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00COLOMBO968	LTTE OFFERS TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY. WITH THE SRI LANKAN ARMY HAVING PULLED BACK TO NEW DEFENSIVE LINES AND A SLOWDOWN IN LTTE ADVANCES OVER THE WEEKEND ON THE JAFFNA FRONT, THE LTTE HAS OFFERED A TEMPORARY CEASE-FIRE TO ALLOW GSL FORCES TO "WITHDRAW FROM THE UNFAVORABLE THEATER OF WAR WITH DIGNITY AND HONOR." THE O [...]	2000-05-08 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	MOPS PREL CE

00STATE228220	ALLOWANCE AND POST DIFFERENTIAL [...] EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 3, 2000, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALLOWANCES AND/OR POST DIFFERENTIAL RATES ARE REVISED AS SHOWN. THESE CHANGES WILL BE PART A OF TL:SR-593. 2. PLEASE INFORM LOCAL OFFICES OF ALL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AT THE POSTS LISTED IN THIS CABLE. 3. ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT FORM [...]	2000-12-01 00:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER
00STATE228767	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF OFFICE MANAGEMENT [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR OFFICE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 2001 [...]	2000-12-01 20:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE228771	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF SENIOR LEVEL GENERALIST [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CYCLE HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH A NOVEMBER 2001 TED MAY ALSO BID [...]	2000-12-01 20:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE228772	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF MID-LEVEL GENERALIST AND ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST VACANCIES, NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 31,2001. (COMBINED WINTER 2000 - SUMMER 2001 CYCLE). [...] No summary [...]	2000-12-01 20:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
00STATE229013	OPEN ASSIGNMENTS LIST OF FS-01 GENERALIST AND [...] BID DEADLINE: THE WINTER 2000-2001 AND SUMMER 2001 CABLES HAVE BEEN COMBINED. THIS CABLE PRESENTS THE OPEN ASSIGNMENTS VACANCY LIST FOR FS-01 POSITIONS FROM WHICH ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES SHOULD CREATE THEIR BID LISTS FOR THE 2001 SUMMER CYCLE. BIDDERS WITH APRIL AND NOVEMBER 2001 TEDS MAY ALSO BID [...]	2000-12-01 23:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	APER
01ABUJA2562	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DRC, BURUNDI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on October 8. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sule Lamido, the Governor of Kaduna State, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Adobe Obe, an advisor to President Obasanjo, and LTC Idris, the NSA's Military [...]	2001-10-11 10:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO CG SU BY NI
01ABUJA2982	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES SUDAN, DROC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolCouns and PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on November 11. The President's Special Coordinator for Sudan, Dr. Usman Bugaje also attended. This message covers their conversation on Nigeria's foreign affairs efforts. 2. (C) SUMMARY CO [...]	2001-11-26 17:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CG SU BY NI
01ABUJA3201	NIGERIA: ENDGAME ON GAS FLARING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for the Environment Imeh Okopido has enlisted the World Bank, the Government of Norway and environmentalists from around the world to support his position over the issue of gas flaring in Nigeria. Okopido,s personal crusade is to advance the deadline to end gas f [...]	2001-12-13 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET SENV PGOV NI
01HARARE3250	AF PDAS DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE CRISIS WITH MDC LEADER AND [...] (C) AF PDAS MARK BELLAMY MET WITH A WIDE RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING MDC PRESIDENT MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, THE COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION, AND OTHER KEY PLAYERS DURING A TWO-DAY VISIT TO HARARE OCTOBER 24-26. MANY OF HIS INTERLOCUTORS INDICATED THAT GOVERNMEN [...]	2001-10-31 06:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3263	EU'S NEXT STEPS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) THE EU WILL FORMALLY NOTIFY THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE WITHIN 15 DAYS OF ITS DECISION TO MOVE TO ARTICLE 96 DISCUSSIONS UNDER THE COTONOU AGREEMENT. THE GOZ WILL HAVE 15 DAYS TO DECIDE WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE, THEN UP TO 60 DAYS (I.E. LATE JANUARY) TO ADDRESS EU CONCERNS IN FIVE BROAD CATE [...]	2001-10-31 15:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3335	AMBASSADOR, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DISCSS DRC, ELECTION [...] (C) INTHE AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON SPEAKER O PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ON NOVEMBER 6, MNNGAGWA SAID THAT THE GOZ WAS PRESSING DRC PRESIDNT KABILA TO DEMOCRATIZE INSTITUTIONS, TO PARTICPATE IN THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE, AND TO PLA FOR ELECTIONS. THE SPEAKER ASKED THAT WE SH [...]	2001-11-07 14:57:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3356	ZIMBABWE MOVES TO PROHIBIT INDEPENDENT DOMESTIC [...] No summary [...]	2001-11-09 11:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE3463	UNEASY CALM RETURNS TO BULAWAYO AS CRACKDOWN ON MDC [...] (C) IN A SEVERAL-HOUR RAMPAGE THROUGH BULAWAYO ON NOVEMBER 16, WAR VETERANS AND ZANU-PF SUPPORTERS BURNED TO THE GROUND THE OPPOSITION MDC'S OFFICE, RANSACKED THE OFFICE OF THE CITY'S MAYOR, BEAT THOSE SELLING AND READING INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS, AND SMASHED CAR WINDSHIELDS. THEY WERE ESCORTED [...]	2001-11-19 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI
01HARARE3527	AMBASSADOR, ZANU-PF SECRETARY OF INFORMATION NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA DISCUSS ZDERA, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) IN A NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, SENIOR ZANU- PF OFFICIAL NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA SAID THE GOZ WANTS TO MAINTAIN GOOD RELATIONS WITH THE USG, AND HE URGED THAT THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND RECOVERY ACT (ZDERA),CURRENTLY BEFORE THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BE TAKEN "OFF THE AGENDA." [...]	2001-11-23 10:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR
01HARARE3539	PRESIDENT MUGABE WALKS OUT ON EU TEAM [...] (C) A SENIOR EU TEAM HAD A VERY ROCKY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE ON NOVEMBER 23. THE PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN A NORMAL DIPLOMATIC DISCUSSION OF THE DRC INTERNAL DIALOGUE AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF FOREIGN TROOPS IN DRC, BUT MUGABE BECAME INCREASINGLY IRRITATED AS THE CONVERSATION SHIFTED TO THE [...]	2001-11-26 12:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3630	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION WITH ELECTORAL [...] (C) ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION (ESC) CHAIRMAN SOBUSA GULA-NDEBELE TOLD THE AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER 29 THAT THE CONSTITUTION AND ZIMBABWEAN LAW ARE VAGUE ABOUT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ESC AND THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL FOR ELECTIONS, AND ACKNOWLEDGED PREVIOUS DIFFICULTIES BETWEEN THE TWO E [...]	2001-12-04 14:37:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
01HARARE3690	A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE TO [...] (C) IN MEETINGS DECEMBER 10-11 WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE, AND FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI -- AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY KANSTEINER EXPLAINED ZDERA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS. SIPDIS HE EMPHASIZED THAT THERE IS STILL TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT O [...]	2001-12-12 15:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE3730	A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO [...] (C) DURING HIS DECEMBER 10-11 VISIT TO HARARE, AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MET WITH A RANGE OF INDIVIDUALS OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING MDC LEADER MORGAN TSVANGIRAI, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WILSON SANDURA, UNDP RESREP VICTOR ANGELO, COMMERCIAL FARMERS UNION (CFU) OFFICIALS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF H [...]	2001-12-14 09:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ZI
01RANGOON1171	CHINESE QUIETLY SUPPORT REFORM? [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE CHINESE DCM TOLD US THE PRC CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE ONGOING POLITICAL DIALOGUE, AND BELIEVES THE MILITARY REGIME IS SINCERE IN ITS DEALINGS WITH AUNG SAN SUU KYI (ASSK). WHILE HE STATED HIS BELIEF THAT OUTSIDE PRESSURE IS COUNTER- PRODUCTIVE, HE GAVE SOME REASON TO BELIEV [...]	2001-07-27 11:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM
01STATE157224	TF UNITED STATES SEPTEMBER ATTACK SITUATION REPORT NO. 004 AS OF 2300 EDT TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 [...] No summary [...]	2001-09-12 10:48:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC
02ABUJA695	NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED ON NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) This message was delayed in transmission, but contains information that may be of value to end-users. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter and NSA Mohammed February 6 discussed the Ikeja cantonment tragedy and Nigeria's request for large-scale EOD assistance. Mohammed also briefed the Am [...]	2002-03-05 13:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MASS MOPS CG SU BY ZI NI
02AMMAN2184	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON SITUATION IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-02 10:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN2243	MODERATES IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP UNEASY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the aftermath of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield, the mood among even moderate factions in Amman's Wihdat refugee camp is suspicious and uneasy about Israeli and U.S. intentions. In a May 1 meeting with emboffs, Palestinian notables from Wihdat questioned U.S [...]	2002-05-07 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN2251	PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE GREETED WITH [...] (C) A survey of political contacts suggests a general lack of enthusiasm over the recent Quartet proposal to stage a Middle East conference in the next few weeks. The GOJ has endorsed the proposal with some caveats. While several contacts condemned outright the idea of a conference, a few ma [...]	2002-05-07 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN2696	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND SUICIDE [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-28 08:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN2768	KING ABDULLAH'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH CONGRESSMEN [...] (C) Congressman Darrell Issa and Congressman Tom Davis met on May 26 with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The focus of both discussions was how to move forward on the peace process. The Congressmen also asked the King for his impressions of Syrian President Bashar Asad. En [...]	2002-05-30 07:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV IS JO
02AMMAN3461	JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-26 09:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4086	PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN BUSINESSMEN PONDER ROLE IN [...] (SBU) A group of Palestinian-Jordanian businesspeople met with econoffs July 11, to discuss what they believe might be the leading investment opportunities and economic prospects following the establishment of a Palestinian state, as well as the role of Palestinian-Jordanians in promoting de [...]	2002-07-24 10:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL EINV EAID PREL IS JO
02AMMAN4236	AMBASSADOR ROSS' MEETING WITH ISLAMISTS: A GOOD [...] (C) On July 17, R Special Coordinator Ambassador Ross met with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders Sheikh Hamza Mansour (IAF Secretary General),Abdel Latif Arabiyat (IAF Shura Council President),and Jamil Abu Bakr (IAF First Deputy Secretary General). Poloff accompanied Ambassador Ross. IAF [...]	2002-07-31 06:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN5185	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON SEPTEMBER 11 [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-11 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5398	MULLAH KREKAR CASE: STATE OF PLAY IN JORDAN [...] (S) Post has been in contact with the GOJ and the Dutch Embassy this week regarding the Mullah Krekar case, and has provided materials to assist the Jordanians with preparation of their extradition request to the Netherlands. This cable recounts steps taken thus far. End Summary. --------- [...]	2002-09-19 08:50:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KJUS PREL NO NL IZ JO
02AMMAN5470	MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-23 12:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5528	GOJ TO APPROACH DUTCH TO ASK THAT MULLAH KREKAR [...] (S) Following ref a telcon, DCM and PolCouns September 25 called on Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak and Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, Ali al-Ayed, regarding the GOJ's request for the extradition of Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (aka Mullah Krekar) from Holland. The DCM explained [...]	2002-09-26 04:04:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER NL NO JO
02COLOMBO1422	GSL minister cautiously optimistic on direction of peace process based on meeting with Tiger spokesman [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 31 meeting, Milinda Moragoda, a senior GSL minister, provided the Ambassador a detailed readout of his recent talks with Anton Balasingham, the spokesman of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The atmospherics were excellent, he related. On substantive issues, pro [...]	2002-08-01 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINR PREL PARM CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO1527	MORAGODA ON MEETING LTTE IN OSLO: GUARDED OPTIMISM [...] (C) GSL Minister Moragoda appeared to have regained a bit of optimism following his Oslo meeting (reftels) with LTTE "theorist" Anton Balasingham. Moragoda said that Balasingham seems serious about getting talks going, is very sensitive to US and Indian attitudes re the LTTE, and concerned abo [...]	2002-08-20 06:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	CE PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER LTTE
02COLOMBO1972	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 146 (10-22-02) [...] (C) DCM met with Mohan Kumar, the Indian Deputy High Commissioner, today. Out of the blue, Kumar said the GoI was not planning to participate in the Oslo donors conference. Kumar linked the Indian stance to their reluctance to have anything to do with the LTTE. He indicated that high-level [...]	2002-10-22 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE KWMM
02COLOMBO1982	Peace Process Update: Norwegian envoy visits; [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister visits north and south in run-up to second round of talks -- Senior Tiger negotiator Balasingham continues consultations with leadership -- New poll highlights strong support for pe [...]	2002-10-23 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2003	SRI LANKA: DAS CAMP AFFIRMS U.S. SUPPORT FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: During his October 24-27 visit to Sri Lanka, South Asia Bureau DAS Donald Camp delivered a message of firm U.S. support for the peace process. At the same time, Camp encouraged both government and opposition leaders not to let cohabitation stresses threaten the progress made thus [...]	2002-10-28 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS EAID ELAB CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2032	Second round of GSL-LTTE talks slated to kick [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan government and the Tamil Tigers are scheduled to kick off their second round of talks on October 31 in Thailand. The Norwegian-facilitated talks are slated to focus mainly on technical issues, including the modalities of forming a task force on humanitarian issue [...]	2002-10-30 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM EAID CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2064	Second session of talks between the Sri Lankan [...] (C) SUMMARY: The second session of GSL-LTTE talks made significant progress, with the two sides agreeing to form sub-committees focusing on humanitarian, de- escalation, and political issues. The two sides also agreed to a meeting schedule stretching into March 2003. In another constructive [...]	2002-11-04 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE NO TH LTTE
02COLOMBO2132	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 160 (11-14-02) [...] (C) Per our recent o/i on this issue, we received an official request today from the Permanent Secretary of the Maldivian MFA Ahmed Shaheed to obtain information about the investigation of Ibrahim Fauzee, the Maldivian national being held at Gitmo. Shaheed proposes sending an official from t [...]	2002-11-14 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE
02COLOMBO2142	In public statement, president's party flays [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga's party, the People's Alliance, has issued a public statement excoriating the government's handling of the peace process. The statement was also critical of the Norwegian facilitation effort, and U.S. and UK participation in the Oslo conference. Somewhat a [...]	2002-11-16 07:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KPAO EAID CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2147	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 162 (11-19-02) [...] (SBU) The Japanese Ambassador rang the Ambassador last night to report on his and Mr. Yosikawa's attendance at the first Subcommittee meeting on North-East Reconstruction. The atmosphere was "positive and friendly" but the details of how the Subcommittee and related North-East Reconstruction [...]	2002-11-19 10:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2160	Joint GSL-LTTE sub-committees on humanitarian [...] (C) SUMMARY: The joint GSL-LTTE sub-committees on humanitarian and de-escalation issues recently held their initial meetings. The humanitarian-focused meeting led to an agreement to form a secretariat. The de-escalation meeting led to the first ever face-to-face discussions between the GSL [...]	2002-11-20 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL MOPS EAID CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2163	WHAT THE PM WILL RAISE WITH YOU IN OSLO [...] (C) I saw PM Wickremesinghe three times this week, twice at social events and most recently today together with Deputy USTR Huntsman, who is here for the first official meeting on trade issues since the TIFA was signed in July. (Ambassador Huntsman's visit, by the way, is going extremely well [...]	2002-11-21 09:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2174	High hopes for Oslo conference, as Sri Lankans [...] (C) SUMMARY: Expectations in Sri Lanka are running high for the November 25 Oslo conference. Observers see the conference as a chance for the international community to send a strong signal of support for the peace effort. Amid this focus on a political message, expectations have been lowe [...]	2002-11-20 14:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2184	Meeting of Sri Lankan PM with LTTE nets heavy [...] (C) SUMMARY: The meeting between Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and LTTE negotiator Balasingham in Oslo on November 24 has received extensive press coverage in Sri Lanka. In other peace process developments, LTTE leader Prabhakaran is preparing to give his annual speech on November 27. Missi [...]	2002-11-25 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO PHUM CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2195	OSLO MEETING REAPS LAVISH, UPBEAT PRESS COVERAGE; DEPUTY SECRETARYÂ´S REMARKS EARN PRAISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Oslo meeting on the Sri Lankan peace process has received lavish, upbeat press coverage. Deputy Secretary ArmitageÂ´s remarks -- which were specifically highlighted in the press coverage -- earned special praise. President Kumaratunga has not yet issued a public statement on the [...]	2002-11-26 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID KPAO CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO2202	SRI LANKA: A REFORM-MINDED 2003 BUDGET [...] Summary: Indicating government commitment to fiscal discipline and continued reforms, the 2003 GSL budget concentrated on improving the macro economic situation through measures to narrow the budget deficit and public debt while increasing tax revenue. The fundamental weakness of the fiscal [...]	2002-11-27 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD CE ECONOMICS
02COLOMBO2206	LTTE leader Prabhakaran's annual hero's day [...] (C) On November 27 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran made his annual "Hero's Day" speech. The government of Sri Lanka has commented favorably on the speech, highlighting Prabhakaran's acceptance of regional autonomy instead of a separate state. Prabhakara [...]	2002-11-29 05:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM PREL CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2267	Just-concluded talks help peace process gain [...] (C) SUMMARY: The just-concluded third session of GSL-LTTE talks has helped the peace process pick up significant new traction. In particular, the LTTE's agreement to examine federalism as a potential solution to the conflict was a key shift by the group away from separatism or a confederal [...]	2002-12-09 10:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2277	AS LEADERSHIP DISPUTE FLARES, SRI LANKA'S MAJOR MUSLIM PARTY MARGINALIZED IN PEACE PROCESS DEBATE [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-10 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE LTTE
02COLOMBO2312	GSL MINISTOR MORAGODA SAYS INDIANS MAD AT JAPANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: GSL Minister Milinda Moragoda told me over the weekend that the Indians are "really mad" over the attempts by the Japanese to involve themselves in Sri Lanka's negotiation to end the war. Moragoda said Indian Foreign Secretary Sibal, who visited Colombo last week, was SIPDIS [...]	2002-12-16 09:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PARM CE LTTE
02HARARE1182	MEDIA REACTION G8 SUMMIT AND NEPAD; HARARE [...] Under headline "NEPAD's Zim quarantine a false start" the independent weekly "Zimbabwe Independent" warns the G8 countries meeting in Canada next month not to ignore the crisis in Zimbabwe. Excerpts: 2. "Remarks by the Canadian High Commissioner to South Africa's Thabo Mbek [...]	2002-05-17 08:51:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE556	MORE ELECTORAL DEVELOPMENTS, MORE UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ADDITION TO THE SUPREME COURT DECISION STRIKING DOWN ELECTORAL LAW AMENDMENTS (REFTEL),THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF LEGAL AND OTHER ELECTORAL DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE PAST 48 HOURS. A HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT ON DUAL NATIONALITY AND A SUPREME COURT RULING ON VOTING BY CONSTITUENC [...]	2002-03-02 08:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI
02HARARE591	ZIMBABWEAN ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE SETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE TWO TOP OFFICIALS OF ZIMBABWE'S ELECTORAL SUPERVISORY COMMISSION (ESC) BRIEFED INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS ON THE MORNING OF MARCH 6 ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE MARCH 9 AND 10 VOTE. IN A SURREAL NINETY-MINUTE SPEECH, THE RECENTLY APPOINTED NUMBER TWO OF THE ESC, A PRO-ZANU [...]	2002-03-06 15:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ZI
02HARARE620	OUR TAKE ON ELECTION OBSERVATION EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. THE GOZ HAS TO A LARGE DEGREE SUCCEEDED IN ITS EFFORTS TO KEEP PRYING OUTSIDE EYES AWAY FROM THE PRE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN FIELD AND, IT NOW APPEARS, OUT OF THE POLLING STATIONS ON VOTING DAY. BY DERAILING THE EFFORTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION MISSION AND THE ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS SUPPORT [...]	2002-03-08 12:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM ZI
02ROME2023	ITALY/MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS: BERLUSCONI WITH [...] (C) ON APRIL 24, PM BERLUSCONI'S SENIOR DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR GIOVANNI CASTELLANETA TOLD EUR A/S ELIZABETH JONES CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 02023 241730Z THAT THE PREVIOUS DAY'S EU-MED MINISTERIAL IN VALENCIA HAD, OBVIOUSLY, NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN PROMOTING ISRA [...]	2002-04-24 16:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IT KPAL PREL MEPP
02ROME2071	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER: CODE OF [...] SUMMARY: A COALITION OF COUNTRIES (DEVELOPED AND DEVELOPING)IS PROMOTING WORLD FOOD SUMMIT FIVE YEARS LATER ENDORSEMENT OF A VOLUNTARY CODE OF CONDUCT ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD AS A "DELIVERABLE" OF THE UPCOMING SUMMIT- LEVEL MEETING. THE UNITED STATES OBJECTED TO A CODE OF CONDUCT AT THE 1996 W [...]	2002-04-29 14:46:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR FAO
02ROME3370	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN "SECRET" TALKS IN ROME: AN [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE MAYOR OF ROME FACILITATED SEVERAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 03370 091535Z MEETINGS BETWEEN THE ISRAELI URI SAVIR AND THE PALESTINIAN ABU ALA LAST YEAR IN ROME. THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WAS NOT AWARE OF THESE MEETINGS BUT IS ALSO NOT UNDULY CONC [...]	2002-07-09 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS XF IT UN
02STATE250963	DESIGNATING HAMAS AND HEZBALLAH: APPROACHING EU CAPITALS [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. FOR EU MEMBER CAPITALS: THE POINTS AT PARAS TWO AND THREE ARE FOR DELIVERY PRIOR TO THE EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING ON 12/9 AND 12/10. WE UNDERSTAND THE DANISH PRESIDENCY INTENDS TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS WEEK'S DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AT THE C [...]	2002-12-07 02:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL SY EUN EFIN
03ABUDHABI4680	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ WEST BANK [...] SUMMARY: THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, THE AMERICAN DECISION TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF FORCES AND THE SITUATION IN THE WEST BANK DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL BAYAN" CRITICIZED AS HYPOCRITICAL PRIME MINISTER SHARON'S STATEMENT THAT EXPELLING ARAFAT IS AGA [...]	2003-10-21 10:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03AMMAN150	MULLAH KREKAR EXTRADITION: JORDANIANS THINK THE [...] (S) Post shares Embassy The Hague's frustration with the current state of play of the Mullah Krekar extradition case. To have Krekar walk free would be an outcome that would serve no one's interests and would send the wrong signal to all those working tirelessly in the fight against terrorism [...]	2003-01-08 12:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR PTER KCRM PREL JO NL
03AMMAN2989	JORDAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES: ISLAMISTS, LEFTISTS, [...] (U) This cable provides background on Jordan's political parties participating in upcoming parliamentary elections on June 17. Jordan's political landscape, runs the gamut from religious to secular and from left to right, complicated by tribal and family loyalties. The Islamic Action Front, t [...]	2003-05-20 16:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN3242	UNRWA MAY 21-22 DONORS MEETING: BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: UNRWA's May 21-22 meeting of major donors and host governments revealed an agency in an atypically sound cash-flow position but troubled by overall budget shortfalls and underfunded emergency needs in the West Bank and Gaza, with only USD 25 million received against its current [...]	2003-06-03 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG EAID IS JO
03AMMAN7813	JORDAN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Answers keyed to reftel. A) (U) Significant actions taken by host governments to support the global coalition against terrorism. The GOJ continues to provide strong support for the global coalition against terrorism and has responded positively to U.S. requests for assistance. For exam [...]	2003-12-02 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER JO
03ANKARA800	NORTHERN IRAQ: PUK'S BARHAM SALIH: WORRIES OF [...] (S) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) "Prime Minister" Barham Salih briefed Operation Northern Watch POLAD in Ankara Jan. 29 and 31 on his recent travel in Europe and his Jan. 30 meetings with Turkish officials. Salih said his talks with Turks were mostly positive, with the exception of the T [...]	2003-01-31 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR TU IZ PHUM PREF PTER
03COLOMBO101	Sri Lanka: Five things that upset Sinhalese [...] (C) Always a lively crowd, Sri Lanka's Sinhalese extremists have been raising a ruckus over five issues of late. They have demanded, for example, that (#1) the Norwegian Ambassador be expelled from the country, and complained about (#2) a pro-Tamil movie that opened in Europe recently and (# [...]	2003-01-17 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SOCI CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO113	Japan's Akashi reviews visit to Sri Lanka; [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Special Envoy Akashi reviewed his visit to Sri Lanka, noting that President Kumaratunga had decided not to meet him. He said the donors' conference in Tokyo was set for June 9-10, and he invited Deputy Secretary Armitage [...]	2003-01-21 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER CE JA NO IN LTTE
03COLOMBO1143	Sri Lanka: Peace process poised to enter new [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the prime minister back from a successful visit to the United Kingdom, Sri Lanka's peace process is on the verge of entering a new phase. The Tigers are hinting at a return to talks, while the government is preparing an interim administration proposal. The Liberation Tiger [...]	2003-07-01 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS NO JA CE LTTE
03COLOMBO14	Fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks set to begin in [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fourth round of talks between the GSL and the Tamil Tigers is set to take place in Thailand, January 6-9. Topics on the agenda include the security zones in Jaffna, which the Tigers want reduced in size. There is still some confusion as to the exact nature of Muslim repres [...]	2003-01-03 06:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS CE NO TH
03COLOMBO140	Next round of talks in Europe, as status of [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway has announced that the next round of GSL-LTTE talks will take place in Europe, February 7-8, not Thailand. The exact venue has not yet been formally set, but Berlin looks a strong bet. The switch was necessitated by the health condition of LTTE negotiator Balasingham, w [...]	2003-01-24 05:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1425	No breakthroughs in meeting with Tigers, but [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 13 meeting with the Charge', Norwegian Special Envoy Solheim and Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar said the atmospherics of their meeting with the Tigers earlier that day had been positive. They said they had discussed the Tigers' upcoming meeting in Paris. Re conte [...]	2003-08-14 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO1533	Japanese propose that donors meet September 12 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 3 meeting with Ambassador Lunstead, Japanese Ambassador Otsuka said the GoJ wanted to convene a "follow-up meeting of the Tokyo conference" for donors on September 12 during Special Envoy Akashi's visit to Sri Lanka. The GSL, international organizations, and the [...]	2003-09-04 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE JA NO LTTE
03COLOMBO154	Scenesetter for SA/INS Director Good's [...] (C) SUMMARY: We warmly welcome your upcoming visit. It comes at an exciting time, with many of the positive trends we discussed with you during your visit last fall gaining increased traction. A ceasefire has been in place since December 2001, and the government and the Tamil Tigers continue [...]	2003-01-28 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1565	Latest plans for Tokyo conference follow-up [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Lunstead recently participated in planning sessions for the Tokyo follow- up meeting to be held in Colombo on September 12. The format and agenda of the upcoming meeting were discussed, as were the modalities and the substance of "press guidelines" that would be used [...]	2003-09-09 09:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE JA NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1606	Donors reaffirm support for peace process at [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador participated in the follow-up meeting to the Tokyo conference held on September 12 in Colombo. Japanese Special Envoy Akashi chaired the meeting. In their remarks, donors and international agency heads reiterated their support for assistance to Sri Lanka, but un [...]	2003-09-15 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PTER CE NO JA UN LTTE
03COLOMBO1781	Tiger delegation wraps up meeting in Ireland [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tamil Tigers have wrapped up their meeting at the Glencree Center for Reconciliation located south of Dublin. The Glencree meeting appears to have helped the group further polish its response to the GSL's north/east interim administration proposal. The Tiger delegation is n [...]	2003-10-14 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE NO EI LTTE
03COLOMBO1831	Norwegian envoy briefs donors on status of the [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Lunstead attended a meeting of major bilateral donors to Sri Lanka on October 21. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar briefed the group on the status of the Tiger's counterproposals developed in response to the GSL's north/east interim setup proposal. Brattskar commented t [...]	2003-10-22 11:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PINS KPAO CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1861	Norwegians sending placeholder response to [...] (C) Norway is sending a letter to President Kumaratunga informing her that it is reviewing her demand that chief monitor Tellefsen be fired and that the GoN will prepare its own report on the initial October 16 incident which sparked the controversy. The Norwegian Ambassador told the Charge' [...]	2003-10-29 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1893	LTTE counterproposals on interim [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Norwegian facilitators provided the Tamil Tigers' long-awaited counterproposals on the modalities for an interim administration in the north/east to the GSL on October 31. The Tiger plan, which was publicly released at a November 1 press conference, seeks wide-ranging power [...]	2003-11-03 12:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PREL CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1901	MEDIA PLAY: SRI LANKAN MEDIA RESPOND TO LTTE [...] In reftels Colombo reported on the 11/1 unveiling of the LTTE's long awaited response to the GSL's Interim Administration proposals. As noted in reftel (B),the counterproposal elicited immediate and enormous coverage: all major front pages carried the story, and three English, two Sinhala, a [...]	2003-11-04 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1926	Sri Lanka Update: MPs reportedly rally to [...] (C) SUMMARY: In reaction to the President's dramatic actions of November 4-5, MPs from the governing coalition and Tamil parties have reportedly rallied in support of the Prime Minister. There are still indications, however, that the President may be trying to tempt possible defectors. Aft [...]	2003-11-06 12:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER ASEC KPAO ECON CASC CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1927	Amid tentative signs that the President may [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the dust begins to settle after President Kumaratunga's rapid-fire November 4-5 moves against the UNP government, speculation abounds as to what her true motives are. She and her supporters say she only wants to protect Sri Lanka's "national interest." There are strong indi [...]	2003-11-06 12:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC SOCI CE
03COLOMBO1940	MEDIA PLAY: POLITICAL CRISIS IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary. Since the eruption of Sri Lanka's latest political crisis, the English and vernacular media have been in a frenzy. Over the weekend, television stations and newspapers in Sri Lanka avidly chronicled the political tug-of-war between President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and P [...]	2003-11-10 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE
03COLOMBO20	DECLARATION OF DISASTER - SRI LANKA-COMPLEX [...] SUMMARY: IN DECEMBER 2001, FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES IN SRI LANKA'S 20-YEAR CIVIL CONFLICT, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) AND THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL),RESPECTIVELY, DECLARED UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRES IN SHORT SUCCESSION. THESE UNILATERAL CEASEFIRES WE [...]	2003-01-06 08:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM CE LTTE
03COLOMBO2045	In annual address, LTTE leader supports peace [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tamil Tiger leader V. Prabhakaran's annual "heroes' day" address on November 27 stressed his group's ongoing support for the peace process. The LTTE leader, however, lashed out at the confused political situation in the south, asserting that it was holding up the process. He w [...]	2003-11-27 23:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO2183	Minister Moragoda reviews upcoming visit to Washington in meeting with the Ambassador [...] (C) SUMMARY: Milinda Moragoda told Ambassador December 26 that he is going to Washington to: -- make sure it is understood the PM is not to blame for the current impasse -- ask for US pressure on President Kumaratunga to compromise -- ask the US to push for a high-level Tokyo Co-Chairs meeting ar [...]	2003-12-29 07:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CE NO JA EU IN
03COLOMBO252	Japanese envoy Akashi reviews preliminary [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Special Envoy Akashi reviewed preliminary plans for the Tokyo donors' conference in June, noting that exact details still needed to ironed out with the GSL. Japan felt that U.S. participation was important in giving the [...]	2003-02-13 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE JA NO IN LTTE
03COLOMBO270	LOCAL REACTION TO DEPUTY SECRETARY'S CSIS [...] On 2/14 Deputy Secretary Armitage made major policy remarks regarding "Sri Lanka: Prospects for Peace" while speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. The challenge for the GSL and the LTTE, Armitage said, is to create "tangible signs of progress...." He [...]	2003-02-18 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
03COLOMBO39	Peace Process Update: Fourth round of talks [...] (C) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: >> Fourth round of GSL-LTTE talks begins in Thailand >> Muslim leader Hakeem attends talks as part of GSL team -- and takes other Muslims with him >> In nationally televised address, Prime Minister reviews progress of [...]	2003-01-07 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR CE NO JA TH LTTE
03COLOMBO413	THIRD PLANNING MEETING FOR TOKYO [...] The third planning meeting of the Tokyo Core Group was held on March 10. The Japanese Ambassador said that his Government was waiting for confirmations from countries asked to co-chair the Tokyo Conference. Subsequent to the co-chair confirmations the Japanese would determine which countri [...]	2003-03-12 04:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO450	LTTE to participate in sixth round of talks in [...] (C) SUMMARY: After much back-and-forth, the Tigers have decided to attend the sixth round of talks slated to take place in Japan, March 18-21. In agreeing to attend, the Tigers have made clear they will complain about the recent sinking of one of their ships by the navy. The Norwegian facil [...]	2003-03-17 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO589	Tamil Tigers criticize U.S. over "exclusion" [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a rare formal public statement, the Tamil Tigers have criticized the U.S. over not being invited to the upcoming Washington Seminar on Sri Lanka. Mission is also picking up some low-key bad vibes from the group's supporters in Sri Lanka over the matter. Overall, our guess is [...]	2003-04-04 13:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID ASEC CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO606	DRAFT DONOR STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES RE FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is an ACTION message. This cable contains the latest draft of the Donors' statement of principles regarding provision of foreign assistance to Sri Lanka as the peace process proceeds. It has been agreed to (ad referendum) by all of Sri Lanka's major bilateral donors at [...]	2003-04-09 07:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL CE LTTE
03COLOMBO657	REVISED DONOR STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES RE FOREIGN [...] (U) This is an ACTION request, please see para. 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: This cable contains the latest draft of the Donors' statement of principles regarding provision of foreign assistance to Sri Lanka as the peace process proceeds. The text has been agreed to (ad referendum) by all of Sri L [...]	2003-04-16 09:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL CE LTTE
03COLOMBO688	Tigers announce they are suspending peace talks; GSL, most observers see move as tactical [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a press release dated April 21, the Tamil Tigers suspended their participation in the peace talks and said they will not attend the June donors conference. The GSL has not yet reacted in public to the statement (short of a very brief letter to the Tigers taking note of their stateme [...]	2003-04-22 09:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO EAID CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO704	FINAL DONOR STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES RE FOREIGN [...] (U) This is an ACTION request, please see para.7. 2. (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. -- Please handle accordingly. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable contains the final draft of the donors statement of principles regarding provision of foreign assistance to Sri Lanka as the [...]	2003-04-24 09:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV CE LTTE

03COLOMBO705	In another negative signal, Tigers postpone meeting of key assistance committee [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late April 23, the Tamil Tigers postponed the next meeting of a key committee focused on humanitarian assistance issues. Admitting to being caught off guard, the Norwegian facilitators are reviewing next steps. The Indian polcouns told us he thought the decision was another tactical st [...]	2003-04-24 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS EAID CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO731	SIXTH TOKYO CORE AND EXPANDED GROUP MEETING OF [...] SUMMARY: GSL and multilaterals assess the Washington Seminar a success. Planning for the Tokyo Donor's Conference continues as scheduled. The Colombo pre-Tokyo Seminar has been postponed. GSL, multilateral and Bilateral donors have mixed views and strategies regarding the LTTE suspension fr [...]	2003-04-30 01:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID CE LTTE
03COLOMBO749	Scenesetter for SA Assistant Secretary Rocca's [...] (C) SUMMARY: We warmly welcome your upcoming visit. It comes at an important time, with the peace process facing serious turbulence. After months of progress, including six rounds of talks, the Tigers recently suspended negotiations. There have been tentative signs that the Tigers' may be e [...]	2003-05-05 11:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON MARR CE NO JA
03COLOMBO779	MEDIA PLAY: International "Safety Net" for Sri Lanka's [...] Summary: The fate of the peace talks, together with international efforts to coax the LTTE back to the negotiating table, dominated the week's press. English and vernacular headlines chronicled a string of international visitors who made their way to the Wanni to encourage the LTTE to retur [...]	2003-05-09 06:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
03COLOMBO873	Norwegians set to try again with Tigers; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest effort to convince the Tigers to come to the Tokyo conference, a Norwegian envoy is working with the GSL on ways to meet the group's demands re control of assistance funds. Sharply curbing the GSL's room for compromise on the matter, the president has harshly crit [...]	2003-05-27 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO910	Norwegians deliver GSL proposal re assistance [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitators delivered the latest GSL proposal re assistance to the Tigers late May 28. The Tigers indicated that they need time to review it. The government is only beginning to brief the public on the matter, but, based on what we are hearing, the proposal would go [...]	2003-05-29 10:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO970	GSL looks forward to Tokyo and hopes for big [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GSL is looking forward to the Tokyo donors conference, hoping for a big impact both politically and financially. That said, the Tigers' apparent non-participation is casting a bit of a shadow. The Norwegians plan to be represented in Tokyo by development officials. India m [...]	2003-06-05 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE NO JA IN LTTE
03HANOI2860	VIETNAM'S EXPERIENCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's series of human rights dialogues with foreign governments are broad-based and generally non-confrontational. Many are linked to ongoing aid programs related to governance reform, but few dialogues result in -- or are expected to - produce concrete short- term results [...]	2003-11-07 02:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV SW SZ AS NO VM HUMANR
03JERUSALEM2293	HAMAS READY TO EXTEND TRUCE, PA MINISTER CLAIMS [...] (C) Following up on his conversation with Embassy PolOff last week (reftel),PA Minister of Culture Ziad Abu-Amr, in a meeting with A/PO in Ramallah on 8/4, said that Hamas leaders would tell PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas in Gaza this week that they are prepared to extend the cease-fire for [...]	2003-08-05 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IS
03KUWAIT1842	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, MAY 5: KUWAITI POWS; KUWAITI [...] SUMMARY: The lead news story this week is the effort to account for Kuwaiti POWs still missing in Iraq, with frustration growing at the lack of information on the POWs despite the detention and interrogation of former regime officials. Kuwait should not only have a role in rebuilding Iraq' [...]	2003-05-05 12:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03KUWAIT486	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, 30 JANUARY-5 FEBRUARY: [...] Summary: For the second time this week, Kuwaiti Islamic activist Mohamed al-Mulaifi has offered a carefully worded apologia for al-Qaeda's terrorist operations based on his exegesis of Quranic texts. Asserting that the Prophet Mohammed abided by a truce with the city of Mecca while continuing [...]	2003-02-06 04:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU KDMR
03OTTAWA1605	G8; MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ; U.S. ECONOMIC POLICY [...] "We'd be better off with the G-Zero." Columnist William Watson noted in the conservative English-language daily the Montreal Gazette (6/3): "The big news story in France yesterday was the length of the handshake on Sunday when Jacques Chirac welcomed George W. Bush to the G8 summit. The Fren [...]	2003-06-06 19:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2128	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; MIDDLE EAST; AFRICA; [...] "Two down, one to go" Under the sub-heading, "The good news from Iraq: There's food in the markets, a new governing council and Saddam's sons are dead," columnist Margaret Wente wrote in the leading Globe and Mail (7/24): "As for the situation in Iraq, I have a hunch it's going better than [...]	2003-07-25 14:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03ROME371	USAID/DCHA TEAM DISCUSSES WFP GEARING UP FOR [...] (S) USAID/DAA/DCHA BILL GARVELINK AND D/FFP LAUREN LANDIS VISITED WFP HEADQUARTERS ON JANUARY 23-24 TO REVIEW WFP PROGRESS ON GEARING UP ITS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE MECHANISM TO ASSIST IRAQ IN THE EVENT OF OUTBREAK OF CONFLICT. DISCUSSIONS INVOLVED THE POSSIBLE PROCUREMENT AND DELIVERY OF 2.5 M [...]	2003-01-30 17:03:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC EAGR EAID ECON KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
03ROME430	ITALY CAN NOT ASSIST IN CLEARING AFGHANISTAN'S IFI [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-04 13:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PREL AFGHANISTAN
03SANAA1313	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ROAD MAP [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-10 09:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03TEGUCIGALPA2154	LEONIDAS ROSA BAUTISTA TO BE NAMED NEW HONDURAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed with PolOff September 5 that President Maduro would be naming Leonidas Rosa Bautista as the new Honduran Foreign Minister. The MFA had originally indicated that Rosa Bautista would be sworn in on September 12, but is it pos [...]	2003-09-10 17:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR ECON HO
03THEHAGUE2340	NPA-GOP PEACE TALKS: DUTCH WEIGHING SISON [...] (C) Press reports (cited in reftels) have pointed to preparations for September 20-21 exploratory peace talks between the New People's Army and Government of the Philippines in Oslo. The Dutch government told us that NPA leader Sison has applied for permission to leave the Netherlands to att [...]	2003-09-17 13:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETTC RP NO EUN
04AMMAN5278	JORDAN'S SECURITY COURT CLEARS OUT MORE CASES [...] (U) Jordan's State Security Court has ruled in a number of terrorism cases involving al-Qa'ida/Abu Musab al-Zarqawi-related anti-U.S. plots in Jordan in recent weeks. On June 23, the Court affirmed its guilty verdict (first handed down in September 2000) against ten men accused of plotting [...]	2004-06-28 12:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV JO
04AMMAN6039	MEDIA REACTION ON "CHAOS" IN GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-19 11:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN6223	MEPN: ARABS, ISRAELIS WORK COOPERATIVELY TO SOLVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the heels of the International Court of Justice ruling on Israel's security barrier, and rising tension in the Occupied Territories, Israeli, Jordanian, and Palestinian technical experts participated for four days in Barcelona in a U.S.-sponsored workshop on wastewater reuse. [...]	2004-07-22 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV EAID KWBG IS JO MEPN
04ANKARA2719	TURKEY INCHING TOWARD MORE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Summary: NP PDAS Susan Burk met with a Turkish interagency group May 12 in Ankara followed by a call on MFA DG for International Security Affairs Turan Morali to push for more active Turkish participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). The Turks noted that they were pl [...]	2004-05-14 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU
04ANKARA4061	TURKEY TO SEND EXPERTS TO PSI MEETING IN [...] (U) During a July 19 meeting on a different subject, MFA acting DDG for Disarmament Bulent Meric informed us that the GOT will send a delegation of experts to participate in the PSI Operational Experts Working Group (OEWG) as well as the Denmark Container Workshop in Copenhagen. This delegatio [...]	2004-07-21 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC TU
04ANKARA4419	COMNAVEUR VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) Summary: Welcome back to Turkey! Although you are a frequent visitor, this visit is particularly important because you will be wearing your US (vice NATO) hat. As such, yours is the first visit by a US four-star admiral in a national capacity since ADM Natter,s visit as Fleet Forces Com [...]	2004-08-06 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA4452	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE- [...] Summary: The first full time EXBS advisor, Kevin Lyon, reported to Embassy Ankara on July 9, 2004. He assumed responsibility for all EXBS and nonproliferation issues handled by the Political Military Affairs (PMA) section. During this time period the EXBS Advisor conducted introductory meeti [...]	2004-08-09 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL
04ANKARA5015	MFA REACTS BADLY TO EXCLUSION FROM PSI CORE GROUP [...] (C) Summary: MFA DDG for Disarmament and Arms Control reacted angrily to ref a points, threatening at one point to do all he could to scale back Turkish participation in PSI. We talked him out of withdrawing Turkey from the Spanish exercise in early 2005 for now, although whether Turkey will [...]	2004-09-07 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ETTC TU
04ANKARA5024	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Summary: August was a productive month despite the high number of Turkish contacts that were still enjoying their traditional summer vacation. The DOE Second Line of Defense visit was able to lay the initial groundwork required to begin the planning process in upgrading the portal monitors [...]	2004-09-08 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL
04ANKARA5266	SCENESETTER FOR DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 21 [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes at a challenging time in our bilateral relations. Our painstaking efforts to rebuild relations over the last year, capped by a successful Istanbul NATO Summit in June, have resulted in the restoration of productive relations at the top military and civilian levels [...]	2004-09-16 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PARM PTER OVIP MOPS MASS CY IR
04ANKARA5721	DASD BRZEZINSKI DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY WITH [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Ian Brzezinski requested MFA Deputy Under-Secretary Sensoy's assistance to elevate the level of U.S.-Turkey strategic dialogue. He praised Turkey's agreement to command ISAF VII. On Missile Defense, he emphasized the importance of our [...]	2004-10-06 04:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR OVIP PGOV PREL TU
04BRASILIA2129	AMBASSADOR SICHAN SIV'S BRASILIA MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Brazilian Foreign Ministry officials assured Ambassador Siv that Brazil will wholeheartedly back the USG TIP agenda item at the 59th UNGA, but sounded more ambivalent on the four other U.S. UNGA initiatives (Ref C). To Ambassador Siv's suggestion that UNHCR has become a group mingling " [...]	2004-08-24 19:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC SOCI BR UNGA UN
04BRUSSELS1151	COORDINATION FOR THE CHAD CONFERENCE ON DARFUR: EC [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission (EC) is in agreement with USG thoughts on Darfur mediation (reftel),and is prepared to financially support the talks in Chad with 400,000 euros channeled through the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (CHD). According to the EC, important outstanding issue [...]	2004-03-19 04:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PHUM CD SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4625	NEA A/S BURNS' CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ON IRAQ, [...] (C) A/S Burns met October 22 with senior EU officials on the way back from his most recent trip to the region. Topics discused were Iraq, Iran, Forum for the Future (FFtF) preparations, and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). The EU outlined its plans to support elections in Iraq, and also [...]	2004-10-27 07:32:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KNNP IZ IR IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS854	JANUARY 16 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 16 in Brussels, Geneva CD Ambassador Jackie Sanders and AC/ISN Director Robert Luaces led productive discussions on arms control and disarmament with the EU's global disarmament troika (CODUN). USEU Poloff Van Reidhead participated as Control Officer. Issues discus [...]	2004-02-27 11:49:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP UNGA EUN CDG USEU BRUSSELS
04COLOMBO1145	MEDIA PLAY: Coverage of suicide bombing by alleged Tamil [...] (U) SUMMARY. Per Reftel, on July 7, a suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) suicide bomber detonated a bomb inside a police station in the heart of downtown Colombo, near the Prime Minister's office, U.S. Embassy and British High Commission. The suspected targ of the suicide bombe [...]	2004-07-09 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER PHUM OIIP PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1262	NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FM DESCRIBES LONG UPHILL ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Helgesen found President Kumaratunga flexible on peace talks agenda issue, but Karuna situation is preventing progress on getting back to talks. LTTE is seeking a military solution to the Karuna issue. Helgesen sees task as safeguarding the Cease Fire Agreement while Karuna issue [...]	2004-07-29 10:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1362	EU AND JAPAN TALK TOUGH TO TIGERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU troika and the Japanese ambassador both delivered tough messages to LTTE political chief Thamilchelvan on killings, child soldiers and a rapid return to the peace table. Thamilchelvan told all that the LTTE is committed to a federal solution in accordance with the Oslo dec [...]	2004-08-18 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO JA EU LTTE
04COLOMBO150	In January 23 Tokyo followup meeting, Donors [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, Japanese Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi hosted a second followup meeting to the June 2003 Tokyo donors conference. The first session of the meeting was attended by Colombo-based diplomats and local heads of multilateral organizations (WB, IMF, UN). Representatives [...]	2004-01-26 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PTER CE NO JA EU LTTE
04COLOMBO1526	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) In separate meetings with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and Peace Secretariat head Jayantha Dhanapala on September 15, the Ambassador discussed prospects for resumed negotiations between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). While Rajapakse [...]	2004-09-15 12:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1632	SRI LANKA: TIGERS HEARING A TOUGHER LINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar delivered an unambiguous message to Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political chief Thamilchelvan: Tiger violence is jeopardizing the peace process, undermining the Norwegians' credibility as facilitators, and angering the international c [...]	2004-09-30 09:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO165	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 012 (01/28/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. Per Colombo 150, a LTTE delegation has left Sri Lanka enroute to Oslo. The delegation, led by Tiger political chief S.P. Thamilchelvam, intends to discuss the "urgent humanitarian needs" of the north/east region with officials in Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, and t [...]	2004-01-28 10:49:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO1705	TRYING TO MOVE THE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD: [...] (C) Ambassador met President Kumaratunga one-on-one October 13. The President was grateful for US support on the peace process. She believes renewed efforts to curtail Tiger funding would be valuable. She suggested the US might want to talk to the Tigers directly to make sure they get our m [...]	2004-10-14 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1796	AKASHI "SOMEWHAT ENCOURAGED," BUT NOT CLEAR WHY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese envoy Akashi is "somewhat encouraged" from his visit to Sri Lanka. He found President Kumaratunga eager to move forward on talks, while the LTTE's Thamilchelvan complained that a "no war, no peace" situation was not satisfactory. Opposition Leader Wickremesinghe said [...]	2004-11-02 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO JA LTTE
04COLOMBO1852	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN ENVOYS' VISIT BRINGS NO [...] (C) The November 10-11 visit of Norwegian Foreign Minister Jan Petersen, Deputy Foreign Minister Vidar Helgesen and Special Envoy Erik Solheim has brought much talk about the peace process but little actual progress. There were no major breakthroughs, but the Tigers might respond positively i [...]	2004-11-12 10:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1856	SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) In a November 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar noted a "lack of clarity" in the peace process following the Norwegian facilitators' November 11 meeting with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) chief Prabhakaran. Prabhakaran's ambiguous response to t [...]	2004-11-16 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1862	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR SEES LACK OF CLARITY ON BOTH [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian ambassador observes that &neither side is clear8 in the peace process. The LTTE was markedly less negative of President Kumaratunga in the Norwegian,s discussions in Kilinochchi last week. Balasingham in particular made clear that the ISGA is subject to negotiatio [...]	2004-11-17 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1919	NORWEGIANS CONCERNED BY JVP-ORCHESTRATED CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegians are increasingly concerned by an ugly JVP-orchestrated campaign against their role in the peace process. The situation is exacerbated by President Kumaratunga,s reluctance to pull the JVP into line. The Co-Chair consensus here is that a group call on the Foreign [...]	2004-11-29 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1920	SRI LANKA: LTTE HEROES' DAY ADDRESS SOFTER THAN [...] (C) Summary. On November 27, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran delivered his 16th annual "Heroes' Day" address from an undisclosed location in LTTE-controlled territory in Sri Lanka. In the speech, Prabhakaran criticized Sinhalese political parties and the [...]	2004-11-29 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1936	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LAMENTS PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) In a December 1 meeting with the DCM, Opposition Leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe denied making remarks attributed to him in the local press withdrawing support from President Chandrika Kumaratunga's efforts to resume negotiations with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil E [...]	2004-12-02 08:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1937	SRI LANKA: GSL RESPONSE TO LTTE HEROES' DAY SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)'s response to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)'s annual "Heroes' Day" speech criticized the Tigers' call for an unconditional return to the peace talks as not conducive to "good faith negotiations," and reiterated the GSL's readiness [...]	2004-12-02 09:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1948	"LOW KEY" NORWEGIAN VISIT TO WANNI; THREE [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Ambassador,s December 2 meeting with Thamilchelvan produced no breakthroughs but kept lines of communication open. Thamilchelvan told him Prabhakaran,s recent policy speech had not been intended as a threat or ultimatum; he also reiterated LTTE commitment to maintainin [...]	2004-12-06 05:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO2002	TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT LTTE ACTIVITIES [...] Summary and Action Request (C): The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is engaging in numerous fundraising activities worldwide, from both "legitimate" sources and organized crime activities. As much as $200 million of funds raised from their organized crime and "legitimate" fundraisi [...]	2004-12-16 09:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN CVIS KCRM PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO2018	SOLHEIM SEES NO PROGRESS TOWARDS TALKS BUT [...] (C) Summary. After making the rounds in Sri Lanka, Norwegian peace envoy Solheim sees little chance of a quick return to the peace table although "things could be worse." He found both sides committed to the cease-fire and neither seeking a return to combat. In the Norwegian view, the pri [...]	2004-12-20 09:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO2027	SRI LANKA: TAMIL INTERLOCUTORS SEE CEASEFIRE AS [...] (C) Separate discussions with pro- and anti-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) contacts reveal a rare consensus: that the ceasefire is increasingly fragile and that Tiger leader Prabhakaran's threat to "advance the freedom struggle" if the Government rejects his bid for an interim admi [...]	2004-12-22 07:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO2061	SRI LANKA: LTTE REJECTS NEW GSL PROPOSALS FOR [...] (C) Summary. In a December 27 conversation with Ambassador and U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations Professional Staff Member Tim Rieser, Secretary General of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Peace Secretariat Jayantha Dhanapala explained the latest developments in the peace process with [...]	2004-12-28 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO26	PM suggests need to amend ceasefire with [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 7 United National Party (UNP) meeting in Panduwasnuwara, roughly 70 miles north of Colombo, the Prime Minister gave a speech suggesting the need to amend the government's ceasefire agreement with the LTTE based on the President's control of the Defense Ministry. [...]	2004-01-07 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO3	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 173 (01/02/04) [...] (C) FYI. We just wanted to highlight the following recent threads of information regarding the peace process/cohabitation situation that emerged over the New Years' period: -- Tiger chief negotiator Anton Balasingham, according to a January 1 report on the pro-LTTE website "TamilNet," sta [...]	2004-01-02 06:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV KWMM
04COLOMBO406	Sri Lanka: Ignoring orders of LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main Tamil Tiger organization in the north announced March 6 that it was replacing a dissident commander. The commander, Karuna, has refused to step down, however, and remains ensconced in his eastern jungle base. No violence has been reported, but the situation is becomin [...]	2004-03-06 08:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO456	Norwegian Special Envoy Solheim reviews latest [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 13 meeting with the four local co-chairs (Japan, Norway, U.S. and the EU) and again to a wider donor group on March 15, Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim discussed his latest visit to Sri Lanka. Ambassador Lunstead participated in the meetings. Most of Solheim's [...]	2004-03-15 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO579	Sri Lanka goes to the polls: Situation is [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lankans flocked to the polls April 2 to elect a new Parliament. The situation throughout the country -- including the often volatile north and east -- is reportedly calm and there have been few reports of violence. Turnout seems high. Polls have now closed and results wil [...]	2004-04-02 01:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO653	After ousting rebel commander, LTTE reasserts [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the face of the LTTE's recent offensive, breakaway commander Karuna's forces appear to have totally melted away and, as of April 16, the situation in the east is calm. Karuna's whereabouts remain a mystery. For its part, the GSL military continues to deny reports that it is [...]	2004-04-16 07:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS PHUM EAID CE LTTE
04COLOMBO696	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 061 (04/26/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. As flagged in Colombo 669, Provincial Council elections in the "Wayamba" province of north- central Sri Lanka took place on April 26. In an impressive showing, the United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) captured 31 seats on the Council, with 19 going to the United National Party [...]	2004-04-26 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO72	Donors find agreement over Akashi visit [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Tokyo Co-chairs and the larger donor group both agreed that the Akashi visit should include an informal meeting with the donors only, followed by a meeting with GSL -- and LTTE, if they would come. Meetings will be low-key, with no communique or press release. Akashi wil [...]	2004-01-14 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CE NO EU JA LTTE
04COLOMBO747	Peace Process update: Norwegian FM in high- [...] (C) This update on Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following recent developments: -- Norwegian Foreign Minister visits Sri Lanka for meetings with GSL and LTTE leaders. -- LTTE London-based spokesman Anton Balasingham visits Sri Lanka after a year's hiatus. -- Tensions between th [...]	2004-05-10 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO795	Bio-data on Jayantha Dhanapala, new chief of [...] (SBU) On May 14, President Kumaratunga's office issued a press release naming Jayantha Dhanapala as the new Secretary General of the Sri Lankan government's Peace Secretariat (see bio-data below). (The Peace Secretariat, technically known as the "Secretariat for SIPDIS Coordinating the Pe [...]	2004-05-17 11:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO953	Recent meetings show the way forward for Sri [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition Leader Wickremesinghe thought the Co-Chairs statement was good, but that the President and her government do not understand the psychology of the LTTE, and are determined to begin talks on the final ("hard") issues. He also thinks the military is using LTTE rebel Kar [...]	2004-06-09 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO LTTE
04DJIBOUTI390	SUDAN PEACE: U.S. INITIATIVE TO BREAK ABYEI LOGJAM [...] (C) Ambassador passed reftel message to the Government of Djibouti via Badri Ali Bogoreh, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, during a courtesy call March 17 at the Ministry. Badri would not comment substantively on the U.S. plan to dispatch Spe [...]	2004-03-17 06:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SU DJ
04HARARE1842	MDC SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PARTY TRAVEL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Movement for Democratic Change Secretary-General Welshman Ncube on November 4 updated poloff SIPDIS on the developing itinerary of opposition party leaders, including regional travel and a planned trip by him and Party President Morgan Tsvangirai to the United States in mid-No [...]	2004-11-08 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
04KUWAIT1316	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 17-19: IRAQ: SHIA REBELS; [...] SUMMARY: Outrage at both the Israeli killing of Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantisi and what is widely perceived as the American submission to Sharon's settlement plan joins continued condemnation of the violence in Iraq. Former Islamist MP Abel Muhsin Jamal wrote in independent Al-Qabas (4/14)," [...]	2004-04-20 15:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1329	KUWAITI REACTIONS TO THE NOMINATION OF RICHARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Kuwaiti media have prominently reported Islamist opposition to the nomination of Richard LeBaron as ambassador to Kuwait in the past few days, with a handful of Islamist MPs, members of the Kuwait University student union and other fellow travelers expressing dismay that "personal [...]	2004-04-21 12:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU
04MUSCAT2177	OMAN: SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (C) On December 12, visiting NEA DAS Dibble, accompanied by the Ambassador and Pol/E Chief (notetaker),paid a call on Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi (YBA) to discuss a number of bilateral and regional issues. Delivering the substance of the Secretary's oral messages [...]	2004-12-14 12:52:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG EAID PREL XF MU
04PARIS5906	"J,ACCUSE:" SHARON COMMENTS SPARK QUESTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Ariel Sharon's July 18 call for Jews to emigrate from France to Israel "as early as possible" in order to escape the "wildest anti-Semitism" touched off a barrage of criticism from both the GoF and French Jewish community. Although Sharon had qualified h [...]	2004-08-10 08:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS KIRF PHUM PREL
04TELAVIV1276	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-02 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1291	PEACE NOW CHIEF SKEPTICAL BUT SUPPORTIVE OF PM'S [...] (C) Summary: The head of Peace Now told Embassy econoff that he welcomed the PM's initiative calling for the unilateral dismantling of settlements in the Gaza Strip and some in the West Bank. Peace Now is skeptical, however, about the PM's seriousness and cautioned the U.S. to look at the ac [...]	2004-03-02 16:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
04TELAVIV1453	ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS OF GAZA PULL-OUT [...] (C) Summary: We assess that an Israeli pull-out from the Gaza Strip in and of itself will not result in any major improvements in economic and humanitarian conditions in Gaza over the short to medium term. The manner in which the pull-out is executed could have an economic impact: leaving in [...]	2004-03-09 07:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1538	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Sharon is slated to meet today in Jerusalem with the three U.S. diplomatic envoys (Stephen Hadley and Elliott Abrams from the White Hou [...]	2004-03-11 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1575	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] March 11 Madrid Bombings 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- led with the multiple, almost simultaneous bombings in Madrid on Thursday morning, in which 198 people were killed and ove [...]	2004-03-12 11:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1587	SHINUI SCIENCE MINISTER MAKES CASE AGAINST [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Science and Technology (and Shinui MK) Eliezer Sandberg outlined his opposition to unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, adding his view that the Israeli public is moving in that direction as well. Sandberg cited three reasons for his opp [...]	2004-03-12 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG TSPL PINR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1621	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism 3. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post reported that Deputy State Department Spokesman J. Adam Ereli condemned the double Ashdod bombings in the stronge [...]	2004-03-16 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1721	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Assassination of Hamas Leader Ahmed Yassin 2. Mideast 3. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio, followed by the other electronic media, reported that at around 5:30 this morning, Hamas leade [...]	2004-03-22 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1920	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying Monday that if some coalition partners leave the government when he presents his disengagement plan to the cabinet after returnin [...]	2004-03-30 11:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1952	ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian, here as an official guest of the Foreign Ministry in his current capacity as Director of the Baker Institute, heard that the regional strategic situation faced by [...]	2004-03-31 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV2079	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) and Maariv led with, and all media reported on the "Shi'ite Intifada" (Ha'aretz) in Iraq. All media also reported on the confrontation with U.S. troops in and a [...]	2004-04-07 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2324	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-22 13:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2360	EU ENVOY'S THOUGHTS ON WITHDRAWAL, INTERNATIONALS' [...] (C) EU Special Envoy Marc Otte told Ambassador Kurtzer April 23 that European officials are beginning efforts to identify steps that will allow the Palestinians to succeed following an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. He agreed that the international community can identify appropriate roles and [...]	2004-04-23 14:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2436	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post reported that PM Sharon will travel to Washington to attend the AIPAC (Jewish lobby) convention, which will open on May 15. Yediot reported that th [...]	2004-04-29 11:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2470	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6071	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with last night's defeat of PM Sharon in the Knesset vote on the 2005 state budget, which was rejected 69-43. Eight Knesset members were absent. Only Likud [...]	2004-12-02 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6163	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot quoted President Bush as saying Monday, at a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II, that "the United States and my government will be involved with Middle Eastern [...]	2004-12-07 11:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6200	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. has no information regarding the achievement of a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, as indicated in reports comin [...]	2004-12-08 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6232	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 11:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6261	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Jerusalem and settlements correspondent Nadav Shragai wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's victory in the Likud convention destroyed the strategy adopted in recen [...]	2004-12-10 11:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6385	EILAND SHARES VIEWS ON THE PALESTINIAN SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland told Codel Hagel/Biden that the GOI is trying to avoid repeating the "mistakes" it made when PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was prime minister in 2003. In order to help Abbas succeed this time, the GOI, he said, will have to be "more flexible" ab [...]	2004-12-16 09:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS SETTLEMENTS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV6388	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-16 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6442	ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT WANTS TO REENGAGE [...] (C) Summary: GOI Environment Ministry officials hope that the USG and/or UNEP can help them reengage with their Palestinian counterparts to address pressing environmental issues. MoE provided a list of action items they consider the most feasible from a longer list of UNEP Desk Study recomme [...]	2004-12-20 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SENV ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
04TELAVIV6454	NETANYAHU AND PERES PRESENT STARKLY DIFFERENT [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told CODEL Talent December 6 that the new Palestinian leadership must show serious intent to fight terror and corruption before receiving any "gifts" from the U.S. or Israel. Netanyahu said that the GOI should simply "walk out of the Gaza Strip [...]	2004-12-20 16:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN KPAL GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04TELAVIV6564	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Monday, all media bannered the deadly tsunami that hit South Asian coasts on Sunday, saying that dozens of Israelis in the area are unaccounted for, especially in south [...]	2004-12-27 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6658	SNAPSHOT OF A BORDER CROSSING AND HOPES THAT ABU [...] (C) Summary: Gaza-based NYT stringer Taghreed el-Khodary told the Ambassador December 22 that Gazans are even more interested in having Abu Mazen elected than are West Bank Palestinians -- not from any great love of Abu Mazen, but rather from the positive experience they remember from his bri [...]	2004-12-30 12:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
04THEHAGUE3041	NETHERLANDS/EU/MIDDLE EAST: DUTCH HOPING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch hope to use the remaining weeks of their presidency to refocus the EU on the Middle East in order to take advantage of new opportunities. According to FM Bot and the head of the MFA's Middle East section, providing support for the Palestinian elections it their top pr [...]	2004-11-19 17:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KPAL NL MEPI
04THEHAGUE3184	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): HOST COUNTRY [...] (C) The U.S. invited a number of countries (Refs A-F) to send representatives to The Hague, during the 9th CWC Conference of the States Parties (from 29 Noveber-3 December 2004) for informal bilateral expert discussions on Host Country Agreements (HCA). With the exception of Luxembourg, the [...]	2004-12-08 08:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
04USUNNEWYORK2570	59TH UNGA: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE [...] Summary. On November 11, the United Nations General Assembly marked the passing of Yasser Arafat. Secretary-General (SYG) Kofi Annan and GA President Jean Ping both made statements of condolences as did the leaders of the various regional groups. Gambia, on behalf of the African States; In [...]	2004-11-12 21:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA

04WELLINGTON905	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Following reftel instructions, post on October 6 contacted New Zealand Police, who have confirmed the order of an F9811 Series (MX-10130) Gen 3 18mm image intensifier. The image intensifier will be installed in a Simrad KN203 FAB MGC -- a night-vision scope to be attached to a sniper ri [...]	2004-10-29 03:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC NZ
04ZAGREB543	NEW HDZ AMBASSADOR TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) CROATIA'S NEXT AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. WILL LIKELY BE NEVEN JURICA, CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. NEWS OF JURICA'S LIKELY APPOINTMENT WAS LEAKED TO THE PRESS ON MARCH 28, AFTER HIS CANDIDACY HAD BEEN APPROVED BY WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CONFIDENT [...]	2004-03-31 04:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL HR
05ADDISABABA3401	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER: NORWEGIAN THOUGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Oslo would support renewed, public USG engagement to resolve the political stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea over the border dispute, Norwegian Ambassador and General Jan Erik Wilhelmsen told Charge September 23. However, Norway would also advise the U.S. not to repeat the [...]	2005-09-27 10:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO NO ER ET EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3619	UNMEE OFFICIALS GIVE ADVICE FOR NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMEE Deputy Head Azouz Ennifar and his political aide told the Charge that any new UN envoy on the Ethiopia/Eritrea border issue should come to the parties with concrete proposals for resolving the conflict and avoid media attention during initial phases of his work. New economic [...]	2005-10-18 08:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO ET ER UN EE BORDER
05AMMAN217	MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTION, SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-10 12:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05AMMAN2864	DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE ON SUDAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered on April 7 reftel talking points to Walid Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's Private Office. Obeidat responded that the Government of Jordan fully supported the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement and that Jordan had sent two plane loads of humanitarian assistance to [...]	2005-04-07 09:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL SU JO
05AMMAN4370	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRIME MINISTER QURAYA' [...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met with Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ahmed Quraya' May 20 at 5 p.m. at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, on the margins of the World Economic Forum, in Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Wilson Deputy Spokesman E [...]	2005-06-02 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KPAL KWBG IS
05AMMAN710	UNRWA'S GAZA DISENGAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNRWA wants to start large-scale development of its refugee camps in Gaza post-disengagement -- using its experimental Neirab Camp project in Syria, which is centered on re-housing refugees outside camps, as its model. Apart from its limited experience carrying out integrated cam [...]	2005-01-27 15:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL IS JO
05AMMAN999	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-07 10:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05ANKARA1037	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-25 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2096	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2124	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-14 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2242	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Friday, April 1 by Hurr [...]	2005-04-20 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA353	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY CONSIDERING UK REQUEST TO TAKE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is positively considering a request by HMG to assume responsibility for the UK PRT in Mazar-e Sharif to help free up resources for the UK to lead a PRT in ISAFÂ´s Stage 3 expansion region, according to the Turkish MFA and confi [...]	2005-01-19 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK
05ANKARA7098	IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki visited Ankara November 30 to December 1 and met President Sezer, PM Erdogan, FM Gul and key opposition party leaders. Press coverage was low-key and largely positive. Turkish leaders reportedly gave Mottaki a "clear message," warning that Iran,s nuclear [...]	2005-12-02 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG PHUM ETRD IR TU
05BAGHDAD3639	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - AUGUST 28, 2005 [...] Each group should organize its internal structure and renounce divisions. 2. Establishing strong relations among these groups and combining efforts. 3. Establishing strong relations with left wing powers and non-extremist Islamic groups. 4. Working with international human rig [...]	2005-09-05 18:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BANGKOK7242	PATTAYA: THAILAND'S EXTREME CITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The sea-side port city of Pattaya is one of Thailand's major tourist destinations, second only to Bangkok, and a significant contributor to the Thai economy. Attracted to the 'anything goes' reputation that centers around Pattaya's sleazy nightlife, over 4 million foreigners and 10 m [...]	2005-11-22 07:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TH
05BRASILIA2339	BRAZIL ON COMBATING WMD PROLIFERATION VIA [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Gustavo Rodrigues of COAF (Brazil's financial intelligence unit),Luiza Lopes da Silva of the Ministry of External Relations' (MRE's) Office for the Combat of Illicit Transnational Activities and Santiago Morao of the MRE's Disarmament and Sensitive Techno [...]	2005-09-02 12:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC KTFN EFIN
05BRATISLAVA262	SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 14:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON LO
05BRUSSELS1549	DARFUR - RHETORIC AND REALITY OF A COMPLEX CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. The prevailing rhetoric on Darfur conveys the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, but does not capture the complexity of the changing situation on the ground. Though the violence emerged as a result of the political conflict between the GOS and the Darfur rebels, it had a ready b [...]	2005-04-20 09:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF EAID AU SU US USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1734	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...] (U) Summary. The April 20 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (ensuring democratic governance, supporting security sector reform and fostering regional stability),Somalia (consolidating the peace process),Sudan (Darfur and North-South); West [...]	2005-05-04 05:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4300	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Africa, peacekeeping, development, political Islam and extremism, China in Africa -- as well as discussion about key political issues in the Great Lakes, Uganda, [...]	2005-12-06 11:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05CAIRO2534	SUDAN: EGYPT TO SEND CABINET MEMBER TO OSLO [...] (C) The Charge met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit March 30 and raised the issue of the upcoming Sudan donors conference. Drawing on the points contained in ref B, the Charge stressed the importance of high-level Egyptian attendance at and support for the Oslo-hosted Sudan d [...]	2005-03-31 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN PHUM EG SU NO
05CAIRO6583	CODEL THORNBERRY MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN GENERAL [...] (C) In an August 23 meeting at the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),Congressmen Thornberry and Cramer and Charge Jones discussed Gaza withdrawal, a post-withdrawal plan to preserve peace, and Iraq with EGIS Director Soliman. Soliman stressed that the GOE would treat withdrawal f [...]	2005-08-25 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EG IS IZ GZ
05COLOMBO1079	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION PREDICTS PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In a June 17 meeting, Karu Jayasuriya, Deputy Leader of the opposition United National Party (UNP),told poloff that while none of the major parties wants polls right now, he "would not be surprised" if President Chandrika Kumaratunga called parliamentary elections in "three or four month [...]	2005-06-17 05:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE
05COLOMBO1128	SRI LANKA: COALITION CRACKING, CHAUVINISTS [...] (C) Three days after the Government signed an agreement to coordinate tsunami aid with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),opposition to the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),also known as the "joint mechanism," among President Chandrika Kumaratunga's political [...]	2005-06-27 13:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1258	DETERIORATING SECURITY ALARMS CO-CHAIRS [...] (C) The July 15 ruling by the Sri Lankan Supreme Court (SC) concerning a constitutional challenge to the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS) (SEPTEL) combined with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) refusal of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ultimatum to increase [...]	2005-07-18 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1425	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT WANTS BOTH CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) Summary. The Sri Lankan government (GSL) wants the international community to crack down further on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the wake of the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar but also insists somewhat contradictorily that it remains committed to [...]	2005-08-15 05:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1440	SRI LANKA: HELGESEN BRIEFS CO-CHAIRS ON NORWEGIAN [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian facilitators have shared with the co-chairs a constructive plan for putting the burden on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the next steps in the peace process while also heading off rash actions by the government (GSL). The Norwegians will give LTTE [...]	2005-08-16 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1453	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN FACILITATORS SEND LETTER TO [...] (C) Summary. In their August 17 meeting with LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham in London, Norwegian FM Petersen and DFM Helgesen passed a letter to LTTE leader Prabhakaran (text below). At GSL request, EU missions in Colombo will recommend to Brussels that the EU designate the LTTE as a te [...]	2005-08-18 09:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1493	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT WANTS TALKS WITH TIGERS AT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 12. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) Nearly a week after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed to talks with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to strengthen the Ceasefire Agreement, details regarding the timing, venue and le [...]	2005-08-25 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO1512	NORWEGIANS SEEK INSTRUCTIONS FROM OSLO IN FACE OF [...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar told Charge' August 30 that he is seeking instructions from Oslo on how to proceed in the face of continuing public criticism of the Norwegian peace process facilitation role. Brattskar confided he is particular angry about public comments new Foreign [...]	2005-08-30 07:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1547	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT URGES EU TERRORIST [...] (C) In a September 2 meeting, Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara briefed Charge' on the status of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to persuade the European Union to proscribe the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization and to review possible funding flows f [...]	2005-09-02 09:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN EAID PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO157	GSL AND LTTE CLOSE TO DEAL ON RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: GSL hopes Co-Chairs meeting will focus on tsunami reconstruction, not link assistance to peace process. Government and LTTE have held series of talks on formal mechanism for reconstruction, hope to sign MOU soon. END SUMMARY 2. (C) Ambassador met with Sri Lankan Peace Secretar [...]	2005-01-20 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID LTTE
05COLOMBO1853	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DIVERGE ON [...] (C) The two main candidates in Sri Lanka's November 17 presidential election offer radically different approaches to the peace process and the economy. Prime Minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate Mahinda Rajapakse is stepping back from a previous Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) [...]	2005-10-26 11:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1929	SRI LANKA: IMPLICATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) -- The distinct approaches to the peace process adopted by the two main candidates in the run-up to Sri Lanka's November 17 presidential election pose different challenges for members of the international community, including the U.S., who hope to promote a permanent resolution of the eth [...]	2005-11-09 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2076	PEACE PROCESS: AKASHI VISITS, OFFERS TO HOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Special Envoy Akashi found President Rajapakse eager to take up ceasefire implementation talks and willing to use a venue outside of Sri Lanka. Akashi offered Japan for the first round. Rajapakse was upset at reported comments of Norwegian Envoy Eric Solheim that Norway w [...]	2005-12-12 08:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2088	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 19 CO-CHAIRS [...] (C) In the run-up to their December 19 meeting in Brussels, the co-chairs are faced with rapidly degenerating security in the north and east; an inexperienced new Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) administration that won on a hardline platform; a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that has p [...]	2005-12-13 04:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2158	GOVERNMENT ASKS CO-CHAIRS FOR ACTION AS VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair Chiefs of Missions (COM's) met with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on December 23 to de-brief on Brussels meeting. In light of renewed Tiger attacks, GSL asked Co-Chair COM's to travel to Kilinocchi to deliver hard message to Tigers. COM's (minus US Ambassador) de [...]	2005-12-27 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO341	AKASHI SEES PROGRESS POSSIBLE BETWEEN LTTE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Akashi found LTTE's Tamilchelvan less aggressive than expected, and believes negotiations on a joint mechanism for tsunami reconstruction can resume. President Kumaratunga said she was eager for an agreement. Each side blamed the other for delays. Akashi thinks a Co- Chair Ambass [...]	2005-02-14 08:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE JA
05COLOMBO485	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN ENVOY SAYS TSUNAMI [...] (C) In a March 6 conversation with the Ambassador, Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar, summarizing his findings after a trip to Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) headquarters in Kilinochchi the previous day, said that "if the Government of Sri Lanka really wants a mechanism (to coopera [...]	2005-03-07 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO635	NORWEGIANS: JOINT MECHANISM ABOUT TO HAPPEN! [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Ambassador thinks both sides are close to agreement on Joint Mechanism, but it may not be finalized until after mid-April holidays. "Off shore" issue is sole remaining dispute. Kumaratunga may conclude agreement as President, not on behalf of current government. Both [...]	2005-03-31 10:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS CU NO LTTE
05COLOMBO741	NORWEGIAN FACILITATOR SOLHEIM THINKS JOINT RELIEF [...] (C) Summary. Solheim is optimistic that a joint GSL/LTTE/Muslim mechanism for tsunami relief in the north and east will be signed soon but quite emphatic that, absent the mechanism, there will be no progress on peace for a long time. How the mechanism, if signed, would play out on the gro [...]	2005-04-20 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO797	NORWEGIANS SEE NO PROGRESS ON JOINT RELIEF [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegians report no progress on the joint relief mechanism since Solheim's visit earlier in April. Norwegian FM Peterson will try to cajole CBK (just returned from vacation) towards progress in an imminent phone conversation; DFM Helgesen may appear on BBC to rebut the vi [...]	2005-04-28 09:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE
05DAMASCUS6068	ASAD SHOPPING AROUND FOR LEGAL COUNSEL? [...] (C) Summary: Samir al-Taki, a long-standing Embassy contact, told Polchief November 20 that on behalf of the SARG he had engaged the services of two British experts in international law. Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had agreed to this approach in a meeting with al-Taki. SMI chief Asif [...]	2005-11-21 13:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
05DHAKA1114	Media Reaction: Syria;Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-14 07:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DUBLIN377	HIGH-LEVEL IRISH ATTENDANCE AT OSLO DONOR [...] (C) On March 30, Post delivered reftel talking points to Pauline Conway, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counsellor for Africa. Conway noted that Conor Lenihan, Minister of State for Overseas Development and Human Rights, along with Brendan Rogers and Ciara O'Brien, Director and First Se [...]	2005-03-30 16:19:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON
05DUBLIN489	IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) On April 22, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. In his responses, Keown focused primarily on Sudan and the Middle East Peace Process. He noted that Minister of State for Overseas Development, Conor Lenihan, had held [...]	2005-04-26 06:56:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EUN
05GENEVA1037	UNHCR STILL GRAPPLING WITH FUNDING AND POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with U.S. Mission DCM and refugee officer, Director of UNHCR's Sudan unit Jean Marie Fakhouri highlighted funding and policy issues impacting its operations in Chad and Sudan. In Chad, he acknowledged that malnutrition had increased at some camps when rations had be [...]	2005-04-22 08:40:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CD SU PHUM UNHCR
05HARARE1663	UN ENVOY WRESTLES CONCESSIONS FROM MUGABE [...] (C) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland visited Zimbabwe December 4-7 to survey the ongoing humanitarian crisis and to press the GOZ for better cooperation. In his public remarks Egeland was relatively upbeat, claiming good UN/GOZ [...]	2005-12-09 05:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI UN
05HELSINKI383	FINLAND'S ATTENDANCE AT THE OSLO DONOR'S [...] On March 31, Ambassador Mack delivered the reftel talking points to Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Paula Lehtomaki, requesting high-level Finnish attendance and commensurate pledges at the Oslo Donor's Conference on Sudan on April 11-12. Minister Lehtomaki was noticeably impressed t [...]	2005-03-31 12:23:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON FI
05HELSINKI475	APRIL 25-26 GAERC: FINLAND'S RESPONSE [...] (C) On April 22 we met with Jarno Syrjala, Finnish MFA's new European Correspondent, to review the agenda for the April GAERC meeting (Reftel). Finnish views follow, by subject. See below for bio information on Syrjala, who has just taken over this position. 2. (C) Iraq: Syrjala said he e [...]	2005-04-25 14:54:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAIR XF IZ SU LE CG ZI RS FI EUN EU GAERC
05KUWAIT1542	KUWAITI DELEGATION DESCRIBES SUDAN AS "WORSE THAN [...] (SBU) During a 17 April meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah described the current situation in Sudan as worse than it was 20 years ago. Al-Jarallah, as part of a delegation led by Minister for Diwan Affairs Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, visite [...]	2005-04-17 14:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON EINV PHUM SU KU
05LIMA4947	ACTION REQUEST: FY-2006 TEN-DAY FUNDED VOLVIS FOR THREE PERUVIAN ARCHAELOGISTS ON "PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF EARTH CONSERVATION STRUCTURES AND COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT" MARCH 20-30, 2006) [...] Post requests a ten-day funded Voluntary Visitor program for three (3) Peruvian Archaeologists/Curators in Archaeological Projects, Victor Armando "PIMINCHUMO," Carmen Cecilia "GAMARRA," and Dulce Maria "DELGADO" 2. We request program dates on March 20-30, 2006. 3. Contact in Lima i [...]	2005-11-21 22:25:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL PE
05MADRID1212	SPAIN ON THE OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON SUDAN [...] (C) Poloff conveyed reftel points to MFA DAS for Sub-Saharan African Affairs Antonio Sanchez Benedito, emphasizing that the participation of the Deputy Secretary in the Oslo conference was intended to convey the importance the USG placed on the success of this event. Benedito said that Spain [...]	2005-03-30 16:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON SU SP
05MADRID1374	SPANISH REPRESENTATION AT THE OSLO DONOR'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 15:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON SU SP
05MANAMA509	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel message concerning the April 11-12 Oslo Donors' Conference on Sudan to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa April 6. Sheikh Abdul Aziz pledged to relay the message to appropriat [...]	2005-04-06 12:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL SU BA
05MANILA3632	TENSIONS SPIKE BETWEEN GRP AND EXTREME LEFT [...] (C) Summary: The GRP announced on August 2 that it was suspending the immunity from arrest for National Democratic Front (NDF) officials, who had been participating in the negotiation track. The NDF sharply criticized the government's move. A congressman with close links to Malacanang told [...]	2005-08-05 06:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PINR RP NO NL
05MANILA4137	COMMUNISTS COMMIT TO FORMAL TALKS BUT BREAKTHROUGH [...] (C) Summary. After painting themselves in a corner, the National Democratic Front (NDF) -- the negotiating arm of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing the New People's Army (NPA) -- has agreed to resume formal talks, though an exact date is yet to be determined. Th [...]	2005-09-05 08:33:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER RP NL NO
05MANILA971	PHILIPPINES: FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission,s fifth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from March 2004 through March 2005. Point of contact (POC) is Political Officer David C. Maness, ManessDC@State.Gov, (632) 528-6300 x5165, fax (632) 523-1195. Rank of TIP action offic [...]	2005-03-01 08:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB RP
05MUSCAT687	PSI: GERMAN CRANE SHIPMENT - NO ACTION EXPECTED IN [...] (S) Begin Summary: The German Ambassador as of COB April 26 has received no instruction from Berlin to take any action with the Omani government to halt a questionable crane shipment to Iran, necessitating the postponing of our scheduled meeting with the Foreign Minister. He indicated that Berlin m [...]	2005-04-26 11:57:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL IR GM MU NO
05NAIROBI4758	SUDAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY CONFERS WITH INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 8 meeting with international partners in Nairobi, Deputy Secretary Zoellick emphasized the urgency of conveying to the various parties in Sudan the need to regain momentum in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Speaking with representatives from Eur [...]	2005-11-16 07:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SU KE SLM CPA
05NEWDELHI6694	MEA EAGER TO WORK WITH US ON BANGLADESH AND SRI [...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, new MEA Joint Secretary for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar Mohan Kumar SIPDIS agreed to the need for greater information sharing and policy coordination between GOI and USG on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Stressing that Bangladesh is "India's most impo [...]	2005-08-31 14:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA
05OTTAWA1166	CANADA SCENESETTER FOR POL-MIL BILATS [...] (C) Your leadership of the U.S. delegation at the inaugural US-Canada political-military consultations is greatly appreciated. While the United States and Canada meet regularly in continental security and defense forums, there has been growing recognition in both governments that broader poli [...]	2005-04-18 15:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR CA
05OTTAWA1475	THE POLITICS OF CANADA'S DARFUR INVOLVEMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an effort to shore up support for his tottering minority government, PM Martin gave in to the demands of independent MP David Kilgour and accelerated the announcement of a major increase in aid for Darfur, to include CN $200 million and up to Canadian Forces technical advis [...]	2005-05-16 22:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA PGOV EAID MARR MASS MOPS PREL SU
05OTTAWA3580	QUAD MEETING ON SRI LANKA IN OTTAWA [...] (C) Summary: A Quad meeting was held in Ottawa November 29 on Sri Lanka on the margins of scheduled meetings on Bangladesh and Pakistan. The participants expressed concern over the downward spiral in the peace process and slackening international attention to Sri Lanka. The participants agr [...]	2005-12-02 22:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	AS CA KDEM PGOV PREL PTER SL UK
05OTTAWA642	CANADA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR 2004-2005 [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Canada's submission for the 2005 Trafficking in Persons Report. Answers are keyed to numbered paragraphs in reftel. Embassy POC is Poloff Mark Baron, telephone (613) 688-5339, fax (613) 688-3098. Estimated number of hours spent researching and drafting this r [...]	2005-03-01 19:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CA
05OTTAWA951	CANADA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONOR'S [...] (C) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to counterparts at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) on March 30. In a follow-up conversation with poloff, Suehila Elkateb, Sudan Desk Officer at FAC, advised that it was likely that either Foreign Affa [...]	2005-03-31 19:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	SU PREL EAID ECON CA FAC CIDA
05PARIS152	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE [...] ELECTIONS IN PALESTINE 2. IRAQ - VIOLENCE BEFORE ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO MAJOR STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND COMMENTARIES: THE PROJECTED VICTORY BY MAHMOUD ABBAS IN PALESTINE AND WHAT THIS MAY MEAN FOR THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, AND THE SITUATION IN IRAQ, WEE [...]	2005-01-10 11:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS203	GOF OFFICIALS UPBEAT ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, BUT [...] (C) Summary: GoF officials are stressing to us privately their high degree of satisfaction with Palestinian elections, but express concern that the post-elections follow-up will focus too much on what is demanded of the Palestinian side without pressing Israel to make gestures to the new Pale [...]	2005-01-11 16:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS FR
05PARIS2110	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON OSLO DONORS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF Assistant Secretary Joubert on March 29 said that Xavier Darcos (Minister-Delegate for Cooperation, Development, and Francophonie) would likely lead the GOF delegation to the April 11-12 Oslo Donors' Conference on Sudan (reftel),although no final decision had been made. [...]	2005-03-30 14:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON KJUS KAWC SU FR
05PARIS6297	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials offered a generally upbeat readout of FM Douste-Blazy's September 6-8 visit to Palestinian territories and Israel, during which he announced new French bilateral aid for Gaza, with a potential value of 40 million euros. Douste-Blazy stressed to Palestinian officials [...]	2005-09-15 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS FR
05PARIS794	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO [...] SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO MIDDLE EAST - EUROPE 2. MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT IN SHARM EL-SHEIK, SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE REGION AND TO PARIS TODAY ARE PROMINENTLY FRONT- PAGED WITH ACCOMPANYING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH MAHMUD [...]	2005-02-08 11:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS831	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS [...] SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS 2. MIDDLE EAST - SHARM EL-SHEIK SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A LARGE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PARIS, HER MUCH AWAITED POLICY SPEECH AND HER CONSULTATIONS WITH PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND FM BARNIER. THE CHO [...]	2005-02-09 13:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PORTAUPRINCE1609	Haiti elections update - June 9 [...] 27 registration centers are now open, 39 more will open "within the next few days," and another 140 or so are being refurbished by UNOPS in order to be opened by June 15, according to UN and OAS officials. These last include a registration center in Delmas and one in Petionville (both in the [...]	2005-06-09 11:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3109	HAITI ELECTIONS: STATUS OF OBSERVER MISSIONS [...] Summary: Three major international observers missions, and a myriad of national and local observer groups are gearing up for the January 8 elections. The U.S. sponsored IFES mission will add 30 short term observers on January 3. The Elections Canada sponsored team will put 150 observers in [...]	2005-12-21 21:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
05PORTAUPRINCE713	HAITI: POLITICAL PARTIES MOVE TOWARD ELECTIONS PACT [...] (C) Summary: With the help of a Norwegian-funded think tank, Haitian political parties are negotiating a "code of conduct" for participating in elections later this year. The agreement under discussion would commit signatories to approximately a dozen general guidelines covering campaign "fa [...]	2005-03-16 20:10:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PRAGUE459	DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON SUDAN, [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 15:31:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON SU EZ
05RABAT1072	MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Returns: Emboffs were pleased to greet the freshly groomed and chastened Norwegian ambassador, Arne Aasheim, at Norway's National Day reception on May 17. Aasheim returned to Morocco on May 15 after being recalled to Oslo on May 4 to clarify public remarks on the We [...]	2005-05-20 12:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KMPI PREL PHUM MO MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
05RANGOON105	BURMA: MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF SENIOR SPDC AIDE SPARKS [...] (C) Summary: The mysterious death on January 21 of SPDC Vice Chairman Maung Aye's personal assistant sparked rumors of a senior regime power struggle, but as of COB January 25 the SPDC is carrying on with business as usual and nothing appears to be amiss in Rangoon. Sources are inconsistent on [...]	2005-01-25 08:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR BM
05REYKJAVIK520	ICELAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following text updates for 2005 the Iceland country section of the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report: Iceland has no military forces. Nevertheless, its leaders have offered strong rhetoric in support of U.S. antiterrorism policies, and the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU),a [...]	2005-12-20 16:12:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC IC
05RIYADH5371	THE LATE SAUDI KING FAHD: A MIXED LEGACY [...] (C) Summary: A chief architect of Saudi Arabia's transformation from feudal monarchy to modernizing nation state, the late King Fahd will be remembered above all as a modernizer -- a ruler who pushed his subjects to abandon their feudal insularity and join the modern world-- and an institution [...]	2005-08-01 13:00:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA
05ROME2679	ITALY UNABLE TO INCREASE AFRICA EMERGENCY AID [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is unable to increase its emergency humanitarian assistance for Africa due to severe budget difficulties. Italy's overall aid spending levels will likely remain at 0.17 percent of GDP (the same level as 2004) only because of debt relief, particularly for Ethiopia. "Real" [...]	2005-08-11 14:01:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR XA IT FAO
05TELAVIV1024	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli and Palestinian officials met in Helsinki February 10 and agreed to reactivate the Joint Environmental Experts Committee (EEC) established under the 1995 Interim Agreement. The EEC will meet in Jerusalem May 2. The two sides also agreed to cooperate on disposition of [...]	2005-02-18 14:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1192	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-01 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1397	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 13:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1594	NSC CHIEF SAYS PASSING THE BUDGET IS GOI CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary: Israeli NSC Director Giora Eiland told CODEL Corzine March 13 that passing the budget is the GOI's biggest disengagement-related hurdle and that all other issues are operational and will be resolved. The GOI's worst-case scenario is Palestinians attacking Israelis in Gaza while [...]	2005-03-17 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG GZ IS GOI INTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV163	IDF CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Chief of Staff LtG Moshe Ya'alon told CoDel Kyl January 7 that recent events have ushered in "an era of strategic opportunity" in the Middle East. He said that Israel is facilitating Palestinian elections and believes that Abu Mazen is strong enough to [...]	2005-01-10 13:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1631	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "The start of a new relationship" Senior Arab Affairs op-ed writer Zvi Bar'El wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz : "The gathering of the Palestinian factions and the leadership of the Palestinian Authority in Cairo... not in a crisis, but in an agreement that was well-known in advan [...]	2005-03-18 13:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1683	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, who holds the "Israeli-Palestinian portfolio" in the White House, and David Welch, the "head of the [...]	2005-03-21 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1898	DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL SECURITY EILAND PRESENTS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 23, Director of National Security Giora Eiland presented Codel Pelosi with his view of the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the political and security situations in the region. Attempting to balance what he surmised was Vice Prime Minister Per [...]	2005-03-29 05:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG OREP PGOV PREL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV199	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-11 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV229	MINISTER SHARANSKY: PA ELECTIONS A GOOD START, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Minister Natan Sharansky told the Ambassador January 10 that the Palestinian elections were important in that they have led to new leadership and opportunities. He added, however, that he could not refer to the elections as "free or democratic" given the "fear" that exists in Pa [...]	2005-01-12 15:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV2420	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2441	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-19 15:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2528	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-22 09:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2667	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted President Bush as saying at a press conference Thursday: "We're working closely with the Russians [...]	2005-04-29 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV274	EILAND ASSESSES THE CHALLENGES FACING SHARON AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland highlighted the following points in a January 9 meeting with Codel Kerry: -- Israel faces three main challenges in implementing disengagement: a fragile domestic political situation, operational difficulties to evacuate thousands of settle [...]	2005-01-14 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV290	FOREIGN MINISTER SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In separate January 10 meetings with Codels Kerry and Kyl, both joined by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shalom articulated Israel's cautious readiness to work with Palestinian President-elect Abu Mazen. Shalom emphasized that Israel will measure Abu Mazen by his performance in [...]	2005-01-18 08:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV3001	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom has decided to cut short the term of Ambassador to the U.S. Danny [...]	2005-05-16 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT

05TELAVIV3121	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-23 13:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3244	STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar discussed the disengagement process with high-ranking Israeli military and foreign affairs officials, minister without portfolio Matan Vilnai, senior members of Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres' staff, and an opposition leader during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusal [...]	2005-05-31 06:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KPAL KWBG OREP EG SY IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV348	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prospect for Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to give PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) a few days to take action to st [...]	2005-01-20 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3517	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3582	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-09 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV379	FM DEFENDS BREAK WITH PA, DENOUNCES IRAN AND SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: At a political/diplomatic briefing for foreign ambassadors, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom defended Prime Minister Sharon's decision to suspend contacts with the Palestinian Authority until the PA takes action against terrorist infrastructure in the territories. Shalom said that [...]	2005-01-21 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV391	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv led with the Israeli defense establishment's concern that Iran would crush efforts by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to achieve a hu [...]	2005-01-24 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3951	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-23 11:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4097	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Guantanamo Detainees 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with disengagement-related issues. Ha'aretz reported that the army will soon declare the Gaza Strip a closed militar [...]	2005-06-29 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4119	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored unrest involving settlers and pro- settler demonstrators on Wednesday, including road blockages throughout the country, during which at least five po [...]	2005-06-30 10:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4169	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track 3. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that a joint session of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and of the Knesset's Constitution, Law, an [...]	2005-07-05 11:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4284	ISRAELI HOUSING MINISTER DISCUSSES SETTLEMENTS AND [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Talwar met with Minister of Housing Isaac Herzog on July 6 at the Knesset to discuss Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the disengagement process. Herzog said that he had stopped all new residential construction beyond the green line, but intends to eventually appro [...]	2005-07-11 12:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV4472	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media reported that the police last night allowed tens of thousands of anti-pullout demonstrators to sleep at Kfar Maimon, five km west of Netivot, w [...]	2005-07-19 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4711	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Yediot, led with PM Sharon's ongoing cordial visit to France. Maariv bannered: "Embrace From France." Ha'aretz and Israel Radi [...]	2005-07-28 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4819	DISENGAGEMENT COORDINATION: THE CUSTOMS UNION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ETRD EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV4877	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Netanyahu Resignation 2. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday, immediately before the cabinet voted the final approval for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements of Kfar Darom, Netzarim, [...]	2005-08-08 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5113	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5155	FM SHALOM TELLS A/S WELCH THAT ISRAELIS MUST SEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 17 meeting, FM Silvan Shalom told Assistant Secretary Welch and the Ambassador that disengagement is proceeding better than expected, but still carries a heavy price for Likud politicians. Shalom expressed concern that Palestinian extremists could launch attacks agai [...]	2005-08-21 17:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS UNGA GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5597	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] IDF Withdrawal From Gaza 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, after 38 years of Israeli military rule, dominated the headlines during the w [...]	2005-09-12 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV570	ISRAEL'S COMMITMENTS TO THE USG AND THE WORLD BANK [...] (S) Summary. As of the end of January 2005, the GOI had shown various levels of commitment to fulfilling its "Weissglas" commitments to the USG. It is following through more consistently on its promise to engage on the World Bank process dedicated to facilitating a viable, post-disengagement [...]	2005-01-31 15:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5742	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. North Korea's Announced Renouncement of Nuclear Weapons ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (lead stories in Maariv and Yediot) reported on political developments around PM Sharon six days ahead of the Likud Central [...]	2005-09-21 08:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5798	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In their introductory meeting September 25, Foreign Minister Shalom told Ambassador Jones that the United States remains Israel's best friend and that he hopes for continued USG support to expand Israel's ties to the Arab world, an area on which he has focused. He offered no pre [...]	2005-09-25 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS ISRAEL RELATIONS GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV5853	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's surprise victory at the Likud Central Committee last night. The proposal to move up the party primaries was rejected, 1433 votes to 1329 (5 [...]	2005-09-27 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5866	POSSIBLE POST-DISENGAGEMENT SCENARIOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Predictions about the universe of post-disengagement possibilities can be grouped into three possible scenarios and two remote options, according to a range of Israeli observers. The first scenario -- the roadmap scenario -- is the official position of the Government of Israel [...]	2005-09-28 06:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWBG KPAL PINS PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5941	ISRAEL/WBG: EU OFFICIAL OUTLINES EXPANDED POLICE [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on September 30, EU Special Representative for the Middle East Peace Process Marc Otte outlined EU plans to expand its police program in the West Bank and Gaza and EU preparations for a possible third-party role at the Rafah crossing. Otte al [...]	2005-10-03 08:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU KWBG KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5945	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5951	MINISTRY OF FINANCE DG BACHAR CREDITS U.S. LOAN [...] (C) In a September 29 meeting with Ambassador Jones, Minister of Finance Director General Joseph Bachar, was very upbeat about the prospects for the Israeli economy. While cautious about predicting that the good times would continue, he noted the positive effect of the calm of the past year, [...]	2005-10-03 13:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	EAID ECON IS PREL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5983	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian Track 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas are slated to meet on Tuesday, October 11. The meeting was organized under the auspices of [...]	2005-10-06 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6246	STAFFDEL ZWEIG/ADAMS-GOI DISCUSSIONS ON HAMAS, [...] (C) Summary: HIRC professional staff members Matthew Zweig and David Adams discussed Hamas and PLC elections, progress on the Wolfensohn agenda, Israeli relations with Muslim states, and UN issues with Israelis, the Wolfensohn team, and USG officials during a visit to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on [...]	2005-10-31 16:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV6297	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz as saying in Washington Wednesday, at a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, that Israel will SIPDIS not frus [...]	2005-11-03 13:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6333	EMBLEM: GOI REJECTS MDA STATEMENT BUT WILL NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Israeli MFA Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Daniel Meron told poloff November 1 that the Government of Israel (GOI) has made clear to the Swiss its rejection of the widely disseminated oral statement by MDA Chairman Noam Yifrach, but has not [...]	2005-11-03 16:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL IS SZ GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY HUMANITARIAN AID
05TELAVIV6337	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] 10th Anniversary of Rabin Assassination 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may arrive in Israel as early as the beginning of next week. The Jerusalem Post led with Defense [...]	2005-11-04 10:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6367	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Paris Riots ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Sharon as saying before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this morning that Hamas members will not be able to walk free in the streets of Pa [...]	2005-11-07 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6468	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6470	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6519	SOME OUTPOSTS READY FOR EVACUATION; GOI [...] (C) Summary: Brigadier General (res.) Baruch Spiegel, advisor in the Ministry of Defense, told the Ambassador on November 4 that the GOI has taken all of the administrative and legal steps necessary to dismantle nine illegal outposts and the nine permanent houses in Amona outpost. He said th [...]	2005-11-16 11:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6530	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 08:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6545	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Labor vs. Likud 2. Gaza: Management of Border Crossings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's announcement, expected during the weekend, as to whether he will remain in the Likud or form a new party. Both Yediot [...]	2005-11-18 07:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV670	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. President Bush State of the Union Address ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) quoted a senior Israeli source as saying that Sharon and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will disagree on the d [...]	2005-02-04 11:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6719	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israeli elections 3. Iran, nuclear program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report on Shimon Peres' quitting Labor and political activity and endorsing PM Sharon's Kadima. The Jerusalem Post reports that "former prim [...]	2005-12-01 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6778	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Elections 2. Iranian Nuclear Race 3. The Syrian Threat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz online and Israel Radio reported that a blast occurred at around 11:30 am Monday at the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall in Ne [...]	2005-12-05 12:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6846	LABOR MK HERZOG: "SHARON STOLE HANEGBI," AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Labor MK and former Housing Minister Isaac (Itzchak) Herzog discussed the ever-evolving Israeli political scene, including then breaking news that acting Likud Party Chairman and Minister-without-Portfolio Tzachi Hanegbi had decided [...]	2005-12-08 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7022	POVERTY HYPE REFLECTS DECLINE OF SOCIALISM IN [...] (S) In advance of the upcoming elections, many politicians, reporters, and advocacy groups have been trumpeting "poverty" as the most important issue facing Israeli society. In reality, apart from a few isolated pockets, Israel does not face grinding "third world-style" poverty as a systemi [...]	2005-12-21 08:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	ECON ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV7023	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel TV and Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised PM Sharon's courageous moves in an interview with CNN, as, in the words of both statio [...]	2005-12-21 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7079	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All leading media, except The Jerusalem Post, led with the firing from Lebanon of at least four Katyusha rockets at Israeli communities -- particularly Kiryat Shmona -- la [...]	2005-12-28 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV752	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-08 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV786	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-09 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV839	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) vowed to take action against any future Palestinian cease-fire violation after Palestinians fired more than 4 [...]	2005-02-11 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV85	YOSSI GAL AND ILAN BARUCH DISCUSS AHLC, WORLD BANK [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Yossi Gal and Ilan Baruch of the MFA's Economic Affairs division Wednesday, December 28 to discuss Israeli follow-up from the Oslo AHLC, World Bank-proposed monitoring and benchmarks, and GOI and Israeli private-sector contact with the Palestinians on sett [...]	2005-01-06 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KWBG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV881	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-14 12:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV961	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon Bombing ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted Wednesday's approval by the Knesset, 59-40, with 5 abstentions, of the Disengagement Plan Implementation Law, empowering the government to pay 3.8 billion [...]	2005-02-17 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE1073	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH MOSTLY TRACK U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adriaan Palm (MFA, Office of Political Affairs) on April 21 and participated in the Dutch briefing on the GAERC later the same day, where Canada and Australia also took part. Palm said this GAERC would have an abbreviated agenda and adjourn [...]	2005-04-21 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2446	THE DUTCH IN AFRICA: SECURITY, AIDS AND WATER [...] Summary: The Dutch are among the world's most generous aid donors, giving about 0.8 percent of GDP or $4.2 billion in 2004. Roughly half of Dutch aid goes to 18 countries in Africa, making the Netherlands the fourth largest donor of bilateral aid to Africa. Dutch aid to Africa focuses on h [...]	2005-09-08 14:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2756	SCENESETTER FOR DASD THERSA WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] Your visit to The Hague comes at a time when the GONL is broadening its already substantial aid to Africa and is boosting its efforts in security assistance and reform. The Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Development are pursuing joint SSR and DDR initiatives in Africa and have cre [...]	2005-10-12 14:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE831	NETHERLANDS: DEMARCHE ON THE OSLO DONORS [...] Econ officer delivered reftel demarche points to Stella Kloth, Sudan desk officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kloth responded that Minister of Development Assistance Agnes van Ardenne would be leading the Dutch delegation to the Oslo conference, but was not able to inform post of any [...]	2005-03-30 15:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON NL SU
05VIENNA1033	AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION AT OSLO DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On March 30, we delivered reftel talking points to Africa Director Caroline Gudenus in the MFA's Middle East and Africa Bureau. Gudenus called back after hours to say that Under-Secretary for Development Assistance (USAID Director-equivalent) Irene Freudenschussreichl would attend the [...]	2005-03-31 09:58:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MARR SU AU
05VILNIUS1062	GOL SUPPORTS DESIGNATING LTTE AS TERRORIST GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 05:20:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO LH
06ABUDHABI1932	S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and Ambassador received a readout of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders' 8th consultative summit, held a day earl [...]	2006-05-10 12:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL KWBG PK AF LE JO
06ABUDHABI3297	MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: Editorials continued to consider the possible motivations of different foreign powers in the most recent conflict in Lebanon. A Saudi columnist in "Al-Ittihad" identified Hezbollah as part of an Iranian effort to gain more regional power. An Emirati columnist in "Al-Bayan" criticiz [...]	2006-08-14 13:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ADDISABABA1568	UNSC MISSION REPORTS TO AU THAT SUDAN HAS NOT [...] (SBU). SUMMARY. On June 7, the visiting UN Security Council delegation visiting Addis Ababa, Chad, and Sudan, briefed representatives of the 15-member African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and AU partners (i.e., non-member states) on its June 6 meetings in Khartoum with Sudanese P [...]	2006-06-09 07:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UN
06ALGIERS336	MFA ADVISES GIVING HAMAS TIME TO CHANGE, AVOIDING [...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher told Ambassador, visiting NEA/MAG Director Jordan, and DCM January 26 that while Algeria agreed with the U.S. that Hamas must change its position on peace with Israel, they disagreed about "imposing sanctions." Bouzaher advised the U.S. and [...]	2006-02-28 12:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KWBG AG
06ALGIERS408	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador drew on reftel points on the Israeli-Palestinian situation in a March 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Bedjaoui (discussion of Sudan, Western Sahara, NDI visas reported septel). Ambassador stressed the importance of the international community maintaining a common position towa [...]	2006-03-12 18:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS AG
06ALGIERS500	HAMAS, IRAN, LEBANON, SYRIA, AND THE WESTERN [...] (C) Over a March 14 working lunch with MFA Secretary General Lamamra, NEA A/S Welch explained the U.S. view that taking the Iran nuclear issue to the Security Council would strengthen possibilities of resolving the problem through diplomacy; urged Algeria to ensure assistance was channeled to [...]	2006-03-21 07:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS IR WI MO SY LE AG
06ALGIERS501	NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 DISCUSSION OF HAMAS, [...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, PM Ouyahia and NEA A/S Welch primarily focused on the Palestinian issue and dealings with Hamas. A/S Welch stressed that U.S. assistance to the Palestinians would continue but not through government channels so long as Hamas was in government and failed to reco [...]	2006-03-21 07:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IR IZ IS PA SU AG
06ALGIERS502	NEA A/S WELCH'S MARCH 14 MEETING WITH FM BEDJAOUI [...] (C) In their March 14 meeting, A/S Welch told FM Bedjaoui we would welcome his visiting Washington in April; expressed U.S. concerns about Sudan and urged Arab League support for bringing African Union forces in Darfur under a UN umbrella; and hoped Algeria would press Hamas to recognize Israel [...]	2006-03-21 07:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS PA SU AG
06AMMAN1095	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS OUTREACH TO [...] Summary. Lead stories in all papers over the past fortnight, February 2-14, focus on Hamas' efforts to reach out to Jordan and other nations such as Russia. Media coverage has consisted of meticulous reports of Hamas' statements as they evolved. Editorials and commentary have discussed Jordan [...]	2006-02-14 16:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN1175	PALESTINIAN-JORDANIANS SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON HAMAS [...] (C) While the GOJ is in full agreement with the U.S. on the need for Hamas to renounce terror, recognize Israel and respect past international agreements, Palestinian-Jordanian opinion makers believe that Hamas should be given a "fair chance" to run a Palestinian government without expressly [...]	2006-02-16 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL KWBG JO
06AMMAN1557	MEDIA REACTION ON HAMAS IN MOSCOW [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-05 13:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN2164	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ARAB SUMMIT IN KHARTOUM [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-26 11:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN4978	MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA INCURSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 11:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN628	MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-26 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN718	IMPLICATIONS FOR JORDAN OF THE HAMAS ELECTION [...] (C) The GOJ publicly said it "respected" the outcome of the Palestinian legislative elections, while King Abdullah stressed the need for the peace process to continue. Most Jordanian political analysts viewed the Hamas victory as a reaction to Fatah mismanagement, rather than Palestinian s [...]	2006-01-29 17:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL KWBG JO
06ANKARA2452	PKK IN EUROPE: DRAFT LONDON/OSLO DEMARCHES [...] (S) Summary. In a May 3 meeting, Turkish MFA Director General for Intelligence and Research Hayati Guven welcomed the proposed demarches to Norway and the United Kingdom urging cooperative action against PKK activities (reftel),and made suggestions to strengthen the message to Norway given [...]	2006-05-04 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER TU UK NO
06ANKARA2897	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA345	TURKEY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE: TURKEY RECOMMENDS WAIT [...] (C) Summary. The GOT prefers to look hopefully at Hamas's victory in Palestinian elections; the next task is to help Hamas transform, according to the Foreign Ministry. The GOT believes Hamas is well aware of the Palestinian people's dependence on its relationship with Israel and economic [...]	2006-01-30 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IS TU
06ANKARA3619	PKK IN EUROPE UPDATE WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli expressed appreciation for USG efforts against PKK in western Europe, noting that they were having an effect. Bicakli supported the creation of trilateral working groups in key western European capitals in o [...]	2006-06-20 04:59:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER KTFN TU
06ANKARA4310	TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP ON CFE EQUIPMENT FLANK [...] (C) We approached MFA Head of Department for Disarmament and Arms Control Osman Yavuzalp July 25 an update on Turkey's position on flank entitlements (ref a). According to Yavuzalp, Turkey, Greece and Norway had discussed the issue on the margins of the March 14 HLTF and agreed on Turkey's pr [...]	2006-07-26 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM
06ANKARA6491	TURKEY STILL WEIGHING CFE TRANSFERS FOR ACVS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO KCFE MARR PREL TU
06ASMARA757	EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED; OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) and Eastern Front (EF) are proceeding apace with the third and final committee currently in session. While the GNU, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) mediator and many in the diplomatic community see [...]	2006-09-25 12:31:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SU ER
06ATHENS1852	IRANIAN FM HEARS UNIFIED MESSAGE FROM GOG AND [...] (C) Summary: During a July 14 meeting between Greek PM Karamalis and Iranian FM Motaki, the PM delivered the international community's common position, imploring Iran to accept the P5 plus one nuclear package delivered to Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani in early June. Deputy FM Valy [...]	2006-07-17 15:35:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM IR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR GR
06ATHENS1946	CFE TRANSFERS: GOG REQUESTS DC DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA NATO D2 Directorate, Deputy Director Polychroniou, on Thursday July 20, and to MoD Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Stoidis Friday, July 21. Both interlocutors expressed that Greece remains interested in complying with the request, but also that a [...]	2006-07-25 14:56:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR NO PGOV PREL TU NATO MARR KCFE PARM
06ATHENS1947	CFE TRANSFERS: GOG REQUESTS DC DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA NATO D2 Directorate, Deputy Director Polychroniou, on Thursday July 20, and to MoD Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Stoidis Friday, July 21. Both interlocutors expressed that Greece remains interested in complying with the request, but also that a [...]	2006-07-26 04:09:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR NO PGOV PREL TU NATO MARR KCFE PARM
06BAKU1472	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ENERGY AND GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov October 2 to discuss Azerbaijan's expanding role as an international energy supplier and to press Minister Sharifov to begin discussions with the Government of [...]	2006-10-11 04:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PREL AJ RU IR TU
06BAKU1473	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE OIL FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHAHMAR MOVSUMOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her September 29 introductory call on State Oil Fund Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov, the Ambassador stressed the critical role the Oil Fund plays in maintaining macroeconomic stability and in providing a long-term savings vehicle for the Azerbaijani people. Movsumov br [...]	2006-10-11 05:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PINR EAID AJ
06BELGRADE1001	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] Below is the Serbia and Montenegro submission for the 2006 report on investment disputes and expropriation claims. As requested in reftel, we have sent tracked edits to the Serbia and Montenegro portion of the final 2006 report via e-mail to EB/IFD/OIA James Roseli. One of the two investment [...]	2006-06-22 07:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL SR MW
06BELGRADE232	Ensuring Stability in Southern Serbia [...] We are working to ensure that local political developments in the three Southern Serbia municipalities with ethnic Albanian populations (Presevo, Bujanovac, and Medvedja) do not undermine progress that has been made in stabilizing this sensitive area bordering Kosovo. Our strategy for the co [...]	2006-02-16 13:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SR MW YI
06BERN1626	ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP: [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 06:08:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ
06BOGOTA224	SWISS AMB ON FARC AND ELN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Swiss Ambassador Kupfer expressed disappointment on January 6 with the FARC's rejection of the Swiss-led international commission proposal for a humanitarian exchange between the GOC and the FARC. He reported that, despite the setback, international commission members (one from F [...]	2006-01-11 21:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA3252	ELN AND CUBAN THINKING ON EVE OF THIRD ROUND OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) The Cubans are becoming more involved in the GOC-ELN exploratory talks, according to Norwegian diplomats and one of the Colombian civil society guarantors. Norwegian Charge in Bogota Sigurd Endresen said the Cubans were at the ta [...]	2006-04-11 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
06BOGOTA3701	GOC-ELN TALKS RESUME APRIL 26 IN HAVANA, REAL [...] (C) GOC-ELN civil society guarantor Moritz Akerman said the third round of GOC-ELN exploratory talks will resume in Havana April 26, and go through April 29. The parties will discuss administrative business only, leaving substantive discussions to after the May 28 presidential election (most [...]	2006-04-26 17:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR CO
06BOGOTA5496	GOC-ELN CIVIL SOCIETY GUARANTOR REVEALS ELN [...] (C) GOC-ELN civil society guarantor Moritz Akerman said the ELN wants to declare a unilateral 6-month cease-fire before the fourth round of talks with the GOC on August 12. Within 90 days of the cease-fire, the ELN would release all its kidnap victims, to be verified by an independent commiss [...]	2006-06-16 15:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
06BOGOTA5793	GOC-ELN CIVIL SOCIETY GUARANTORS REPORT NORWEGIAN [...] (C) GOC-ELN civil society guarantors Moritz Akerman and Alvaro Jimenez said Norway wants a direct meeting with ELN military commander and negotiator Antonio Garcia. Norway would characterize to Garcia as unrealistic the ELN's proposal that Norway finance the ELN's proposed cease-fire and re [...]	2006-06-27 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CO
06BOGOTA6865	CATHOLIC CHURCH, GUARANTORS SAY GOC-ELN TALKS [...] (C) Secretary General of the Commission on National Reconciliation, Father Dario Echeverri, and civil society guarantors Moritz Akerman and Alvaro Jimenez said the GOC-ELN exploratory talks were slowing down and would likely resume in Havana in late September rather than on August 12 as origi [...]	2006-07-28 20:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MARR CO
06BOGOTA7494	GOC-ELN PROCESS MIGHT BE PICKING UP STEAM [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo will shortly present ELN military commander and negotiator Antonio Garcia with a formal GOC peace proposal on cease-fire, disarmament, and the ELN's possible participation in the political process, said GOC-ELN civil society guarantor Alejo Vargas. [...]	2006-08-16 20:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MARR PHUM PINR CO
06BRUSSELS791	LEVERAGING EU ASSISTANCE FOR US FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bush's historic visit to Brussels in February 2005 has been followed by increased US-European cooperation on a range of political and security issues. An important component of that cooperation is greater synergy between US and EU approaches to development and humani [...]	2006-03-08 10:55:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KDEM PREF PREL KMCA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUCHAREST344	ROMANIA RECEIVED GDPR UPDATE FOR NATO ALLIES AND [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel to Mirela Maghiar, MFA Director for NATO Division, and Dan Neculaescu, MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, on February 22. They expressed appreciation for the notification and continuing "great" coordination. Neculaescu promised to inform MOD coll [...]	2006-02-27 15:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	KCFE NATO PREL MARR PARM RO
06CAIRO646	EGYPT HOSTS PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT AND ISRAELI [...] (C) Playing a central role in post-Hamas victory diplomatic contacts, Egypt hosted Palestinian President Abu Mazen and Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Cairo February 1. Livni met one-on-one with Mubarak for nearly 2 hours, and was hosted by Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit for a joint press co [...]	2006-02-02 18:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO692	EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, JANUARY 17-23. [...] Summary: Coverage of the Palestinian elections hit a crescendo at the end of the week, with many commentators reacting negatively to President Bushs Jan. 27 statement. While only three percent of commentaries were critical of U.S. policy before the election results were announced, forty perce [...]	2006-02-06 07:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG XF ZP ZR IS
06CAIRO765	HAMAS DELEGATION ENDS CAIRO TALKS, CONTINUES [...] (SBU) A delegation of senior Hamas political figures wrapped up several days of talks in Cairo February 8, including a full day of internal deliberations February 6 among internal and external leaders of the Islamic organization. Press reports assert that part of the team departed for Gaza w [...]	2006-02-08 16:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS MEPN
06COLOMBO1	FOREIGN MINISTER TO STRESS DEMOCRACY, NEED TO [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera plans to brief Secretary Rice on Sri Lanka's efforts to maintain its long democratic tradition as it grapples with a bloody, brutal terrorist challenge and to ask for a strong effort to ensure the LTTE is not raising funds in the U.S. He des [...]	2006-01-03 05:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KIRF CE LTTE

06COLOMBO1006	SRI LANKA: MONITORS HOPE TO PROCEED AS USUAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) chief Ulf Henricsson on June 14 to discuss the status of the monitors following the aborted meeting between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) scheduled for June 8-9. (Reftel) He [...]	2006-06-14 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO1018	SRI LANKA: WORST LTTE ATTACK ON CIVILIANS SINCE [...] (C) Summary. Following a presumed LTTE mine attack on a crowded civilian bus near North-central Vavuniya on the morning of June 15 that killed at least 64 people (Ref A),the Sri Lanka military launched limited retaliation on LTTE targets south of Trincomalee, and Mullaitivu, headquaters of [...]	2006-06-15 12:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1047	NORWEGIANS RUNNING OUT OF STEAM, EU MONITORS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tigers insist monitors from EU-members states must leave, give 30-day window for transition. Future of the monitoring mission now extremely problematic, Norwegians will discuss it with other Nordics on June 28. Tigers upset about their treatment at Colombo airport while returning from [...]	2006-06-23 05:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO
06COLOMBO1107	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT MAKES PEACE AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. In a TV interview July 4, President Mahinda Rajapaksa called for the resumption of peace talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the wake of several Tiger attacks on security forces (Ref B). On July 3, a presumed Tiger explosion at a police checkpoint near Anurad [...]	2006-07-05 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1183	SCANDINAVIANS CONTINUE TO PRESS TIGERS ON EU [...] (C) Summary. The Scandinavians continue to try to get the Tigers to back down from their insistence that SLMM members from EU countries leave by September 1. After an unsuccessful trip to Kilinochchi by the Norwegian Charge' at the end of last week, a Swedish diplomat arrives today from Sto [...]	2006-07-19 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE NO
06COLOMBO1246	SRI LANKA: FINNISH AND DANISH MONITORS PREPARE [...] (C) Summary. The government mounted a significant ground operation July 31 after Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) strikes on Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) targets continued through the weekend, with air-strikes killing eight lower-level Tiger leaders in the eastern Batticaloa and Trincomal [...]	2006-07-31 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1331	SCENE-SETTER FOR SCA PDAS MANN'S AUGUST 16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a particularly contentious and violent point in the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL's) conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Low-level tit-for-tat violence plagued the north and the east over the last several months, and at the end of Jul [...]	2006-08-15 08:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO134	SRI LANKA: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) In a January 23 meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Under Secretary Burns, accompanied by the Ambassador, stressed U.S. support for Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts toward a peaceful resolution to the conflict and urged Rajapaksa to ensure that Sri Lankan security forces would [...]	2006-01-23 15:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KUNR IR CE
06COLOMBO135	UNDERSECRETARY BURNS DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, Undersecretary Burns met with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera. The Foreign Minister told U/S Burns that Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to negotiation and a peaceful solution despite continued provocation by the Liberation Tigers of T [...]	2006-01-23 15:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IR CE
06COLOMBO136	SRI LANKAN OPPOSITION LEADER GIVES FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23 Under Secretary Burns and Ambassador Lunstead met with United National Party (UNP) leader and former Prime Minister and presidential contender Ranil Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe thanked U/S Burns for showing support for Sri Lanka and the peace process. The veteran [...]	2006-01-23 15:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE
06COLOMBO137	U/S BURNS REVIEWS SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian peace facilitator Solheim told U/S Burns that the Sri Lankan peace process is at a crossroads and that a "major step forward" is essential. Burns expressed U.S. support for the Norwegian facilitation effort and compared notes with Solheim on the efficacy and vision of [...]	2006-01-23 16:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS CE NO
06COLOMBO1508	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT STATES READINESS FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Co-Chairs' statement following their September 12 meeting in Brussels that peace talks should take place in Oslo next month, the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) expressed readiness to engage in negotiations but strongly criticized an alleged lack of prior consul [...]	2006-09-13 13:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1517	SRI LANKA: GOSL APPRECIATES US SUPPORT FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Blake made separate calls on September 14 to Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Foreign Secretary Palihakkara to brief them on the September 12 Co-chairs' meeting, encourage Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) attendance at peace negotiations, and discuss cooperation [...]	2006-09-14 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO152	SOLHEIM ON CEASEFIRE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian facilitator Solheim told co-chairs chiefs of mission late January 25 that LTTE chief Prabhakaran had agreed to cease-fire talks in Geneva almost before Solheim opened his mouth in Kilinochchi. The Tigers told him that by agreeing to Geneva they wanted to help Norway and [...]	2006-01-26 05:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1528	SRI LANKA: MFA OFFERS READ-OUT OF PEACE [...] (C) On September 15, Ambassador Blake met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Additional Secretary Geetha de Silva, MFA Legal Advisor Rohan Perera, and Peace Secretariat Director Shanaka Jayasekara at their request. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) interlocutors briefed the Ambassador (and [...]	2006-09-15 11:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO1533	CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS DISCUSS NEXT STEPS WITH LTTE [...] (C) Co-Chair Ambassadors met at Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar's residence on September 18 to hear Norwegian plans for engaging the LTTE and to discuss the development and delivery of private messages coming out of the Co-Chair meeting in Brussels. Brattskar opened by reporting that the GSL [...]	2006-09-18 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1578	CO-CHAIRS AMBASSADORS MEETING: READOUT OF [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Amb Brattskar told Co-Chair Ambassadors in Colombo on September 26 that LTTE leader Tamilselvan had conveyed Prabakharan's decision that the LTTE is prepared to return to peace talks in Oslo in October. However, the LTTE also threatened that if the GSL is not ready to [...]	2006-09-26 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1620	NORWAY'S ENVOY "MODERATELY OPTIMISTIC" ABOUT [...] SUMMARY: (C) Norwegian mediator Hanssen-Bauer briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors on October 2 on his meetings with Sri Lankan government officials. He said that the GSL had denied media reports of preconditions for possible talks with the LTTE. The GSL would prefer November 10 or October 28 for t [...]	2006-10-03 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO1627	LTTE TELL NORWEGIANS THEY ARE PREPARED FOR TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Special Envoy Hanssen-Bauer briefed Co-Chairs Ambassadors on October 4 that during his October 3 meetings with Thamilselvan, the LTTE had agreed to talks without conditions in Oslo or Switzerland in October. However the LTTE is concerned the GSL may be tempted to press [...]	2006-10-04 15:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1758	CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS (MINUS US) URGE LTTE [...] (C) Summary: Co-Chair Ambassadors (minus Ambassador Blake) met on October 24 the LTTE delegation traveling to talks with the Government of Sri Lanka that are expected to begin in Geneva on October 28. The Co-Chairs urged the LTTE to seize the opportunity afforded by Geneva and exercise maximu [...]	2006-10-24 12:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1824	SRI LANKA: NORWAY BRIEFS CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS ON [...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors November 3 on the results of the Geneva Peace Talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE. Brattskar's briefing tracked closely with that provided by the Norwegians to Embassy Oslo (ref A). Following are some addition [...]	2006-11-03 09:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NO CE
06COLOMBO1838	THOUGHTS ON THE AGENDA FOR NOVEMBER 20-21 SRI [...] (C) Summary: As the Department prepares to host the November 20-21 Co-Chair meeting in Washington, Mission hereby offers some thoughts on the structure and substance of those discussions. The talks come on the heels of the unsuccessful meetings between the Government of Sri Lanka and the LT [...]	2006-11-06 13:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1884	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MORTAR FIRE KILLS 23 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Red Cross reported 23 civilians dead and 74 injured when government mortar fire hit a school housing internally displaced persons (IDPs) near the eastern town of Vakarai on November 8. Government officials confirmed the casualties, but said troops had been unaware of civilians [...]	2006-11-09 12:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2014	HANSSEN-BAUER EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer met briefly with Co-Chair Ambassadors to compare notes before he begins a trip to Kilinochchi to meet with the LTTE on December 2. After two days of meetings with Government and civil society representatives in Colombo, he expressed concern about [...]	2006-12-01 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO2081	SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...]	2006-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2082	SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...]	2006-12-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO2084	SRI LANKA: INTERLOCUTORS MOURN BALASINGHAM AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy's Tamil contacts, international observers and Sri Lankan political figures lamented the December 14 death in London of chief LTTE negotiator and theoretician Anton Balasingham (1938-2006). Members of Colombo's humanitarian and think-tank community stressed that Balasingh [...]	2006-12-15 10:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO230	SRI LANKA: GSL INSIDER PREDICTS PRE-GENEVA [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with poloff, presidential advisor and younger sibling Basil Rajapaksa discussed Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) thinking and expectations in the run-up to talks on the ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) scheduled for February 22-23 in Geneva. [...]	2006-02-13 11:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO256	SRI LANKA: PRE-TALKS PREPARATIONS, POSTURING [...] (C) Ambassador's meetings with the three Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Ministers who will participate in talks on the Ceasefire Agreement in Geneva February 22-23 indicate that the new Rajapaksa government is diligently preparing for its first face-to-face with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil [...]	2006-02-17 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO338	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR HAPPY WITH GENEVA BUT SEES [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar told Colombo co-chairs reps March 2 that the Geneva talks had exceeded his expectations. An initially tense atmosphere had relaxed over time and made it possible for agreement on a joint statement. Brattskar is fairly confident the next round wil [...]	2006-03-02 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO
06COLOMBO377	SRI LANKA: GSL MINISTERS DOWNPLAY COMPLEXITIES IN [...] (C) In a March 7 meeting with Health Minister and chief Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) negotiator Nimal Siripala de Silva and a March 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, the Ambassador stressed that the GSL must be proactive in upholding its commitments under the joint statem [...]	2006-03-08 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE
06COLOMBO382	SRI LANKA: JVP INSISTS CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT MUST [...] (C) In a March 8 meeting, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary Tilvin Silva and JVP MP Vijitha Herath told poloff that their party generally supported Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Geneva February 22-23 but insisted that th [...]	2006-03-09 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR CE
06COLOMBO4	IS SRI LANKA GOING BACK TO WAR - AND WHAT CAN WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the optimism and hope surrounding the four-year old ceasefire agreement (CFA) fade and a return to some sort of war becomes an increasing (but certainly not inevitable) possibility, the U.S. and the rest of the concerned international community need to consider how best to he [...]	2006-01-03 07:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS EFIN CE LTTE
06COLOMBO460	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDANT (AND SIBLING) [...] (C) Basil Rajapaksa, confidant and advisor to his older brother President Mahinda Rajapaksa, told poloff on March 22 that in the second round of talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),scheduled to be held in Geneva April 19-21, the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) wants to move [...]	2006-03-23 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO471	COLOMBO CO-CHAIRS HUDDLE IN FACE OF POST-GENEVA [...] (C) Summary. In the face of tepid performances by both the GSL and the LTTE in fulfilling their Geneva commitments, local co- chair representatives plan to beard each side in early April, after March 30 local government elections. That said, violence remains down which is quite encouraging [...]	2006-03-27 04:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO
06COLOMBO592	SRI LANKA: VIOLENCE, VERBIAGE THREATEN GENEVA TALKS [...] (U) Summary: After a brief moratorium on violence following the late January announcement of the first round of Geneva talks (Ref A),the all-too-regrettable pattern of tit-for-tat bloodshed between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its armed rivals has resumed with a vengeance. [...]	2006-04-12 09:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO600	GOVERNMENT ASKS CO-CHAIRS FOR STRONG RESPONSE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair ambassadors, minus the U.S., pushed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) hard in an August 10 meeting to make clear its commitment to "Geneva II" but the Tigers are focused on the "transportation issue" in which the GSL has refused to chopper Eastern Tigers to the [...]	2006-04-12 11:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
06COLOMBO661	SRI LANKA: CLAYMORES, CYANIDE, AND CIVILIANS: [...] (C) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continued small-scale attacks against military and civilian targets in the north and east April 21-23, killing eleven members of the security forces and six Sinhalese villagers in separate incidents. For the second time in as many weeks, a Sinhal [...]	2006-04-24 12:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO686	SRI LANKAN MILITARY LAUNCHES "LIMITED" RETALIATORY [...] (C) Following the attempted assassination of Army Commander Lt. General Sarath Fonseka in Colombo on April 25, Government security forces launched aerial and artillery strikes on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) territory in the eastern district of Trincomalee late April 25 and the mor [...]	2006-04-26 13:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM MOPS CE
06COLOMBO697	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT CONFIRMS MILITARY OPERATIONS [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Charge' condemned the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) April 25 attempt on the life of the Army Commander and underscored strong US support for Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the confli [...]	2006-04-27 12:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO872	TOKYO CO-CHAIRS PRE-MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: GSL representatives admit that at least some elements of armed forces may be cooperating with irregular armed groups. Government is trying to crack down on this, and is also trying to develop a proposal for a political settlement. EU will likely designate LTTE as terrorist group on May [...]	2006-05-25 11:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE NO
06COLOMBO88	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY 23-25 [...] (C) Your visit to Sri Lanka comes as small-scale but recurrent aggression by the insurgent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is exerting increasing pressure on a still-new and relatively untested Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) executive. President Mahinda Rajapaksa appears to lack a coh [...]	2006-01-12 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE
06COLOMBO933	A/S BOUCHER TALKS TOUGH ON TIGERS BUT PRESSES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Following his participation in the May 30 meeting of the Sri Lankan Donor Co-Chairs (US, EU, Norway, and Japan) in Tokyo, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher underscored the messages from the Tokyo Co-Chairs statement during a May 31 trip to Co [...]	2006-06-05 07:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO941	SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS THREATEN WITHDRAWAL AFTER [...] (C) On June 1, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed to go to Oslo for June 8-9 talks with a Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) delegation led by Peace Secretariat Secretary General Palitha Kohona to discuss the role of the Scandanavian-led Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) despite e [...]	2006-06-05 12:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO990	SRI LANKA: LTTE REFUSES TO MEET GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) surprised most observers by derailing diplomatic efforts to salvage the peace process, refusing to hold talks on the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission June 8-9 in Oslo. Moreover, in the wake of the EU listing of the Tigers, the LTTE has said [...]	2006-06-12 11:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL CE
06COLOMBO998	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSSES OSLO, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Sri Lankan Foreign Secretary Palihakkara and Peace Secretariat Chief and head of the Oslo delegation Kohona on June 13 in the wake of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) refusal to enter talks with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) in Oslo on June 8-9 on t [...]	2006-06-13 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
06DAMASCUS2007	Damascus Media Reaction: US Report on Terrorism, [...] Summary: Syrian papers cited a statement by Dr. Imad Mustafa, the Syrian ambassador in Washington, that the "US State Department report on terrorism is a new link in a series of reports that the United States issues for political reasons against those who do not agree with it or go along with i [...]	2006-05-02 12:51:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS313	Damascus Media Reaction: HAMAS Victory, Mashaal Visit, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting on January 29 with Khalid Mashaal, Chief of HAMAS' Political Bureau. Talks dealt with the results of the Palestinian elections. President Asad congratulated Mashaal on the HAMAS victory and stressed that the results of the election [...]	2006-01-30 12:08:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS338	HAMAS VICTORY PUTS SARG IN A STRANGE CORNER [...] (C) Summary: The senior PLO representative in Damascus, Khalid Fahoum, said on January 30 that Damascus-based Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al was confident of Hamas' ability to govern and would quickly move to shore up support for Hamas in the PLO, in the PA security services and in Palestinian [...]	2006-01-30 15:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS3481	Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operations in Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers focused on the tense situation in Lebanon. All papers reported a statement by Hassan Nasrallah, Hizbollah's Secretary General, saying that the resistance is ready for "an open war" against Israel, announcing that the resistance fighters had set fire to an Israeli wars [...]	2006-07-16 12:54:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3700	TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 11 THURSDAY JULY 27, [...] (U) Summary: The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani, arrived in Damascus July 26 for talks with SARG officials on the crisis in Lebanon and the Rome Conference, according to Arab regional media. DAO reports increasing displays of pro-Hizballah Arabic-language banne [...]	2006-07-27 13:39:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM LE SY
06DAMASCUS711	SCANDINAVIANS MOVING QUIETLY TO REPAIR RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Nearly three weeks after three Scandinavian embassies in Damascus suffered moderate to severe damage in SARG-sanctioned demonstrations to protest the caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in European media, it appears that all three governments are moving quietly to repair relation [...]	2006-02-22 14:06:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DILI578	MULTIPLE DIALOGUE INITIATIVES ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS TIMOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent weeks have seen a flurry of dialogue and reconciliation efforts among East Timorese institutions and leaders. These have included series of meetings between the armed forces (F-FDTL) and the national police (PNTL),initiatives by youth group and gang leaders, and a high l [...]	2006-11-29 11:03:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MARR KPKO TT
06DOHA1237	PALESTINIAN DIASPORA IN QATAR: C-NE6-00547 [...] (C) Summary. Embassy officer spoke to several Palestinian private-sector businessmen on issues facing the community in Qatar. They viewed the election of Hamas as a protest vote but believed Hamas should have been given a better chance to govern and through governance, adapt to the reality of t [...]	2006-08-17 14:05:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KPAL QA
06DUBAI730	IN IRAN, CARTOON CONTROVERSY SIMMERS BUT DOESN'T BOIL OVER [...] (U) Summary: In response to the publishing of "blasphemous" cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in a number of European newspapers, Tehran has recalled its ambassador to Denmark and announced a cut in all trade ties with the country. Denmark pulled its diplomats out of Iran due to unspecified thre [...]	2006-02-14 14:05:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI
06DUSHANBE2243	A MINOR MIRACLE? TAJIK SETTLEMENT WITH NORSK HYDRO COULD BE [...] (C) With the December 20 signing of a cooperation agreement between Norwegian aluminum giant Norsk Hydro and Tajikistan's state-owned aluminum factory TadAZ, Tajikistan resolved one of its stickiest investment cases. Moscow-based Norwegian Ambassador Oyvind Nordsletten called on Ambassador J [...]	2006-12-22 09:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV ETRD TI NO
06DUSHANBE394	DUSHANBE SYNAGOGUE DEMOLITION GAINING MEDIA INTEREST [...] SUMMARY: The February 8 partial demolition of the Dushanbe synagogue (reftel A) is beginning to make waves in the international media and is stimulating letters of protest to Embassy Dushanbe from private citizens in the United States. The media accounts emphasize the reported intemperate and [...]	2006-02-28 11:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PROP KIRF TI
06GENEVA2654	LITTLE PROGRESS AND MUCH CONFUSION AND FRUSTRATION \ [...] (C) The Human Rights Council's second session was \ adjourned without achieving much after three weeks. It is to \ resume November 27-28, when it will deal with 44 resolutions \ tabled by members when it became apparent that little of \ substance would be achieved. The Council's failure was due [...]	2006-10-19 13:15:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA597	36TH UNHCR STANDING COMMITTEE: AFRICA DISCUSSIONS [...] (U) Summary: Africa Bureau Director Marjon Kamara and Director of Operations for the Sudan Situation Jean-Marie Fakhouri addressed participants in the 36th Meeting of the Standing Committee (SC) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on March 8. Both highlighted the di [...]	2006-03-16 13:07:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL SMIG XA
06HELSINKI783	GOF PESSIMISTIC ON SRI LANKA CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Echoing reftel concerns about the escalating violence in Sri Lanka, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director Rauli Suikkanen, desk officer Marita Meranto, and EU secretariat first secretary Niklas Lindqvist told Emboff Helsinki is currently coordinating an EU demarche to be delivered this week [...]	2006-08-09 12:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE EUN FI
06JAKARTA7009	INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON VISIT BY [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 08:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ID IS
06JEDDAH236	OIC DISMISSES RECENT BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL MEETING AS [...] (C) SUMMARY; The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) insisted in a March 25 meeting with Consulate staff that the recent session of the Israel Boycott Office was a routine annual event, sponsored solely by the OIC and that no significant recommendations resulted. No list of repres [...]	2006-03-26 11:26:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC IS KBCT KISL KPAL PREL SA
06JERUSALEM2068	LIVELIHOOD OF GAZA FISHERMEN THREATENED [...] (SBU) According to an April World Food Programme (WFP) report, local demand for fish in Gaza has doubled and put pressure on Gaza fishing grounds, already restricted to 6 nautical miles from the shore. (Note: The Oslo Accords designated 20 miles of fishing grounds for Palestinians in Gaza. [...]	2006-05-22 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PHUM EAID EFIS KWBG KPAL
06JERUSALEM240	SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatah and Hamas candidates in Gaza signed an agreement pledging to refrain from displaying weaponry and abide by the democratic process. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met January 18 for additional discussions regarding Jerusalem voting. During a January 18 meeting at C [...]	2006-01-19 17:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM
06JERUSALEM725	NEW PLC: POSITIVE ABU MAZEN SPEECH; HAMAS [...] (C) In the February 18 swearing-in of the new Palestinian Legislative Council, President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) asked Hamas to form the next government, but also attempted to bind Hamas to negotiations with Israel based on previous agreements and President Bush's vision of a two-state solu [...]	2006-02-18 16:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL KDEM
06KABUL725	ISAF RESPONSE TO ANTI-CARTOON RIOTS: "RESTRAINT," [...] Summary: Last week,s cartoon-related demonstrations, several of them violent and with loss of life, provide an opportunity to assess ISAF,s capability and willingness to respond to violent confrontations in its current areas of responsibility (RACs North and West, and Kabul). In Maimana, the [...]	2006-02-17 11:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF
06KATHMANDU1154	NORWAY'S ERIK SOLHEIM VISITS NEPAL [...] (C) Norwegian Minister for International Development Erik Solheim briefed members of the international community on his four-day visit to Nepal May 5, stressing that Norway wanted to show support for the government of Nepal (GON). He said he had assured PM Koirala that Norway would resume its [...]	2006-05-05 11:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU205	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BHUTANESE REFUGEES WITH [...] (C) On January 17, the Ambassador met with Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng to discuss Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. As Norway was the current chair of the Bhutanese resettlement countries group, Toreng explained, he is actively engaging with Foreign Minister Pandey on the Bhutanese refugee is [...]	2006-01-20 07:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL NP
06KATHMANDU3104	IMPLEMENTING NEPAL'S PEACE [...] (C) Three days after the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists signed the "Comprehensive Peace Agreement," the Government and the Maoists are moving to implement its provisions, but considerable challenges lie ahead. Maoist extortion and violence as well as illegal recruitment are continu [...]	2006-11-24 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR EAID UN NP
06KATHMANDU57	NEPAL LOSES PATIENCE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) In a January 5 conversation with the Ambassador (other topics reported septel),FM Pandey reviewed his assessment of the Bhutanese refugee issue and how best to reach a solution. Noting that his main concern was the fate of the remaining ethnic Nepalese in Bhutan and his conviction that Bh [...]	2006-01-06 06:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL NP
06KHARTOUM1610	MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 30, CG met with Einar Risa, a petroleum advisor supplied to Sudan and the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) by the Norwegian Government. Risa described his scope of work and commented on prices, production and transport costs of Sudanese petroleum, as well as the chall [...]	2006-07-09 15:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EFIN PREL EAID SU
06KHARTOUM1942	LRA Talks Remain in Limbo Due to Ceasefire [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) walked out of talks on August 9, demanding a ceasefire, consultations between mediators and the parties have continued and talks are resuming. Observers commented that the walkout was not a serious threat, only an attempt to gain levera [...]	2006-08-15 04:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS UN UG SU
06KHARTOUM2643	DARFUR: NRC TO CLOSE PROGRAM IN SOUTH [...] (C) The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) will publicly announce the closure of its operations in South Darfur on November 8. In a meeting with Embassy staff prior to the announcement, NRC Country Director Lotte Grauballe said that operations have been suspended five times in the last two years [...]	2006-11-08 16:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SU UN NO
06KHARTOUM324	Southern Sudan: Meeting with the Attorney [...] (SBU) On February 9, CG Juba met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Attorney General (AG) Majok Mading Majok for the three Equatoria states (Note: Bahr el Jebel is often called Central Equatoria and reportedly will be officially renamed in the near future. End note.). A holdover from [...]	2006-02-11 14:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU
06KHARTOUM454	NRC EVACUATES FROM SOUTH DARFUR [...] On February 21, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) evacuated international staff members working in South Darfur. NRC international headquarters made the determination to remove staff in response to weeks of Sudanese government warnings that the safety of NRC staff could not be guaranteed. [...]	2006-02-22 10:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM796	Pres. Bashir Interview with Al-Jazira at Arab [...] Summary: In a March 29 interview with Al-Jazira, President Bashir said: many southern forces had supported the government during the North-South civil war; Khartoum was both a northern state and the national capital subject to shari'ah law; the Arab League had pledged to support AMIS financ [...]	2006-03-30 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI AL US SU
06KHARTOUM797	KALMA CAMP - UPCOMING EXPIRATION OF NRC [...] On March 30, Charge, an Embassy Political Officer, and two USAID Darfur Field Office representatives met with the Sudan country director of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). NRC serves as coordinator for Kalma camp in South Darfur. NRC sought a meeting with Embassy and USAID officials to [...]	2006-03-30 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KUWAIT3983	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PALESTINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 08:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06LIMA754	DEMARCHE: MEETINGS WITH HAMAS (PERU) [...] (U) Polcouns and Poloff delivered the meetings with Hamas demarche (Ref A) to the Foreign Ministry's Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, Amb. Antonio Garcia Revilla, Director of Multilateral Affairs Julio Garro, and Director of UN Affairs, Miguel Barreto, on 2/23. 2. (U) The Peruvians [...]	2006-02-27 19:34:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL
06MADRID766	ETA CEASEFIRE: MAJOR POLITICAL VICTORY FOR ZAPATERO [...] (U) Summary. The recent announcement of a permanent ceasefire by the Basque separatist terror group ETA was met with cautious optimism by a public that recalls ETA's abandonment of previous truces. However, there is a sense that ETA's declining military fortunes and Zapatero's readiness to e [...]	2006-03-30 14:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SP
06MADRID787	ETA CEASE FIRE: HOW IT HAPPENED [...] The small group of advisers who have guided the Zapatero government's contacts with ETA remain tightlipped about their activities due to the extreme political sensitivity and domestic controversy surrounding the issue. Spanish officials have maintained this silence even as they discussed othe [...]	2006-03-31 15:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV SP
06MANAMA1313	TFLE01: FM SHAIKH KHALID ON LEBANON, ROADMAP [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 18, Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid was clearly anguished about the hostilities in Lebanon. The Lebanese have worked so hard to bring their country back from civil war, but now there is much destruction and many civilian deaths. Shaikh Khalid voiced [...]	2006-07-19 11:29:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BA REGION CTR OFFICIALS
06MANILA2973	CPP/NPA - THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to a renewed campaign by the Philippine Government (GRP) to defeat Asia's longest-running communist insurgency, the New People's Army (NPA) has continued its low intensity attacks throughout the country. At the same time, the National Democratic Front (NDF) is push [...]	2006-07-17 09:58:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PINS PREL RP
06MINSK321	Ten Days in Jail for Reading the Bible [...] (C) Summary: On March 14, Poloff met with head of the Christ Convenant Reformed Baptist Church who had just served 10 days in jail for holding an unsanctioned religious service in his private residence. This is the first time in 20 years that a person has been jailed for holding religious wo [...]	2006-03-23 15:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK460	MILINKEVICH DISCUSSES STATE OF THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 conversation with Ambassador, Belarusian opposition leader and former Ten plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich described tensions within the democratic forces. He named United Civic Party leader Anatoliy Lebedko as the strongest dissenter. C [...]	2006-04-27 14:23:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MUSCAT1561	MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM VERDICT, IRAQ VIOLENCE, PALESTINIAN [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" says Iraqis can curb violence if they cooperate against it; Youth-oriented, privately owned "Al-Shabiba" believes the "civil war" atmosphere in Palestine makes Hamas and Fatah cooperation unlikely and says that U.S. failure to heed Afghanistan's history lessons [...]	2006-11-06 10:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT554	BIN ALAWI CONVOKES U.S., EU AMBASSADORS TO REVIEW MESHAAL VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs delivered a three-point message to visiting Hamas Political Chief Khalid Meshaal on April 3-4: Hamas must concentrate on building a viable and stable Palestinian state; must join the PLO and (implicitly) submit to previous PLO agreemen [...]	2006-04-05 14:15:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	MU NOTAG
06MUSCAT784	MEDIA REACTION: USTDA CONFERENCE, PALESTINIAN UNITY, [...] The government-owned Arabic daily "Oman" (circulation 38,000) highlighted this week's USTDA-sponsored conference on Information Communications Technology (ICT) in its May 14 editorial, "Communications in the Middle East and Developing Skills": "The conference that His Excellency Ahmad Macki, [...]	2006-05-16 12:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06NEWDELHI1572	RGOB REMAINS COMMITTED TO REFUGEE RETURNS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to Bhutanese Ambassador Tshering's comments in Ref A that the RGOB my not repatriate SIPDIS any refugees, in a February 15 meeting with Poloff, Bhutanese Second Secretary Karma Thinley (Strictly Protect) stated that Thimphu remains committed to repatriating those in [...]	2006-03-06 12:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF IN NP BT
06NEWDELHI583	GOI PROMISES MILITARY SUPPORT TO SRI LANKA AND [...] (C) Summary: During U/S Burns' January 21 consultations on regional issues, the GOI relayed its concerns over the increasingly possible return to war in Sri Lanka and the conflict between the need for Iranian gas and the looming crisis over Tehran's nuclear program. Indian Foreign Secretary [...]	2006-01-27 08:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS ENRG EPET IR CE IN
06NEWDELHI6520	INDIA, US "CONVERGE" ON SRI LANKA, LESS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a September 18 courtesy call, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar told PolCouns: -- India and the U.S. have a "broad convergence" of interests on Sri Lanka; -- India continues to tell the GSL that there can be no military solution to the conflict, [...]	2006-09-19 10:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM CE BG IN
06NICOSIA918	WHY CIVIL SOCIETY IN CYPRUS IS DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Civil society in Cyprus is fragmented, weak and riven by personal rivalries. The elephant in the living room -- the Cyprus issue -- further distorts the NGO scene in Nicosia and restricts opportunities for Cypriot activists and organizations to play a broader role on issues of mo [...]	2006-06-16 09:12:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CY
06OSLO1	IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA) POINTS [...] (SBU) On December 30 Acting Political/Economic Chief delivered reftel points regarding USG concerns about Norsk Hydro's oil discovery in Iran's Anaran Field and its deal for the Khorramabad block to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Energy Advisor Ambassador Janne Julsrud and to Norsk Hyd [...]	2006-01-01 11:53:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR NO
06OSLO100	NORWEGIANS INTERESTED IN FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission, Christopher Webster met with Norwegian Environment Ministry State Secretary Henriette Westhrin and DAS for International Environmental Cooperation Harald Dovland on January 27 to discuss [...]	2006-01-31 14:59:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL NO
06OSLO1001	URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED-UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-12 13:02:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE NO
06OSLO101	A/S FRIEDÂ´S VISIT: NORWAY AN ENERGY SECURITY PLAYER [...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and continued our "High North Dialogue" with Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand during his January 26-27 visit to Oslo to participate in an E-PINE Political Directors meeting (reported septel). Stoere enthusiastically presented the [...]	2006-01-31 15:11:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NO ENGR
06OSLO1018	NORWAY WILL SUPPORT UNIFIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Pol Counselor delivered Reftel A demarche on UNIFIL contributions on 16 August to the Norwegian MFA's Head of the Middle East Section, Kaare Eltervaag. He stated that the political will is strong for Norway to support with mission with military forces, but the resources do not all [...]	2006-08-16 15:26:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS LE NO
06OSLO1041	TERRORISM FINANCE POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 08:47:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER
06OSLO1042	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 08:48:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA NO
06OSLO1054	NORWAY: THE SYRIA/IRAN ARMS EMBARGO, POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel A on August 22 to the head of Norway's Middle East Section, Kaare Eltervaag. Eltervaag assured us that Norway was in full support the embargo and that no new 'political' delegations were scheduled to travel to Damascus or Tehran. Eltervaag also explained the [...]	2006-08-23 14:20:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE MARR MOPS NO PGOV PREL

06OSLO1055	NORWAY'S TAKE ON THE UN HIGH LEVEL DIALOGUE ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 14:26:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF SMIG UNGA
06OSLO1060	CFE ENTITLEMENT ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 10:28:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PARM PREL NO KCFE
06OSLO1061	(S/NOFORN) TERRORISM FINANCE: RADICAL IDEOLOGUE [...] (C) Per reftel a, we circulated possible 1267 listings to Martin Sorby, Deputy Director General in the MFA's International Humanitarian and Criminal Law Section on August 24. Sorby noted that he would pass the information to the relevant Norwegian law enforcement authorities. 2. (S/NOFO [...]	2006-08-25 10:29:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL EFIN ETTC NO KTFN
06OSLO1062	(S/NOFORN) TERROR FINANCE: SECOND TRANCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 10:30:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER PREL ETTC NO KTFN
06OSLO1063	SRI LANKA LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 13:18:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OPDC NO
06OSLO1076	NORWEGIANS WANT ANSWERS BEFORE DECIDING AN NSG [...] (C) On August 29, we discussed the Norwegian reaction to the U.S.-India nuclear deal with MFA Assistant Secretary Jorg Willy Bronebakk. Bronebakk noted that his government continues to have serious questions regarding the matter, and has not yet determined its position in the Nuclear Supplie [...]	2006-08-29 15:31:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTR ETTC PARM PREL NO KNNP KSCA
06OSLO1077	PST LIST PROVIDED TO NORWEGIANS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 15:32:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC NO KNNP
06OSLO1141	NORWAY: SAUDI-TRAINED IMAM CLAIMS 9/11 A US ACTION [...] (U) Imam Zulqarnain Sakandar Madni, leader of a group called 'Norway's United Ulamas,' commented during a net chat on the newspaper Aftenposten's website 12 September that he doubts that Al Qaeda exists, and that 'a good deal of evidence' points to the attacks of 9/11 as being planned by Presi [...]	2006-09-13 10:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL ASEC KPAO SA NO
06OSLO1185	NORWAY ON UNHRC - AGREEMENT ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT [...] (C) Director of the Human Rights Department in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tormod Endresen, stated that Norway is in strong agreement with the US on the areas of concern in reftel and the Government of Norway welcomes US engagement on the Human Rights Council (HRC). Pol/Econ cou [...]	2006-09-25 15:37:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN NO
06OSLO1188	NORWEGIANS DIFFUSE THREATENED RUSSIAN FISH EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian authorities will not place a ban on all Norwegian seafood following discussions between Norwegian and Russian food safety authorities. Russian veterinary officials threatened to ban all fish exports from Norway as of October 1 following their discovery of forged Norwe [...]	2006-09-26 14:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PREL SENV NO
06OSLO1189	NORWAY HAS TERRORISTS? THE RISING TIDE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anti-Semitism and Muslim extremism appear to be on the rise in Norway. On 22 September authorities charged four men for terrorism in the wake of an attack on the main synagogue in Oslo and related threats to the Israeli and American embassies. Two of the suspects are of Pakistani [...]	2006-09-27 10:23:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KISL PREL PGOV SOCI IS PK NO
06OSLO1195	NORWEGIAN DETAILS ON POSSIBLE BERN PROCESS MEMBERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 15:04:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH NO
06OSLO1199	NORWAY, DRM DEMARCHE AND APPLE: OMBUDSMAN CHANGES [...] (C) Summary. Norway is not planning any overhaul of its existing intellectual property rights (IPR) regulations. Government officials specializing in IPR matters emphasize the continued need to protect rights holders protections (which they believe are fairly represented under the current N [...]	2006-09-28 12:15:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EIND EINV NO KIPR
06OSLO1224	NORWEGIANS LOOK BEYOND AN EAST SUDAN PEACE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 06:49:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SU ER NO
06OSLO1228	PRT EFFECTIVENESS CONFERENCE: INTERIM NORWEGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 13:58:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AF NATO PREL NO
06OSLO1279	ITU COUNCIL SEAT - CONFIRMATION OF DELIVERED NOTES [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 14:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS NO
06OSLO1280	NORWAY MAINTAINS SUPPORT FOR UN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 14:40:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM NO
06OSLO13	CAMEL REARING AS NORWAY'S NEW INTEGRATION TOOL? [...] On January 4, Norway's newspaper readers woke to find a story about the local community of Loeten in southeastern Norway which has asked for government support to help establish a local camel rearing industry. Loeten has several immigrants of East African origin (mostly Somali refugees) who [...]	2006-01-04 15:48:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAGR PGOV NO
06OSLO1319	NORWEGIAN REGIONAL AIRPORT SECURITY IMPROVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In early October, Embassy RSO and Poloff traveled to three regional airports to meet Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and aviation security (AVINOR) personnel and to develop performance standards for future Embassy assessments of Norwegian airport security. The Norwegian CAA an [...]	2006-10-25 13:00:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KSEC PREL NO
06OSLO132	NORWAY DETERMINED - NO CHANGE OF COURSE IN [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties in Parliament rallied behind Prime Minister Stoltenberg on February 8 when he announced "we will not give way to pressure," reinforcing the message that Norway remains committed in Afghanistan, despite calls from some left-wing Parliamentarians for Norway to w [...]	2006-02-08 16:10:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM NO NATO
06OSLO1325	SUDAN: NORWAY HAS NO INFORMATION ON TARGETED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-27 09:31:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU NO
06OSLO1326	COMMERCE A/S SPOONER VISIT ADVANCES SETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian and U.S. officials have moved closer to terms of an agreement that would end one of the USG's longest running trade disputes -- the 15-year old antidumping and countervailing duties on fresh and chilled Norwegian salmon. Assistant Commerce Secretary David Spooner and [...]	2006-10-27 09:46:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIS PREL NO
06OSLO1343	IRANIAN DFM JALILI MEETS WITH NORWEGIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, Saeed Jalili, traveled to Norway on Friday 27 October, to take part in a round table sponsored by the Norwegian think tank NUPI. Jalili had a two-hour meeting with State Secretary Raymond Johansen, and an additional meeting with Foreign Minister [...]	2006-10-31 15:10:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	IAEA IR NO PREL
06OSLO1344	NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN SUDAN, IRAQ [...] (C) In an October 30 tour d'horizon, Norwegian Minister of Development Assistance Erik Solheim reviewed Norway's approach to Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. He cited unhappiness with the multilateral aid mechanisms Norway has been using in the Sudan, saying Norway may have to switch to [...]	2006-10-31 16:34:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID NATO SU NO AF SL IZ
06OSLO1350	EB A/S SULLIVAN MEETS NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan met October 20 on the margins of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Conference with Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt to discuss EITI and a range of international and bilateral [...]	2006-11-02 12:58:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EMIN EPET ENRG ETTC EINV IZ IR RU NO
06OSLO1352	NORWAY ASSESSES THE GENEVA SRI LANKA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Norway attributes the recent Geneva talks stalemate to the evolving negotiating position of both the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the LTTE, divisions within the GSL negotiating team and the LTTE's decision to raise the A-9 road as a major issue. The Norwegians note the LTTE [...]	2006-11-02 14:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE NO
06OSLO1359	ENGAGING NORWAY ON PEACE AND RECONCILIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 31, the DCM and Pol/Econ officers met with Tore Hattrem, Director General of the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section and other members of his team. The meeting began and intensified a dialogue on Norwegian peace efforts in several global hot spots: Sri Lanka, P [...]	2006-11-03 15:59:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF EAID CE SU CO HA RP SO NO
06OSLO1372	NORWAY DELIBERATES U.S. FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS [...] (SBU) On November 3 we met with Ministry of Transportation Assistant Deputy Director Signe Moe and Division Chief Pierre Chauvin to learn the status of Norway's deliberations on allowing U.S. Federal Air Marshals (FAMs) on flights to and from OSL. (In 2004, Norway and the TSA came close, but [...]	2006-11-07 12:24:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL ASEC PTER NO
06OSLO1376	(S/NF) TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (C) Per reftel, Post provides information concerning its Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TCFO),the Deputy TCFO and suggestions for broadening TCFO communication. Post's TCFO is Kristen Bauer, Political/Economic Counselor, Telephone (47) 9340-2130-8809, unclassified email is bauerkf@ [...]	2006-11-08 08:48:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER NO KTFN KVPR
06OSLO1384	CO-CHAIRS INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 11:32:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL CE NO
06OSLO1385	PSI LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 11:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS NO KNNP
06OSLO1389	2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT FOR NORWAY [...] (SBU) Per Ref B request, the draft 2007 National Trade Estimate (NTE) Report for Norway follows in paragraph 2. The report was conveyed on November 7 to USTR in Microsoft Word format (Ref A). Post understands that USTR will fill in trade statistics when available. 2. Begin text of 2007 [...]	2006-11-09 09:05:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN NO
06OSLO1395	STAFFDEL EDWARDS VISIT TO OSLO NOVEMBER 21-23 [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes the visit of Mr. Issac Edwards, Professional Staff Member, to Oslo, Norway from November 20-23, 2006 to participate in meetings of the Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region. Post requests security clearance information for Mr. Edwards. Please see p [...]	2006-11-09 13:59:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NO DA
06OSLO140	HIGH NORTH ENERGY, IRAN INVESTMENTS, RUSSIAN [...] (U) * Developing the Barents Sea as a new oil and gas province will be of global importance, underscored Statoil Chief Executive Helge Lund. Statoil's Snoehvit project is building a new energy bridge to the United States and Europe and bringing greater employment and prosperity to northern No [...]	2006-02-10 13:28:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET ENRG EFIN ETRD SENV NO
06OSLO1406	NORWAY CONSIDERS CONTRIBUTION TO POLIO INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 11:35:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID PREL ECON NO
06OSLO1416	NORWEGIAN FM'S VISIT TO SYRIA, LEBANON, GAZA STRIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER JONAS GAHR STOERE RETURNED 8 NOVEMBER FROM A SCHEDULED VISIT TO DAMASCUS AND BEIRUT THAT INCLUDED A SURPRISE STOP IN THE GAZA STRIP AND ISRAEL. DURING HIS MEETING WITH STOERE, SYRIAN PRESIDENT AL-ASSAD EMPHASIZED HIS INTEREST IN DIALOGUE WITH THE U.S. A [...]	2006-11-16 15:19:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID LE MOPS NO PGOV PREL PTER IS
06OSLO1422	NORWAY'S EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION PLEDGES [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 14:01:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PK PREL NO
06OSLO1423	NORWAY ON THE NOVEMBER 17 EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 14:24:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS NO
06OSLO1424	NORWAY VOTING NO ON BELARUS ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTION [...] Norway will vote against the Belarus sponsored anti-U.S. resolution in reftel. For the other Belarus-sponsored resolutions, Norway is voting 'no' on the resolution titled the Promotion of Equitable and Respectful Dialogue on Human Rights (as requested),and will be voting with the EU on the r [...]	2006-11-17 14:42:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BO NO
06OSLO1446	AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN NGOS WORKING IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of Embassy Oslo's ongoing engagement with Norwegians on peace and reconciliation, the Ambassador hosted a breakfast meeting with officials from leading Norwegian NGOs working in Sudan on November 16. All agreed that Khartoum was impeding their aid efforts in Darfur and [...]	2006-11-28 15:43:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SU NO
06OSLO146	NORSK HYDRO CEO URGES GREATER U.S. ATTENTION TO HIGH NORTH ENERGY, RUSSIAN ENERGY/GAS MARKET DESIGNS [...] (C) Norsk Hydro CEO Eivind Reiten told the Ambassador in an introductory call on February 8 that the United States appeared disinterested in High North energy and advised that we pay greater attention. Reiten also urged that we track closely Russias long-term strategic designs for the future global [...]	2006-02-13 14:03:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS NO
06OSLO1476	NORWAY AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Continuing Post's engagement with the Norwegian Foreign Ministry on peace and reconciliation issues (reftel),Ambassador Whitney hosted a working breakfast on December 1 to discuss events in Somalia. Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials told us that they were pessimistic about prospects [...]	2006-12-07 07:00:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SO NO
06OSLO1486	NORWAY: AMBASSADOR HOSTS INTEGRATION DINNER, WHICH [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 6 December, the Ambassador hosted a dinner which brought together leading government officials, parliamentarians, and immigrant community leaders to debate Norway's integration practices and to discuss the American experience and what role the embassy can play in the Norwegian [...]	2006-12-08 14:18:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI NO
06OSLO1494	WINE, GMOS, AND WTO DISCUSSIONS WITH NORWAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Wine imports, GMOs, and WTO were the main topics of discussion during Agriculture Attache Roger Wentzel's introductory visit to Oslo on December 4. Wentzel heard Norwegian Agriculture and Food Safety officials explain their anti-GM stance, MFA officials express little hope for [...]	2006-12-11 10:48:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL NO
06OSLO1495	NORWAY: PARLIAMENTARY PRESIDENT ON SENDING FORCES [...] (C) In a December 8 meeting with DCM and P/E Couns, Thorbjorn Jagland, Parliamentary President and senior Labor Party statesman, reviewed Norway's debate over sending forces to southern Afghanistan. Jagland has very publicly favored sending more troops, and is optimistic that the GON will rec [...]	2006-12-11 15:12:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV AF NO
06OSLO1496	NORWAY: MANAGING THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, MFA State Secretary Liv Monica Stubholt, who recently took on the US portfolio, met with the Ambassador for a tour d'horizon. Both agreed that key ways to deepen the already strong relationship included increasing educational exchanges, finding joint projects rega [...]	2006-12-11 16:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG NO PGOV PINR PREL
06OSLO1498	NORWAY UNVEILS HIGH NORTH STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMRY: Norway's recently unveiled High North stratgy combines domestic and regional policies to promote economic and social development in the region improve scientific understanding of the BarentsSea, and bolster economic and social ties with Rssia -- including a proposal to establi [...]	2006-12-13 15:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV ENRG EIND RU NO
06OSLO1501	U.S. VIEW ON HIGH-LEVEL PANEL REPORT SHARED WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 12:29:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNGA PREL PHUM SOCI EAID NO
06OSLO1524	U.S.-NORWAY ENERGY TALKS FOCUS ON HIGH NORTH, [...] (C) A delegation of USG energy analysts headed by Department of Energy Intelligence Chief Rolf Mowatt-Larssen visited Oslo December 7 for an energy symposium with Norwegian officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Petroleum and Energy, and other government agencies. The talks include [...]	2006-12-21 06:13:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL SENV PINR RS NO
06OSLO166	PM COMMITTED TO AFGHANISTAN, FOCUSED ON HIGH NORTH [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Prime Miniter Stoltenberg on February 14, the Prime Minsiter made sure that we knew that Norway remains commited to supporting ISAF and will not be deterred by the recent attack on the Norwegian provincial reconstruction team in Meymaneh. The [...]	2006-02-15 11:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PINR AF NO
06OSLO18	NORWAY HOPES TO JUMPSTART SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Norway's Minister of International Development Erik Solheim will travel to Colombo January 23-26 in an effort to jumpstart peace talks between the Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Solheim and his team are quite concerned that the situation in Sri Lanka [...]	2006-01-05 12:00:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE NO
06OSLO181	DIALOGUE WITH BELARUSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador brought together visiting Belarusian human rights activist Aliaksandr Bialiatski, Norwegian government officials and NGOs on February 16. Bialiatski greatly appreciated us hosting him and stressed the key role of the international community providing political and [...]	2006-02-16 14:04:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO NO
06OSLO184	REASONS THE SECRETARY SHOULD VISIT NORTH NORWAY [...] Summary (C) The time is ripe for you to come to Norway. In the wake of the Mohammed cartoons, your visit would be a tangible demonstration of our solidarity and friendship with Norway. Norway is becoming increasingly important as a reliable major energy supplier, particularly as energy resou [...]	2006-02-17 13:11:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG NO
06OSLO189	PETROLEUM MINISTER SEEKS CLOSER BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. Petroleum Ministry Wants Closer Bilateral Dialogue --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (SBU) In the Ambassador's February 15 introductory call on Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Odd Roger Enoksen, Enok [...]	2006-02-21 07:38:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV NO
06OSLO19	ISRAEL BOYCOTT? FINANCE MINISTER OFF RESERVATION [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand called Charge on the morning January 5 to disassociate the Norwegian government from comments made by Norwegian Finance Minister Kristin Halvorsen on January 4 in which she publicly supported a consumer boycott of Israel. Boycotting Israel [...]	2006-01-05 12:07:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD IS NO
06OSLO198	FAA INCIDENT REPORT DELIVERED TO NORWEGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 07:46:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR NO
06OSLO2	NORWEGIAN ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS, NOVEMBER- DECEMBER 2005: [...] (SBU) Summary of combined November-December monthly highlights: * The past year was an exceptionally good one for the Norwegian economy: mainland real GDP grew by 3.9 percent; offshore petroleum investments reached a record high; the value of exports soared on account of rising crude oil p [...]	2006-01-01 12:00:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EPET ETRD NO
06OSLO204	NORWEGIAN RESPONSE: HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) The DCM delivered reftel talking points to MFA Director General Vegard Ellefsen on February 22. Ellefsen mentioned that at this point, Norway is concerned about how to manage funding to provide assistance to Palestinians while maintaining existing Palestinian Authority institutions. Speci [...]	2006-02-22 15:51:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NO
06OSLO207	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW FOR NORWAY: PHARMACEUTICALS [...] (SBU) Post has assessed and agrees with the pharmaceutical industry's concerns about weak patent protections for many branded drugs in Norway (per the trade group "PhRMA's" Special 301 report). Post has consulted frequently with U.S. pharmaceutical firm representatives in Oslo on the issue a [...]	2006-02-23 15:43:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON NO
06OSLO213	NORWEGIAN FM STOERE TALKS HIGH NORTH WITH THE RUSSIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: High North energy and fisheries issues were at the top of the agenda during Norwegian FM Stoere's February 15-17 visit to Russia. Stoere met with Russian FM Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev in Moscow and called on regional governors in Murmansk and St. Petersburg durin [...]	2006-02-24 17:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SENV EFIS RS NO
06OSLO227	AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN DEVELOPMENT STATE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Norwegian Development Ministry State Secretary Anne Stenhammer on February 27. Stenhammer elaborated on Norway's plans to direct foreign aid to areas where Norway has unique expertise: oil and energy development, peace and reconciliation, gen [...]	2006-02-28 15:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID NO
06OSLO237	NORWAY AVIAN FLU RESPONSE UPDATE [...] (U) Effective February 15, 2006, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reinstated (reftel A) a ban on open air poultry farming in eight counties in southern Norway. The move comes in response to the discovery of H5N1 infected birds in Rugen, Germany. Officials are preparing for the virus' ev [...]	2006-03-01 17:39:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR TBIO KFLU NO
06OSLO238	NORWAY AVIAN FLU RESPONSE UPDATE [...] (U) Effective February 15, 2006, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority has reinstated (reftel A) a ban on open air poultry farming in eight counties in southern Norway. The move comes in response to the discovery of H5N1 infected birds in Rugen, Germany. Officials are preparing for the virus' ev [...]	2006-03-02 06:15:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SENV EAGR ECON NO
06OSLO276	NORWAY SKEPTICAL ABOUT INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (C) On March 7 we delivered reftel points to Roald Naess, Ambassador and Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group Consultative Group (NSG) and Hilda Janne Skorpen, Assistant Director General at the MFA. Naess said that in his capacity as NSG chair he had "no particular views" on the points. Howev [...]	2006-03-08 15:22:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN NO KNNP KSCA SIPDIS
06OSLO279	NORWAY HAS NO PLANS TO RECEIVE HAMAS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Middle East Office Director Joern Gjelstad on March 9. Gjelstad took note of our comments and promised that he would convey our message upward. Gjelstad said that Norway did not have regular political level contact with Hamas; however, at the local go [...]	2006-03-09 13:54:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER NO KPAL
06OSLO28	NORWAY'S FINANCE MINISTER BACKS DOWN ON ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary. On Friday, January 7 a shamed Kristin Halvorsen publicly apologized for her earlier comments supporting a boycott of Israeli goods and services. An unofficial translation of her comments is given below in paragraph 2. While all the major papers in Norway are united in their cr [...]	2006-01-09 10:58:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD IS NO
06OSLO296	NORWAY CLAIMS "NO NEW CHANNEL" TO IRAN [...] (C) We raised reftel concerns with MFA Assistant Secretary for Security Policy Kaare Aas, freshly back from the IAEA Board Meeting in Vienna, on March 10. Aas tried to spin the visit of Norwegian State Secretary Raymond Johansen in the best light, stressing that the concept of a broader securi [...]	2006-03-10 17:16:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC IR NO KNNP
06OSLO3	NORWAY NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT HIZBALLAH DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-03 13:52:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE NO
06OSLO304	NORWEGIANS WON'T JOIN CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 15:13:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PREL NO
06OSLO310	NORWAY NONCOMMITTAL ON ONLINE GAMING [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 15:30:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD WTRO NO
06OSLO311	PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION OF FOUR JI [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 15:32:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KFTN PTER PREL ETTC NO
06OSLO312	FAA INCIDENT REPORT SENT TO NORWEGIAN CAA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 15:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR NO
06OSLO316	MULLAH KREKAR: GOVERNMENT SAYS EXPULSION SOON [...] (U) Norwegian Labor and Integration Minister Bjarne Haakon Hansen told the press on March 16 that the time was fast approaching for Norway to enter into discussions with Iraq about the conditions for the return of former Ansar al-Islam leader Faraj Ahmed Najmuddin (aka Mullah Krekar). "This i [...]	2006-03-16 09:18:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL NO KJUS
06OSLO322	NORWAY TO JOIN EU STATEMENT ON GANJI [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 08:39:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM SOCI NO
06OSLO325	ACCELERATING UNSC ACTION ON REHATTING [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 13:42:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SOCI SU NO
06OSLO326	NORWEGIANS WILL DONATE TO WAR CRIMES CHAMBER [...] On March 14 we delivered reftel A points to Jan Braathu, Deputy Director General and Section Head for Western Balkan Affairs, Jo Sletback, Assistant Director General for Western Balkan Affairs and Tora Faeste, U.S. Desk Officer at the MFA. Braathu, saying that the U.S. and Norway see "eye-to-ey [...]	2006-03-17 13:51:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV NO
06OSLO338	FM STOERE WANTS A BIGGER ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST [...] (U) On March 16, FM Stoere went public with a complaint that the Quartet will not agree to an early date for a meeting (without the parties) of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) to discuss donor coordination. "It's a problem that we did not get this," Stoere told the widest selling Norwegi [...]	2006-03-20 15:10:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID XF NO KPAL
06OSLO348	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CONCERNS ON IPR, JOINT STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his initial call on Norwegian Trade and Industry Minister Odd Eriksen on March 17, the Ambassador raised concerns about weak "process" patent protections for pharmaceuticals and urged that Norwegian industry aggressively seek Joint Strike Fighter program contracts. Eriksen [...]	2006-03-22 09:01:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR MARR MASS EFIS PREL NO
06OSLO352	NORWAY DESK OFFICER VISITS OSLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 9 and 10, Norwegian desk officer Ray Dalland visited Oslo and held meetings with officials at the Norwegian Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. Lack of significant progress in Norway's border delineation dispute with Russia in the High North, and the impact on [...]	2006-03-22 11:39:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENGR RU NO
06OSLO363	AMBASSADOR MEETS NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with leading U.S. and Norwegian petroleum firm executives during his initial visit to Stavanger, Norway's "oil capital," March 13-15. Discussions with Statoil, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Marathon and Halliburton focused largely on the firms' operations and plans on [...]	2006-03-23 14:36:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV NO
06OSLO364	NORWAY SUPPORTS GUATEMALA TO SIT ON UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 14:48:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UN GT VE NO
06OSLO374	(C) NORWAY HELPED BROKER THE SPAIN-ETA DEAL [...] (U) On March 24, Norwegian radio/TV reported that Norway has secretly been involved in facilitating the talks between the Spanish Government and ETA over the past few months. According to the press report, the two sides met for talks in Oslo last fall and other nations, such as Switzerland, we [...]	2006-03-24 17:12:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SP NO
06OSLO375	NORWAY'S IRAQ DISBURSEMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-25 06:07:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL NO
06OSLO378	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 13:49:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NO
06OSLO383	NORWAY INVITES ABU MAZEN TO OSLO, APRIL 25-27 [...] (C) On the heels of our conversation with Foreign Minister Stoere about better coordination (reftel),the Norwegian MFA called on March 28 to inform us that Norway will invite Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Norway, April 25-27. MFA Middle East office Director Joern Gjelstad said that [...]	2006-03-28 09:19:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP IS NO KPAL
06OSLO396	NORWEGIAN CLAIMS IN HIGH NORTH EXPANDING? [...] (C) Summary and action request. Norway may soon lay claim to a large swath of Arctic resources around the Svalbard archipelago. Already the source of international disputes over fishing rights, Svalbard's unique (and in some cases unclear) status internationally has the potential to create [...]	2006-03-30 13:16:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG UK NO
06OSLO398	OSLO NOMINEE FOR BRUSSELS CT AND JHA AFFAIRS [...] Post nominates Pol/Econ officer Edward Canuel to attend the Counter-terrorism Policy/Justice and Home Affairs Brussels conference, from May 31 through June 2. 2. Per reftel, the following is the requested information of the nominee: Edward T. Canuel, Pol/Econ Officer, Second Secretary, Phon [...]	2006-03-31 11:22:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER CVIS NO EUN KCRM KJUS
06OSLO399	TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 12:09:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER PREL ETTC NO KTFN
06OSLO400	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NORWEGIAN CENTRAL BANK: [...] (SBU) On March 28, Ambassador Whitney and Pol/Econ Officers visited the Norwegian Central Bank (Norges Bank),meeting with Central Bank Governor Svein Gjedrem, Deputy Governor Jarle Bergo and Knut Kjaer, Executive Director of the Pension Fund (formerly the Petroleum Fund). Discussions center [...]	2006-03-31 12:41:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN NO
06OSLO401	NORWAY CONSIDERS JORDAN POLICE TRAINING [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Global Security Section advisor Torn Dramdal. Dramdal was pleased to receive our request and promised that Norway would carefully consider providing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). 2. Comment: In its Octo [...]	2006-03-31 12:48:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS IZ JO NO KJUS KCRM
06OSLO402	NORWAY PROPOSES HIGH NORTH SEMINAR [...] (SBU) Following up on the pitch Foreign Minister Stoere made to A/S Fried on continuing the U.S.-Norway High North dialogue, the Norwegians are proposing a meeting on the High North at the Department in late May / early June. The MFA envisions a half-day seminar where they will present on how [...]	2006-03-31 15:32:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SENV NO
06OSLO403	NORWAY PRESENTS ITS LEGAL VIEWS ON DETAINEES [...] (C) MFA DAS Leif Larsen summoned P/E counselor on March 31 to receive a note outlining Norway's official legal position on detainees at Guantanamo and elsewhere (full text provided para 5). After only a cursory reading of the note, P/E Counselor reiterated our position on detainees (reftel). [...]	2006-03-31 16:38:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PHUM OPDC PTER NO
06OSLO406	NORWAY-RUSSIA: KEEPING UP APPEARANCES [...] (C) Russian Prime Minister Fradkov's March 28 and 29 visit to Oslo generated extensive press play and further heightened expectations about Norway's role in developing Russia's Shtokman gas field, but achieved little movement on substantive issues like Barents border delineation, the Russian [...]	2006-04-03 14:28:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SENV EFIS RS NO
06OSLO420	ONE LESS KREKAR HURDLE: NORWEGIAN AMBO TO IRAQ [...] (C) Norway now has an accredited Ambassador to Iraq. Ambassador Sverre Stub (resident in Amman) presented his credentials to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari on April 3. This important step in formalizing relations between Norway and Iraq has been laying in abeyance for some time (over [...]	2006-04-04 12:46:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC IZ NO
06OSLO426	NORWAY READY TO SEND BOOTS TO DARFUR UNPKO [...] (C) We delivered reftel to MOD Operations Planning Chief Brigadier General Roar Sundseth and MFA DAS for Global Security Policy Siren Eriksen on April 3-4. Sundseth told us that Norway is prepared, when asked by the UN, to send one company (150 to 200 personnel) to support a blue helmet oper [...]	2006-04-04 14:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MCAP MOPS UN SU NO KPKO
06OSLO427	NORWAY'S ROLE IN NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 14:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER IN NP NO
06OSLO428	NORWAY TO CONTINUE PROMOTING HAITI-DR COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 14:43:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HA DR NO
06OSLO44	NORWAY'S OPPOSITION UNITES ON PRO-ISRAEL RESOLUTION [...] (C) Norway's bitterly divided center-right parties came together on January 11 to table a Parliamentary proposition that would have given a clear "no" to any boycott of Israel. President of the Parliament Thorbjoern Jagland used the privilege of his position to stop the motion being brought to [...]	2006-01-11 16:07:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD IS NO
06OSLO448	SUPPORTING NORWAY'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS [...] Norway continues to expand its anti-trafficking efforts, which include government funding of NGO-run programs, media campaigns and intensive law enforcement training. Despite such preventative measures, trafficking does exist, as indicated by a recently publicized trafficking case in the city [...]	2006-04-06 14:15:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB NO KCRM KWMN KFRD
06OSLO454	DIPLOMATIC NOTES - ITU COUNCIL SEAT AND RADIO [...] Per reftel a, Post delivered a diplomatic note supporting the U.S. Candidacy for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council Seat on April 6. Pursuant to reftel b, Post delivered a diplomatic note related to Ms. Julie Naper Roller's candidacy for the ITU Radio Regulations Board on [...]	2006-04-07 12:59:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS NO

06OSLO457	NORWAY, THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND FINLAND [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-07 13:39:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA FI NO KUNR
06OSLO46	NORWAY LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU-3 ON IRAN REFERRAL [...] (C) On January 11, following up on ref A, we asked Norwegian MFA DAS for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Jan Arve Knutsen about Norwegian intentions as a member of the IAEA Board. Knutsen replied that Norway was still hoping for a solution short of referring Iran to the UN Security Council. [...]	2006-01-12 14:31:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL AORC IR NO
06OSLO462	NORWAY LIMITS BARENTS DEVELOPMENT, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Barents Sea is home to one of Europe's most productive fisheries and some of the most significant offshore oil and gas reserves in the Arctic. With the March 31 announcement of its new Integrated Management Plan for the Barents region, the Norwegian government has settled, [...]	2006-04-10 15:59:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV EPET ENRG NO
06OSLO467	"GRIM" PROSPECTS FOR SRI LANKA PEACE TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-11 16:15:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE NO
06OSLO488	DEMARCHE ON UN SHORTFALLS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 14:52:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL AF NO
06OSLO492	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HAMAS COMMENTS ON TEL AVIV [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Africa, Asia, and the Middle East Vergard Ellefsen on April 19. Ellefsen stated that Norway agreed with our condemnation of the attack and our condemnation of Hamas' comments defending it. He will forwa [...]	2006-04-19 16:13:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS NO
06OSLO493	NORWAY'S CUBA POLICIES: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Norway's young center-left government is engaged in a controversial balancing act on Cuba, publicly supporting Cuban dissidents while also seeking a broader dialogue with Cuba. With the exception of an impending oil drilling contract, Norwegian business interests in Cuba are sc [...]	2006-04-19 16:25:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU NO
06OSLO496	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECLINING HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 21:34:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SU NO
06OSLO497	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ROLLING OUT NATO'S GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 21:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO498	RESPONSES TO CFE ENTITLEMENT QUESTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 21:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE MARR NATO PARM PREL NO
06OSLO499	POINTS DELIVERED: GUIDELINES FOR TREATMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-21 13:10:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT IMO KTIA AORC ELAB NO
06OSLO512	NORWEGIANS ON BOARD WITH MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 15:12:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO523	OSLO ROLLS OUT RED CARPET FOR BELARUS' MILINKEVICH [...] (C) Summary. Belarussian presidential candidate Alexander Milinkevich's April 19-22 visit to Oslo (sponsored by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee) included high-level meetings with top Norwegian officials, numerous press activities and an afternoon coffee hosted by Ambassador and Mrs. Whitney [...]	2006-04-26 05:14:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO NO
06OSLO53	NORWEGIAN PLANS FOR LONDON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) We discussed Norway's plans for the London January 31-February 1 Afghanistan Conference with MFA Advisor Arne Floelo on January 13. Floelo said that both Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and Development Minister Erik Solheim planned to attend the conference (back to back, not simultaneously) [...]	2006-01-13 13:10:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KDEM EFIN PGOV PREL AF NO
06OSLO533	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THIRD ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) On April 26 we delivered reftel points to Martine Scheie, Higher Executive Officer in the MFA's Legal Department, Section for International Humanitarian and Criminal Law. Scheie noted Norway's long-standing support of the Third Protocol. She stated that Norway will continue to work clo [...]	2006-04-27 12:06:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC SZ NO
06OSLO534	NORWAY VOICES SUPPORT FOR HAITI [...] (SBU) On April 25 we delivered reftel points to Tore Hattrem, the Deputy Director General of the Peace and Reconciliation Section at the MFA. Hattrem reiterated Norway's deep commitment to Haiti, and noted the importance of Haiti's forthcoming elections. Given the recent promotion of Tom Tyr [...]	2006-04-27 12:07:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA NO KDEM
06OSLO535	NORWAY WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN FOR HRC [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 15:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NO IR KUNR
06OSLO540	"RELAXED" ABU MAZEN IN NORWAY [...] (C) Summary. At Norway's invitation, PA President Mahmoud Abbas visited Oslo April 24-25. His Norwegian interlocutors described Abbas as "relaxed," but focused on ensuring that the international community does not turn its back on the needs of the Palestinian people in efforts to put pressu [...]	2006-04-27 15:23:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PTER NO XF KPAL
06OSLO543	NORWAY'S DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SOLHEIM'S NEPAL VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 13:23:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER IN NP NO
06OSLO545	NORWAY WILL TRY TO SUPPORT OAS EFFORTS IN GUYANA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 14:42:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NO GY KDEM
06OSLO551	SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs ( Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S. ) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affa [...]	2006-05-03 09:26:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO
06OSLO553	A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN DFM JOHANSEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 12:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE
06OSLO558	NORWAY RECEIVES HAMAS VISA APPLICATIONS [...] (C) Norwegian MFA DAS for Middle East Affairs Kaare Eltervaag told us on the afternoon of May 4 that Norway received this morning (May 4) visa applications from two individuals representing Hamas. The applications were delivered to the UNDP offices in Gaza (Note: UNDP represents Norwegian i [...]	2006-05-04 14:07:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CVIS PGOV IS NO KPAL
06OSLO559	NORWEGIAN FAST BOATS TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 14:29:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR NO
06OSLO56	NORWAY STILL NOT FIRM ON REPORTING IRAN TO UNSC [...] (C) The Ambassador raied ref A with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere on January 13. FM Stoere noted that the MFA had called in the Iranian Ambassador the previous day (before the EU-3 announcement) and made clear its deep concerns. Stoere understands the growing need for the IAEA to [...]	2006-01-13 16:29:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL AORC IR NO
06OSLO560	TERRORIST FINANCE DESIGNATION: JUD [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 08:43:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER PREL ETTC PK NO KTFN
06OSLO569	NORWAY WON'T GO PUBLIC WITH UN HRC IRAN DECISION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 15:53:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NO IR KUNR
06OSLO582	POINTS DELIVERED: NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR PANDEMIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 12:47:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KFLU NO
06OSLO583	RUSSIANS LIFT BAN ON NORWEGIAN SALMON [...] (U) Two Norwegian salmon producers resumed exports of fresh chilled salmon to Russia after receiving export approvals from Russian authorities on April 24. Producers began shipping in the first week of May, officially ending the four month old Russian ban on Norwegian salmon. According to th [...]	2006-05-08 12:47:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD WTO EFIS NO
06OSLO584	NORWAY SUPPORTS MAINTAINING SMALLPOX STOCKS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 12:47:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TBIO WHO NO
06OSLO585	NORWAY GENEROUS WITH SUDAN AID, MAY DO MORE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 12:52:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM NO
06OSLO59	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM STOERE [...] (C) Summary. In the Ambassador's introductory call on Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere January 13, the FM said that maintaining close ties to the United States was a top priority and noted that the U.S. is "Norway's most important ally." FM Stoere is keen to promote even closer cooperatio [...]	2006-01-17 10:37:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NO
06OSLO609	NORWEGIAN MFA PREPARED TO MEET HAMAS MINISTER [...] (C) Acting MFA DAS for Middle East Affairs Joern Gjelstad called us on May 11 to inform us that the Norwegian MFA has learned that Hamas Refugee Minister Atef Adwan will travel to Norway from Sweden using his Swedish-issued Schengen visa either on May 11 or May 12. Gjelstad said that while no [...]	2006-05-11 11:38:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CVIS PGOV IS NO KPAL
06OSLO613	SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEETING IN OSLO [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sri Lanka Co-Chairs (Norway, Japan, the EU, and the U.S.) met in Oslo on April 28 in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in Sri Lanka and plan for a follow-on meeting in Tokyo. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affair [...]	2006-05-11 13:42:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO
06OSLO615	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO, MAY 16-17 [...] (C) I very much look forward to welcoming you to Oslo. You will be the most senior U.S. administration official to visit Norway since the center-left government of Jens Stoltenberg came to power in October 2005, and your visit should help us in our efforts to bolster our dialogue with Norway [...]	2006-05-11 14:49:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID ENRG NO
06OSLO617	BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...]	2006-05-11 16:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS
06OSLO618	BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...]	2006-05-11 16:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS
06OSLO627	NORWAY WILL LOOK AGAIN AT ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) On May 11, we delivered reftel points to Leif Larsen, MFA Security Policy Section DAS, and to MOD USA Desk Officer Erling Alvestad. Larsen and Alvestad agreed to coordinate between their ministries and consider our request. The MOD noted that Norway's caveat was out of step with its pr [...]	2006-05-15 12:58:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL PGOV AF NO
06OSLO63	IAEA/IRAN: FM PERSONALLY DRIVING NORWAY'S POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere is directly and personally driving Norway's policy on whether the IAEA should report Iran to the UN Security Council. Stoere wants clarity on how the Security Council will deal with the issue before agreeing to send it there. Stoere is re [...]	2006-01-18 15:53:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL IR NO
06OSLO630	(S) NORWAY WILL NOT PUBLICLY SUPPORT UN 1267 [...] (S/NOFORN) In our previous conversations on the topic of a possible 1267 listing against Mullah Krekar (reftel B),MFA Legal Advisor Rolf Einar Fife made absolutely clear that Norway would not support overtly a UNSCR 1267 listing for Mullah Krekar. The MFA wants no fingers pointing back to N [...]	2006-05-15 14:47:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL UNAUS NO KTFN
06OSLO649	BLUE LANTERN APPLICATION 05-994306 [...] We contacted Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace (KDA) on May 12 to follow up on reftel request. Kongsberg Procurement Coordinator Kjersti Jacobsen confirms its End User Statement and verified that the quantities and types of explosive bolts are correct in the referenced request. The bolts are to [...]	2006-05-18 14:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC NO KOMC
06OSLO652	NORWEGIAN FOLLOW-UP ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 15:20:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL SOCI SU NO
06OSLO657	FOREIGN MINISTER STOERE CONGRATULATES IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 10:59:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IQ NOK KDEM KPAO
06OSLO658	LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 11:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC TSPA NO KSCA
06OSLO660	POINTS DELIVERED: POLIO ERADICATION AND THE WHA [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 12:50:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA WHO NO
06OSLO661	U/S SHINER'S VISIT TO OSLO [...] (U) Summary: On May 16, Under Secretary Josette Shiner met in Oslo with Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and the PM,s team working on the UN High Level Panel for Reform. The Norwegians laid out their plans for moving forward the work of the panel, including establishing the advance [...]	2006-05-22 14:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ENRG UN NO KPAL
06OSLO665	NORWAY WILL HELP URGE KYRGYZ ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 12:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL AF NO
06OSLO668	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 15:33:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU GG NO
06OSLO669	BERGEN CONFERENCE ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 7th International Conference on Human Rights and Refugees "North Korea New Approaches" held in Bergen, Norway May 9-11 brought together government and NGO officials to discuss ways to advance human rights in North Korea. Officials and NGOs agreed that while li [...]	2006-05-24 10:40:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CH KN KS NO
06OSLO68	(S) IAEA/IRAN: UK STRAW SWINGS FM STOERE [...] (S) Norwegian MFA Assistant Secretary for Security Policy Kaare Aas (strictly protect) told us on January 19 that UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has successfully assuaged Norwegian FM Jonas Stoere's concerns about what may transpire in the UN Security Council if the IAEA Board agrees to repor [...]	2006-01-19 17:07:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL IR NO
06OSLO680	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - OPERATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 08:06:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL NO KNNP
06OSLO681	GAO QUESTIONNAIRE ON UNAUTHORIZED WORKERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 08:07:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AGAO ELAB SMIG NO
06OSLO682	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - WEDGEWOOD RE-ELECTION TO UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 10:54:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM US UNHRC NO
06OSLO683	NORWAY AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NTM-I TRUST FUND [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 10:54:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO MOPS NO
06OSLO688	NORWEGIAN TRAFFICKING AND PROSTITUTION - RECENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 14:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB NO KCRM KWMN KFRD
06OSLO690	C-RE6-00473; NORWAY, ISAF AND THE FARYAB PRT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 16:20:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MASS MOPS PTER AF NO
06OSLO705	NORWAY WILL SUPPORT UN DRAFT ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 07:23:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM NO
06OSLO706	NORWAY WELCOMES U.S.STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 09:17:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR NO
06OSLO72	AMBASSADORÂ´S CALL ON DEVELOPMENT MINISTER SOLHEIM [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador made his introductory call on International Development Minister Erik Solheim January 19 and discussed Solheims upcoming trip to Sri Lanka, the state of play in Sudan, and the Ministers development priorities. Solheim stressed that he is eager to cooperate with the Unite [...]	2006-01-23 12:52:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CE SU NO
06OSLO725	NATO RESPONSE FORCE: PRESSING FOR PLEDGES [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 12:53:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO NO
06OSLO729	NORWEGIANS WILL ATTEND HLPM [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 11:22:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM US PL XX NO KNNP
06OSLO730	NORWAY: TIP REPORT, TRAFFICKING AND SOLICITATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 11:23:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG NO KCRM KWMN
06OSLO756	(S/NOFORN) NORWAY MAY CONSIDER ISAF SOF DEPLOYMENT [...] (S/NOFORN) We met on June 9 with MOD DAS for Security Policy Henning Vaglum (protect throughout) and MOD Policy Afghan Desk Officer Keith Eikenes (protect throughout). Vaglum told us that Norway had been approached in March by DSACEUR on whether it could provide SOF to an expanded ISAF missio [...]	2006-06-09 14:24:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PREL PGOV AF NO
06OSLO759	SRI LANKA TALKS DISINTEGRATE IN OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 13:57:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS CE NO
06OSLO760	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 13:58:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NO
06OSLO761	2005 AMVER AWARDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 14:04:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ELTN PREL ATRN
06OSLO762	VIOLATION OF FEDERAL AVIATION REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 14:05:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON NO
06OSLO769	NORWAY CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT VISIT [...] (C/NOFORN) MFA advisor Geir Toennessen contacted us on June 13 to inform us that Norway would be pleased to receive a U.S. delegation to discuss the remaining issues concerning a Host Country Agreement (HCA) on how to deal with any possible challenge inspections of U.S. storage facilities in [...]	2006-06-13 13:39:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL NO KTIA
06OSLO77	NORWAY GOES SOFT ON CUBA [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Stoere has announced a significant change to Norway's Cuba policy. Norway will no longer invite Cuban dissidents to its annual Constitution Day (May 17) event held at the Norwegian Embassy in Havana. This reversal was prompted by Norway's desire to re-gain dire [...]	2006-01-24 14:04:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NO
06OSLO774	NORWAY'S CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THIRD PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 13:10:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC NO
06OSLO775	DEMARCHE DELIVERED-ICANN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 13:10:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC NO
06OSLO776	CHINESE DESIGNATIONS-POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 13:12:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC EFIN PGOV CH NO
06OSLO783	NORWAY WILL CONSIDER LEADING CSV CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) We delivered reftel to Norwegian MFA PDAS for Security Policy Trine Skymoen on June 14 and discussed further with Ambassador Naess our request (reftel) that Naess lead informal consultations on the IAEA Secretariat's recommendations to the Committee on Safeguards and Verification (CSV). [...]	2006-06-15 12:36:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC TRGY IAEA NO KNNP
06OSLO787	STREAMLINING FRUIT AND VEGETABLE IMPORT REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 14:23:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON USDA NO
06OSLO788	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON VENEZUELA'S ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 09:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE EAID NO KDEM
06OSLO805	PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NORWAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 13:32:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS NO
06OSLO807	NORWEGIANS TIP OFF RESPONSES TO SRI LANKA LETTERS [...] (C) Summary. On June 20 we spoke with Tomas Stangeland, Adviser on Sri Lanka matters in the MFA's Peace and Reconciliation Section. As noted in reftel, the Norwegian government submitted letters to both the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL) on Ju [...]	2006-06-20 14:44:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO
06OSLO810	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING-US SPONSORED [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 11:49:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NO
06OSLO811	NORWAY TAKES A BITE OUT OF APPLE [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman recently issued a decision letter against Apple's iTunes Music Store (iTunes),claiming that the music service violates Norwegian consumer laws and contract law principles. Apple has not/not requested Embassy assistance, and its local Norwegian c [...]	2006-06-21 11:59:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV KIPR NO
06OSLO820	NORWEGIANS RECEIVE ANSWERS FROM SRI LANKA, TIGERS [...] (U) On June 22, the Norwegian government issued a press release on Minster of International Development Eric Solheim's June 8 letters to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the government of Sri Lanka (GSL). (Post will fax a copy of the press release to the SCA/INS). The press re [...]	2006-06-23 15:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS PTER CE NO
06OSLO828	INVITATION DELIVERED-AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) On June 26 we delivered the PRT Conference invitation to Anita Nergaard, Director in the MFA's Global Security Section. We were joined by Lisa Stadelbauer, Canadian Counselor for Political Affairs. Nergaard thanked us for the invitation and noted that she would forward the information t [...]	2006-06-28 13:56:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AF XD AORC NATO NO
06OSLO829	(S) PKK TERRORISM DEMARCHE DELIVERED - NORWAY [...] (S) Summary. On June 28 we delivered ref. b points to Kari Bjornsgaard, Adviser in the MFA's Section for European Regional and Economic Affairs. Bjornsgaard noted that Norway would cooperate with U.S. law enforcement efforts tracing PKK funding mechanisms, while emphasizing that her country' [...]	2006-06-28 14:00:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	PREL PTER NO
06OSLO835	POINTS DELIVERED: WTO DOHA ROUND NEGOTIATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 15:02:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	WTRO ETRD ECON NO
06OSLO836	CIVAIR: VIOLATION OF FAA REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 04:36:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON NO
06OSLO839	(S) TERRORIST FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 14:24:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN NO
06OSLO847	NORWAY POSITIVE ABOUT NATO'S MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 15:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO848	NORTH KOREAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On July 6 we delivered reftel points to Tore Dahlstrom, the North Korea Desk Officer at the MFA. Dahlstrom said Norway would align itself with the EU on this matter and endorse a forthcoming "non-controversial" EU statement. Stating that Norway fully supported the six-party framework, h [...]	2006-07-06 14:09:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KN NO
06OSLO859	DIPLOMATIC NOTE - ITU RADIO REGULATIONS BOARD [...] (U) Pursuant to reftels, Post delivered a diplomatic note related to Ms. Julie Napier Zoller's candidacy for the ITU Radio Regulations Board on April 7. The note was presented to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with a copy sent to the Ministry of Transportation and Communication. [...]	2006-07-07 14:42:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS NO
06OSLO86	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) "High North" issues -- energy, the environment, non-proliferation and cooperation with Russia -- dominated the Ambassador's January 25 introductory call on Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt. Stubholt stressed that the new government's High North policy was national, rather tha [...]	2006-01-26 12:00:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG SENV NO
06OSLO863	AFGHANISTAN PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) [...] (U) On July 10 we delivered reftel points and PowerPoint template to Anita Nergaard, Director in the MFA's Global Security Section, and Sigurd Marstein, Senior Adviser in the Ministry of Defense. Marstein informed us that Col. Axel Olsson will represent the MOD. All intended electronic com [...]	2006-07-10 11:55:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	AF XD AORC NATO NO
06OSLO865	INTERNET GOVERNANCE-NORWEGIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) On July 10, we received the Norwegian government's response to reftel b points. The response points were presented by Peter Wille, Deputy Director General in the MFA's Section on the World Trade Organization. The text of the points are found at paragraph 2. 2. (U) Begin text. The [...]	2006-07-10 14:55:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC NO
06OSLO873	DEMARCHE DELIVERED-COMMISSION FOR ASSISTANCE TO A [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 04:51:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL NO CU
06OSLO895	NICARAGUA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 14:03:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PGOV PREL DEM NO KDEM
06OSLO896	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - HAITI INTERIM COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 14:03:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EUN NO
06OSLO902	CFE EQUIPMENT ENTITLEMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 14:29:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PARM NO KCFE
06OSLO909	NORWAY FOCUSED ON THE MIDDLE EAST: AID, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Norwegian government has focused all of their energy on the situation in the Middle East, hosting an emergency donor conference for Palestinians in Geneva on 14 July, calling in the Israeli Ambassador to Norway to demand an end to hostilities, and promising to engage the US a [...]	2006-07-21 14:49:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS NO KPAL
06OSLO912	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - ABOUSOFIAN ABDELRAZIK [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 12:31:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NO
06OSLO932	COORDINATING WESTERN SUPPORT FOR FMCT-DEMARCHE [...] (C) On July 24 we delivered reftel points to Jan Arve Knutsen, Deputy Director General and Head of the MFA's Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. On July 27 we again met with Knutsen and Knut Langeland, Senior Advisor in the MFA's Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Langel [...]	2006-07-27 14:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA CDG NO KNNP
06OSLO933	COMMENTS ON SEVEN COUNTRY INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-27 14:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC NO
06OSLO95	POST-PALESTINIAN ELECTION: NORWAY SEEKING TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Meeting in Oslo, Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere told A/S Dan Fried on January 27 that he plans to speak with Abbas later today and tell him that he is sending his number two, Deputy Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen, to visit with him next week (date unspecified). Stoere wanted to make su [...]	2006-01-27 14:22:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS NO

06OSLO958	OSLO MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY HANSSEN-BAUER [...] (C) On August 2, 2006 we met with Jon Hanssen-Bauer, Special Envoy to Sri Lanka at the MFA and Sri Lanka Desk Officer Sondre Bjotveit. Noting Norwegian Development Minister Eric Solheim's public appeal earlier today for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil (LTTE) and the Government of Sri Lanka (G [...]	2006-08-03 06:58:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE NO
06OSLO959	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR REPRESENTATIVE HAROLD ROGERS [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes and grants country clearance to Representative Harold Rogers and colleagues (CODEL Rogers) to travel to Oslo, Norway from August 13-15, 2006 and Stavanger, Norway on August 15, 2006 to participate in meetings with the Norwegian government. Please furnish security clearan [...]	2006-08-03 06:58:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NO
06OSLO974	POINTS DELIVERED TO NORWAY: DRAFT UNSCR - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 14:32:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS UN NO
06OSLO980	SUPPORTING SRI LANKA CEASEFIRE-DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 15:09:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CE NO
06OSLO996	CFE EQUIPMENT ENTITLEMENT TRANSFERS [...] (C) On August 11 we met with Lars Loken, Senior Adviser in the MFA's Section for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Per reftel c, Loken stated that Norway has made a "firm decision" to approve 31 artillery pieces for the Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) entitlement transfer involving Norway, [...]	2006-08-11 11:48:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PARM NO KCFE
06PARIS2007	UNESCO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communication and Information (C and I) Sector of UNESCO held two program council meetings last week - the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Council and the Information for All Programme (IFAP) Council. IPDC members elected a new chair [...]	2006-03-29 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2343	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2786	USUNESCO-- IPDC Donors Group Meeting [...] Summary: A fund raising kick-off meeting of donor states for the International Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC) program was held at UNESCO on April 24 to announce pledges already made by member states and to encourage new pledges for the IPDC "Special Account" fund. The go [...]	2006-04-27 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL UNESCO
06PARIS2843	4/28 ABBAS-CHIRAC MEETING: GOF PROPOSES TRUST FUND [...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary readout provided to poloff, Presidential Advisor for the Middle East Dominique Boche described the April 28 meeting between President Chirac and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas as focused on two topics -- ways to increase international assistance [...]	2006-04-28 17:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS3234	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq U.S. Issues - NSA [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 12:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4415	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Situation in Occupied Territories [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 10:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4955	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JULY 13 MEETING WITH INDIAN [...] (U) July 13, 2006; 10:30AM - 2:45PM; Paris, FRANCE 2. (U) Participants: U.S. U/S Nicolas Burns Anja Manuel, P Staff Political Officer Greg D'Elia, U.S. Embassy, Paris Political Officer Leslie Ordeman, U.S. Embassy, Paris (notetaker) India: Foreign Minister Saran S. Jaishankar, H [...]	2006-07-20 16:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL BM NP CE IR IZ VE GT CU FR
06PARIS535	PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS: FRANCE CONCERNED, WILL SEEK [...] (U) In a first official GOF reaction to Palestinian elections, Prime Minister Villepin said on January 26 that "we are in a situation that leads me to express my concern." He added that in order to work with the Palestinian government, certain conditions had to be met, including renunciation o [...]	2006-01-26 17:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR FR KPAL
06PARIS560	FRENCH ON JANUARY 30 GAERC: HAMAS, IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref (A) points on January 24th to MFA's deputy of CFSP unit, Pascal LeDeunff, and discussed the points with him on January 27th. 2. (C) Hamas Victory: LeDeunff referenced the January 27th Quartet statement and, echoing Prime Minister de Villepin's statement of January 2 [...]	2006-01-27 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL IS HIZ FR
06PARIS5811	FRANCE'S PRESIDENT CHIRAC OUTLINES KEY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's annual foreign policy speech to France's ambassadors August 29 focused in particular on Middle East issues and crises, including Lebanon. He warned of clashes of civilizations (including between rich and poor),and stressed the importance of political processes [...]	2006-08-29 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC NATO FR XF
06PARIS5837	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy addressed the annual conference of French ambassadors on August 29, echoing many of the same themes outlined by President Chirac in his address to the ambassadors the day before (reftel). Douste-Blazy stressed the exceptional role France still plays [...]	2006-08-30 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC TU PTER NATO FR
06PARIS596	CHIRAC MEETING WITH QATARI AMIR FOCUSES ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: Elysee contacts reported that President Chirac's January 27 discussion with the visiting Qatari Amir focused largely on Iran, with the Qatari leader stressing concern over Iran's nuclear program and its negative regional role. On Syria/Lebanon, Elysee contacts stressed that Chirac [...]	2006-01-30 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL QA IR SY LE KPAL FR
06PARIS6340	FRANCE SETS CONDITION ON PARTICIPATION IN SRI [...] (C) Summary: The GoF will send a three-person interagency delegation to the Sri Lanka contact group meeting on September 27. The MFA is asking that all discussions in the contact group remain strictly confidential, that the Sri Lankan government receive only the most general briefing on the g [...]	2006-09-21 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE
06PARIS853	MFA AFFIRMS COMMON LINE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on assistance to Palestinians with MFA desk officer for Palestinian affairs Mariam Diallo, who reaffirmed GoF support for the January 30 Quartet statement. She stressed that the GoF had established clear conditions the next Palestinian government must meet to re [...]	2006-02-09 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS FR
06PARIS945	MFA CONTACTS STRESS GOF POSITION ON HAMAS [...] (C) In conversations with us February 13, senior MFA contacts stressed that the GoF position on Hamas remained unchanged and they downplayed press reports suggesting that the GoF had endorsed Russia's initiative to invite Hamas leaders to Moscow. MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herv Besan [...]	2006-02-14 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL PTER FR
06PHNOMPENH1940	CAMBODIA: UPDATE ON PETROLEUM SECTOR [...] (U) Donor representatives met October 25 to review recent developments in efforts to help Cambodia learn to manage its oil revenue in a transparent manner that benefits the Cambodian people. A focus of the discussion was on public outreach to increase awareness of the revenue windfall that i [...]	2006-10-27 07:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON EINV CB
06PRETORIA1290	SAG ON HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, AND IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) Summary: The SAG is likely to continue to engage Hamas, including a visit by Intelligence Minister Kasrils and Deputy Foreign Minister Pahad to the Middle East region next week and a visit by Hamas leadership to South Africa at an undetermined date. DFA Chief Director for the Middle East [...]	2006-03-30 16:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KPAL IR IZ IS SF
06RABAT248	WESTERN SAHARA: NORDICS PONDER NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Swedish and Norwegian Embassy First Secretaries Jonas Wendel and Lene Richter Strand called on Polcouns February 8 for a read-out of the embassy's late January visit to Laayoune (Refs A-D),and in turn updated Polcouns on the latest Nordic thinking on how to respond to what they view as u [...]	2006-02-13 15:57:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT714	AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) As requested Ref B, the Ambassador called on Moroccan Deputy FM Taieb Fassi Fihri the afternoon of April 17 to follow up on his April 13 discussion with FM Benaissa regarding the possible visit of Hamas SecGen Khalid Mishal to Morocco (FM Benaissa is traveling in South America and was th [...]	2006-04-19 15:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PREL PTER
06REYKJAVIK107	ICELAND: SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 31 DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Since 3/15, when the U.S. announced the realignment of its force presence at Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),the Icelandic government has made its unhappiness with the decision plain. FM Haarde ) the government,s key decision maker ) is looking to the 3/31 talks to offer th [...]	2006-03-29 11:16:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL PGOV KPAO IC
06REYKJAVIK118	ICELAND: 3/30-3/31 TALKS SET STAGE FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary: A U.S. interagency delegation met in Reykjavik 3/30-31 with senior Icelandic officials to describe the operational framework for the defense of Iceland following the upcoming realignment of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Icelandic delegation expressed keen interest in [...]	2006-03-31 18:22:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK119	ICELAND: COAST GUARD DIRECTOR SHUT OUT OF [...] (C) Summary: In informal conversation 3/31 Icelandic Ministry of Justice Deputy Permanent Secretary disclosed to Embassy that Coast Guard Director Georg Larusson has lost the confidence of Minister of Justice Bjarnason because he is not seen as a team player. This explains why decisions about [...]	2006-04-03 18:00:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PINR IC
06REYKJAVIK140	APRIL 2006 DEFENSE DISCUSSIONS: ICELAND'S RED [...] (C) Summary: Recent discussions with Icelandic Government personnel and the first three meetings of a bilateral working group managing base closure issues offer indications of GOI expectations for the EUCOM briefing 4/26 in Reykjavik. Although the Icelandic leadership understands the classifie [...]	2006-04-24 11:28:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK150	4/26-27 DEFENSE TALKS: ICELAND LOOKS FOR [...] (C) Summary: EUCOM briefed Iceland Chief Defense Negotiator Albert Jonsson 4/26 on the Draft Concept Plan (the Conplan) for the Defense of Iceland. Jonsson responded 4/27 that the Conplan was fundamentally acceptable as a plan but did not go far enough toward meeting Iceland's political nee [...]	2006-04-27 19:43:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK294	ICELAND: PEACEKEEPERS STICKING IT OUT IN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to MFA officials, Iceland will probably maintain or even expand its peace monitoring mission in Sri Lanka following the withdrawal of EU peacekeepers, despite renewed media questioning of the appropriateness of Icelandic participation in peacekeeping in combat zones. T [...]	2006-08-14 18:00:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO CE IC
06REYKJAVIK357	Iceland Defense Talks: PM Unveils Agreements for the [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Prime Minister Haarde presented the results of the last six months of U.S.-Iceland defense talks to his political opposition, the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, and the nation in meetings and an hour-long televised press conference September 26. Haarde - wit [...]	2006-09-27 07:33:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PTER KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK359	Iceland: Press and Politicos Respond to Defense [...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic press reaction to the Prime Minister's September 26 announcement of the results of defense talks with the U.S. (Reftel) has been measured and largely favorable. Opposition party expressions of discontent center on two points: 1) the Government's failure to make public [...]	2006-09-27 18:03:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK364	ICELAND DEFENSE: TECHNICAL AGREEMENT TO CLOSE U.S. BASE SIGNED [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Foreign Minister signed the bilateral "Technical Agreement" on the closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),as well as an agreement amending the classified annexes to the 1951 U.S.-Iceland defense agreement, at 1236 GMT on 29 September. The last U.S. military p [...]	2006-09-29 16:56:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL EAIR MASS IC
06REYKJAVIK40	Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]	2006-10-26 17:54:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK401	Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]	2006-10-26 17:54:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK428	Iceland: Water Damage at former U.S. base poses first [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-formed corporation overseeing redevelopment of the former U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) site is inheriting an additional problem in the form of serious water damage from frozen pipes in a number of residential buildings. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs, wh [...]	2006-11-21 18:34:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK431	ICELAND: PEACEKEEPING POLICY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced that Iceland will increase the number of peacekeepers sent abroad with the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit(ICRU),while focusing on civilian projects where Iceland has particular expertise and restricting behavior (e.g. wearing battle dress [...]	2006-11-27 11:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK452	ICELAND: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Post submits the following narrative for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. Text of report will also be emailed to EUR/NB and S/CT via unclass and classified email. 2. Begin text of submission: Iceland Iceland is a NATO ally and party to all 12 major UN conventions [...]	2006-12-21 07:43:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC IC
06REYKJAVIK62	ICELAND: HLG CHAIRMAN'S LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 16:52:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC NATO NPG IC
06REYKJAVIK98	ICELAND: JUSTICE MINISTER FRUSTRATED -- AND [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Icelandic Justice Minister 3/22 as part of post's roll-out of the U.S. decision to remove fighter aircraft and CSAR helicopters from Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Minister expressed deep disappointment at the "unilateral" decision and listed [...]	2006-03-22 16:01:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MASS IC
06ROME371	ITALY: RUTELLI DISCUSSES CENTER-LEFT FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 3 lunch with Daisy Party leader Francesco Rutelli, the Ambassador stressed the importance of NATO to the Transatlantic Alliance and registered our concern that a future center-left government not look to Europe at the expense of Italy's historically strong bilateral [...]	2006-02-08 10:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS PGOV IZ IT ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06ROME864	ITALIAN ELECTIONS: WHAT IF THE CENTER-LEFT WINS? [...] (C) Summary. Septel outlines the possible outcomes of the April 9-10 Italian elections; as of now, the center-left has a slight edge in polling, suggesting neither the left nor the right will win with a large mandate. We predict: (1) budget constraints will challenge the next government's [...]	2006-03-17 17:35:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
06SARAJEVO1066	BOSNIA: THE VIEW FROM THE RS PRIVATIZATION AGENCY [...] (C) Summary: New legislation to review past RS privatizations (reftel) has shone the spotlight on the RS Directorate for Privatization (DfP). However, the intense focus on process misses the broader point: Many entity-owned companies are little more than a pile of liabilities by time they [...]	2006-05-15 14:14:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BK
06SARAJEVO1231	BOSNIA: AFTER MONTENEGRO, BIH SERBS TAKE UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Montenegro referendum, Bosnian Serbs have raised the possibility of a vote here that would determine whether the Republika Srpska (RS) remains part of the Bosnian state. Statements May 27 by RS Premier Milorad Dodik speculating on the possibility of a referend [...]	2006-06-01 14:00:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1982	BOSNIAN PRESS "BREAKS" STORY OF EAGLE BASE CLOSURE [...] (SBU) On August 30, nearly one month after the BiH Council of Ministers publicly announced the U.S. decision to vacate Eagle Base in Tuzla, the daily newspaper Oslobodjenje ran an "exclusive" front page story under the headline "American Army to Leave Bosnia by the End of the Year." Despite th [...]	2006-08-30 16:41:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OPDC PREL NATO BK
06SEOUL3390	SCENESETTER FOR HAGEL CODEL TO KOREA [...] (SBU) Despite a successful summit last month with President Bush, President Roh continues to face criticism in the press and even within his own party. Roh still has 15 months in office, but it is widely believed he is already a "lame duck". Nonetheless, he must still address a number of ke [...]	2006-10-02 08:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD KN KS MARR PGOV PREL
06STOCKHOLM234	SWEDEN ON RELATIONS WITH HAMAS [...] (c) MFA Director for the Near East and North Africa Peter Tejler told us 2/22 that while Sweden hewed to the common line of the Quartet and the EU on the message to and contacts with Hamas, there was need for a strategy that went beyond "high-pitched" public diplomacy. Sweden's Palestinian a [...]	2006-02-22 14:59:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SW IS
06TELAVIV1042	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 12:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1083	JCG: ISRAEL NSC'S 2/23 SESSION WITH S/CT AMB. [...] (C) On February 23, S/CT Coordinator Henry Crumpton was hosted by National Security Adviser Giora Eiland at Israel's NSC in Ramat HaSharon. (NOTE: The February 22 meeting of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group is covered in reftel. END NOTE.) A panel discussion involving experts from Israe [...]	2006-03-17 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR PINS ASEC IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1160	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held on Wednesday shows that the Labor Party and Avigdor Lieberman's Yisrael Beiteinu are getting stronger and that Kadima and the Likud are weakening: -"We [...]	2006-03-23 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1191	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations --------------- Election polls: --------------- A Yediot/Mina Zemach (Dahaf Institute) poll held on Sunday: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom would you vote?" (Results in Knesset seats -- in brackets, results of Yediot's poll pub [...]	2006-03-27 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1236	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1511	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 10:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1653	ISRAELIS REJECT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IDEA [...] (U) Reacting to a speech by PA President Mahmud Abbas in Oslo, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's press spokesperson told reporters on April 26 that Israel flatly rejects calls for an international conference to facilitate Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. "That's a no with a capital 'N'," said the [...]	2006-04-27 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IS POV ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1692	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Yediot reported that James Wolfensohn, the special Quartet envoy, has decided to discontinue his service after 11 months, and not to extend his term, which is due to expire at t [...]	2006-05-01 12:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1745	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1782	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Warren Buffett's Israeli Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The acquisition by US tycoon Warren Buffett, who is the world's second-wealthiest man, of 80 percent of Galilee- based Iscar Metalworking for USD 4 billion, which h [...]	2006-05-08 12:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1787	NSG TROIKA CONDUCTS OUTREACH WITH ISRAELI [...] (C) Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) troika representatives held discussions April 27 with an inter-ministerial team led by the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) as part of the NSG's outreach to Israel. Current NSG Chairman Ambassador Naess (Norway) updated the Israeli side on changes made [...]	2006-05-08 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PINS PINR PGOV KNNP PARM IR IS UNSC UN GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1887	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that Israel and the US are beginning discussions of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's convergence plan this week. The newspaper wrote that the working assumption a [...]	2006-05-15 11:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2140	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Anti-Semitism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying Sunday, at a news conference with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh, that he will meet PA Chairman [Pr [...]	2006-06-05 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV2643	(C) LIKUD MK STEINITZ ADVOCATES DISMANTLING AND [...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Likud MK Yuval Steinitz advocated dismantling the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and isolating them much the same way that former PM Sharon had isolated Yasser Arafat. The IDF should r [...]	2006-06-30 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KDEM KPAL MOPS EG IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV282	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER TZIPI LIVNI [...] Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert named Kadima MK Tzipi Livni, who continues to hold the Justice and Immigration portfolios, to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs upon the departure of Likud Minister Silvan Shalom. This decision, which the cabinet approved on January 18 (septel [...]	2006-01-20 05:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV305	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Today, all major media led with stories related to Wednesday's scheduled elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council. Ha'aretz quoted GOI sources in Jerusalem as sa [...]	2006-01-23 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3503	ISRAELI TOURISM INDUSTRY A CASUALTY OF WAR [...] (C) Data from the first six months of 2006 indicates that Israel was on pace to welcome 2.6 million visitors this year, the most since 2000. Not surprisingly, the conflict with Hizballah has resulted in a dramatic decline in the number of foreign tourists. The Central Bureau of Statistics (CB [...]	2006-09-01 12:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EIND IS
06TELAVIV379	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV392	DAS DANIN AND KADIMA STRATEGIST DISCUSS MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Political consultant Eyal Arad told NEA DAS Robert Danin and Ambassador Jones January 25 that Kadima is ready to fulfill Israel's roadmap obligations and commitments to the USG, including those pertaining to outposts and settlements. Arad maintained that Israel must maintain "sec [...]	2006-01-27 17:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV394	SHEETRIT SAYS ISRAEL MUST PROPOSE FINAL BORDERS TO [...] (C) In a discussion with the Ambassador, Minister of Transportation Meir Sheetrit said that the Kadima Party list for the Parliamentary elections would be fully formed by the end of January, and added that he was confident that all of the ministers and members of the Knesset (MKs) in the party [...]	2006-01-30 07:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV4021	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as saying Wednesday in Washington, in an address to the American Task Force on Palestine: "I know the commitment of the Palestinian p [...]	2006-10-12 10:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV407	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV4086	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a speech at the opening of the Knesset's winter session, PM Ehud Olmert said that the "Lebanon campaign" underlined the threat a nuclear Iran would pose for the " [...]	2006-10-17 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4272	ISRAELI BUSINESSES STILL INTERESTED IN PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Israeli business owners, academics, and a prominent NGO offered mixed, though predominantly positive, views of the future of Israeli-Palestinian business ties under more peaceful conditions. Two interlocutors -- an academic and the owner of a shipping company -- were decidedly pessimistic [...]	2006-10-26 15:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS PGOV
06TELAVIV4473	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Midterm Elections 2. Beit Hanun Attack 3. Mideast 4. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Please note: block quotes only, Thursday, November 9, 2006. ----------------------------- Â [...]	2006-11-09 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4486	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Midterm Elections 2. Beit Hanun Attack 3. Mideast 4. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------ Please note: block quotes only, Thursday, November 9, 2006. ----------------------------- Â [...]	2006-11-13 09:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV480	RIGHT-WING LIEBERMAN UNABASHEDLY ADVOCATES [...] (SBU) Summary: Right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party leader Avigdor Lieberman told the Ambassador January 31 that separation of Israeli Jews from Israeli Arabs is necessary in order to promote Israeli security and maintain Israel's Jewish identity. To accomplish this, Lieberman proposes that Isr [...]	2006-02-01 17:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL KISL EG IR IS JO ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV486	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 11:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV498	ISRAELI MKS DISCUSS HOW TO DEAL WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a January 30 lunch with the Ambassador, members of the Knesset representing Kadima, Likud, and Labor disagreed on the underlying reasons for the success of Hamas in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Likud members blamed disengagement, while t [...]	2006-02-03 06:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV518	SHIMON PERES ON PALESTINIAN 'COHABITATION' [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Shimon Peres reiterated a pitch for U.S. financial support for Negev/Galilee development and political support for private-sector-led development of the Jordan Valley. The Ambassador stressed the importance of supporting the careta [...]	2006-02-06 07:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EG IS JO KWBG PGOV PINR PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV543	YOUR MEETING WITH ISRAELI FM TZIPI LIVNI [...] (C) Tzipi Livni's first visit to Washington and New York as Foreign Minister offers her a chance to demonstrate on an international stage the same confidence, frankness and poise that have made her one of Israel's most popular politicians. Considered too young, at 47, to be Prime Minister Sharo [...]	2006-02-06 17:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV558	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israel-India Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Citing recent comments by President Bush and Acting PM Ehud Olmert, Ha'aretz wrote that it has been mutually agreed that the U.S. will provid [...]	2006-02-07 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV566	EILAND PESSIMISTIC WITH CODEL OBAMA ON [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Giora Eiland briefed Senator Barack Obama January 10 on "three and a half" different approaches to dealing with the stalemate that exists in Israeli-Palestinian relations. He anticipated the predicament that the U.S. and Israel would face should [...]	2006-02-07 16:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV678	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV756	GOI ADOPTS POST-PLC MEASURES; EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Following the first meeting of the new Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC),the GOI has adopted a number of measures aimed at increasing security and preventing funds from reaching Hamas, according to General Yossef Mishlev. Mishlev said the GOI will end assistance for PA secu [...]	2006-02-22 18:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KWBG PINR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV763	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with tension between Israel and Jordan following an utterance by O/C Central Command Maj. Gen. Yair Naveh during a closed meeting on Wednesday with diplomats and journalists, [...]	2006-02-23 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV785	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice's "Transformational Diplomacy" Plan 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that A/S David Welch will visit Israel during the weekend and meet with Acting PM Ehud Olme [...]	2006-02-24 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV858	MOD ADVISOR ON HAMAS, ABBAS, NEIGHBORS, IRAN AND [...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Dibble that Israel was on a collision course with a new "Hamastan." He said the Hamas leadership was very clever and would seek international acceptance while retaining the intent to annihilate Israel. He agreed that [...]	2006-02-28 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER ECON PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV881	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv and Ha'aretz led with developments on the political scene. The media reported that Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu's proposal to have the party's central committee hold pri [...]	2006-03-02 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV922	U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG) [...] (C) On February 22, the Israeli MFA hosted the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group (JCG) -- the prior one having occurred over a year and a half earlier. The Israeli side stressed the importance it placed on the JCG's resumption (following the January meeting of the [...]	2006-03-07 05:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR PINS PGOV KPAL KWBG ASEC EG JO IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV930	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Palestinians -- senior Islamic Jihad commander Munir Abu Sukker and another militant of the group, two children, and another bystander -- were [...]	2006-03-07 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV981	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The lead stories in all three major Hebrew-language newspapers focus on interviews with Acting PM Ehud Olmert. (The Jerusalem Post also conducted an interview with him.) [...]	2006-03-10 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06THEHAGUE977	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Feedback has been fairly limited on the U.S. 100% extension request. In WEOG, delegations have generally been very supportive of U.S. transparency, and grateful for the presence of DASA Ormond to answer initial program questions. A notable exception was Norway, who (claiming she was speak [...]	2006-05-02 15:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE997	NETHERLANDS/JSF: OPPOSITION GETTING VOCAL, WHILE [...] (C) Summary: Dutch opponents of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) fired the opening salvo in their efforts to perusade Cabinet not to sign the JSF follow-on MOU by the end of the year. A member of the main opposition Labor Party (PvdA) claimed Labor would cancel a signed MOU should Labor come to power [...]	2006-05-04 09:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV NL
06TOKYO2911	JAPAN REP AKASHI PREVIEWS CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Japan Representative for Sri Lanka Peace-Building Akashi told the DCM on May 24 that the May 30 Co-Chair Meeting in Tokyo comes at a crucial point in the peace process and expressed hope that it will be a comprehensive meeting leading to a consensus on the way forward. Both the [...]	2006-05-25 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LK JA
06TOKYO2915	JAPAN REP AKASHI PREVIEWS CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Japan Representative for Sri Lanka Peace-Building Akashi told the DCM on May 24 that the May 30 Co-Chair Meeting in Tokyo comes at a crucial point in the peace process and expressed hope that it will be a comprehensive meeting leading to a consensus on the way forward. Both the [...]	2006-05-25 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE JA
06TUNIS1253	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH [...] (U) May 18, 2006; 4:30 P.M.; TUNIS, TUNISIA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador William Hudson Christine Davies, D Special Assistant Kelly Dillon, D Personal Assistant Aaron Jost, D Special Assistant Michael Matera, D Executive Assistant Richard Mills, D S [...]	2006-05-25 09:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV ECON TS
06TUNIS1817	TUNIS-BASED PLO FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER SLAMS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: PLO Foreign Affairs Minister Farouk Qaddoumi on July 12 convened representatives of the Americas for a rambling briefing, delivered in English, entitled, "The Latest Developments in Palestine, especially with the Current Israeli Occupation Forces Military Attacks on t [...]	2006-07-18 10:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL TU
06USUNNEWYORK413	UNSC: UNSCO DE SOTO DISCUSSES CONUNDRUM OF [...] (C) Begin Summary: During his monthly briefing February 28 to the Security Council, the UN Special Coordinator on the Middle East Alvaro de Soto discussed the determinants of the current Palestinian assistance conundrum and the consequences of international inaction. Reporting that it is too s [...]	2006-03-03 19:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPAL
06USUNNEWYORK551	UN EMPLOYMENT: NATIONAL COMPETITIVE RECRUITMENT [...] SUMMARY. On February 28, 2006, the UN held its annual National Competitive Recruitment Examination (NCRE) for entry level junior professional positions for the following occupational groups: architecture, demography, library science, security, science and technology, statistics and web design [...]	2006-03-21 17:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC
06USUNNEWYORK618	A STEP CLOSER TO TRANSITION: WITH UNSCR 1663 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) on Sudan Jan Pronk's March 21 SIPDIS briefing to the Security Council revealed persistent divisions among Members on the prospect of African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) transition and imposition of targeted sanctio [...]	2006-03-28 20:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK944	UN ON SUDAN: 'PLEASE GIVE US MONEY' [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Secretary-General (SYG) Annan hosted a May 4 meeting of the Group of Friends of Darfur to drum financial support for the humanitarian assistance program in Darfur, which, according OCHA U/SYG Egeland, is facing a $500 million funding shortfall. DPKO A/SYG [...]	2006-05-10 20:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NI PGOV PREL SU UNSC
06VATICAN197	HOLY SEE: HEATED DISCUSSION OF LEBANON AT INTERFAITH [...] Summary. A panel dedicated to Lebanon at the recent interfaith conference in Assisi gives an indication of the strength of feeling in the Rome-based Sant'Egidio community about the conflict in Lebanon. The panel was unusually partisan and emotional, given the context. End summary. 2. ( [...]	2006-09-14 11:10:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VT

06VIENNA786	Abbas Plea for Continuation of EU Assistance [...] (U) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS VISITED VIENNA ON MARCH 14. THE TALKS WITH GOA OFFICIALS CENTERED ON ABBAS' PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF EU ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIANS. 2. (U) ABBAS UNDERLINED THE PALESTINIAN COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, THE OSLO ACCORDS, THE ROADMAP, AN [...]	2006-03-15 14:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IS EUN AU
06VIENNA829	Abbas Plea for Continuation of EU Assistance [...] (U) PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS VISITED VIENNA ON MARCH 14. THE TALKS WITH GOA OFFICIALS CENTERED ON ABBAS' PLEA FOR CONTINUATION OF EU ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIANS. 2. (U) ABBAS UNDERLINED THE PALESTINIAN COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL TREATIES, THE OSLO ACCORDS, THE ROADMAP, AN [...]	2006-03-20 10:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IS EUN AU
06WARSAW148	U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE II - ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Begin Summary. Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable reports on the Energy [...]	2006-01-31 18:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL PL UP RS NO AJ TX
07ABIDJAN1019	COTE D'IVOIRE: PM SPOKESMAN OPTIMISTIC, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Alain Lobognon, Spokesman for the Prime Minister, told Emboffs on October 2 that Interior Minister Desire Tagro is trying to stall the "audiences foraines" (tribunals that will issue birth certificates to those who never had them) process. According to Lobognon, the delay in the [...]	2007-10-03 17:24:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
07ABUDHABI1248	MEDIA REACTION: BLAIR ROUND TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST; [...] SUMMARY: A UK-based Lebanese writer in "Al Ittihad" states "Bush's conference exploits the current weakness of the Palestinians" while an Egyptian writer describes the peace initiative as a "Feast of the Wicked." A UAE columnist in "Al Ittihad" states Iran is politically blind in pursuing a [...]	2007-07-25 13:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ADDISABABA173	SOMALIA: MSF PROTESTS ALLEGED ETHIOPIAN MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The humanitarian NGO, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders),has protested the alleged December 26-27, 2006, occupation of its hospital in Dinsor, Somalia, by the Ethiopian military, asserting that Ethiopian troops harassed and intimidated MSF local staff and confisc [...]	2007-01-23 08:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER MOPS SO ET
07ADDISABABA721	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: NORWEGIAN PERSPECTIVE ON A WAY [...] (S) Summary: Norwegian Ambassador Jens-Peter Kjemprud and the Norwegian Charge in Asmara, Arman Aardal, told Ambassador that they still hold out hope for moving forward on resolution of the Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute, but that relations must improve between Eritrea and the U.S. before th [...]	2007-03-07 15:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPKO MOPS ET ER
07ANKARA1246	TURKEY AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) We delivered ref a points on May 18 to Dr. Selcuk Sancar in the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department, emphasizing that the U.S. does not support a total ban on cluster munitions (CM) and hopes the Oslo process does not result in a document calling for a virtual ban on all such munit [...]	2007-05-22 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA146	TURKEY AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) The GOT shares U.S. concerns about efforts to restrict cluster munitions (CM) outside of the framework of existing weapons conventions, according Dr. Selcuk Sancar, Advisor, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament. In response to our explanation of the U.S. position and inquiries c [...]	2007-01-25 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA222	TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS: VOLATILE BUT RESILIENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish-Israeli relations, especially over the past 15 years are perhaps best described as one academic put it: "...(C)ompare it to a late-life love affair. Two parties who have known each other for years suddenly develop a near-passionate relationship, to the astonishment of the [...]	2007-02-02 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR KWBG IS TU
07ANKARA3047	TURKEY SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT OSLO PROCESS, BUT [...] (C) We delivered reftel papers on December 17 to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen, who was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Vienna on 5-7 December. Ulgen stated that, as a country with cluster munitions in its arsenal, Turkey sha [...]	2007-12-28 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA463	NEXT STEPS ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] (S) Summary: Recent French arrests of PKK operatives on criminal charges are a good sign of progress against PKK networks in Europe. To most effectively build on this, we need to follow up to move law enforcement and intelligence cooperation with Europeans to an operational level. Post recom [...]	2007-03-01 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN TU
07ANKARA534	TURKEY WILL NOT OBJECT TO U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Bora Kerimoglu, Chief of Section, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, and urged GOT support for the U.S. proposal on Modifications to UAV/Cruise Missile Criteria at the Oslo MTCR Technical Experts Meeting. Kerimoglu told us on March 8 that Ministry [...]	2007-03-09 09:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA
07ANKARA719	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANTANANARIVO892	EITI: CAN MADAGASCAR AVOID THE RESOURCE CURSE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Madagascar's Government and mining companies joined August 28 in making public declarations for the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI). Much work remains for the GOM to meet all conditions, but the Presidency and Ministers of Energy and Mines are committed to m [...]	2007-09-04 11:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EFIN EPET ECON PGOV EAID MA
07ASMARA346	EU-ERITREA COURTSHIP?: MEANINGFUL CHANGE SHOULD BE [...] (C) Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has recently personified (at least for him) reasonableness and cooperation in meetings with the EU representatives and UN Special Envoy for Darfur Jan Eliasson. Simultaneously, however, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) continues to excoriate [...]	2007-04-02 15:39:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ER SO SU UK EU
07ASMARA652	DARFUR: NONSIGNATORY GROUP IN ASMARA RAISES [...] (C) Summary. On July 30, Charge met with representatives of the newly created Darfur non-signatory umbrella group, the United Front for Liberation and Development (UFLD) at their request. The UFLD members expressed their displeasure with the methodology used by the UN/au to allocate invitatio [...]	2007-08-06 13:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER SU
07ASTANA1991	KAZAKHSTAN: A LITTLE PRE-ELECTION SPIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 13-14 nodel visit of Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, the GOK highlighted its preparations for the August parliamentary elections, arranging two separate trips for her to local polling stations. Domestic media coverage was extensive, and pro-government media outl [...]	2007-07-23 08:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ATHENS1076	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: GREECE EYE-TO-EYE WITH U.S. [...] (U) On May 22, A/Polcouns delivered ref a demarche on cluster munitions to Counselor Dionyssios Kivetos of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. As Kivetos indicated in past conversations on the subject (ref e),Greece shared the view of the United States regarding the issue [...]	2007-05-23 15:09:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS NATO PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS2347	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: GREECE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor met 12/12 with MFA Senior Non-Proliferation Officer Dionyssios Kyvetos to deliver ref papers on cluster munitions. Kyvetos, who attended the December 5 - 7 meeting in Vienna of the Oslo Process, was unequivocal in reply: Greece strongly supports U.S. concerns about the O [...]	2007-12-12 15:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO GR
07ATHENS441	GREECE ONBOARD WITH U.S. ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On March 1, Poloff raised ref a points with MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Nonproliferation officer Dionyssios A. Kyvetos. Kyvetos confirmed that Greece had not been invited to, nor did it send any officials to participate in, the February 22-23 Oslo cluster muniti [...]	2007-03-01 15:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS NATO GR
07ATHENS865	GREECE WELCOMES COLLABORATION ON CFE/RUSSIA [...] (C) On April 30, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on the CFE Treaty and Putin's April 26 remarks to D1 Directorate for NATO Issues deputy chief and Greek HLTF representative Chronis Polychroniou. Polychroniou agreed fully with the proposal to work together to devise a common strategy for a [...]	2007-04-30 14:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PARM NATO KCFE GR
07BAKU1085	EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, EEB A/S Sullivan discussed economic cooperation with the American Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, President of the State Oil Fund Movsumov, Minister of Economic Development Babayev, Minister of Finance Sharifov (septel),and local in [...]	2007-08-29 04:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL
07BEIRUT238	LEBANON: ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ACCEPTS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on 2/13, Acting FM Mitri accepted three U.S. demarches: a request that Arab League members take a measured approach to the newly-formed Palestinian National Unity Government; a request to order partly GOL-owned Arabsat television to cease broadcasting an [...]	2007-02-14 11:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
07BEIRUT309	LEBANON: ACTING FM DISCUSSES CLUSTER BOMBS, [...] (C) On February 27 Acting Foreign Minister Tarek Mitri raised Lebanese concerns on cluster munitions, support for the Palestinian government, and most significantly, how to address Hizballah arms smuggling across the Syrian-Lebanese border. Mitri set forth standard positions on cluster bombs [...]	2007-02-27 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MARR KPAL LE SY IS
07BELGRADE533	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/16-4/20) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS -------------------- 2. (SBU) Summary: The first half of the week was dominated by GoS reactions to a mischaracterization of remarks by U/S Burns in testimony before Congress, while the second ha [...]	2007-04-20 16:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE569	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/23-4/27) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The focus for the week was three-fold: the dominant story was the run-up to and the aftermath of the Security Council Mission (SCM) to Belgrade April 26 (with follow-on travel to Kosovo). The [...]	2007-04-27 15:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS UNSC PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE984	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION [...] Below is the submission for the 2007 report on investment disputes and expropriation claims in Serbia. This cable contains additional information on property restitution cases reported to the Embassy since June 2006. There are developments on several of the cases and three new property restit [...]	2007-07-12 06:13:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV EFIN CASC PREL SR MW
07BERLIN456	(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): [...] (C) Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett March 5. Schuett said the German Government generally supports the U.S. proposal to modify controls on UAVs and cruise missiles in the MTCR. She said German government experts [...]	2007-03-06 15:12:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA GM
07BERLIN864	TERRORIST FINANCE: DISRUPTING TALIBAN FINANCING: [...] (S) Global Affairs Off delivered ref demarche to Mathias Sonn, MFA Office Director for International Counterterrorism Cooperation, who said he agrees completely with the idea of German and joint approaches to Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and the UAE along the lines of reftel. Given the military [...]	2007-04-27 18:04:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PTER EFIN KTFN KPAO AF PK GM ZU ZP
07BRATISLAVA250	SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary: During Serbian President Boris Tadic's April 24-25 visit to Bratislava, Slovak leaders stayed largely on message. In private meetings they told Tadic that Slovakia sympathizes with Serbia but it would vote with the EU. MFA PolDir Lajcak expressed satisfaction with the visit and s [...]	2007-04-26 06:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI UNSC LO
07BRATISLAVA41	CLUSTER MUNITIONS ARE NOT LANDMINES [...] (C) Summary. Karol Mistrik, MFA Director for Disarmament, OSCE and Counterterrorism will lead the Slovak delegation to talks on regulating the use of Cluster Munitions (CM) to be held in Oslo February 22-23. Mistrik recommended that the U.S. attend the talks as well, but did not deny that some [...]	2007-01-22 15:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO LO
07BRATISLAVA659	SLOVAKIA IS WORKING FOR A GOOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary. Slovakia is cooperating closely with other designers, producers, stockpilers and users of cluster munitions (CM) to take control of the Oslo Process and ensure a draft treaty that limits "cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians," but that implicitly recognizes [...]	2007-12-13 07:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO LO
07BRUSSELS881	Joint Russian-U.S. Demarche to Belgium on the [...] Summary: On March 14, Russian Ambassador Vadim Lukov and Charge d'Affaires Will Imbrie presented to Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Security and Disarmament Pol De Witte and Director for Non- Proliferation Werner Bauwens the invitation to join the Global Initiative to Combat [...]	2007-03-15 15:42:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL BE RS
07BUCHAREST113	DEMARCHE: COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) POLMILOFF delivered demarche to MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Combating Terrorism Mihaela Vasiu on January 19. Vasiu said the MFA was aware that there were plans for a Cluster Munitions (CM) conference in Oslo but Romania had not yet been formally invited. She not [...]	2007-02-02 17:10:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO
07BUCHAREST292	CLUSTER MUNITIONS BACK ON THE TABLE [...] (C) MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, and Combating Terrorism Mihaela Vasiu on March 9, cautioned POLMILOFF that Romania will revisit its decision not to associate the GOR with the Conference on Cluster Munitions. Vasiu said that the GOR's decision to send a relatively low lev [...]	2007-03-13 16:33:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO IS RO
07BUCHAREST373	AMBASSADOR TO TARICEANU, BASESCU, AND GEOANA: PUT [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Prime Minister, President, and the head of the opposition PSD, the Ambassador expressed concern about the current political turmoil spilling over into governance, investment, and Romania's trans-atlantic equities. He also warned that questions were [...]	2007-03-30 15:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST412	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a get-acquainted meeting with the Ambassador, new Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu stressed that continuity of policy and close ties with the United States would be the hallmark of his tenure. He assured the Ambassador that Romania was "not in a hurry" to withdraw all forces [...]	2007-04-11 14:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
07BUCHAREST477	ON ROMANIA,S PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu is expected to push for a political decision by mid-May within the Supreme Council on National Defense (CSAT) to withdraw all Romanian troops from Iraq. The Prime Minister has asked Foreign Minister Cioroianu and Defense Minister Melescanu [...]	2007-04-27 17:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ RO
07BUDAPEST910	HUNGARY RESPONDS TO DEVELOPING A UNIFIED ALLIANCE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department head Gyorgy Molnar, department deputy Vilmos Hamikus and department NATO expert Gabor Marosfi on June 4. According to Molnar, Hungary agrees with our positions noting that Russia withdrawing from the [...]	2007-06-05 10:28:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL HU
07BUDAPEST98	HUNGARY'S POSITION ON OSLO CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) GOH officials say that Hungary will accept the Government of Norway's (GON) invitation to attend the February 22-23 Oslo conference per reftel. MFA Director of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Policy Andras Toth told POL off on 22 January that the GOH will attend the conference "in ord [...]	2007-01-23 14:58:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO
07CAIRO160	EGYPT DISCUSSING NATIONAL POSITION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Poloff discussed the movement to develop a legally binding treaty to restrict the use of cluster munitions (CM) with MFA's Director of Disarmament Dr. Hossam Aly on January 22. Dr. Aly said that representatives of several ministries discussed CM at a recent "National Committee" meeting [...]	2007-01-22 13:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO EG
07CANBERRA1763	AUSTRALIA'S RESPONSE TO CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) Pol/Mil Officer delivered reftel demarche on cluster munitions December 17 to Dr. Ada Cheung of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch in DFAT's International Security Division. Australia remains in agreement with the USG position on cluster munitions, particularly on the need [...]	2007-12-18 00:06:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL AS
07COLOMBO1656	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The third and final reading of the budget on December 14 is shaping up as a battle royal for the government's survival -- and the government is losing ground in the count. On December 12, Sri Lankan Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem and three of his five Members of Parliament [...]	2007-12-12 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO230	SRI LANKA: NEW MEGA-CABINET BOOSTS RAJAPAKSA [...] (C) Summary. President Mahinda Rajapaksa's recent cabinet reshuffle has served to consolidate his and his brothers' control, particularly over the all-important defense portfolio. The new United National Party (UNP) ministers have settled for distinctly secondary ministries, while their de [...]	2007-02-06 12:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO755	SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ALLEGES LTTE SOLD NORWEGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Bernard Goonetilleke, stated in a May 17 radio interview that 130,000 Norwegian passports were in the hands of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who were selling them to Middle Eastern terrorist groups. On May 21, the Norw [...]	2007-05-25 05:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS CE
07COLOMBO756	SRI LANKAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ALLEGES LTTE SOLD NORWEGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the United States, Bernard Goonetilleke, stated in a May 17 radio interview that 130,000 Norwegian passports were in the hands of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),who were selling them to Middle Eastern terrorist groups. On May 21, the Norw [...]	2007-05-25 05:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV KFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS CE
07COLOMBO829	AKASHI PLEDGES CONTINUED JAPANESE AID TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: In a briefing to Co-Chair Ambassadors on June 8, Japanese Special Envoy Yasushi Akashi found Colombo more polarized and pessimistic when he arrived on June 5 than he had seen in any of his 14 previous visits. By the end of his visit, he was only slightly more optimistic. In respo [...]	2007-06-12 02:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF CE
07COLOMBO890	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 25-26 CO-CHAIR MEETING IN OSLO [...] Summary: The June 26 Co-Chair meeting in Oslo marks a good opportunity to think through our strategy to get the parties back to the negotiating table and into a more sustained process that could produce a breakthrough. In a June 15 meeting with Norwegian Minister Solheim in Geneva, President [...]	2007-06-21 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO946	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 2 Ambassador met with President Rajapaksa's brother and chief political advisor Basil Rajapaksa to discuss the GSL's development plans in the East. Ambassador inquired about ongoing efforts to resettle internally displaced persons (IDPs),the concerns surrounding the cr [...]	2007-07-03 12:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO973	SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION PROCESS MAY BE RUNNING OUT [...] (C) Summary. The opposition United National Party (UNP) leadership has grown increasingly frustrated with the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC) process and is threatening to withdraw completely by August 15. UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe admits that he is staying out of the AP [...]	2007-07-12 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO978	SRI LANKA: LTTE SOMBER IN LATEST TALKS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar met with Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leadership in Kilinochchi July 11. In a briefing for Co-Chair Ambassadors, he described their mood as serious, somber, and determined. No new ground was broken. Political wing head Thamilselvan wa [...]	2007-07-13 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07DAMASCUS824	Syria/India, Britain, Italy, Lebanon, Iraq, Peace [...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 14 reported the visit to India by FM Mouallem on August 13. Mouallem conferred with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who praised President Asad saying that "Syria has achieved remarkable progress (which) showed wisdom in dealing with the developments of t [...]	2007-08-14 12:54:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DOHA168	PUTIN VISITS DOHA BUT NO TANGIBLE RESULTS [...] (C) Summary. Russian president Vladimir Putin met with the Qatari Amir in Doha February 12. The two agreed on the need for a Middle East peace conference, the date and locale of which was undefined. The two also agreed on holding discussions on an OPEC-like organization for gas producers at th [...]	2007-02-14 14:45:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EPET UNSC RU IR QA
07DUBLIN60	IRELAND FAVORS CLUSTER MUNITIONS TREATY, WILL [...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports movement toward an international treaty restricting the use of cluster munitions (CM) and will participate in the February 22-23 CM conference in Oslo, according to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland, however, continues to see the Convention o [...]	2007-01-23 18:51:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO EI
07HAVANA402	CUBAN DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY SPELLS A-R-R-O-G-A-N-T [...] (C) The Cuban regime trotted Fidel Castro out for a meeting with visiting Chinese Politburo member Wu Guanzheng, following soon after Foreign Minister Perez Roque's visit to China. Perez Roque also visited India and used Cuba's presidency of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to obtain a NAM stat [...]	2007-04-25 10:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU
07HELSINKI140	FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE: U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (SBU) PolChief shared the substance of subject demarche Feb. 27 with Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Office Director of the Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. Kansikas-Debraise expressed appreciation for the US position and re-emphasized 1) that Finland considers cluster muni [...]	2007-03-01 05:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS NATO NO FI
07HELSINKI321	FINLAND'S NEW GOVERNMENT: TURNING A PROMISING NEW [...] (C) Finland's new center-right government is eager to reverse the malaise that often typified US-Finnish relations after 2003, and from the Foreign Minister on down a palpable shift in tone is already evident. Trans-Atlanticists have replaced notorious US-skeptics at the MFA, the MOD and elsew [...]	2007-05-04 13:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MARR EUN FI
07HELSINKI753	FINLAND, SWEDEN AND NORWAY EXPLORE A "NORDIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF has begun a series of discussions with Norway and Sweden aimed at developing a "Nordic approach" to security policy that could result in new NATO Response Force (NRF) commitments 2008; in more Nordic-led OMLTs; and in a long-term commitment to staffing the Mazar-al-Shariff [...]	2007-10-04 13:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV NATO AF SU CD FI
07HELSINKI860	AFGHANISTAN FREES FINNISH PEACEKEEPER'S KILLERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF continues to receive unsatisfactory answers from the GoA as to why President Karzai suddenly ordered the release of five Afghan men convicted in June for detonating a roadside bomb that killed a Finnish peacekeeper in Meymenah. Unofficial reports from Afghanistan-based Fi [...]	2007-12-05 13:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO MARR SNAR PREL MOPS FI AF
07HOCHIMINHCITY224	DO NAM HAI: LAST OF THE 8406 BLOC DISSIDENTS? [...] Summary: Do Nam Hai, co-founder of the dissident 8406 Bloc (which calls for peaceful political change in Vietnam),told us that he has been under de facto house arrest since about the time police intensified their actions against 8406 co-leader Father Nguyen Van Ly in Hue. Hai has no intentio [...]	2007-03-09 12:26:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
07JAKARTA1733	INDONESIAN OFFICIAL ON KOSOVO, IRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Charge on June 21 discussed Kosovo, Iran, and the Palestinians with Desra Percaya, a key Foreign Ministry official on UNSC and Middle East issues. Percaya welcomed recent changes in the draft Kosovo resolution and requested one additional change: that the reference to "sui gene [...]	2007-06-22 09:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC OSCE PARM ID
07JAKARTA2296	PDAS MCNERNEY'S IRAN CONSULTATIONS IN INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney visited Indonesia on August 14 for productive consultations regarding Iran's nuclear program. Senior diplomat and Middle East expert Alwi Shihab reiterated Indonesia's commitment to a peaceful settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue and said Indonesia w [...]	2007-08-22 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UNSC MNUC ID IR
07JAKARTA253	INDONESIA SEEKING HIGHER PROFILE IN MIDDLE EAST? [...] (S) Summary. The Foreign Ministry has announced that Hassan Wirajuda plans to meet with exiled Hamas leader Khalid Mish'al in Damascus in February, during his visit to Syria, Jordan and Lebanon. Wirajuda and President Yudhoyono (SBY) previously received Hamas Foreign Minister Mahmud Al-Zahar [...]	2007-01-31 07:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL PTER ID
07JAKARTA429	WIRAJUDA RAISES BURMA, MIDEAST IN AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's farewell call on February 13, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda said he was pressing ASEAN to form a three-country "troika" (Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore) to re-engage Burma. The Ambassador questioned the efficacy of ASEAN's dialogue with [...]	2007-02-16 06:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN XF BM ID
07JERUSALEM1489	MIXED REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRISONERS RELEASE [...] (C) Begin Summary. The July 17 posting of the names of 256 Palestinian prisoners who are scheduled for early release on July 20 generated mostly positive press coverage, including front page photos of families celebrating the anticipated release. The Q Ministry of Prisoners Affairs welcomed [...]	2007-07-19 09:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM
07JERUSALEM1554	PRISONERS' AFFAIRS MINISTER ON PRISONERS RELEASE, [...] (C) Summary. On July 24, newly appointed Minister of Prisoners' Affairs Ashraf al-Ajrami told PolChief that he welcomed the July 20 release of 256 prisoners, but criticized the "unilateral" nature of the release and urged Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on criteria for the release of more p [...]	2007-07-26 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1576	LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FUND CONVENES; SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Local Development Forum (LDF) met July 24 for the first time since December 2005. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stressed the urgent need for donor assistance and called for an Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in September, followed by a donors' conference before the [...]	2007-07-30 07:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PROV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1801	ABU MAZEN ASKS EXILED FATAH MEMBERS TO RETURN TO [...] (C) Senior Fatah officials told ConGen political specialist that PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) has recently encouraged senior exiled Fatah members to come to Ramallah in an effort to surround himself with strong Fatah personalities. Among this group are Fatah Central Council (FCC) [...]	2007-08-27 12:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1907	MAYOR OF ARIEL: FORGET LAND FOR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mayor of the Ariel settlement Ron Nachman told PolOff during a lengthy August 29 meeting that the USG pursuit of land for peace is "a big mistake" and proposed splitting the West Bank between Israel and Jordan. For thirty years, Nachman has been the Mayor of Ariel, which is home [...]	2007-09-11 07:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1952	SETTLERS LEVERAGE CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the northern West Bank settlement of Karnei Shomron on 15 August to meet with Sondra Oster Baras, the Jewish director of the Israel office of Christian Friends of Israeli Communities (CFOIC). Baras is a well-known settler activist and Amcit who, in her words, work [...]	2007-09-19 08:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2416	MINISTER OF PRISONERS' AFFAIRS: PRIORITIZING [...] (C) Summary. Following PM Olmert's November 19 announcement that the GOI had approved the release of 441 Palestinian prisoners, PA Minister of Prisoners' Affairs (MoPA) Ashraf al-Ajrami told the press that the release was based on GOI criteria without consultation with the PA. According to A [...]	2007-11-21 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2430	HOMESH LEADER SHOT DEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many settlers are linking the November 19 killing of Ido Zoldan, a 28-year old settler activist, with the upcoming Annapolis meeting. Karnei Shomron settlers told PolOff November 21 that Annapolis is a dangerous mistake, because Palestinians will not act responsibly and "we are h [...]	2007-11-23 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07KABUL1426	URUZGAN ERADICATION OFF TO ROCKY START; DUTCH MAY [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Dutch may use the NATO informal ministerial in Oslo or other high-level opportunities to raise concern about Afghan-led poppy eradication efforts in Uruzgan province which the Dutch fear will jeopardize the security of their PRT operations and possibly the mandate of the [...]	2007-04-26 09:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR AF
07KABUL2987	NORWAY NONCOMMITTAL ON DEPLOYMENT WITH DUTCH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian MFA Political Director Kai Eide, in an August 30 office call on DCM, was noncommittal about how Norway would respond to a Dutch request that Norwegian troops be deployed alongside the Dutch in Uruzgan province. Eide indicated that the GON would remain engaged in the Nort [...]	2007-09-06 13:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
07KATHMANDU1227	NEPAL GOVERNMENT AND UNHCR MUST ACT QUICKLY ON [...] (SBU) In a briefing for donors on June 18, visiting UNHCR Field Security Advisor Leigh Hollingsworth lamented that the Government of Nepal (GON) had failed to communicate to local officials and security forces in Jhapa District its policy to support third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refu [...]	2007-06-21 11:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KHARTOUM1369	SLM/MINAWI COMMANDER VENTS ON AMIS AND DISCOUNTS [...] (SBU) S/CRS Field Officers met with Sudan Liberation Army (SLA)-Minawi General Commander Jumah Hagar and three of his staff to discuss security in areas of Darfur under his control, alleged SLA-Minawi involvement in carjackings, strained relations between the rebel group and AMIS, and prospect [...]	2007-08-30 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1442	CDA DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, DARFUR WITH KEY NCP [...] (SBU) In a meeting with National Congress Party (NCP) Chair for Mobilization Ibrahim Ghandour on September 12, CDA Fernandez underscored the importance of a transition to democracy in Sudan under the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),including free and fair elections in 2009. Despite the d [...]	2007-09-12 15:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1828	AEC CHAIRS DISCUSS NEXT CHAIRMAN/POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 20 urgent AEC working group chairperson meeting called by the UK Ambassador, Attendees (US, UK, Netherlands, Norway, Italy) discussed the draft UK paper on "Future Direction" of the AEC, a possible UK nominee for the AEC chairmanship, and the proposed Rome preparat [...]	2007-11-21 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM451	DENG ALOR: TWO ROADS FOR U.S. POLICY [...] (C) Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director and Poloff on March 19 that the National Congress Party (NCP) has decided to confront the international community on Darfur. He admitted that his belief in productive engagement with Khartoum "was getting weaker and weaker [...]	2007-03-22 13:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN AL SU EG SF NO US
07KHARTOUM575	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During an 13 April meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol, the Deputy Secretary underlined that the AU/UN hybrid force must be accepted immediately and under complete UN command and control. Akol responded that the GoS has accepted a hybrid force in principal, and the UN [...]	2007-04-14 06:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EAID MOPS PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM951	MINAWI PREVIEWS TRIP OF ARAB CAPITALS [...] (C) Senior Assistant to the President and SLM leader Minni Minawi will travel to five Arab capitals next week to seek political and financial support for his movement in an effort to stabilize the situation in Darfur. He has asked for U.S. assistance in previewing his trip with these Arabs go [...]	2007-06-15 10:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU EG SA KU QA TC
07KHARTOUM956	BASHIR TO UNSC: "THE BALL IS ENTIRELY IN YOUR [...] (C) Summary: In a relatively cordial (compared to last year) meeting with UNSC PermReps, Sudanese President Al-Bashir underscored the GOS's full agreement on the Hybrid Force. He called for international pressure on recalcitrant Darfur rebel groups to become part of a viable peace process, a [...]	2007-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
07KUWAIT1718	KUWAITI PARTICIPATION IN PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: CDA and emboffs delivered reftel points to the Arab Fund and various GOK interlocutors in the Amiri Diwan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and the Kuwait Fund. MFA confirmed that Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah will lead the Kuwaiti delegation to Paris but said [...]	2007-12-13 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS KU
07KYIV2489	UKRAINE/MTCR: SECURING SUPPORT FOR MODIFIED U.S. [...] (C) We relayed ref A points September 27 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos, who was at the Oslo meeting, said he would have the U.S. UAV/cruise missile proposal translated as soon as possible, distribute it to the relevant Uk [...]	2007-09-28 10:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA UP
07KYIV552	UKRAINE/MTCR: SECURING SUPPORT FOR U.S. UAV/CRUISE [...] (C) We relayed ref A points March 7 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Igor Kyzym. We alerted Kyzym that the U.S. had submitted a revised proposal on Modifications to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/Cruise Missile Criteria as MTCR POC DOC 9. Kyzym said [...]	2007-03-07 12:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA UP
07KYIV663	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES NATO/SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer and NSC Director Adam Sterling discussed Ukraine-NATO relations and security issues with a range of Ukrainian officials March 18-20, in addition to energy, domestic politics, Belarus, and Transnistria (septels). Presidential adviser Oleh Rybachuk described his [...]	2007-03-22 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO UP
07KYIV973	UKRAINE: YATSENYUK'S FIRST VISIT TO WASHINGTON AS [...] (C) Summary: Arseniy Yatsenyuk is familiar with Washington as a former Economics Minister and acting and deputy head of the Ukrainian National Bank, but his visit at the end of April will be his first opportunity to discuss the full range of foreign policy issues. With respect to the bilateral [...]	2007-04-24 14:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD US UP
07LAGOS347	SITREP 12: PROOF OF LIFE FOR AMCIT STAPLETON; [...] (C) Summary: Amcit John Stapleton called Chevron representatives May 16 to say that he and the other five captives are well, and have received the medicines sent to them. The militants are demanding a generator and a source of potable water in exchange for release of the hostages. Four Ameri [...]	2007-05-16 16:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS348	IJAW RULER: ATTACKS WILL CONTINUE 2-3 MONTHS AS [...] (C) Summary: A paramount Ijaw Ruler from Warri, Delta State, described the recent spate of militant attacks as a "send off" gift for President Obasanjo and a warning to the incoming Administration that Niger Delta Ijaws would not abide the status quo. "Jomo Gbomo" and "Cynthia White" are sp [...]	2007-05-16 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS355	SITREP 13: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Amcit John Stapleton, four Italians, and one Croatian remain hostages. Despite the May 16 attack on Bayelsa Governor Goodluck Jonathan's house, Chevron has decided not to alter its release plan. Secretary to the State Government Dr. Godknows Igali said he was actively pursuing [...]	2007-05-17 15:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS359	SITREP 14: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; MEDS [...] (C) Summary: Chevron's six expatriate employees, American citizen John Stapleton, one Croatian and four Italians, begin their eighteenth day as hostages. Dr. Godknows Igali, Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, continues to use SIPDIS other militant groups to pressure Victor Ebikabow [...]	2007-05-18 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS362	SITREP 15: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; KIDNAPPERS [...] (C) Summary: Chevron's six expatriate employees, American citizen John Stapleton, one Croatian and four Italians, kidnapped May 1 remain hostages. The abductors have complained Chevron's welfare packages are too small; the company plans to deliver another package of medication, water, and a [...]	2007-05-21 16:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS367	SITREP 16: 5 AMCITS, 2 INDIANS, 1 LEBANESE, 1 [...] (C) Summary: Six expatriates employed by Chevron, including American citizen John Stapleton, begin their twenty-second day in captivity. Bayelsa Secretary to the State Government Dr. Igali and Chevron suspect the hostages will be released by May 29. Four American citizens held captive in De [...]	2007-05-22 15:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS372	SITREP 17: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES [...] (C) American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians, and one Croatian remain hostages after being kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 1. As of May 23, the State Security Service (SSS) emissary had not delivered Chevron's welfare package containing water, soft drinks, food and naira [...]	2007-05-23 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS376	SITREP 18: FIVE AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; 22 EXPATS [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, a welfare package was reportedly delivered to Chevron's six expatriate employees, including American citizen John Stapleton, who are being held hostage in Bayelsa State. The State Security Service (SSS) emissary told Chevron that the Bayelsa State Government had promis [...]	2007-05-24 14:44:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS389	SITREP 19: EIGHT AMCITS HOSTAGE MAY 25 IN THREE [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, nine expatriates, including American citizens Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore employed by TransCoastal, were abducted from three vessels in the riverine area near Sangana, Bayelsa State. May 25 was the twenty-fifth day of captivity for Chevron employees [...]	2007-05-25 13:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS394	SITREP 20: 3 AMCIT LIVES THREATENED; 8 AMCITS [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, a news source reported the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),"Bayelsa State Chapter," issued Nigeria's Federal Government a May 29 deadline to release jailed militant leader Dokubo Asari or "risk the death of seven expatriate oil workers", includ [...]	2007-05-27 20:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS395	SITREP 21: 8 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES, GON RECEIVED [...] (C) Summary: According to the Minister of Information, the GON had not received any ultimatum to release jailed militant leader Dokubo Asari or risk the death of seven expatriates, including three American hostages, as reported in the press on May 27 (Ref A). On the eve of the May 29 inaugur [...]	2007-05-28 12:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS399	SITREP 22: MEND ATTACKS KIDNAPPERS; 8 AMCITS [...] (C) Summary: Global Industries (GI) believes its four American employees are now under militant leader Tom Polo's custody and there could be a May 30 release. Three American citizens kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25 remain hostage but are well, Amcit Shane McMorris said on M [...]	2007-05-30 15:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL

07LAGOS403	SITREP 23: 4 AMCITS RELEASED MAY 30, 4 REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: Four American citizens, Kevin Faller, Christopher Gay, Michael Rousell and Larry Plake, employed by Global Industries (GI) and taken hostage on May 8, offshore Delta State, were released on May 30. Three American citizens employed by TransCoastal and seven other individuals begi [...]	2007-05-31 11:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS409	VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT GOODLUCK JONATHAN BIO [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan's studied loyalty to his predecessor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, his humility, and his comparative honesty (by Nigerian standards) are reportedly reasons President Obasanjo chose him as Umaru Yar'Adua's vice presidential running mate. Jonatha [...]	2007-06-01 13:28:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL NI
07LAGOS412	SITREP 24: 4 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES, WOMEN & [...] (C) Summary: Three American citizens, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino and one Nigerian employed by TransCoastal and kidnapped on May 25 remain hostages. Six Chevron employees, including American citizen John Stapleton, begin their second month in captivity. On May 31 [...]	2007-06-01 15:18:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS415	SITREP 25: 1 AMCIT RELEASED, 3 REMAIN HOSTAGES; 4 [...] (SBU) American citizen John Stapleton, four Italians and one Croatian kidnapped on May 1 off the shore of Bayelsa State were released from captivity on June 2 to Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva. All six hostages are said to be "in good condition." The six individuals are expected to de [...]	2007-06-02 15:12:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS419	SITREP 26: 3 AMCITS, 33 EXPATRIATES REMAIN HOSTAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 36 expatriates are being held hostage in the Niger Delta, including three American citizens kidnapped May 25 off the shore of Bayelsa State. Since June 1, 12 expatriates, no American citizens, have been abducted in Rivers and Akwa Ibom states. Twelve Indian nati [...]	2007-06-04 12:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS422	SITREP 27: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE IN BAYELSA STATE [...] (SBU) Three American TransCoastal employees (Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore),four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino, and one Nigerian begin their eleventh day in captivity. The ten individuals were kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25. ----- [...]	2007-06-05 13:38:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS427	SITREP 28: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE; TRANSCOASTAL [...] (C) American nationals Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino, and one Nigerian remain hostages. TransCoastal believes the 10 hostages have been divided into two groups; one group of four and one group of six. According to Tr [...]	2007-06-06 15:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS434	SITREP 29: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE [...] (C) Three American citizens, Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris, and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino, and one Nigerian remain hostages after being kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25. TransCoastal (TCO) said they last had contact with the host [...]	2007-06-07 11:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS436	FORMER DELTA STATE OFFICIAL APPLAUDS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with Poloff, Chief Evance O. Ivwurie, former Commissioner for Special Duties (Project Monitoring) under Governor James Ibori's administration in Delta State, lauded the state government's efforts to provide potable water and education and blamed the federal an [...]	2007-06-07 13:41:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS437	SITREP 30: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE; UK ENGAGING GON [...] (C) On June 8, ten hostages kidnapped off the shore of Bayelsa State on May 25 begin their third week in captivity. TransCoastal (TCO) representatives told us on June 7 that they believe Amcit Bobbie Tyner, two British nationals, and the South African hostage are being held by "The General," [...]	2007-06-08 12:06:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS442	SITREP 31: 3 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGE; GOVERNOR [...] (C) American citizens Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino and one Nigerian national kidnapped offshore Bayelsa State on May 25 remain hostage. On June 11, TransCoastal (TCO) reported there has been "no real change" to the si [...]	2007-06-11 15:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS445	SITREP 32: 13 HOSTAGES, INCLUDING 3 AMCITS, [...] (C) Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva and TransCoastal (TCO) representatives confirmed the June 11 release of American citizens Bobbie Tyner, Shane McMorris and Richard Moore, four British nationals, one South African, one Filipino and one Nigerian national, who were kidnapped offshore Bayelsa St [...]	2007-06-12 14:09:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS452	DELTA STATE GOVERNOR TO SEEK AMNESTY FOR MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Amaju Melvin Pinnick, a Delta State government official, told Poloff that Ijaw militants in Delta State offered their support to current Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan when he was campaigning in the state in April. Many militants want to leave the creeks and r [...]	2007-06-15 14:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS459	ASARI'S RELEASE IS NOT A PANACEA FOR THE NIGER [...] (C) Summary: Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader, Dokubo Asari, was released on bail by the Abuja High Court on June 14. Despite the release of 10 Indian national hostages on June 15, militants have warned the federal government and multinational companies that Asari's release [...]	2007-06-20 13:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS481	EDO STATE ELECTION TRIBUNAL POSSIBLY BRIBED BY PDP [...] (U) Adams Oshiomole, Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate and former President of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC),has challenged recently-elected Governor Oserheimen Osunbor of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State Election Tribunal. Oshiomole was largely viewed as one [...]	2007-06-28 11:50:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS485	VP JONATHAN MEETS MILITANT & COMMUNITY LEADERS IN [...] (C) Summary: On June 28, Vice President Goodluck Jonathan visited the Gbaramatu riverine community in Delta State and discussed ways forward with militant and traditional leaders. An Ijaw youth leader from Delta State offered prescriptive efforts the government could take to bring peace to th [...]	2007-07-02 15:22:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS487	RIVERS KIDNAPPERS UP THE ANTE: ABDUCT BRITISH CHILD [...] (U) Rivers State police confirmed that on July 5, a three-year-old British girl, was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on her way to school. This is the second time expatriate children have been kidnapped in the Niger Delta; the first incident involved two Indian children who were ab [...]	2007-07-06 08:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC EPET PGOV PREL KDEM NI
07LAGOS492	BRITISH GIRL RELEASED; 2 EXPATS KIDNAPPED OFFSHORE [...] (SBU) On July 8, three-year-old British national Margaret Hill was released near Ogbakiri, Rivers State, after being abducted three days earlier in Port Harcourt (Reftel). No further details are known regarding her release; however, press reports suggest no ransom was paid to secure Hill's r [...]	2007-07-09 15:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS493	POLITICAL INSIDER ON NIGER DELTA & EFCC [...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Oronto Douglas, human rights lawyer and confidant of Vice President Goodluck Jonathan, said Jonathan will continue to meet with Delta and Bayelsa state militants throughout July in order to gain community input on how to improve the Niger Delta. The Niger Delta Develo [...]	2007-07-10 11:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS502	IJAW MILITANTS ANNOUNCE CEASEFIRE; DESOPADEC BOARD [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, Ijaw militant leaders agreed to a 90-day ceasefire during which government could address their interests, which focus on gaining greater control over local government areas and resources. However, Rivers State criminal/militant leaders Ateke Tom and Soboma George did [...]	2007-07-13 09:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS514	MILITANT DELEGATION TO ASO ROCK JULY 19, RIVERS [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Niger Delta militants again met in Delta State and agreed to send a delegation to Aso Rock on July 19 to meet President Yar'Adua and Vice President Jonathan. In a separate but related move, Rivers militant/criminal leaders publicly renounced violence. The militants [...]	2007-07-19 10:01:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS567	NIGER DELTA: HOSTAGE TAKING & DEATH, PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) Summary: On August 12, a foreign hostage of an unidentified nationality reportedly died in Bayelsa State en route to a hospital. On August 10, a British National was kidnapped in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on his way to work. On August 8, the son of a Bayelsa State legislator was report [...]	2007-08-13 12:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS578	PORT HARCOURT VIOLENCE RESUMES; ATTACKERS IDENTITY [...] (C) Despite the increased deployment of military troops to Port Harcourt, Rivers State following the August 6-12 violence (Reftel),post has confirmed reports that serious fighting and the possible use of explosives broke out throughout the city on August 16. Fighting and violence has been r [...]	2007-08-16 14:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS594	NIGER DELTA PRESCRIPTIONS BY COMMUNITY LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, Niger Delta community leaders told the Acting Consul General cultist groups were responsible for recent violence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and said these groups hijacked the Niger Delta struggle. These leaders each offered different prescriptions for improvi [...]	2007-08-24 14:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS601	OSHIOMHOLE DISCUSSES TRIBUNAL, ECONOMICS, YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Summary: Adams Oshiomhole was granted access to voting materials by the Edo State Election Tribunal; he expressed interest in hiring foreign forensic analysts to examine the ballots to prepare his case. Oshiomhole predicted the Tribunal would decide his claim to have won the April guberna [...]	2007-08-29 10:29:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS602	NIGERIA ANNOUNCES REORGANIZATION OF ENERGY SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 29, the Government of Nigeria announced the decision to "unbundle" the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and to create five new independent agencies. International oil companies (IOCs) were aware of the plan to restructure, but did not expect it to take p [...]	2007-08-30 15:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENERG PGOV NI
07LAGOS621	NIGER DELTA NGOS WARN FG ON IJAW FOCUS; CARMEN [...] (C) Summary: While Niger Delta militants have been in dialogue with the Federal and state governments, non-violent and non-Ijaw groups said they feel left out and have threatened to turn to violence to make their voices heard. In Delta State, a U.S. company leads a private-public venture inte [...]	2007-09-11 10:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS628	NDDC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME; NGO SEEKS LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) told international oil companies (IOCs) it would pursue community-driven development in pilot communities in 2008, and if successful, in all nine NDDC states by 2009. Bill Knight, Executive Director of Pro-Natura International, though [...]	2007-09-17 14:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS632	TOM POLO SUPPORTS NONVIOLENCE YOUTH TRAINING IN [...] (SBU) Sheriff Mulade, President of the Gbaramatu Youth Council (GYC),told Poloff approximately 200 youths from Gbaramatu and Ijaw Kingdoms in Delta state attended a non-violence sensitization program September 10-14. Presenters at the Riverine Host Community Youth Orientation Program were la [...]	2007-09-18 15:05:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS638	ND SPOT REPORT: OKAH ARRESTED, MILITARY PRESENCE [...] (C) Security sources reported on September 18 that criminal arms dealer Henry Okah, known to work in South Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria (Reftel),had been arrested in Angola. According to a press report, Okah is awaiting extradition to Equatorial Guinea where he will face criminal c [...]	2007-09-20 11:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS642	YAR'ADUA RELEASES EXCESS CRUDE FUNDS; SYLVA [...] (C) Summary: Bayelsa State received USD 64 million from the Federal excess crude account; the state rarely received allocations from the account under former President Obasanjo. Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva, an outsider foisted on the state from Abuja, is slowly working his way through gov [...]	2007-09-21 13:42:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS652	IJAW YOUTH LEADER: GON TAKING POSITIVE STEPS; IOCS [...] (C) Summary: According to Chris Ekiyor, recently-elected President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC),the Ijaw youth delegation meeting with the Federal Government went well as Yar'Adua's administration has expressed much interest in including Niger Delta indigenes in talks to lower regional un [...]	2007-09-26 10:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS664	NIGERIAN SHRIMPING INDUSTRY DECRIES PIRATE ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent Turtle Excluder Device (TED) inspection visit, many Nigerian shrimp companies told the Poloff that pirates have boarded their boats, robbed their crew and equipment, and confiscated their catches. Eight Nigerian shrimp companies operate approximately 150 boats i [...]	2007-10-05 10:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OES PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS691	NIGER DELTA: 3 NON-AMERICAN EXPATS KIDNAPPED [...] (SBU) Militants in 20-30 speed boats attacked a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) support vessel at the EA Field offshore Bayelsa state around 20:45 on October 20. Shell security sources confirmed the kidnapping of three expatriate subcontractors: a Russian, Croatian and British nati [...]	2007-10-22 13:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS692	NIGER DELTA: 3 NON-AMERICAN EXPATS KIDNAPPED [...] (SBU) Militants in 20-30 speed boats attacked a Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) support vessel at the EA Field offshore Bayelsa state around 20:45 on October 20. Shell security sources confirmed the kidnapping of three expatriate subcontractors: a Russian, Croatian and British nati [...]	2007-10-22 13:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS694	NIGER DELTA ROUNDUP: HOSTAGES RELEASED, PORT [...] (SBU) Three expatriates (Russian, Croatian, and British nationals),and four Nigerian hostages were released around 17:00 on October 22, two days after having been kidnapped offshore Bayelsa State, according to Shell representatives (Reftel). Shell attributed the release to quick community a [...]	2007-10-23 15:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS711	NIGER DELTA: 6 EXPATS RELEASED, GOVERNMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Four Indian and two Polish nationals kidnapped offshore Rivers State on October 26 were released on October 29. Despite being swindled by the Rivers and Lagos state governments, the Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN) will host a high level Global Conference on Nonvi [...]	2007-10-30 14:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS719	NIGERIA: NEW RIVERS GOVERNOR REINVENTS HIMSELF BUT [...] (C) Summary: Recently inaugurated Governor Amaechi of Rivers State has pledged to fight corruption and promised to pressent a bill creating a Due Process and Public Procurement Commission to the legislature. After having been sidelined by the People's Democratic Party for six months, Amaechi [...]	2007-11-01 13:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS741	NIGER DELTA MILITANTS HIT QUA IBOE TERMINAL [...] (C) Around 07:00 AM on November 12, six to seven militant boats were spotted shooting into the air offshore Exxon Mobil's Qua Iboe Terminal (QIT) in Akwa Ibom State. According to security sources, the military Joint Task Force (JTF) repelled the militants around 10:30 AM after a firefight whi [...]	2007-11-13 15:59:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM NI
07LAGOS759	NIGER DELTA TIDBITS: SECURITY, POLITICS, [...] (C) This cable provides updates to security and political developments in the Niger Delta. These events occurred in November and were not previously reported: --Bonny Island Labor Skirmish Results in 3 Fatalities --Delta: Joint Task Force-Uduaghan Prevent Itsekiri Attack on Chevron --Sena [...]	2007-11-29 16:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS769	NIGERIA: ITSEKIRI TAKE UP ARMS; MILITANTS SEEK TO [...] (C) Summary: The Itsekiri in Delta State have created the Niger Delta Survival Front, a militant body through which they reportedly hope to exert pressure on Chevron; however, an Ijaw contact believes this body will remain weak due to limited resources and the small geographic territory inhab [...]	2007-12-03 14:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS789	NIGERIA: DELTA STATE PURSUES PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Delta State Ministry of Environment is looking for assistance from donor agencies and private sector investment to spearhead projects such as erosion control, reforestation for timber, and waste management. The Delta State Waste Management Board, which falls under the purvi [...]	2007-12-27 12:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV NI
07LAGOS793	NIGER DELTA: DESOPADEC FOR OIL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC) has begun to develop riverine areas by offering health care to 180,000 individuals and by opening bids for more than 100 development projects. A decrease in oil production meant DESOPADEC received USD 8.5 mi [...]	2007-12-31 08:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV NI
07LISBON3144	CLUSTER MUNITIONS; PORTUGAL ON THE GGE AND GERMAN [...] (SBU) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Security Pedro Sousa Abreu requested a meeting with us December 10 to review discussions on cluster munitions. At the meeting, we were asked point-blank if the U.S. objected to Portuguese Ambassador Jose Julio Pereira Gomes, Por [...]	2007-12-13 14:00:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PO
07LJUBLJANA31	SLOVENIA IN CAUTIOUS, LISTENING MODE ON CLUSTER [...] (C) PolMilOff met with MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman on January 22 to discuss reftel demarche and ascertain the Government of Slovenia's (GoS) positions on cluster munitions policy and the upcoming conference hosted by the Government of Norway on February 22 and 23 in O [...]	2007-01-23 05:22:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA762	SLOVENIAN POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS TRACKS EU [...] (U) On December 11, Emboff delivered reftel points and nonpapers to MFA Security Policy Division Minister Counselor Irina Gorsic, who related that Slovenia supports the common EU position on cluster munitions in both the Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) framework and the Oslo Process. Gorsic [...]	2007-12-14 09:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PARM PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA79	SLOVENES TALK CLUSTER MUNITIONS, MANPADS, PSI, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Security Policy Director Stanislav Vidovic told PM/WRA Director Richard Kidd on February 6 that Slovenia is willing to hear the USG position on cluster munitions, ready to follow up on MANPADS discussions, eager to test its abilities with a May PSI exercise, and solidly in su [...]	2007-02-13 13:40:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	PARM PINR PREL MARR MASS SI
07LONDON780	HILTON HOTELS CAUGHT BETWEEN US CUBA SANCTIONS AND [...] Summary and action request: Hilton Hotels International, faced with a conflict between US sanctions on Cuba and UK law banning discrimination, has instructed its employees not to violate local UK law, putting them on a potential collision course with US law. Post would welcome any guidance W [...]	2007-02-28 18:00:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ELAB CU UK
07LONDON894	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The combined annual meeting for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took place in London, October 30 to November 3, [...]	2007-03-07 17:45:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK
07LUXEMBOURG162	AMBASSADOR WAGNER'S MEETING WITH FM ASSELBORN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wagner met privately with Foreign Minister Asselborn April 28 to press home the U.S. government's deep concerns about the unhelpful remarks he has made about missile defense. Asselborn defended his comments by stating that he was merely saying "what other people were [...]	2007-05-03 16:33:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LU
07LUXEMBOURG215	LUXEMBOURG SUPPORTS CM BAN, BUT WILL NOT ALLOW IT [...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ Chief discussed points contained reftel with Michel Leesch, MFA Desk Officer for Political-Military & Non-Proliferation Affairs on 29 May. Leesch said that Luxembourg had a mandate from Parliament to negotiate an international instrument which would ban cluster munitions an [...]	2007-05-31 15:26:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PREL LU
07LUXEMBOURG491	LUXEMBOURG: OSLO PROCESS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and DCM discussed points contained Ref A with Paul Duhr, Secretary General of the Luxembourg MFA on 12 December. Duhr made it clear that he understood the U.S.' position on the Oslo Process and cluster munitions and assured the Ambassador that whatever the outcome of [...]	2007-12-13 13:18:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL NATO NAMSA LU
07MADRID134	SPANISH ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) ESTHOFF made reftel points January 24 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, sharing U.S. concerns about the movement to restrict the use of cluster munitions, inquiring about GOS intentions vis-a-vis the February 22-3 Oslo Conference, and probing to see if S [...]	2007-01-25 15:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP
07MADRID386	SPAIN TO SUPPORT U.S. MTCR UAV/CRUISE MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 15:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KSCA SP
07MADRID402	SPANISH BACKTRACK ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting scheduled to discuss other disarmament-related issues, MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez sheepishly informed ESTHOFF that the information he had provided on January 24 regarding Spanish policy on cluster munitions (REF A) had been in [...]	2007-03-05 13:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP
07MADRID78	MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE: MORATINOS URGES EXPANSION [...] (U) Summary. Participants in a high level event to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 Madrid Middle East Conference recalled the spirit of the 1991 Conference, discussed the problems facing current Middle East peace negotiators, urged deeper USG engagement in resolving the Israeli-P [...]	2007-01-16 16:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS SY LE SP
07MADRID836	SPAIN'S IDEAS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a conversation with DCM on May 3 that focused on missile defense (reftel),MFA PolDir Rafael Dezcallar raised four issues related to Afghanistan. Dezcallar wanted to know whom in the Department MFA should contact regarding [...]	2007-05-07 06:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP
07MADRID976	SPAIN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS/LIMA TEXT [...] (SBU) ESTHOFF and POLOFF made reftel points May 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres, urging Spain to support U.S. positions as the international community charts the future of the [...]	2007-05-21 11:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS NATO PARM PREL SP
07MANAMA315	BAHRAIN: UN DEMOCRACY FUND PROJECT UPDATE [...] (SBU) In a meeting with UNDP Program Analyst Mohamed Al Sharif March 28, Poloff inquired about the status of a UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) project being conducted by the UNDP in cooperation with the Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD). Al Sharif explained that the project has un [...]	2007-04-04 12:57:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL UN NGO OIIP BA
07MANILA688	PHILIPPINES -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Mission's seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows below. The report covers the period from April 2006 to March 2007. Point of contact (POC) is Political Officer Barry Fullerton, FullertonTB@State.Gov, (632) 528-6300 x2350, fax (632) 523-1195. Rank of TIP action offic [...]	2007-03-01 11:20:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB RP
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
07MONROVIA961	LIBERIA: GOVERNMENT REVOKES DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-03 10:56:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CVIS PREL PTER LI
07MOSCOW1442	RUSSIAN CORPORATE STATISM: WATCH THIS SPACE [...] (C) Summary: The rise of corporate statism in Russia has been significant. Since 2004, the government has taken over the world's largest titanium business, consolidated its position in Gazprom, merged 10 aviation businesses into a state-owned conglomerate, and taken controlling positions in ot [...]	2007-04-02 07:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EIND PGOV 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
07MUSCAT894	MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 COVERAGE, AMBASSADOR TIP INTERVIEW, [...] SUMMARY: All dailies carry Ambassador's 9/11 message; privately-owned "Al-Watan" and "Oman Tribune" interview Ambassador about Trafficking in Persons; in an editorial about 9/11, "Al-Watan" condemns the "beastly acts" of the American army that was unable to protect Americans despite consuming [...]	2007-09-18 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
07NDJAMENA649	CHAD SHOWS RENEWED INTEREST IN EXTRACTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chadian officials, including the Minister of Oil, briefed donors on plans to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in two World Bank-hosted meetings July 26 and July 31, 2007. Chad had already expressed interest in joining EITI in 2004, but there [...]	2007-08-08 05:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	CD ECON EPET PREL
07NICOSIA434	TURKISH CYPRIOT CENSUS DEBATE FOCUSES ON NATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Native" Turkish Cypriots continue to outnumber their mainland Turkey-born brethren, according to a controversial census that T/C authorities conducted in 2006 but whose results they are releasing in periodic installments. The census findings also refute an oft-repeated Greek Cy [...]	2007-05-18 11:12:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU CY
07NICOSIA594	TURKEY'S ELECTIONS AS SEEN FROM THE "TRNC" [...] (SBU) With only six days until Turkey goes to the polls, the July 22 election is, perhaps surprisingly, not at the forefront of everyone's minds in Cyprus's north, the self-proclaimed, unrecognized "TRNC." This is partly because ongoing domestic issues, including a "government" financial scan [...]	2007-07-16 10:45:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY
07OSLO000160ZDK164	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' SUDAN CONTACT GROUP MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Special Envoy Andrew Natsios joined the Sudan Contact Group meeting in Oslo to assess the state of play in Sudan. Although implementation of the CPA has been stalled, all parties stressed the need to maintain a unified Sudan and to encourage an IGAD summit to set [...]	2007-02-16 16:13:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO NO
07OSLO1007	WIREC MINISTERIAL DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 14:36:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET SENV SOCI TRGY KPAO KGHG KSCA
07OSLO1008	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SEVEN IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 14:37:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN NO
07OSLO1038	NORWEGIANS DISCUSS BURMESE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On October 15 we delivered reftel points to MFA East Asia Section Deputy Director General Tanja Hegga. Hegga described the goal of Norway's Burmese foreign assistance to "alleviate human suffering," focusing primarily on refugees and their health concerns. In 2007, GON assistance is [...]	2007-10-15 16:31:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BM NO
07OSLO1039	HOT AND COLD NORWEGIAN ICE TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 4, U.S.-Norwegian Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) talks were held in Oslo, covering a wide variety of trade issues. Key U.S. matters included pharmaceutical patent protection, IPR issues, a Norwegian car tax adversely affecting American cars, the Government Pensi [...]	2007-10-16 06:31:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EINV
07OSLO1053	NORWAY RESPONDS TO THIRD COMMITTEE POINTS, SEEKS [...] (C) On October 22 we delivered reftel points to MFA Human Rights and Democracy Issue Deputy Director General Tormod Endresen. Endresen pledged that Norway will oppose no action motions and strongly supported the full debate of human rights issues raised in the Third Committee. Although Nor [...]	2007-10-23 05:48:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KTIA UN NO
07OSLO1055	NORWAY DISMISSES U.S. CONCERNS ON CLUSTER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 11:59:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO NO
07OSLO1067	NORWEGIANS REVIEW DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 12:42:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR PARM EFIN KNNP NO
07OSLO1069	NORWEGIANS REVIEW CUBAN EMBARGO POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 13:09:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA ETRD PHUM UNAUS CU NO
07OSLO1070	NORWEGIANS STUDY FAO POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 13:26:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR FAO AORC NO
07OSLO1073	NORWEGIANS REVIEW FATF POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 16:58:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON NO
07OSLO1074	ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING PRIOR TO THE HIGH-LEVEL CPA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 14:14:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IGAD SU UK NT NW CA IT NO
07OSLO1084	NORWAY WON'T SUPPORT WALKER CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 15:37:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UN UNGA
07OSLO1086	NORWEGIAN ENERGY: HEADY WITH GAS, BUBBLY WITH OIL [...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of energy issues facing Norway, the third largest exporter of gas and fifth largest exporter of oil, Petroleum Ministry officials discussed: --anti-competition concerns raised by the recent merger of Norwegian state-owned oil companies Statoil and Norsk Hydro; [...]	2007-11-07 09:24:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EINV SENV NO
07OSLO1087	NORWAY AND SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a November 5 briefing to the diplomatic corps, the Ministry of Finance DG reviewed Norway's approach to Sovereign Wealth Funds and the status of Norway's approximately $350 million Global Fund (formerly known as the Pension Fund). He said that Norway's application of the Et [...]	2007-11-07 15:43:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON NO
07OSLO1099	PAKISTANI NORWEGIANS RIPE FOR RADICALIZATION? [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway is increasingly a land of immigrants, with over twenty three percent of the capital city,s population now designated as non-Norwegian,. The largest non-Western group is Pakistani, a population that has established deep [...]	2007-11-08 15:28:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KPAO PK NO
07OSLO1101	NORWAY'S LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS: A WARNING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: As the fallout from the September local elections finally subsides, the larger issues which will shape the 2009 general election are becoming clear. The center/left governing coalition (Labor, Center and Socialist Left Parties) were given a rebuke in the local elections, partic [...]	2007-11-13 08:48:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR NO
07OSLO1113	NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE [...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...]	2007-11-19 11:13:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO
07OSLO1118	TERRORISM FINANCE: TRO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 12:38:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER PREL KTFN NO
07OSLO1125	NORWAY CONCERNED BUT PASSIVE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, Latin America Section Head Herberth Linder stated that Norway will sign on to any joint declaration that the EU produces on the situation in Venezuela (noting that the UK is putting language together but that they had not yet been approached on it officially),[...]	2007-11-23 10:11:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE PHUM WHA NO
07OSLO1127	NORWAY ON THE ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON THE [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel demarche on the re-election campaign for Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper, the U.S. candidate for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (Committee),the Head of the Norwegian MFA's Human Rights Section, Tormod Endresen, responded positive [...]	2007-11-26 13:08:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA NO
07OSLO1134	RESOURCE NATIONALISM AND NORWAY [...] (C) Summary. Norway, the world's third largest gas exporter and fifth largest oil exporter, adheres to energy resource policies which work to maximize governmental financial returns while ensuring its strict stewardship of natural resources. Hailed internationally as a transparent, predict [...]	2007-11-29 13:17:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV NO
07OSLO1142	LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW: NORWAY'S CUBA POLICIES [...] (C) The GON has been increasingly engaged with the GOC in the last few years, seeking broader governmental dialogue while maintaining lower level contacts with Cuban dissidents. There have been no public meetings with dissidents since our last update in May. The only significant visit anticip [...]	2007-12-03 13:46:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU NO
07OSLO1151	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS (TFCO): [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 14:27:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN NO
07OSLO1152	TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 14:27:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PTER KFIN NO
07OSLO1155	NORWAY WILL URGE SERBIA TO REMAIN CLAM ON KOSOVO [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche on 11 December to State Secretary Raymond Johansen, who stated that Norway would use SIPDIS its good offices to urge Serbia to remain calm regarding the situation in Kosovo. Norway will be following the events there closely, and agrees that it is vital that [...]	2007-12-12 14:13:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI NO
07OSLO1159	NORWEGIANS REVIEW END-USE WATCHLIST POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 11:20:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR MNUC PARM KNNP NO
07OSLO1161	NORWAY'S DEFENSE POLICY AT A CROSSROADS: CLARITY [...] (SBU) Norway is undergoing a philosophical, bureaucratic and public debate on what its defense policy, obligations and needs will be for the next five to ten years. The outcome will have significant implications for Norway,s ability to fulfill NATO obligations as well as its ability to cope wi [...]	2007-12-18 13:17:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL PINR PINS PGOV NO
07OSLO143	(C) GON WILL SUPPORT SOMALI STABILIZATION [...] (C) On February 14 we delivered reftel to Ann Froholm, Senior Adviser in the MFA's Safety Policy Department and Kjell Harald Dalen, the MFA's Special Envoy to Somalia. Froholm noted requests similar to those found in reftel were also recently delivered by African Union (AU) representatives. [...]	2007-02-14 14:39:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS PHUM PREL EUN SO NO
07OSLO144	(C) NORWEGIANS WON'T SUPPORT ZIMBABWE'S WORLD FOOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 14:40:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID AORC WFP NO
07OSLO148	MINUSTAH RENEWAL DEMARCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-15 06:34:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL AID PGOV EFIN UA HA EUN SF ID PE MINUSTAH
07OSLO152	NORWAY'S FOLLOW THROUGH ON UN 1737 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-15 14:24:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL NO

07OSLO159	NORWAY SUPPORTS IGAD SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 16:12:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU NO

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