcare, and education, and they still don't feel secure. The GOL held two-day consultations with stakeholders in each of Liberia's 15 counties as part of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) process. For the first time, Liberians nationwide had a chanc [...] | 2007-12-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PRGOV PREL EAID EFIN ECON LI |
07MONROVIA1431 | LIBERIA: UNITY PARTY GAINS SENATE SEAT IN GBARPOLU [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Unity Party has gained a Senate seat following candidate J.S.B. Theodore Momo's win in the December 18 Gbarpolu County by-election, President Sirleaf's party now has six seats in the 30 member Senate. Two Embassy teams, along with UNMIL and several NGOs, observed the second r [...] | 2007-12-26 10:45:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID LI |
07MONROVIA1438 | VICE ADMIRAL MOELLER'S DECEMBER 18-19 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a successful visit December 18-19, AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander for Military Operations (DCMO) Vice Admiral Michael T. Moeller attended the activation of the first companies of the new Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) formed since the AFL was disbanded and restructured two [...] | 2007-12-28 10:50:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR PGOV LI |
07MONROVIA238 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 21 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister for African and Asian Affairs Henry Fahnbulleh. Poloff also gave Fahnbulleh a copy of Embassy Conakry's press statement (See Reftel B). Fahnbulleh said he would advise the Minister of Foreig [...] | 2007-02-21 15:44:00 | Embassy Monrovia | SECRET | PGOV PREL LI GV |
07MONROVIA282 | LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 1 VISIT OF CHINESE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Liberia for a one-day visit February 1. According to Chinese Embassy Political Counselor Gou Hao Dong, it was the first visit by a Chinese head of state to Liberia since the two countries first established diplomatic relations in 1977. Gou to [...] | 2007-03-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL LI CH |
07MONROVIA289 | LIBERIA: US/CHINA DIALOGUE ON AFRICA [...] (C) In general, Chinese assistance to Liberia tends to be well-publicized one-off contributions of goods, technical assistance, infrastructure, and exchanges, rather than sustained donor engagement in strengthening specific institutions or sectors. Since 2003, China has provided peacekeepers [...] | 2007-03-02 13:28:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN PREL CH LI |
07MONROVIA469 | LIBERIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM: SUPPORT BY RADIO CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: John Langlois, Senior Media Advisor for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) visited Liberia from February 28 - March 21, 2007. The purpose of his visit was to follow up on OTI media-related activities and to assess OTI's media strategy in light of new Chinese involvem [...] | 2007-04-20 17:19:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV SCUL PINR LI PREL CH |
07MONROVIA559 | LIBERIA: SPAIN TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN HEALTH AND [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires and Poloff (notetaker) met May 14 with Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil, Assistant Director for Cooperation with Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fernandez-Gil was accompanied by Spain's Honorary Consul in Liberia Manuel Cuenca, Carolina [...] | 2007-05-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SP LI |
07MONROVIA571 | LIBERIA ISSUES PRESS STATEMENT ON KEY U.S. [...] Acting Minister of Health S. Mohammed Sheriff called Poloff May 15 to alert Embassy to the Ministry of Health's issuance of a press release along the lines of the U.S. objectives at the annual World Health Assembly. The press release appeared in the May 15 "Inquirer" newspaper. 2. Text of p [...] | 2007-05-15 17:29:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO LI |
07MONROVIA579 | LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON HCOC "INREACH" - ENCOURAGING [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche May 16 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Minister for American Affairs Moiba Fofana. Fofana said he would brief Minister of Foreign Affairs George Wallace on the demarche. 2. (SBU) Fofana requested the full text of the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC [...] | 2007-05-17 10:05:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA MTCRE LI |
07MONROVIA590 | LIBERIA DEMARCHE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 AND [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche May 18 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Minister for American Affairs Moiba Fofana. Fofana had no substantive response. Mazel [...] | 2007-05-18 15:51:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR LI |
07MONROVIA591 | LIBERIA: SCENE SETTER FOR HDAC CODEL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the May 31-June 2 visit of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) congressional delegation. Liberia is at a critical moment in its history, emerging from 14 years of civil war under a democratically elected government that has been in office a year and a half. [...] | 2007-05-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID ECON LI |
07MONROVIA623 | LIBERIA: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION MOVES [...] (C) Summary. Over the past two months, the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has been working with the international community to put policies and practices in place that will instill donor confidence and permit resumption of funding of the TRC's activities. Many strides have [...] | 2007-05-24 17:11:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID LI |
07MONROVIA665 | LIBERIA: DEATH OF M. MOUSSA CISSE AND RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) M. Moussa Cisse a/k/a Mamadee KAMARA, former Chief of Presidential Protocol for former President Charles Taylor, who was an individual subject to the measures imposed by paragraph 4 of Security Council Resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia, has died in Liberia. JFK Hospital Medical [...] | 2007-06-06 08:19:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL LI |
07MONROVIA666 | CODEL PRICE VISIT TO LIBERIA [...] Summary. Members of the U.S. House of Representatives David Price (D-NC),Chairman of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC),Jeff Fortenberry (R-NEB),and Gwen Moore (D-WIS),visited Liberia May 31-June 2. Their visit followed up on a July 2006 visit to the Liberian Congress by U. [...] | 2007-06-06 09:30:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV OREP KDEM EAID LI |
07MONROVIA863 | LIBERIA: CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE WEAH AND CDC [...] (C) Summary: On July 6, George Weah, leader of the Coalition for Democratic Change and unsuccessful Presidential Candidate in 2005, met with the Ambassador to discuss his views of the current government led by Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. He spoke at length about problems the CDC has with the Sirle [...] | 2007-07-18 14:31:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI LI |
07MONROVIA910 | LIBERIA: SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the August 16, 2007 visit of the Congressional delegation led by Representative Nita Lowey, Chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations. Liberia is at a critical moment in its history, emerging from 14 years of civil war under a d [...] | 2007-07-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL EAID ECON LI |
07MONROVIA961 | LIBERIA: GOVERNMENT REVOKES DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-03 10:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CVIS PREL PTER LI |
07MONTERREY963 | OUTREACH TO THE MONTERREY PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (SBU) To expand our ties to the Monterrey business community, the Consulate has initiated an informal Business Roundtable, i.e., a bimonthly breakfast with selected private sector and industry leaders. At the first session of this roundtable on November 26, we hosted representatives from key [...] | 2007-11-30 17:08:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EPET PGOV PREL SNAR MX |
07MONTEVIDEO1001 | CHAVEZ UNDER FIRE IN URUGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been a favorite subject of the media and political columnists in Uruguay, who more often than not highlight his faults. This was exemplified by a flurry of recent articles and editorials that have cast Chavez in a negative light. Several ar [...] | 2007-11-27 18:57:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KPAO VE UY |
07MONTEVIDEO1017 | URUGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, SOUTHCOM [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The U.S. Mission in Montevideo welcomes you and your delegation's visit to Uruguay. Though led by a left-leaning government, Uruguay shares many of our values and remains an island of democratic stability and good governance in a turbulent region. Your arrival [...] | 2007-12-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MARR MASS UY |
07MONTEVIDEO1020 | URUGUAY: DEMARCHE ON U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) A/DCM delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Jose Luis Cancela, Director General of the Secretariat and the third most senior offical at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 3. Cancela took the NIE seriously and over the course of a detailed discussion commented that the GO [...] | 2007-12-05 19:23:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM UY IR |
07MONTEVIDEO1027 | UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 19:17:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UNGA UY |
07MONTEVIDEO1050 | SECRETARY CHAO HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL COMPETITION FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao highlighted the critical need to create the right climate for growth in light of global competition for talent. She spoke about ways to manage emigration and provide retraining for employees affected by the opening economies. During a two-day v [...] | 2007-12-19 18:09:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO ELAB ETRD UY |
07MONTEVIDEO1052 | URUGUAY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNREGISTERED AGENTS [...] (C) On December 19, per instructions reftel, Charge discussed subject talking points with MFA Americas Desk Director Laura Dupuy. She listened attentively and first referred to the arrested Uruguayan citizen (Rodolfo Edgardo Wanseele Paciello) asking, "How serious are the charges against some [...] | 2007-12-19 21:18:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR UY |
07MONTEVIDEO1061 | FRENTE AMPLIO: UNABLE TO ELECT A LEADER, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) failed to elect a new leader to head the coalition's political apparatus during its semi-annual congress December 13-16. Coalition leaders worked late into the night before and during the meetings, seeking consensus as to who would lead the FA, an importa [...] | 2007-12-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD UY |
07MONTEVIDEO121 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY SUPPORTIVE OF ONE-YEAR [...] (C) On February 8, DCM met with the MFA's Director General for Political Affairs Alvaro Gallardo regarding reftel demarche aimed at impressing on China the need to support a one-year renewal for MINUSTAH at current authorized force levels, with the intention of further renewals. The demarche w [...] | 2007-02-08 16:22:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC MASS UN HA UY |
07MONTEVIDEO175 | GOU OKAYS STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT FOR MARCH [...] (SBU) Per instructions reftel, Embassy delivered subject diplomatic note No. 029 dated February 13, 2007 to the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On February 23, Embassy received the GOU's reply note from the office of the Presidency dated February 23, 2007 agreeing to the conditions set [...] | 2007-02-23 19:50:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS KTIA PREL UY |
07MONTEVIDEO189 | URUGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: American Embassy Montevideo and I warmly welcome your participation in President Bush's historic visit to Uruguay. Though led by a left-leaning government, Uruguay shares many of our values and remains an island of democratic stability and good governance in a tu [...] | 2007-02-27 14:40:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV ECON UY |
07MONTEVIDEO216 | LULA ATTEMPTS TO REKINDLE RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's President Lula, accompanied by a high-level delegation, came to Uruguay on February 26 for a 6-hour visit to repair a strained relationship with President Vazquez. The two presidents met in a cordial atmosphere at the presidential retreat in Anchorena, the same venue whe [...] | 2007-03-05 21:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD UY |
07MONTEVIDEO253 | POTUS VISIT TO URUGUAY A RESOUNDING SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bush's March 9-11 visit to Uruguay was overwhelmingly positive for our bilateral relations and we believe very successful in spreading the message that the U.S. favors good relations with governments in the region that respect democracy, the rule of law and human right [...] | 2007-03-14 13:01:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP BUSH GEORGE PREL PGOV ECON UY |
07MONTEVIDEO287 | EX-GUERRILLA'S INVOLVEMENT IN US BUSINESS DEAL [...] (C) This telegram contains an action request for the Department in paragraphs 1 and 6. 2. (S) Summary: It has recently come to our attention that a promising counter-trade deal between the GOU and U.S. firm General Electric (GE) includes the key participation of a nefarious former Tupamaro guerri [...] | 2007-03-20 19:34:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | PTER PREL ETRD ASEC UY |
07MONTEVIDEO345 | URUGUAY ON THE PEACEKEEPING CHALLENGE AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: This telegram provides local context on the challenge of finding enough troops, military observers and police to staff new UN peacekeeping missions in Africa (ref A). Uruguay is likely to maintain its unmatched per capita contributions to PKO, and it appears well disposed to join [...] | 2007-04-04 17:40:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MOPS MARR UY |
07MONTEVIDEO376 | THREATS HIGHLIGHT STAKES IN PULP MILL DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. Threats against Uruguay's Botnia pulp mill were largely discounted this week, but they highlight the regional tension which surrounds upcoming mediation between Uruguay and Argentina in Madrid beginning April 17. One international bridge remains blocked since November 20 and ano [...] | 2007-04-13 20:08:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV SOCI ETRD AR UY |
07MONTEVIDEO414 | URUGUAY WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) Embassy privately discussed reftel issue with senior GOU civilian and military officials. Officials said that Uruguay is generally very much interested in UN peacekeeping operations, but will not consider military or other contributions to the Iraq Coalition because of domestic and regiona [...] | 2007-04-30 19:46:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER |
07MONTEVIDEO440 | URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON BELARUS UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (C) On May 8, Charge raised reftel demarche with the MFA's Secretary General Ambassador Jose Luis Cancela, stressing the SIPDIS need to keep human rights violators such as Belarus off the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Cancela who appeared keenly interested in the subject said that Uruguay " [...] | 2007-05-08 17:48:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UY |
07MONTEVIDEO445 | URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA [...] (S) On May 8, Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Acting Director General for Political Affairs Gerardo Prato. Prato was keenly attentive to all of the general, political, military, economic and social points presented. He lamented that a paper copy of the demarche could not be left [...] | 2007-05-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER PINS VE IR UY |
07MONTEVIDEO454 | URUGUAY: AMBASSADOR'S ASSESMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) We have taken ref B demarche very seriously. Embassy Montevideo has adequately covered allof the bases with the exception of Foreign Minister Reinaldo Gargano. He is very anti-US and I fear it would be counterproductive for me to directly approach him on this topic. Gargano is the only one [...] | 2007-05-10 16:12:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC UY |
07MONTEVIDEO483 | SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT - URUGUAY [...] (C) Upon taking office on March 1, 2005, the left-of-center Frente Amplio government immediately renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, which had been previously suspended by the Batlle administration. This move appears to have been a gesture by President Vazquez to the more radical elements [...] | 2007-05-16 20:04:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU UY |
07MONTEVIDEO569 | URUGUAY DEMARCHED ON CUBA, BELARUS AND PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Per instructions, PolCouns orally presented reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Fernando Lugris at the first available opportunity. Lugris said that Human Rights Office Director Alejandra De Bellis was in Geneva attending the Human Rights Council's Fifth Session along [...] | 2007-06-14 19:50:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UY |
07MONTEVIDEO611 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S NICHOLAS R. BURNS' VISIT TO [...] (C) American Embassy Montevideo and I warmly welcome you, WHA A/S Thomas A. Shannon and the other members of your distinguished delegation to Uruguay. Your July 10-11 visit comes at an especially auspicious time: only three months after the historic POTUS visit and right on the eve of Secret [...] | 2007-06-27 14:28:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD MARR PHUM ECON OVIP OTRA UY |
07MONTEVIDEO625 | URUGUAY ON TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TROOPS FOR THE [...] (SBU) On July 29, DCM separately delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director General for the Secretariat, Ambassador Jose Luis Cancela and to the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Jorge Washington Rosales. Per instructions reftel, he urged the GOU to contribute troops, military obs [...] | 2007-07-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU UY |
07MONTEVIDEO699 | CONSTRUCTIVE GOOD WILL: U/S BURNS' JULY 10-11 [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, densely-packed visit to Uruguay substantially advanced our bilateral relations and key U.S. foreign policy objectives. Trade, the fight against poverty, UN peacekeeping operations (PKO),MERCOSUR, Venezuela, WTO, e [...] | 2007-07-27 15:13:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC OVIP PTER UY |
07MONTEVIDEO707 | SUBSTANTIVE ENGAGEMENT: A/S SHANNON JULY 10-11 [...] (C) Summary. Arriving in Montevideo several hours ahead of U/S Burns on July 10, A/S Shannon,s pre-visit to Uruguay was very successful and advanced important U.S. foreign policy objectives. The pulp mill dispute with Argentina, Uruguay,s $20 million Haiti proposal, trade, Bolivia, Venezuela [...] | 2007-07-31 18:51:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC OVIP PTER UY |
07MONTEVIDEO714 | TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO URUGUAY JULY [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Paulson's July 11-12 visit to Uruguay was viewed as a positive follow-up to the President's March visit and to Under Secretary Burns and Assistant Secretary Shannon's visits the same week. The Secretary's SIPDIS initiatives on small businesses and infrastructure finan [...] | 2007-08-03 14:12:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL EFIN PGOV UY |
07MONTEVIDEO735 | AMMUNITION TRANSFER FROM VENEZUELA RAISES [...] (S) Summary: The Uruguayan media has raised questions about the purpose and origin of a shipment of Venezuelan ammunition to Uruguay. The issue centers around an attempt by the Uruguayan Ambassador to Venezuela to have a UY naval vessel pick up two hundred kilograms of "materials" from Venezu [...] | 2007-08-09 17:53:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PARM PINS PTER KCRM UY |
07MONTEVIDEO818 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY LIKELY TO SUPPORT UN [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to the MFA's Director of Mulitlateral Affairs Elsa Borges on September 7. Borges said that "in principle" the MFA supported the UN Secretary General's recommendations for a one-year MINUSTAH SIPDIS mandate renewal, maintaining current force levels with [...] | 2007-09-12 21:57:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR HA UY |
07MONTEVIDEO841 | UNGA COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Objectives and background regarding upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) meeting on the sidelines of UNGA and upcoming CD ministerial in Mali were delivered to Dr. Elsa Borges, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Multilateral Affairs for the Government of Uruguay. The information was received [...] | 2007-09-23 19:13:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA PGOV UY |
07MONTEVIDEO846 | DEAL OR NO DEAL? PULP MILL END GAME APPROACHING [...] (C) Summary. A deal may be in the offing that would finally resolve the long-running bilateral dispute between Uruguay and Argentina over the construction of a giant pulp mill on a shared river. Over the past weeks, GOU leaders have publicly and privately hinted that such an agreement was ten [...] | 2007-09-25 20:01:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SENV UNGA AORC UY |
07MONTEVIDEO89 | THE MERCOSUR RIO SUMMIT: USELESS FOR URUGUAY [...] (C) Summary: The following was gathered from press reports and from our close contacts within the GOU. It represents the view from Uruguay, where dissatisfaction with Mercosur has been steadily growing. President Vazquez's expectations for the Rio Mercosur Summit were reportedly "very low" [...] | 2007-01-24 20:20:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL ECIN AORC UY |
07MONTEVIDEO890 | URUGUAY "LIKELY" WILL URGE BEIJING'S SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) On October 9, A/DCM discussed reftel demarche with the MFA's Acting Director General for the Secretariat Daniel Castillo. Castillo was familiar with outcome of the Haiti Key Players Group meeting on September 26, 2007, in New York, but was unaware of the October 4 meeting of UN Security exp [...] | 2007-10-09 19:29:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PREL PGOV UN HA UY |
07MONTEVIDEO90 | HAGUE RULING DISAPPOINTS URUGUAY [...] (U) On January 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) rejected Uruguay's petitions for provisional measures which would have obliged Argentina to remove roadblocks obstructing international bridges linking the two counties. The early morning newscasts here implied that the Court had deci [...] | 2007-01-25 11:02:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SENV SOCI KLIG EINV AR UY |
07MONTEVIDEO917 | THE VAZQUEZ ADMINISTRATION AT THE HALFWAY MARK [...] (C) Summary: The Frente Amplio (FA) government of President Vazquez passed its halfway mark last month. This cable provides our assessment of the first half of the Vazquez administration as it relates to foreign relations, economic policy and domestic issues. Our overall assessment is posit [...] | 2007-10-23 19:22:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD SOCI ELAB PINR UY |
07MONTEVIDEO947 | URUGUAY ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - INFORMATION [...] (C) Introduction: This telegram responds to reftel action request for information. Methodology and sources used to compile this report included an in-depth interview by regional LEGATT (Buenos Aires) with Dra. Carmen Conte, Director, Direccion Nacional de Migracion and with Comisario Jorge Sce [...] | 2007-11-01 16:00:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KVPR PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PBTS |
07MONTEVIDEO964 | PULP MILL DISPUTE: ENOUGH IS ENOUGH - VAZQUEZ [...] (C) Summary: On November 8, President Vazquez gave the order to allow the Botnia pulp mill plant to commence operations. The order came during the Ibero-American Summit in Santiago, Chile. During the summit, on November 7, Vazquez met with the Spanish facilitator Juan Antonio Yanez Barnuev [...] | 2007-11-09 19:50:00 | Embassy Montevideo | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EINV SENV UNGA AORC UY |
07MONTEVIDEO98 | DUSTR VERONEAU SIGNS TIFA WITH URUGUAY [...] (C) Summary: DUSTR John Veroneau came to Uruguay on January 25-26 to sign a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) with Presidential Chief of Staff Gonzalo Fernandez. Accompanied by AUSTR Everett Eissenstat, Director Sue Cronin and Ambassador Frank Baxter, Veroneau met with Economy [...] | 2007-01-30 13:49:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL ECIN UY |
07MONTEVIDEO992 | SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF LIBERTAD ACT - URUGUAY [...] (C) Upon taking office on March 1, 2005, the left-of-center Frente Amplio government immediately renewed diplomatic relations with Cuba, which had been previously suspended by the Batlle administration. This move appears to have been a gesture by President Vazquez to the more radical elements [...] | 2007-11-26 15:53:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU UY |
07MOSCOW10 | DEFENSE REFORM: IVANOV ANNOUNCES TWO INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Spurred by public concern over the widespread abuse of conscripts, Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov outlined two initiatives to improve the quality of life in the military when he met November 16 with senior commanders of the Armed Forces. Ivanov called for the creation of Parents' Com [...] | 2007-01-08 14:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW1001 | U/S JOSEPH-RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. On January 29 in Moscow, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak co-chaired a meeting on the Strategic Security Dialogue. They discussed a range of issues, including: -- Joint Ini [...] | 2007-03-09 15:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | IAEA KACT KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RS START |
07MOSCOW1002 | U/S JOSEPH-RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK MEETING ON [...] (SBU) DFM Kislyak asked whether U/S Joseph had anything new on the issue of the denial of Russia's membership in the Australia Group. U/S Joseph said he did not. 2. (SBU) DFM Kislyak used this occasion to complain that the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) was requiring that cont [...] | 2007-03-09 15:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | IAEA KACT KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RS START |
07MOSCOW1005 | RUSSIAN INDIVIDUAL'S EFFORTS TO BROKER SALE OF [...] (S) On March 9, we discussed reftel information with Sergey Petlyakov, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Arms Technology and Transfer Policy Section in the Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs. Petlyakov said he was unaware of any arms broker named Arkadiy Vinogradov or efforts t [...] | 2007-03-09 16:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA RS SY |
07MOSCOW1023 | REGIONAL ELECTIONS: UNITED RUSSIA WINS THIRTEEN; [...] (SBU) Summary: Preliminary, unconfirmed results from regional elections held March 11 in fourteen Russian regions show the Kremlin-backed United Russia party in first place in thirteen of the fourteen contests. United Russia did not win more than forty percent of the votes in all contests, a [...] | 2007-03-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW1026 | FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE TO RUSSIA ON ARMS COOPERATION [...] (S) Sergey Petlyakov, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Arms Technology and Transfer Policy Section in the Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, told us March 9 that he would raise Ref B information within the GOR's interagency community and get back to us on Russian arms cooperati [...] | 2007-03-12 13:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC RS SY SU IR |
07MOSCOW104 | NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKERS APPROACH UNHCR [...] (S) XXXXXXXXXXXX told us January 12 that XXXXXXXXXXXX was aware of seven North Korean asylum seekers in Moscow. XXXXXXXXXXXX said XXXXXXXXXXXX had passed this information during a January 10 meeting with XXXXXXXXXXXX. The seven are laborers who had been working in a timber camp in the Russian [...] | 2007-01-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREF PHUM PREL RS KN |
07MOSCOW105 | RUSSIA REACTS TO IRAQ STRATEGY, IRANIAN [...] (C) Summary: The GOR publicly reacted to the President's policy address by repeating the need for "broad and real" dialogue among Iraqi groups and neighboring countries, including Iran and Syria, and indicating concern over the perceived reliance on a military solution. The MFA told us it r [...] | 2007-01-12 15:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR IZ IR |
07MOSCOW1098 | RUSSIA ENERGY: MORE ON LUKOIL AND IRAN AND THE ISA [...] (C) In response to reftel A, we have raised our concerns about Lukoil's investment in the Anaran field with Acting Foreign Minister Andrey Denisov and Lukoil President Alekperov. In a March 12 meeting with Deputy Energy Secretary Sell (septel),Alekperov reiterated his clear SIPDIS underst [...] | 2007-03-14 14:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR NO RS |
07MOSCOW1100 | SIX-PARTY TALKS: GOR VIEWS ON THE FIFTH WORKING [...] (C) On March 14, Aleksandr Ignatov, MFA Deputy Director of the ASEAN Department and a participant in the Fifth WG on the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism, shared with us GOR expectations for the upcoming talks. Ignatov, who has served in South Korea, will be deputy to Ambassador V [...] | 2007-03-14 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS |
07MOSCOW1104 | RUSSIAN MFA REACTION ON KODORI INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador March 12 -- and the MFA repeated March 13 -- that Russia was not involved in the March 11 firing incident in Georgia's Kodori Gorge. The CIS PKF had observed firing in the region, but the GOR had no further information and would await the results of th [...] | 2007-03-14 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR GG RS |
07MOSCOW1105 | CSTO: RUSSIA'S COUNTER TO NATO [...] (C) Summary. Russian observers see the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as a potential counter to NATO influence, particularly in Central Asia. The reintegration of Uzbekistan into the organization in 2006 gave it a much-needed shot in the arm. CSTO leaders, while wary of NATO [...] | 2007-03-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINR PREL MCAP MOPS NATO RS |
07MOSCOW1120 | OTHER SHOE DROPS: VESHNYAKOV OUT OF CEC [...] (C) Summary: Many commentators attribute President Putin's failure to re-appoint Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov to his public criticism of election law changes that were initiated by the Kremlin-backed party United Russia. Although many will miss Veshnyakov' [...] | 2007-03-15 11:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW1143 | KOSOVO: HARDLINE RUSSIAN DFM TITOV URGES PHASED [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Titov reiterated to the Ambassador that the Russian bottomline remained unchanged: the Ahtisaari plan was unacceptable absent Serbian endorsement, and Serbs remained united in their opposition to the proposal. Titov expressed ange [...] | 2007-03-16 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS |
07MOSCOW1144 | SERGEY IVANOV'S MIXED LEGACY AS DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Minister of Defense Sergey Ivanov leaves behind a mixed legacy as Defense Minister. He can claim credit for increased defense funding and launching a multi-year modernization program for the armed forces. He also sparked some reform initiatives, like the Ministry's revi [...] | 2007-03-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MARR MCAP PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW1145 | AEROFLOT-BOEING DEAL - "FROZEN" NOT DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite reports that Aeroflot will sign a deal for 22 A350's with Airbus in the next few weeks, the Boeing deal with Aeroflot is not off the table. If anything, this week's visit by Boeing CEO for Civil Aircraft Scott Carson appears to have improved the chances for a Boeing 787 [...] | 2007-03-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW1149 | ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY SELL'S TRIP TO MOSCOW: [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Secretary of Energy Clay Sell visited Moscow March 11 - 14 to participate in the bilateral Energy Working Group (EWG) and to meet with U.S. energy companies as well as Lukoil and Gazprom. At the EWG, there was a good exchange of views on information exchanges, energy effi [...] | 2007-03-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW1198 | RUSSIA: PRIVATIZATION OF POWER SECTOR ON TRACK [...] (C) Summary. Privatization of Russia's electricity power sector, the fourth largest in the world, is set to accelerate this year. Electricity monopoly RAO UES is currently preparing final reform measures needed to sell off its power companies to the private sector, and hopes to close its door [...] | 2007-03-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW1209 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EAP ADVISOR BALBINA HWANG AND [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP Senior Advisor Balbina Hwang and PRM/ANE Program Officer Melissa Pitotti to visit Vladivostok April 6 through April 9, 2007. The primary purpose of this trip is to further USG efforts to implement North Korean refugee-related aspects of the [...] | 2007-03-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM OTRA ASEC RS |
07MOSCOW1236 | RUSSIAN MFA: AFGHANISTAN POST-FM VISIT; IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting, MFA Director Maryasov said Russia was evaluating further arms donations to Afghanistan, finalizing the debt relief documents, pushing for CSTO-NATO counter-narcotics cooperation, and sending a drug control official to Kabul in the "nearest future." During [...] | 2007-03-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR AF IR RS |
07MOSCOW124 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: LUKOIL, ISA, AND IRAN [...] (C) In response to reftels, Post has approached Lukoil three times over the past two months about the firm's possible investment in the Azadegan oil project in Iran. In Mid-November, econoff drew on reftel A points to express USG concern about press reports suggesting a possible Lukoil invest [...] | 2007-01-16 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW1248 | BURMA: RUSSIAN MFA SEES BURMA HEADING IN RIGHT [...] (C) In a recent discussion with Anatoliy Borovik, Chief of the MFA's Burma, Cambodia and Laos Section, we underlined the U.S. commitment to continue actively promoting national reconciliation, respect for human rights and a transition to democracy in Burma. Borovik told us that Russia did not [...] | 2007-03-23 05:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM RS |
07MOSCOW1257 | TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIAN MFA NEGOTIATOR ON INCIDENTS [...] (C) On March 23 we raised with Russian MFA Ambassador-at-large Nesterushkin the March 16 refusal of Transnistrian authorities to allow diplomats from Amembassy Chisinau into the separatist region. We handed Nesterushkin a copy of Ambassador Finley's March 21 intervention at the OSCE Permanent [...] | 2007-03-23 10:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MD RS |
07MOSCOW126 | RUSSIA: LIBERIA PARTNERS' FORUM [...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Emboffs delivered reftel points to the Foreign Ministry's Africa Department Director Igor Labuzov. He said that a Russian delegation would likely attend the Liberian Partners' Forum in Washington [...] | 2007-01-17 07:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL RS LI XY |
07MOSCOW1285 | AEROFLOT "BUYS" A350 AS UAC AND EADS CUDDLE UP [...] (C) Summary. In a March 22 meeting with Airbus, Aeroflot signed a memorandum of understanding to purchase 22 Airbus 350XWBs for delivery between 2014 and 2017. In a separate March 22 ceremony EADS promised the Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) five percent of the airframe work of the [...] | 2007-03-23 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EAIR RS |
07MOSCOW1287 | RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 1 [...] (C) President Hu's upcoming visit to Russia March 26-29 will showcase a thriving bilateral relationship, with the launching of the much-hyped "Year of China" in Russia, a publicity stop at Kazan, and the decision to open another Russian consulate in Guangzhou. Moscow's China experts differ i [...] | 2007-03-23 19:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS |
07MOSCOW1288 | RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 2 [...] (C) Despite the positive official rhetoric from Moscow and Beijing, Russian fears of a rising China will shape the future of their relationship. Continuing areas of concern to the Russians include the lopsided trade relationship (Russia's raw materials for China's finished products),real an [...] | 2007-03-23 19:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS |
07MOSCOW1291 | RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 1 [...] (C) President Hu's upcoming visit to Russia March 26-29 will showcase a thriving bilateral relationship, with the launching of the much-hyped "Year of China" in Russia, a publicity stop at Kazan, and the decision to open another Russian consulate in Guangzhou. Moscow's China experts differ i [...] | 2007-03-26 02:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS |
07MOSCOW1292 | RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS -- PART 2 [...] (C) Despite the positive official rhetoric from Moscow and Beijing, Russian fears of a rising China will shape the future of their relationship. Continuing areas of concern to the Russians include the lopsided trade relationship (Russia's raw materials for China's finished products),real an [...] | 2007-03-26 02:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG CH RS |
07MOSCOW1305 | RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK ON US RELATIONS, MD, IRAN, HOM [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on March 23, Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak noted that a visit by U/S Edelman was delayed by the replacement of his counterpart and GOR concerns that the format did not address overarching Russian concerns over US strategic intentio [...] | 2007-03-26 09:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM NATO OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW1316 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA: TOUGH TALK FROM DFM [...] (C) DFM Grigoriy Karasin showed little flexibility when Ambassador pressed him on relations with Georgia March 26. Karasin warned that a Georgian application to the European Court of Human Rights over last autumn's deportations would lead to a sharp Russian reaction. He said no process of nor [...] | 2007-03-26 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE MD BO UP KZ GG RS |
07MOSCOW1319 | ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM: DEMARCHE ON U.S. [...] (C) We previewed reftel U.S. initiatives to be tabled at the Helsinki ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting with Dmitriy Lukiyantsev, a Counselor in the MFA's Department of ASEAN and Asia Pacific Regional Affairs. Lukiyantsev said the GOR was interested in encouraging the ARF to be more respons [...] | 2007-03-26 14:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM ARF RS |
07MOSCOW1336 | GOR REACTS TO THE SIXTH ROUND OF SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] (C) While press reports had indicated that Deputy Foreign Minister Losyukov, the chief Russian negotiator in the Six Party Talks, had attributed the breakdown in negotiations to the U.S.'s failure to deliver, the GOR officially termed the latest round as "useful." The MFA statement noted the [...] | 2007-03-27 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS |
07MOSCOW1355 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A US-Russia working-level meeting at the MFA March 27 discussed the June 11-12 meeting in Kazakhstan of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),and considered recruitment efforts with both the EU and the OSCE to broaden participation in the Global Initiative. [...] | 2007-03-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL PTER PINR KGIT RS |
07MOSCOW1367 | NEW CEC CHAIR CHUROV [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 27, the Central Election Commission (CEC) elected Vladimir Churov as its new chairman. A physicist and St. Petersburg native, with long-standing ties to Putin, Churov announced that he would implement electoral law, not debate it. Duma members and civil society repr [...] | 2007-03-29 06:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW1374 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: CALM BEFORE THE STORM? [...] (C) Russian non-official commentators have shown little interest in reacting to the Georgian suit against Russia in the European Court for Human Rights. Even Sergey Markov -- usually the shrillest parrot of any line the Kremlin takes -- called for handling the matter between the foreign minist [...] | 2007-03-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR EU GG RS |
07MOSCOW1392 | MIDDLE EAST: MFA ON NUG, IRAQ, LEBANON, WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MFA STRESSED IN A RECENT MEETING THAT THE FORMATION OF A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT REPRESENTED A MILESTONE IN HAMAS' SLOW EVOLUTION AND SUGGESTED THE QUARTET SHOULD REVISIT ITS POLICIES ON CONTACTS AND ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. MFA DIRECTOR FOR T [...] | 2007-03-29 14:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS IZ LE MO WI SU RS |
07MOSCOW1413 | RUSSIA TO REVIEW TALIBAN LIST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-30 10:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | AF RS EFIN ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UNSC |
07MOSCOW1478 | UKRAINIAN CRISIS: INITIAL REACTIONS FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) In the wake of President Yushchenko's decision to disband the Rada, the GOR issued a statement early April 3 urging Ukrainian political forces to demonstrate wisdom and responsibility, and to act within the law. State Duma Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev termed Yus [...] | 2007-04-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
07MOSCOW1499 | SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETING WITH NATURAL [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, accompanied by the Ambassador, met April 2 with Russian Minister of Natural Resources Yuriy Trutnev. Responding to Gutierrez, Trutnev said that Ministry of Natural Resources' (MNR) inspection of the ExxonMobil-led Sakhalin-1 project was " [...] | 2007-04-04 13:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW1501 | MFA ON RESETTLEMENT OF NORTH KOREANS [...] (S) Chief of the MFA's Migration Section Aleksandr Chuplygin told us April 4 that in principle MFA had no objection to resettlement to the U.S. of the six North Koreans that UNHCR has referred (reftels). Chuplygin underscored that the resettlement should be done discreetly and that any publi [...] | 2007-04-04 15:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREF PHUM PREL RS KN |
07MOSCOW1521 | RUSSIA: NEW CONCILIATORY TONE AT ISTC MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 29-30 meetings in Moscow of the Coordinating Committee and Governing Board of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) succeeded in resolving some of the controversial issues facing the center, while defusing others to allow for their resolution down the r [...] | 2007-04-05 16:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | GG KNNP PARM PREL RS TSPL |
07MOSCOW1523 | RUSSIA: NEW CONCILIATORY TONE AT ISTC MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 29-30 meetings in Moscow of the Coordinating Committee and Governing Board of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) succeeded in resolving some of the controversial issues facing the center, while defusing others to allow for their resolution down the r [...] | 2007-04-06 02:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | GG KNNP PARM PREL RS TSPL |
07MOSCOW1535 | IRAN: SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION DECREE STUCK IN [...] (C) We raised implementation of UNSCR 1747 Sanctions against Iran with Petr Illichev, Senior Counselor of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Illichev reconfirmed that Russia intended to move ahead to comply with the provisions of UNSCR 1747 using existing legal authorities, b [...] | 2007-04-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN ETTC IR RS |
07MOSCOW1537 | NEW RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER STILL AN ENIGMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: More than a month and a half after his appointment as Defense Minister, Anatoliy Serdyukov continues to take a low-key approach to his new job. He has not circulated widely among Defense Ministry officials or military personnel, nor has he publicly articulated a strategic vision for th [...] | 2007-04-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR MARR MCAP PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW1552 | UKRAINIAN CRISIS: "NO SHARP MOVEMENT" FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) The GOR continues to keep a cautious but close watch over the unfolding crisis in Ukraine. In private, Russian leaders urge that the US and Russia advocate quietly for a constitutional resolution. DFM Karasin told the Ambassador and DAS Kramer to expect "no sharp movement" from the Russi [...] | 2007-04-06 16:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
07MOSCOW1579 | EUR DAS KRAMER'S MOSCOW TALKS ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) EUR DAS David Kramer held talks on Transnistria/Moldova in Moscow April 6 at the MFA with DFM Grigoriy Karasin, Ambassador-at-Large Valeriy Kenyaikin, Ambassador-at-Large Valeriy Nesterushkin; at the Security Council with Andrey Kuzin; and at the Duma with Andrey Kokoshin. Kramer stressed [...] | 2007-04-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MD RS |
07MOSCOW1606 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: GAS OPEC -- NOT QUITE [...] (U) Very few in Moscow believed that the April 9 Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Doha would result in a decision to set up an OPEC-like cartel. In the run-up to the meeting, Russia's representative Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko said, "the fact that a cartel agreement on price formation f [...] | 2007-04-10 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW1608 | IRAN: DFM KISLYAK ON VISIT BY IRANIAN GENERAL [...] (C) In an April 10 meeting with DFM Kislyak, the Ambassador expressed disappointment with the April 4-8 Moscow visit by Iranian Deputy Interior Minister/IRGC General Mohammed Zolqadr, who was designated in UNSCR 1747 Annex I as a key person in the IRGC. The Ambassador pressed for an explana [...] | 2007-04-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC IR RS |
07MOSCOW1631 | UKRAINE: RUSSIAN OFFICIALS CIRCUMSPECT WHILE DUMA [...] (C) GOR officials assured the Ambassador April 10 that the Russian government would continue to be an attentive observer of the Ukrainian political crisis while avoiding direct public involvement. Russian Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Sergey Prikhodko told the Ambassador that Russia w [...] | 2007-04-11 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
07MOSCOW1634 | IRAN: PUTIN FRUSTRATED WITH TEHRAN [...] (C) During an April 10 conversation with Russian Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Sergey Prikhodko, the Ambassador again expressed disappointment with Russia's receiving Iranian Deputy Interior Minister/IRGC General Mohammed Zolqadr, a individual designated on the UNSCR 1747 list of key [...] | 2007-04-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC IR RS |
07MOSCOW1635 | DPRK: AMBASSADOR INFORMS GOR ABOUT RESOLUTION OF [...] (C) On April 10, the Ambassador alerted DFM Losyukov to the resolution of the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) dispute and urged the GOR to publicly welcome the breakthrough and to push North Korea to fulfill its February 13 obligations. Losyukov said he understood the significance of the message, welc [...] | 2007-04-11 15:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS |
07MOSCOW1653 | RUSSIA-HUNGARY: WARMING TREND [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's late-March visit to Moscow continued the warming trend in relations between Russia and Hungary. Strong economic interests have been sufficient to overcome the historical legacy that dominates Russia's relations with some of its former s [...] | 2007-04-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG HU RS |
07MOSCOW1673 | DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-12 14:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR RS |
07MOSCOW1704 | RUSSIAN SCIEN... [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a luncheon meeting with EST April 10, Kurchatov Institute Director Mikhail Koval'chuk weighed in on issues ranging from Russia's proposed floating nuclear power stations to the power struggles between the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and the Ministry of Education and Science (M [...] | 2007-04-14 12:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KIPR KNNP KPAO TBIO PREL RS |
07MOSCOW1770 | RUSSIA: MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs met with XXXXXXXXXXXX. He described the new embezzlement and money laundering charges -- that Khodorkovskiy engaged in transfer pricing that harmed unwitting minority shareholders in Yukos' three production subsidiaries -- as a re-packaging of the charges in the first case. H [...] | 2007-04-18 07:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RS |
07MOSCOW180 | RUSSIA: POWER SHORTAGE OPENING DOORS FOR FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. Above average temperatures this winter have given electricity monopoly RAO UES some breathing room as anticipated power shortages this winter have not materialized, but a booming economy and underinvestment in power infrastructure still threaten to slow economic growth, if not add [...] | 2007-01-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW1809 | UKRAINE: GOR WAITING FOR COMPROMISE [...] (C) Since the early-April start of the Ukrainian government crisis, the GOR has consistently maintained that it is an internal Ukrainian affair and not amenable to Russia's overt involvement. The Ukrainian FM Yatsenyuk's April 16 visit was portrayed as "business as usual," during which the t [...] | 2007-04-19 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
07MOSCOW1810 | POLICE RAID INTERNEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police raided the Moscow offices of Internews April 18, confiscating financial documents and computers, and effectively paralyzing the organization's work with media outlets. While officials attribute the raid to an investigation of Internews' staff failure to declare currency [...] | 2007-04-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW1835 | TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS DENY "KOZAK-2" [...] (C) We raised the alleged "Kozak-2" negotiations between Russia and Moldova (reftels) with Valeriy Nesterushkin, MFA Ambassador-at-Large for Transnistria (April 17); Viktor Sorokin, MFA 4th CIS Department Director (April 18); and Andrey Kuzin, Security Council (April 20). We mentioned article [...] | 2007-04-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MD RS |
07MOSCOW185 | IRAQ: MFA INFORMED OF U.S. RESPONSE TO ATTACK ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-18 16:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER IZ RS |
07MOSCOW1877 | US-RUSSIA STRATEGIC SECURITY TALKS, APRIL 17 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Missile Defense (MD) dominated the all-day Strategic Security talks in Moscow April 17. The Russian side, led by Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak, contended that the proposed placement of MD interceptors and a radar in Poland and the Czech Republic, respectively, occurred along [...] | 2007-04-23 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MARR PINS PREL PTER RS |
07MOSCOW1895 | KREMLIN REACTION TO YELTSIN'S DEATH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Putin publicly praised Boris Yeltsin as a leader of courage and conviction, instrumental in bringing democracy to Russia. Official media echoed these themes, focusing on the positives of Yeltsin's leadership and making little mention of economic woes and instability o [...] | 2007-04-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW1896 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOR ON INTERNEWS [...] (C) The Ambassador emphasized strong USG concerns about Internews/the Educated Media Foundation (EMF) with several senior GOR officials, urging a quick resolution of the case. In separate conversations with First DFM Denisov, DFM Yakovenko, DFM Kislyak, and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor [...] | 2007-04-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID RS |
07MOSCOW1932 | PUTIN'S STATE OF THE FEDERATION ADDRESS: TOUTING [...] (SBU) Summary: President Putin's hour-plus address to the Federal Assembly on April 26 was - he emphasized - his last. To loud applause, he declared support for a "moratorium" on Russia's compliance with the CFE Treaty. He again condemned U.S. plans to deploy BMD systems in Europe. The bul [...] | 2007-04-26 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV PARM RS |
07MOSCOW1960 | RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 26 MEETING WITH AUDIT [...] SUMMARY (C) In an April 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Audit Chamber Chairman Stepashin remarked that the presence of former Presidents Bush and Clinton at the Yeltsin funeral will help improve U.S.-Russian relations. He also said that problems with Iranian payments for Bushehr continue to ho [...] | 2007-04-27 13:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW1976 | UNSC MINURSO MANDATE RENEWAL: RUSSIA ON BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNSC MO WI RS |
07MOSCOW1977 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MFA SATISFIED WITH CIVIL [...] (SBU) We shared reftel message with MFA Middle East Peace Process Section Chief Sergey Kozlov, who has coordinated participation by Russian civil society in the Forum for the Future. Efforts to contact the civil society leaders who attended the Forum were not successful in advance of reftel [...] | 2007-04-30 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KMPI ECON RS |
07MOSCOW1981 | RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 27 MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Zhukov emphasized the GOR's strong interest in WTO accession, mentioning he hoped to have an opportunity to discuss the issue with USG officials participating in a May 21 conference on corporate governance in New [...] | 2007-04-30 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2043 | TOUGHER ENVIRONMENT FOR PARTIES AS ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the 2003 State Duma elections, the legislative environment for the December 2007 State Duma elections has changed significantly: -- registration of political parties and their inclusion in the ballots for elections have become more complicated; -- the deposit t [...] | 2007-05-04 09:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW2062 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. FUNDING OF NGOS WITH DFM [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. assistance is intended to help Russia develop its governing institutions and not to interfere in Russian partisan politics, the Ambassador told DFM Aleksandr Yakovenko during a May 4 meeting. Yakovenko said that the State Department's Supporting Human Rights and Democracy [...] | 2007-05-04 13:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV EAID KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW2063 | GOR SEEKS DISCUSSIONS ON P-5 GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT [...] (C) In a May 4 meeting with the Ambassador on U.S. assistance (septel),DFM Aleksandr Yakovenko requested that the P-5 "gentlemen's agreement" on supporting nominees for various UN boards be discussed at the next international organization political directors meeting. Yakovenko said that the [...] | 2007-05-04 13:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KTIA RS |
07MOSCOW2065 | ESTONIA: DEMONSTRATORS QUIT ESTONIAN EMBASSY AS [...] (C) Summary: Pro-Kremlin youth groups gave up their disruptive protest outside the Estonian Embassy early May 4 as the Estonian Ambassador to Russia returned to Tallinn. However, pro-Kremlin youth group Nashi (Ours) began a new demonstration against the European Commission on the afternoon of [...] | 2007-05-04 13:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG EN RS |
07MOSCOW2086 | ESTONIA: DEMONSTRATORS SHIFT FOCUS TO EC AS OIL [...] (C) Summary: The Estonian Embassy was quiet over the weekend, and Embassy officials expect their Ambassador to return to Moscow in two weeks. At the 90-minute May 4 demonstration at the European Commission offices, militia outnumbered protesters. Russian Railways has capped shipments of oil [...] | 2007-05-07 11:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG EN RS |
07MOSCOW2128 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia and Ukraine during an April 23 discussion in Moscow lasting over an hour. Fried noted recent progress from the Georgian side (the release of an Abkhaz official arrested by the Georgians, toned-down rhetoric) and call [...] | 2007-05-08 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV ETRD PHUM OSCE UNSC GG UP RS |
07MOSCOW2166 | PUTIN'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY: MAY 9-12 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. President Putin appears determined to come back home from his May 9-12 visit to Astana and Ashgabat with a signed document that will guarantee 25 years of Turkmen gas to Russia -- something that the history of Russian-Turkmen gas relations suggests may be a difficult task. Some [...] | 2007-05-11 06:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG ECON KZ TX RS |
07MOSCOW217 | COMPROMISE ON CONSTITUTIONAL COURT'S MOVE TO ST. [...] (SBU) After much unexpected wrangling, on January 19 the decision was taken to transfer the RF Constitutional Court (CC) to St. Petersburg, as initially proposed by President Putin. CC judges, publicly opposed to the move, succeeded in retaining the right to hold sessions in Moscow. In a rare [...] | 2007-01-19 16:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW2189 | SCENESETTER FOR RUSSIA CIVAIR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary. This cable lays out some key U.S.-Russian bilateral aviation issues in preparation for the bilateral Civilian-Aviation Negotiations May 16-17 in Moscow. The Russians have told us they are preparing draft updates to the six annexes to our agreement, which they propose to use as t [...] | 2007-05-11 12:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2191 | UPDATE ON RUSSIA-ESTONIA STANDOFF [...] (C) Summary. President Putin kept rhetorical pressure on Estonia in a May 9 Victory Day speech, but Russian Railways (RZD) denies that oil product and coal shipments to Estonia have stopped. An RZD spokesperson said that, during its nationwide "annual renovation program," companies would need [...] | 2007-05-11 12:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET ET PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2199 | RUSSIA: USG WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY OBJECTIVES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) We shared Ref A World Health Assembly message on pandemic influenza preparedness with Russian Government officials at the MFA's International Organizations Department, the Health and Social Development Ministry's International Department (MOHSD),and the International Department of the Fe [...] | 2007-05-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO RS |
07MOSCOW2201 | RUSSIA AND A CFE "MORATORIUM" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak reviewed with the Ambassador Putin's April 26 call for a moratorium on Russia's compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty and his insistence that all NATO Allies ratify the Adapted Treaty without linkage to the 1999 Istanbul c [...] | 2007-05-11 15:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE OSCE PARM MARR NATO RS |
07MOSCOW2205 | DFM LOSYUKOV ON THE SCO, SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Losyukov promised "no surprises" at the Bishkek Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit--no membership enlargement, nor any demand for U.S. base withdrawal from the region. He predicted an SCO proposal for engagement in Afghanistan, [...] | 2007-05-14 03:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN IR AF RS |
07MOSCOW2206 | RUSSIA: COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The information and communications technology sector is the most vibrant in the Russian economy, demonstrating double digit growth year to year since 2000 and contributing more than five percent to total GDP in 2006. Despite the prospect of surging expansion of the IT sector base [...] | 2007-05-14 03:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON EFIN EINT ETTC PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2214 | SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN MFA "ALARMED" [...] (C) Russian MFA Ambassador at Large for the South Ossetia conflict Yuriy Popov on May 14 assessed the situation on the ground as "alarming." Neither side is willing to blink first, he said. The Russian PKF conducted a monitoring mission after the violence late May 13, and concluded that the [...] | 2007-05-14 09:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR OSCE GG RS |
07MOSCOW2226 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: CPC EXPANSION IN THE WORKS [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 press conference in Astana, President Putin told the press that he considered the expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) "possible," while President Nazarbayev said that additional oil shipments through CPC (the capacity of which would rise by 17 million t [...] | 2007-05-14 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2253 | RUSSIA ON REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE SOCIETY [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points on the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) to the MFA's Department of International Organizations and the Department of New Threats and Challenges. Vladimir Prokhorov, Senior Legal Advisor in the Department of New Threats and Challenges, responded that [...] | 2007-05-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL ECON RS |
07MOSCOW2316 | RUSSIA: MFA CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY BURMA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Rosatom's May 15 announcement of an agreement to build a research nuclear reactor in Burma caught the Russian MFA by surprise. Rosatom, however, claimed no one should have been surprised by the signing of an agreement that had simply been waiting for a Burmese response for two y [...] | 2007-05-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KNNP PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2317 | RUSSIANS ALREADY DEMARCHING OSCE CAPITALS ON [...] (SBU) On May 16 we delivered reftel demarche to Vladimir Andreyev, Deputy Director for the MFA's Department of New Challenges and Threats, regarding the proposal to conduct joint demarches to OSCE member states to solicit high-level participation in the May 31-June 1 Conference for Public-Pri [...] | 2007-05-18 10:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OSCE ABUD AFIN RS |
07MOSCOW2331 | CRACKDOWN ON OTHER RUSSIA SAMARA DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Russian airport authorities confiscated the passports and tickets of some Other Russia leaders and two Western journalists, effectively preventing them from attending the sanctioned "March of Dissent" in Samara (reftel). Although authorities agreed to the march, which [...] | 2007-05-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW2332 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: THE RUSSIA-CENTRAL ASIA GAS DEAL [...] (C) Summary: During the course of DAS Paul Simons's May 16-17 Moscow visit we spoke with several people about the gas agreements reached between Turkmenistan and Russia during President Putin's recent trip to Russia's southern neighbor. Most of those we spoke to said that they were not surprise [...] | 2007-05-18 13:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2333 | RUSSIA COOL TO U.S. PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND [...] (SBU) On May 16 we delivered REFTEL points on the U.S. proposal to expand and extend the G-8 Global Partnership (GP) to Valeriy Biryukov, Head of the GP Section in the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs, and his assistant Tatyana Balykina. Biryukov and Balykina had just retu [...] | 2007-05-18 14:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY RS |
07MOSCOW2334 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN: ESTONIA, [...] (C) EUR A/S Fried and Russian DFM Karasin's May 15 discussion focused on Estonia and Georgia. Fried assured Karasin that the U.S. supports the independence and sovereignty of Russia's neighbors and their freedom from a Russian sphere of influence -- but also urges them to develop good relatio [...] | 2007-05-18 18:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ETRD UNSC OSCE AM AJ EN GG RS |
07MOSCOW2356 | RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT: SHARPER RHETORIC, FEWER RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: President Putin met with EU representatives near Samara May 17-18 to discuss the future of the Russia-EU relationship, Kosovo and Estonia, and trade and investment flows. Russian and EU participants had low expectations for a positive outcome; the Summit was marked by few deli [...] | 2007-05-21 15:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD ENRG EU RS |
07MOSCOW2393 | THE 2ND ASIAN ENERGY OFFICERS CONFERENCE -- [...] (C) Summary. On April 19-20, Embassy Moscow hosted energy officers from regional Embassies and Washington DC-based USG officials at the 2nd Asia Energy Officers Conference. The conference focused on the still nascent oil and gas linkages between energy-rich Russia and energy-hungry Asia. Rus [...] | 2007-05-23 09:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2419 | OSCE: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN DRAFT OSCE CHARTER [...] (C) We met May 23 with MFA OSCE Section Chief Valeriy Maslin to discuss the Russian draft OSCE "Charter." Drawing from reftel points, we stressed that while the U.S. favored a Convention on the OSCE's Legal Personality, the negotiating mandate for the Convention was limited and did not exten [...] | 2007-05-24 10:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE KTIA PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW2421 | RUSSIA: REORGANIZATION STALLS REVIEW OF ART [...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Culture Deputy Director for the Preservation of Cultural Artifacts Yuri Godovanets told us on May 17 that review of art restitution cases are at a standstill until Presidential Decree number 320, which transfers responsibility over restitution to MinCulture's Depart [...] | 2007-05-24 10:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNAR PGOV PHUM PREL RS SCUL |
07MOSCOW2429 | RUSSIAN REACTION TO LITVINENKO MURDER CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR is highly unlikely to extradite former FSB officer Andrey Lugovoy to Britain, citing constitutional and other legal prohibitions against the extradition of Russian citizens. Official and unofficial Russian reaction to the May 22 British announcement that Lugovoy would be charge [...] | 2007-05-24 12:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW2434 | LATVIAN BORDER TREATY: DUMA RATIFICATION SLOW BUT [...] (SBU) The GOR has begun the process of ratifying the border treaty with Latvia, which was signed March 27 by the two countries' prime ministers and ratified May 17 by the Latvian Parliament. We understand from the MFA that although there are a number of required bureaucratic steps that will [...] | 2007-05-24 13:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS |
07MOSCOW2437 | IRAN AND DPRK: IMPLEMENTING UN SANCTIONS [...] (C) We discussed Russia's implementation of UNSCR 1737 and 1747 on May 24 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the MFA's UN Political Affairs Section. Drawing from ref A, we urged that Russia take a broad definition of OP 5 of UNSCR 1747 regarding "arms and related materiel." Safronkov noted [...] | 2007-05-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR KN RS |
07MOSCOW2438 | APEC: INVITATION TO APEC FOOD DEFENSE WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-24 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER TBIO EAGR APEC RS |
07MOSCOW2462 | RUSSIA BILATERAL CIVAIR NEGOTIATIONS: FRUITFUL [...] (C) The U.S. and Russian civil aviation delegations had productive discussions May 16-17 on updates to the Annexes of our 1994 Bilateral Air Transport Agreement, but no deal was reached. On overflights, the GOR continues to bar any use of the Trans-Siberian routes without a commercial agreemen [...] | 2007-05-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2472 | CODEL NELSON/LOTT: SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a vital juncture in Russian-American relations. As Russia moves closer to succession in March 2008, the more complicated this relationship will be to manage. There is a lot at stake: deepening cooperation in reversing North Korea's nuclear status and preventing the [...] | 2007-05-25 17:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PARM ENRG RS |
07MOSCOW2527 | RUSSIA: REYMAN'S RIO-CENTER LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary. Six months before the Duma elections and nine months before the Presidential contest, several economic think-tankers are laying out strategies for the post-Putin period. Most of these plans are descriptive, not prescriptive: they are critical of the government's record on modern [...] | 2007-05-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2553 | BOEING RUSSIA: CHILLING THE BUBBLY FOR THE "BIG" [...] (C) Boeing Russia and Economics Minister Gref confirmed to us that preparations are underway for three contracts to be signed on June 9 on the margins of the St. Petersburg Economic Forum. The contracts include the $4 billion sale of 22 787 Dreamliners to Aeroflot, an "enhanced role" for Boein [...] | 2007-05-31 12:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2563 | RUSSIA ENERGY: THE BATTLE OF KOVYKTA -- MORE THAN [...] (C) Summary: Rumors are rife that TNK-BP will lose its license any day now for the development of the Kovytka gas field, but a more complicated story may be playing out instead. Senior TNK-BP management says the company has offered Gazprom good terms to get the gas monopoly into the project a [...] | 2007-06-01 03:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW259 | DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, LEBANON, SYRIA, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov reaffirmed support for the roadmap, while expressing sympathy for Palestinian efforts to proceed to final status discussions, and flagged that FM Lavrov will resurrect the GOR proposal for a [...] | 2007-01-23 10:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON RS IS IZ SY LE |
07MOSCOW2590 | CODEL NELSON-LOTT MEETS WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S.-Russian Senate-Federation Council Interparliamentary Working Group Co-Chairs Senator Ben Nelson and Senator Trent Lott, accompanied by Senators Evan Bayh, Judd Gregg, and Richard Burr, met May 29 with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss current bilateral and [...] | 2007-06-01 13:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KNDP ETRD OREP NELSON LOTT RS |
07MOSCOW2595 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: IF THEY CAN JUST MAKE IT TO THE [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Kelin said May 31 that the upcoming Saakashvili-Putin meeting in St. Petersburg might serve one purpose: to overcome the legacy of bad blood left by last fall's confrontation. He warned that action on Kosovo between now and the meeting might ruin even that [...] | 2007-06-01 14:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW2601 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: KOVYKTA UPDATE [...] (C) June 1 has come and gone in Russia without the withdrawal of Rusia Petroleum's license to develop the giant Kovykta gas field. Interfax reports that Rosnedra, the GOR agency charged with license compliance oversight, has prepared a draft protocol confirming that Rusia Petroleum -- the hol [...] | 2007-06-04 03:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW261 | RUSSIAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS PREVIEW: STAVROPOL KRAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Regional duma elections in Stavropol Kray on March 11 will likely be dominated by the United Russia party, with the Communists and the second Kremlin party "A Just Russia" fighting for second place. The Liberal Democratic party and the Union of Right Forces will struggle to pas [...] | 2007-01-23 11:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2633 | RUSSIAN POSITION ON EU AS OBSERVER IN GLOBAL [...] (U) On June 4 we contacted Amelia Siderova, in the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR),and asked her to clarify (REFTEL) Russia's position on the potential participation of the European Union in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). Siderova resp [...] | 2007-06-04 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KGIC KNNP PREL RU |
07MOSCOW2649 | KOSOVO: MFA ON VETO, AND UN PERMREP CHURKIN'S LEASH [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting, prior to his June 6 departure for the G8 summit, Russian Special Envoy for Kosovo Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko warned that the international community was "close to gridlock" on Kosovo. He expressed concern over a potential effort to push for a quick vote within the S [...] | 2007-06-05 11:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC YI RS |
07MOSCOW2658 | SOFT POWER IN ACTION: MOSCOW PROMOTES RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow has ramped up its efforts to promote the Russian language in both the former Soviet Union and throughout the world. Observers say the program is aimed at using "soft power" to maintain Russia's dominance in its neighborhood and underline that Russia remains a great powe [...] | 2007-06-05 15:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW2659 | LOCAL PUNDITS ON RUSSIA'S ESCALATING RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: The latest Russian rhetoric against U.S. missile defense plans, in conjunction with last week's missile testing, is read by both pro-Kremlin and liberal analysts as further evidence of Putin's continued frustration with U.S.-Russian relations. They argue that the combative ton [...] | 2007-06-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW2682 | SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. The GOR is planning "no surprises" at the August Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Bishkek summit, according to the MFA's SCO Coordinator. Russia's goal in Bishkek is to enhance the SCO's activity in the economic sphere. Moscow judges that the SCO is not ready for enlarg [...] | 2007-06-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON SNAR RS |
07MOSCOW2693 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS CLUSTER MUNITIONS DISCUSSION IN [...] (C) Andrey Malov, Counselor in the Multilateral Disarmament Section of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, told us June 5 that Russia shared the US view that discussion of cluster munitions (CM) should remain in the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). [...] | 2007-06-06 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS |
07MOSCOW2695 | IRAN SANCTIONS: RUSSIA HAS FILED INTERIM REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 15:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN KNNP UNSC IR RS |
07MOSCOW2733 | IRAN: INFORMATION ON MISSING AMCIT PASSED TO MFA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-08 08:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL KISL KJUS PTER RS |
07MOSCOW2741 | RUSSIA: NO FLEXIBILITY ON CFE REDLINES IN ADVANCE [...] (C) Summary: The Russians plan to come to the June 12 CFE Extraordinary Conference (which they convened) with no new initiatives. Instead, they plan to restate their longstanding positions and to listen to what the U.S. and its Allies have to offer. Barring an unanticipated decision by NA [...] | 2007-06-08 11:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM RS |
07MOSCOW2755 | IRAN: IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-08 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW276 | RUSSIAN-CHECHEN FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY ORDERED [...] (SBU) Russia's Supreme Court on January 23 upheld a lower court ruling ordering the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society (RCFS) liquidated based on its executive director's earlier conviction for "extremist" activity. The court deliberated for about 30 minutes before announcing its decision. T [...] | 2007-01-23 16:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW2768 | MISSILE DEFENSE: POSITIVE REACTION TO PUTIN'S [...] (C) Summary: Putin's offer to collaborate with the U.S. in Missile Defense at the Qabala radar site in Azerbaijan has been hailed by Russian officials and most commentators. Most argue that Moscow's offer of cooperation should be taken at face value and seriously. By proffering Russian coo [...] | 2007-06-08 15:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR MASS MNUC RS |
07MOSCOW2775 | BURNS-KARASIN LETTER ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) On June 8 we sent Ref A Burns-Karasin letter to the MFA under cover of a diplomatic note. We also met with Ambassador at Large Nesterushkin to deliver a courtesy copy. 2. (C) Nesterushkin's first reaction was to criticize the U.S. for "leaking" the document; he said the EU had praised [...] | 2007-06-11 09:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MD RS |
07MOSCOW2856 | JDEC INVITATION DELIVERED TO RUSSIAN FOREIGN [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel invitation to attend Washington discussions on the Joint Data Exchange Center (JDEC) and Pre-Launch Notification Systems to the Foreign Ministry's North America Department on June 13. 2. (SBU) Aleksey Ivanov expressed appreciation for the invitation but noted tha [...] | 2007-06-14 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MNUC OPRC PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2857 | KADYROV: SHARP DROP IN KIDNAPPINGS IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kidnappings in Chechnya have dropped substantially this year with Ramzan Kadyrov's ascent to the presidency. The human rights NGO Memorial has recorded 17 abductions during the first five months of 2007, with none in April. This compares with 187 kidnappings in 2006. Human ri [...] | 2007-06-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR PREF RS |
07MOSCOW2860 | SUMMIT TIDBITS: PUTIN WITH SAAKASHVILI AND VORININ [...] (C) Russian MFA and Security Council readouts of President Putin's meetings with Presidents Saakashvili of Georgia and Voronin of Moldova at the Commonwealth of Independent States Summit stressed their constructive and friendly atmosphere. Concrete results were not noted, however. The MFA has [...] | 2007-06-15 06:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR GG MD RS |
07MOSCOW2924 | CIS INFORMAL SUMMIT IN ST.PETERSBURG: TO BE [...] (C) The 45-minute CIS informal summit on June 10 produced no results, but provided a forum for Putin's sidebar meetings with the Moldovan, Ukrainian and Georgian leaders. The MFA touted the summit's full roster of attendees and the Putin-Vornin meeting as noteworthy, but experts see few pros [...] | 2007-06-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW296 | DPRK: MFA ON ENFORCING UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) We discussed ref A request that Russia take steps under UNSCR 1718 to inspect flights and cargo of proliferation concern from the DPRK on January 23 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department. We also highlighte [...] | 2007-01-24 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC KN RS |
07MOSCOW2966 | GEORGIA-SOUTH OSSETIA: POPOV PLEADS FOR ROY REEVE [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador-at-Large for South Ossetia Yuriy Popov pled with us to ensure that Roy Reeve is extended as OSCE Head of Mission in Georgia until December. He said Reeve is a key brake against armed conflict. The emergence of Sanakoyev has made Kokoity hard to control and pro [...] | 2007-06-19 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR OSCE GG RS |
07MOSCOW2970 | CODEL NELSON-LOTT: INTERPARLIAMENTARY TALKS FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 27-28 sessions in Moscow of the U.S.-Russian Senate-Federation Council Interparliamentary Working Group, co-chairs Senators Ben Nelson and Trent Lott and Russian Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Mikhail Margelov underlined the importance of encouragin [...] | 2007-06-19 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PARM MNUC ETRD OREP NELSON LOTT RS |
07MOSCOW2975 | KOVYKTA UPDATE: ENDGAME NEAR BUT DEAL LESS [...] (C) TNK-BP Vice President for International Affairs Shawn McCormick (please protect) tells us that the deal being negotiated between TNK-BP partners and Gazprom regarding the Kovykta gas field (reftels) could be announced as early as June 20. The final details are not yet worked out, but acco [...] | 2007-06-20 03:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW2981 | SMALL BUSINESSES REPORT SOME EASING IN CORRUPTION [...] (C) Su... C O N F I D E N T I A L MOSCOW 002981 SIPDIS SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/13/2017 TAGS: ECON PREL RS Â [...] | 2007-06-20 07:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW2983 | PUTIN ASKS SERBS FOR AHTISAARI ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During the June visits of Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica and FM Jeremic, Putin apparently pushed them to come up with a counterproposal on Kosovo that he can carry to Kennebunkport. The GOR, however, remains committed to a solution based on a "compromise" between the parties, [...] | 2007-06-20 10:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR RS |
07MOSCOW2985 | USE OF RUSSIAN HELOS IN DARFUR RAISED WITH MFA [...] (S) SUMMARY: The DCM and other Embassy officers have raised new evidence of the reported use of Russian helicopters in Darfur with mutliple MFA officials June 13-19. MFA officials questioned the veracity of our information, but they agreed to look into US concerns, including end-use checks [...] | 2007-06-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR ETTC PREL PARM RS SU |
07MOSCOW3023 | DFM KISLYAK ON PRE-KENNEBUNKPORT PREPARATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting on June 20, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak reviewed preparations for the Kennebunkport meeting between the presidents. Kislyak said he was ready during his late-June Washington visit to work through outstanding issues on documents an [...] | 2007-06-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM RS |
07MOSCOW3024 | OSCE SYG DE BRICHAMBAUT'S VISIT: "REFORM" [...] (C) We met with MFA OSCE Section Chief Valeriy Maslin to review OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut's June 14-15 visit. De Brichambaut was in Moscow on a working visit and met with FM Lavrov, as well as with the Russian Security Council, Defense Ministry and the Central Electio [...] | 2007-06-21 13:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW3025 | RUSSIA INFORMED OF US POLICY ON LETHAL MILITARY [...] (S) We briefed Sergey Vershinen, Director of the Foreign Ministry's Middle East and North Africa Department, on reftel policy on exports of lethal military equipment to Libya, and we followed up June 19 with Sergey Petlyakov, Director of the Arms Technology and Transfer Policy office in the MF [...] | 2007-06-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC RS LY |
07MOSCOW3030 | CFE: POINTS ON UPCOMING US INSPECTION IN RUSSIA [...] (S) Drawing on reftel points, we notified Aleksey Ivanov, Deputy Director of the political-military section in the Foreign Ministry's North America Department, and Anton Mazur in the Conventional Arms Section of the Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs of the upcoming US CFE inspec [...] | 2007-06-22 02:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU RO SP NATO |
07MOSCOW305 | KOSOVO: RUSSIA TO BREAK WITH CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Welcoming a proposed visit by Special Envoy Wisner, the GOR's Special Envoy on Kosovo Botsan-Karchenko warned that Russia would break the Contact Group consensus on the Ahtisaari timeline at the January 26 Vienna meeting. The GOR will reject an "artificial" timeline, propose p [...] | 2007-01-25 12:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS |
07MOSCOW3054 | GAZPROM TO BUY OUT TNK-BP IN KOVYKTA; COMPANIES TO [...] (SBU) TNK-BP and Gazprom announced a deal today on the disposition of the Kovykta gas field in eastern Siberia. Under the agreement, TNK-BP will sell the entirety of its 62.9 percent share to Gazprom for between $700 and $900 million, with the understanding that it may reenter the field as a m [...] | 2007-06-23 07:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL RS |
07MOSCOW306 | RUSSIA JUSTICE INITIATIVE REFUSED, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Federal Registration Service again refused re-registration (reftel) of the NGO Russia Justice Initiative (RJI) on January 19. There is some evidence that the refusal may be due to greater attention to distinctions among NGO categories that exist in Russian law. Several othe [...] | 2007-01-25 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PREF PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3087 | DRAFT MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON NUCLEAR FORCES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL US RS |
07MOSCOW3088 | CFE: POINTS ON RUSSIAN DELAY IN CONDUCT OF US [...] (C) On June 23, DCM raised concerns about the Russian "force majeure" reply to the latest US request for a CFE inspection with MFA Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs Director Anatoliy Antonov. Drawing upon reftel points, DCM reiterated US expectations that Russia would meet its treat [...] | 2007-06-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU NATO OSCE |
07MOSCOW3114 | SIX PARTY TALKS: GOR URGES MEASURED PACE ON NEXT [...] (U) The GOR publicly claimed credit for facilitating Monday's transfer of frozen DPRK funds to the North Korean Foreign Trade Bank's account in a Russian bank. Calling it a positive step toward the resumption of the Six-Party process, a short MFA statement said that Russia decided to accommod [...] | 2007-06-27 07:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS |
07MOSCOW3137 | RUSSIA PREPARED TO DISCUSS IRAQI DEBT DURING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-27 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL IZ RS |
07MOSCOW3139 | HUGO CHAVEZ RETURNS TO RUSSIA SEEKING MORE ARMS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador expressed strong concern to Security Council Secretary Ivanov and Kremlin Foreign Policy Adviser Prikhodko over the visit of Venezuelan President Chavez to Moscow, June 28-30, on the eve of Putin's meeting with the President in Kennebunkport. Noting that the visi [...] | 2007-06-27 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON RS |
07MOSCOW3141 | AFGHANISTAN: LOW-KEY RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) We met with MFA Afghanistan Section Chief Yuriy Khokhlov to urge Russian participation at the Rome Rule of Law Conference on Afghanistan and encourage Moscow to contribute to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund for justice projects. Khokhlov said that Russian participation in the con [...] | 2007-06-28 05:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS AF RS |
07MOSCOW3155 | RUSSIA/MOLDOVA: PUTIN-VORONIN MEETING [...] (C) Russian Ambassador at Large for Transnistria Nesterushkin June 26 gave us a brief readout of the June 22 Putin-Voronin meeting. The meeting focused on bilateral issues, making progress on wine and natural gas prices. Putin raised Russian concerns about new Moldovan controls on imports to [...] | 2007-06-28 10:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR MD RS |
07MOSCOW3160 | NOPEC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (U) We delivered reftel talking points to MFA Russia-US Bilateral Relations Head Alexander Zakharov on June 27. 3. (SBU) Zakharov expressed his understanding that taxes make up the largest part of gasoline prices (a point [...] | 2007-06-28 12:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3161 | RUSSIA: EXXONMOBIL ON SAKHALIN 1 [...] (C) Summary: In a June 26 meeting, ExxonMobil Russia VP Ed Verona (protect) told us that Exxon has agreed with China on "price parameters" for gas deliveries from its Sakhalin 1 project. Reacting to recent press reports that Gazprom may try to force ExxonMobil to sell its gas to Gazprom or to [...] | 2007-06-28 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3162 | RUSSIA: DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY KIMMITT'S [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, Russian Deputy FM Denisov expressed SIPDIS interest in cooperating with Iraq for the long term ("we are optimists") but indicated that debt reli [...] | 2007-06-28 12:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EIND PREL PINR IZ KN IR RS |
07MOSCOW3207 | MOSCOW LOWERS CHAVEZ VISIT PROFILE [...] (C) Summary. Amid media reports that the Kremlin is attempting to keep a leash on the firebrand Venezuelan leader in the lead up to the Kennebunkport summit, Hugo Chavez held a low-key meeting with President Putin on June 28. The tete-a-tete meeting presumably covered two important agenda i [...] | 2007-06-29 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON RS |
07MOSCOW3232 | MAYAK TRANSPARENCY AGREEMENT: JULY ROUND POSSIBLE [...] (C) Both in the meetings of the plutonium disposition negotiations (June 19-20 in Moscow) and on their margins, Ambassador Guhin raised the Mayak transparency agreement with Rosatom Deputy Director Ivan Kamenskikh and Head of the Department of International Relations Vladimir Kuchinov, urging [...] | 2007-07-02 14:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG KNNP PREL PARM TRGY RS |
07MOSCOW3262 | ROGOZIN ON "GREAT RUSSIA;" KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: The charismatic and unscrupulous Dmitriy Rogozin is making another political bid to tap Russian nationalism with the attempted registration of a new political party, "Great Russia." Claiming to have siphoned off his previous Rodina supporters, dissatisfied with their merger in [...] | 2007-07-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW327 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a January 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Igor Levitin pressed for resolution of the state flights issue and urged the next round of bilateral civil aviation negotiations be held in Moscow. He suggested that armed marshals on U.S. flights to Russia [...] | 2007-01-26 07:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3338 | POSITIVE REACTION TO "LOBSTER SUMMIT" [...] (C) Summary. While extensive media coverage of the so-called "Lobster Summit" quickly gave way to euphoria over Russia's winning the right to host the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Moscow experts agreed that Putin demonstrated in Kennebunkport a desire to tone down the rhetoric and find ways [...] | 2007-07-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MNUC RS |
07MOSCOW3363 | NEW EXTREMISM LAW: MORE OF THE SAME CONSTRAINTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, in response to President Putin's December 2006 "Presidential Instruction" to combat extremism, the Duma resuscitated and passed a heavily re-drafted extremism law, over the opposition of minority political parties and concerns of some in the majority. The amendment [...] | 2007-07-10 06:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3369 | RUSSIA ENERGY: SPECIAL REP. MERMOUD'S MEETINGS [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a July 6 meeting with Special Representative for Business and Commercial Affairs Frank Mermoud, Halliburton Russia VP Simon Turton told us he sees Russia as the most important growth market for Halliburton [...] | 2007-07-10 09:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL CVIS RS |
07MOSCOW3425 | DEMARCHE ON SWING CANDIDACY FOR IOM DG DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-13 07:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG RS |
07MOSCOW3433 | FM LAVROV'S LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) On July 10, by diplomatic note, the MFA passed us the original of a letter in Russian from FM Lavrov to the Secretary regarding Iraq, a copy of which has been conveyed SIPDIS by the Russian Embassy to the Department. The letter is dated July 2007. 2. (C) Comment: We have been [...] | 2007-07-13 10:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL OPDC IZ RS |
07MOSCOW3434 | RUSSIA AND IRAN: MOSCOW'S SHIFTING VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Iran's nuclear program has posed an increasing challenge to Russia's foreign policy as Moscow tries to balance its strong interest in preventing a nuclear armed Iran against the political and economic considerations that have traditionally driven relations with Tehran. However, [...] | 2007-07-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETRD MASS IR RS |
07MOSCOW3494 | RUSSIANS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND CCW [...] (C) The Russians acknowledge that we have similar positions on cluster munitions and share the aim of keeping their discussion within the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). They also share our aim of trying to coordinate positions on cluster munitions well in advance of the November m [...] | 2007-07-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS |
07MOSCOW3507 | FOREIGN GRANTS BILL AND USG PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Some of our official contacts - most notably a handful of judges - are concerned that their participation in USG-funded programs could contravene Russian law. Many USG-financed technical assistance programs, from those of USAID and IMET to Open World and INL, provide funds and [...] | 2007-07-18 10:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID RS |
07MOSCOW3519 | SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Russian South Ossetia Negotiator Yuri Popov told us Russian domestic concerns in the North Caucasus will keep Russia hostile to the Georgian-backed Sanakoyev regime. Russian loyalty to Kokoity will last at least until the 2008 Russian presidential transition. Popov got the South Ossetians [...] | 2007-07-18 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR OSCE GG RS |
07MOSCOW3521 | MIDDLE EAST: RUSSIAN MFA'S INITIAL REACTION TO [...] (C) The MFA's initial, informal reaction to the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East was positive, with particular GOR interest in the President's call for an international meeting on the Middle East. MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East Peace Process Oleg Ozerov told us July 17 [...] | 2007-07-18 13:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS RS |
07MOSCOW3527 | LUGOVOY DISPUTE: RUSSIAN RESTRAINT FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The British decision to expel four Russian diplomats and take other diplomatic measures in response to Moscow's refusal to extradite Lugovoy in the Litvinenko murder case has elicited sharp commentary by Russian legislators and pundits. The official Russian reaction, by contras [...] | 2007-07-19 07:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM KNUC UK RS |
07MOSCOW3529 | RUSSIA ENERGY: OIL COMPANY EXECS TELL U/S JEFFREY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a lunch meeting with U/S Jeffrey, local representatives of Chevron, ExxonMobil, and ConocoPhillips told us that the best way to engage Russia and enhance global energy security is to focus on positive dialogue geared towards helping Russia improve its oil and gas investm [...] | 2007-07-19 08:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3531 | ABKHAZIA: RUSSIAN MFA DEFENDS STATEMENT, ASKS FOR [...] (C) We took the Russian MFA to task July 18 for its statement on the UNOMIG report on the March 11 Kodori Gorge attack. MFA officials Chernov and Tarabrin said the statement in no way criticized the USG, claiming its criticism was aimed at press commentary after the State Department statement [...] | 2007-07-19 09:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW3534 | GAZPROM ASKS U/S JEFFREY TO HELP "MITIGATE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 16 meeting, Gazprom Deputy Chairman Aleksander Medvedev told U/S Jeffrey that EXIM's possible withholding of financing for the Sakhalin 2 LNG project would be neither in the interests of U.S. equipment and service suppliers nor the United States, an export destina [...] | 2007-07-19 10:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3542 | IGOR IVANOV OUT AT SECURITY COUNCIL; VALENTIN [...] (C) On July 18, President Putin accepted Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov's resignation, which had been pending for several weeks (reftel). Ivanov first offered to resign in February, prompted largely by differences over Russia's relations with the West and concerns about the role of [...] | 2007-07-19 14:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3548 | RUSSIA ENERGY: U/S JEFFERY'S MEETING WITH ROSNEFT [...] (SBU) During a brief meeting on July 18, Rosneft Vice President for Finance and Investments Peter O'Brien (Amcit) told U/S Jeffery that corporate governance at Rosneft and other major Russian companies, while not yet up to Western standards, has improved dramatically over the past several year [...] | 2007-07-20 05:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3567 | AFGHANISTAN: MOSCOW STIRS [...] (C) Summary: Russia has sharply stepped up its engagement with the Afghan government since FM Lavrov's February visit to Kabul. Moscow intends to finalize its debt relief agreement with Kabul by the end of the month and is actively weighing increased arms supplies and initiating a program [...] | 2007-07-20 12:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS EAID SNAR AF RS |
07MOSCOW3579 | THINKING ABOUT KADYROV [...] (C) Ramzan Kadyrov recently celebrated his 100th day as President of Chechnya. Characteristics of the new order are already visible: -- The appointment of personnel who have no loyalties except to Kadyrov, and the steady elimination of those with independent ties to Moscow or independent bases of [...] | 2007-07-23 06:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW3650 | RUSSIA: STRATEGIC SECTOR LAW MOVES TO DUMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 17, PM Fradkov sent the draft Law on Foreign Investment in the Strategic Sectors (SSL) to the State Duma, currently on summer recess and reconvening September 3. The Ministry of Industry and Energy's (MIE) revised version streamlines the review process, broadens the de [...] | 2007-07-26 12:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EIND ENRG PREL ECON RS |
07MOSCOW366 | RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL CHIEF ON U.S. RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 30 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, IGOR IVANOV ENCOURAGED A VISIT BY DNSA HADLEY AND INCREASED CONGRESSIONAL CONTACT. HE FLAGGED THE JANUARY 31 VISITS OF BANDAR BIN SULTAN AND SAAD HARIRI TO MOSCOW, IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THE SAUDI INITIATIVE TO STABILIZE LEBANON. (BAND [...] | 2007-01-30 12:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS IR LE |
07MOSCOW3708 | RUSSIA: TRADE MINISTRY CONTINUES WORK TOWARD THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 12:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD BO RS |
07MOSCOW3716 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTION OF AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 13:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM ICRC RS |
07MOSCOW373 | MIXED MESSAGES ON ANTI-DEMONSTRATION LAW [...] (C) On January 24, a United Russia Duma Deputy withdrew amendments to the law on demonstrations that, if adopted, would have significantly restricted the circumstances under which public meetings could occur. The withdrawal seemed to spell the end of an effort by some in the Presidential Admi [...] | 2007-01-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW3736 | RUSSIAN NOTE ON SEA LAUNCH, MFA COMMENTS ON SPACE ISSUES [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On July 27, EST Officers met Andrey Kruitskikh, Deputy Director of the Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at his request. He delivered a Diplomatic Note regardin [...] | 2007-07-31 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA ECPS KSCA PREL PARM RS |
07MOSCOW3737 | RUSSIAN MFA DISMISSES REPORTS OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-31 16:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL MCAP IR RS |
07MOSCOW3777 | RUSSIA ENERGY: ANOTHER BELARUS GAS STANDOFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a repeat of the New Year's gas standoff between state-controlled gas monopoly Gazprom and Belarus (reftel),Gazprom issued a press release on August 1 that Beltransgaz (BTG - the Belarusian gas pipeline operator) has been informed that gas deliveries to Belarus would be reduc [...] | 2007-08-02 02:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3797 | NON-PAPER ON DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAMS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS CH JP RS |
07MOSCOW3803 | ABBAS WINS MOSCOW'S SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas concluded a three-day visit to Moscow with a July 31 meeting with President Putin, who assured Abbas that the GOR would support him as the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people. Abbas also met with FM Lavrov and First DFM Deni [...] | 2007-08-02 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS RS |
07MOSCOW3804 | EAP PDAS STEPHENS JULY 27 DISCUSSIONS ON THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary. During a July 27 meeting, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathleen Stephens and a GOR representative for the Six-Party Working Group on Northeast Asia Peace and Security, Vladimir Rakhmanin, exchanged views on the expectations and goals for the group, including plans up [...] | 2007-08-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KNNP KN KS JA RS |
07MOSCOW381 | AFGHANISTAN: TIME TO REENGAGE WITH RUSSIA? [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 2-3 Washington consultations provide an opportunity to seek support for the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan's security and reconstruction. While Moscow has been critical of U.S. and Western efforts in Afghanistan, it has also expressed inte [...] | 2007-01-30 16:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD SNAR AF RS |
07MOSCOW3817 | RUSSIA: GAZPROM'S REACH INTO POWER SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a July 27 board of directors meeting, electricity monopoly, RAO UES, approved the terms of an asset swap deal giving state-controlled gas monopoly, Gazprom, control over Wholesale Generating Company 2 (WGC-2) and WGC-6 in exchange for Gazprom's UES shares. Power sector reform [...] | 2007-08-03 10:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW382 | GERMANY: BUSINESSLIKE PUTIN-MERKEL MEETING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 21 meeting in Sochi between President Putin and Chancellor Merkel was businesslike but not particularly warm. There was a sharper tone in the political exchanges than there had been in the past. Putin told Merkel Russia would not accept a forced solution for Kosovo. [...] | 2007-01-30 17:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EU GM RS |
07MOSCOW3843 | SWITZERLAND NONPROLIFERATION MEETING INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On August 2, 2007, we delivered the reftel invitation and talking points to the international meeting on Integrated Nuclear Nonproliferation in Spiez, Switzerland to Laura Schmidt-Williams, U.S. Deputy Executive Director of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC),and to Vl [...] | 2007-08-06 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3854 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. RESOLUTION ON DRC ARMS EMBARGO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM UNSC CG RS |
07MOSCOW3886 | RUSSIA: NEW STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW GETS NOD FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a July 14-20 visit to Moscow, a GAO (Government Accountability Office) delegation conducted meetings with government officials (reftel),business associations, and Western companies to survey the GOR's review process for foreign direct investment in the country's strateg [...] | 2007-08-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW3887 | LITERACY AND HEALTH INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 31, 2007, we extended reftel invitation to the MFA's International Organizations Department. According to the Secretary of the Director of the International Organizations SIPDIS Department Tatyana Andreevna on August 7, 2007, the Russian UNGA Delegation will be headed by FM La [...] | 2007-08-08 13:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA RS |
07MOSCOW3892 | GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: MOSCOW CONTINUES TO DENY [...] (C) Summary: Russia's Special Negotiator for South Ossetia, Ambassador Yuriy Popov, reiterated to Charge August 8 that Russia played "no part" in the August 6 bombing incident in Georgia. Popov emphasized that Russia did not intend to let the incident jeopardize what he characterized as the [...] | 2007-08-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PGOV RS GG |
07MOSCOW3896 | NPT PREPCOM INFORMATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 25, 2007, we shared reftel information concerning the 2008 NPT PrepCom with Mikhail Kondratenkov, Second Secretary in the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Kondratenkov told us on July 27, 2007 that Anatoliy Antonov, Director of the same office, will likely hea [...] | 2007-08-09 11:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM KNNP ENRG PREL MNUC NPT RS |
07MOSCOW391 | APPROACHING RUSSIA ABOUT SUSPECTED AIR DEFENSE SITE [...] (S/NF) PolMinCouns made reftel demarche January 31 to Andrey Kelin, Director of the MFA Fourth CIS Directorate. Kelin denied knowledge of the issue, but said he would look into it. He added as a barb that both Azerbaijan and Armenia are concerned about the potential for U.S. air strikes again [...] | 2007-01-31 11:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS AM AJ RS |
07MOSCOW3930 | IRAQI OIL MINISTER SAYS RUSSIA NEEDS TO BID ON OIL [...] (SBU) Visiting Iraqi Oil Minister Shahristani told the press in Moscow that Iraq's 27 largest producing fields would be transferred to the Iraqi National Oil Company, which could then choose partners on transparent and commercial terms. The news appears to dash the hopes of Russia's Lukoil, whi [...] | 2007-08-10 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS IZ |
07MOSCOW3935 | NON-PAPER ON UN'S ROLE IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-10 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KTFN RS |
07MOSCOW3954 | FROZEN CONFLICTS: DAS BRYZA TALKS WITH RUSSIAN MFA [...] (C) EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed frozen conflicts in Georgia with senior MFA officials August 1. South Ossetia negotiator Popov agreed that South Ossetian leader Kokoity is "not indispensable," suggested Kokoity might outlive his utility "in maybe 3 years or so," but asserted that he wields r [...] | 2007-08-13 17:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW3978 | SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials tell us they expect "no surprises" at the August 16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek. According to the MFA's SCO coordinator, Russia will seek to use the Summit to focus on improving the functioning of the SCO, especially in setting pr [...] | 2007-08-14 16:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON SNAR RS |
07MOSCOW3979 | DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAMS: GOR REACTION TO NON-PAPER [...] (C) Grigoriy Berdennikov, the GOR's representative to the Six-Party First Working Group -- Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula -- told us that the GOR, in principle, agrees with reftel non-paper. However, Berdennikov underlined that the paper should serve not as the starting point, but [...] | 2007-08-14 16:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP KN KS CH JP RS |
07MOSCOW3996 | "PEACE MISSION 2007": SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 9-17 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) anti-terrorist exercise -- Peace Mission 2007 -- is the largest in the history of the SCO. Approximately 6,500 troops are participating, the bulk from Russia and China. SCO Heads of State, including Chinese President Hu, ar [...] | 2007-08-15 11:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER RS CH |
07MOSCOW400 | NAMES OF INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) As requested by reftel, following is post's list of Russia's five most influential women: - Olga Konstantinovna Dergunova Chairperson/President, Microsoft Russia and CIS Phone: 7 495-967-8585/8572 Mobile: 7 495-720-6075 Email: olgad@microsoft.com Address: Ul. Krylatskaya 17, Entran [...] | 2007-01-31 13:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW402 | RUSSIANS DEFEND ARMS TRANSFERS TO IRAN, SYRIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Visiting Moscow January 18-19, EUR/PRA Director Anita Friedt told Foreign Ministry officials that increased Russian transparency on arms transfers to sensitive countries could lessen the possibility of sanctions under U.S. law. Washington was willing to work with the Russian si [...] | 2007-01-31 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM MCAP PREL ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW4044 | RUSSIA SAYS NO TO FUNDING INFORMATION ACTIVITY IN GARMISCH [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, on August 16 we discussed the upcoming Information Portal Activity in Garmisch, Germany under the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),with Alexander Bulychov from the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs (DVBR). Bulychov told us [...] | 2007-08-17 12:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW405 | RUSSIAN MFA CONFIRMS POSITIVE CHANGE IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) MFA Fourth CIS Director Andrey Kelin briefed PolMinCouns on the Russian position toward Georgia's Kodori Gorge January 31, making explicit the positive change hinted to DAS Bryza in Berlin January 22. Russia will now accept the presence of up to 200 Georgian internal troops in Kodori (the [...] | 2007-01-31 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PBTS GG RS |
07MOSCOW4065 | PUTIN-YUSCHENKO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION [...] (C) The scheduled August 15-20 meeting between Presidents Putin and Yuschenko within the framework of the Russian-Ukrainian Intergovernmental Commission was postponed to late October or early November. MFA Ukraine Desk Head Vyacheslav Yelagin told us the GOU wanted to focus on the September 3 [...] | 2007-08-21 07:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UP RS |
07MOSCOW4087 | PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION MESSAGE DELIVERED TO ROSATOM [...] (SBU) On August 15 we shared reftel letters from NNSA Deputy Administrator Tobey and Ambassador Guhin to Rosatom Deputy Directors Spasskiy and Kamenskikh, as well as the accompanying U.S. comments on the draft joint statement on plutonium disposition. Kamenskikh has agreed to meet with Deputy [...] | 2007-08-21 13:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4088 | DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN AND WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In July 31-August 1 meetings, DAS Bryza's discussions with MFA, western and Russian energy officials centered on oil pipeline issues and Eurasian gas developments. Transneft head Vainshtok criticized the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, (CPC) and suggested it should only be expande [...] | 2007-08-21 14:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4111 | GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...] | 2007-08-22 12:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4113 | GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...] | 2007-08-22 13:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4118 | U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian MFA Officials expressed appreciation for the non-paper (timeline) on Adapted CFE ratification and fulfilling the Istanbul commitments (reftel),and agreed to review it carefully and prepare a response for the September 11 meeting between EUR A/S Fried and DFM Kislyak. The [...] | 2007-08-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW4120 | RUSSIA NONCOMMITTAL ON UNSCR 1540 SOUTH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-23 04:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF RS |
07MOSCOW4141 | "PEACE MISSION 2007": SCO MILITARY LINKS GROWING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts told us that the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Peace Mission 2007 anti-terrorist exercises, while deemed a success by many Russians, do not necessarily point to increased integration among SCO member states. The 6,500 soldiers involved in the exercises repor [...] | 2007-08-24 02:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PTER RS CH |
07MOSCOW4163 | MFA REITERATES TO VISITING OSCE SPECIAL ENVOY GOR [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and Spanish diplomats, OSCE CiO Zuzul used his August 22-23 visit to stress the need to reduce Georgian-Russian tensions, without focusing on identifying the guilty party in the August 6 missile incident. The GOR accorded Zuzul a mid-level MFA hearing, expressed [...] | 2007-08-24 13:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS PINS UNSC GG RS |
07MOSCOW4182 | KOSOVO: RUSSIAN ENVOY PESSIMISTIC, PUSHING UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 24th meeting, Russian Envoy Botsan-Kharchenko characterized the first round of Troika talks as satisfactory, but was pessimistic about prospects for the August 30 Vienna session, given entrenched positions over the Ahtisaari plan, which were exacerbated by Serbian and [...] | 2007-08-27 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SR PBTS KV RS |
07MOSCOW4185 | SCO: NO PLANS TO EXPAND, BUT GETTING INVOLVED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leonid Moisev, President Putin's envoy to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),confirmed that the organization has no plans to expand any time soon and maintained that the SCO would remain an economic club, rather than a military alliance. Experts agreed, telling us that [...] | 2007-08-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ENRG EPET PINR PREL |
07MOSCOW4232 | POLAND, LITHUANIA BREAK CONSENSUS ON EU HEADS OF [...] (C) Summary: The EU Heads of Mission Report, prepared for the informal September 7-8 EU foreign ministers meeting on EU-Russia policy, was submitted to Brussels without the endorsement of Poland and Lithuania. In an unexpected move, the Polish embassy refused to sign off on the assessment, a [...] | 2007-08-29 09:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL EUN RS |
07MOSCOW4240 | RUSSIA ENERGY: TNK-BP LOOKING INTO IRAQ, [...] (C) TNK-BP VP for International Affairs Shawn McCormick told us on August 24th that the company is venturing into Iraq, has sent a team to Venezuela with mixed results, and is optimistic about prospects in Turkmenistan. Its capital expenditure budget is up $700 million in 2007 to $3.4 billion [...] | 2007-08-29 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS IZ TX VE |
07MOSCOW4241 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-29 13:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA |
07MOSCOW4244 | RUSSIA ENERGY: YUKOS REDUX FOR RUSSNEFT? [...] (C) Russneft owner Mikhail Gutseriyev has apparently fled Russia as authorities seek his arrest on charges of illegal business activities and tax-evasion. Gutseriyev may be guilty, he has a dubious track record, but this may also be yet another case of selective prosecution against an oligarch [...] | 2007-08-29 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4247 | RUSSIA CALLS STATEMENTS ABOUT ITS RECONSIDERATION [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador-at-large for Black Sea Fleet issues Vladimir Dorokhin told us its diplomatic spat with Ukraine over alleged statements made by a Russian diplomat regarding Russia's legal claim on the Crimea is a "dead issue." Russia characterized as a misunderstanding the Kyi [...] | 2007-08-30 02:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK RS |
07MOSCOW4305 | DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov expressed strong support for the upcoming Quartet meetings and the Middle East Peace Conference. Saltanov proposed bilateral consultations in Washington or New York following his planned Septe [...] | 2007-08-31 11:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY |
07MOSCOW4307 | RUSSIA/GEORGIA: BAKRADZE VISIT FAILS TO EASE [...] (C) Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Yuriy Popov told us August 31 that visiting Georgian State Minister Bakradze did not hit it off well with DFM Karasin. The Russians appear to take Bakradze seriously. Popov worried that the planned "Peace March" to Tskhinvali could elicit a provocativ [...] | 2007-08-31 13:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE GG RS |
07MOSCOW4308 | RUSSIA WILL ATTEND EXPERT-LEVEL NEIGHBORS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-31 13:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ RS |
07MOSCOW4309 | LATVIAN BORDER TREATY: DUMA RATIFICATION IN EARLY [...] (C) Summary. The State Duma will likely ratify the border treaty with Latvia, but the MFA and the Latvian Embassy raised concerns about the treaty's passage in the Federation Council, where political grandstanding in an election year could possibly result in further delay. FM Lavrov postpon [...] | 2007-08-31 15:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS |
07MOSCOW4315 | MFA ON "SIGNIFICANT" SHIFT IN RUSSIA-BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Newly installed MFA Belarus Section Chief Nikita Matkovskiy told us that since Russia began to "put in order" its relations with Belarus in 2006, Russia has observed "serious but necessary" changes in the behavior of the Lukashenko regime. Matkovskiy underscored Russia's determi [...] | 2007-09-04 11:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MNUC BO RU |
07MOSCOW4328 | DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND OTHER NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Two contentious issues -- Georgia and the Russian charges against the American HOM of OSCE Moldova -- dominated the Ambassador's September 4 meeting with DFM Karasin (the latter exchange reported separately). On Georgia, Karasin said State Minister Bakradze started off on the wrong foot w [...] | 2007-09-04 15:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW4357 | POLISH PRESIDENT REQUESTS PUTIN MEETING AT KATYN [...] (C) Polish President Kaczynski surprised the GOR on September 4 by conveying his interest in a visit to Katyn and Smolensk on September 17, the date the Soviet Red Army seized eastern Poland in 1939, and requesting a meeting with President Putin. Polish Charge d'Affaires Zbigniew Rzonca told [...] | 2007-09-06 12:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PL RS |
07MOSCOW437 | FSB REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON AL-QAIDA ACTIVITY [...] (C) On January 22, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) passed a note to Embassy Moscow ORC requesting information the USG might have regarding Al Qaida financial activity in the Russian Federation. Below is an unofficial Embassy translation of the note. A copy of the original Russian-la [...] | 2007-02-01 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN PTER PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4410 | TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 12:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KTFN PTER ETTC PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4413 | RUSSIAN-ESTONIAN RELATIONS: INCHING TOWARD NORMALCY [...] (C) Summary. The MFA and Estonian Embassy suggest that Russia-Estonia relations are slowly returning to normal, despite lingering GOR ill will and unhelpful political rhetoric in both countries. Although no high-level visits are on the horizon, the two countries are closely coordinating on m [...] | 2007-09-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EN RU |
07MOSCOW4419 | GOR ON OSCE: UNRELENTING BUT MEASURED CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary. Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos's August 30 visit to Moscow gave the GOR another chance to air its grievances against the OSCE. This time, the GOR's criticisms were less sharp and there was no hint of Russia's departure from the organization. FM Lavrov, while calling the OSC [...] | 2007-09-07 15:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW4420 | RUSSIA WANTS A STABLE PAKISTAN BUT AVOIDS DIRECT [...] (C) Summary: Russia seeks a stable Pakistan, preferably under the leadership of President Musharraf, but is reluctant to weigh in on the country's volatile political situation. The MFA told us that the GOR considers Musharraf capable of maintaining government control of the nation's nuclear w [...] | 2007-09-10 02:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN PK RS XD |
07MOSCOW4433 | RUSSIA-SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS: NO FRICTION, BUT [...] (C) Summary. GOR officials characterized the August 30-31 Moscow visit by the South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon as "excellent" with no notable problem areas requiring serious negotiation, except the shared concern for North Korea's nuclear programs. FM Lavrov summarized the Russia [...] | 2007-09-10 11:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARMS MNUC KS RS |
07MOSCOW4447 | PUTIN'S INDONESIA TRIP EXPANDS RUSSIAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Putin's September 6 visit to Indonesia is indicative of the Russian goal of expanding economic ties with Southeast Asia through key industries -- energy and military -- considered crucial both to Russian economic growth and to exerting influence abroad. The pre [...] | 2007-09-11 02:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV ASEAN ID RS |
07MOSCOW4463 | RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN MISSILE DEFENSE QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-11 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4469 | Nunn-Lugar Roundtable: Russians Praise CTR, Call for More [...] (U) Summary: At an event co-hosted by the Carnegie Moscow Center and the Center for Policy Studies to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction, the Russian guest speakers broadly praised the Program, acknowledging its popularity and success. Some argue [...] | 2007-09-12 05:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER OREP ENRG MNUC |
07MOSCOW4480 | RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER UNSC MEETING ON BURMA, BUT [...] (C) Russia will consider our request to convene a formal briefing of the UN Security Council by Special Envoy for Burma Gambari (reftel),but believes that the situation is an internal matter not appropriate for the UNSC, according to Alexey Semenikhin of the MFA Department of ASEAN Member Sta [...] | 2007-09-12 12:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM RS |
07MOSCOW4485 | RUSSIA WILL SUPPORT US POSITION ON UNSCR 1540 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-13 02:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP ID SF RS |
07MOSCOW4490 | RUSSIA TO FOCUS ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director of Middle East and North Africa Department Aleksandr Kinshak previewed for us preliminary GOR plans for Iraqi FM Zebari's trip to Moscow, currently scheduled for September 18-21. The GOR will seek a commitment from Zebari to reactivate the Russia-Iraq Intergo [...] | 2007-09-13 05:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON IQ RS |
07MOSCOW4505 | FUNDAMENTALS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY CONTRIBUTE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's strong rhetoric during his September 3 remarks on the course of Russian foreign policy, and in particular his use of the term "red lines," differs little from previous GOR statements. While Lavrov emphasized Russia's commitment to cooperation with the W [...] | 2007-09-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR |
07MOSCOW4511 | WHAT ZUBKOV'S APPOINTMENT MIGHT MEAN [...] (C) President Putin's surprise decision to replace Prime Minister Fradkov with First Deputy Finance Minister Viktor Zubkov seems to have been the product of Kremlin clan rivalries, a wish to keep all options open, a need to ride herd over avaricious elites and a desire to at least temporarily [...] | 2007-09-13 16:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4522 | US - RUSSIA JDEC EXPERTS MEETING: RUSSIA CANNOT [...] (U) MFA DVBR Senior Counselor Vladimir Gavrikov told us September 7 that the MOD had informed them that their technical experts on the Joint Data Exchange Center would not be prepared to meet on September 26 as proposed reftel, and requested that the meeting be pushed back to a date in Octobe [...] | 2007-09-14 11:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4524 | MTCR PROPOSALS AND WHITE PAPER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC FR KSCA MT MTCRE PARM PREL |
07MOSCOW4526 | RUSSIA: TURF BATTLE OVER TICKET DISTRIBUTION COULD [...] (C) In a September 4 meeting, Delta General Representative, Leonid Terasov, told us that Russia-based airline ticket distributor for the CIS countries, Transport Clearing House (TCH),is probably behind the Government of Ukraine's recent actions against the International Air Transport Associat [...] | 2007-09-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4536 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche September 13 to Tatiana Smirnova, MFA Head of the Division for European Cooperation, Humanitarian Cooperation Division. Smirnova noted that the GOR was not planning to present criticism of other countries at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),[...] | 2007-09-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ECON OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW4544 | DFM LOSYUKOV ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary. In a September 12 meeting with Ambassador DFM Losyukov expressed satisfaction that the Six-Party Talks had made progress toward the ultimate goal-- the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. He believes the Six-Party Beijing Plenary is likely to start on September 19, and wi [...] | 2007-09-17 04:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ECON KN IR AF IN RS |
07MOSCOW4550 | MFA FRUSTRATED WITH UKRAINIAN POLITICS, SATISFIED [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova Viktor Sorokin told us that while senior-level contact with Ukraine continues, Russia is growing frustrated with the virtual paralysis in bilateral relations. Russia places most of the blame for the stagnation on the "divided and pre [...] | 2007-09-17 08:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL ECON UK |
07MOSCOW4583 | RUSSIA ENERGY: A WINDOW ON THE WORKINGS OF A SMALL [...] (C) Describing his experiences working in a small ConocoPhillips(CP)-Lukoil joint venture, a CP employee said his Russian counterparts cling to inefficient central planning approaches to business operations. He also noted problems of favoritism, corruption, and a disregard for principles of w [...] | 2007-09-18 09:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4584 | RUSSIAN RESPONSE ON UAVS TO SYRIA AND [...] (S) Russian MFA Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR) passed us a non-paper September 12 (faxed to EUR/RUS, informal translation in paragraph 3) in response to ref a and b demarches on the possible sale of UAVs to Syria and nanotechnology cooperation with Iran. DVBR officer Alexand [...] | 2007-09-18 10:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | ETTC IR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL RS SY |
07MOSCOW4585 | INVITATION TO GPOI G8 CLEARINGHOUSE DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW4592 | IRANIAN FM VISIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: Iranian FM Mottaki was in Moscow September 12 for what Russian officials characterized as a visit devoted to the countries' economic relationship. The GOR denied Mottaki's claim that Russia had agreed to finish construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant and supply Iran with [...] | 2007-09-18 13:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ENRG IR RS |
07MOSCOW4596 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON IMPORTANCE OF CLIMATE [...] (C) On September 17, Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko told Ambassador of Foreign Minister Lavrov's interest in participating in the September 27 - 28 Washington energy security and climate change conference. Yakovenko provided the Ambassador with a non-paper outlining the MFA's traditional c [...] | 2007-09-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM SENV RS |
07MOSCOW4601 | RUSSIA WILL OPEN A CONSULATE IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: The MFA Middle East Department told us that Russia plans to open a consulate in the Kurdish regional city Irbil in October, with the possibility to open another in Basrah. MFA official Elbrus Kutrashev expressed concern that the activities of Russian diplomats in Baghdad remain l [...] | 2007-09-19 03:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IQ RS |
07MOSCOW4602 | SEEKING HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT AD HOC LIAISON [...] We delivered reftel demarche on September 14 to Timur Zabirov of the MFA Middle East and North Africa Department. Zabirov said that the GOR appreciated that the Secretary's attendance at the AHLC demonstrates U.S. support for the Palestinian Authority and that a suitably high-level official wo [...] | 2007-09-19 04:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF EUN RS |
07MOSCOW4625 | SPANISH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO'S VISIT TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Spanish President Zapatero's September 28 meeting with President Putin in Sochi will focus on economic cooperation and trade, concentrating on a "big push" to stimulate the interest of Spanish investors. The visit will also reinforce traditionally strong Russian-Spanish relations [...] | 2007-09-19 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD SP RS |
07MOSCOW4626 | FEDERATION COUNCIL PASSES LATVIAN BORDER TREATY [...] (SBU) On September 19, the Russian Federation Council voted 177 to one to ratify the border treaty with Latvia. Despite fears that the Just Russia party might cater to the nationalist vote in election-year politics (reftel),they instead voted for the treaty with near unanimity in the first r [...] | 2007-09-19 15:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS |
07MOSCOW4628 | DEFENSE MINISTER'S OFFER OF RESIGNATION FUELS [...] (C) Summary. Acting Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov tendered his resignation late September 18 due to his relationship to new Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, who is his father-in law. Many question whether Putin will accept Serdyukov's resignation, noting that he had just begun his effor [...] | 2007-09-20 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4633 | POLISH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KATYN "CONSTRUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary. DFM Titov characterized President Kaczynski's visit to Katyn as "constructive," noting that Kaczynski had depicted Katyn as an historical event and focused on the future of Russian-Polish relations. Titov also said that any request by Kaczynski to meet with Putin would have been [...] | 2007-09-20 08:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL RS |
07MOSCOW4634 | RUSSIA-FRANCE RELATIONS: AFTER KOUCHNER, BEFORE [...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's two-day Moscow visit did not bridge the gap in the two countries' position on issues such as Kosovo and Iran. Both GOR officials and the French Embassy hope that the early October Sarkozy visit will provide an opportunity to narrow di [...] | 2007-09-20 09:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS |
07MOSCOW464 | PUTIN'S PRESSFEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Hosting a record number of journalists for a marathon three-and-a-half hour session on February 1, President Putin was relaxed and seemed to enjoy displaying his mastery of facts. Putin was upbeat and positive, especially in describing Russia's economic picture. Some commentat [...] | 2007-02-02 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW4647 | U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: INITIAL [...] (SBU) EST officer delivered draft Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Policy Statement on Civil Nuclear Cooperation with India (reftel) September 20 to NSG expert in MFA's Security Department (DVBR),Mikhail Kondratenkov. Kondratenkov appreciated the opportunity for Russia to have the chance to rev [...] | 2007-09-21 09:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KNNP KTIA PARM PGOV PREL IN RS |
07MOSCOW4669 | (C) RUSSIA ENERGY: EXXONMOBIL OPTIMISTIC ON SAKH 1 [...] (C) ExxonMobil Russia claims to be closing in on a deal to sell China gas from the Sakhalin 1 project it operates. However, Gazprom publicly and privately remains opposed and can block the deal regardless of what ExxonMobil,s contract says. We would not be surprised to see a compromise emerge [...] | 2007-09-21 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS CH |
07MOSCOW4691 | CHEVRON RUSSIA PRESIDENT ON CPC BREAKTHROUGH, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-24 12:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4709 | RUSSIAN ENVOY ON ABKHAZIA MOVEMENTS [...] (C) On September 24, Russian Envoy for the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict Ambassador Chernov shared with us his views on the developments in Abkhazia. He claimed that the September 20 shooting incident occurred in Tqvarcheli, "not in the Kodori Gorge," and noted that this demonstrated once again [...] | 2007-09-25 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS GG RS |
07MOSCOW4712 | REQUEST FOR FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON QABALA RADAR [...] (C) On September 25, we delivered reftel to MFA North America Department Acting Deputy Director Alexei Ivanov, stressing that the U.S. proposal for an October 9 experts-level meeting in Moscow is to discuss further the capabilities of the Qabala radar prior to the October 11 MD talks between [...] | 2007-09-25 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PARM AJ RS |
07MOSCOW4723 | READOUT OF ZEBARI VISIT: STRONGER ECONOMIC TIES, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Deputy Director Aleksandr Kinshchak characterized Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari's September 18-21 visit to Moscow as "successful." Kinshchak, who took part in the meetings, told us that Zebari gave Foreign Minister Lavrov a positive but [...] | 2007-09-26 13:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON RS IQ |
07MOSCOW4725 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIA SEES INCREASED U.S. [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Black Sea Economic Cooperation Division Second Secretary Aleksandar Fedorinov on September 26. He told us that Russia sees the Black Sea Economic Forum as the best way to increase multilateral cooperation in the region, noting that some of its working gr [...] | 2007-09-26 14:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU |
07MOSCOW4727 | FM LAVROV UNDERSCORES ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND "NO [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that Lavrov's September 11-13 trip to Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay focused on strengthening economic development of the region and projecting solidarity with countries instituting their own models of political and economic development. Lavrov stressed in his public [...] | 2007-09-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD XR RS |
07MOSCOW4728 | MTCR: UAV/CRUISE MISSILE PROPOSAL DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-26 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSCA PARM PREL |
07MOSCOW475 | ITALY: PRODI AND PUTIN TALK AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian Prime Minister Prodi stopped in Sochi January 23 to discuss Afghanistan and Kosovo, bilateral trade and the Russian president's March visit to Italy. On Afghanistan, Putin was critical of President Karzai's contacts with "moderate" Taliban members. Putin voiced concerns [...] | 2007-02-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RU IT AF |
07MOSCOW4770 | ODIHR AMBASSADOR STROHAL'S VISIT TO RUSSIA DELAYED [...] (C) In a September 26 meeting, MFA OSCE Counselor Denis Goncher told us that ODIHR Ambassador Christian Strohal's visit to Moscow, planned for the first week of October, had been delayed due to "scheduling difficulties." Goncher admitted that the MFA had not yet issued Strohal a formal lette [...] | 2007-09-28 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW4774 | GOR PLAYS DOWN BURMA DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The GOR again rejected U.S. calls for a strong UNSC response to the Burma crisis, but has urged restraint on both the Burmese government and pro-democracy demonstrators. Warning against "counterproductive" involvement by external forces, GOR officials emphasized publicly and pri [...] | 2007-09-29 03:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM BM RS |
07MOSCOW4828 | RUSSIA AT A LOSS ON HOW TO BREAK IMPASSE IN [...] (C) Summary: Although Russia has observed an improvement in its bilateral ties with Moldova, the GOR remains frustrated with its inability to pressure Chisinau into a compromise on the Transnistria conflict. Russia's de facto import ban on Moldovan wine and Putin's increasingly frequent one [...] | 2007-10-02 12:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07MOSCOW4831 | RESPONSE TO PKK TERRORISM IN EUROPE DEMARCHE: [...] (SBU) In an October 2 meeting, we delivered reftel demarche to MFA New Threats and Challenges Senior Counselor Vladimir Prokhorov. Prokhorov expressed dismay over the flight of Riza Altun and disappointment with the lack of cooperation between France and Austria. He told us that he would pa [...] | 2007-10-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN OSCE TU IZ EU RS |
07MOSCOW4833 | PUTIN ENTERS PARTY POLITICS: WHAT IT MIGHT MEAN [...] (C) Vladimir Putin's October 1 announcement that he would head the pro-Kremlin United Russia (YR) party list and possibly opt to become Prime Minister exhibited the President's trademark preference for the unexpected, and again reminded observers that he is at the center of this managed transi [...] | 2007-10-02 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW484 | ZATOKA CASE: THE POWER OF NGO PRESSURE [...] (C) Unexpected public attention to the arrest in Ashgabat of Russian-Turkmenistani dual citizen and environmental activist Andrey Zatoka (reftel) sparked GOR engagement in the case. An NGO representative raised the Zatoka case with President Putin, which apparently prompted Foreign Minister [...] | 2007-02-05 14:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SENV TX RS |
07MOSCOW4849 | CIS SUMMIT IN DUSHANBE: GOR EXPECTATIONS [...] (U) On October 2, the Kremlin announced that President Putin will visit Dushanbe October 4-7 to participate in the CIS Summit and two regional organizations' meetings -- Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) council meeting and a EurAsEC Interstate council meeting. GOR officials exp [...] | 2007-10-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR TI RS |
07MOSCOW4852 | RUSSIA ON DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. On October 2, the GOR requested U.S. assistance in the release of the two South Ossetian PKF personnel in Georgian custody (non-paper emailed to EUR) and in blocking the OSCE's planned October 17 session to re-examine the August 6 South-Ossetia missile incident. GOR officials e [...] | 2007-10-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW486 | REACTION TO FREEDOM HOUSE REPORT: IT'S NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The release of Freedom House's annual report on worldwide freedoms has created a small furor in light of erroneous local press reports that respect for freedom in Russia had declined to being on the same level as North Korea, Cuba, and Libya. The MFA reacted angrily, as expecte [...] | 2007-02-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW4894 | G8-BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE SUBMINISTERIAL, [...] We delivered reftel demarche on October 4 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department First Secretary Timur Zabirov. Zabirov conveyed GOR appreciation of Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried's attendance at the G-8 BMENA SIPDIS Subminsterial and said that a suitably high-level official woul [...] | 2007-10-05 06:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KMPI KDEM GM EUN RS |
07MOSCOW4897 | RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: IRAN, MD, CFE, ARMS [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak staked out familiar positions on missile defense, arguing that U.S. insistence on radar and interceptor facilities in the Czech Republic and Poland meant the 2 2 delegations would "talk past each other" and accusing the U [...] | 2007-10-05 09:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM EAID MASS ETTC RU SY IR IZ |
07MOSCOW4900 | RUSSIA WILL CONSIDER UNSC MEETING ON BURMA [...] (C) Per ref A, the Ambassador urged Deputy Foreign Minister Losyukov on October 4 to support a formal UNSC meeting to hear the report of Special Advisor Gambari on his recent trip to Burma, followed by a UNSC Presidential Statement. Losyukov responded that he would have to consult with collea [...] | 2007-10-05 12:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM UNSC BM RS |
07MOSCOW4910 | DUST SETTLES ON PUTIN'S SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Putin's October 1 announcement that he will head the pro-Kremlin United Russia (YR) party list (reftel) has been portrayed by the opposing Kremlin party's Chairman Sergey Mironov as proof that YR had gone into receivership, and had to be bailed out by the President. In a meeting with the [...] | 2007-10-05 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW4912 | RUSSIA-ARMENIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. According to the MFA, the September 25 visit to Moscow by Armenian Prime Minister Sarkisyan reaffirmed the historical strong ties between the two countries. Both GOR officials and the Armenian Embassy expressed satisfaction with the direction and extent of bilateral engagement. [...] | 2007-10-09 03:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AM RS |
07MOSCOW4916 | RUSSIA: CIVAIR: ENTRENCHED BUSINESS INTEREST TRIES [...] (C) In a September 28 meeting, International Air Transport Association (IATA) regional representative Dmitri Shamraev noted the welcome resolution of IATA,s problems in Ukraine (reftels) but cautioned that IATA was not yet out of the woods in Russia given the entrenched position of Transportat [...] | 2007-10-09 08:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4929 | RUSSIA WILL PROVIDE MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Concern over Afghanistan's deteriorating security has led Russia to propose a significant military assistance program to support the Karzai government. The MFA told us October 5 that a draft military aid package awaits Putin's approval. The program will include the direct trans [...] | 2007-10-10 06:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS AF RS |
07MOSCOW493 | MFA REVIVES UNSC MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE PROPOSAL [...] (C) MFA International Organizations Department Director Aleksandr Konuzin convoked the DCM February 2 to ask for confirmation of U.S. interest in revitalizing the UN Security Council's Military Staff Committee (MSC). If the U.S. remained interested, Konuzin suggested that Moscow and Washing [...] | 2007-02-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC RS |
07MOSCOW4931 | DUMA DEPUTIES PROPOSE MISSILE DEFENSE CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: State Duma Defense Committee Advisor Valeriy Ignatiev confirmed that the Russian State Duma deputies who are members of the Inter-party conference on foreign policy proposed on September 26 that members of the U.S. Congress and parliamentarians from the Czech Republic and Poland [...] | 2007-10-10 07:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
07MOSCOW4932 | WINTER CUTOFFS OF RUSSIAN GAS LESS LIKELY THIS YEAR [...] (C) Despite the noise created by the press, Russia seems to have learned from the PR blunder of shutting off gas to Ukraine in the winter of 2006 (ref D) and we expect a relatively quiet winter this year with respect to gas supplies. The immediate resolution of the recent mini-dispute over an [...] | 2007-10-10 07:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4939 | RUSSIAN EXPERTS ON MOSCOW'S APPROACH TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: "Balance" is the word used to describe Russia's Iran policy by Moscow's leading Iran watchers. Putin is sufficiently concerned about Iran's nuclear program to keep Russia engaged on the issue. According to the MFA, he will reinforce the point with Ahmadinejad in Tehran October 1 [...] | 2007-10-10 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MASS ETRD IR RS |
07MOSCOW4949 | SIX-PARTY TALKS: VIEWS FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. The Russian Government welcomed the October 3 Six-Party Agreement, terming it the best outcome possible at this stage, although DFM Kislyak cautioned about further "bumps in the road" given the nature of the DPRK regime. Moscow experts largely echoed the official view and encour [...] | 2007-10-11 05:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KNNP ECON KN KS JA RS |
07MOSCOW4967 | SPS CHAIRMAN STAYS OPTIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) In an October 10 conversation with the Ambassador, Union of Right Forces (SPS) Chairman Nikita Belykh reacted complacently to the effect President Putin's decision to head the pro-Kremlin United Russia list might have on his party's chances to cross the seven-percent threshold into the Duma [...] | 2007-10-12 08:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW4968 | DUMA DEPUTY RYZHKOV ON HIS FUTURE WITHOUT A PARTY, [...] (C) Outgoing Duma Deputy Vladimir Ryzhkov told the Ambassador October 7 that he, unusually for him, backed the GOR's resistance to independence for Kosovo and further NATO expansion, which he termed "real" foreign policy problems. The dispute over anti-missile defenses was for Ryzhkov a "virtu [...] | 2007-10-12 08:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5006 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES CFE WITH DFM KISLYAK ON EVE OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, A/S Fried and U/S Defense Edelman continued bilateral discussions with DFM Sergey Kislyak on the U.S.-proposed CFE parallel actions plan in advance of October 12-13 2 2 talks. Fried warned that if Russia followed through on its threat to suspend implementation of [...] | 2007-10-15 14:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07MOSCOW5028 | A/S FRIED - DFM KARASIN, DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIR KOKOSHIN DISCUSSIONS ON UKRAINE AND FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | GG MARR MD MOPS OSCE PREL RS UNGA |
07MOSCOW5035 | CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION: MFA PRESSES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, EUR/PRA Director Antia Friedt discussed the Framework Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) and other civil space cooperation issues with Andrei Kruitskikh of MFA's Department of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR). Kruitskikh noted the good progress made [...] | 2007-10-17 07:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL PREL PARM NASA KZ AS BR KS RS |
07MOSCOW5039 | GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR IN MOSCOW: IRAN, MD, AND [...] (C) Summary: German Political Director Stanzel's October 9 visit to Moscow touched on most major international issues, including Iran, missile defense, and CFE. During his meeting with Stanzel, DFM Kislyak reaffirmed Russia's interest in maintaining a united front with the EC 3 on Iran. Kisl [...] | 2007-10-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV GM AF EU IR RS |
07MOSCOW5044 | REMOVAL OF HIGH-THREAT RADIOACTIVE SOURCES FROM [...] (C) Summary: Rosatom and MFA officials tell us they are not aware of any plans by Rosatom Director Kiriyenko, or anyone else at Rosatom, to build a nuclear storage facility in Abkhazia to dispose of high threat radioactive sources. We urged that the GOR intervene with the de facto Abkhazian le [...] | 2007-10-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ENRG PGOV PREL GG IAEA RS |
07MOSCOW5047 | MTCR NONPAPERS PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-18 07:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | ETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PREL RS TSPA |
07MOSCOW5051 | RUSSIA COURTS ASIA AND VICE VERSA [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to expand its influence in Asia by taking advantage of Asian eagerness to improve relations with a politically and economically resurgent Russia. Both the Prime Minister of Vietnam and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh visited Moscow recently, seeking to increase b [...] | 2007-10-18 10:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV ENRG BG VM RS |
07MOSCOW5055 | RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told us on October 17 that the recent exchange of positive signals between Chisinau and Tiraspol and the productive October 6 Putin-Voronin meeting may have created a "unique opportunity" for the possibility of renewed talks between Chisinau and Tiraspol in the "5 2" [...] | 2007-10-18 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
07MOSCOW5057 | RUSSIA-U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, OCTOBER [...] (S) Septel reports on the U.S. presentation of a Joint Regional Missile Defense Architecture during missile defense (MD) talks in Moscow October 10. Following is the U.S. and Russian delegations' assessment of the MD technical experts' visit to the Qabala radar on September 18, threat assess [...] | 2007-10-18 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS |
07MOSCOW5059 | RUSSIA-US MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, OCTOBER [...] (S) Summary. In extensive discussions in Moscow October 10, U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak discussed the U.S. plans to place a missile defense system (MD) in Easter [...] | 2007-10-18 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS |
07MOSCOW5060 | ACTING U/S ROOD’S MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK: [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting October 11 on the margins of the missile defense and 2 2 discussions in Moscow, Acting Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak agreed on the need to encourage key countries to join the Global Initiative to Co [...] | 2007-10-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR MNUC KACT KNNP IR RS |
07MOSCOW5069 | GAZPROM HEAD SUGGESTS ELIMINATING "MIDDLEMEN" IN [...] (SBU) On October 16, First Deputy Prime Minister and Gazprom Chairman Dmitriy Medvedev suggested on German television that Russia is willing to bypass middlemen in its gas dealings with Ukraine. The recent gas supply dispute with Ukraine and its subsequent resolution (reftels) raised question [...] | 2007-10-19 06:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW508 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: SHELL TALKS ABOUT SAKHALIN-2 [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, we met with Alf D'Souza, Shell's External Affairs VP, and Bibi Bautleuova, a Shell government affairs rep, to talk about the Sakhalin-2 deal that Shell and its partners (Japan's Mitsubishi and Mitsui) reached last month with Gazprom. D'Souza said that they got the [...] | 2007-02-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5082 | A DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER NARYSHKIN AND AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Naryshkin told the Ambassador October 19 that Russia favored expanded two-way trade and investment. The Ambassador said the U.S. did as well and noted that the new CFIUS law was intended to facilitate, not prevent, foreign investment, including Russian, into the Unit [...] | 2007-10-19 14:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PGOV PREL RS |
07MOSCOW509 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: CHEVRON AND CPC - LOOKING AT [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, Chevron's Russia chief, Ian MacDonald, contacted us to talk about CPC expansion and the recently-inked Gazpromneft deal. (This discussion follows up on previous meetings with MacDonald with Mark Woloshyn, who Chevron has hired to shepherd along the Bosphorus bypass [...] | 2007-02-06 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RU |
07MOSCOW5098 | RUSSIAN MILITARY AID TO AFGHANISTAN INTENDED TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, Head of the MFA Afghanistan Desk Yuriy Khokhlov said that the GOR's proposed Afghan military assistance program is intended to compliment and not compete with NATO support for the Afghan government and its anti-Taliban efforts. The Russian and Afghan governments h [...] | 2007-10-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS NATO AF RS |
07MOSCOW51 | RUSSIA REACTS NEGATIVELY TO IMPOSITION OF ISNPA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's first official public reaction was calmly negative to the December 28 imposition of sanctions against four Russian entities under the Iran-Syria Non-Proliferation Act. The Foreign Ministry characterized the U.S. action as an "illegal" effort to extend U.S. law to the a [...] | 2007-01-10 13:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC RS |
07MOSCOW5100 | FM LAVROV CRITICIZES US-JAPAN MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (U) In response to a question during a press conference with the Japanese agency "Kyodo Tsusin" on the eve of his October 23-24 trip to Tokyo, Foreign Minister Lavrov said Russia was concerned about U.S. - Japanese missile defense cooperation. Saying that Russia was against a missile defens [...] | 2007-10-22 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL JA RS |
07MOSCOW5101 | ULAN UDE, WHERE BEING ASIAN WORKS [...] (C) Summary. During an October 15-19 trip to the Republic of Buryatia, squeezed between Lake Baikal and Mongolia, local government officials, political party representatives, and civil society leaders shared with us their views on the political, economic, and social development of the region [...] | 2007-10-22 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF ECON ETRD PINR MG RS |
07MOSCOW5103 | RUSSIA - MONGOLIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The October 3 visit to Moscow by Mongolian Foreign Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed the historically good relations between Russia and Mongolia. GOR officials, the Mongolian Embassy, and the Mongolian Consulate General in Ulan Ude expressed satisfaction with the state of the relatio [...] | 2007-10-23 06:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MG RS |
07MOSCOW5106 | CORRECTED COPY: RUSSIA-U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (S) Septel reports on the U.S. presentation of a Joint Regional Missile Defense Architecture during missile defense (MD) talks in Moscow October 10. Following is the U.S. and Russian delegations' assessment of the MD technical experts' visit to the Qabala radar on September 18, threat assess [...] | 2007-10-23 08:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS |
07MOSCOW5117 | LOOKING AHEAD TO THE EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Russia has set a low bar for the EU-Russia summit, and will go to Lisbon prepared to push back on criticism of its human rights and democracy record, as well as to press for clarity on the implications of EU reform. With the continued stand-off over Polish meat, the Russians see " [...] | 2007-10-23 13:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU WTRO ETRD ENRG KO RS |
07MOSCOW5119 | ODIHR WAITS FOR INVITE FROM RUSSIA [...] (SBU) The wait continues for an invitation to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to monitor Russia's upcoming Duma elections. The Central Election Commission (CEC) will not issue the invitation until it has completed registering party lists, leaving little p [...] | 2007-10-24 02:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5145 | CANDIDACY OF DAVID WALKER FOR UN INDEPENDENT AUDIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC UN UNGA RS |
07MOSCOW5146 | ALDIP ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] We delivered reftel demarche on October 24 to MFA Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights First Secretary Aleksey Goltyayev. Goltyaev said that the GOR would oppose on principle country-specific resolutions condemning the human rights records of Iran, Burma, the DPRK and Bela [...] | 2007-10-25 11:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIA UN RS |
07MOSCOW5147 | DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, DFM Grigoriy Karasin told visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador that Russia was increasingly worried about the "anti-democratic" tendencies in Saakashvili's government and Georgia's possible attempts to take control of the separatist regions by force i [...] | 2007-10-25 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW5152 | Norway's StatoilHydro Joins Shtokman Gas Project [...] (U) Norway's StatoilHydro announced October 25th that it will sign an agreement for the remaining 24% stake in the Shtokman Development Company, which is to develop the first phase of the giant Shtokman gas field in the Barents Sea. Gazprom had earlier awarded France's Total a 25% share in th [...] | 2007-10-25 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5153 | PUTIN'S PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary: Putin's problem is that there is no political or honorific perch that will ensure his ability to check the powers granted by the constitution to his successor and, by ruling out a constitutional amendment allowing a third term, some observers believe that he has boxed himself in [...] | 2007-10-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5154 | ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...] | 2007-10-26 02:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS |
07MOSCOW5162 | LUKOIL VP PREDICTS CHINESE DOMINANCE AND SUGGESTS [...] (SBU) At an October 22 conference session on "U.S.-Russian Relations and Energy Security," Lukoil V.P. Leonid Fedun strongly criticized the U.S. for treating Russia as a "defeated nation." He nonetheless called for more dialogue as "equal partners," and portrayed China as a common threat, pre [...] | 2007-10-26 09:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW517 | RUSSIA: STRATEGIC SECTOR LAW MOVING AGAIN, SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. It appears the draft Law on Foreign Investment in the Strategic Sectors may have legs again. In a January 31 inter-ministerial meeting, PM Fradkov remitted the draft Strategic Sectors Law to the Ministry of Industry and Energy (MIE) for one month to simplify the investment revie [...] | 2007-02-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5173 | (C) YUKOS FINANCE BUYER: NO PRE-ARRANGED DEAL WITH [...] (C) One of the major investors behind the August 15 purchase of Yukos Finance assets at auction told us October 23 that the investors hoped to "unwind" the various lawsuits and other claims against the company. They planned to use the $1.5 billion in cash assets and the 49% stake in Slovakia' [...] | 2007-10-26 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5176 | RUSSIA'S SOBER OUTLOOK ON UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Russia's official reaction to the results of the Ukrainian parliamentary elections and the likely formation of an orange coalition has been cool, but an MFA official and experts told us that Russia can hardly be satisfied with the developments. Even more worrisome for Russia is [...] | 2007-10-26 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON UK RS |
07MOSCOW5177 | RUSSIA'S SLOW RETURN TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with a visiting INR analyst, Russian experts and MFA officials stressed that Russia is gaining ground slowly in Africa after its post-Cold War retrenchment. Russia is a firmly established player in the mining sector, where its advanced mining technology is [...] | 2007-10-26 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EMIN XA RS |
07MOSCOW5180 | RUSSIA TO INVITE ODIHR OBSERVERS, WANTS SMALLER [...] (C) Russia's invitation to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to observe the December 2 Duma elections will be sent no later than November 2, according to Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Vladimir Churov. Churov described the invitation as uncondit [...] | 2007-10-29 04:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM OSCE PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5183 | UPDATED DEMARCHE TO EUROPEAN CAPITALS ON COMBATING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 08:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN RS |
07MOSCOW5191 | GOALS FOR UPCOMING EXPANDED IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on October 26 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Director Sergey Vershinin. Vershinin expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to keep the GOR informed of U.S. goals for the upcoming Expanded Iraq Neighbors Ministerial and to seek agreement on estab [...] | 2007-10-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ RS |
07MOSCOW5208 | RUSSIAN NATIONALIST GOES TO NATO: OFFERS [...] (C) Summary: Russia's charismatic nationalist politician, Dmitriy Rogozin, confirmed press reports that he will be appointed the GOR's next Ambassador to NATO and expects to arrive in Brussels by late November. Claiming that his appointment is a Putin initiative, Rogozin candidly described [...] | 2007-10-30 16:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR |
07MOSCOW5218 | MFA IRAN DESK ON CASPIAN SUMMIT, ECONOMIC [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting, MFA Iran Desk Head Maxim Baranov indicated the Caspian Summit and bilateral meetings in Tehran resulted only in generic progress on economic cooperation. He described active engagement with Iran, however, including an upcoming 7th session of the "Joint Commission [...] | 2007-10-31 12:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS IR |
07MOSCOW522 | RUSSIA'S SILENT CONCERN OVER CHINESE ASAT TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moscow's relatively muted reaction to Beijing's test of an anti-satellite missile last month belies its deep concern about a pending arms race in space. Caught offguard by Beijing's action and unprepared to meet the challenge, Russian officials have publicly downplayed the sign [...] | 2007-02-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MCAP PREL RS CH |
07MOSCOW5221 | THE EASTERN FRONT OF RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS [...] (U) This is a joint message from Consulate General Vladivostok and Embassy Moscow. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The population in the Russian Far East (RFE) and Siberia is continuing to decline, due both to a long-term trend of "Western Drift" (internal migration from east to west within Russia) and [...] | 2007-10-31 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL PREL SOCI CH RS |
07MOSCOW5223 | GOR VIEWS ON NO-RESULT JCC ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary. The GOR's Special Envoy on the South Ossetian conflict expressed disappointment with the October 23-24 Joint Control Commission (JCC) meeting in Tbilisi. He attributed the failure to the two parties' widely different views and reluctance to fully engage. The GOR Envoy advised [...] | 2007-10-31 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5224 | BOSNIA: MOSCOW EVALUATES THE SITUATION DIFFERENTLY [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on October 29 meeting to MFA Third European Department Counselor Ivan Gorbunov, who told us that the U.S. and GOR evaluated the situation differently in Bosnia, but had the same overall goal -- peace and stability for the region (septel reports on the Ambassado [...] | 2007-10-31 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BK RU |
07MOSCOW5225 | RUSSIAN DFM TITOV ON BOSNIA, KOSOVO, AND POLAND [...] (C) Comment: In an October 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Titov reiterated Russian complaints over High Representative Lajcak's invocation of Bosnia powers, which ran counter to assurances given during his Moscow consultations, but stressed Russian support for the D [...] | 2007-10-31 15:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK RS |
07MOSCOW5227 | RUSSIA APPRECIATIVE OF OIL-FOR-FOOD EXCEPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 03:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ RS |
07MOSCOW5230 | CORRECTED COPY: RUSSIAN NATIONALIST GOES TO NATO: [...] (C) Summary: Russia's charismatic nationalist politician, Dmitriy Rogozin, confirmed press reports that he will be appointed the GOR's next Ambassador to NATO and expects to arrive in Brussels by late November. Claiming that his appointment is a Putin initiative, Rogozin candidly described [...] | 2007-11-01 08:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO RS |
07MOSCOW5231 | RUSSIA'S NORTH-SOUTH ENERGY STRATEGY: A KNIFE, A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian activism in recent years to strengthen the "north-south" energy corridor suggests an intention to slice through the conceptual "east-west" corridor, to reassert Central Asia's dependence on Russian energy routes, and to repair Russia's own fumbling gas balance. Russia ap [...] | 2007-11-01 09:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5242 | RUSSIA-BULGARIA ENERGY: SOUTHSTREAM MOU TO BE [...] (SBU) Bulgarian Economic Officer Kiril Vachev told us October 31 that Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov will visit Moscow November 7-9 to sign an MOU on the proposed Southstream gas pipeline (reftels). The MOU will signal political support in principle but leave all details to the fu [...] | 2007-11-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5247 | GOR REACTION TO THE GANARDZHIAS-MUKHURI INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary. As noted reftel, on October 30, CIS peacekeepers were involved in a confrontation with Georgian forces near the cease fire line in Abkhazia. In a November 1 statement, the MFA insisted that the CIS forces were within their mandate and blamed Saakashvili for provoking a confronta [...] | 2007-11-02 06:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5266 | PUTIN'S EU SPECIAL ADVISOR ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Putin's EU Special Advisor Sergey Yastrzhembskiy characterized the Mafra EU-Russia Summit in generally positive terms. Yastrzhembskiy argued that the summit was a step forward and that EU-Russia relations are "evolving," citing the tw [...] | 2007-11-02 17:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BK RS |
07MOSCOW5269 | CFE: RUSSIA PRESSES FOR MORE MOVEMENT ON REMAINING [...] (C) Summary. The Russian MFA welcomed American initiatives during the October 24 meeting between EUR A/S Fried and Deputy FM Kislyak on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE)(ref A),as very constructive and positive, and were looking forward to continuing the talks in Geneva next we [...] | 2007-11-06 04:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE PARM RS |
07MOSCOW5292 | ROSCOSMOS ON SPACE COOPERATION WITH KAZAKHSTAN, [...] (SBU) Russian officials regard space cooperation with Kazakhstan as on track, despite reported disputes over leasing arrangements for the Baikonur cosmodrome and compensation for damages caused by a recent rocket explosion at the site. Plans for the construction in the Russian Far East of a [...] | 2007-11-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL NASA PREL PGOV KZ RS |
07MOSCOW5299 | RUSSIA NOT LINKING IRAQ DEBT FORGIVENESS WITH [...] (SBU) Deputy Finance Minister Sergey Storchak told us November 5th that Russia has not made, and will not make, a link between its debt forgiveness obligation and the Saddam-era Lukoil contract for the West Qurna oil field development. Storchak said Russia's representatives at this month's Par [...] | 2007-11-07 12:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5311 | RUSSIA: NO POSTPONEMENT OF NEW STATE FLIGHTS [...] (C) The GOR has decided to implement the pre-payment scheme for USG "state" flights despite previous indications from the MFA that last week's informal bilateral discussions might stave off the November 1 implementation of these new rules. Because U.S. policy is neither to pay nor charge for [...] | 2007-11-07 14:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5313 | RUSSIAN VIEWS ON INF TREATY [...] (C) Summary: The GOR is interested in working with the U.S. to see how other countries could be encouraged to agree to the norms of the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF),but wants to proceed cautiously. Acknowledging that there are no provisio [...] | 2007-11-08 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5331 | DEMARCHE ON KOSOVAR ELECTIONS DELIVERED; NO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 14:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SR YI KO |
07MOSCOW5336 | RUSSIA EXPELS THREE GEORGIAN DIPLOMATS IN RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Russia declared persona non grata two senior counselors and one counselor in the Georgian Embassy in Moscow, in a tit-for-tat response to Georgia's recall of its Ambassador from Moscow and expulsion of three Russian diplomats. While the MFA issued two harshly cri [...] | 2007-11-08 18:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5338 | RUSSIA RESOLUTE ON LIMITED ODIHR MISSION [...] (SBU) Russia reacted strongly to USG criticism of Russia's decision to limit the number of ODIHR observers to the December 2 parliamentary elections. Official comments and news media commentary maintained that the invitation was consistent with Russia's OSCE and Copenhagen Declaration commitm [...] | 2007-11-09 03:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5339 | STATE DUMA VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO SUSPEND CFE TREATY [...] (C) Summary: On November 7 the State Duma unanimously approved a draft law to suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. The law will come into effect on December 12, pending approval by the Federation Council and President Putin's signature. Objections to the C [...] | 2007-11-09 07:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PGOV PREL |
07MOSCOW5350 | THE END OF YUKOS [...] (SBU) In a November 7th meeting, Yukos receiver Eduard Rebgun told us the company will cease to exist as soon as the court acknowledges receipt of his final report, which he submitted November 2nd. Rebgun asserted that he had merely performed a professional duty to carry out a Russian court d [...] | 2007-11-09 14:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5354 | DFM KARASIN URGES TOUGHER U.S. POSTURE ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Prior to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister's November 9 meeting with GOG DFM Vashakidze, the Ambassador reinforced U.S. expectations that Russia would do all it could to de-escalate and calm the situation in Tbilisi. Karasin said the U.S. should not underestimate how upset Russia w [...] | 2007-11-10 08:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5369 | RUSSIAN SIX-PARTY HFO COMMITMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-13 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ENRG KNNP PARK PREL IN KN RS |
07MOSCOW5370 | INITIAL GROUP OF RUSSIAN DUMA ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko claimed to Ambassador November 12 that the GOR would invite the 70 ODIHR observers as it had promised and in the timeframe promised, and would expedite visa issuance. In a November 13 conversation (septel),Presidential Administration Deputy Vladislav Surk [...] | 2007-11-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5371 | MFA ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 conversation, the Ambassador reinforced with DFM Denisov U.S. efforts in Tbilisi and urged GOR restraint. In a separate meeting, MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Kelin welcomed EUR DAS Bryza's statements encouraging the Georgian leadership to restore the polit [...] | 2007-11-13 17:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5372 | KERCH STRAIT OIL SPILL UNDER CONTROL, BUT LONG TERM CLEANUP [...] (SBU) Despite continuing storms in the Kerch Strait, the GOR reports that it has staunched the flow and has begun containment and cleanup of the 2000 tons of oil spilled over the weekend. The GOR is cooperating with Ukraine, but has not requested any international assistance. The Federal Serv [...] | 2007-11-14 03:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5378 | MFA: "NON-CONFRONTATION" WILL GUIDE IRAN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Iran and Afghanistan Ali Mustafabeli told us that the MFA has yet to hear from Tehran after Ahmadenijad assured FM Lavrov on October 30 that he would think about the P5 1 proposal to halt uranium enrichment. Mustafabeli predicted that the November IAEA re [...] | 2007-11-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM ETRD AF IR RS |
07MOSCOW5387 | RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: IRAN, MD, CFE, BILATERAL, [...] (C) Summary : In a November 14 meeting (other topics septel),DFM Kislyak told the Ambassador that the postponed Solana-Jalili dialogue, potential Chinese FM visit to Tehran, and imminent IAEA report may have prompted Chinese cancellation of the November 19 P5 1 meeting. Kislyak expected l [...] | 2007-11-15 10:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MARR EAIR KCRM KJUS RS |
07MOSCOW5391 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-15 11:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EUN LE RS SY |
07MOSCOW5399 | MFA ON RUSSIAN-EU ENERGY RELATIONS REF: A. MOSCOW 5266 B. MOSCOW 4932 Classified By: Econ MC Eric Schultz for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-15 13:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5402 | DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA [...] (C) On November 15, Ambassador outlined to Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin both the public and private messages delivered to Saakashvilli and other Georgian officials by DAS Bryza during his November 11-14 trip to Tbilisi. The Ambassador noted that Bryza conveyed to the GOG the Secretary's fi [...] | 2007-11-15 16:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG RS |
07MOSCOW5405 | REMOVAL OF HIGH-THREAT RADIOACTIVE SOURCES FROM [...] (C) Rosatom International Affairs Director Vladimir Kuchinov called in EST Counselor November 14 to follow up on our earlier approaches to Rosatom and MFA regarding removal of high-threat radioactive sources from Abkhazia. Kuchinov confirmed that Rosatom Director Sergey Kiriyenko had not agre [...] | 2007-11-15 16:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA GG RS |
07MOSCOW5408 | ROSATOM REORGANIZATION BILL SAILS THROUGH DUMA [...] (SBU) The Duma passed unanimously November 13 a bill to restructure Russia's civil nuclear sector. In place of the current Rosatom Agency, the bill establishes the "Rosatom Corporation." Its mandate will be to coordinate and manage nuclear policy in all sectors. A centerpiece of Rosatom Corp [...] | 2007-11-16 07:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL ENRG RS |
07MOSCOW5412 | GOR SYMPATHIZES WITH MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: The MFA tells us that the deteriorating domestic situation and limited political options "understandably" forced Musharraf to declare a state of emergency in Pakistan. MFA Pakistan Desk Chief Andrey Starkov argued that Musharraf had to prevent the invalidation of his re-election [...] | 2007-11-16 11:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN PK RS |
07MOSCOW5417 | RUSSIA'S RADICAL LIBERALS - SPS PARTY SHIFTS INTO [...] (C) The announcement this week that Russia's Union of Right Forces (SPS) will take part in "Dissenters' Marches" marks the final step in the party's rapid evolution from a "constructive opponent" to total opposition. Over the past six weeks, SPS leaders have radically changed their electoral [...] | 2007-11-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM RS |
07MOSCOW5425 | MFA UPBEAT ON IRAQ NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, DEBT [...] (C) Summary: On November 15, MFA Deputy Director for Iraq Aleksandr Kinshak told us that Russia considered the Iraq Neighbors Expanded Ministerial in Istanbul "very successful," noting that the atmosphere was more positive in Istanbul than at the previous ministerial in Sharm el Sheikh. Kinsh [...] | 2007-11-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY |
07MOSCOW5429 | CHINESE PREMIER WEN VISITS MOSCOW; FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Moscow November 5-6 to close the "Year of China" in Russia. His visit focused on trade and energy. While the Russian MFA portrayed the visit as a successful expression of flourishing economic relations, the Chinese Embassy cautioned that the agreem [...] | 2007-11-16 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG CH RS |
07MOSCOW5430 | MFA ISSUES TOUGH STATEMENT AGAINST SAAKASHVILI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5434 | KOSOVO: RUSSIAN FORECAST FOR "THE DAY AFTER;" [...] (C) Summary. Russia's Kosovo Troika Envoy Botsan-Kharchenko told us that FM Lavrov is preparing a letter to Rice, FM Steinmeier, and EU Solana raising concern over a possible unilateral Kosovar declaration of independence on December 11. The letter will also underscore the rise of radical Al [...] | 2007-11-17 12:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KS RS |
07MOSCOW5435 | PM SINGH'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS THE LIMITS OF [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Losyukov told the Ambassador that Indian Prime Minister Singh's November 11-12 trip to Moscow was a "useful visit" that saw progress on a potential agreement for Russia to sell four additional nuclear reactors to India. The visit included the si [...] | 2007-11-17 12:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG MASS IN RS |
07MOSCOW5453 | ODIHR BOYCOTT CONTINUES TO RESONATE [...] (SBU) Summary: ODIHR'S November 16 announcement that it would not send election monitors to Russia's December 2 parliamentary elections was the subject of incredulous GOR commentary over the weekend. The Central Election Commission (CEC) saw in the decision confirmation of the GOR's standing [...] | 2007-11-19 16:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5457 | RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS' MEETING [...] (C) On November 19, Counselor in the MFA Middle East Peace Settlement Office Timur Zabirov elaborated on GOR interest in holding a high-level experts' meeting on the Middle East Peace Process in Moscow following the Annapolis Conference. The GOR intended this forum to maintain momentum toward a [...] | 2007-11-20 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS RS |
07MOSCOW5458 | UKRAINE TO PAY $160 FOR GAS IN 2008; MARKET PRICES [...] (C) According to the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow, agreement has been reached on a gas price of $160 per thousand cubic meters (mcm) for Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine for 2008. The agreement also calls for a rise to "market prices" by 2011. Separately, Gazprom indicated that final details [...] | 2007-11-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5474 | RUSSIA CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBILITY FOR VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) Summary. While the GOR supports UNSC Presidential Statement 9169 urging both Ethiopia and Eritrea to take concrete steps to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC)'s delineation decision, the GOR does not support the EEBC's plan for "virtually" demarcating the border an [...] | 2007-11-21 13:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PBTS ET ER RS |
07MOSCOW5475 | THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, WITH AN AMERICAN ASSIST [...] (C) Andrew Paulson, an expatriate American businessman in Moscow told Econ MC November 12 that his Russian-based internet company, Livejournal.ru, was preparing to purchase the U.S. version of Livejournal, from which it had sprung eight years ago. Paulson said the USD 100 million or more purc [...] | 2007-11-21 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EINV RS |
07MOSCOW5478 | DFM KARASIN ON UKRAINE, BELARUS, GEORGIA, MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary. In a November 21 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin requested the USG's understanding of the "erroneous" Ukrainian interpretation of "Holodomor (1932-33 famine)" and other events that happened during WW2. He urged that the USG lift the sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasur [...] | 2007-11-21 19:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5479 | Disaster Declaration: Oil Spill in Kerch Strait, Russia [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The November 11 oil spill in the Kerch Strait (which runs between the Black and Azov Seas near Crimea) continues to affect large numbers of fish and wildlife and is now spreading into the Sea of Azov (refs A, B). Efforts to contain a [...] | 2007-11-23 04:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5480 | DISASTER DECLARATION: OIL SPILL IN KERCH STRAIT, [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The November 11 oil spill in the Kerch Straight (which runs between the Black and Azov Seas near Crimea) continues to affect large numbers of fish and wildlife and is now spreading into the Sea of Azov (refs A, B). Efforts to contain [...] | 2007-11-23 04:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG PREL SENV RS |
07MOSCOW5497 | GAZPROM-OWNED STROYTRANSGAZ ON SYRIA, OTHER [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with Econoff, Leonid Bokhanovskiy, First Vice-President of the Gazprom-owned construction firm Stroytransgaz, confirmed that the company had completed a gas treatment facility in Syria as well as a gas pipeline from Egypt to Syria. He indicated that the company wo [...] | 2007-11-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS IR IZ SY |
07MOSCOW5505 | GAMING RUSSIA'S REACTION TO A KOSOVO UDI [...] (C) Summary: The fact that Russia has not confronted the U.S. at the most senior levels over the possibility of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence does not mean that Putin and his advisers are resigned to the outcome. Russian diplomatic self-confidence flows from its sense of E [...] | 2007-11-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW5512 | RUSSIA AND INDIA SEEK TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC TIES; [...] (SBU) Summary: In official briefings on Indian Prime Minister Singh's November 11-12 visit, Russian and Indian diplomats confirmed reftel assessment of bilateral relations as politically healthy but in danger of appearing "emaciated" should the countries fail to expand economic ties. The dip [...] | 2007-11-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECIN ENRG MASS IN RS |
07MOSCOW5518 | MOD SERDYUKOV VISITS CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian Minister of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov's visits to Uzbekistan and Armenia October 29-30 were part of Russian efforts to strengthen ties with CIS member states. (Note: Serdyukov also made an unofficial trip to Kyrgyzstan. End Note.) Serdyukov and his Uzbek counterpart s [...] | 2007-11-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL SENV |
07MOSCOW5522 | VIEWING RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS THROUGH A POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Russia's demographic crisis has not been a major issue during the Duma elections campaign, most of the political parties have focused some attention on reversing the population decline by encouraging higher birth rates. Led by President Putin, United Russia has crowed [...] | 2007-11-26 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW5523 | MFA ON LEBANON AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA, Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov told Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri during their November 20 meeting that the GOR would not support a specific candidate for the Lebanese presidency and hoped the country's political factions could agree [...] | 2007-11-26 15:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS LE RS |
07MOSCOW5524 | RUSSIA WILL ABSTAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA IS RS |
07MOSCOW5527 | MOSCOW VIEWS ON OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia recognizes that the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid November 29-30 will be difficult, even though there have been a number of areas of agreement this past year. Russia will press for its package of reforms to the OSCE, arguing the need for equal treatment of all countries. Put [...] | 2007-11-26 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW5528 | GOR CLAMPS DOWN ON OTHER RUSSIA; KASPAROV [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 24, following a peaceful, sanctioned meeting in central Moscow, about eighty of an estimated two thousand Other Russia/SPS demonstrators attempted to march to the Central Election Commission in defiance of a ban by city authorities. In the melee that followed, poli [...] | 2007-11-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5535 | RESULTS OF AUSTRALIA GROUP MEETING IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Australia Group (AG) chair John Sullivan and Russian MFA Director of the Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Anatoly Antonov led discussions November 20 on Russia's possible membership in the AG. Russia's high-level delegation indicated its interest in joining [...] | 2007-11-27 07:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PGOV PREL |
07MOSCOW5551 | DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ RS |
07MOSCOW5562 | DUMA ELECTION OBSERVER UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador November 26 told acting Foreign Minister Denisov that the USG had played no role in ODIHR's decision not to observe the Russian Duma elections. Denisov insisted that the Russian Embassy in Washington believed the USG had "tipped the scales" on the decision during ODIHR [...] | 2007-11-28 16:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5563 | UKRAINE GAS PRICE AGREEMENT DELAYED BY LATEST [...] (C) A November 27th agreement between Gazprom and Turkmenistan on a price increase for Turkmen gas has delayed and complicated a deal on 2008 gas prices to Ukraine. Gazprom, which serves as an intermediary for Turkmen gas to Ukraine, will pay Turkmenistan $130 per thousand cubic meters (mcm) o [...] | 2007-11-29 07:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5564 | PSI TALKING POINTS FOR OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 07:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL |
07MOSCOW5571 | RUSSIA: POWER SECTOR RESTRUCTURING ENTERS LAST [...] (SBU) The electricity sector's regulatory and policy framework after July 2008, when holding company RAO UES will cease operations, is taking shape. On October 26, RAO UES shareholders approved the restructuring plan and consented to the appointment of RAO UES' director of strategy as the new [...] | 2007-11-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5580 | SERBIAN FM JEREMIC VISIT UNDERSCORES RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Summary. Serbian FM Jeremic's November 22 visit to Moscow served to reconfirm Russian-Serbian solidarity in the runup to the end of the Kosovo troika talks. Lavrov reiterated Russia's firm support for Serbia, noting that December 10 was not "the end of history." Jeremic noted that Serbi [...] | 2007-11-29 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SR KV RS |
07MOSCOW5585 | "SECURE GAS SUPPLY FOR EUROPE" -- NORD STREAM MOVING FORWARD REF: A. THE HAGUE 1999 B. MOSCOW 5399 C. TALLINN 737 D. HELSINKI 785 E. WARSAW 1975 F. RIGA 430 Classified By: Ambassador William J. Burns for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5591 | ANGARSK INTERNATIONAL URANIUM ENRICHMENT CENTER: [...] (SBU) Russia's plan to establish an international uranium enrichment center in Angarsk (Siberia) -- which stems from a Putin proposal made almost two years ago -- is moving forward. Russian officials and experts are confident in the ability of the Angarsk facility to handle increased demand [...] | 2007-11-30 07:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IAEA PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5598 | PUTIN AND UNITED RUSSIA DOMINATE MEDIA IN RUN UP [...] (C) Summary. All one has to do is watch the national nightly news to see that President Putin, his administration, and United Russia garner the majority of coverage in the run up to the December 2 Duma elections. Over the past two months, three-fourths of the national television coverage and over h [...] | 2007-11-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO RS |
07MOSCOW5609 | RUSSIA ENERGY: NO DEAL ON KOVYKTA THIS YEAR? [...] (C) TNK-BP International Affairs Director Shawn McCormick confirmed to us on November 30th that a deal between Gazprom and TNK-BP on Gazprom's purchase of TNK-BP's 62.5% share of the giant Kovykta gas field in East Siberia will likely not be concluded this year. Press reports cited a Gazprom [...] | 2007-11-30 13:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5612 | FOREIGN POLICY, RHETORIC AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: International issues have received little attention in the run-up to the December 2 Duma elections, reflecting broad consensus behind Putin's foreign policy. Russia's positions on the top issues that do resonate with the Russian public - Kosovo, NATO enlargement, missile defense, [...] | 2007-11-30 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5613 | RUSSIAN ATTENDANCE AT NEW DELHI AVIAN AND PANDEMIC FLU [...] (SBU) We shared reftel information about the upcoming Avian and Pandemic Influenza Conference in New Delhi with Russian officials at the International Departments of the MFA, Health and Social Development Ministry, the Federal Surveillance Service for Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-B [...] | 2007-11-30 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5627 | MORE BUSINESS VIEWS ON PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Boris Jordan, a well-known American businessman of Russian ancestry, said the December 2 parliamentary elections should be seen as part of President Putin's plan to continue to exercise influence after his current term expires, preferably from the sidelines. Jordan expressed hope that bil [...] | 2007-11-30 15:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL PGOV EINV RS |
07MOSCOW5630 | RUSSIA STILL A SMOKER'S PARADISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian Duma session that ended November 16 failed to approve legislation placing greater restrictions on smoking in public places. The outgoing Duma also did not approve the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which Russia has neither signed nor ratified. Observe [...] | 2007-12-02 08:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL PREL SOCI RS |
07MOSCOW564 | RUSSIA-AZERBAIJAN DYSPEPSIA: EAT TOMATOES AND GET [...] (C) Russian press articles and Embassy Baku's interlocutors have played up deteriorating Russian-Azerbaijani relations. They cite Gazprom's increase in the price of gas deliveries to Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's refusal to send crude oil via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline; and the Russian ban on [...] | 2007-02-08 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL ETRD PREF AJ AM GG RS |
07MOSCOW5643 | DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON IRAN, GTMO DETAINEE [...] (C) On December 3, DCM demarched MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov on Iranian attempts to procure equipment with nuclear weapons applications through a Russian firm, underscoring that the specialized cameras are possibly controlled by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (ref A). DCM [...] | 2007-12-03 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MNUC PARM ETTC IR RS |
07MOSCOW5681 | RUSSIA SEEKS IMPROVED TIES WITH GULF STATES [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to court the Persian Gulf States in its quest to expand economic ties with the region and improve political relations with the Muslim world. Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud's November 21-23 Moscow visit was the latest in a se [...] | 2007-12-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD MASS SA TC RS |
07MOSCOW57 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: THE RUSSIA-BELARUS OIL STANDOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia and Belarus have not yet found a solution to their row over oil volumes through the Druzhba pipeline. Over the last three days each party has cast blame on the other for initiating the confrontation, with the Russians claiming that the Belarusian transit duty was illegal u [...] | 2007-01-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5701 | EMBASSY OF TURKMENISTAN REITERATES: "WE ONLY SELL [...] (SBU) Embassy of Turkmenistan Econ Counselor Murat Yazberdiyev reiterated to us November 30th that Turkmenistan is only interested in selling gas "at the border." That said, Turkmenistan had no objections to others either improving existing pipelines or building new ones through which to expo [...] | 2007-12-04 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS TX |
07MOSCOW5702 | DFM SALTANOV ON POST-ANNAPOLIS, LEBANON, IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Saltanov underscored Putin's positive assessment of Annapolis, praised the Secretary for her "tireless" efforts, and highlighted Russia's interest in discussing a post-Annapolis meeting in Moscow during the December 17 Quartet meet [...] | 2007-12-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY |
07MOSCOW5704 | PUTIN SAYS ELECTION GIVES DUMA MORE LEGITIMACY, [...] (U) One day after United Russia's decisive victory in parliamentary elections, Putin thanked voters for supporting United Russia and said that the elections would give the next Duma more legitimacy. He called the election results a sign of "trust" in United Russia and a "good indicator of Russ [...] | 2007-12-04 16:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW5717 | GAZPROM: 2008 GAS PRICE DEAL WITH UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Confirming press reports, Gazprom International Affairs Director Ivan Zolotov told us December 5th that a deal had been concluded with Ukrainian Minister of Energy Yuriy Boyko the previous day on the 2008 gas price to Ukraine and transit fees to and through Ukraine. Zolotov said negotia [...] | 2007-12-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5720 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Russia is in no hurry to re-evaluate its bilateral relations with Georgia, with the MFA issuing repeated statements slamming Saakashvili's anti-Russia tactics as a "farce." MFA officials confirm that Saakashvili is persona non grata in Moscow, while Duma Chairman Gryzlov raised [...] | 2007-12-06 10:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
07MOSCOW5734 | CHECHEN PRESIDENT REACHES OUT TO THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov is looking to the Middle East to finance the reconstruction of Chechnya. Kadyrov met recently in Moscow with the visiting Saudi Crown Prince and traveled to Saudi Arabia and Jordan earlier this year. Kadyrov plans to visit Mecca in December, part [...] | 2007-12-06 16:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI JO SA RS |
07MOSCOW5735 | RUSSIAN GOALS FOR NATO-RUSSIA MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia will use the December 7 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial as an opportunity to reiterate its views on suspension of the CFE Treaty, opposition to U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense (MD) system in Poland and the Czech Republic, opposition to a Kosovo Unilateral Dec [...] | 2007-12-06 16:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR RS |
07MOSCOW5743 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MARY B. WARLICK, SENIOR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSC Senior Director Mary B. Warlick for the proposed visit to Moscow from December 10-11, 2007. Airport meet/assist has been arranged through AECA. 2. Control Officer is Karen Kirchgasser, tel. 7-495-728-5171; 7-495-234-2449 (hm); 7-495-970 [...] | 2007-12-07 09:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL AMGT ASEC RS |
07MOSCOW5749 | CFE: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On December 12. Russia will suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, ceasing notification, inspections, and permissions for inspection under the Treaty, and not participating in the December 15 annual exchange of information. Officials have said [...] | 2007-12-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE NATO OSCE MARR RS |
07MOSCOW5751 | RUSSIAN REACTION TO OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. The GOR viewed the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial as "controversial." On a positive note, the MFA expressed satisfaction with the strengthened role of the security basket, noting that the OSCE had a unique and positive role to play in Afghan border security. On environ [...] | 2007-12-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5761 | RUSSIA HOPEFUL BUT CAUTIOUS ABOUT A BREAKTHROUGH [...] Summary: The MFA told us that new Polish PM Tusk's pro-European stance, positive statements about Russia-Poland bilateral ties, his decision to remove Poland's veto on Russia's OECD accession, and recent efforts to address Russian concerns about Polish meat were clearly steps in the right dir [...] | 2007-12-07 15:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PL RS |
07MOSCOW5763 | RUSSIAN CONDEMNATION OF KOSOVO UDI WIDENS [...] (C) Summary. At a December 5 press conference, FM Lavrov criticized "Western partners" for undermining the Troika's efforts to find a negotiated solution by continuing to support Kosovo's "inevitable" independence. Memorial, a Russian human rights organization often critical of the GOR, iss [...] | 2007-12-07 16:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV RS |
07MOSCOW5771 | PUTIN BACKS MEDVEDEV FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Representatives of United Russia, the Agrarian Party, Patriots of Russia, and Just Russia, headed by United Russia Chairman Gryzlov, asked December 10 for Putin's support for the presidential candidacy of First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev. The media report that Putin told Gryzlo [...] | 2007-12-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5780 | RUSSIA: OHR DECISIONS AND ALLEGATIONS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on Russian allegations about the U.S. Deputy High Representative to MFA Counselor for Bosnia Ivan Gorbunov on December 10. Gorbunov undertook to pass the points to his superiors, and suffered no further comment on the matter. The Ambassador will reinforce U.S [...] | 2007-12-11 14:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK SRS RS |
07MOSCOW5781 | NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH FEDERAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council International Relations Committee Chairman Margelov told visiting NSC Senior Director Mary Warlick on December 11 that he was very satisfied with Putin's selection of First Deputy PM Medvedev as his successor. Margelov described Medvedev as the "best case scen [...] | 2007-12-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW5784 | GREF CENTER'S VIEWS ON RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC DIRECTION [...] (C) In a December 6 meeting, Ksenia Yudaeva, Director of Research at the Center for Strategic Research (CSR or the Gref Center),the economic brain trust for the GOR's economic reforms in the early years of President Putin's administration, told econoff that while reform momentum has slowed th [...] | 2007-12-12 04:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND PREL RS |
07MOSCOW579 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL MEMBER ON IRAN, MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Member Margelov briefed the Ambassador on efforts to deepen engagement with the U.S. Senate, including reaching out to GOR critics. He flagged his upcoming trip to Tehran and said that Iranian duplicity and obduracy were making it difficult to defend the regi [...] | 2007-02-09 08:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OREP RS IR |
07MOSCOW5790 | RUSSIA UNLIKELY TO BACK DOWN ON BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: UK diplomats do not expect the GOR to back down from its threat to close two British Council centers on January 1, with the latest salvo from the MFA making the "tactical mistake" of linking Russian actions to the July measures taken by the UK in response to the Russian failure [...] | 2007-12-12 13:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL RU UK |
07MOSCOW5794 | UNION STATE PRESIDENCY NOT ON PUTIN'S AGENDA IN [...] (C) Summary. The MFA strongly denied press rumors that Putin's December 13-14 trip to Minsk would create him president of a Russia-Belarus Union State, making it clear that Belarus had a long way to travel before it would be a partner for Russia. Putin's trip will focus on reviewing 2007's " [...] | 2007-12-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD MARR PARM BO RS |
07MOSCOW5795 | RUSSIA SUSPENDS PARTICIPATION IN CFE TREATY [...] As expected, at midnight December 12, Moscow suspended participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). According to the statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, Russia has suspended all actions under the Treaty, including exchanges of information on troop levels, and inspec [...] | 2007-12-12 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCFE NATO MARR RS |
07MOSCOW5796 | GETTING THE VOTE OUT: HOW UNITED RUSSIA PULLED OFF [...] (C) Summary: A comparison of electoral statistics from the December 2 Duma elections and the previous elections in a number of selected regions shows that United Russia's use of administrative assets to get out an increased number of voters made a difference in the December 2 Duma elections. [...] | 2007-12-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL PHUM RS |
07MOSCOW5798 | PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE SAVE THE DATE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC PARM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5802 | SHARING DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Poloff and UK Emboff jointly delivered draft Iraq UNSCR text and reftel points to MFA Counselor for International Organizations Yuriy Rudakov on December 13. Rudakov said that the MFA had received a copy of the draft from the Russian Mission in New York, and that the GOR had no major obj [...] | 2007-12-14 07:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ RS |
07MOSCOW5803 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Middle East and North Africa Counselor Timur Zabirov. Zabirov said that the GOR appreciated the importance of the Paris donors conference and Foreign Minister Lavrov would head the Russian delegation. He could not provide information on the level of Russian [...] | 2007-12-14 07:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AMCT PREL PGOV KWBC KPAL IS RS |
07MOSCOW5824 | U.S., RUSSIA, AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION: FIRST WE [...] (C) Summary. MFA European Cooperation Director Ryabkov offered only partial reassurance on prospects for cooperation on European issues after a "stormy" round of international meetings, including strong disagreements on Kosovo and the OSCE. The MFA expected similar restrictions to be placed [...] | 2007-12-14 15:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KV EU OSCE GG RS |
07MOSCOW5825 | RUSSIAN ELITES AHEAD OF RULING PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of establishment analysts and Putin critics approach the ruling party's December 17 convention convinced that it is time for liberals, the Kremlin, and the West to come to grips with the changed political landscape following the December 2 Duma elections. With t [...] | 2007-12-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5828 | CSTO TO FUNNEL RUSSIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia has made the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) a key vehicle in expanding assistance to Afghanistan by committing itself to providing several hundred million dollars in military aid entirely via the CSTO. Russia's main priorities vis--vis Afghanistan are prev [...] | 2007-12-17 09:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL MASS AF RS |
07MOSCOW583 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: AMBASSADOR MEETS GAZPROM'S MILLER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller praised recent moves on domestic gas price reform, and said gas price rises to FSU countries would move forward in tandem, and assets are a part of the payment mix. Miller stressed plans in play to develop Yam [...] | 2007-02-09 10:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5835 | ROSNEFT CEO BOGDANCHIKOV OPTIMISTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 12:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS PINR |
07MOSCOW584 | UNHCR COMPLETES INTERVIEWS OF NORTH KOREANS [...] (S) UNHCR has completed its interviews of the North Koreans asylum seekers that arrived in Moscow in January and is finalizing its assessments of their cases (reftel). UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Gang Li said that all of them had indicated they had wanted to be resettled to the United Sta [...] | 2007-02-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV RS KN |
07MOSCOW5841 | ATOMSTROYEXPORT'S APPROACH TO THE "NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) During a recent meeting at a Moscow think-tank, an official from Atomstroyexport outlined priorities for the construction of Russian nuclear power plants abroad. China, India, Iran, and Bulgaria are their top target markets. The official downplayed the importance of the failure of Russ [...] | 2007-12-17 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG PREL RS IN |
07MOSCOW5845 | ROSNEFT'S LEADERSHIP RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: A recent shuffle in the top ranks of Rosneft, rumored to have been engineered by its Chairman Igor Sechin, has spurred speculation that CEO Sergey Bogdanchikov may be on his way out. If true, the company's plans and future may depend as much on politics as the company's plans an [...] | 2007-12-18 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW5848 | GOR NOT DISAPPOINTED WITH TYMOSHENKO'S COMEBACK [...] (C) Summary. Within a few hours after the election of Yulia Tymoshenko as Ukraine's new Prime Minister, MFA officials welcomed her "return", while expressing relief that many bilateral decisions put on hold in the absence of a "functioning" government in Ukraine could be made and implemented [...] | 2007-12-18 16:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
07MOSCOW5857 | TALKING POINTS ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL |
07MOSCOW5869 | GOR EFFORTS TO ADVANCE MULTIPOLAR WORLD IN [...] Summary: While Russian officials view the October ministerial in Harbin as a "pivotal event" in accelerating the formation of a Russia, India, and China (RIC) triangle, fundamental differences in strategic vision, mutual distrust, and differing relations with the U.S. significantly limit Russ [...] | 2007-12-19 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON RS |
07MOSCOW5879 | MFA DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, MFA Second Asia Department Director Maryasov reviewed the results of Iranian FM Mottaki's December 13-14 trip to Moscow, noting bilateral agreements on trade and cooperation, confirming the sale of 130 civilian aircraft was possible but premature, and re [...] | 2007-12-20 07:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR AF RS |
07MOSCOW5898 | RUSSIA-MOLDOVA RELATIONS: BACK ON TRACK? [...] (C) Summary. While evaluating Russia-Moldova relations without the Transnistria conflict is difficult, there are a few signs that the GOR is continuing its efforts to "mend" the bilateral relationship through economic and other means. The MFA told us that Russia is hopeful that frequent high [...] | 2007-12-20 15:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MD RS |
07MOSCOW5899 | RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The pragmatic pursuit of economic growth and political stability, and a determined effort to avoid "interfering" with each other's domestic political developments have brought an improvement in ties between Russia and China. The conclusion of two "national years" created a stro [...] | 2007-12-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG CH RS |
07MOSCOW5918 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTIONS FOR THE COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-21 12:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA RS |
07MOSCOW5938 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel C demarche, the MFA conveyed its support for Pierre Prosper, but stressed its expectation of reciprocal U.S. support for the candidacy of Professor A.S. Avtonomov in the same election. 2. (SBU) Text of MFA dipnote: No. 11521-n/dgpch The Department for Huma [...] | 2007-12-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA RS |
07MOSCOW5955 | RUSSIAN ENERGY MINISTER'S END-OF-YEAR REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on December 21, the day after the formal signing of the Tri-Caspian (Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan) pipeline agreement, Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko called it "a good note" on which to end the year. He commented on domestic en [...] | 2007-12-28 11:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PINR RS |
07MOSCOW5958 | RUSSIAN DFM GRUSHKO ON OSCE DUES [...] (U) Local press seized on Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko's December 26 statement about Russia's decreasing contributions to the OSCE budget. During an end-of-year press conference, Grushko said, "Russia is already reducing its financing of the OSCE. If we look at the evol [...] | 2007-12-28 13:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5969 | POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. POLICY ON PAKISTAN'S [...] We delivered reftel points to the office of MFA Second Asia Department Director Aleksandr Maryasov. The MFA is closed for the holidays, but Maryasov's staff promised to pass the points to Maryasov immediately. RUSSELL [...] | 2007-12-31 10:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK RS |
07MOSCOW5971 | DEMARCHES ON POTENTIAL S-300 SALE TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In response to multiple demarches from the DCM, senior MFA officials have alluded to, but not confirmed a potential sale of the S-300 air defense system to Iran based on an unspecified contract which predated UNSCR 1737. When challenged that a Russian Government agency has publicly [...] | 2007-12-31 11:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR RS |
07MOSCOW598 | RUSSIANS INFORMED OF NEW COMBATANT COMMAND FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-09 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL RS |
07MOSCOW599 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: TINY STEPS FOR LITTLE FEET [...] (C) On January 22 Putin sent his ambassador back to Georgia with fanfare. On February 5-6 the two countries held constructive talks on restoring direct air links, with other talks soon to begin on restoring sea freight connections. The newly re-staffed Russian embassy in Tbilisi includes visa [...] | 2007-02-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PBTS MARR MOPS GG RS |
07MOSCOW601 | RUSSIA-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP: NOT YET A NEW CHAPTER [...] (C) Summary. Despite growing economic ties and a newly launched strategic dialogue, improvements in Russian-Japanese bilateral relations will likely continue to move at a glacial pace. The disputed Kurile Islands remain a sticking point; oil-rich and confident Russians see little gain in mak [...] | 2007-02-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON JA RS |
07MOSCOW610 | PUTIN WILL GO [...] (C) Although rumors swirl after each major public appearance, even diehard skeptics now agree that President Putin will leave office when his second term expires in May 2008. With each passing month the conspiracy theories, which most recently crested in the wake of the Litvinenko assassinati [...] | 2007-02-12 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL RS |
07MOSCOW613 | PUTIN IN MUNICH: SHARP TONE, BUT FAMILIAR [...] (C) Summary: Putin's February 10 remarks to the Munich Conference on Security Policy were a familiar litany of complaints about Russia's treatment by the West, and particularly the U.S. The substance of his critique of the dangers of unilateral U.S. actions, NATO enlargement, and ballistic [...] | 2007-02-12 15:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW626 | RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN ACTIONS ON SEPARATIST [...] (C) We approached Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Popov and, separately, Transnistria negotiator Nesterushkin with reftel demarche. We stressed the change in Russian official practice, referring to separatist leaders as if they were legitimate, and asked whether Russia is not taking yet [...] | 2007-02-13 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS MD GG RS |
07MOSCOW627 | KOSOVO: DFM TITOV DETAILS PRINCIPLED DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Titov told Special Envoy Wisner on February 8 that Russia's differences with the U.S. over Kosovo were strategic, not simply tactical, but should not color the broader bilateral relationship. Russia's vote at the UN would be predicated on whether Belgrad [...] | 2007-02-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW628 | KOSOVO: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER HEARS RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fresh from meetings in Pristina, Belgrade and Vienna, Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Frank Wisner held consultations in Moscow on February 9 to gauge Russian opinion on Kosovo's independence and emphasize the need for Contact Group unity. In meetings with DFM Titov (septel) [...] | 2007-02-13 14:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS |
07MOSCOW629 | PORTUGUESE INITIATIVE: EU-US-RUSSIA TRILATERAL [...] (C) During a February 13 conversation with the Ambassador, Portuguese Ambassador Curto previewed a Portuguese initiative, as incoming President of the European Union in July 2007, to organize a trilateral EU-US-Russian summit. Curto explained that the Portuguese government was interested in [...] | 2007-02-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS |
07MOSCOW648 | RUSSIA AND INDIA: MAKE NEW FRIENDS, BUT DON'T [...] (C) Summary: Russia's goal is to "revitalize" its ties to India by concentrating on energy security and hi-tech joint projects according to the MFA, which provided a readout on Putin's trip to India and a look ahead at high-level meetings in February. Moscow heralded an agreement to sell f [...] | 2007-02-14 13:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP MASS ETRD IN RS |
07MOSCOW655 | HAITI: RUSSIA SUPPORTS SIX-MONTH MINUSTAH MANDATE [...] (C) We raised reftel points on February 13 with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department, who told us that Russia would support only a six-month extension of the MINUSTAH mandate. He argued that a mandate of six months [...] | 2007-02-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC KPKO HA RS |
07MOSCOW66 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: UPDATE ON BELARUS-RUSSIA OIL ROW [...] (SBU) On January 11, Econoff spoke to Shawn McCormick (please protect),head of government relations at TNK-BP, who confirmed press reports that Russian crude is flowing again through Belarus along the Druzhba pipeline and his company was sending their "normal" volumes through and was not requ [...] | 2007-01-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
07MOSCOW673 | THE CHECHEN PRESIDENCY: KADYROV PROPOSES, BUT [...] (C) Chechen Prime Minister Ramzan Kadyrov, seeking to be president, is pushing hard against President Alu Alkhanov. Kadyrov aims either to force Alkhanov to make way for him and resign, or to persuade Putin to remove Alkhanov. Press articles inspired by one or another side appear frequently b [...] | 2007-02-15 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER MOPS RS |
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