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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

02ANKARA8018	TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT ADVANCES, BUT KEY [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey and Greece have reached agreement on the text of an Intergovernmental Agreement for the Turkey-Greece gas interconnect, which they hope to sign by the end of November. BOTAS and DEPA have not, however, been able to agree on the price at which DEPA would purchas [...]	2002-11-07 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
02ANKARA8064	THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, AND SOME BENCHMARKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Turkish Government's most pressing economic challenge is to bolster market confidence sufficiently to avoid another financial crisis and begin to step away from the financial precipice on which Turkey has been perched for the past two years. Other challenges include: [...]	2002-11-08 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU
02ANKARA8111	PROBLEMS MEETING THE 2002 PRIMARY SURPLUS TARGET [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF and Central Bank are worried about the caretaker government's failure to fully implement fiscal measures needed to meet this year's primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GNP. We have expressed our concern about this to senior economic bureaucrats this week -- who s [...]	2002-11-08 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
02ANKARA8141	MFA ON TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECT [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy DG for Energy Hakki Akil reiterated to Econ Couns BOTAS's request for USG assistance in encouraging the Greeks to accept paying a higher price for natural gas from Turkey in the short-term for the long-term benefits the Turkey-Greece interconnect would provide. Akil a [...]	2002-11-12 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
02ANKARA8594	UNCERTAINTY FOR PENDING AND EXISTING BOT/TOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: Embassy has long emphasized to the GOT the importance of a rapid and fair settlement to the pending BOT/TOR projects, which still have not been resolved (reftels). It now appears the GOT is considering re-negotiation of the contracts for the BOT projects that are alr [...]	2002-11-25 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
02ANKARA8780	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMICS WITH DEPUTY PM SENER [...] (C) Summary: In his initial call on Deputy PM Sener December 2, Ambassador stressed that the USG wanted the government's economic program to succeed, highlighted the important role financial markets would play in the coming months, and suggested those markets would be looking for a strong p [...]	2002-12-03 06:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU
02ANKARA8863	IRAQ AND THE TURKISH GAS MARKET [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GOT denies recent press reports that suggest new developments on the Turkey-Iraq gas project. Although the MFA previously told us a 1997 Turkey-Iraq protocol on natural gas was null and void, BOTAS claims the protocol still exists, and was discussed as recently a [...]	2002-12-09 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC AJ GG KZ TU IZ
02ANKARA8972	NO PROGRESS ON RESOLVING PAMUKBANK ISSUE; IMF TAKES FIRM LINE [...] (C) Summary: Three weeks after the state administrative court (Danistay) suspended BRSA's takeover of Pamukbank, there has been no progress toward a permanent resolution. Cukurova Holding, which owns both Pamukbank and Yapi Kredi Bank, is taking a hard line in talks with the BRSA. The gover [...]	2002-12-13 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
02ANKARA8986	BP STILL ANALYZING COMMERCIAL VIABILITY OF SHAH [...] (C) Summary and comment: BP's gas analyst is struggling to make the commercial case for Shah Deniz -- although he claims top management is committed to the project, he believes the Turkish gas market is still oversupplied and the project is too expensive. He also maintains that transporting [...]	2002-12-16 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
02ANKARA9166	AMB. MANN'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: AK party officials, including Energy Minister Guler and three newly-elected parliamentarians, confirmed their support for the BTC and Shah Deniz projects to EB/CBED Ambassador Mann in his December 18-20 visit to Ankara. Mann reviewed U.S. energy policy in the Caspian, noting tha [...]	2002-12-30 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA1099	MFA ON IRAQ REFUGEE/IDP ISSUE: ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: MFA Depuuty Director General for International Political Organizations Tunc Ugdul called EconCouns in February 17 to discuss USG and GOT approaches to refugee/IDP issues related to a potential Iraq operation. Ugdul reiterated [...]	2003-02-19 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID IZ MOPS TU
03ANKARA1153	A VERY WORRIED CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti told us February 21 that, in his view, the government does not understand the economic consequences of failing to come to agreement on the U.S. assistance package or the IMF program. He is deeply worried that, based on their lack of eco [...]	2003-02-21 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL EAID TU
03ANKARA1380	USAID/DART: NGO REGISTRATION PROCESS IN TURKEY: THE [...] HUMANITARIAN NGOS SEEKING FORMAL REGISTRATION IN TURKEY CONTINUE TO FACE A CUMBERSOME PROCESS, BUT THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT HAS SAID IT WILL CONSIDER EXPEDITED ARRANGEMENTS TO ALLOW DELIVERY OF RELIEF TO IRAQ THROUGH TURKEY. MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT'S DI [...]	2003-03-04 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF EFIN PHUM AORC MOPS PREL IZ TU WFP
03ANKARA1390	GOT PRESSES BOT COMPANIES TO CUT PRICES [...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler has asked the BOT projects to cut their electricity tariffs, which are set in the companies, contracts with the Ministry of Energy (MENR). The BOTs, which include U.S.-owned companies Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga Enerji (Edison Mission),have informed th [...]	2003-03-04 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1392	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 4 COB [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets were relieved this afternoon that today's Treasury auctions had gone relatively well, with the lira and equities gaining for the day (though t-bill yields closed up 2.5 percentage points). Treasury raised a total of TL 2.3 quadrillion that, together with some of Tresaur [...]	2003-03-04 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1406	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 AM: MARKETS BEGIN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets improved throughout the morning of March 5, and at mid-day appeared poised to continue a rally. Yields on T-bills strengthened five percentage points in morning trading. This positive market sentiment is based on two statements indicating that the [...]	2003-03-05 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1421	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 5 COB [...] (U) All Turkish markets continued to strengthen in afternoon trading on March 5, with expectations of the rallies continuing into March 6. -- The lira appreciated over 2 percent, to close at TL 1,609,000. According to several market participants (Yapi Kredi Treasurer Imece, JP Morgan/Ch [...]	2003-03-05 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1442	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 6 AM: MARKETS STABLE, [...] Summary: Turkish financial markets were flat during the morning of March 6, awaiting confirmation of their expectation that a new GOT, led by AK Chairman Erdogan, would deliver a U.S. financial package. Erdogan and State Minister Babacan, facing public complaints about the new taxes in the [...]	2003-03-06 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1448	BTC, SHAH DENIZ, TURKEY-GREECE INTERCONNECT: ON [...] (C) Summary: BP and BOTAS General Manager Bildaci are still concerned that BOTAS does not have sufficient authority to meet its obligations under the BTC turnkey contract. BP has sent a letter to Energy Minister Guler requesting his personal intervention on this issue; Bildaci is raising it [...]	2003-03-06 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA1459	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 6 COB: RETURN OF COMPLACENCY [...] (U) On March 6, Turkish financial markets were stable. The lira remained unchanged at TL 1, 608,000 to the dollar. Yields on lira-denominated T-bills strengthened slightly to 57.5 percent compounded (yesterday's close was 58 percent). The Istanbul Stock Exchange closed up 0.2 percent. 2. [...]	2003-03-06 17:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1472	IMF AND MARKET UPDATE, MARCH 7 AM [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Mission Chief told us morning of March 7 that his team and the GOT could in theory close on the LOI in a couple of days, but actual closure depends on GOT political will. Outstanding issues remain World Bank objections to GOT-proposed spending cuts in agriculture and soci [...]	2003-03-07 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1473	AMBASSADOR RAISES FOREIGN INVESTMENT ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) AMB paid an office call on Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan March 7 largely to discuss the status of the 2003 budget (septel). AMB also raised the need to improve the foreign investment climate in Turkey, and wanted to cite several examples. 2. (SBU) AMB said the Citibank General [...]	2003-03-07 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1499	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 10: AD REF AGREEMENT ON [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep advised this morning that Fund staff and GOT officials had reached ad ref agreement on a Letter of Intent, and that IMF Mission Chief had returned to Washington with the draft. We do not have details yet, but understand from ResRep that the two sides reached a compromise agre [...]	2003-03-10 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1529	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 11: MARKETS QUIET, WEAK [...] (U) On March 11, Turkish Treasury auctioned a 546-day dollar-denominated bond in the local debt market to weak demand. The annual yield - 6.88 percent - was below market expectations, but the Treasury only succeeded in selling $180.5 million. 2. (SBU) Comment: The debt redemption on M [...]	2003-03-11 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1565	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 12: MARKETS IGNORE MOODY'S [...] (U) In the morning of March 12, yields on lira T-bills inched upwards to close at 57.5 percent (yesterday's close was 56.8 percent). The lira remained unchanged at about TL 1,620,000 to the dollar. The Istanbul Stock Exchange was down 1 percent in morning trading, after dropping about 1 per [...]	2003-03-12 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1587	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 13: TREASURY U/S OZTRAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Faik Oztrak told us March 13 that the key to debt sustainability this year is economic reform program implementation, not the U.S. package. Oztrak is concerned that the new Erdogan government will view the U.S. package as "an excuse not to implement the [...]	2003-03-13 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1623	TURKEY STILL STRUGGLING TO IMPROVE INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Director General for Foreign Investments Melek Us told us March 13 that the lack of high-level direction over the past several months has stymied the bureaucracy's ability to take decisions needed to improve the foreign investment environment. The government has subm [...]	2003-03-13 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA1630	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 14: MARKET WORRIES MOUNT IN [...] (U) Turkish financial markets in morning trading March 14 are beginning to reflect the concern that the U.S. financial package is off the table. The benchmark lira T-bill rose two percentage points to close at 60 percent compounded. The lira depreciated one percent, now trading at TL 1,650,0 [...]	2003-03-14 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1667	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 17: SELL-OFF IN LOCAL [...] (U) News that the U.S. financial package was off the table led to sell-offs in all Turkish financial markets in the morning March 17 trading session: -- The lira depreciated 2 percent to close at TL 1,680,000 to the dollar (Friday's close was TL 1,647,000). -- T-bill rates rose sharp [...]	2003-03-17 20:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1692	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MARCH 18: MARKETS TURN AROUND ON [...] (U) The Turkish Treasury raised TL 3.4 quadrillion (about $ 2 billion) in two lira-denominated debt instrument auctions on March 18, as Turkish markets rebounded on overnight "good news" regarding the U.S. financial package (see para 3 below). The auction results announced 1:30 pm local time [...]	2003-03-18 11:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1704	DART: CURRENT PICTURE IN TURKEY FOR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ORGANIZATIONS TRANSITING SUPPLIES TO NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) The current picture in Turkey for International Organizations, the United Nations, and international NGOs for cross-border humanitarian operations is still unclear. To date, no international organization has received an official permit to transit humanitarian supplies through Turkey to no [...]	2003-03-18 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1713	TURKISH ECONOMY COB 3/18: RETURN TO NEVER NEVER [...] (C) Summary: Reports that the U.S. financial package was back "on the table" sustained the market's rally this afternoon, with the lira closing at TL 1,648,000 and t-bill yields ending at slightly under 60 percent. CB Governor Serdengecti warned us that, should Parliament pass a second reso [...]	2003-03-18 17:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA172	UPDATE ON TURKISH REFUGEE/IDP CONTINGENCY [...] (S) Summary: During the January 3 military-military talks, the Turkish General Staff provided a map identifying planned locations for Turkish-run IDP camps to EUCOM and CENTCOM representatives. MFA Head of Department for International Political Organizations Feza Ozturk largely confirmed pre [...]	2003-01-08 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREF AORC IZ MOPS PHUM PREL TU
03ANKARA1720	AK ECONOMIC POLICY: REFORM ONLY AS A LAST RESORT [...] (C) Summary: New Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's decision not to make any changes in the AK economic team suggests he is unlikely to break sharply with the Gul government's economic appraoch. That is unfortunate. In its four months in office, the AK leadership has proven that it neither un [...]	2003-03-19 08:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA1724	CBED AMBASSADOR MANN'S MARCH 12 VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: During CBED Ambassador Mann,s March 12 visit to Ankara, MFA and Ministry of Energy officials requested his intervention with the World Bank on the negative pledge clause issue (reftel) and with Greece on the Interconnector Turkey-Greece (ITG). MFA Deputy U/S Kilic also pressed f [...]	2003-03-19 10:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA1732	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 19: ORIGINAL U.S. PACKAGE [...] (U) Turkish financial markets were in a foul mood at OOB March 19, on news reports (see below) that the original U.S. financial package had in fact expired, despite GOT public statements to the contrary on March 18 during critical T-bill auctions. At market opening, the lira traded at TL 1,74 [...]	2003-03-19 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA1739	DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...]	2003-03-19 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1745	DART: UNICEF'S TAKE ON HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) On March 13, DART Field Office/North personnel met with Andre Lapierriere (Protect Source),UNICEF,s Head of Northern Operations for Iraq. UNICEF contingency plans are based on providing emergency relief to more than 250,000 people, with 40 percent of that population being absorbed into [...]	2003-03-19 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1780	TURKISH MARKETS COB MARCH 19: LIMITED FURTHER [...] (U) After falling significantly in the morning, Turkish markets declined only slightly in the afternoon session, as investors struggled to figure out whether some kind of U.S. assistance package might still be possible. At market closing, the lira had weakened to TL 1,695,776/dollar, while [...]	2003-03-19 17:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1787	RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN TURKEY'S ECONOMY - BACK TO [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) The Turkish Government has put itself in a precarious financial situation on the eve of war with Iraq. To get the economy on even fragile ground, it needs to implement strong reforms. Unfortunately, it has shown no inclination to [...]	2003-03-20 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1793	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 20: CONTAINED REACTION FOR [...] (U) At OOB March 20, Turkish markets opened sharply down, but recovered somewhat as the morning went on. JP MOrgan/Chase bond trader Gumisdis, Yapi Kredi Bank Treasurer Imece and other market players here all pointed to the Ari Fleischer statement that "the White House has not ruled out assi [...]	2003-03-20 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1799	DART: MARCH 18 NGO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) On March 18, DART Field Office/North facilitated the first coordination meeting among Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),the United Nations (U.N.),and USG humanitarian personnel in Ankara, Turkey. Representatives from ten NGOs were in attendance, namely: Mercy Corps International (MC [...]	2003-03-20 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1805	DART: DISCUSSIONS WITH NATO/EADRCC ON HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) On March 13, Dart Field Office/North and Embassy PMA Scott Oudkirk met with Col. Bernie Hunstad and Tom Nett from NATO,s Euro-Atlantic Response Coordination Center (EADRCC). The one-hour meeting covered an overview of NATO,s role in providing humanitarian supplies to the Government of Tur [...]	2003-03-21 07:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA1810	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 21: STEADY DETERIORATION [...] (SBU) On the morning of March 21, foreign investors were selling both Turkish stocks and Turkish Eurobonds. Lehman Bros Turkey analyst told us rumors of a Moody's downgrade of the Turkish sovereign debt is motivating some Eurobond selling. -- The lira depreciated one percent in the morn [...]	2003-03-21 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1905	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 24: ERDOGAN SPEECH DOESN'T [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday evening March 23, PM Erdogan addressed the nation committing the new GOT to continue the economic reform program and to take additional reform measures if needed. But markets weren't buying, and yields on T-bills rose 5.5 percentage points in morning trading March 24 [...]	2003-03-24 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1936	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 25: TEMPORARY RESPITE ON [...] (U) Turkish markets at OOB March 25 were positively affected by press reports that the US Administration was seeking Congressional approval of $1 billion in aid as part of the war supplemental. As a result, the steady deterioration in Turkish markets of the last four days appears to have stab [...]	2003-03-25 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1952	IMPACT OF IRAQ OPERATION ON KIRKUK-YUMURTALIK [...] (C) Summary: BOTAS General Manager Bildaci told us the oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) Pipeline had decreased by half and likely would stop completely by March 26. Bildaci attributed the slow-down to the lack of oil tankers transporting crude from the port at Ceyhan since the sta [...]	2003-03-25 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA1954	ENERGY AND THE IMF: AN INSIGHT INTO AK ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Recent debates within the government over energy prices and treatment of energy arrears provide insights into AK's economic decision-making process. According to a senior energy official, Finance Minister Unakitan and State Minister Babacan fought vigorously over the weekend to [...]	2003-03-25 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA1965	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 26: U.S. AID PROPOSAL SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets rallied March 26 am with T-bill yields dropping six percentage points, on news of the U.S. war supplemental for Turkey. But market sentiment remains pessimistic about upcoming debt roll-overs, and the GOT's credibility with the markets remains rock bottom. IMF resrep [...]	2003-03-26 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1967	IMPACT OF IRAQ OPERATION ON BTC PIPELINE, TPAO [...] (C) BOTAS General Manager Gokhan Bildaci and BP's local BTC Co. President Yasar Latifov told us March 25-26 the Iraq Operation thus far had not had a serious impact on BTC; however, both said they were very concerned that the extra burden the war had placed on Turkey's infrastructure and const [...]	2003-03-26 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA2010	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 27: MARKETS QUIET; [...] (SBU) Summary: While Turkish markets were relatively quiet on March 27 am, a wide range of market and GOT contacts tell us confidence in the government remains rock bottom. This translates into ongoing serious concerns about the GOT's ability to roll-over about $3 billion of debt in its local [...]	2003-03-27 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2039	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 28: CONTINUING PROBLEMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Markets remained quiet on March 28 am, with T-bill yields weakening slightly to 65.7 percent. Two economic policy developments in the past day, however, indicate that AK continues to take actions that won't improve its credibility gap with the markets. First, according to pre [...]	2003-03-28 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2051	SENIOR BANKING OFFICIALS CONCERNED OVER GOT ECON [...] (C) Summary: In frank discussions March 26 and 27, BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca and the outgoing Chairman of the State Bank Board Safa Ocak told us of concerns with the lack of market confidence in the government. They described a situation of policy drift on the economy, with Deputy PM Sen [...]	2003-03-28 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2052	DEMARCHES ON WAR SUPPLEMENTAL AND BOLSTERING [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM delivered ref A and B points to Treasury U/S Oztrak and MFA Deputy U/S Kilic March 26-27, and EconCouns separately presented them to State Planning U/S Tiktik and AK Deputy Reha Denemec. DCM stressed that USG was very co [...]	2003-03-28 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2094	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 31: PROGRESS ON IMF FOURTH [...] (SBU) Summary: The parliament passed the 2003 budget, and AK dropped a controversial amendment to the Public Procurement Law after the IMF complained, according to Turkish press. Ahead of the April 8 debt auction and April 9 $3 billion debt payment, markets expect an LOI signing and IMF Fou [...]	2003-03-31 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2101	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) DART Field Office/North hosted a 22 March NGO/IO coordination meeting in Ankara to discuss the NGO registration process with the Turkish government, memorandums of understanding for working in or transiting Turkey, and options for entering northern Iraq through other countries. Sixteen i [...]	2003-03-31 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2119	WFP AND UNICEF SHIPMENTS TO NORTHERN IRAQ, UN [...] (SBU) Summary: Three WFP successfully crossed the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and continued on to a UN warehouse in northern Iraq. Two UNICEF trucks carrying non-food items are currently on the border awaiting clearance to cross. In another development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( [...]	2003-03-31 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID EFIN IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU
03ANKARA2133	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 1: MARKETS AWAIT IMF GOOD [...] (U) Transactions volumes in Turkish financial markets were very low on April 1 am. T-bill yields were unchanged at 65 percent compounded, the lira appreciated slightly to TL 1,702,000, and the Istanbul Stock Exchange 100 index was up 1 percent. Stock market transaction volume has averaged [...]	2003-04-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2151	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 2: MARKETS QUIET, GUARDED [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish financial markets improved slightly in morning trading April 2. Local analysts see a positive scenario for the April 8 debt auctions, based on the GOT signing the IMF letter of intent, and Congress passing the aid for Turkey. The 30-week tourist season opens this wee [...]	2003-04-02 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2165	BOTAS GENERAL MANAGER BILDACI DISCHARGED [...] (U) The Ministry of Energy has officially dismissed Gokhan Bildaci from his position as Chairman and General Manager of BOTAS, the state pipeline company. This move has been expected since the AK government took over in November 2002. Bildaci told econoff he learned about his dismissal when he [...]	2003-04-03 08:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG TU
03ANKARA2170	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 3: MARKETS LIKE SECRETARY'S [...] (U) Positive local press coverage of the Secretary's April 3 visit translated into a modest bounce in local financial markets, well timed in advance of key large April 8 debt auctions. Market analysts told us the Secretary's affirmation of the bilateral relationship was helpful to general se [...]	2003-04-03 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2195	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 2 APRIL [...] (U) UN OCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 2 April at UN House in Ankara. UN OCHA, UNHCR, UNDP, UNJLC, IFRC, the American Red Cross, nine NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. The UN reported that food and non-food items transited the Turkish-Iraqi border on 29 March and 1 Ap [...]	2003-04-04 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2197	TURKISH ECONOMY APRIL 4: GOOD NEWS ON U.S. [...] (U) News that both houses of Congress passed the supplemental appropriation of $1 billion for Turkey buoyed the money markets in morning trading April 4. The lira appreciated about one percent to TL 1,655,000. The Istanbul Stock Exchange was up 2.3 percent in morning trading. The benchmar [...]	2003-04-04 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2233	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 7: FIRST T-BILL AUCTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 7, Treasury raised $844 million in the first of three T-bill auctions scheduled for April 7-8. Treasury's target is to raise a total of $3 billion ahead of $3.2 billion in debt service payments on April 9. Today's auction results came in at market expectations; the m [...]	2003-04-07 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2243	TRANCHING AND CONDITIONING OF U.S. ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Assuming Congress approves $1 billion in ESF assistance for Turkey, we expect the Turkish Government to leverage that money into the largest possible package -- $8.5 billion in long-term loans. Prime Minister Erdogan has stated this intention publicly, and numerous lower level officials [...]	2003-04-07 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA2258	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 8: SUCCESSFUL T-BILL [...] (U) Treasury raised a total of TL 3.26 quadrillion ($1.97 billion) in two debt auctions on the morning of April 8. Results were: Maturity Net Amt Compounded of Paper Sold (quad) Interest Rate --------- ----------- ------------- Oct. 8 Bill TL 0.801 57 pct Apr [...]	2003-04-08 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2292	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 9: NEWS OF U.S. AID [...] (U) On April 9 am, in the first trading session for the new T-bill issued yesterday, volume was quite high - TL 1.1 quadrillion ($670 million). Rates, however, did not decline as expected. Traders cited the local press reports that the Senate version of the U.S. aid for Turkey contains a co [...]	2003-04-09 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2315	ECONOMIC MINISTERS BATTLE FOR INFLUENCE AS ERDOGAN [...] (C) Summary: Infighting among economic ministers is hindering the Government's efforts to coordinate policy around an economic "super-minister." Deputy PM Sener, who was supposed to lead the economic team, appears to be losing influence to Finance Minister Unakitan, while State Minister Bab [...]	2003-04-09 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA2323	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 10: MARKETS DROP ON NO. [...] (U) As of 2:00 pm local time April 10, local news reports that Iraqi Kurds have taken Kirkuk are raising market concerns of a Turkish reaction that could jeopardize the U.S. aid package. T-bill yields rose nearly three percentage points to 66 percent; the lira depreciated almost two percent [...]	2003-04-10 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2347	NGO-IO COORDINATION MEETING IN ANKARA, 9 APRIL [...] (U) Summary: UNOCHA hosted an NGO/IO coordination meeting on 9 April in Ankara. UNOCHA, UNHCR, IFRC, the American Red Cross, ten NGOs and DART Field Office/North attended. UNHCR reported no refugee movements in the region. As a result, the GOT Crisis Center and the Turkish Red Crescent Socie [...]	2003-04-11 07:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AA EAID IZ MOPS PHUM PREF PREL TU WFP
03ANKARA2363	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 11: INTEREST RATES REMAIN [...] (U) At mid-day April 11, Turkish markets were quiet. FM Gul's April 10 statements that U.S. forces would prevent a (Kurdish) fait d'accompli calmed market fears of a Turkish military intervention. However, T-bill yields at week's end remain above the April 8 auction levels, meaning the Turki [...]	2003-04-11 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2419	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 14: POSITIVE PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Positive statements by IMF and GOT officials over the weekend, combined with a lessening of anxiety over Iraq, gave Turkish markets a modest lift this morning. The lira strengthened to TL 1,633,000/dollar, yields on the benchmark 4/28/04 t-bill fell to 62.31 percent, and the stock marke [...]	2003-04-14 11:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA2445	KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: TANKS FULL, NO NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) BOTAS Deputy General Manager Fuat Celepci told econoff April 15 that the oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) pipeline had stopped completely on April 9, and that no tankers had transported crude from Ceyhan since March 20. Celepc [...]	2003-04-15 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA2459	BTC OPERATIONAL ISSUES: PROGRESS, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has made progress on outstanding BTC operational issues since BTC Co sent a "material breach" letter to Energy Minister Guler on April 7. Guler has named a new manager for the BTC Directorate, and has committed to increasing the project manager's authority. These develo [...]	2003-04-15 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA2472	OUTGOING TREASURY U/S SAYS IT'S ALL ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Outgoing Treasury U/S Faik Oztrak believes Turkey has an opportunity to reduce its debt/GNP ratio and reach its five percent growth target this year if the government can restore market confidence, but he is not sure the government can and will stop giving the mixed signals that [...]	2003-04-15 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA2524	TURKEY MARKETS ENJOY A QUIET BUT POSITIVE WEEK [...] (U) Turkish markets rose steadily, if not spectacularly, this week. The lira strengthened from TL 1.65 million/dollar at the end of last week to TL 1.60 at the close of this morning's trading session. Meanwhile, yields on the benchmark 4/28/04 t-bill fell from 64.39 to 57.72 percent, and t [...]	2003-04-18 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2552	KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE: CLARIFICATION ON [...] (C) Reftel reported that BOTAS executives had informed Embassy that the storage tanks at Ceyhan were full with about 6.5 million barrels of oil from the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik (Ceyhan) pipeline. Based on questions from Washington, Embassy double-checked the figures today. BOTAS Deputy General Ma [...]	2003-04-18 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ UNSC
03ANKARA2695	TURKEY'S ECONOMY APRIL 25: POSITIVE NEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Some positive news came at the end of a relatively quiet week in Turkish markets: the GOT announced a well-regarded macro-economist bureaucrat, Ibrahim Canakci, to replace Faik Oztrak at Treasury. The Central Bank announced a 3 percentage point cut in its short-term borrowin [...]	2003-04-25 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2862	TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Iraq Reconstruction Okcun told EconCouns April 29 that Turkey would pursue an aggressive private/public sector approach to winning reconstruction contracts in Iraq. He asked if the U.S. could help by dispelling the notion that Turkish firms were at a disadvantag [...]	2003-05-02 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA2950	TURKEY'S ECONOMY MAY 6: GOOD NEWS ON INFLATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, Turkish markets continued the recent positive trend. Treasury raised TL 4.9 quadrillion (nearly $3 billion) in three T-bill auctions, achieving a debt roll-over rate this week of over 100 percent. April inflation data was under market expectations, with CPI at 2.1 p [...]	2003-05-06 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2953	UPDATE ON BOT COMPANIES IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler is continuing to pressure the BOT projects to cut their electricity tariffs, threatening parliamentary investigations or legal troubles if they do not. The BOTs, which include U.S.-owned companies Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga Enerji (Edison Mission),ha [...]	2003-05-07 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA2997	BTC CO LIFTS MATERIAL BREACH CLAIM [...] (C) Summary: BTC Co has formally informed the GOT that the government is no longer in material breach of its obligations under the BTC agreements (reftel). BTC Co CEO Michael Townshend told us he is satisfied that the GOT has resolved all outstanding operational issues, a point he reiterated [...]	2003-05-08 04:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA301	EMBASSY PRESSES AK ON ECONOMIC POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Gul January 9, emphasizing that any possible U.S. financial assistance was conditional on continued implementation of the economic reform program. Embassy delivered the same message January 9 and 13 to Treasury U/S Oztrak and [...]	2003-01-13 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA3016	ERDOGAN ADVISOR BENEFITS FROM GOT GENEROSITY TO [...] (C) Summary: Unable to fulfill his campaign pledge to raise support prices for Turkey's hazelnut farmers, Prime Minister Erdogan instead announced in February that the government would provide additional direct income support to this politically-powerful group. One of the beneficiaries of t [...]	2003-05-08 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAGR TU
03ANKARA3017	MILITARY PENSION FUND THRIVING IN TROUBLED ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Since Turkey's financial crisis in early 2001, OYAK, the Turkish military pension fund, has been one of the country's most profitable companies (it was the most profitable in 2001.) Its critics accuse OYAK of having unfair tax advantages, and see OYAK's prominence as the militar [...]	2003-05-08 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN MARR TU
03ANKARA3018	TURKISH TREASURY RAISES NEXT STEPS ON $1 BILLION [...] (SBU) On May 8, Treasury Deputy Undersecretary Aydin Karaoz raised with Acting DCM the next steps on effecting the $1 billion in U.S. assistance for Turkey. Karaoz said he had just returned from the annual EBRD meeting in Tashkent, where he had briefly discussed the issue with Treasury U/S Ta [...]	2003-05-08 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3036	MFA INQUIRY ON KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director General For Energy Hakki Akil called in Acting DCM May 8 to raise two issues of GOT concern related to the stoppage of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline. First, Akil said, Turkey's Kirikkale Refine [...]	2003-05-09 10:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3055	MFA DEMARCHE ON OFF CONTRACTS [...] (C) Head of Department for Middle East Bilateral Economic Affairs Akif Ayhan called in econoff together with the British DCM May 8 to deliver the following demarche regarding Turkey's pending Oil for Food (OFF) contracts. Ayhan said he had delivered the same demarche earlier to the Russian, C [...]	2003-05-09 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3082	NEXT STEPS ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
03ANKARA3157	USG CONTRACTOR BEGINS TO EXPORT TURKISH LPG AND [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. military contractor Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) has successfully delivered its first shipment of Turkish Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) and gasoline from Turkey to Iraq, which will be donated as humanitarian assistance to Iraqi civilians. The U.S. military has contracted K [...]	2003-05-14 04:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3190	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PIPELINES, BOT PROJECTS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Energy Minister Guler reiterated to Ambassador May 13 his personal commitment to completing BTC construction on time in Turkey, and thanked Ambassador for his reassurance that U.S. support for BTC had not decreased with the change in Iraq. Ambassador requested GOT support for th [...]	2003-05-15 08:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC GG TU IZ
03ANKARA3206	IMF READOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF resident rep in Ankara briefed us May 13 on the status of the Fifth Review. Given the number of unmet conditions at this point, the earliest date for the Fifth Review Board meeting is likely to be early July. While the GOT may meet its primary surplus criterion, there are [...]	2003-05-15 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA326	PRESSING TURKEY ON ECONOMIC REFORM: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Embassy will continue to deliver the economic reform message (reftel) in meetings with senior government officials, AK Party leaders, and key parliamentarians. In these meetings, we will remind the government that its own bureaucrats (specifically at Treasury) say they need the $1.7 bill [...]	2003-01-14 11:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3265	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: SOME POSITIVE SIGNS, BUT LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The rapid end of the Iraq war, prospect of U.S. and IMF money, and a global emerging market rally have combined to boost the Turkish currency and reduce interest rates substantially in recent weeks. Meanwhile, exports and industrial production continue to rise, while inflatio [...]	2003-05-16 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3268	MFA RAISES KIRKUK-YUMARTALIK PIPELINE AGAIN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic and Director General For Energy Hakki Akil told Econ Couns May 15 that, as the MFA had told us previously (reftel),the lack of oil flow in the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipel [...]	2003-05-17 05:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG ETTC TU IZ
03ANKARA3393	EXPORT OF TURKISH LPG AND GASOLINE TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3397	UNION OF CHAMBERS PRESIDENT BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (SBU) Influential Union of Chambers of Commerce (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarciklioglu told the Ambassador May 22 that he had returned from a three-day visit to Washington with agreement on several specific initiatives to bolster the bilateral relationship. They include: - establishing a [...]	2003-05-23 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU IZ
03ANKARA3488	POLITICIANS PRESS CENTRAL BANK TO CUT INTEREST [...] (SBU) Government ministers continue to ratchet up the pressure on the Central Bank to cut overnight interest rates, arguing that such a move is needed to weaken the recently-robust lira and prevent Turkey's growing current account deficit from deteriorating further. 2. (SBU) The pressur [...]	2003-05-28 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU

03ANKARA3536	IMF CONCLUDES STAFF MISSION: STILL MUCH WORK TO DO [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Mission Director told us May 30 that, while the staff mission had gone somewhat better than he expected, Turkish authorities still had much work to do in the next 10-14 days if they hoped to see a Fund board review by end-June. The government needs to adopt new fiscal mea [...]	2003-05-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA3693	UPDATE ON PROGRESS ON IMF REVIEW [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep (strictly protect) told us late today that he was not thrilled with the GOT's rate of progress toward meeting the conditions for the upcoming Fifth Review of the program. He expressed doubt that the government would be able to complete all of the outstanding work in time for [...]	2003-06-06 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA3707	EMBASSY DELIVERS DRAFT FINANCIAL AGREEMENT TO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) EconCouns delivered the draft financial agreement and disbursement request document to Treasury Deputy U/S Aydin Karaoz June 9, highlighting the agreement's economic and political conditions. Karaoz said he or Deputy Director Genera [...]	2003-06-09 10:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
03ANKARA3815	TURKEY ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The increasing likelihood of a delay beyond end-June in the Fifth Review under Turkey's IMF program so far has not dampened the relatively buoyant mood in the markets, as the lira continues to trade strongly against the dollar. The Central Bank intervened again this week, to [...]	2003-06-12 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA3916	FIFTH REVIEW DELAY RAISES NEW CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk indicated to us today that, even with speedy conclusion of the GOT's letter of intent, the IMF's fifth review "cannot" be completed by the end of June, bringing into full play tough end-of-June performance targets. Benign markets stem [...]	2003-06-18 04:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA3975	TURKEY WAITING FOR RESPONSE TO IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] This cable contains an action request. See paras 2 and 4. 2. Summary and action request: The GOT has proposed various types of Iraq Reconstruction assistance, including: the donation of office supplies, vegetable seeds, and two hospitals; the provision of electricity and mobile phone l [...]	2003-06-19 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA3976	UPDATE ON BOT COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary: President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) Yusuf Gunay told EconCouns June 17 that EMRA was working on a response to the recent letter from the export credit agencies regarding the BOT contracts (reftel). The U.S. BOT companies, Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga [...]	2003-06-20 05:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA400	TURKISH OFFICIALS QUESTION IRAQ IMPACT ON ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials have begun to ask about the potential impact of an Iraq operation on Turkish energy interests, raising with us the possible effect on BTC, Shah Deniz, the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, and Turkey's oil supply. BOTAS is worried about the potential impact on Iskenderun [...]	2003-01-16 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IZ AJ GG KZ TU UNSC
03ANKARA4061	CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AROUND PETKIM PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The first major sale in Turkey's ambitious 2003 privatization program is nearing the finish line, with the imminent submission of the winning bid for the state petrochemical company Petkim to Turkey's High Privatization Council for approval. The tender is engulfed in controve [...]	2003-06-25 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG TU
03ANKARA4073	TURKISH CABINENT APPROVES USE OF BASES AND PORTS [...] (C) MFA DDG for the Americas Suna Ilicak told the DCM June 25 that the Turkish cabinet earlier this week had approved the use of Turkish bases and ports for humanitarian and reconstruction operations covered under UNSCR 1483. Ilicak said the Cabinet's decision came in the form of a decree, is [...]	2003-06-25 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA4074	TURKISH MARKETS SOFTEN AS IMF CONCERNS RE-EMERGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets have softened in recent days on worries about delays in completion of the IMF program's fifth review. Two leading brokerages (JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch) reduced their exposure to Turkish assets in their models, citing IMF worries. Some progress has been regis [...]	2003-06-26 03:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV TU
03ANKARA416	THE AK GOVERNMENT'S DOMESTIC ENERGY STRATEGY: [...] (C) Summary and comment: Two months into its administration, the AK Government has not yet clearly defined its domestic energy strategy, except to announce general support for liberalization and its desire to decrease electricity prices. Although the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) [...]	2003-01-16 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA4180	MARKET FIRMS ON Q1 GROWTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish markets rebounded on July 1, helped by strong growth figures for the first quarter and a perception that relations with both the U.S. and IMF are on a positive track, following announcements of both a July 9 IMF mission and FM Gul's impending visit to Washington. The T [...]	2003-07-02 04:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV TU
03ANKARA4316	IMF MISSION BEGINS TALKS AMID GROWING MARKET ANGST [...] (SBU) Summary: An IMF team began talks in Ankara this afternoon amid growing market nervousness over U.S.-Turkish relations and continued delays in meeting the conditions for the Fifth Review under the IMF-backed program. Treasury U/S Canakci told us the government still is shooting for an IM [...]	2003-07-09 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA4358	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER GULER [...] (SBU) Summary: In his July 9 farewell call on Energy Minister Guler, Ambassador highlighted the importance of continued cooperation in developing the East-West Energy Corridor and stressed that Turkey's ability to attract foreign investment into its domestic energy market will depend heavil [...]	2003-07-11 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA4386	TURKISH REGULATORS ON TAKEOVER OF UZAN'S BANK AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish banking regulatory authorities say their July 3-4 decision to take over management (and revoke the license) of Uzan family-owned Imar Bank was the result of a severe bank liquidity squeeze, which was prompted by the government's earlier revocation of the family's energy [...]	2003-07-11 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG PGOV TU
03ANKARA4422	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (C) During a July 14 farewell call, Ambassador praised Central Bank Governor Serdengecti for his economic policy work and his cooperation with the U.S., and solicited Serdengecti's views on the issues on which the new Ambassador might want to focus. Serdengecti responded that the most impor [...]	2003-07-14 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA4480	IMF AND GOT CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON FIFTH REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF and Turkish officials are close to an agreement that would pave the way for the Fifth Review to proceed, and hope to announce agreement by Friday, July 18. Discussions this week have focused on closing the estimated $1.8 billion fiscal gap. Although there has been some tal [...]	2003-07-17 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA4528	PRIVATIZATION CHIEF SAYS SALES ARE MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: New Privatization Administration (PA) President Metin Kilci says strong political support is enabling him to proceed with long-delayed privatizations. The Higher Privatization Council's approval of the controversial sale of Petkim to the Uzan family was an important step forward [...]	2003-07-18 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA4551	FUND MISSION AND GOT REACH AGREEMENT ON LOI, SHOOT [...] (SBU) IMF Mission Director Reza Mogdaham and State Minister Ali Babacan announced July 20 that they had reached initial agreement on a Letter of Intent. In a brief telephone call, IMF ResRep (protect) advised July 21 that, assuming IMF management approval of the agreed-upon text, they hope t [...]	2003-07-21 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA4613	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON STATE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 farewell call on State Minister Ali Babacan, Ambassador noted market concerns about delays in the IMF program and possible 2004 financing difficulties, and stressed the need for the GOT to move vigorously to complete the economic reform program. He also urged the [...]	2003-07-22 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4666	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING THROWS MONKEY WRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Constitutional Court this afternoon annulled an additional tax on motor vehicles, potentially creating a $780 million budget hole just as the government was moving to fill a $1.65 billion fiscal gap as part of an agreement with the IMF. It is not clear yet [...]	2003-07-23 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA4692	LITTLE PROGRESS ON RESOLVING BOT AND CARGILL/ADM [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities are making little if any progress toward resolving the investment disputes involving U.S. power generation and starch-based sweetener companies. The BOT issue is being held up in part due to disagreements between the Energy Ministry and the Energy Market R [...]	2003-07-24 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL TU
03ANKARA470	LATEST EMBASSY MEETINGS ON ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) Embassy pressed the economic reform message January 16-17 in meetings with State Planning Under Secretary Ahmet Tiktik, Parliamentary Budget Committee Chairman Sait Acba, and AK Parliamentarian (and former Finance Minister official) Bulent Gidikli. In each of the meetings, we noted that [...]	2003-01-17 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA4770	TURKS SIGN LOI; PROBLEMS WITH TAKEOVER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish authorities signed the Letter of Intent (LOI) late July 25, paving the way for the IMF Board to complete the 5th Review as early as August 1. Agreement on the LOI came after GOT officials agreed to seek Parliamentary approval of revised motor vehicle tax legislation th [...]	2003-07-28 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA4832	BRSA PRESIDENT ON IMAR BANK PROBLEMS (ACTION [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) President Engin Akcakoca confirmed to us July 30 that the agency is facing serious difficulties trying to address the problems resulting from the discovery of massive fraud in t [...]	2003-07-31 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA4848	AVOIDING DEHAP CONTACTS WITH PKK/KADEK, KDP, PUK, [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) Action Request: MFA DG for Middle East Affairs Burcuoglu called July 31 to inform Charge that members of DEHAP (the political front of the PKK/KADEK) had entered Iraq via Jordan and had already met with refugees at UNHCR's Mahmour Refugee Camp. Ac [...]	2003-07-31 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA4912	BOTAS ON IRAQI OIL AND GAZPROM [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary. BOTAS General Manager Mehmet Bilgic told us August 1 that a 10-person BOTAS technical team was in Iraq with Iraqi officials to inspect the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline and help get the oil flowing again as soon as possible. Bilgic asked abo [...]	2003-08-05 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4914	MARKETS RALLY ON IMF/INFLATION NEWS [...] (SBU) Turkish markets rallied Monday and Tuesday on the back of good inflation news and the IMF Board's August 1 decisions to approve the 5th Review and extend 2004-2005 Turkish repurchases. The lira strengthened to 1.406 million/dollar, yields on the benchmark August 8, 2004 t-bill dropped [...]	2003-08-05 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA4956	MEETINGS WITH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR AND TREASURY [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC COUNSELOR SCOT MARCIEL FOR REASONS 1.5 (B),(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SERDENGECTI AND TREASURY U/S CANAKCI EXPRESSED CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ABOUT THE NEAR-TERM MACROECONOMIC OUTLOOK IN MEETINGS WITH EMBOFFS THAT COINCIDED WITH A CENTRAL BANK INTEREST [...]	2003-08-06 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA5075	MORE ON PRIVATIZATION,UZANS, AND BRSA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: RECENT MEETINGS WITH BANKING REGULATORS AND THE PRIVATIZATION AUTHORITY HAVE REINFORCED THE MESSAGE THAT: A) GOT OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE UZANS' FAILED PURCHASE OF PETKIM WILL NOT HVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON TURKEY'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM, BUT B) THE IMAR BANK CASE IS RATCHETING U [...]	2003-08-11 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
03ANKARA5191	TURKS IN GEAR TO DECIDE ON STABILIZATION FORCE [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (S) DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu met with Charge d'Affaires August 14 to lay out additional steps the GOT envisions towards obtaining parliamentary approval for a Turkish contribution to the Iraq stabilization force by September 15. He noted that t [...]	2003-08-14 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA5271	TURKISH AID DELEGATION PLANS TO TRAVEL TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) The Foreign Ministry advised us late August 19 that a delegation including Turkish parliamentarians, Ministry of Public Works officials, the Turkish Red Crescent, and private sector representatives plans to travel by vehicle to Iraq [...]	2003-08-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA528	ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON RUSSIAN GAS, BTC [...] (C) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told Ambassador January 15 that one of his top priorities was to renegotiate Turkey's expensive natural gas contracts with Russia. He asked if the U.S. would help him strengthen his negotiating hand vis-a-vis the Russians by tolerating -- or pretending to t [...]	2003-01-22 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET GG TU KZ ETTC
03ANKARA5313	CODEL MURTHA STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF US-TURKISH [...] (C) Visiting Congressmen Murtha and Larson assured Minister of Defense Gonul and TGS CHOD Gen Ozkok August 19 that Turkey was one of the USG's best allies and that we were looking to Turkey to contribute to reconstruction and stabilization efforts in Iraq. Gonul and Ozkok said Turkey shared o [...]	2003-08-20 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA5315	REPORTS OF IRANIANS OPENING CONSULATES IN NORTHERN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) MFA Iraq Department Head Serra Erslan telephoned us August 20 to report that the MFA had received reports that the Iranians recently had opened consulates in two cities in northern Iraq -- Irbil and Suleymaniye. Erslan said that up until [...]	2003-08-20 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA5325	FOLLOW ON TO TURKISH AID DELEGATION PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) In two August 20 diplomatic notes, the MFA advised that the aid delegation discussed in reftel will delay its travel to Iraq by one day, until August 22. The notes also provided updated information re delegation members. 2. (SBU) Action request: Embassy appreciates Department and [...]	2003-08-20 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5436	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) Summary: Senator Lugar reaffirmed to the GOT on August 20 the importance of the longstanding U.S.-Turkish relationship. In meetings with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Defense, as well as the Chief of TGS, Lugar emphasized that the [...]	2003-08-26 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER IS TU IZ
03ANKARA5546	TURKISH DELEGATION FROM IRAQ 9/04: ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. 2. (C) This is an action request. See para 4. 3. (C) Embassy received the following dip note regarding the GOT delegation planning to return from Iraq September 4. Begin Text: OAGY-II/273 dated September 2, 2003. The Ministry of Foreign Affa [...]	2003-09-03 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA5646	A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO THE BOT ISSUE? [...] (SBU) Summary: An Enron executive says a "trial balloon" floated by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) has the potential to lead to a solution to the dispute between the GOT and BOT power generating companies over pricing and other contractual issues. The idea would be for EMRA to [...]	2003-09-05 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG EFIN TU
03ANKARA5647	FIRST TURKISH POWER TO IRAQ ON SCHEDULE FOR [...] With the strong support of the GOT, Turkish power company Karadeniz Energy is preparing to export 50 megawatts of power from Turkey into the Iraqi power grid. The 2-year deal was signed with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad on August 26, with power scheduled to begin flowing Sep [...]	2003-09-05 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA5736	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TO AMBASSADOR: WE'VE MADE [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti told Ambassador September 9 that Turkey had made progress on a number of economic issues, but he remains cautious because "anything can happen." On the positive side, the economy is enjoying both growth and disinflation, the government has incr [...]	2003-09-10 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA5780	TRAVEL OF TURKS TO KIRKUK SEPT 11 BY BUS THROUGH [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-11 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC
03ANKARA5811	MORE ON ENRON BOT "TRIAL BALLOON" [...] Summary: ENRON's report of a GOT trial balloon to resolve the dispute between BOT operator Trakya (Enron) and the GOT (reftel) appears to have been overly optimistic. Yusuf Gunay, President of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA),told us he had not heard of the proposal, while Ener [...]	2003-09-13 06:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG TU
03ANKARA605	UPDATE ON TURKEY'S IMF PROGRAM [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep (protect) advised that Turkish authorities delivered late January 22 a draft Letter of Intent, along with a package of fiscal measures designed to enable the government to reach its primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GNP. ResRep said his initial impression was that the [...]	2003-01-24 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON TU
03ANKARA6071	THE 6TH REVIEW AND OUR DISBURSEMENT [...] (C) IMF Deputy ResRep (protect) told us last night that, given Turkey's strong macroeconomic performance and positive public statements by Fund management, the GOT would have to stumble badly on one or more key issues to prevent the 6th review from moving ahead in a more or less timely fashion [...]	2003-09-26 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA6144	REGULATORS COMPLAIN OF STIFF OPPOSITION TO ELECTRICITY REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-01 08:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL TU
03ANKARA6162	IMF MISSION BEGINS TALKS [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep briefed us late October 1 on the mission's first few days of talks in Ankara. Although the talks are going well, he cautioned that there is still much work to do, and it is too early to say whether the mission will be able to wrap things up during this visit, which ends Octo [...]	2003-10-01 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
03ANKARA6165	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. After years of slow motion on privatization, IMF conditions and the AK government,s more business-oriented approach seems to have led to a decisive phase in Turkey,s privatization program. How serious the GOT has become will be known by the end of the year, by when three of t [...]	2003-10-02 04:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6199	MEETING WITH TREASURY U/S CANAKCI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH ECONOFFS, TURKISH TREASURY U/S CANAKCI DESCRIBED THE STILL-EARLY STATE OF PLAY WITH THE IMF SIXTH REVIEW MISSION. CANAKCI CLAIMED THE GOT WAS ON TRACK TO MEET OR GET CLOSE TO END-YEAR INFLATION, GROWTH AND FISCAL TARGETS. HE WAS ALSO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ACHIEVING [...]	2003-10-02 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID EINV PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA6209	GOVERNMENT ON THE DEFENSIVE ON LOAN AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Under fire for having agreed to political conditions (i.e., not sending troops unilaterally into northern Iraq) in the financial agreement with the United States, the government is on the defensive. State Minister Babacan told the press last night that the "loan will be used if [...]	2003-10-02 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6241	OCTOBER 3 UPDATE ON IMF MISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep told us late today that progress in reaching agreement on measures for the 6th review had been a bit slower than they had planned, but he remained hopeful the mission could wrap things up by the end of next week. The main issues remain winning GOT political-level s [...]	2003-10-03 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6269	POWERFUL RALLY ON CONFLUENCE OF POSITIVE NEWS [...] (Sbu) Turkish markets rocketed forward on October 6 in reaction to several bits of positive news over the weekend. The High Election Council's decision not to invalidate last year's election, better-than-expected inflation numbers, GOT movement toward a parliamentary resolution on troops for [...]	2003-10-06 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA6334	FOREIGN TRADE U/S ON IRAQ/IRAN [...] (C) Foreign Trade U/S Tuncer Kayalar told us October 6 that, during his recent visit to Teheran, State Minister Kursad Tuzmen had warned Iranian President Khatami not to "play games" on nuclear issues and to avoid supporting terrorists. Khatami responded, per Kayalar, that Iran would meet its [...]	2003-10-08 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL TU IZ IR
03ANKARA6342	NO AGREEMENT WITH IMF LIKELY UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT [...] (Sbu) Summary: IMF Resident Representative told Econoffs October 8 that the Fund Mission is highly unlikely to wrap up agreement on the Sixth Review until early next week at the earliest. Though the Turkish economic team had a long meeting with the Prime Minister October 7 on the IMF issues, [...]	2003-10-08 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6377	IMAR BANK UPDATE: IS IT FAIR TO BLAME BRSA? [...] (C) Summary: Post's banking contacts tend to defend BRSA, despite its failure to detect Imar Bank's problems. The bankers believe BRSA either could not have acted earlier due to the Uzans' power or could not detect the fraud becaus of its sophistication. One former bank inspector at the Centr [...]	2003-10-10 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA6390	INVESTMENT DISPUTES: PROGRESS FOR CARGILL/ADM, [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT announced October 9 that it will will increase the quota for non-sugar sweetener producers to 15 percent of the total sugar quota for the year that began September 1, which means Cargill and ADM can avoid potentially ruinous production cuts. Cargill, however, is still [...]	2003-10-10 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS ETRD PGOV TU
03ANKARA6420	MFA RAISES PROBLEM WITH U.S. FINANCIAL AGREEMENT'S [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) At the end of a meeting on other issues (reported septel) with the Ambassador October 14, MFA U/S Ziyal said the GOT has a serious problem with the U.S. Financial Agreement (FA). "We may not be able to finalize it," he said, sp [...]	2003-10-14 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA6422	IMF CLOSE TO AGREEMENT ON SIXTH REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Odd Per Brekk told econoff the IMF mission is close to agreement with the GOT on a Letter of Intent. The budget issues have been worked out and Brekk believes the Prime Minister has accepted a version of the direct tax reform the Fund can live with. [...]	2003-10-14 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
03ANKARA6423	BOT PROBLEMS STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (SBU) According to representatives from Enron and Doga (Edison Mission),the Turkish government is making no serious effort to resolve BOT problems, and the Energy Ministry (MENR) and Energy Market Regulaory Authority (EMRA) remain at odds on how to proceed. Enron's lawyer recently told EconC [...]	2003-10-15 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6448	TURKEY REACHES AGREEMENT WITH IMF STAFF ON SIXTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE IMF STAFF AND THE GOT ANNOUNCED AGREEMENT TODAY ON A LETTER OF INTENT FOR THE SIXTH REVIEW. TO MEET THE FISCAL TARGET, THE GOT OPTED TO RAISE TAXES ON AUTOS AND ALCOHOL. THE CENTRAL BANK CUT ITS OVERNIGHT BORROWING RATE 3 PERCENTAGE POINTS. THE TIMING OF THE RATE CUT ON THE [...]	2003-10-15 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
03ANKARA6554	LATEST NEWS ON 2003 AND 2004 PRIVATIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary. President of the Privatization Authority (PA) and Treasury Undersecretariat Director General for State Economic Enterprises updated Econoffs on the progress of the 2003 privatization and workforce reduction programs and expectations for 2004. The 2003 privatization program app [...]	2003-10-20 10:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU EINV
03ANKARA6568	AMBASSADOR AND STATE MINISTER TUZMEN DISCUSS TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: The highlight of the Ambassador's October 14 call on State Minister Kursad Tuzmen was that -- for the first time in living memory -- Tuzmen did not push for U.S. lifting of textile quotas, saying the strong lira meant Turkish exporters could not even fill existing quotas. Tuz [...]	2003-10-21 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EINV TU IZ IR
03ANKARA6612	GOT DECIDES TO TAKE OVER BOT COMPANIES [...] (SBU) Summary. The longstanding disputes between Build Operate Transfer (BOT) electricity generation plants and the Turkish government may have reached a new level due to the government's apparent decision to take over these facilities on what appears to be the presumption of corruption. Ac [...]	2003-10-22 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6623	MEETINGS WITH GOT AND IMF ON SIXTH REVIEW, BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The GOT needs to take several actions--mostly submission of legislation to parliament--before signature of a Letter of Intent, expected by early next week. Additional actions will be needed before the IMF Board vote, expected mid-November. The GOT is making fiscal adjustments o [...]	2003-10-22 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
03ANKARA6696	ENERGY MINISTRY DENIES BOT TAKEOVER PLANS [...] (SBU) Energy Minister Guler issued a statement denying the GOT would consider seizing BOTs, but continuing to pressure companies over high electricity prices. Separately, in a meeting with Econoffs, the Energy Ministry Undersecretary took a similar line. The ENRON BOT told Post it has yet t [...]	2003-10-24 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA6780	THE LIRA'S OCTOBER DECLINE [...] (Sbu) Summary: After a long rally, Turkish markets have turned down over the past two weeks, although there has been little in the way of high-profile, market-jolting bad news. Instead, the markets, especially the foreign exchange market, have turned around due to a combination of seasonal fac [...]	2003-10-30 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
03ANKARA6860	TURKEY AND DONOR STRATEGIES FOR AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Turkey's Coordinator for Afghan and Iraq Assistance Ambassador Okcun, Turkey takes very seriously its commitments to Afghan and Iraq Reconstruction. Turkey has already fulfilled its USD 5 million commitment for Afghanistan and is eager to disburse its USD 50 millio [...]	2003-11-04 10:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN IZ PGOV PREL TU
03ANKARA6886	MEETING WITH TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Econoff conveyed to Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci that the U.S. would not revisit the political conditionality in the FA. Canakci explained that, although the Treasury had originally intended merely to seek approval from the Council of Ministers, the GOT is now debating [...]	2003-11-04 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA7051	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: UPDATE: ONE STEP FORWARD, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish government has canceled the privatization of Tekel,s tobacco operations, because bids submitted were far lower than expected. Though the cancellation is a blow to the privatization program, the government did accept the high bid for the smaller alcohol side of Tekel [...]	2003-11-13 06:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TU
03ANKARA706	AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM ON ECONOMIC REFORM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told Deputy Prime Minister Sener January 28 that Turkey was now seriously off-track on its IMF program, that USG assistance was conditioned on both military cooperation and implementation of the reform program, and that it would be impossible for the USG to agree to ass [...]	2003-01-28 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL TU
03ANKARA7103	ENRON'S RESPONSE TO BOT PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. ENRON's lawyer has forwarded a proposal to AK Party Vice-Chair Reha Denemec in an attempt to reach a compromise with the Ministry of Energy (MENR) over its BOT project. ENRON continues to demand an unconditional license and appears anxious to resolve the dispute over electrici [...]	2003-11-14 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7113	GOT CLAIMS VESSEL TRAFFIC SYSTEM NOT FULLY [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkish Maritime Undersecretariat officials told us that the testing phase of the Vessel Traffic System (VTS) in the Istanbul area would have to be extended beyond the end-October deadline due to technical problems. Turkish Coastal Safety and Ship Rescue Management Director G [...]	2003-11-14 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7180	DOGA ENERGY'S RESPONSE TO BOT PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. DOGA Energy sent a letter to us explaining how it has responded to speculative reports attributed to GOT sources about alleged corruption in the DOGA Energy BOT Project. DOGA contends that the contracts were vetted and approved by the relevant GOT authorities. The main source [...]	2003-11-18 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7274	TURKEY AND RUSSIA REACH COMPROMISE ON GAS [...] (U) GOT officials have confirmed that BOTAS has reached a compromise with Gazprom's sales company Gazexport, following 11 months of negotiations, but have not made any official announcements detailing the new price, except to state that it was a competitive price, similar to the one applied [...]	2003-11-20 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA7442	ENERGY REGULATOR PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM [...] (C) Summary. EconCouns met with Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) President Yusuf Gunay for an update on energy issues, including the pending Petroleum Law, electricity market reform, gas market reform, and Build-Operate-Transfer disputes. Gunay had mixed feelings about the Petrole [...]	2003-12-04 11:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA753	BTC UPDATE FROM TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: BTC construction in Turkey is on schedule (first pipe is scheduled to arrive at Iskenderun port on February 7) and on budget; however, there is some concern that the change in government has slowed down the decision-making process on operational issues. We believe that occasiona [...]	2003-01-29 17:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA763	IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTS ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON [...] (C) On December 12, the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Turkey submitted a note to the Turkish General Staff (TGS) requesting authorization to ship humanitarian daily rations (HDRs) from the US to Turkey. The ODC letter noted that the purpose is to have rations stored in Turkey in the eve [...]	2003-01-30 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL TU
03ANKARA7784	AMBASSADOR AND BABACAN DISCUSS FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (C) At the end of their December 17 discussion on economic and investment issues (septel),Ambassador told State Minister Babacan that, in response to the Prime Minister's request, the U.S. was exploring ways -- within the parameters of ou [...]	2003-12-19 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA7918	EX-BRSA CHAIR AKCAKOCA COMMENTS ON BANKING SECTOR, INVESTIGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ex-BRSA Chairman Engin Akcakoca complained to us recently that the police raid on his house, which uncovered confidential documents he had kept from BRSA, was a politically-motivated set-up. Numerous current and former officials, he said, had called offering support and confidin [...]	2003-12-24 08:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA7992	TURKISH EXPORTS TO IRAQ FLOURISHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions with Turkish business executives and economists support the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat's reports that Turkish exports to Iraq are booming. In fact, some in the private sector argue that actual exports exceed official figures, with one prominent economist specu [...]	2003-12-30 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA854	THIS IS THE WEEK TO PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT TRADE [...] (C) We understand that Washington agencies have been working hard over the past few weeks to develop a trade package that we could offer to Turkey as part of our effort to get the Turks to "yes" on Iraq. From our limited point of view, this is decision week. If we are to influence Turkey's [...]	2003-02-03 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON TU
03ANKARA935	TURKISH PETROLEUM OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BUSINESS IN A [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Petroleum Agency (TPAO) is optimistic about business opportunities in a post-sanctions Iraq. TPAO Vice President Bakiler believes TPAO will be well-placed to sign exploration and production agreements that the company has been negotiating for years with Iraq, and to [...]	2003-02-06 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ GG KZ TU
03ANKARA964	HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) During its January 27 to 29 visit to Ankara, the U.S. Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) discussed contingency planning for a possible humanitarian crisis arising from the situation in Iraq with the GOT, representatives of the KDP and PUK administrations in northern Iraq, a representative [...]	2003-02-07 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ MOPS OTRA PREF PREL TU
03ISTANBUL1015	MARKET ANALYSTS OPTIMISTIC FOR THE SHORT-TERM, BUT [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts have welcomed recent progress in Turkey-IMF relations and indications that the oft-delayed fifth review can be wrapped up by early to mid-August. As a result they are "optimistic" for [...]	2003-07-23 12:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1068	NEW STUDIES HIGHLIGHT FRAGILE RECOVERY [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Summary: Two new national surveys of Turkish companies highlight signs of recovery from the devastating financial crisis of 2001. The studies, carried out separately by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ISO) and the Is [...]	2003-07-31 06:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
03ISTANBUL1200	ISTANBUL ECONOMISTS CHEER RECENT GOOD NEWS, BUT [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2.(SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts are pleasantly surprised by recent positive developments in the economy, and accept the rationale for the IMF's preemptive decision to reschedule much of Turkey's 2004 and 2005 debt repay [...]	2003-08-14 14:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1364	UNEMPLOYMENT: TURKEY'S OTHER CRISIS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: While market attention is focused on IMF program implementation and the sustainability of Turkey's debt, joblessness and underemployment remain the key preoccupations of the bulk of the Turkish population. [...]	2003-09-16 05:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1449	WEIGHING CORPORATE TURKEY'S FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengcti this month added his voice to those expressing concern about the risks to the Turkish economy posed by the growing open positions of companies in the real sector. Observers agree that while the Turkish banking sector-- whose own open pos [...]	2003-09-30 13:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1849	MACROECONOMIC RESULTS BRING OPTIMISM IN ISTANBUL, [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recent soundings among leading Istanbul market analysts and participants highlight the extent to which Turkey's continued strong macroeconomic performance has left them more optimistic about the future. With s [...]	2003-12-18 10:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1872	TOURISM'S POSTWAR REBOUND FACES TERROR CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tourism industry executives are again wondering what the future holds for their sector following November's suicide bombings in Istanbul. The attacks interrupted a strong sectoral recovery that saw visitor figures surpass last year's level by the end of November, and tourism r [...]	2003-12-23 12:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL280	MARKET PLAYERS FACE THE NEW REALITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul market analysts are grappling with the new political landscape following Saturday's parliamentary vote against permitting U.S. troops. The development was a shock: despite difficulties in negotiations, the market had long assumed (and priced in) a positive outcome. [...]	2003-03-04 10:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL294	TURKS WEIGH AN IRAQ OPERATION'S TOURISM IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish government and tourism industry officials are bracing in anticipation of a sharp downturn in tourism in the event of an Iraq operation. The sector, Turkey's largest foreign exchange earner, turned in a good performance in 2002, earning over 10 billion USD (27 percent o [...]	2003-03-07 11:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL418	ISTANBUL ECONOMIC ANALYSTS: LOOKING FOR A LIFELINE [...] (SBU) Summary: After a rocky start to the week on Monday, word that the U.S. Iraq supplemental contains 1 billion USD for Turkey has been seized on as a lifeline by Istanbul markets and analysts. Concern persists about the sustainability of Turkey's debt, however. Analysts suggest any probl [...]	2003-03-27 14:33:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL465	ISTANBUL ECONOMIC PESSIMISM: "MUDDLING THROUGH" AS [...] (SBU) Summary: While not quite so pessimistic as they were two weeks ago about Turkey's immediate economic prospects, Istanbul financial analysts remain decidedly gloomy about the country's mid-term future. All agree that the Treasury seems to have next week's debt auction well in hand. In [...]	2003-04-07 08:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL635	TURKEY'S BANKING SECTOR: ON FIRMER GROUND, BUT NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Industry and government contacts in Istanbul and Ankara concur that Turkey's banking sector has improved considerably since the 2001 crisis. Government moves to impose effective and independent oversight through the creation of the Banking Regulatory and Supervision Agency (BR [...]	2003-05-05 10:03:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
03ISTANBUL671	ISTANBUL IN THE SPRINGTIME: RESURGENT OPTIMISM [...] (SBU) Summary: As a belated spring bursts forth on the Bosphorus following an unusually cold and protracted winter, "spring is also in the air" in Istanbul business circles. The resurgent optimism stems from speedy conclusion to the war in Iraq and belief that its short-term cost for Turkey w [...]	2003-05-09 13:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ISTANBUL777	TACKLING TURKEY'S PRODUCTIVITY GAP: MICRO MATTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: While most attention in Turkey remains focused on the country's macroeconomic fundamentals, a new McKinsey Global Institute report is directing attention to the productivity gap that separates Turkey from the U.S. and Europe and the microeconomic reforms that must be taken to c [...]	2003-05-31 09:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL796	EXPORTS REMAIN STRONG, BUT LIRA WORRIES PERSIST [...] (SBU) Summary: New figures released by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) on June 2 show that Turkey's exporters withstood the challenge of a strengthening lira and set a new monthly export record of USD 3.9 billion in May, a 30.7 percent increase over 2002. For the year ending May 31, exp [...]	2003-06-03 15:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03KUWAIT1062	HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT #1 24 [...] This is the initial USG Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) daily cable that will report on the humanitarian situation within Iraq from Kuwait City. End Summary. ------------- DART ARRIVALS ------------- 2. Team West is fully constituted with the arrival of NGaertner and JAcree. [...]	2003-03-24 18:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP

03KUWAIT1080	USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] The DART is expecting the delivery of relief supplies to the warehouse in Kuwait within the week. On 23 March, a WFP plane arrived at Kuwait International Airport with 40 MT of high-energy biscuits, and on 24 March, two shipments of wheat donated by the Australian Government departed Muscat [...]	2003-03-25 17:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF MOPS PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ WFP
03KUWAIT1103	USAID HUMANITARIAN/RECONSTRUCTION SITUATION REPORT [...] On 25 March, the Health Fusion Cell met with representatives in water and sanitation, civil governance, and OTI to strategize on health and water assessments, funding capabilities, and interventions. CA assessments have begun in Safwan to determine the condition of the 5,000 people who are i [...]	2003-03-26 16:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PREL ASEC AMGT OTRA IZ KU WFP
03KUWAIT1104	USAID/DART NORTHERN IRAQ UPDATE [...] There has been no new influx of IDPs in northern Iraq since Iraq closed and mined the roads from the South. The ICRC confirmed that movements in the Kurdish-controlled areas were small compared to recent media reports. On 24 March MCI reported that people have begun returning to Sulaimaniyah [...]	2003-03-26 16:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03YEREVAN2803	GOAM OFFERS CONDOLENCES TO TURKEY AFTER ISTANBUL [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John Ordway for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: The GOAM responded to the November 20 terrorist attacks in Istanbul with a public statement of condemnation, followed by a telephone call by Armenian FM Oskanian to Turkish FM Gul on November 22. The att [...]	2003-11-24 11:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM
04ANKARA136	TURKEY'S ECONOMY: WHY WE NEED TO KEEP UP THE [...] (C) Summary: Government leaders are celebrating a successful economic year, with inflation dropping to 18.4 percent, growth near the 5 percent target, and interest rates on the massive public debt falling dramatically. The sense of crisis has faded. The AK Government deserves some credit f [...]	2004-01-09 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PGOV ETRD TU
04ANKARA1861	ANOTHER INVESTMENT PROBLEM: THE CASE OF THE OIL [...] (SBU) Lawyers representing U.S.-based Toreador Resources Corporation called on the Ambassador March 22 to seek the Mission's assistance in resolving a problem that is preventing Toreador from repatriating the proceeds of its $53 million capital investment in Turkey. They explained that the [...]	2004-03-29 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET PREL TU
04ANKARA1929	TURK TELEKOM PRIVATIZATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a Privatization Authority (PA) official, the PA is trying to apply lessons learned from the aborted privatization of Tekel,s tobacco operations (Ref) to the Turk Telekom (TT) privatization: Managing the expectations of potential investors, public officials and o [...]	2004-04-02 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA1988	ILSA DEMARCHE TO TURKEY [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel points April 5 to MFA Deputy Director General for Energy Hakki Akil, pointing out that development of a pipeline to carry Iranian natural gas to Europe via Turkey would raise serious issues related to both U.S. law (ILSA) and U.S. policy. Per reftel, A/DCM stresse [...]	2004-04-05 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ENRG AU TU IR
04ANKARA2075	PRESENTING DEPARTMENT REACTION TO MFA VOLUNTARY [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-09 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL SENV TU
04ANKARA218	UPDATE ON FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) In Ambassador's January 12 conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal, as well as in his recent discussions with the Prime Minister, Finance Minister Unakitan, and State Minister Babacan, the Turks have acknowledged that the complications surrounding the conditionality in the Financial Agreement are [...]	2004-01-13 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2446	SOUTHEAST TURKEY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK PESSIMISTIC, [...] (C) Summary: Reporting officers traveling in southeast Turkey April 19-22 heard negative economic outlooks from a broad array of contacts, as well as reports of some continuing religious freedom restrictions. Contacts said implementation of the recently passed Turkish EU reform packet laws [...]	2004-04-30 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON MARR TU IZ
04ANKARA2560	TURKEY SAYS "NO THANKS" TO TDA FEASIBILITY STUDY [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Middle East Affairs Sakir Fakili told EconCouns May 5 that, while Turkish authorities appreciated the U.S. offer (reftel) for TDA to conduct a feasibility study on a second Turkish-Iraqi border crossing, they felt such assistance was unnecessary given that [...]	2004-05-06 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA2599	CONTINUED SELL-OFF IN TURKISH MARKETS [...] (Sbu) Summary: The sell-off continued in Turkish markets this week, with bursts of nervous selling Thursday and Friday driving the lira to new lows for the year. A bad week for global emerging markets was exacerbated in the Turkish case by increased tension between the Government and the milit [...]	2004-05-07 17:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2628	TURKISH GOVERNMENT INTEREST RATES SPIKE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish markets' sell-off accelerated Monday with equities, the lira, and, especially government securities falling sharply. The increase in interest rates on government debt was very large for a single day, with rates over 30 percent for the first time in 2004. In Turkey's cas [...]	2004-05-10 17:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA2697	ADVANCING OUR ECONOMIC INTERESTS IN TURKEY AHEAD [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Eric S. Edelman. Reason: 1.4(b,d) 2. (C) Summary: We have time to make one more hard push to advance our core economic interests in Turkey ahead of the end-June Presidential visit and NATO Summit. We need to use every opportunity during this period to enc [...]	2004-05-12 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ETRD PTER TU
04ANKARA2699	MEETINGS WITH BANK REGULATORY BODY CHAIRMAN,IMF [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank regulatory board Chairman Bilgin and IMF Deputy ResRep Klingen expressed concerns about a recent court ruling over the failure of Demir and Kent Banks, which could open the door to failed banks owners getting new banking licenses. Bilgin and Central Bank Vice-Governor Basc [...]	2004-05-12 17:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA2743	SHARING THE GMEI SUPPORT PLAN: TURKEY [...] (C) We delivered ref A points and ref B Plan of Support on May 14 to Turkish MFA Policy Planning Department Head Akcapar and Middle East Department Section Chief Sekizkok. Per ref A, we modified ref B cover letter to include a paragraph reading "We are conveying this to you at this point to [...]	2004-05-14 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU KMPI
04ANKARA2874	FUTURE IMF ROLE IN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Post offers its analysis of issues associated with the IMF's future role in Turkey. In our view, the primary goals are to reduce the Fund's exposure and to encourage Turkey to implement sound policies and pursue the reform road to sustainable growth. In theory, [...]	2004-05-21 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA2915	TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY ON IMF, U.S. MONEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Treasury U/S Canakci told Econoffs May 24 that the GOT would decide soon about both the U.S. Financial Agreement and the future IMF role. Econoffs delivered ref a financial points. Despite the recnt market downturn, Canakci was confident about Treasury's financing position for [...]	2004-05-25 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL TU
04ANKARA3008	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-01 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3088	PM ERDOGAN'S TRIP TO SEA ISLAND: DELIVERABLES [...] (S) Summary: With the invitation for PM Erdogan to attend the Sea Island G-8, we have three opportunities for POTUS/PM interaction in the next month: Sea Island, the POTUS Ankara visit and the NATO Summit. This intense U.S./Turkish contact comes amid domestic pressure about the role of Isl [...]	2004-06-04 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CASC CY ECON IZ PHUM PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA3123	U.S.-TURKEY FINANCIAL AGREEMENT [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador reiterated to MFA U/S Ziyal June 4 that the U.S. considered negotiations on changes to the language in the financial agreement to be over. Referring to local press reports from that morning quoting Prime Minister Erdogan as saying that Turkey would not [...]	2004-06-07 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3203	IMF TEAM LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT FINANCING GAP, [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IMF Mission Chief Moghadam told Econcouns that Turkish officials had told him the GOT will not ratify the U.S. FA because President Sezer has said he would veto it. Note: The GOT has not said this to us directly. End Note. With most analysts believing the GOT will have a [...]	2004-06-09 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA3257	UPDATE ON THE (STALLED) PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-10 17:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EIND ECON TU
04ANKARA3409	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR, IMF RESREP FRET ABOUT GOT [...] (C) Summary: In June 13-14 conversations, Central Bank Governor Serdengecti and IMF ResRep Brekk complained about the GOT's approach toward a possible follow-on Fund program. Brekk said the government was in effect asking the Fund how much it could provide, without making any policy commitmen [...]	2004-06-15 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA3412	POST THOUGHTS ON WORLD BANK LOAN [...] (C) Summary: The first tranche of the PFPSAL3 loan going to the World Bank board June 17 overlaps substantially with the IMF program on fiscal and banking issues and, in several areas, is justified on the basis of the GOT's renewed engagement with the Bank and agreements on actions to be take [...]	2004-06-15 16:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA342	AMBASSODOR AND FINANCE MINISTER ON THE ECONOMY AND [...] (SBU) In a January 16 meeting, Ambassador congratulated Finance Minister Unakitan on Turkey's economic successes in 2003, but warned that the recovery remained fragile and that the GOT needed to implement the reform program fully. He predicted that the Prime Minister would hear similar comment [...]	2004-01-20 09:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3429	MEETING WITH BANK REGULATORY BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (Sbu) Summary: Bank Regulatory Board (BRSA) Chairman Tevfik Bilgin told econcouns June 14 that his priority is preparation for the lifting of the blanket guarantee on deposits July 5, specifically monitoring to ensure there is no flight of deposits from private to state-owned banks. Bilgin rev [...]	2004-06-16 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA3503	GOT MOVES SLOWLY TO COMPLETE 8TH REVIEW, NOT READY [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep Odd Per Brekk told us June 21 that the IMF mission working on the 8th review expected to leave June 22 (later than expected),but he still was not sure whether they would resolve all issues before their departure. The main outstanding issue concerns the GOT's insistence on c [...]	2004-06-21 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3585	UNEVEN GROWTH IN THE REAL ECONOMY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite relatively strong GNP growth, local economists and businesspeople paint a mixed picture for Turkey,s real economy, with surging sales in interest-rate sensitive sectors like autos, white goods, and televisions, but a less rosy picture in labor-intensive sectors like te [...]	2004-06-24 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TU
04ANKARA3662	IMF, TURKEY EXPECT TO SIGN LOI FOR 8TH REVIEW NEXT [...] (SBU) IMF ResRep told us June 28 that the recently-completed Mission had resolved most outstanding issues, although the work was harder and took longer than expected. He predicted they would sign the Letter of Intent for the 8th Review next week, enabling the IMF Board to complete the review [...]	2004-06-29 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA3677	"THE LAST COMMUNIST TOWN IN TURKEY" [...] (Sbu) Summary: A trip to two Black Sea towns dominated by steel and coal parastatals, provided a glimpse of two very different state-owned companies. The coal company is a perennial money-loser with backward technology, a politically powerful, highly-paid, unionized labor force, with nary a [...]	2004-06-29 17:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EIND PGOV TU
04ANKARA3764	TURKISH MFA CLAIMS ARMENIA WILLING TO DISCUSS NK [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Caucasus Department Head Murat Adali portrays the June 28 meeting during the Istanbul NATO Summit between Turkish FM Gul and Armenian FM Oskanian, and a follow-on trilateral meeting including Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov, as steps forward in resolving the Nagorno Karab [...]	2004-07-07 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ AM PBTS TU
04ANKARA4095	TURKEY READY FOR FOR 8TH IMF REVIEW, 2005 STILL UP [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF Executive Board has scheduled its eighth review of Turkey's performance under its stand-by program for July 30. The Board will also discuss an IMF staff "Article IV" report on Turkey's economic developments and policies over the last three years. Turkish officials a [...]	2004-07-22 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL TU
04ANKARA4127	DAS KENNEDY HIGHLIGHTS REFORM AT TURKISH TREASURY [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Kennedy highlighted to the Turkish Treasury chief the importance of Turkey keeping its economic recovery on track by continuing and intensifying reforms and attracting long-term investment. Although the GOT has not yet decided on what form its relationship with the IMF [...]	2004-07-26 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL TU
04ANKARA4274	TURKEY LOOKS FOR ECONOMIC SWEETENERS FOR EU [...] (C) Summary. In an apparent effort to secure France's support for Turkey's EU bid, Prime Minister Erdogan offered contracts or potential contracts to French companies during his July trip to Paris. This includes Turkish Airlines' purchase of 36 mid-size Airbus jets, suggestions that Turkey [...]	2004-08-02 08:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR BEXP FR TU
04ANKARA433	TUPRAS AND OTHER PRIVATIZATION NEWS [...] (SBU) On 16 January EconCounselor and EconOff met with Privatization Authority (PA) President Meltin Kilci to review recent events in the Tupras sale (Ref A) and discuss upcoming events. Kilci was clearly relieved finally to have an (apparently) successful tender in a major privatization, and [...]	2004-01-23 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL TU
04ANKARA464	IMF RESREP: TURKEY IS OFF TRACK [...] (C) Summary: Despite diplomatic public statements, the first stage of the IMF's Seventh Review Mission found Turkey to be seriously off-track, according to IMF Resrep Odd Per Brekk. The backsliding is notable with regard to two "pillars" of the program--fiscal discipline and banking sector re [...]	2004-01-23 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA514	TERRORIST FINANCING: TURKISH MFA ON EU EXTENDING [...] (C) Summary: In two meetings with Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Research and Intelligence Kemal Asya, Econoffs delivered ref B talking points, emphasizing the need for Turkey to work closely with those EU countries that favor designation of Kadek and Kongra Gel, and to provide maximum [...]	2004-01-27 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN TU IZ
04ANKARA5698	SECRETARY ABRAHAM,S SEPTEMBER 21 BILATERAL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham and Turkey Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered a range of energy issues in a meeting in Istanbul on September 21. Areas identified for continued and deepened cooperation were Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline completion in mid 2005; promotion [...]	2004-10-04 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT EMIN ETRD EINV OVIP TU
04ANKARA5791	Turkish Business: EU Accession Talks Not Enough [...] (SBU) Summary. Strong advocates of EU membership, leaders of Turkey's business community see accession negotiations as another step in a long, arduous process of economic and political change that will eventually make Turkey a more "normal" country. In contrast to their political counterpa [...]	2004-10-13 06:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TU
04ANKARA5999	SLOW MOVEMENT ON IMF NEGOTIATIONS [...] (Sbu) Summary: According to the IMF Resrep, negotiations with the GOT on a new Standby are moving forward slowly. Though a major step was achieved with agreement on headline 2005 budget numbers, the details of tax reforms and the absence of progress on a banking law remain to be sorted out. [...]	2004-10-21 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6026	Problems with Banking Law Negotiations [...] (Sbu) Summary: Despite months of extensive consultation with bankers, and an explicit-but now postponed-IMF deadline, a new banking law drafted by Turkish regulators is considered far too restrictive by both bankers and the IMF. Bank regulators and the GOT are working to revise the text, but t [...]	2004-10-22 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6075	TWO VIEWS ON STATE BANKS [...] (Sbu) Summary: In separate meetings, a World Bank expert and a state-owned bank executive provided contrasting views on state bank privatization issues. The World Bank expert is taking a fresh, somewhat skeptical look at the Bank's privatization strategy, and seemed to share some of the USG c [...]	2004-10-26 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6135	IMF BOARD VOTE UNLIKELY BEFORE EU DECISION [...] (C) Summary. Contrary to its expectations of concluding a letter of intent by October 26, the IMF team negotiating a new Stand-by program left Turkey having made little progress on key program components. These include: specific tax measures for 2005 (with the GOT keen on a Fund-opposed VAT r [...]	2004-10-28 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA6213	A GLIMPSE OF URBAN POVERTY IN TURKEY [...] (Sbu) Summary: With the USG about to disburse $9 million to supplement a social welfare project providing cash payments to poor mothers who keep their children in school, and with $6 million in the pipeline from the Department of Labor with similar objectives to combat child labor, econoffs me [...]	2004-11-03 06:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI TU
04ANKARA6426	GOT TECHNOCRATS ON IMF NEGOTIATIONS: SLOW BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish economic technocrats describe slow but steady progress on the many issues outstanding when the IMF mission left Ankara late last month, including social security reform, VAT tax rates, and a new banking law. Difficult political decisions remain to be made -- particular [...]	2004-11-17 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6427	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON MACRO SITUATION, MONETARY [...] (Sbu) Summary: Turkey's Central Bank Governor is optimistic about disinflation and downplays the risk inherent in the current account deficit. He favors a cautious approach to moving monetary policy to explicit inflation-targeting. Serdengecti is opposed to forgiving Turkish claims on Iraq. [...]	2004-11-17 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU IZ
04ANKARA6480	TURKEY TELECOM SECTOR: LIBERALIZATION IS HARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A combination of poor service and high costs for telecom and information technology users impedes foreign investment and hampers Turkey's global competitiveness. While many Turkish officials express commitment and optimism, telecom sector liberalization is proceeding slowly, [...]	2004-11-19 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV TU
04ANKARA6491	A SNAPSHOT OF PRIVATIZATION IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After a long period of inaction on major privatizations, the GOT is attempting to move forward with its largest ticket items--including Turkey's telecom monopoly, Turk Telecom; petroleum refining company, Tupras; Tekel's tobacco arm; Petkim and Turkish Airlines (THY); and steel [...]	2004-11-19 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
04ANKARA6594	IMF CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT NEW PROGRAM CAN BE [...] (C) Summary: A third and hopefully final IMF mission negotiating a new 3-year stand-by program will return to Turkey November 30 with hopes of concluding discussions before EU leaders meet December 17. The IMF's return follows what both the IMF and Turks view as substantial progress on Tur [...]	2004-11-26 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
04ANKARA6673	TURK TELECOM FINALLY TO BE PRIVATIZED? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The long-awaited opening of the tender process for the privatization of Turkey's fixed line telecom monopoly, Turk Telecom (TT),was announced on November 25, with the Privatization Administration (PA) seeking bids through the end of next May for a 55 percent block sale to a "s [...]	2004-12-01 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECPS PGOV TU
04ANKARA6700	Turkish Markets Uneasy Over EU News Flow [...] (SBU) Summary: As analysts had long expected, the approach of the December 17 EU decision is generating increased volatility in Turkish financial markets. A market-worrying flow of news on the EU front was the leading factor in a sell-off during the last few days in November. Though markets [...]	2004-12-03 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA6947	TURKEY AND IMF ANNOUNCE BROAD AGREEMENT ON A NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF and the Turkish Government have announced agreement on the broad outlines of a new three-year program. Though final details will need to be wrapped up before a Letter of Intent can be signed, and an IMF board vote will not take place until January, the GOT and IMF succe [...]	2004-12-14 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV TU
04ANKARA7000	JUST IN CASE: NO NEED FOR TURKISH TREASURY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Treasury officials tell us they have prepared for the possibility of a worse-than-expected EU scenario by obviating the need to borrow for the coming month. More broadly, in 2005 Treasury is targeting an increase in the average maturity of its domestic market Turkish li [...]	2004-12-16 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
04ANKARA7040	DEBT REDUCTION FOR IRAQ - FOLLOW UP WITH TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Treasury DAS Loevinger pressed both the Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the Central Bank Governor on the Iraq debt issue. The Governor resisted and the Undersecretary asked for more information. Separately, the DCM delivered ref A talking points to Foreign Ministr [...]	2004-12-17 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU IZ
04ANKARA7105	EU DECISION PROMPTS MARKET RALLY AND INTEREST RATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU decision to give Turkey a date for accession negotiations, underpinned by the news earlier in the week of a new IMF program, sparked a rally in Turkish financial markets. Though the markets ended up on Friday, confusion over what was really happening in Brussels created [...]	2004-12-21 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA808	MEETING WITH BANK REGULATORY BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (Sbu) Summary. In his first meeting with Econcouns, Bank Regulatory Board Chairman Tevfik Bilgin claimed he was fully independent and laid out his vision of a strong bank regulator, working closely with the newly-separate deposit guarantee agency. Bilgin commented on lessons learned from the [...]	2004-02-11 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
04ANKARA881	TURKISH MARKETS RALLY ON HOPES FOR A CYPRUS [...] (U) Summary: Turkish markets, especially the stock exchange, have soared this week on the encouraging news out of New York regarding Cyprus. Turkish markets attach particular importance to the Cyprus issue because it is linked to Turkey's EU accession prospects. As of mid-day Friday, Turkish [...]	2004-02-13 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
04ANKARA953	DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUND SEIZES CONTROL OF UZAN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Congen Istanbul cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Savings Deposit Insurance Fund (SDIF) moved on Saturday, February 14 to seize control of 219 companies owned by the controversial Uzan family in the latest episode of the protracted conflict between the fa [...]	2004-02-19 05:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA955	TURKEY WAITING FOR IMPROVED DONOR COORDINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's Coordinator for Afghan and Iraq Assistance Ambassador Okcun said Turkey is ready to start disbursing its USD 50 million pledge for Iraq Reconstruction, but is waiting for better coordination among donors. Okcun will participate in the preparatory meeting for the Inte [...]	2004-02-19 05:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID EFIN IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ISTANBUL1728	ISTANBUL BUSINESS LEADERS FOCUS ON EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings the week of November 8, Istanbul business leaders told visiting State Department Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Rockwell Schnabel that they are optimistic both about Turkey's [...]	2004-11-19 07:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON TU
04ISTANBUL1807	TURKISH TEXTILE FIRMS SEE A GRIM FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Turkish textile exporters tell us they are deeply pessimistic about prospects for the sector, warning that the end of the global quota system next month will lead to mass layoffs in Turkey unless "an exit" is found. In a recent meeting organized by the Istanbul Textile [...]	2004-12-06 11:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON TU
04ISTANBUL190	ISTANBUL EMPLOYERS' MUTED REACTION TO TURKEY'S [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The recent decision of the Turkish government to increase Turkey's minimum wage by 38 percent, while also raising pensions by 21 percent, has sparked strong criticism in financial circles, but only a muted reac [...]	2004-01-30 13:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
04ISTANBUL1925	ISTANBUL ANALYSTS ON MARKET DEVELOPMENTS, [...] (u) Summary: Istanbul market analysts were not surprised at the relatively moderate size of the post-EU decision rally, because they believe that much of the good news had already been priced into the markets during the last few months. They expect, however, that interest in Turkish financial [...]	2004-12-27 05:44:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL262	BOSPHORUS DELAYS EASE BUT ISSUES REMAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Shipping delays on the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits have eased in recent days but the war of words surrounding the issue continues. Russia's oil pipeline monopoly Transneft strongly criticized Turkish [...]	2004-02-20 11:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL SENV EWWT TU
04ISTANBUL276	ZORLU CFO OUTLINES THE GROUP'S TUPRAS PLANS [...] Sensitive but unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 18 meeting with Econoff, Zorlu Group Chief Financial Officer Cem Koksal outlined the group's strategy for completion of the purchase of the Turkish refiner Tupras, predicting agreement with Turke [...]	2004-02-24 12:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PREL TU
04ISTANBUL356	EXECUTIVES HIGHLIGHT BUOYANT STOCK MARKET BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Ambassador Edelman on February 26, executives at the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) and Foreign Investors' Association (YASED) focused on two extremes of Turkey's current economic performance: the buoyant stock market, which has risen 80 percent over the last ye [...]	2004-03-08 11:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL402	ISTANBUL INVESTMENT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS FAMILIAR [...] (U) Summary: The long-planned but oft-delayed International Investment Advisory Council (IAC) meeting grouping CEO's from leading multinationals finally took place in Istanbul on March 15. Organized by the Turkish government with cooperation from the World Bank and International Monetary Fu [...]	2004-03-17 13:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN TU
04ISTANBUL891	TURKEY RAISES NORTHERN CYPRUS AVIATION LINKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and his visiting delegation reviewed the bilateral transportation relationship with Turkish Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim in a full day of meetings in Istanbul on Monday, May 24. Yildirim took the opportunity to press for t [...]	2004-06-08 09:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAIR ELTN ECON PREL TU CY
04ISTANBUL90	LATE OFFER MUDDIES TUPRAS PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish analysts are reacting positively today to yesterday's announcement that the highest bid for privatization of two-thirds of the state refinery Tupras came in at 1.3 billion USD. While the press has been critical of the offer, the bid values the overall company at 2 billi [...]	2004-01-14 15:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL TU
04YEREVAN2656	RAIL BLOCKADE: TIGHTENING THE NOOSE AROUND ARMENIA [...] (C) For more than twelve years, the blockade of Armenia by Turkey and Azerbaijan has disrupted regional transit corridors. All political considerations aside, regional economic development has been stymied. Recent steps by Azerbaijan to improve the effectiveness of its blockade have tighten [...]	2004-12-10 11:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD AM AZ
04YEREVAN830	REAFFIRMING TIES WITH ARMENIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's visit to Armenia galvanized U.S.-Armenia relations as he met with Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian and President Kocharian in back-to-back meetings March 26. The meeting with Oskanian clearly set the agenda for the subsequent discussion with [...]	2004-04-07 09:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM TU AJ AM OVIP RICHARD ARMITAGE
05ADANA157	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 14:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA159	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ANKARA1062	AMBASSADOR'S ESF-LINKED SCHOOL VISIT: ESF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $9 million U.S. ESF grant to the World Bank to be used for conditional cash payments to poor families. Remarks by the Ambassador, World Bank director, Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the manager of the [...]	2005-02-28 14:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN KPAO TU
05ANKARA1090	AMBASSADOR'S ESF-LINKED SCHOOL VISIT GENERATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Minister of Education visited a primary school in a poor neighborhood of Ankara February 23. The school visit was linked to the U.S. ESF grant to a project providing cash to poor families conditioned on their keeping their children in school. There was wides [...]	2005-03-01 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN KPAO TU
05ANKARA1093	IMF RESREP MORE HOPEFUL ABOUT STANDBY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Resrep confirmed that the GOT has decided to water down its proposal to expand the investment incentives law, thereby opening the way to resolving the current standoff with the IMF. Provided the GOT: a)follows through on revising the investment incentives law so that it [...]	2005-03-01 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA110	Turkey: New Bond Issue Signals Increasing [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid signs of increased foreign investor interest in Turkish lira assets, especially longer maturities, the World Bank has issued a 5-year Turkish Lira bond. Turkish financial officials are not concerned the new instrument would compete with Government paper. The World Bank i [...]	2005-01-07 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA1202	MILD INITIAL REACTION TO CONGRESSIONAL DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary: Turkish financial markets seem to have shrugged off the House Appropriations Committee decision to reallocate the $1 billion in extraordinary assistance offered to Turkey in the FY03 Iraq Supplemental. The Government has also handled it well, including in a positively-spun Turkish [...]	2005-03-07 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL TU
05ANKARA1306	TURKEY: BP TIES UP LOOSE ENDS WITH GOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BP has engaged in a recent flourish of outreach to Turkey. With the BTC consortium having agreed to cover cost over-runs in Turkey, BTC remains on track for first oil at Ceyhan at the end of September. BP and the GOT will then turn attention in Turkey to the Shah Deniz gas pi [...]	2005-03-10 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TU
05ANKARA1318	HIGH CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT IN 2004; REVIVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Final 2004 data put Turkey,s current account deficit at $15.4 billion or 5.2% of GDP, Turkey's highest such deficit in memory. There are two views of the sustainability of deficits of this magnitude: optimists say that financing by private sector actors (roughly half of total [...]	2005-03-10 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
05ANKARA1559	CENTRAL BANK AND GLOBAL SELL-OFF STOP RALLY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: A global sell-off in emerging markets, coming on the heels of a Central Bank rate cut and intervention, have caused a correction in the sustained rally in Turkish financial markets. The lira, which had hit its highest level in three years earlier this month, finally reversed co [...]	2005-03-17 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA1665	CEYHAN: ENERGY HUB OF TURKEY'S ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the newly white-washed BTC oil terminal at Ceyhan bustles with final construction activity in advance of hoped-for first oil in late 2005, the adjacent BOTAS oil terminal languishes for lack of oil from the pipeline from Iraq. Along with a new imported coal-fired power p [...]	2005-03-22 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV TU IZ
05ANKARA1727	MOVEMENT ON IMF CONDITIONS HELPED BY MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT has re-energized its efforts to complete the prior actions needed to finalize its IMF new program. Following a recent sell-off in Turkish markets, the GOT seems to be moving on the three prior actions: Tax Administration Reform Law, Banking Law and Social Security Refor [...]	2005-03-24 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ANKARA1867	TURKEY: WORLD'S FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's real GDP grew by 8.9% in 2004, surpassing expectations and making Turkey one of the fastest growing economies in the world -- if not the fastest growing. A 14% increase in domestic demand was driven by the private sector and evenly balanced between consumption and inve [...]	2005-04-01 04:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
05ANKARA197	Central Bank Inaugurates Monetary Board with [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank surprised markets January 11 by announcing a 1 percent rate cut decided at the first meeting of the Bank's newly-created Monetary Board January 10. Analysts were surprised by the timing of the cut, and took it as a sign of increased Central Bank confid [...]	2005-01-12 05:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA1992	TURKEY PURSUES BTC SECURITY WITH NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is interested in moving forward on inter-governmental security arrangements in anticipation of the BTC pipeline going into operation later this year. It has been responsive to requests from BTC. Georgia remains the weak link in assuring timely and adequate preparations. [...]	2005-04-07 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET MARR MASS TU GG AZ BTC
05ANKARA1993	TURKISH STRAITS - TANKERS AND BYPASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is publicly and privately set on Samsun-Ceyhan as the winning prospective Bosphorus bypass, but next steps are elusive and ambiguous. All parties trumpet the success story of BTC -- as nominally the first Bosphorus bypass, expecting first tanker load at Ceyhan late autu [...]	2005-04-07 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EWWT SENV TU
05ANKARA2008	TURKEY PURSUES BTC SECURITY WITH NEIGHBORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is interested in moving forward on inter-governmental security arrangements in anticipation of the BTC pipeline going into operation later this year. It has been responsive to requests from BTC. Georgia remains the weak link in assuring timely and adequate preparations. [...]	2005-04-07 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET MARR MASS TU GG AZ BTC
05ANKARA2032	IMF MISSION MAKING PROGRESS BUT NO LOI BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: IMF Deputy Resrep confirmed that the mission currently in town is making progress with two out of three prior actions completed. The Regional Investment Incentives Scheme remains an issue, however, with improvements still needed before the IMF can accept it. In terms of timing, th [...]	2005-04-07 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ANKARA2070	TURKEY:WHAT IF INVESTORS HEAD FOR THE DOOR? [...] (SBU) Summary: The acceleration of--and Turkey's dependence on--short-term portfolio investment flows has revived fears of what could happen if these investors head for the exits. If an exogenous shock is big enough, this "hot money" will indeed flee. Structural changes since 2001, however, [...]	2005-04-11 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA2078	PETKIM: PA GOES ON THE ROAD TO PROMOTE TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) Summary. PETKIM (Petrokimya Holding A.S.),Turkey's state petrochemical company, is preparing for an IPO of 30 percent of its shares in late April. Turkey,s privatization officials, together with privatization consulting companies, left for the U.S. last week to attend an investor,s c [...]	2005-04-11 13:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
05ANKARA2159	PA CONFIDENT ABOUT PRIVATIZATION DEALS, DESPITE [...] (SBU) Summary. Privatization Administration (PA) President Metin Kilci's confidence in the PA,s ability to move forward with its ambitious privatization agenda for 2005 has been boosted by proposed changes to the GOT,s privatization law that should reduce legal challenges to PA transactions a [...]	2005-04-15 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV BEXP TU
05ANKARA2261	MEETING WITH DEPUTY IMF RESREP [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Deputy Resrep confirmed press reports that all three prior actions are now completed and reiterated the expected timing for finalizing the new IMF program: signed Letter of Intent by end of April, board meeting mid-May. IMF staff expects the final version of the Regional In [...]	2005-04-21 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN TU
05ANKARA2380	BTC pipeline in Turkey still aiming for late [...] (SBU) Summary: While working to deliver the Baku- Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey has pushed Turkey's state pipeline company BOTAS to operate much closer to international standards, it has encountered great difficulty managing the variety of sub-contracts on the job. BOTAS has had to seque [...]	2005-04-27 12:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM TU BTC
05ANKARA2606	BTC PIPELINE IN TURKEY STILL AIMING FOR LATE 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: While working to deliver the Baku-Tbilisi- Ceyhan pipeline in Turkey has pushed Turkey's state pipeline company BOTAS to operate much closer to international standards, it has encountered great difficulty managing the variety of sub-contracts on the job. BOTAS has had to seque [...]	2005-05-06 08:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM TU BTC
05ANKARA2696	TURKEY'S PENSION REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish government has submitted to Parliament a major reform of Turkey's social security institutions. The reform--a requirement of IFI programs--will consolidate three separate social security agencies into one, aligning the three systems' parameters on a less costly glid [...]	2005-05-10 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
05ANKARA2732	TREASURY DAS MEETING WITH TURKISH TREASURY U/S [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of the Asian Development Bank annual meeting in Istanbul, U.S. Treasury DAS David Loevinger met with Turkish Treasury U/S Ibrahim Canakci on May 5. Council of Economic Advisors Member Kristin Forbes also attended. Canakci downplayed the link between the French r [...]	2005-05-12 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV TU
05ANKARA2972	CENTRAL BANK PREPARES TO WEATHER FRENCH "NO" [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-25 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU

05ANKARA2975	BABACAN NAMED TURKEY'S EU NEGOTIATOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Erdogan announced that Minister of Economy Ali Babacan will be Turkey's EU negotiator. Although Babacan is among the most internationally-savvy Ministers, having long experience dealing with the IMF and the international financial community, some observers believe [...]	2005-05-26 04:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN TU
05ANKARA3033	IMF FIGHTING GOT'S POST-BOARD VOTE POPULISM, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: In yet another case of proposing populist measures shortly after a board vote, in contravention of its commitments to the IMF, the GOT proposed legislation in mid-May that would soften repayment terms and penalties for missed social security premia payments. IMF pressure (and pe [...]	2005-05-27 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV TU
05ANKARA3058	DREAMS OF DISNEYLAND ON TURKEY'S MEDITERRANEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey,s tourism numbers continue to sky-rocket, with the first quarter forecast showing that 2005 will more than likely be a record-breaking year for the Turkish tourism industry. So far this year, 3.8 million tourists have visited Turkey*a 27 percent increase from the same p [...]	2005-06-01 10:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN TU
05ANKARA31	New Currency Rings in the New Year; 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey rang in the New Year by successfully putting into circulation the New Turkish Lira, which eliminated six zeros from the old lira. Despite fears of operational problems associated with the introduction, the Turkish Central Bank said today that commercial banks, inter-ban [...]	2005-01-04 05:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
05ANKARA3192	TURKISH MFA ON BRUSSELS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Gul will head Turkey's delegation to the Brussels conference. The GOT does not yet have a position on bilateral debt, but is resisting outright forgiveness. MFA officials say progress on assistance continues to be on hold until security improves. End Summary. [...]	2005-06-08 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA3194	CODEL SHELBY FOCUSES ON TERROR FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In its meetings in Turkey, Codel Shelby advanced the bilateral terrorism finance agenda, securing Turkish Ministers' agreement to sending U.S. terror finance experts to work with their Turkish counterparts. Minister of Finance Unakitan confirmed that the new law restructuring t [...]	2005-06-08 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PREL OVIP TU IZ
05ANKARA323	TURKEY: BOSPHORUS BYPASS VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkish government still seeks to pursue its proposed "Voluntary Principles on the Turkish Straits" as a way to engage all stakeholders in seeking a solution to the risks of growing tanker congestion. The GOT is interested in U.S. comments and support for this proposal, as [...]	2005-01-18 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
05ANKARA3354	POSSIBLE DELAYS IN IMF REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 04:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU IMF
05ANKARA3845	SAUDI-ITALIAN CONSORTIUM WINS TURK TELECOM BID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Privatization Authority took a major step in the privatization of 55 percent of Turk Telekom July 1, opening the four consortia,s bids and short-listing the two top bidders: Oger Telecoms-Telecom Italia and a consortium led by Etisalat of UAE. In a televised bargaining ses [...]	2005-07-01 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP EFIN TU
05ANKARA404	TURKEY-U.S. BILATERAL ENERGY DIALOGUE - KEEPING IT [...] (SBU) The new GOT MFA DDG for Energy and Water, Mithat Rende, gave EconCounselor MFA's reaction to a meeting in Washington between the new DOE A/S for International Affairs Karen Harbert and GOT Ambassador Logoglu. According to the MFA's report, the meeting was also attended by DAS John Brod [...]	2005-01-26 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON TU
05ANKARA4296	TURKEY-EU: STEP BY STEP TOWARD TURKISH SIGNING OF [...] (C) Summary: The UK Embassy hopes UK lobbying will have steered the Turkish government to sign the additional protocol to the Ankara Agreement shortly after the July 27 Blair-Erdogan meeting in London. At the same time, the UK has been pressing Turkish authorities to issue Turkey's expected r [...]	2005-07-26 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EUN EU
05ANKARA4364	CHARGE DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS, [...] (C) Summary: GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Koruturk told Charge July 25 that Turkey hopes the Sunni Arabs will return soon to constitutional negotiations. He rebutted Kurdish criticism of Turkish outreach efforts, expressed concern that the Kurds may be agitating for Turkish troops to leave nort [...]	2005-07-27 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ SY
05ANKARA446	"2005-YEAR OF PRIVATIZATIONS?" [...] (U) Summary: Vice President of the Privatization Administration (PA),Hasan Koktas, told us he is bullish on Turkey's privatization prospects for 2005 noting Turkey's favorable market conditions. Koktas is in charge of several of the GOT's largest pending privatizations: the tobacco division [...]	2005-01-27 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV TU
05ANKARA4486	TURKEY-EU: AKP GOVERNMENT SIGNS ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary: By its July 29 signing of an additional protocol extending the 1963 EEC-Turkey Ankara Agreement to the EU's 10 newest members, Turkey appeared to have fulfilled the remaining pre-condition for an Oct. 3 start to accession negotiations. However, the ability of the UK as EU Preside [...]	2005-08-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EUN EU
05ANKARA4490	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-02 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4513	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4556	DAS BRYZA PRESSES TURKISH MFA FOR CLOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of introductory meetings and a lunch with Turkish MFA officials on August 1, EUR DAS Matt Bryza welcomed the recent positive turn in bilateral relations and pressed for a structured approach to rebuilding US-Turkey partnership through agreement on a shared strategic [...]	2005-08-04 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR PINS TU IZ AF CY
05ANKARA4734	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-11 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4873	TURKEY'S LATEST CONCERNS OVER KURDISH ASPIRATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Nabi Sensoy called in Charge to raise Turkey's concerns over supposed Iraqi Kurdish demands that their right to self-determination be reflected in the new constitution, including their right to hold a referendum on the issue in eight year [...]	2005-08-19 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA4955	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] Roj TV: Broadcasts in Kurdish, Arabic and Turkish from Brussels and follows the PKK line. It broadcasts for 12 hours starting at 1000 GMT. Roj TV, known as `PKK television,' airs news, political discussions, music, and children's programs. 2. Mesopotamia TV (Me-TV): Close to the PKK ca [...]	2005-08-24 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA498	Turkish Central Bank Intervenes: Motives [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank made a rare direct intervention in foreign exchange markets on January 27, buying about $1.5 billion to control excess foreign exchange (FX) market volatility and excess FX liquidity. This is the first direct intervention since February 2004 when the [...]	2005-01-28 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA503	Turkish Central Bank Intervenes: Motives [...] (SBU) Summary: The Turkish Central Bank made a rare direct intervention in foreign exchange markets on January 27, buying about $1.5 billion to control excess foreign exchange (FX) market volatility and excess FX liquidity. This is the first direct intervention since February 2004 when the [...]	2005-01-29 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
05ANKARA5035	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-26 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5061	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-29 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5080	DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH TURKEY ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. DAS Bryza and Turkey's senior energy bureaucrat agreed that the imminent completion of the BTC pipeline set the stage for new areas of bilateral energy cooperation, including on Turkish Straits "bypass" pipelines, supplying gas to southern and southeastern Europe, and U.S. inv [...]	2005-08-31 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV TU GG IZ AZ BTC
05ANKARA5114	STATE OF PLAY ON TURKEY-PKK [...] (S/NF) Summary: The PKK issue remains at the top of the political agenda in Turkey. Ethnic tensions--along with the death toll--are on the rise, while crowds at funerals of soldiers killed in PKK attacks have added "Damn the USA" to their traditional chant, "Damn the PKK." The Turks apprecia [...]	2005-09-01 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS TU IZ PKK
05ANKARA5168	TURKEY AND POTENTIAL GAS TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 06:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD TU GG AZ
05ANKARA5172	TURKEY VIEW ON BTC SECURITY AND CEYHAN INAUGURATION [...] (SBU) BTC Inauguration at Ceyhan: MFA DDG Energy Mithat Rende told Econ Counselor on September 2 that the GOT expected the BTC first oil tanker loading at Ceyhan to be scheduled for either mid December or March. He said that BP's current forecast for BTC completion estimated end of December [...]	2005-09-06 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL TU GG AZ BTC
05ANKARA5223	DAS BRYZA'S AUGUST 25-26 VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: DAS Bryza attended a series of positive meetings with Turkish officials to promote a renewed strategic partnership between the US and Turkey. While noting that the U.S.-Turkish relationship is broad and multidimensional, Turkish interlocutors repeatedly stressed the importance of [...]	2005-09-08 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU PGOV PINS PREL
05ANKARA5298	TURKISH STRAITS BYPASS - SLOW BUT SURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Turkish government officials continue to assert that Samsun-Ceyhan is the best route for a "Bosphorus bypass" pipeline, regional energy company reps say a commercial consensus is forming around Burgos-Alexandropolos, with Samsun-Ceyhan a possible second bypass, particular [...]	2005-09-12 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV TU
05ANKARA5308	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5310	TURKEY'S ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ - GOOD NEWS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's Kartet Company gained GOT regulatory approval for increasing its exports to Iraq to 300 MW from current 200 MW, but for a limited and indefinite period, in favor of aiming for a competitive tender for allocation of transmission capacity for the longer term or for a lar [...]	2005-09-13 08:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD TU IZ OPIC
05ANKARA5350	TURKEY'S NSC SECGEN LOOKING FOR WASHINGTON [...] (U) During an August 26 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, Turkish National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan raised the possibility of a visit to Washington this fall to meet his NSC counterparts. Alpogan first mentioned his interest in such a visit during the Charge's initial [...]	2005-09-14 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
05ANKARA5354	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-14 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5396	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-15 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5448	US OFFICIALS COOPERATION ON LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In an important gesture of our preparedness to work together with Turkey to shut down the PKK's European support network, Washington analysts presented a list of PKK financiers to an interagency group of Turkish officials. In subsequent meetings, the Charge urged Finance Minister [...]	2005-09-20 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PREL TU PKK
05ANKARA5533	TURKEY AND BTC: WAITING FOR OIL AT THE GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and Georgia are competing to see which will be the limiting bottleneck for first oil in the BTC pipeline, each side pointing vigorously at the other. As the contest will have contractual ramifications for settling construction delays and cost overruns, it has led to som [...]	2005-09-23 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM EINV TU BTC
05ANKARA5695	TURKS TO U/S HUGHES: DEEPER DIALOGUE WELCOME [...] (C) U/S Hughes met September 28 with Turkish FonMin Gul and MFA U/S Tuygan. Gul stressed Turkey's desire for stability on its borders, its concerns over developments in Iraq, and the need to maintain dialogue with Syria and Iran in order to change their behavior. On the PKK and terrorism, Gu [...]	2005-09-29 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KWMN SCUL TU
05ANKARA5727	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5984	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-04 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA606	TURKEY IMF AGREEMENT IN TROUBLE OVER INVESTMENT LAW [...] (C) Summary. According to the local IMF representative, a Turkish government decision to move ahead with a regional investment incentives law is imperiling the Fund's December agreement on the terms of a new three-year stand-by program. Minister Babacan was apparently powerless to prevent Co [...]	2005-02-02 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ANKARA6181	LAUNCHING A STRUCTURED STRATEGIC DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) With the October 3 EU decision on Turkey's accession negotiations behind us, it is time to turn toward consolidation of recent gains made in our bilateral relationship and to expand regional cooperation with Ankara. One way to do this is to establish a more structured policy dialogue that [...]	2005-10-12 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU US
05ANKARA6183	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-13 04:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6233	TURKISH MFA ON COOPERATION AGAINST PKK [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with visiting EUR/SE Director Doug Silliman, Turkish MFA Director General for Security Affairs Hayati Guven provided a list of seven PKK names that the GOT recommends we jointly target in Western Europe, all of which are the subject of Interpol red notices. Three of [...]	2005-10-13 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER KTFN PREL PREF IZ PKK
05ANKARA6294	TURKEY AND BTC: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN THE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary. As oil creeps through BTC toward the Turkish border, Turkish officials privately expect that a "first oil" ceremony will not be held in Ceyhan until March 2006. Meanwhile, a UK official looking at allegations of human rights abuses by BTC in Turkish villages, was generally [...]	2005-10-17 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PHUM EINV TU GG BTC
05ANKARA6310	TURKEY-ISRAEL: NORTH-SOUTH ENERGY AND WATER LINKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and Israel announced ambitious plans for energy and water links, building on earlier announcements from both countries with Russia. This North- South energy corridor is intended to complement, not compete with, the East-West Energy Corridor. For Turkey, it is important [...]	2005-10-18 13:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV TU IS RU
05ANKARA6478	TURKISH RESPONSE TO US OFFER AGAINST PKK [...] (S) On October 27, ODC-Turkey received the letter in para 2 from the Turkish General Staff. The letter provides the Turkish position on various proposals regarding actions against the PKK made during the September 9 visit to Turkey of EUCOM CDR GEN Jones and CENTCOM DCDR LT GEN Smith, as well [...]	2005-10-27 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PKK
05ANKARA6585	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 05:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6706	FM GUL PLANS TO VISIT SYRIA TO URGE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. MFA Middle East DG Oguz Celikkol called in CDA November 14 to inform her that FM Gul plans to travel to Damascus on Wednesday, November 16, for a focused, three-hour visit with the purpose of encouraging Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to cooperate with the UN [...]	2005-11-15 09:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY TU SYRIA
05ANKARA6769	TURKEY'S SAMSUN-CEYHAN OIL PIPELINE - BIG STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's long-standing preference for Samsun-Ceyhan as a Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline has moved a big step closer to fruition with the announcement that Italian oil firm ENI will collaborate with Turkish firm Calik Enerji to develop the project. While still far from a done d [...]	2005-11-17 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV TU RU BTC
05ANKARA686	TURKISH TREASURY WORRY ON IMF STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Showing considerable frustration and concern about Turkey's relations with the IMF, Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci explained the GOT's thinking in its recent decision to expand the investment incentives law despite the strong opposition of top IMF management. With the Pr [...]	2005-02-04 16:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ANKARA688	SUBJECT: Turkey unveils adopted a nnew [...] (U) Summary: Using new, updated inflation baskets for the first time, the State Institute of Statistics (SIS) announced February 3 that ptionswith base year 2003, and the new inflation data based Forthe January , theConsumer Price Index (CPI) increased 0.55 percent and the Producers Price Ind [...]	2005-02-05 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TU
05ANKARA6955	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-25 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7013	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7016	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 05:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7067	BTC OIL REACHES TURKEY - CEYHAN IN SPRING 2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BTC first oil crossed the Turkish border from Georgia on November 17. First tanker loading at Ceyhan is expected in spring 2006, which is also the expected timing for a first oil inauguration ceremony. BTC has addressed complaints filed in the formal OECD investment complaint [...]	2005-12-01 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM EINV TU BTC
05ANKARA7078	TURKEY-RUSSIA-ITALY: BLUE STREAM FANFARE AND ADO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite Turkey's hopes to spin the official opening of the Blue Stream natural gas pipeline (under the Black Sea from Russia; constructed by Italian firm ENI) into tangible support for other energy corridor/hub dreams, the leaders departed Turkey without further concrete commit [...]	2005-12-02 08:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IT RU
05ANKARA7278	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7342	TURKEY FUMBLES BOTAS GAS CONTRACT TRANSFER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a complicated tale of intrigue and ineptitude, an apparent effort by the Turkish state-owned pipelines company BOTAS to demonstrate that the 2001 law requiring transfer of import contracts to the private sector was unworkable blew up in the company's face as the press level [...]	2005-12-15 08:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET TU
05ANKARA7631	TURKISH MFA PREPARING CYPRUS PROPOSAL FOR PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Apakan previewed with Ambassador December 27 the current MFA draft aimed at opening Turkish ports and airports to Greek Cypriots as part of a negotiable package that would make such a move feasible here. MFA is working this at the behest of FM Gul, who rea [...]	2005-12-29 16:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY EU UN
05ANKARA812	TURKEY-IMF: IS IT ANY DIFFERENT THIS TIME? [...] (C) Summary: Although the IMF has gone public with its serious concerns about a new regional investment incentives law, markets are betting that the IMF and Turkish government will find a way to paper over their differences and work things out, as they have several times over the past three [...]	2005-02-11 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ANKARA912	ESF SIGNING CEREMONY GENERATES POSITIVE NEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, the Ambassador participated in a signing ceremony for the $9 million U.S. ESF grant to the World Bank to be used for conditional cash payments to poor families. Remarks by the Ambassador, World Bank director, Turkish Treasury Undersecretary and the manager of the [...]	2005-02-17 12:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN TU
05ANKARA944	TURKISH CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON IMF DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Serdengecti described how the government's effort to extend regional investment incentives over the objection of the IMF opened the door to a resurgence of the dangerous political notion that Turkey could go it alone without the support of the IMF in particu [...]	2005-02-18 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN TU
05ATHENS2403	DAS BRYZA AND GREEK DEFMIN ON DEEPENING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. DAS Bryza with Greek DefMin Spiliotopoulos discussed how to deepen bilateral military ties during a September 7 meeting. Bryza praised the increased focus on strategic concerns, such as promoting stability in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Balkans, and away from relatively minor, [...]	2005-09-14 11:59:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GR TU CY AMB
05ATHENS2647	THE WAY AHEAD ON CYPRUS: THE VIEW FROM ATHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Athens welcomes an exchange with the Department, Nicosia, and Ankara on the way ahead on the Cyprus issue. From our perspective, the October 3 accession wrangle provides an opportunity to take a fresh look at the Cyprus problem, and underscore the importance of grasping [...]	2005-10-07 15:34:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY GR
05ISTANBUL1506	DAS BRYZA'S ISTANBUL MEETINGS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Istanbul Chief Rabbi Isak Haleva on August 24, visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza strongly reaffirmed USG support for religious freedom and pluralism in Turkey and stressed that the subject will remain front and center in o [...]	2005-08-31 12:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
05ISTANBUL1968	DOD A/S FLORY'S BSEC CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an extended November 11 briefing and subsequent private meeting with Ambassador Tedo Japaridze, Secretary General of the Organization for Black Sea Economic SIPDIS Cooperation, visiting DOD Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy Peter Flory explored areas wher [...]	2005-11-16 15:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD TU PREL
05ISTANBUL218	YAPI KREDI DEAL WILL VAULT KOC INTO BIG LEAGUES OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 31 deal to purchase Yapi Kredi Bank from the embattled Cukurova Group will vault Koc Financial Services into the front rank of Turkish banking, fulfilling a long-standing goal of the Koc Group. More critically, it will remove a major cloud hanging over the Turkis [...]	2005-02-11 06:44:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV TU
05ISTANBUL346	SUZER PLAZA CONTROVERSY CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul's controversial Suzer Plaza skyscraper, which houses the Ritz Carlton Hotel and was partially financed by OPIC, has returned to the headlines in recent weeks. In early January, two restaurants at the building's base were targeted for partial demolition by city official [...]	2005-03-02 07:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV TU OPIC
05ISTANBUL357	INFORMAL ECONOMY TURNS DEADLY AS 10 TURKS SUCCUMB [...] (U) Summary: The problem of counterfeiting in Turkey took a new and deadly turn this week as ten Istanbul residents died from alcohol poisoning after drinking counterfeit raki. Another forty remain hospitalized here, several in critical condition. The homemade brew, some of which was produced [...]	2005-03-04 07:44:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TU
05ISTANBUL412	TURKISH LPG TANKER SINKS WITH LITTLE ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Ankara. 2. (U) A 138 ton Turkish tanker carrying seven tanks of LPG from Kartal on the Asian side of Istanbul to Zeytinburnu on the European side sank at approximately 22:00 March 12. Five tanks of LPG were retrieved intact with no leakage from th [...]	2005-03-15 06:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU
05ISTANBUL422	TURKISH-U.S. BUSINESS COUNCIL PLANS AGRESSIVE PUSH [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish-U.S. Business Council (TUSBC) leaders outlined an agressive push to expand both their business promotion work and their public relations activities in support of the bilateral relationship in a March 14 breakfast with Consul General. Incoming President Yilmaz Arguden, [...]	2005-03-17 14:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV TU
05ISTANBUL526	CORRUPTION: TURKEY'S 800-POUND GORILLA? [...] (SBU) Summary: Public attention has returned to the subject of corruption in Turkey in recent weeks with publication of a country survey by the "Economist" magazine blaming the problem for Turkey's failure to attract more foreign investment. The survey coincided with the publication of Trans [...]	2005-04-08 05:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EFIN TU
05ISTANBUL758	CLOSURE OF YAPI KREDI DEAL HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: The announcement on Monday, May 9 that Koc Financial Services and the Cukurova Group had reached final agreement by which Koc and its Italian partner Unicredito will purchase Yapi Kredi Bank vaults Koc into the banking big leagues and removes the largest remaining cloud hangin [...]	2005-05-13 14:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BEXP TU
05ISTANBUL97	YAPI KREDI END GAME NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a move that marked the first official step forward towards realization of its long-rumored desire to buy Yapi Kredi Bank, Unicredito-Koc Holding on January 17 announced that it had signed an agreement with the bank's dominant shareholder, the controversial Cukurova Group, for [...]	2005-01-21 09:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON TU
05TBILISI3226	ABKHAZIA: THE NEED FOR CONFIDENCE BUILDING [...] (C) Summary: During a December 6 and 7 visit to Abkhazia, the Abkhaz and Georgians agreed ad ref to a draft of the joint declaration on security guarantees and the return of internally displaced persons, the European Commission launched a program of economic rehabilitation in the conflict ar [...]	2005-12-12 13:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
05THEHAGUE3380	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH VIEWS ON TURKEY, ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 13, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza discussed Turkey, Energy Security, and the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) in meetings with Marnix Krop (Director General for European Cooperation, MFA),Pieter de Gooijer (Deputy Director General for Political Affairs, MFA) and Kees van R [...]	2005-12-22 07:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN TU NL
05THEHAGUE3381	READOUT OF DAS BRYZA'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DUTCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza's recent visit to The Hague featured lively discussion on integration and counter-radicalization issues currently the focus of intense debate in the Netherlands. Counterparts from Dutch Ministries and Dutch Parliament described the antecedent [...]	2005-12-22 07:41:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL NL
05YEREVAN1531	RAILROAD ISOLATION AN URGENT GOAM CONCERN [...] (C) Top Armenian government officials continue to voice their deep concern about plans to build a railroad which would further isolate Armenia and exclude it from the process of regional economic integration. This concern has been echoed by the Armenian-American community and has found reson [...]	2005-08-24 12:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD TU GA AM AJ
05YEREVAN1686	AMBASSADOR PRESSES KOCHARIAN TO SUPPORT USG [...] (S) On 15 September, the Ambassador met with President Kocharian for just over an hour, at our request, primarily to discuss the USG's upcoming push for free and fair elections in Armenia in 2007 (parliamentary) and 2008 (presidential). The Ambassador opened the meeting by thanking Kocharian f [...]	2005-09-16 09:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM AM
05YEREVAN2074	ARMENIA'S REFERENDUM: INFLATED TURNOUT, OBSERVERS [...] (C) Official results for voter turnout contrast sharply with those reported by opposition and some independent local observers for Armenia's November 27 referendum on constitutional amendments. The 14-member group of observers from the Council of Europe -- the only international observers ac [...]	2005-11-28 14:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
06ADANA161	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 09:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA163	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 11:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ALMATY211	SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11, 2006 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants in the January 11, 2006 meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, Josette Shiner Undersecretary of Treasury for International [...]	2006-01-23 08:26:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET GA KZ OVIP POLITICAL
06ALMATY214	KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 11 meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Johanns and his delegation, Halyk SIPDIS Bank CEO offered his opinion of the greatest challenges to the country's economic future: in the medium term, the choice of a new Prime Minister and the nature of reforms the ne [...]	2006-01-23 09:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY215	KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (U) Participants in Secretary Johanns' January 11 Meeting with Kazakhstani Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mynbayev in Astana: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business, and A [...]	2006-01-23 09:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON ETRD KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY216	KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (U) Participants in Secretary Johanns' January 11 meeting with Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev in Astana: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner Unde [...]	2006-01-23 09:38:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON KZ POLITICAL
06ANKARA1010	TURKEY,S MINISTER CALLS TCP DRIVING FORCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT Energy Minister Guler appealed February 27 to Ambassador for USG support on the Trans-Caspian Pipeline fQ natural gas from Turkmenistan and Samsun-Ceyhan Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline. He welcomed cooperation with the U.S. on approaching Turkmenistan to advance TCP, as an al [...]	2006-03-01 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR TX
06ANKARA1069	TURKISH PRESS DOUBTS U.S. INTENTIONS IN BLACK SEA [...] (C) The Turkish press on March 1 and 2 has been full of speculation that the U.S. has an aggressive policy to gain dominance over the Black Sea. When asked, we are explaining to the media and the diplomatic community that U.S.-Turkish cooperation and dialogue on potential threats in the Black [...]	2006-03-03 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO MOPS TU US
06ANKARA1101	TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR, SEEKS SECURITY [...] (C) MFA's Director General for Security Affairs, Hayati Guven, told us March 1 that Turkey is ready to engage on closing the Makhmour refugee camp and that it considers such a step as an important objective in its battle against the PKK. The GOT seeks assurances that there will be sufficient [...]	2006-03-03 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF MOPS EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA1160	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1250	TURKEY/ARMENIA: NEW TURKISH PROPOSAL? [...] (C) MFA Caucasus DDG Karslioglu told us March 8 that Turkey would present a new "paper" to Armenia on March 10, but would not elaborate on its content or method of delivery. He stated "significant progress" must be made on both Nagorno-Karabakh as well as on bilateral issues (genocide and a [...]	2006-03-10 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE AR AJ TU
06ANKARA1478	TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steve Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are a [...]	2006-03-21 10:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ
06ANKARA1527	TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steven Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are [...]	2006-03-23 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ
06ANKARA1705	TURKEY: BTC OIL ADVANCES - ERZURUM AS ENERGY CROSS- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With first oil at Pump Station 3, BTC is still on track for first tanker loading at Ceyhan on May 27. The project has achieved good "buy-in" from the local population from jobs and its community programs. Nearby major city Erzurum hopes to benefit more from development as an [...]	2006-03-30 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV TU IR
06ANKARA1790	TURKEY SUPPORTS ENGAGING GEORGIA IN NATO'S [...] (C) We contacted MFA NATO Affairs Deputy Director General Serdar Kilic on April 3 to urge support for NATO's engaging Georgia, delivering ref a points. Kilic recalled Turkey's long-standing support for eventual Georgian entry into Euro-Atlantic institutions, and undertook to provide a conside [...]	2006-04-04 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GG TU NATO
06ANKARA1813	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1876	TURKEY/IRAQ: DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Turkish Government Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told DAS Bryza he was satisfied with his recent meetings in Washington on U.S. - Turkey cooperation in Iraq. He suggested Kirkuk's status should be resolved first through negotiations and only then subjected to a plebiscite. Turkey sees J [...]	2006-04-07 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU
06ANKARA1877	DAS BRYZA'S DISCUSSIONS AT FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (S) MFA Caucasus Director General Resit Uman briefed DAS Bryza April 4 on Turkey-Georgia relations, focusing on President Sezer's March visit to Tbilisi (ref a). He said Georgian MFA officials had told the Turks Georgia would prefer a "5 plus 2" formula in order to internationalize negotiatio [...]	2006-04-07 10:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL GG AR TU
06ANKARA1958	EUR DAS BRYZA'S BLACK SEA DISCUSSIONS IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed Black Sea security with MFA, Turkish Navy and Turkish Land Forces officials during his April 4-6 visit to Ankara. Bryza expressed appreciation for what Turkey was doing to foster security cooperation among the littorals, suggested efforts were neede [...]	2006-04-11 08:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU RO BU RS UP GG

06ANKARA2009	TURKEY: BTC AND BOTAS AT ODDS OVER COST OVERRUNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While construction of the BTC oil pipeline is still reportedly on track for a first tanker loading at Ceyhan on May 27 and a formal opening ceremony on July 13, BP and the Turkish pipeline construction company BOTAS, which has a lump sum, turnkey contract for construction of the [...]	2006-04-13 04:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV TU AZ GG
06ANKARA2037	DAS BRYZA URGES TURKISH MFA TO THINK FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Turkish MFA officials on April 4, DAS Bryza urged them to support intercommunal technical talks, work with SRSG Moeller, and consider possible options for joint administration of Famagusta port that could provide a way for the GOT to open ports and airports to the Rep [...]	2006-04-14 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY EU
06ANKARA2042	TURKEY FM GUL AND DAS BRYZA ON ENERGY, CYPRUS, EU, [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with Turkey FM Abdullah Gul, EUR DAS Matt Bryza covered PKK, regional energy, Greece, EU, Cyprus, Armenia and Iran issues, almost universally citing shared objectives. Bryza emphasized that the U.S. sought to enable Turkey to take tough decisions to resolve Cyprus [...]	2006-04-14 11:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MARR PREL TU
06ANKARA2044	TURKEY: GAS AND THE GREAT RACE TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 4-6 meetings in Ankara, senior Turkish officials agreed with EUR DAS Bryza on the need for rapid cooperation to facilitate export of Azerbaijani gas to Greece and Italy via a "Southern Corridor" stretching from the Caspian Sea through the South Caucasus and Turkey. A [...]	2006-04-14 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL TU AZ GG RU IZ IR
06ANKARA2048	DAS BRYZA AND AMBASSADOR MEET WITH PM'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Bryza met with PM Erdogan's senior foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu April 5. On Iraq, Davutoglu urged more ethnic diversity on the Iraqi NSC and worried about what he sees as growing Iranian-backed Shia power. He averred that Turkey does not want a nuclear-armed I [...]	2006-04-14 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR IS CY GR TU
06ANKARA2180	TURKEY/IRAN: LARIJANI SEEKING INVITATION TO ANKARA [...] (C) We queried MFA South Asia Department Head Mural Ulku April 20 about press reports that Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani would visit Ankara on April 24. Ulku told us that no such visit was planned, but acknowledged that Iran had previously asked Turkey to receive Larijani and the GOT [...]	2006-04-20 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IR TU
06ANKARA2277	TURKISH SUPPORT FOR CASPIAN GAS FOR EUROPE [...] Summary. In an April 19 meeting, Turkey's senior MFA energy expert said Turkey was feeling pressure from Russia, but was supportive of the regional gas ideas laid out by EUR DAS Bryza during his April 4-6 meetings in Ankara (refs). Rende thought the best way to make quick progress was to form [...]	2006-04-25 12:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU GR IT
06ANKARA2385	TURKEY: EUR A/S FRIED AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR [...] (C) Senior MFA officials expressed concern to EUR A/S Daniel Fried and NSC Senior Director for Europe Judith Ansley that France may criminalize denial of the Armenian "genocide" and said France's position on Cyprus is unhelpful. The GOT has received an interim response from Yerevan on its Marc [...]	2006-05-02 06:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ GG AJ AR FR TU
06ANKARA319	TURKEY NATURAL GAS CRISIS WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) On January 21, Iran cut its daily natural gas shipment to Turkey from almost 30 million cubic meters to 5- 10 million cm (some daily fluctuation). Coming on the heels of the Russian-Ukraine gas face-off, the current gas crisis in Georgia, and cold weather and concerns in Europe, the cut [...]	2006-01-27 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD TU RU
06ANKARA4077	TURKS POSITIVE ON GAMBARI BREAKTHROUGH; STILL [...] (C) Summary: The Turks have welcomed the weekend breakthrough by D/SYG Gambari, and they have taken on board, gradually, the need to use the weekend agreement as a springboard for further actions. The GOT stressed with Ambassador and visiting EUR DAS Bryza the need for some measure to reduce [...]	2006-07-12 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY UN
06ANKARA413	TURKEY: EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent energy issues involving Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia have focused attention on regional transit projects via Turkey for Caspian and Middle East gas going to Southeast and Central European markets. Turkish Energy Minister Guler,s upcoming visit (REF C) to Washington offers [...]	2006-02-02 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR
06ANKARA4133	ERDOGAN IN CYPRUS: DO NO HARM [...] (C) Ambassador raised the issue of Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Turkish Cyprus July 20 in separate conversations July 14 with PM Foreign Affairs Advisor Davutoglu, MFA U/S Tuygen, Deputy U/S and lead Cyprus negotiator Apakan, and FM Gul. Ambassador said that we regard Gambari's progress ear [...]	2006-07-14 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
06ANKARA4197	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4237	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 04:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4241	TURKEY: ENERGY MINISTER ON CASPIAN GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) Summary. Meeting on the margins of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline inauguration ceremonies in Istanbul on July 12, Deputy Secretary of Energy Clay Sell and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler reviewed Turkish-U.S. cooperation in helping Europe diversify its natural gas supplies as well [...]	2006-07-21 07:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL TU AZ GG RU
06ANKARA4290	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES IRAQ AND PKK WITH TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior MFA officials emphasized to visiting EUR DAS Bryza that Turkey was pleased with US-Turkey cooperation in Iraq and noted Turkey's interest in cooperating with Iraq to develop Iraq's energy resources. However, they also stressed that it was time for the Iraqi Government to ta [...]	2006-07-25 07:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA4728	TURKEY AND MAKING PROGRESS ON THE SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In August 8 meetings in Ankara with State Department (S/P) energy advisor Steve Hellman on southern energy corridor issues, Turkish officials made clear that they were not insisting on a role for Turkey as market &consolidator8 that would buy natural gas produced in Azerbaijan fo [...]	2006-08-14 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AZ GR RU
06ANKARA4935	TURKEY AND SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR - NUDGING JELLO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Energy Minister Hilmi Guler told Ambassador August 23 that he would welcome U.S. help in facilitating meetings aimed at gaining a common, clear, commercially viable way forward on the southern gas corridor to Europe. He obsessed about the undesirability of a simple, ope [...]	2006-08-25 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR RU
06ANKARA5248	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA528	TURKISH MFA OFFICIAL ON PKK DEMARCHE TO FRANCE, [...] (C) Summary: We consulted with MFA Director General for Security Hayati Guven January 30 on the USG-proposed demarche to France regarding PKK. Guven promised a response in 10 to 14 days. Guven believes US diplomatic pressure on western European governments is having an impact, citing Belgium. [...]	2006-02-07 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN PREL TU FR
06ANKARA5332	TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER PROMISES ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, DAS Matt Bryza and Energy Minister Hilmi Guler agreed to the following action steps to advance the southern gas corridor across Turkey to Europe: - Guler committed to quickly seek a bilateral meeting with Azeri Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to di [...]	2006-09-14 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR RU
06ANKARA5334	TURKEY AND SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR - TAKING THE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 7 meeting, Energy Under Secretary Sami Demirbilek told us he understood the urgency SIPDIS of moving forward on a series of meetings between partners on the southern gas corridor. However, Turkey has not arranged a bilateral meeting with Azerbaijan to determine [...]	2006-09-14 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR
06ANKARA5436	TURKEY-CYPRUS-EU - EUR DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a 75-minute meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza September 11, Turkish MFA D/US (U/S equivalent) and GOT Cyprus pointman Ertugrul Apakan animatedly described the latest state of play from Ankara's point of view. Apakan stressed Turkey's preference for a comprehensive, UN-based sett [...]	2006-09-18 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY UN EU
06ANKARA544	TURKEY SAYS IT PLANS TO CUT STRAITS OIL TRAFFIC IN [...] (sbu) SUMMARY: With oil transit traffic in the congested Turkish Straits continuing to grow, the Straits are regarded by some as nearing their capacity for maximum safe throughput. Yet, despite the commercial arguments, regional governments and oil companies have not been able to come to a [...]	2006-02-08 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU RU
06ANKARA5525	TURKISH NGO LEADER RETURNS EMBASSY 9/11 [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 11, 2006 Embassy Ankara presented a grant to a Turkish NGO as part of post's 9/11 anniversary commemoration. The event received positive coverage in the mainstream broadcast and print media, but two extremist newspapers characterized the donation as "blood money" [...]	2006-09-21 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO OEXC TU
06ANKARA5581	POLICY PLANNING TALKS WITH TURKEY ON FOR OCTOBER 19 [...] (SBU) We met with Turkish Deputy Director General (DAS equivalent) for policy planning Atilla Gunay, who reconfirmed that the Turks are looking forward to the October 19 visit of S/P director Stephen Krasner and EUR DAS Matt Bryza for the inaugural set of U.S.-Turkey policy planning talks. [...]	2006-09-22 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TU US
06ANKARA5699	TURKS NEED MORE CONVINCING ON SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (C) Summary. As we work to convince Turkish officials to connect with Azerbaijani counterparts to develop a framework for the transit agreement needed to create a natural gas "southern corridor," to Europe, Post continues to hear skepticism and reservations about some of the fundamental pre [...]	2006-09-29 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PINR AJ TU
06ANKARA5745	TURKEY'S BOTAS WORRIED ABOUT SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 2 meeting, BOTAS officials expressed strong support for the southern gas corridor, but voiced concerns about developable reserves in Azerbaijan, pressure from Russia on Azerbaijan and Georgia, and how Iran's significant reserves fit into pipeline possibilities. BO [...]	2006-10-03 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU GG AZ RU
06ANKARA5786	TURKEY'S BOTAS BULLISH ON IRAQ GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 2 meeting, BOTAS officials expressed support for Turkey's role as a transit country for bringing new sources of natural gas to European markets (Ref A). Echoing comments we have heard from the Ministry of Energy and the Turkish Oil Company (TPAO),BOTAS officials c [...]	2006-10-04 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA5817	TURKEY AND GMF - SEEKING WIDER BLACK SEA WESTERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10-11 in Ankara, The German Marshall Fund (GMF) organized a workshop on "Developing a Western Strategy towards the Wider Black Sea Region", attended by EUR DAS Matt Bryza. Participants sought to strike common ground and called for greater cooperation on security, [...]	2006-10-05 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EPET MARR PREL NATO TU RS XH ZJ
06ANKARA5896	TURKEY, IRAQ, AND PUSHING SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In an October 10 meeting with Ambassador and visiting NIO Europe Richard Kauzlarich, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler prioritized gas development in Iraq and expressed delight for our intention to pursue a U.S.-Turkey-Iraq workin [...]	2006-10-12 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ
06ANKARA5940	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-16 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6078	Mission Turkey Public Diplomacy Strategy for FY-07 ZFR ZFR ZFR [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-21 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL TU
06ANKARA6079	TURKEY VIEWS ON GAS POTENTIAL FROM CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: Using the opportunity of Senior Energy Analyst Bud Coote's briefing to Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on Caspian oil and gas potential, Ambassador and S/P Energy Advisor Steve Hellman advanced southern gas corridor diplomacy. The Minister thanked Coote for clarifying what quantiti [...]	2006-10-23 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ
06ANKARA6118	Mission Turkey Public Diplomacy Strategy for FY-07 [...] (U) Summary: Public Diplomacy is a critically important component of our diplomatic efforts in Turkey. In this cable, I describe our current public diplomacy environment, offer our strategy for FY-2007, and provide a list of top program priorities under this strategy for enhanced support and [...]	2006-10-26 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP OEXC SCUL TU
06ANKARA6396	TURKEY READY FOR 3-WAY MEETING ON AZERI GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Energy Minister Guler agreed with Ambassador that Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia should meet as soon as possible to begin working out short term solutions to ensure natural gas supplies for this winter in the face of strong Russian pressure on all of them. Guler stressed [...]	2006-11-13 09:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ
06ANKARA6492	TURKEY READY FOR IRAQ GAS WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Energy Undersecretary Sami Demirbilek suggested the second week of January in Ankara for launching a U.S.-Turkey-Iraq working group on Iraqi gas (refs). This timing should allow Energy Minister Guler to participate in a one-two day event. (Starting this expert level group has been a [...]	2006-11-22 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA65	TURKEY WORRIES ABOUT RELIANCE ON RUSSIA NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey did not experience any recent reduction in supplies from Russia via Ukraine, but relying on Russia for 65% of its natural gas -- more than most EU countries -- Turkey watched the Russia-Ukraine gas face-off with great concern. According to Turkey's pipeline company BO [...]	2006-01-05 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD TU RU
06ANKARA6569	TURKEY WILL PARTICIPATE IN 3-WAY MEETING ON AZERI [...] (SBU) The Turkish MFA confirms that Energy Minister Hilmi Guler has agreed to participate in an Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey meeting on natural gas in Tbilisi on December 8 (refs). 2. (SBU) On November 22, Undersecretary Sami Demirbilek reiterated to us Turkey's willingness to help Georgia w [...]	2006-12-04 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ
06ANKARA6609	TURKEY-GREECE GAS INTERCONNECTOR DELAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish state pipeline company BOTAS announced a delay in completion of the Turkey-Greece (gas) Interconnector (TGI) until early summer 2007. Although BOTAS claims construction delays on both the Greek and Turkish sides, the head of Greece's natural gas company (DEPA) said Gree [...]	2006-12-07 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET EFIN TU GR
06ANKARA6623	TURKEY READY FOR SOLUTION ON WINTER CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of his departure for the December 8 three-way meeting in Tbilisi on winter natural gas, Energy Minister Guler told Ambassador that Turkey was committed to following through on the political agreement made by leaders in Istanbul on the margins of the BTC opening to help [...]	2006-12-08 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ
06ANKARA6638	NO DEAL YET ON GEORGIA GAS [...] (C) From a Turkish perspective, the results of the December 8 meeting of energy ministers in Tbilisi looks much less like a "deal" than Georgian and Azeri officials are claiming (refs A-B). Our multiple readouts underscore that Turkey is willing to help Georgia with gas volumes in this wint [...]	2006-12-12 11:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS
06ANKARA6690	IRAQ GAS WORKING GROUP IN ANKARA JANUARY 11 [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. Summary: We have reconfirmed the date of January 11 for launching the Iraq gas working group in Ankara. Please forward as soon as possible the list of USG participants from Washington and Baghdad. We would appreciate Embassy Baghdad's assist [...]	2006-12-18 15:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA6736	TURKEY AND NEXT STEPS ON GEORGIA AND SHAH DENIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 22 meeting with Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler reiterated Turkey's willingness to help Georgia meet its natural gas needs this winter, which was apparently discussed during President Saakishvili's meeting with PM Erdogan. However, Guler said Georgia was pressurin [...]	2006-12-22 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS
06ANKARA6745	IRAQ GAS WORKING GROUP IN ANKARA POSTPONEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA6763	TURKEY AND GEORGIA SLOW DANCE ON GAS TO THE NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The full court press of President Saakashvili's visit to Ankara aimed at securing gas for Georgia yielded what the GOG announced as a signed MOU, but what the GOT characterized as reiteration of its political commitment to help Georgia with a share of its gas, while leaving the c [...]	2006-12-28 15:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS
06ANKARA722	HAMAS -- TURKS DESCRIBE PLANNED MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (c) Summary: Turkey will host probably two meetings with Hamas on February 16, according to two senior government officials. One will be at the Deputy Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs level and will take place over lunch at a government guesthouse. A second meeting is likely follow betwee [...]	2006-02-16 10:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER XF TU
06ASHGABAT108	TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER'S MEETING WITH NIYAZOV ON [...] (C)Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil provided Ambassador a readout of Turkish Energy Minister Mehmet Hilmi Guler 1/19 meeting with President Niyazov. Guler told Niyazov that Turkey was ready to pursue seriously a Trans-Caspian Pipeline (TCP),and that he himself was prepared to come to Ashgabat [...]	2006-01-24 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG KZ PGOV PREL RS TX UP US
06ASHGABAT140	TURKISH AMBASSADOR POSITS GAZPROM PLANS TO [...] (C) During a lunch he hosted for Georgian Ambassador Petriashvili, Ukrainian Ambassador Mayko, and U.S. Ambassador, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil argued passionately (with the help of visual aids) that Gazprom is intent on establishing a monopoly of gas supply to Europe. Akil argued that Gaz [...]	2006-01-27 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG KZ PGOV PREL RS TX UP US
06ASHGABAT151	NIYAZOV WANTS TO "SOLVE GAS ISSUES PEACEFULLY" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador was called in by Niyazov Monday morning for a briefing on his Moscow meeting with Putin last week. Unexpectedly, it transpired that the Turkish ambassador had been called in for the same briefing. Niyazov said he had resisted Putin,s pressure to take sides against Uk [...]	2006-01-30 13:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG KZ PGOV PREL RS TX UP US
06ASHGABAT161	OIL EXPATS: GOTX OIL POLICY DYSFUNCTIONAL, BUT [...] (SBU) A half-dozen of Ashgabat,s long-time oil-patch and other expat observers gave us their views on Turkmenistan,s oil/government scene over lunch January 27. The emphatic consensus was that GOTX channels for getting oil business done have become more dysfunctional than ever, with nil pros [...]	2006-02-02 11:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT162	Lights Out in Energy-Rich Balkan Welayat [...] (SBU) During a January 30-February 1 visit to Balkan Welayat DCM witnessed some of the bureaucratic inefficiencies that make the Government of Turkmenistan a problematic business partner. Turkmenbashy, formerly Krasnovodsk, a hydrocarbon rich Houston of Central Asia, has been without water [...]	2006-02-02 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PHUM PREL AJ TX
06ASHGABAT177	EU SPECIAL ENVOY KUBIS GIVES READOUT OF NIYAZOV [...] (SBU) EU Emissary to Central Asia Jan Kubis told the ambassador on 2/7 that he had raised energy issues with Niyazov at their meeting the previous day and tried to drive home the point that, despite the current lack of a coordinated EU energy policy, energy developments in Turkmenistan are of [...]	2006-02-07 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG KZ PGOV PREL RS TX UP US
06ASHGABAT209	MESSAGE TO NIYAZOV ON TURKMEN GAS [...] ( SBU) Unfortunately, the reftel talking points arrived after Miller and his delegation did. It seemed unlikely we would be able to approach President Niyazov, who was fully engaged in opening ceremonies/speeches connected with the upcoming holiday. After the speech he delivered at the new [...]	2006-02-17 07:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RS TX UP
06ASHGABAT215	NIYAZOV,S 2/17 GAZPROM, UKRAINIAN VISITORS: [...] (C) GazProm CEO Miller,s February 17 visit to Ashgabat came and went without known result; FM Meredov told Ambassador that Niyazov deferred any new energy-sector decisions for at least two months. Far less reassuringly, Ukraine energy officials, talks the same day with GOTX counterparts and [...]	2006-02-21 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RS TX UP
06ASHGABAT228	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER FROM [...] (C) Turkmenistan is a hydrocarbon rich, strategically located dictatorship ruled by "President for Life" Saparmurat Niyazov. The South and Central Asia Bureau has inherited the eighth worst dictator in the world, according to "Parade" magazine; the third most corrupt country in the world, ac [...]	2006-02-23 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET MARR PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT263	STARWOOD HOTEL MANAGEMENT PULLING OUT OF [...] Summary: Starwood General Manager Holger Wessel informed Ambassador today that Starwood, which manages the Sheraton Grand Turkmen and Four Points Ak Atlyn Hotels, will be pulling out of Turkmenistan by the end of the month. According to Wessel, the move has been a long time in coming. The S [...]	2006-03-08 11:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECON EINV PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT295	GOTX HEARS NO EVIL/SEES NO EVIL ON TRAFFICKING [...] (C) During her February 21-22 visit to Ashgabat, G/TIP Officer Megan Hall met with representatives of the Human Rights Committee of the Mejilis, Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) and the State Service for the Registration of Foreigners (SSRF) to learn about the GOTX's perspective on TIP. No [...]	2006-03-17 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KWMN SMIG TX
06ASHGABAT43	DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH FM MEREDOV [...] (C) On January 13, following a meeting with President Niyazov (septel) Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov hosted a working lunch for visiting DAS Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Jacobson. During the lunch, Bryza pressed for concrete progress on religious freedom and academic exchanges for Turkmeni [...]	2006-01-13 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KIRF PHUM PREL SCUL TX
06ATHENS1058	SCENESETTER: YOUR APRIL 27 VISIT TO ATHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thank you for agreeing to make a quick stop in Athens on April 27. The Greek Government is delighted you are able to visit so soon after FM Bakoyannis' March 23 trip to Washington, and sees your visit as more proof of the deepening U.S.-Greece strategic partnership, or as Bakoya [...]	2006-04-19 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR CY TU VISIT
06ATHENS1656	SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY OFFICERS' CONFERENCE, [...] (U) This is an action cable; please see paragraph 6. Embassy Athens is pleased to invite officers from addressee posts to the Southern Corridor Energy Officer's Conference, which will be held July 14 in Athens, Greece. The conference will take place at the Hotel Grand Bretagne, Athens, Greec [...]	2006-06-28 12:22:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET GR
06ATHENS1779	GREEK FM GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a day of meetings between the GoG and Greek Cypriot President Papadopoulos, Greek FM Bakoyannis told Ambassador she is guardedly optimistic about the agreement signed by Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders on July 8. While the key will be getting the respective [...]	2006-07-11 13:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN UNFICYP TU CY GR
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
06ATHENS1891	GREEK DEP FM TELLS BRYZA: ON CYPRUS, NO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ries and EUR DAS Bryza met with Deputy FM Valynakis on July 14 to discuss Cyprus. While all praised progress on Cyprus settlement issues, discussion on compromise proposals to avert a Turkey EU train wreck this fall were less promising. Valynakis was steadfast in the [...]	2006-07-20 12:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR CY TU
06ATHENS1913	DEVELOPMENT MINISTER FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary. The Greek Government is committed to enhancing European energy security through promoting the Turkey-Greece-Italy natural gas interconnector as a conduit for Caspian gas. This was the message conveyed July 14 to EUR DAS Bryza by Minister of Development Sioufas, who said he wan [...]	2006-07-21 13:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
06ATHENS2078	SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY CONFERENCE EXAMINES [...] (C) Summary: Gazprom's growing stranglehold on European energy supplies, particularly in the area of natural gas, has the potential to reduce these countries' diplomatic freedom of movement in support of U.S. diplomatic goals. Improving these countries' energy security and diversity of supply [...]	2006-08-09 04:54:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
06ATHENS767	SCENESETTER FOR GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER BAKOYANNIS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thank you for agreeing to see Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis in Washington on March 23. This will be her first trip to Washington as Foreign Minister since assuming her post on February 15 of this year. Bakoyannis' objective will be to establish her credentials with you [...]	2006-03-21 14:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR CY TU BAKOYANNIS
06BAKU1010	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY ENVOY MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matthew J. Bryza and Turkish MFA Special Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Elshad Nasirov, Vice President (marketing) of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) on June 7 to discuss development of a new "Southern Corridor" to help Europe diversify gas supplies [...]	2006-07-12 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET EFIN PREL KZ RU TR
06BAKU1011	A NEW ENERGY AGENDA: EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 6, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and Turkish Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to discuss a new partnership on energy issues, particularly on bringing Azerbaijani gas to Europe. Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that Az [...]	2006-07-12 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL AJ KZ RU TR
06BAKU1012	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY ENVOY MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matthew J. Bryza and Turkish Special Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Rovnag Abdullayev, President of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) on June 7 to discuss the southern gas corridor proposal. Abdullayev said Azerbaijan is grateful for U.S. support over [...]	2006-07-12 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET EFIN AJ KZ RU TR
06BAKU1164	AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC BEGINS TO DEBATE MINSK GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the weeks since the OSCE Minsk Group core principles for a settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict have become public, reaction in Azerbaijan has shifted from official protestations of surprise and knee-jerk sloganeering to a more nuanced discussion of the merit [...]	2006-08-08 10:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06BAKU1176	AZERBAIJAN: RAISING THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE AND PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) It is strongly in the U.S. interest of securing Azerbaijan as a reliable regional and global partner on critical U.S. interests, including security, energy and human rights, to support economic reform as an essential part of our broad [...]	2006-08-10 07:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID AJ IR RU
06BAKU1193	BP AND STATOIL UPDATE EUR DAS BRYZA ON CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) In an August 1 meeting, executives from BP and Statoil briefed EUR DAS Bryza on current prospects for increasing Caspian gas exports to European markets. BP and Statoil reported that delays in completion of the Turkish segment of the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) will force diversion of [...]	2006-08-11 13:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL PINR RU GG AJ
06BAKU1194	AZERBAIJANI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: In an August 8 meeting with Poloff, prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist Arzu Abdullayeva said that she found Nagorno-Karabakh leader Arkadi Gukasyan to be open to a civil society dialogue between the Karabakhi and Azerbaijani communities. Abdullayeva led a delegation of re [...]	2006-08-11 13:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06BAKU1211	AIOC PRESIDENT BRIEFS ON SHAH DENIZ AND BTC [...] (C) SUMMARY: AIOC President Woodward briefed U.S. and UK emboffs August 15 on Shah Deniz and BTC operations. Woodward noted that Shah Deniz first gas could be delayed until October, with a official celebrations possible November 9-10 in Baku. The GOAJ, according to Woodward, is still interes [...]	2006-08-17 04:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL IR AJ KZ RU
06BAKU1247	CHAIRMAN LUGAR AND ENERGY EXECUTIVES DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman Lugar held a breakfast roundtable with international energy executives August 21 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as an international energy provider, the challenges facing the country as oil revenues increase and the GOAJ grapples with sustainable development. The ex [...]	2006-08-22 12:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG AJ IR RU KZ
06BAKU1260	PRESIDENT ALIYEV LAYS OUT STRATEGIC VISION FOR [...] (C) Summary: In an August 21 office call and subsequent dinner, President Aliyev laid out for SFRC Chairman Lugar his strategic vision for Azerbaijan's sustainable development, including plans for infrastructure improvements, investment in the non-oil sectors, poverty reduction and environmen [...]	2006-08-24 12:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ
06BAKU1315	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV REQUESTS ADDITIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadayarov told the Ambassador on September 7 that it would be an "honor and a privilege" for Azerbaijan to participate in the roundtable with President Bush on Natural Resources and Social Developm [...]	2006-09-07 12:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SENV UNGA AJ
06BAKU1316	AZERBAIJAN: FM MAMMADYAROV SAYS DUE TO VOTE SWAP, [...] (C) In a September 7 phone conversation with Ambassador, FM Mammadyarov said that, on the Venezuela/Guatemala UNSC question, the GOAJ had in fact long ago traded its vote to Venezuela in exchange for Venezuela's vote for Azerbaijan for the new Human Rights Council. Venezuela did in fact vote f [...]	2006-09-07 12:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AJ
06BAKU1398	PRESIDENT ALIYEV TELLS GENERAL WARD THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with the Ambassador and Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, President Aliyev said that Azerbaijan wants to "increase and deepen" its relationship with the United States. He argued that US and Azerbaijani regional interests and goals "coincide," and [...]	2006-09-25 09:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ
06BAKU1407	FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES STRONG U.S.-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed the strength of U.S.-Azerbaijan relations and the Government of Azerbaijan's steady progress on democratic reform. Mammadyarov praised [...]	2006-09-26 12:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ
06BAKU1425	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR /CARC CONFLICTS ADVISOR JOHN [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/CARC John Crosby to travel to Baku 1-2 October 2006, to support the OSCE Minsk Group's U.S. Co-Chair negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh. Control officer will be Political Officer Jeff Bennett. Mr. Bennett can be reached at the Em [...]	2006-09-29 09:10:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AJ
06BAKU1426	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza to travel to Baku 2-3 October 2006, for meetings with the Minsk Group co-chair counterparts.. Control officer will be Political Officer Jeff Bennett. Mr. Bennett can be reached at the [...]	2006-09-29 09:11:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AJ
06BAKU1470	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AZERBAIJANI DESK OFFICER [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/CARC Azerbaijani Desk Officer Lane Bahl to travel to Baku 10-15 October, 2006, for consultations and area familiarization. Control officer will be Political Officer Jeff Bennett. Mr. Bennett can be reached at the Embassy at: [...]	2006-10-10 12:56:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AJ
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
06BAKU1501	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) Summary. In a September 27 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hassanov reiterated the GOAJ commitment to improving the conditions of Azerbaijan's IDP population. Hassanov said that he has transformed the GOAJ relationship with the international donor commun [...]	2006-10-16 04:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PBTS MARR SNAR AJ
06BAKU152	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY: BP BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON BTC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Harnish met with AIOC President David Woodward (Strictly Protect) January 31 to review AIOC, BP and Azerbaijan energy activities. Woodward updated Ambassador Harnish on progress of the BTC pipeline, now scheduled for completion in May. Woodward explained that due to t [...]	2006-02-02 13:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU1525	DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV RAISES REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met with Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev on October 2 to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and regional security issues. Abiyev said the GOAJ advocates a peaceful resolution to the NK conflict, but there has been no concrete results in ending [...]	2006-10-19 12:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR AJ AM IR RS GG
06BAKU1582	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES U.S.-AJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting with a visiting German Marshall Fund delegation that included six Congressional staff, President Aliyev applauded U.S.-Azerbaijani relations as "developing very successfully" across many areas, and "entering a new phase." Underscoring that Azerbaijan is a [...]	2006-10-31 13:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD ECON GG RU IR AJ
06BAKU1708	GOAJ QUERIES ON USG STATEMENT REGARDING DECEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Several senior GOAJ officials - most recently Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov -- have asked us whether the U.S. intends to issue a statement rejecting the constitutional referendum scheduled to be held December 10 in the so- [...]	2006-11-24 13:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ
06BAKU1721	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SEEKS BILATERAL "PERMANENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on November 23 (see septel for discussion of energy issues),President Aliyev, recalling his discussion with U.S. government officials in Istanbul last July about an intensified bilater [...]	2006-11-28 06:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU1745	FINNISH (EU) AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER [...] (C) EU (Finnish) Ambassador to Azerbaijan Teri Hakala briefed the Ambassador November 30 on EU views concerning the recent ANS closure and opposition eviction. Hakala, on a previously scheduled trip to Baku, met with Deputy Foreign Minister Mammadguliyev, human rights activists, and will meet [...]	2006-11-30 15:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1752	GOAJ OFFERS ANS TV FREQUENCY FOR TENDER [...] (SBU) On November 30, the National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) announced that it will offer ANS TV's frequency for tender. NTRC Chairman Maharammli said that ANS TV would be allowed to compete in the tender, which will be held from December 5 until January 5. ANS VP Seyfulla Mustafa [...]	2006-12-01 15:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1754	AZERBAIJAN: GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR ON PM NOGHAIDELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan the November 30 visit of PM Noghaideli to Baku was "very positive," and highlighted Georgia's and Azerbaijan's shared strategic vision on energy security and on seeking European markets for Caspian energy. In the meeting between [...]	2006-12-01 16:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG AJ PREL PGOV
06BAKU1764	DECEMBER 4 UPDATE ON ANS TELEVISION ISSUE [...] (C) As reported reftel, Ambassador spoke to Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev December 2 to seek clarification of the apparent contradiction between the GOAJ's decision to offer ANS TV's frequency for tender and the assurances provided by President Aliyev that ANS will be allowed to [...]	2006-12-04 14:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
06BAKU1771	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON UPCOMING GAS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see Paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told the Ambassador on December 5 that he expected the December 8 Trilateral meeting of Energy Ministers in Tbilisi to "clarify" whether Turkey was willing to help Georgia with its winter gas problems. He said Azerbaijan [...]	2006-12-05 15:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GA PGOV PREL TU AJ
06BAKU1789	AZERBAIJAN: BP WILLING TO MAXIMIZE ACG GAS TO [...] SUMMARY: BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told the Ambassador on December 8 that BP has come up with a proposed course of action to help Azerbaijan out of its upcoming winter gas supply shortage, part of which would be giving Azerbaijan "as much ACG associated gas as it can" over a six t [...]	2006-12-08 13:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL AJ TU GA
06BAKU1794	AZERBAIJAN WILLING TO HOST DECEMBER 14 'TRILAT [...] (C) Per Ref A guidance, the Ambassador spoke with Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev on December 7 to express USG support for a December 14 follow-on Ministerial or higher level trilateral plus BP and Statoil meeting in Baku to discuss solutions for the upcoming winter's regional gas shortage. (As r [...]	2006-12-08 14:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL AJ TU GA
06BAKU1807	BP AND GOAJ CONFIRM DEAL REACHED ON SHAH DENIZ GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader, during a December 9 meeting with SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev, SOCAR officially informed BP as the Shah Deniz Operator that that the Energy Ministers of Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia had agreed to redistribute Turkey's 200 [...]	2006-12-11 15:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RU GG TU AJ
06BAKU1815	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY MINISTER: TRILAT GAS DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY At a December 12 meeting Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev briefed US and Georgian diplomats and energy company representatives on the results of the December 8 Energy Ministers' Trilateral in Tbilisi. Aliyev said the Energy Ministers came to a general agreement that Turkey's 2007 Sh [...]	2006-12-13 14:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV TU GA AJ

06BAKU1839	AZERBAIJAN: SHAH DENIZ PRODUCTION DELAYS COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 19 conversation, SOCAR President Abdullayev said December 19 that the two main problems facing Azerbaijan,s 2007 winter gas balance were Turkish unwillingness to follow up on the general political agreements on gas redistribution discussed in Tbilisi, and the latest [...]	2006-12-20 14:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL TU AJ GA
06BAKU1840	AZERBAIJAN: BP ELABORATES ON SHAH DENIZ DELAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to BP Azerbaijan, a leak in the first Shah Deniz well, which started production on December 14, has caused production to cease. It will be early January 2007 at the earliest before the leak's cause is known, with subsequent production hinging on the cause of the leak. [...]	2006-12-20 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL AJ TU GA
06BAKU1841	AZERBAIJAN: SOME PROGRESS IN TRILATERAL GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of 'First Gas' from Shah Deniz gas field beginning to flow on December 15, the question of how Turkey was to be compensated for allowing its 2007 Shah Deniz gas to be redistributed to Azerbaijan and Georgia was left undecided during December 14-15 negotiations [...]	2006-12-20 14:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV TU AJ GA
06BAKU1843	AZERBAIJAN SCRAMBLING FOR A SOLUTION WITHOUT SHAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov said on December 21 that BP had informed the GOAJ that there would be "at least a three month delay" in Shah Deniz production. He said that BP 's "poor work" on Shah Deniz was "unacceptable," and had greatly worsened the regional gas situatio [...]	2006-12-21 13:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV TU AJ GA ECON
06BAKU479	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MATTHEW J. BRYZA [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza to travel to Baku 3-4 April 2006. Control officer will be Economic Officer Aaron Scheibe. Mr. Scheibe can be reached at the Embassy at: Email: ScheibeAP@State.Gov Mobile: (9 [...]	2006-03-30 03:33:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AJ
06BAKU511	AMBASSADOR AND STATOIL DISCUSS SHAH DENIZ PHASE II [...] (C) SUMMARY: Statoil executives briefed the Ambassador March 29 on the challenges facing the international energy companies and the GOAJ as Shah Deniz Phase II (Phase II will increase annual gas production by 18-20 bcma) moves forward. International companies want to pool their gas with the GO [...]	2006-04-04 09:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG PREL PGOV KZ AJ
06BAKU538	AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION REMAINS FOCUSED ON 2005 [...] (SBU) On April 3, EUR DAS Matt Bryza held a roundtable meeting with Azadliq Bloc leaders Ali Kerimli, Lala Shovket, and Sardar Jalaloglu along with Musavat chairman Isa Gambar. Almost to the exclusion of any other topic, the Azadliq bloc leaders clearly remained focused on the November 2005 pa [...]	2006-04-07 10:35:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PINR PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU540	PRESIDENT ALIYEV N ENERGY SECURITY, TRANSCASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with S/P Director Krasner and EUR DAS Bryza, President Aliyev said he looked forward to further development of Azerbaijan's gas reserves and creation of a new TransCaspian pipeline to export Central Asian gas to European markets as an important "second stage [...]	2006-04-07 11:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KDEM AJ
06BAKU581	AZERBAIJAN: S/P DIRECTOR AND EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 3 meeting, S/P Director Stephen Krasner discussed macroeconomic development and prudent oil revenue management with Minister of Economic Development Babayev and Minister of Finance Alakbarov. Babayev and Alakbarov stressed to Krasner that the GOAJ was aware of the da [...]	2006-04-17 04:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL PGOV AJ KZ
06BAKU582	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 3 visit to Azerbaijan, EUR DAS Bryza heard GOAJ interest in a possible "Southern Corridor" of gas pipelines to export gas from Azerbaijan, and perhaps Central Asia through a trans-Caspian gas pipeline (TCP),via Georgia and Turkey to help Europe diversify its gas s [...]	2006-04-17 07:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KZ TU TX AJ
06BAKU813	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] Embassy Baku warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza to travel to Baku 5-8 June 2006. Control officer will be Energy Officer Kerem Bilge. Mr. Bilge can be reached at the Embassy at: Email: BilgeKS@State.Gov Mobile: (994) ( [...]	2006-06-02 08:15:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OVIP AJ
06BAKU858	EUR DAS BRYZA AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev June 6 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as energy supplier, its regional relations and Nagorno-Karabakh. Aliyev expressed strong and unambiguous support for the U.S. "Southern Corridor" Strategy to help Europe di [...]	2006-06-12 12:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AJ AM
06BAKU980	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said Azerbaijan would need U.S. help to secure access to European gas markets and develop a new Trans-Caspian gas pipeline. Noting the dangers of over-reliance on the energy sector, the Ambassador urg [...]	2006-07-06 13:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EPET ETRD IZ AJ
06BRUSSELS429	EU OFFICIALS AGREE ON NEED TO BUILD MOMENTUM ON [...] (C) European Commission and Parliament officials agreed with visiting DAS Bryza February 6-7 on the need to build on the momentum created by Turkish FM Gul's recent proposal on opening Turkish and Northern Cypriot ports. The EU officials noted that Turkey could not open its ports to Cypriot v [...]	2006-02-08 14:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID CY GR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS731	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA, [...] (C) Summary: In U.S.-EU COEST Troika consultations on Caucasus and Central Asia on February 23, EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed with EU officials how to change the dynamic of discussions on South Ossetia. Echoing an EU Presidency statement on February 21, EU representatives agreed that the inte [...]	2006-03-06 08:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG AM AJ TX KZ TI KG USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS891	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES TURKEY AND CYPRUS WITH EU [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed Turkey's accession talks and Cyprus with EU Council Head of Unit for Enlargement Christos Katharios and Enlargement Unit Principal Adminstrator David Johns on February 23. Katharios stressed his full commitment to implementing the European Council,s d [...]	2006-03-15 08:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CY TU GR USEU BRUSSELS
06BUCHAREST1653	ROMANIA AND U.S. ON SAME WAVELENGTH - DAS BRYZA AT [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza visited Bucharest October 26 to participate in a conference on Regional Energy Cooperation jointly sponsored by the Romanian Presidency, the U.S. and German Embassies, and the George C. Marshall Center ) Romania. In this forum and in earlier meetings [...]	2006-10-30 15:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1886	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASESCU [...] (C) Summary: President Traian Basescu provided assurances at a December 20 meeting with the Ambassador that Romania would maintain current force levels in Iraq and Afghanistan and would continue to upgrade the quality of its forces to NATO standards. Basescu also confirmed Romanian interest [...]	2006-12-21 15:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
06BUCHAREST411	(C) ROMANIA'S ENERGY SECTOR - RUSSIAN DEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Romania, once a net exporter of energy products, now produces 40% of its domestic oil consumption and 60% of its gas needs, and the rates are decreasing each year. While gas imports are based on trades at the international gas boards, Romania imports nearly all gas from Gazprom [...]	2006-03-10 17:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV RO
06DUSHANBE239	THE CIS NEEDS A CNN RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE SERVICE [...] (C) This message is Central Asia specific, but it is relevant to the other countries of the former Soviet Union, including Russia, as the other U.S. ambassadors to CIS countries agreed during a January 4 meeting in the Department with U/S Burns. 2. (C) Russia is increasingly flexing its p [...]	2006-02-06 04:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP KDEM KPAO RS ZK
06DUSHANBE284	KHUJAND, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OF TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khujand, Tajikistan's "second city," in the Ferghana Valley and separated from Dushanbe by a formidable mountain range, represents what Tajikistan could be - not a democratic paradise, but a confident, relatively progressive, stable society open to new ideas and cautiously resist [...]	2006-02-13 08:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KPAO KDEM RS UZ KG TI
06DUSHANBE304	BBC IN DUSHANBE: "DON'T DIS A SMALL COUNTRY AND YOU CAN GET [...] (C) In a surprisingly tough meeting February 14, the Ambassador joined his European and OSCE colleagues for what was supposed to have been a joint Western demarche about the BBC Tajik Service having lost its permission January 10 to broadcast on FM-106 in Dushanbe (reftel). French Ambassador [...]	2006-02-15 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO UK TI
06DUSHANBE311	SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO ASK PERMISSION THAN BEG [...] (U) USAID Dushanbe requested guidance from the Ambassador February 15 on a sensitive issue. The U.S. NGO Community Habitat and Finance (CHF)'s Alternative to Conflict in Tajikistan program has an Economic Opportunity Center (EOC) in Isfara in the sensitive Farghana Valley that offers computer [...]	2006-02-16 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KISL KIRF TI
06DUSHANBE321	NEW ECONOMIC ADVISER INTENDS TO ACCELERATE REFORM [...] (C) Newly appointed Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs Matlubhon Davlatov characterized his appointment not as a change in President Rahmonov's economic reform agenda but as a means to accelerate it. "I'm not new to this team," he told the Ambassador during a February 17 initial meeting [...]	2006-02-21 05:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID TI
06DUSHANBE322	TAJIKISTAN: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR KEY VISITORS FROM [...] (C) During an interagency meeting in Washington in January to elaborate the Tajikistan section of the policy document, "A Strategy for Central Asia," the Ambassador undertook to recommend names of key Tajik insiders who could be invited to Washington for low-profile but high-level conversation [...]	2006-02-21 05:51:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE502	EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS ON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a read-out of his just-concluded meeting with President Rahmonov, EU Special Representative for Central Asia Kubis said that a calm and confident Rahmonov undertook to improve (to a degree) Tajik elections, reasserted his unreserved willingness to support coalition efforts in [...]	2006-03-15 12:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON KDEM RS IR UZ AF TI
06EFTOATHENS1738	SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY OFFICERS' CONFERENCE, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2.(SBU) This is an update to the Energy Conference to be held in Athens on July 14, 2006. All Energy Officers, Economic Counselors and other appropriate officers from addressee posts who plan to attend should e-mail K [...]	2006-07-06 14:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET GR
06HELSINKI1003	FINLAND: DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH FM TUOMIOJA AND [...] (C) Summary: In Helsinki Sept. 27, DAS Bryza encouraged the Finnish Presidency to implement its plan for helping the EU and Turkey move forward on Cyprus, and stressed that all US efforts on this issue aim to support the Finnish EU Presidency's own initiative. Finnish FM Tuomioja welcomed the [...]	2006-10-02 11:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN FI CY GR TU
06HELSINKI1199	ENERGY FROM THE EAST: FINNISH RELIANCE ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Gasum, Finland,s sole supplier of natural gas, has managed to settle into a peaceful coexistence with its notorious Russian partner Gazprom. Although totally dependent on Gazprom for 100 percent of its supply, Gasum ensures stability through long-term contracts with Gazprom which [...]	2006-12-01 14:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD EUN FI RS
06ISTANBUL1296	JULY 12 PRESIDENT ALIYEV - ENERGY DEPSEC SELL [...] (U) This is a joint ConGn Istanbul-Embassy Baku message. 2. (C) SUMMARY Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told Deput Secretary of Energy Clay Sell on July 12 that Aerbaijan and US goals and strategies with respect o developing Azerbaijani gas for world markets cincide, and Azerbaijan i [...]	2006-07-18 14:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TU
06ISTANBUL1302	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE - EUR DAS BRYZA JULY 12 [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Bryza discussed a potential way to resolve the long-standing Halki issue with the Ecumenical Patriarch during a July 12 meeting. The Patriarch also raised property issues, noting that the Government of Turkey (GOT) had begun selling seized Ecumenical Patriarchate prope [...]	2006-07-19 07:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TU
06ISTANBUL1341	BTC PRE-INAUGURATION MEETINGS IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Deputy Secretary Sell and senior U.S. officials met with high-level delegations from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Kazakhstan in Istanbul on July 12 to discuss issues related to the Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline on the eve of its inauguration. Deputy Secretary Sell and [...]	2006-07-26 13:04:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL AJ GG KZ RU TU
06ISTANBUL1478	SUCCESSION ISSUE: PRIORITY AND LIFELINE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Patriarchate senior advisor, Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, stressed to us during an introductory meeting on August 16 that the priority issue for the Ecumenical Patriarchate was the succession of the Patriarch. He noted that Turkish citizenship requirements for any poten [...]	2006-08-17 14:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
06KIEV574	Ukraine: Energizing GUAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Foreign Ministry acknowledges GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) is not yet a functioning regional organization, but is committed to getting Ukraine's house in order on the issue first, and then energizing GUAM. Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia are in agreement on h [...]	2006-02-13 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL GUAM
06MOSCOW11729	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA CONVERSATION WITH [...] (C) DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador called on Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin October 6. Karasin said Russian patience with Georgia was at an end, and catalogued Russian views of the worsening relations, culminating with the arrest of Russian soldiers immediately after NATO offered Georgia Intensi [...]	2006-10-19 09:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PREF GG RS
06MOSCOW12259	RUSSIAN MFA CRITICIZES DAS BRYZA'S FINANCIAL TIMES [...] (C) MFA North America Deputy Director Vladimir Vinokurov contacted Political M/C November 2 to highlight the ministry's critical reaction to comments made about the Northern European Gas Pipeline (NEGP) by DAS Bryza in an October 30 Financial Times of Germany interview. Vinkurov told us the [...]	2006-11-02 15:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS
06MOSCOW12528	A/S FRIED CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN, [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in a two hour discussion November 15. Karasin dismissed Georgian conciliatory steps as cosmetic; Fried said they are real and Russia should respond by ending sanct [...]	2006-11-20 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS ETRD GG MD UP RS
06MOSCOW1324	PRESSING RUSSIA FOR RESTRAINT ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: In a February 9 meeting with Chief of Defense General Baluyevskiy, Ambassador Burns urged that Russia exercise restraint in its dealings with Georgia. Baluyevksiy was blunt in complaining about Georgian demands to withdraw peacekeepers from Georgia and charged Tbilisi with inte [...]	2006-02-11 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PBTS GG RS
06MOSCOW1435	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: EXPECT SHARP RUSSIAN REACTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the absence of DFM Karasin from Moscow, A/DCM spoke with MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin to emphasize the efforts the USG has been making to moderate Georgian parliamentary action on CIS peacekeepers in South Ossetia (per ref e-mail request). Kelin took careful no [...]	2006-02-14 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG
06MOSCOW1635	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES DFM KARASIN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador on February 17 outlined to DFM Karasin ongoing U.S. efforts to encourage Georgian restraint on South Ossetia, and urged Russia to act constructively. Ambassador expressed appreciation for FM Lavrov's recent message to the Secretary, and said he expected a formal reply [...]	2006-02-18 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW2070	SOUTH OSSETIA: DEALING WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow's approach to Georgia is driven by frustration with Tbilisi's defiant attitude to Russian interests, reflected in its pursuit of NATO membership, its championing of anti-Russian alliances in the neighborhood, its strategy of trying to compensate for Georgia's weakness in [...]	2006-03-02 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW3507	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: SOME POSITIVE STEPS -- AND SOME [...] (C) Summary. Russian MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told A/DCM April 4 that he was pleased with the "good cooperative spirit" he had met in Tbilisi when finalizing the agreement on withdrawing Russian bases by 2008 that was signed in Sochi March 31. The March 27 South Osset [...]	2006-04-04 10:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS ETRD OSCE GG RS
06NICOSIA1306	SRSG MOLLER ON CYPRUS TALKS [...] (C) On August 4, SRSG Moller briefed the Ambassador on recent developments since the exchange of lists earlier in the week. In contrast to his (ref) optimism on August 2, he noted with frustration two problems Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat has raised with him earlier that day: A) [...]	2006-08-04 13:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP TU CY
06NICOSIA136	MANAGING THE CYPRUS PROBLEM IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) Matt: In advance of your upcoming visit to Brussels, we would like to share some thoughts regarding recent developments on Cyprus, and in particular the Greek Cypriot strategy vis-a-vis Turkey and the EU. The Europeans need to hear a sobering message about the potential consequences of a s [...]	2006-02-01 15:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU CY
06NICOSIA816	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 1 LUNCH WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a private lunch on June 1, Ambassador Schlicher and President Papadopoulos' Diplomatic Advisor Tasos Tzionis discussed the current state-of-play in the UN-led technical talks, as well as Turkey's EU accession prospects, and the possibility of a visit by DAS Bryza to Cyprus in [...]	2006-06-02 13:41:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
06PARIS2130	UNESCO: PREPARATIONS FOR JULY 2006 VILNIUS [...] Summary: In preparation for the July 8-16 2006 meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, invited experts met at UNESCO headquarters to discuss the impact of climate change on World Heritage sites; (Their recommendations para 5). The meeting was held at the request of the July 2005 [...]	2006-03-31 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL KSCA SENV RS XG UNESCO
06PARIS5423	EUR DAS BRYZA'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Visiting DAS Matt Bryza met August 2 with French Deputy PolDir Baleine du Laurens to discuss developments in Georgia and Abkhazia. On Georgian reforms, Bryza countered a suggestion by Laurens that Georgia was regressing by pointing to continued improvements in press freedom, tr [...]	2006-08-10 16:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GG NATO KDEM
06PARIS6047	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6063	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]	2006-09-11 09:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6179	EUR DAS BRYZA MEETS FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 12 meeting with EUR/DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/CARC Director Rood, French Political Director Laboulaye expressed relief over U.S. efforts to persuade Georgian President Saakashvili to avoid being overly provocative toward Russia at the UNGA. To give Saakashvili an add [...]	2006-09-14 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG NATO EUN KDEM
06PARIS7057	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR DAS Bryza and EUR/CARC Conflicts Advisor Crosby met with newly arrived MFA Deputy Political Director and A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe October 24 to exchange views -- in advance of Georgian FM Bezhuashvili's November 7 visit to Paris -- on next steps on Russia-Ge [...]	2006-10-27 08:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG RS NATO EU KDEM MARR
06PARIS7102	DAS BRYZA AND MOI DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Minister of Interior Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor, David Martinon, expressed interest in U.S. thinking on Muslim integration in Europe and highlighted the various ways in which the GOF has approached the problem in recent years. Sa [...]	2006-10-30 09:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER FR TU PINS XT
06PARIS7508	APPROACHING FRANCE ON TURKEY-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Widespread public opposition to Turkish EU membership in the run-up to France's presidential elections severely limits the GOF's flexibility in dealing with the Turkey-Cyprus issue, notwithstanding Chirac's foreign policy prerogatives and his long-standi [...]	2006-11-22 13:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO TU CY UNO
06ROME1005	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CASPIAN BASIN NATURAL GAS [...] (U) Summary: In March 17 meetings, GOI officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Productive Activities, and the Prime Minister's office concurred with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza's assessment of the risk to Italian and European energy security of Gazprom's dominance of natural gas shipments t [...]	2006-04-04 04:36:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET RU IR QA IT
06ROME1667	EDISON ITALIA OUTLINES THE WAY FORWARD FOR TURKEY-GREECE-ITALY NATURAL GAS PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Summary. A/EcMin met May 25 with Roberto Poti, Edison Italia's Vice President for Corporate Development, to discuss Edison's investment in the Turkey-Greece-Italy Interconnector pipeline designed to ship Azeri natural gas to Europe. Edison has partnered with DEPA, Greece's state-owned [...]	2006-06-06 05:10:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET AZ TU GR AL IT
06ROME2217	ITALIAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN LIBYA [...] (U) The importance of Libyan oil and gas to the Italian electricity industry has ensured a steady stream of trade and investment between the two countries, notwithstanding Libya's sometimes difficult business environment. Italian trade and investment outside the energy sector is virtually no [...]	2006-08-08 08:50:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD LY IT
06ROME2257	ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] (U) Summary. Italy and Russia are major trading partners, with the bulk of trade comprised of natural gas exports from Russia to Italy. While the GOI has expressed concern over Italy's dependence on Russian natural gas, Italy has not yet aggressively pursued alternative sources of energy. [...]	2006-08-10 15:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD RU IT
06ROME2699	TURKEY-GREECE-ITALY PIPELINE - EDISON DISCUSSIONS [...] Roberto Poti, Edison Vice President for Business Development, called EconCounselor September 18 to relate details of his September 11 meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler regarding the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) pipeline construction. 2. Poti described the meeting as "very posit [...]	2006-09-25 15:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ETRD AJ AL RS TU GR IR IT
06ROME3006	GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO ITALY COMPLAINS OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Georgian Ambassador to Italy, Zaal Gogsadze, told poloff that he has been unable to get the GOI to focus on the tensions building in Georgia. Gogsadze stated that the GOI has become fixated on the Putin-inspired idea that Georgia is pushing for an armed confrontation. Whi [...]	2006-11-02 08:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG RU IT
06ROME3379	ITALIAN ENERGY SUPPLIES PROJECTED TO BE ADEQUATE [...] (U) Summary. Italian officials are optimistic Italy will not experience a repeat of last winter's energy shortages. Energy analysts point to a mild winter, gas reserves higher than last year, and Italy's increased ability to switch natural gas-fired power plants to oil. Looking past Italy's [...]	2006-12-27 16:38:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON RU IT
06ROME834	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS BRYZA'S MARCH 17 VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Rome welcomes the visit of EUR DAS Matthew Bryza to Rome March 17. DAS Bryza's visit comes in the midst of a natural gas shortage here in Italy that has caused gas delivery interruptions to industrial customers and highlighted the inadequacies of Italy's energy infrastructure; an [...]	2006-03-16 13:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IT
06ROME933	ITALIANS TO DAS BRYZA: RUSSIA NOT READY FOR [...] (C) Summary. On March 17, DAS Bryza met with Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to PM Berlusconi Francesco Talo and MFA Director General Giulio Terzi to discuss Caucasus security issues and Russian Australia Group (AG) membership. Bryza told his interlocutors that the USG believed that Russian member [...]	2006-03-27 12:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO IT RU GG UP
06SOFIA1162	BULGARIA SPARRING AGAINST RUSSIAN ENERGY DEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST: Bulgarian leaders are battling against the grip that Russia increasingly holds over the energy sector here, but are struggling to strengthen their position. President Purvanov and Prime Minister Stanishev appear especially concerned; Minister of Economy and Energy [...]	2006-08-15 13:36:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL BU
06SOFIA1481	BULGARIA FAVORS RUSSIAN BID TO BUILD BELENE NPP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador Oct. 19, Energy/Economy Minister Rumen Ovcharov confirmed press reports that Bulgaria has decided in favor of the Russian/European consortium for construction of a new nuclear plant at Belene. Ovcharov acknowledged a link between the Belene decis [...]	2006-10-24 12:18:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL RU GR BU
06SOFIA1542	BULGARIA/GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA, FM KALFIN PREVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. By hosting the Friends of Georgia on November 9, Bulgaria seeks to send a message of support to the GoG while at the same time urging the Georgians to "stop giving Russia excuses to crack down." Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kalfin and EUR DAS Bryza agreed that both objectives would [...]	2006-11-08 14:52:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE GG RU BU
06SOFIA1554	BULGARIA, TURKEY AND GREECE WANT MORE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political and energy leaders from Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey told EUR DAS Bryza on November 3 that the U.S should play a stronger role in ensuring diversity of energy supply - particularly gas - in the region. Bryza stressed the need for countries in the region to work together [...]	2006-11-09 15:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV RU BU
06SOFIA1560	B-A OIL PIPELINE: SIGNS OF PROGRESS; BULGARIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY Greek and Bulgarian officials described to EUR DAS Matt Bryza progress on the Burgas-Alexandropoulis (B-A) oil pipeline during his November 3 visit to Sofia. The Greek consortium plans to transfer most of its shares to international private sector participants, including Chevron, [...]	2006-11-14 10:04:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV RU BU
06TBILISI2512	NEGOTIATION ROUND ABORTED AS SOUTH OSSETIANS [...] (C) The latest scheduled round of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) failed to convene after the South Ossetians refused to permit one member of the Georgian delegation, peacekeeping battalion commander Paata Bedniashvili, to enter Tskhinvali for the talks. OSCE Ambassador Roy Reeve told us [...]	2006-09-20 06:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
06TBILISI2590	GEORGIA ARRESTS RUSSIANS FOR SPYING, PLANNING [...] (S/NF) The Georgian government announced the arrests of four Russians and eleven Georgians on September 27, in connection with an alleged espionage ring. One Russian suspect remains inside a diplomatically protected Russian military building in Tbilisi. The Georgians tell us the arrests are [...]	2006-09-28 12:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG
06TBILISI2601	GEORGIAN ARRESTS UPDATE -- SEPTEMBER 29 [...] (C) As the Georgian-Russian confrontation over Russian military officers detained for spying enters its third day, the Georgians have been making their case with the diplomatic community and the public, releasing video and other evidence of espionage. OSCE Chair-in-Office de Gucht is planning [...]	2006-09-29 10:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG
06TBILISI2626	GEORGIA RELEASES RUSSIAN OFFICERS [...] Georgia released four Russian officers detained for spying to OSCE Chair-in-Office Karel de Gucht on October 2 in a televised handover ceremony. The Georgians expect further Russian retaliation for the incident, such as the reported Russian decision to cut off air travel, mail service, and mo [...]	2006-10-02 14:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GG
06TBILISI2708	SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF SOUTH OSSETIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) International donors, OSCE, Georgia, and South Ossetia kicked off the new economic rehabilitation initiative for South Ossetia with the first steering committee meeting in Tskhinvali October 6, much of which was open to Georgian and SIPDIS South Ossetian media. DCM signed a memorandum w [...]	2006-10-11 13:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID GG
06TBILISI2709	UN-CIS KODORI PATROL SCHEDULED, WHILE ABKHAZ TALK [...] (C) Georgian Deputy State Minister for Conflict Resolution Ruslan Abashidze told us October 9 that the main questions about the modalities of a UNOMIG monitoring patrol of the Upper Kodori Gorge with participation of CIS peacekeepers (reftel) had been resolved. He said an agreement was reached [...]	2006-10-11 13:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
06TBILISI2754	SOUTH OSSETIA TALKS AT AN IMPASSE [...] (C) As described by OSCE, the October 12-13 Joint Control Commission (JCC) meeting in Vladikavkaz produced few real results because the Georgians and the other sides deadlocked over the Georgian proposal to change the format of the discussions. The commander of the Joint Peacekeeping Forces ( [...]	2006-10-17 13:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PGOV GG
06TBILISI2789	UN AND CIS CONDUCT JOINT PATROL OF KODORI GORGE [...] (C) A joint UNOMIG-CIS patrol visited the Georgian-controlled Upper Kodori Gorge October 12, the first such international monitoring mission since Georgian forces re-established control over the area from local warlord Emzar Kvitsiani in July. Georgian Deputy State Minister for Conflict Resol [...]	2006-10-20 08:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
06TBILISI2866	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili told A/S Fried October 18 that recent Russian statements and actions indicated that Russia had decided to launch an all-out diplomatic assault on Georgia, trying to marginalize the U.S. from the Group of Friends, targeting GUAM, and working to di [...]	2006-10-30 08:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG
06TBILISI2937	KVITSIANI ON FIRING IN UPPER KODORI: I DID IT [...] (U) Abkhaz television broadcast November 1 a video, quickly picked up on Georgian channels, in which ousted Upper Kodori warlord Emzar Kvitsiani took responsibility for the October 25 missile attack near the Georgian village of Azhara during the visit of Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs V [...]	2006-11-02 14:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
06TBILISI3046	GOG NEEDS STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (C) Summary: On November 7-8, PolEcon Chief and Poloff traveled to the multi-ethnic region of Samstkhe-Javakheti to meet with newly-elected local officials, NGO leaders, media representatives, and university students. The purpose of the visit was to reinforce the USG's commitment to increased [...]	2006-11-20 13:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU
06TBILISI3069	THE ROSE REVOLUTION: THREE YEARS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Saakashvili administration came to power after the 2003 Rose Revolution promising to build democracy, increase prosperity, and reincorporate Georgia's separatist regions. Three years after the Rose Revolution, the Saakashvili administration has much to be proud of. In place [...]	2006-11-22 15:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
06THEHAGUE2343	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUR DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] Country clearance is granted for November 2, 2006 visit to the Netherlands of Matthew J. Bryza to attend the Diversity Dialogue Conference. 2. Control officer for the visit is Embassy Economic Officer Jason Heung - Emb. Tel: (31) (70) 310-2339; Cell Phone: - (31) (65) 378-2313; Fax: ( [...]	2006-11-01 12:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA NL
06THEHAGUE2515	EMBASSY HOSTS DUTCH-U.S. MUSLIM DIALOGUE [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Embassy and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund convened the mission's most extensive outreach effort to date on November 1-2 when more than 120 Dutch and American Muslims, government officials, policy experts, civil rights and business leaders gathered fo [...]	2006-11-29 16:12:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SOCI KPAO PHUM PREL KISL PINR NL
06THEHAGUE553	EU Energy Green Paper - Dutch Views [...] (U) Dutch officials are generally pleased with the main points of the energy green paper released by the Commission on March 8 and discussed by EU energy ministers on March 14. On the paper's call for a common EU energy policy, officials in both the Economics Ministry (which has the lead on en [...]	2006-03-15 14:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ECON EUN NL
06USUNNEWYORK1546	AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S MEETING WITH MINSK GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. Minsk Group Co-chair reps met with Acting General Assembly President August 14 to discuss the Azerbaijani draft resolution regarding the fires that have been raging since June in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ambassador Wolff delivered reftel points, which were endo [...]	2006-08-16 13:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNGA AJ AM
06USUNNEWYORK974	CYPRUS: BRYZA AND SILLIMAN'S NEW YORK MEETINGS [...] (S) Summary: On May 10, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/SE Director Doug Silliman traveled to New York for meetings on Cyprus with U/SYG Ibrahim Gambari and SRSG on Cyprus and UNFICYP head Michael Moller. In a lunch meeting with Moller and his deputy Susan Allee joined by USUN Ambassador Sanders, [...]	2006-05-13 01:23:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PGOV PREL UNSC TU CY
06VATICAN256	TURKEY: VATICAN BACKS INTEGRATION [...] (C) While not officially endorsing Turkey's entry into the EU (ref a),the Holy See continues to support the dialogue and reform process connected to the issue. Top officials, including the pope, have spoken positively in public and private about European integration. Although they are critical of [...]	2006-12-07 17:58:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM TU VT
06VIENNA2475	NABUCCO PIPELINE: AUSTRIA'S OMV CONSIDERS [...] (C) Summary. On August 10, State Department (S/P) Energy Advisor Steve Hellman, accompanied by Charge and Acting EconPolCouns, met with senior executives from Austria's main oil and gas company, OMV, to discuss the status of the Nabucco pipeline and ways to move the project forward. The dis [...]	2006-08-18 15:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL AZ AU
06VIENNA3417	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NABUCCO WITH OMV [...] (C) During a November 16 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer acknowledged that Azeri gas is the most politically and commercially attractive source for the startup of the Nabucco pipeline scheduled in 2011. However, Ruttenstorfer questioned whether Azeri reserves w [...]	2006-11-28 15:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL AU
06WARSAW2008	POLAND'S PKN ORLEN DISCUSSES MAZEIKIU NAFTA, [...] (C) PKN Orlen's (PKNO) Deputy President Cezary Filipowicz requested information from the USG on whether Yukos International is considering a proposal to put the Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) refinery shares into escrow to further protect them from Yukos Finance. Poland is attempting to gain support fr [...]	2006-09-15 14:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ETRD PL AJ KZ RS ES LG LH PREL
06YEREVAN1010	YOUR VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (C) We look forward to welcoming you on your first trip to the region wearing both your co-chair and DAS hats. The situation on the ground here in Yerevan has changed somewhat since your last visit in March. While your visit will be brief, your meetings with key leaders will offer us an opp [...]	2006-07-27 10:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
06YEREVAN1237	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PARLIAMENT SPEAKER [...] (C) Parliament Speaker Torosian told the Ambassador at a September 6 meeting that Armenia was committed to holding democratic elections in 2007 and 2008 and that work on revisions to the electoral code had nearly reached consensus, both among drafters and with international community advisers [...]	2006-09-08 10:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR AM
06YEREVAN1393	GOVERNMENT TAKES BACK MEDIA BILL [...] (U) The government withdrew a controversial bill on media with a promise to revise it after parliamentarians walked out on a floor vote. A quorum of parliamentarians were present at the start of the October 3 session, but when it came time to vote on the bill, many of them, including at least [...]	2006-10-06 04:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
06YEREVAN1396	ARMENIANS WORRIED ABOUT EFFECTS OF GEORGIA-RUSSIA [...] (C) Public statements from Armenian officials are generally calm and balanced, but acknowledge the effects on Armenia of the Russian blockade of Georgia. Privately, officials are more concerned, and more of them blame Georgia than Russia. PM Markarian told visiting DAS Matt Bryza on October [...]	2006-10-06 10:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU AM
06YEREVAN1410	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION TO OSCE MINSK GROUP VISIT [...] (SBU) The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs visited Armenia October 3-4 as part of a regional trip aimed at renewing contact between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. On October 3, the co-chairs, together with Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman in Off [...]	2006-10-10 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC AM KMDR KPAO
06YEREVAN1424	PUSHING ARMENIA TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST KONGRA GEL [...] (S) The Government of Armenia has taken little action to respond to USG requests to address concerns about the possible presence and activity of Kongra Gel in Armenia. A recent high-level push by visiting DAS Matt Bryza got a more positive response, but it is too soon to tell if the GOAM will [...]	2006-10-11 12:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER AM
06YEREVAN1440	ARMENIA'S SCORECARD DELIVERED WITH A WARNING ON [...] (SBU) On October 6, 2006, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and MCC Resident Country Director Alex Russin presented the MCC Indicator Scorecard on Armenia to Armenia's full MCA Governing Council, chaired by the Prime Minister. While we told the Council that Armenia had technically passed the criteria, [...]	2006-10-13 10:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM KMCA AM
06YEREVAN1456	ARMENIA RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT NDI ACTIVITIES, [...] (C) On October 17, Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian delivered a non-paper to CDA objecting to some activities in Armenia of the National Democratic Institute. While the paper (full text below) purports to support NDI's democratization goals, it objects to alleged NDI actions to develo [...]	2006-10-17 13:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID AM
06YEREVAN1476	BRYZA AND PRIME MINISTER DISCUSES DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) EUR DAS Bryza met with Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markarian on October 4 to encourage Armenia to work towards free and fair elections in 2007 and 2008 and to discuss energy security and other regional issues. Markarian was open and engaged. He welcomed U.S. assistance on elections [...]	2006-10-20 13:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ENRG IR TU AM
06YEREVAN1530	KOCHARIAN COMPLAINS TO EU AMBASSADORS ABOUT N-K [...] (C) In a meeting with EU Heads of Mission on October 27, President Kocharian was deeply pessimistic about chances for a settlement on Nagorno-Karabakh, resigned that Armenia would pay a greater cost for poor Russia-Georgia relations than either of the two parties, and expressed some frustratio [...]	2006-10-31 14:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE AM
06YEREVAN1674	DE FACTO N-K AUTHORITIES INVITE U.S. TO OBSERVE [...] (C) The Yerevan representative office of the self-declared "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (NKR) asked post to convey a letter to EUR DAS Matt Bryza, in his capacity as Minsk Group co-chair, advising him of an NKR referendum December 10 and inviting him to observe the proceedings. Full text of the [...]	2006-12-04 16:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06YEREVAN352	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION ON DAS BRYZA VISIT [...] Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza visited Armenia on March 6-8. As part of his visit, Bryza held a press conference on March 7 that received broad coverage from the print and broadcast media. The press reported on Bryza's comments on energy security, Nagorno- Karabakh, the d [...]	2006-03-09 13:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC AM KMDR KPAO

06YEREVAN393	DAS BRYZA: BALANCING ENERGY INTERESTS IN THE [...] (C) During March 7-8 meetings in Yerevan, DAS Bryza found broad consensus for the need to diversify Armenia's sources of energy and general concern about GazProm's overwhelming influence in the sector. Bryza urged support for regional solutions to energy issues, including increased electricity [...]	2006-03-20 04:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PARM PREL IR RS AM
06YEREVAN423	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH NA SPEAKER BAGHDASARIAN [...] (C) During his March 7-8 visit to Yerevan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Matthew Bryza pressed National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasarian to take a leadership role in developing Armenia's democratic institutions and urged Armenia to work with neighbors toward g [...]	2006-03-26 10:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN662	"A CIVILIZED DIVORCE"--BAGHDASARIAN LEAVES [...] (C) National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasarian formally announced his party's withdrawal from the governing coalition and his intention to step down as Speaker during a press conference May 12. His formal announcement ended intense speculation about his falling out with President Kocharian [...]	2006-05-12 10:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
06YEREVAN715	ARMENIA AND IRAN: KOCHARIAN WISHES HE HAD A [...] (C) With U.S. concerns about Iran peaking, so are Armenia's concerns about how the U.S. and the international community will respond to Armenia's attempts to maintain a vestige of neighborly relations with its southern neighbor. As Armenia had only two open international borders, President Koc [...]	2006-05-25 13:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP IR AM
06YEREVAN751	ARMENIANS CAUGHT IN HEADLIGHTS ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with President Kocharian late June 1 to deliver ref A points on Iran, and with Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian the following day. Kocharian had no immediate reaction except to repeat his concerns about the heightening tensions over Iran's nuclear program, to la [...]	2006-06-02 10:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IR AM
06YEREVAN831	ARMENIAN PRESIDENT GOING TO TEHRAN [...] (C) Armenian President Robert Kocharian will accept a long-standing invitation to visit Tehran for a working visit that has been tentatively set for July 5-6, according to Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian, who told the Ambassador this June 20 in the course of a meeting on ano [...]	2006-06-20 10:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IR AM
07ANKARA1010	TURKEY: ECONOMISTS STRESS ECONOMIC PROGRESS, BUT NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As domestic political risk comes to the fore in the wake of the weekend's dramatic developments, Turkish economists underline the economy's remarkable transformation since the 2001 crisis. Strong growth, fiscal consolidation and surging Foreign Direct Investment underpin a si [...]	2007-04-30 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ETRD TU
07ANKARA1015	TURKEY: ECONOMISTS STRESS ECONOMIC PROGRESS, BUT NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As domestic political risk comes to the fore in the wake of the weekend's dramatic developments, Turkish economists underline the economy's remarkable transformation since the 2001 crisis. Strong growth, fiscal consolidation and surging Foreign Direct Investment underpin a si [...]	2007-04-30 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ETRD TU
07ANKARA1121	SOUTHERN CORRIDOR: MOVING ON TRANSIT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. In a May 9 meeting, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler agreed with Ambassador that setting a legal framework for transiting Shah Deniz production is the next step in developing Caspian gas exports to Europe via the soon to be completed Turkey-Greece Interconnector (TGI) and the Nabucco [...]	2007-05-11 09:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG BEXP GR AJ TU
07ANKARA1207	TURKEY ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE ON TURKMEN GAS [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Apakan expressed concern about the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-Russia gas deal and told Ambassador that Turkey wants closer collaboration with the US on access to Turkmen gas. Ambassador offered to provide what information we have about the Russian agreement and encouraged Ap [...]	2007-05-18 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECIN PREL AJ TX KZ RS TU
07ANKARA1286	TURKEY - PUSHING ON THE SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials express concern about the announced Russia-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan gas agreement, worried that momentum is shifting away from the "southern gas corridor" and Turkey's transit role. Turkish officials want to redouble efforts to work with Turkmenistan, Iraq, Aze [...]	2007-05-25 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ
07ANKARA1350	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUROPEAN DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to European Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza. Your Control Officer for Ankara is Political Officer, Anthony Renzulli. He can be reached at Embassy: 011-90-312-4576-7178; Home: 011-90-312-442-1804; Cell: 011-90-554-671-4877. [...]	2007-06-01 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TU LA NO
07ANKARA1412	TURKEY-IRAN ADVANCE ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although negotiations have been long and difficult, Turkey continues to dally with Iran on energy cooperation. The visit of the Iranian Energy Minister (who is responsible for energy and electricity, but not oil and gas, issues) and a possible reciprocating visit by Guler to Ira [...]	2007-06-06 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU IR
07ANKARA1481	TURKEY - COVERING OLD GROUND ON TRANSIT TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Energy Minister Hilmi Guler covered familiar ground on gas transit in a June 9 meeting. Ambassador pushed for Turkey and Azerbaijan to meet to resolve issues on the current gas contract, and even more importantly to establish the transit approach for future gas to [...]	2007-06-12 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ IR
07ANKARA1531	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. DEFENSE ARTICLES IN CYPRUS [...] (U) Action Request. See Para 5. 2. (C) During a June 14 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza on broader Cyprus issues (reported septel),MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Northeast Mediterranean and Americas Haydar SIPDIS Berk reiterated GOT concerns about perceived USG non-enforcement of the A [...]	2007-06-15 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CY GR TU
07ANKARA1532	ACTION REQUEST: TURKS SEEK USG HELP TO FACILITATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan is inviting Iraqi PM Maliki to visit Turkey later this month to discuss bilateral issues, including security and energy, and the Turks have asked for USG support in convincing Maliki to accept the invitation. The G [...]	2007-06-15 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA1540	TURKEY CONCERNED ABOUT UNSCR DRAFT LANGUAGE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials have raised concerns with us regarding language in the draft UN Security Council resolution on UNFICYP mandate renewal. The GOT believes the resolution, as it stands, fails to portray fully and objectively the situation in Cyprus. In particular, GOT officials regre [...]	2007-06-15 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN CY TU
07ANKARA1598	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH MFA CAUCASUS DG UMAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Matt Bryza met in Ankara on June 14 with MFA Director General for Caucasus and Central Asia Resit Uman and MFA Director General for Policy Planning Altay Cengizer. DAS Bryza shared his views on the previous week's disappointing meeting of the Azeri and Armenian Presidents on [...]	2007-06-22 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV NATO OSCE AJ AM GG RU TU ZJ
07ANKARA1608	TURKEY - ENTHUSIASM FOR TURKENISTAN AND IRAQ GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 13 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler gave a positive and enthusiastic read-out of his recent trip to Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. Guler was confident that an off-shore Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan connection was workable and wants Turkey [...]	2007-06-25 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ
07ANKARA1709	Azeri Gas Arrives, Contract Issue Unresolved [...] (SBU) Summary. After months of delay, Turkish officials confirm that natural gas from Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz field should begin flowing into Turkey in the next few days despite the lack of resolution to the issue of the contract period. The head of Azerbaijan's SOCAR is coming to Turkey wi [...]	2007-07-05 05:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TU
07ANKARA1739	DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO GOT REGARDING US DFENSE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points regarding US defense articles in Cyprus to MFA Deputy U/S Haydar Berk on July 6. Ambassador emphasized our desire to be transparent, noted previous discussions with the Turkish General Staff on the problem of Greek-supplied US defense articles in Cyprus [...]	2007-07-09 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CY GR TU
07ANKARA1756	Second Turkey-Iraq-US Gas Study Meeting in Istanbul [...] (SBU) Summary. During the second trilateral gas working meeting held in Istanbul on Saturday June 30, Turkey's Under Secretary for Energy Sami Demirbilek reassured Iraqi PM Maliki's oil advisor Abd al-Ilah al-Amir and the Iraqi Ambassador, Dr. Jawad al Hindawi, of Turkey's intention to find way [...]	2007-07-10 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1761	REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-11 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
07ANKARA1785	REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] (SBU) As discussed in ref email to many of you and based on the widespread interest among chiefs of mission in the area, Mission Turkey proposes to host a Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul on September 20-22, 2007. Its purpose will be to consider our Caspian energy strategy and how we [...]	2007-07-12 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
07ANKARA1787	TURKEY U/S FOR ENERGY SAMI DEMIRBILEK BLAMES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Under Secretary for Energy Sami Demirbilek discussed stalled negotiations with Greece and Italy for Turkish transit of Azeri gas. Demirbilek voiced frustration with the Greek position, which insists on excluding Greek gas distributors from the requirement of 15 percent " [...]	2007-07-13 05:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV TU
07ANKARA1789	REGIONAL ENERGY COM CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 20-22 IN [...] (SBU) As discussed in ref email to many of you and based on the widespread interest among chiefs of mission in the area, Mission Turkey proposes to host a Regional Energy COM Conference in Istanbul on September 20-22, 2007. Its purpose will be to consider our Caspian energy strategy and how we [...]	2007-07-13 07:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG TU
07ANKARA1809	IRAN-TURKEY NATURAL GAS MOU [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA officials MFA confirm that Energy Minister Hilmi Guler signed a preliminary MOU with Iranian Oil Minister Kazem Variri-Hamaneh that, after further study, may involve (1) construction of pipelines and the transit of gas from Turkmenistan through Iran to Turkey, (2) devel [...]	2007-07-16 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU IR
07ANKARA1849	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1850	TURKEY-IRAN GAS MOU: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador conveyed Washington's serious concern over the Turkey-Iran gas MOU with MFA U/S Apakan (D equivalent) on July 18. Apakan urged the U.S. not to over-interpret, saying there is a real question whether the MOU will be implemented and stressing that Turkey's Iran policy h [...]	2007-07-19 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU IR
07ANKARA1879	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-23 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1891	TURKEY: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel A points to MFA South Caucasus Desk Officer Yavuz Kul July 20. Kul expressed the GOT's appreciation for the careful approach adopted by the United States towards Azerbaijan, and pledged to convey our points to his principals and to the Turkish Embassy in Baku. 2. [...]	2007-07-24 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE PHUM AJ TU
07ANKARA1945	TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER ON GAS TRANSIT AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 24, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler met with Ambassador to discuss gas transit, energy security, and the preliminary Iran-Turkey gas memorandum of understanding (MOU). Guler expressed frustration with negotiations with Azerbaijan about gas purchase and transit. Guler defended [...]	2007-07-31 03:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG TU
07ANKARA1958	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 11:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1992	TURKISH PUBLIC OPINION: WHAT IT MEANS AND WHAT WE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This year's Pew poll confirmed what many already knew -- Turks are angry about US policies. Negative opinion has increased over the past four years, exacerbated by the situation in Iraq and perceived US inaction toward the PKK. Negative Turkish public opinion has gone beyond pol [...]	2007-08-03 06:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO TU
07ANKARA2135	TURKEY'S RECENT ENERGY DIPLOMACY WITH IRAN, [...] (U) Summary: GOT officials say that Turkey intends to continue its energy cooperation with Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan as potential future sources of gas to meet Turkey,s growing domestic needs and supply European markets. We have on several occasions firmly reiterated U.S. polic [...]	2007-08-17 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ANKARA215	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2167	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2206	TURKEY DECLARES CYPRIOT TENDERS FOR OIL [...] (U) We met this week with the TPAO (Turkish Petroleum Corporation) Acting General Director Mehmet Uyusal, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Cyprus Huseyin Muftaoglu, Maritime Department Head Mehmet Poroy, and Norwegian Charge Stian Christensen to discuss the recent Cypriot announcement of [...]	2007-08-27 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ANKARA2273	REGIONAL ENERGY CHIEFS OF MISSION CONFERENCE - [...] This message grants country clearance and provides an update on administrative and logistical arrangements for the Regional Energy Chiefs of Mission Conference to be held at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Istanbul September 20-22, 2007. Attendees will receive a notional schedule via email in comin [...]	2007-09-06 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TU
07ANKARA2350	TURKEY'S INCONSISTENT IRAN POLICY (PART I): ENERGY [...] (U) This is the first of a two-part cable on Turkey's Iran policy. Please see part II, septel. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Through a string of recent energy deals with Turkey, Iran is demonstrating a continued capacity to conduct business in the international arena. Turkey has been all too accommo [...]	2007-09-17 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MNUC ENRG ETRD ECON IR TU
07ANKARA2351	TURKEY'S INCONSISTENT IRAN POLICY (PART II): SOME [...] (U) This is the second of a two-part cable on Turkey's Iran policy. Please see part I, septel. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Energy needs notwithstanding, deepening commercial ties, and Iranian military action against PKK-affiliated targets in northern Iraq, are further bolstering Turkish [...]	2007-09-17 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MNUC ENRG ETRD ECON IR TU
07ANKARA2491	US EUROPEAN/CASPIAN/EURASIAN ENERGY STRATEGY [...] (SBU) On September 20-22, Istanbul hosted a Eurasia regional energy Chiefs of Mission conference. Participants included representatives from the supplier country posts of Ashgabat, Astana, Baghdad and Baku; posts in countries that are on key transit routes and/or are major buyers, including t [...]	2007-10-05 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET XF XG ZK TU
07ANKARA2596	TURKEY: ABKHAZ "PRESIDENT" CANCELS VISIT [...] (C) We met on October 16 with Georgian DCM Koplatadze, who complained about the planned visit to Turkey of Abkhaz "President" Bagapsh, calling it unacceptable -- unofficial or not. He said Georgia expected the GOT to intervene to ensure that it is canceled. (The visit was, in fact, canceled. [...]	2007-10-19 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG TU
07ANKARA2631	TURKEY FINDS AZERBAIJAN PESSIMISTIC ON N-K; [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Caucasus and Central Asia Unal Cevikoz held bilateral consultations last week with Azerbaijan Deputy FonMins Azimov and Khalafov. MFA Caucasus Acting Head of Section Yavuz Kul told us that Cevikoz found the GOAJ deeply pessimistic on the state of Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) [...]	2007-10-24 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU ZJ
07ANKARA2656	TURKEY PURSUES DIPLOMACY, POISED FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT continues to pursue diplomacy to pressure Iraqi and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials, as well as the U.S., to take concrete steps to root out the PKK presence inside northern Iraq. However, Turkey remains poised to conduct a cross border operation (CBO) at any [...]	2007-10-26 11:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2658	TURKEY PURSUES DIPLOMACY, POISED FOR MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT continues to pursue diplomacy to pressure Iraqi and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials, as well as the U.S., to take concrete steps to root out the PKK presence inside northern Iraq. However, Turkey remains poised to conduct a cross border operation (CBO) at any [...]	2007-10-26 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2696	EXPANSION OF BTC PIPELINE CONTINGENT ON NEW OIL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On October 5, we met with local BP representatives Djan Suphi, Director for Exploration and Production in Turkey and Norman Rodda, Project Manager for Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline company to discuss two projects to increase the capacity of the line to 1.2 and [...]	2007-11-01 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ANKARA2698	TURKEY: DAS BRYZA REVIEWS SOUTH CAUCASUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) EUR DAS Bryza and the DCM met with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for South Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs Unal Cevikoz on October 24 in Ankara, on the margins of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Foreign Ministers meeting. Cevikoz and Bryza exchanged views on developments in Nagorn [...]	2007-11-01 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU
07ANKARA2720	DAS BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER GULER ON [...] (C) Summary: On October 25, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Turkish Energy Minister Guler and reaffirmed their commitment to a shared U.S. )Turkey strategic vision to help Europe diversify its natural gas supplies away from dependence on Russia. Guler warmly welcomed positive news from Bryza on [...]	2007-11-06 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ANKARA2847	TURKEY EXTENDING A DIPLOMATIC HAND TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Through frequent high-level visits, the GOT has reaffirmed its strong support for Georgian independence and territorial integrity. It has sought, too, to reduce any sense of diplomatic isolation felt by Tbilisi since the deterioration of Russian-Georgian relations and, more rec [...]	2007-11-28 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ELTN SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU ZJ
07ANKARA2870	AVOIDING CUTOFF OF TURKISH ELECTRICITY TO NORTHERN [...] (SBU) Summary: Karadeniz Toptan Elektrik Ticareti(Kartet) supplies electricity to Northern Iraq from a plant in SE Turkey. Kartet Director Nuray Atacik told us that this year, delays in getting annual renewal of Kartet's fuel oil export permit and letter of credit from the Government of Ira [...]	2007-12-03 09:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG IZ TU
07ANKARA2955	TURKISH THINKING ON AZERI GAS VOLUMES AND TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's energy priorities are increasing gas supply and diversity of suppliers, and reducing its energy costs. The Turkey-Greece-Italy Intergovernmental Agreement that allows Turkey to buy 15% of transiting gas at a netback price plays a central role in meeting these needs. Netba [...]	2007-12-13 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU EINV AZ
07ANKARA367	TURKEY SEEK TO REVITALIZE BSEC AS IT FETES 15 YEARS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey aims to use its BSEC (Black Sea Economic Cooperation) chairmanship to revitalize BSEC as it commemorates its 15th anniversary at its Istanbul Summit on June 25. BSEC and Turkey urge high level participation at this event. BSEC hopes to highlight BSEC institutional refo [...]	2007-02-20 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV KCRM TU
07ANKARA40	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA407	ENERGY MIN TELLS A/S SULLIVAN READY TO TRANSIT AZERI GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 10 meetings with EEB A/S Dan Sullivan on the margins of U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Committee meetings, Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and state-owned pipeline company (BOTAS) acting Director General Saltuk Duzyol emphasized that Turkey is ready facilitate transit [...]	2007-02-26 10:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ
07ANKARA47	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-10 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA518	TURKEY ENERGY MINISTER ON EXPANDING SOUTHERN GAS [...] (C) On March 6 Ambassador and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler discussed state of play on the "southern gas corridor," including the potential roles of Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan. The Minister looked forward to the March 9 meeting with Iraqi gas experts in Istanbul as a start on a [...]	2007-03-07 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ TX IZ IR
07ANKARA529	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA555	U.S.-TURKEY RENEWS CALL FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 8 and 9 U.S.-Turkey EPC meetings resulted in an invigorated bilateral economic dialogue and a plan for cooperation in the coming year. The EPC began in Istanbul with a series of meetings with the U.S. and Turkish private sectors that provided a first-hand account [...]	2007-03-12 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD TU
07ANKARA56	U/S BURNS VISIT TO TURKEY JANUARY 18-19 [...] (S) Your visit comes at the start of a pivotal year for Turkey. Presidential and parliamentary elections will intensify internal political competition and aggravate nationalism at a time when Turkey finds itself more uncertain about its future -- both domestically and externally -- than any t [...]	2007-01-11 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA560	KEY TURKISH OFFICIAL ON TURKISH-IRAQI KURD CONTACTS [...] (C) Turkish FM/PM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador and EUR DAS Bryza March 8 that contacts with the Iraqi Kurdish leadership will go forward, but probably not before late-spring or summer. As the initiator of Turkey's current effort at dialogue with the Iraqi Kurds begi [...]	2007-03-12 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA573	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-13 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA614	TRILATERAL IRAQ GAS GROUP MEETS FOR FIRST TIME IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S., Turkish, and Iraqi officials met March 9 in Istanbul to discuss potential development of Iraq natural gas production for domestic use and export via the "Southern Corridor" network of gas pipelines to Europe. The group agreed to cooperate on attracting gas sector investme [...]	2007-03-19 07:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA803	TURKEY-IRAN: ENERGY PARTNERS OR WARY NEIGHBORS? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish press reports April 6 that the GOT is moving forward on energy cooperation with Iran, including investment in it upstream energy production. Ambassador delivered a strong warning on Iran to the Energy Minister last month, just after the visit of the Iranian Foreign Mi [...]	2007-04-06 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU IR
07ASHGABAT1141	TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS HAS BIG PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Petronas plans to ramp up operations in Turkmenistan and hopes to process 10 bcm of natural gas per year by 2012. According to Petronas' Turkmenistan general manager, Russia is a much more reliable business partner than Turkey, Azerbaijan, or Iran. Plans to sell gas to Russia [...]	2007-10-22 09:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1208	TURKMENISTAN: TOO MUCH PRESS ADO ABOUT BILATERAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) "The Times of London" and Dow Jones International News separately ran stories November 6 stating that, during a September 22 visit to Turkmenistan, UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks had signed a memorandum of understanding ( [...]	2007-11-07 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET UK TX
07ASHGABAT350	CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR [...] (C) Michigan Congressman Peter Hoekstra, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Minority Staff Director Michael Meermans, Permanent Staff Member Jim Lewis and Acting Charge d'Affaires met for about 75 minutes on April 4 with Deputy Chairman and Minister of For [...]	2007-04-05 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG IR PREL TX US UN
07ASHGABAT690	TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: MONOSYLLABLES FROM DEPUTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After many postponements, SCA PDAS Steven Mann, EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EEB Rob Garverick met late in the day July 11 with Tachberdi Tagyev, the Government of Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman for Gas and Oil. In contrast to other productive meetings during this visit (septels) [...]	2007-07-13 09:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EPET CH TX
07ASHGABAT695	TURKMENISTAN MEDIA REACTION IN APRIL-MAY [...] (U) Media reaction to post events in April and May were overall very accurate and positive to major visitors and events, but the state media continued to ignore smaller security and cultural programs. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann (Ref D) and Deputy Assistant Secretary of S [...]	2007-07-13 10:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV PHUM TX
07ASHGABAT728	TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: MYRADOV AVERS AMU DARYA BASIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At an hour-long meeting on July 12 with Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources Bayrammyrat Myradov, SCA Principal Deputy Secretary Steven R. Mann, EUR DA [...]	2007-07-23 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET EINV RS CH AZ TX
07ASHGABAT729	TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GAZPROMISTAN" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a lively exchange of views between USDEL and First Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Jeparov, the U.S. side championed multiple export routes for Turkmenistan,s hydrocarbon resources, explained the economi [...]	2007-07-23 12:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV TX RU
07ASHGABAT853	TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: SEANA ENERGY ENTERS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A curious player has emerged in the current Klondikeskyy race to develop Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon wealth -- Seana Energy, a Singapore-registered, Ankara-based consortium of international private investors that purportedly includes significant U.S. private-sector participation. [...]	2007-08-22 05:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EPET AJ KZ TU TX
07ASTANA460	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES ENERGY, [...] (C) Summary: In February 4-6 meetings in Astana with Prime Minister Masimov and GOK cabinet members, A/S Sullivan and delegation communicated strong USG support for multiple oil and gas export routes (including potential Trans-Caspian pipelines),Kazakhstan's efforts to diversify its economy, [...]	2007-02-22 08:13:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
07ATHENS462	SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-GREEK ECCC MEETING MARCH 12 [...] SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Athens warmly welcomes DAS Bryza, USDOC DAS Dyck and AID DAA Mefford's March 12 visit to participate in the 2007 meeting of the U.S.-Greek Economic and Commercial Cooperation Commission (ECCC). The visit offers an opportunity to strengthen our "strategic partnership," [...]	2007-03-05 09:30:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ENRG ECON GR
07ATHENS550	PROPOSED U.S. STATEMENT ON GREEK ISLAND OF AGIOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent dispute between Greece and Turkey over the status of the island of Agios Efstratios, which led to NATO's cancellation of its participation in a February 27 exercise, has received major press and government attention here. The GoG instructed its Pemrep to NATO Ambassador [...]	2007-03-15 14:59:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO GR
07ATHENS647	GREECE: REACTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) Following the pattern of recent years, the release of the Human Rights Report in Greece was generally reported with straightforward analysis of the issues. For the most part, newspapers avoided the hyperbolic tones that are often the watermark of Greek journalism - especially on any matt [...]	2007-03-29 13:25:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
07ATHENS676	DAS BRYZA VISIT TO GREECE: FOCUS ON ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his March 13 meetings with GOG officials EUR DAS Bryza underscored the importance of energy diversity for regional development and Azerbaijan's commitment to provide sufficient gas for the Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline. Both the MFA and Development Ministry officials were co [...]	2007-04-03 10:37:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS716	SCENESETTER FOR PDAS VOLKER'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurt: Welcome to Athens! Your expertise on NATO/EU issues will send an important message to GOG officials: that we see Greece as a productive partner on such key issues as Afghanistan, Kosovo, Balkans development, and a stable Middle East. Greece's reflexive anti-Americanis [...]	2007-04-11 07:47:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP GR
07BAKU1006	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SAYS USG, AZERBAIJAN ALIGNED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 2 meeting with DAS Bryza, President Aliyev said that USG and GOAJ energy policies were "perfectly aligned." Azerbaijan had just that day signed an Energy MOU with Greece. The GOAJ was increasing gas production, and ready to negotiate with British Petroleum (BP) ab [...]	2007-08-10 12:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ETRN TX AJ RS
07BAKU1007	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SAYS USG, AZERBAIJAN ALIGNED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 2 meeting with DS Bryza, President Aliyev said that USG and GOAJenergy policies were "perfectly aligned." Azerbajan had just that day signed an Energy MOU with reece. The GOAJ was increasing gas production, nd ready to negotiate with British Petroleum (BP) about p [...]	2007-08-10 12:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ETRN TX AJ RS
07BAKU1010	AZERBAIJANI OFFICIALS GRATEFUL FOR US TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary: In response to EUR DAS Bryza and Charge's delivery of reftel B demarche points, Azerbaijani officials have said that they welcome the exchange of information, and support continued U.S.-Russian consultations on President Putin's missile defense proposals. The Azerbaijani Govern [...]	2007-08-10 12:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR RU IR AJ
07BAKU1030	AZERBAIJAN: DAS BRYZA TALKS ENERGY WITH GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In DAS Bryza's discussions with the Foreign Minister, Energy and Industries Minister and Minister of Economic Development, all three agreed that USG and GOAJ strategic outlook on regional energy issues were in sync. Moving forward, the USG and GOAJ should focus on bringing Turkmen [...]	2007-08-17 13:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ ENRG
07BAKU1049	AZERBAIJAN PERTURBED BY TGI ANNOUNCEMENT, TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 3 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nassirov expressed displeasure at the July 26 MOU signed among Turkey, Greece and Italy, saying these countries should not have come to an agreement about "our gas," including gas from the second phase of Shah [...]	2007-08-22 11:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
07BAKU1060	EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, GOAJ officials echoed President Aliyev's frustration with Turkey for reaching a deal with Greece and Italy on "Caspian gas;" Finance Minister Sharifov also complained that Turkish Energy Company BOTAS was not empowered to negotiate the many [...]	2007-08-23 05:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET KZ PBTS PGOV PREL TU TX
07BAKU1062	PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS REGIONAL ENERGY WITH EEB [...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with visiting EEB A/S Sullivan and the Ambassador, President Aliyev affirmed his support for U.S. energy security goals and said continued bilateral cooperation was essential. Characterizing his recent trip to Kazakhstan as "successful," Aliyev said the [...]	2007-08-23 10:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON RU TU TX KZ AJ
07BAKU1066	EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, GOAJ officials echoed President Aliyev's frustration with Turkey for reaching a deal with Greece and Italy on "Caspian gas;" Finance Minister Sharifov also complained that Turkish Energy Company BOTAS was not empowered to negotiate the many [...]	2007-08-24 04:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET KZ PBTS PGOV PREL TU TX
07BAKU1227	PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON ENERGY ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-hour one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on October 8, President Aliyev outlined with frustration current problems on energy in advance of the Vilnius Summit. British Petroleum (BP) is "stealing our oil," he asserted sharply, seeking to put pressure on Azerbaijan to delay t [...]	2007-10-09 14:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV RS TU UP KZ PL GG LH TX AJ
07BAKU1295	EMBASSY BAKU TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO PUBLIC [...] (S) Per Reftel B, Embassy Baku informs the department that effective 0900 on October 29, 2007, the Mission will be temporarily closed to the public. The temporary closure to the public and minimal operations is in response to a terrorist threat (reftel A). The Embassy consulted with the Ops [...]	2007-10-29 08:49:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR AJ AMGT ASEC CASC PTER
07BAKU132	AZERBAIJAN: NABUCCO COMES TO BAKU LOOKING FOR TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 25 conversation with the Ambassador, OMV Chief Executive Officer Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer said that the purpose of his first visit to Azerbaijan was to begin the quest for a contract with Azerbaijan for ten billion cubic meters of gas annually starting in 2012-2013, wh [...]	2007-01-26 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG AZ TU GA PREL PGOV
07BAKU1331	FM MAMMADYAROV REVIEWS CASPIAN DELIMITATION, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During a November 2 meeting, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that he was optimistic that a delimitation deal with Turkmenistan was possible. Mammadyarov suggested that the U.S. assist Azerbaijan by helping to draft a joint declaration outlining the median line as t [...]	2007-11-06 11:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL ENRG MARR IR TX AJ
07BAKU1339	AZERBAIJAN: ACG CONSORTIUM GAS FOR GEORGIA IF [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told EUR DAS Bryza and the Ambassador that the ACG Consortium was not going to increase the amount of extra associated gas it was providing to Azerbaijan in response to Georgian winter gas needs unless the GOAJ asked it to do so in response to [...]	2007-11-08 05:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ GA
07BAKU1357	PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH EUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told A/S Fried that, although he was pleased with Azerbaijan,s overall economic and social situation, he was concerned by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the potential for religious extremism in Azerbaijan. Aliyev believes that Ukraine's paralysis and Moldova' [...]	2007-11-13 09:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
07BAKU1388	THE VANISHING AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The Azerbaijani Opposition has been in a steady decline since the 2005 parliamentary elections, beleaguered by government pressure and its own chronic disunity. According to a 2006 IFES public opinion poll, support for the traditional opposition parties has dropped to five perc [...]	2007-11-16 12:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PGOV PHUM
07BAKU1399	AZERBAIJAN AND BP-LED CONSORTIUM MOVE CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 meeting with DAS Bryza, BP Azerbaijan head Bill Schrader said that BP planned to propose to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) that a working group be formed to help clarify each side's understanding of the other side's position concerning the dispute ove [...]	2007-11-23 10:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ ENRG
07BAKU1453	LIMITED AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO NEWS OF THE MINSK [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani reaction to the announcement that the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs forwarded written proposals for resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict to the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia has been muted. The majority of commentators and average Azerbaijanis routinely [...]	2007-12-07 04:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AM AJ
07BAKU1457	NAKHCHIVAN RFE/RL CORRESPONDENT SENTENCED TO THREE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 6. 2. (SBU) On December 6, Nakhchivan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty correspondent Ilgar Nasibov was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on libel charges. The circumstances of the lawsuit remain unclear. According to information received [...]	2007-12-07 10:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO AJ
07BAKU1519	AZERBAIJANI RELIGIOUS OFFICIAL DOWNPLAYS ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary. During a December 18 meeting with the Ambassador, State Committee on Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA) leader Hidayat Orujov argued that Islamic extremists have minimal influence in Azerbaijan. According to a recent, confidential SCWRA survey across Azerbaijani regions to [...]	2007-12-26 12:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ
07BAKU155	SCENESETTER FOR A/S SULLIVAN'S FEBRUARY 7 ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S-Azerbaijani Energy dialogue comes at a crucial time in the development of Azerbaijan's energy sector, when production from major oil and gas projects has either started or will start soon, and when Azerbaijan needs to make strategic decisions that will affect both the fut [...]	2007-02-01 15:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL ECON ETRD RU TU AJ
07BAKU173	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR SAYS USG MUST HELP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 25 meeting with the Ambassador, SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev defended the recent rise in energy prices, saying that energy could not be sold below cost and that prices had to be normalized. The GOAJ was keeping the public in the dark about the "huge expense" of [...]	2007-02-07 12:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG AJ TU GA PREL PGOV
07BAKU235	PRESIDENT ALIYEV MEETS US EPC DELEGATION, WELCOMES [...] (C) Summary: During a February 6 meeting with members of the US Economic Partnership Commission (EPC) delegation, President Aliyev said that he welcomes the new EPC structure because it presents a new opportunity to address a broad range of economic and commercial issues. Aliyev underscored [...]	2007-02-22 14:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID PREL PGOV AJ

07BAKU240	AZERBAIJAN: FM MAMMADYAROV ON TURKMENISTAN, IRAN [...] (C) This is an action request- please see paragraph 14. 2 (C) SUMMARY. In a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Mammadyarov said that the recently concluded visit of DoD A/S Rodman had clarified the USG position on Iran, and he approved of the USG focus on a diplomatic solution. Co [...]	2007-02-26 09:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ TU GA
07BAKU245	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR VP SAYS HE IS NOT NECESSARILY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to SOCAR VP Elshad Nassirov, his presentation at the February 13-14 IEA Caspian Energy Conference in Paris was designed not to reassure potential European gas customers but rather to disabuse them of the notion that Azerbaijani gas alone could fill their pipelines. Hi [...]	2007-02-26 14:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV AJ
07BAKU256	PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON TRANS-CAPSIAN AND EUROPEAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During a February 6 meeting with the US delegation to the Economic Partnership Commission (septel),President Aliyev outlined the changing regional energy picture. Touting Azerbaijan's refusal to bow to Russian gas policies as "an example for the region" and an act that "destroy [...]	2007-03-01 15:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV RU TU TX AJ
07BAKU280	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIEV ASKS FOR MORE SIGNS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Of Defense for International Security A/S Rodman, SIPDIS President Aliyev said the regional situation was "developing very rapidly," and called for "more public signs" from the USG of the strengthened bilateral relationship, as [...]	2007-03-07 12:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ RU IR PINR MARR ENRG
07BAKU290	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT SAYS SOCAR MIGHT DEVELOP ACG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President Aliyev signaled his desire to coordinate with the USG on issues relating to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan energy transiting Azerbaijan. To this end, he supported the idea of Baku hosting an IEA-sponsored energy conference in [...]	2007-03-09 14:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU IR
07BAKU291	AZERBAIJAN: A/S SULLIVAN LEADS SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Sharifov and Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan opened the inaugural U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission February 7, elevating the bilateral economic dialogue and leading a constructive dialogue focusing upon Az [...]	2007-03-09 14:42:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL AJ
07BAKU321	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER WITHDRAWS OFFER ON NEC SITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ali Asadov, Economic Advisor to the Azerbaijani President, informed DCM March 14, that due to extensive, but ultimately unsuccessful efforts to resolve opposition to the GOAJ's offer to provide a site at the Genetics Research Institute (GRI) for the New Embassy Compound (NEC),th [...]	2007-03-16 13:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT PREL AJ
07BAKU410	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov clarified recent press rumors that Iran closed the border with Azerbaijan in early April, explaining that Iranian passport machines had malfunctioned and caused a brief delay for those crossing the border. Th [...]	2007-04-11 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG EPET AMGT ABLD CASC AJ
07BAKU463	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT EAGER TO SUPPLY GAS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev says Azerbaijan is eager to export all the gas it can to Europe, but is unable to commit to exporting 20 bcm o/a 2012. Saying that "it is not reasonable for us to commit to what BP is responsible for delivering," Aliyev told the Ambassador that the matter of how [...]	2007-04-19 06:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ ENRG PINR TX
07BAKU464	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR VP SAYS IMPOSSIBLE TO TO PREDICT 2012 GAS VOLUMES [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 18. 2. (C) SUMMARY. According to SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nasirov, it is impossible to estimate, "even within five to ten billion cubic meters," how much gas Azerbaijan would have available for export on or around 2012. Additionally, t [...]	2007-04-19 09:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ ENRG TX TU IR
07BAKU469	AZERBAIJAN: OMV CEO OPTIMISTIC ON AZERI GAS FOR [...] (C) On April 19, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer provided the Ambassador an upbeat readout of his April 18 meeting with President Aliyev to discuss Nabucco. The meeting was "very constructive, fully constructive -- the President is highly interested in Nabucco -- it was definitely a move forwa [...]	2007-04-19 13:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ PINR TX
07BAKU486	AZERBAIJAN STRONGLY PROTESTS CHANGED USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOAJ on April 20 reacted harshly to the USG's recently published revisions to the language in the 2006 Human Rights report on Armenia, pointing to new wording that "Armenian forces occupy large portions of Azerbaijani territory adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh," as a weakenin [...]	2007-04-21 15:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ MARR PHUM
07BAKU494	CHANGED US WORDING ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT [...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 5-7. 2. (C) For senior Azerbaijani officials -- and particularly President Aliyev -- the USG's decision to change the language on Nagorno-Karabakh in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report after publication, coupled with press reports that we did so i [...]	2007-04-23 15:57:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PINR MARR MOPS AJ
07BAKU499	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER URGES US STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 conversation with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov repeated the GOAJ's request for a "very clear indication that the US recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh as part of the Republic of Azerbaijan." Azimov argued that such a statement reflects long-standing US [...]	2007-04-24 11:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AM AJ
07BAKU504	AZERBAIJANI BACKLASH AGAINST US WORDING ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 12-14. 2. (C) Summary: Post-publication revisions to Nagorno-Karabakh language in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report continue to ignite strong, negative reaction from the Azerbaijani Government and public. We are beginning to see a broader-bas [...]	2007-04-24 13:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PINR MARR MOPS AJ
07BAKU514	AZERBAIJANI GOVERNMENT WELCOMES RETURN TO ORIGINAL [...] (U) This is an action message; see para 6. 2. (C) Per ref instructions, the Ambassador spoke to President Aliyev on the morning of April 26 and informed him that the Department had restored the original NK text in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report. The Ambassador underscored our great [...]	2007-04-26 13:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS AM AJ
07BAKU522	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY MINISTER LIKES BP BUT WANTS MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 18 conversation with the Ambassador, Energy and Industry Minister Natiq Aliyev said that GOAJ would continue its close cooperation with BP, and that in principle the GOAJ supported BP plans for ACG PSA extension and ACG deep gas. The GOAJ also wants BP as Shah Deniz operato [...]	2007-04-27 13:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV AJ
07BAKU568	AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT OF UNHRC ELECTION [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarches on Belarus and the UN Human Rights Council in separate May 10 conversations with President Aliyev's Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev and Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, as well as Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev. (Foreign Minist [...]	2007-05-10 15:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC AJ
07BAKU599	REACTION TO PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S MAY 4 COMMENTS ON [...] (C) President Aliyev struck a tough tone in his May 4 speech on the GOAJ's position on a Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) settlement at the opening of an IDP center. Aliyev appeared to distance himself publicly from the idea of "special modalities" for Kelbajar and Lachin, focusing on the need for all [...]	2007-05-17 10:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
07BAKU61	SHAH DENIZ WELL TO RESUME PRODUCTION, AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 15 BP plans to resume production at the first Shah Deniz well, where production has been ceased since mid-December due to a leak, although a BP executive questioned whether Shah Deniz production could play a significant role in meeting regional winter gas needs. Once S [...]	2007-01-12 15:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV IR RU TU AJ
07BAKU648	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR SAYS TURKISH TRANSIT INVITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an May 25 conversation, SOCAR Vice-President Elshad Nasirov said that a letter from the GOAJ to Turkey inviting it to begin gas transit negotiations had been drafted and should be sent "within a few days." Nasirov said that in all its gas marketing endeavors the GOAJ should st [...]	2007-05-25 14:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU
07BAKU696	OVP DEPUTY ASSISTANT MEETING WITH AZERI FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Advisor Joseph Wood and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on May 30. Mammadyarov was relaxed and expansive about his recent discussions with new Turkmenistani President Gurbangul [...]	2007-06-05 08:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU
07BAKU734	AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER KHALAFOV ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Advisor Joseph Wood and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov on May 30. Khalafov, responsible for Caspian delimitation and policy toward Iran and Turkmenistan, affirmed Azerbai [...]	2007-06-12 11:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG BPIS AJ TU
07BAKU739	PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON MISSILE DEFENSE, "WE'LL DO [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche on the proposed missile defense site in Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev was quick to tell the Ambassador that Azerbaijan would do "whatever you prefer" and that Azerbaijan would be decisively on the American side in these discussions. After nar [...]	2007-06-13 12:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR MARR MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RS
07BAKU753	PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH, [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, a frustrated President Ilham Aliyev told the Ambassador his view of the unsuccessful Nagorno-Karabakh discussions on the margins of the St. Petersburg CIS Summit. He concluded that the Minsk Group format is "useless," and asked that the United States now impose a se [...]	2007-06-15 12:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS TX
07BAKU784	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS DAS BRYZA ALL SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO GAS TO BE EXPORTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 5 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza and Ambassador Derse, President Aliyev said that he planned to meet domestic gas needs with SOCAR domestic gas production, freeing up all Shah Deniz Phase Two gas for export through Turkey to Europe. DAS Bryza told Aliyev of his efforts to [...]	2007-06-25 06:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG ETRN PGOV PREL TX
07BAKU93	FURTHER DETAILS ON JANUARY 14 ARRESTS -- ALLEGED [...] (S/NF) Presidential Legal Advisor Fuad Alasgarov (responsible, among other things, for oversight of law enforcement issues in the Presidential Apparat) told us today that the January 14 arrests (ref) were a "very serious" development that disrupted a ring of "Iranian spies" who were plotting [...]	2007-01-19 14:14:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KISL PINR ASEC IR AJ
07BAKU953	PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON JAILED JOURNALISTS, "I WANT [...] (C) Summary: In a spirited July 27 exchange with President Aliyev, Ambassador Derse laid out the international community's serious concerns on defamation suits, jailed journalists, and the lack of government investigation of violence against journalists. On the jailed journalists, the Presi [...]	2007-07-27 13:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG IR MARR PGOV PHUM PREL RS
07BAKU98	AZERBAJAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ECONOMIC [...] (C) This contains an action request; see paras 17 and 18. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored to the Ambassador on January 18 GOAJ interest in a formal memorandum launching the February 7 Economic Partnership Commission (EPC),echoing Finance Minister Sharifov's reque [...]	2007-01-22 11:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ENRG EPET AJ
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
07BRUSSELS1307	GREEK CONCERNS ABOUT SEMNEBY'S METHODS SHOULD NOT [...] (C) Greek Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassador Lozos told DAS Bryza April 17 that Greece largely shares U.S. views on Georgia and that Athens wants to reinforce Tbilisi's territorial integrity and Euro-Atlantic ties while remaining sensitive to Russian concerns. In this context, [...]	2007-04-18 17:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN GG GR RS
07BRUSSELS1548	BOUCHER DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. delegation to the COEST (the EU's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Working Party) troika on Central Asia. Throughout the German EU presidency, the EU has expressed a growing interes [...]	2007-05-10 05:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZK
07BRUSSELS1596	BOUCHER DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA WITH EU (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. delegation to the COEST (the EU's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Working Party) troika on Central Asia. Throughout the German EU presidency, the EU has expressed a growing interes [...]	2007-05-11 15:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZK
07BRUSSELS822	EU DEBATES NEXT STEPS ON GEORGIA [...] (C) On March 6, the European Council's Political and Security Committee (PSC) debated the recommendations of a joint Commission/Council Expert Team to Georgia led by EU Special Representative to the Caucasus Peter Semneby. Nordic, Central and East European Member States strongly supported the [...]	2007-03-12 17:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EAID GG EUN
07BUDAPEST1051	THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS: ORBAN ON ENERGY SECURITY, [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10 for action request. 2. (C) An energetic and upbeat Viktor Orban met with Ambassador Foley June 27 to discuss energy security, the transatlantic relationship, and Cuba (domestic political issues septel). ENERGY SECURITY: SUPPORTING THE [...]	2007-06-27 14:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST1350	HUNGARIAN FOREIGN POLICY DRIFTING TO THE EAST [...] SUMMARY: In over a month since PM Gyurcsany's pledge to demonstrate his commitment to the Transatlantic relationship, the GoH's actions continue to give us cause for concern regarding a drift to the east in its policy. Gyurcsany's recent travel to Russia and Ukraine -- in both cases featurin [...]	2007-08-17 14:27:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	ENRG ECON HU
07BUDAPEST1580	FORWARD DEFENSE: HUNGARY CONSIDERS LEGISLATION TO [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 9 for action request. 2. (SBU) Parliament is reportedly poised to adopt legislation that will provide added protection against the foreign takeover of strategic industries. THE MOL LAW 3. (SBU) Sources within the government and the op [...]	2007-09-24 14:36:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG HU
07BUDAPEST1889	KOKA: TRAVELS SHOW NABUCCO POSSIBLE; LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Fresh from a trip to Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan, Economic Minister Janos Koka stressed the need to kick-start work on Nabucco, reviewed his plans to meet with European Energy Commissioner Piebalgs in Brussels on Thursday, November 29, and underscored the urgent need fo [...]	2007-11-28 08:29:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON HU EU
07BUDAPEST518	EXCESS BAGGAGE: FOREIGN POLICY AND DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Foreign policy issues are playing an increasingly prominent role in Hungary's political discourse, with key questions highlighted by energy security challenging domestic issues for attention. The opposition is dedicating significant time, attention, and effort to its attacks on t [...]	2007-04-04 15:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU
07BUDAPEST521	PROTESTING TOO MUCH?: PM GYURCSANY ON ENERGY [...] (C) Prime Minister Gyurcsany showed a rare display of temper - but no substantive surprises - in discussing energy security and missile defense with Ambassador Foley April 5. ENERGY SECURITY: ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS 2. (S) Ambassador Foley reviewed the questions and concerns rai [...]	2007-04-05 14:38:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON HU
07BUDAPEST570	FROM VICTIMHOOD TO VULNERABILITY: GYURCSANY'S [...] (C) Prime Minister Gyurcsany met with Ambassador Foley for a one-on-one discussion April 16 to follow up on their recent exchange re energy security. 2. (S) Gyurcsany noted that he had been personally upset by the previous discussion and by the continuing focus on energy security in the p [...]	2007-04-17 07:57:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL ECON ENRG HU
07ISTANBUL1014	Energy Secretary Bodman Meets with Turkish Energy Minister [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 15, U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman met Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler in Istanbul. They reaffirmed the U.S.-Turkey strategic energy vision for the development of Caspian resources and delivery systems to bring them to market, including the Trans-Caspian p [...]	2007-11-26 14:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET AJ IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ISTANBUL1015	IRAN/ENERGY: AN IRANIAN DELEGATION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In the best of Iranian bazaar tradition, an Iranian delegation representing Iran's oil ministry and energy industry attending a November 15-16 energy conference in Istanbul tried hard to portray Iran and its vast oil and gas reserves as a stabilizing force for regional energy markets and [...]	2007-11-28 06:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON IR TU
07ISTANBUL1029	Energy Secretary Bodman Meets with Turkish Prime Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 18, Energy Secretary Bodman met with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan on the margins of the Turkish Greek Interconnector (TGI) Ceremony. Also present was Turkish Energy Minister Guler, as well as representation from the Turkish MFA. The Secretary and the Prime Minist [...]	2007-12-03 12:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ISTANBUL136	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH DISCUSSES HALKI OPTION [...] (SBU) Summary. While in Istanbul to attend a session of the U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met separately with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II (septel.) In his meeting with Bartholomew, the two touched on issues related t [...]	2007-02-23 05:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL137	TURKEY'S ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ON THE GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary. In a February 8 meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Armenian Patriarch for Istanbul and all of Turkey Mesrob II (please protect) and who asked not to be quoted on this point, said he feared that passage of the Armenian genocide resolution (H.R. 106) could lead to "violent backl [...]	2007-02-23 06:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL212	ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR - EUR DAS BRYZA [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul Deputy Governor for minority affairs Fikret Kasapoglu told EUR DAS Bryza during a March 9 meeting that the Minister of Education had expressed to him six months ago a favorable opinion of a proposal to re-open Halki Seminary as a two-year high school. Kasapoglu believed [...]	2007-03-15 16:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV AM GR TU
07ISTANBUL234	AMBASSADOR'S FOLLOW-UP WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I reiterated Patriarchate grievances against the GOT to Ambassador during a March 16 meeting intended to follow-up recent USG discussions with the Patriarchate and GOT officials. His All Holiness expressed hope that progress would be made after [...]	2007-03-22 07:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL347	ISTANBUL FEBRUARY-APRIL PD ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: During the February-April period, PAS Istanbul's efforts concentrated on addressing press reports claiming U.S. "inactivity" on the PKK in northern Iraq and on speculations that Armenia "Genocide" resolutions in both the House and the Senate were expected to pass. We also organized [...]	2007-04-25 08:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO PREL TU
07ISTANBUL349	CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES SECURITY, MINORITIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Consul General met Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler on April 20 to express condolences and address security concerns for American citizens and minority community members in Turkey following the April 18 murders of three Christian bookstore employees in Malatya (ref A). Guler conde [...]	2007-04-25 13:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC TU
07ISTANBUL541	DAS BRYZA, AMB DAVUTOGLU DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. During a June 15 meeting in Istanbul, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Prime Ministry senior advisor Ahmet Davutoglu discussed ways forward on Cyprus in the run up to the December 2008 EU Commission report on Turkey's accession process. Davutoglu argued that the current government was un [...]	2007-06-26 08:42:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU CY EUN
07KYIV941	UKRAINE: UKRTRANSNAFTA HEAD DISCUSSES ODESA-BRODY [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with Ambassador, Ihor Kyriushyn, the chairman of Ukraine's state oil transport company UkrTransNafta and Geoff Berlin of GlobalNet Financial Solutions reviewed plans to transport Caspian crude to Europe via the Odesa-Brody-Druzhba route (reftel). Kyriushyn felt the prop [...]	2007-04-20 06:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL RS UP
07MADRID2182	OSCE MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 29 bi-lateral meeting, U/S Burns and DAS Bryza met with FM Ali Babacan and the Turkish delegation at the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid in a productive exchange on critical issues: Annapolis Summit, Kosovo final status, and Turkey's relations with Cyprus. On Annapolis Su [...]	2007-11-30 18:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE TU
07MOSCOW1104	RUSSIAN MFA REACTION ON KODORI INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador March 12 -- and the MFA repeated March 13 -- that Russia was not involved in the March 11 firing incident in Georgia's Kodori Gorge. The CIS PKF had observed firing in the region, but the GOR had no further information and would await the results of th [...]	2007-03-14 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR GG RS
07MOSCOW2128	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) EUR A/S Daniel Fried and Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia and Ukraine during an April 23 discussion in Moscow lasting over an hour. Fried noted recent progress from the Georgian side (the release of an Abkhaz official arrested by the Georgians, toned-down rhetoric) and call [...]	2007-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ETRD PHUM OSCE UNSC GG UP RS
07MOSCOW2334	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN: ESTONIA, [...] (C) EUR A/S Fried and Russian DFM Karasin's May 15 discussion focused on Estonia and Georgia. Fried assured Karasin that the U.S. supports the independence and sovereignty of Russia's neighbors and their freedom from a Russian sphere of influence -- but also urges them to develop good relatio [...]	2007-05-18 18:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD UNSC OSCE AM AJ EN GG RS
07MOSCOW3954	FROZEN CONFLICTS: DAS BRYZA TALKS WITH RUSSIAN MFA [...] (C) EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed frozen conflicts in Georgia with senior MFA officials August 1. South Ossetia negotiator Popov agreed that South Ossetian leader Kokoity is "not indispensable," suggested Kokoity might outlive his utility "in maybe 3 years or so," but asserted that he wields r [...]	2007-08-13 17:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW405	RUSSIAN MFA CONFIRMS POSITIVE CHANGE IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) MFA Fourth CIS Director Andrey Kelin briefed PolMinCouns on the Russian position toward Georgia's Kodori Gorge January 31, making explicit the positive change hinted to DAS Bryza in Berlin January 22. Russia will now accept the presence of up to 200 Georgian internal troops in Kodori (the [...]	2007-01-31 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS GG RS
07MOSCOW4088	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN AND WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In July 31-August 1 meetings, DAS Bryza's discussions with MFA, western and Russian energy officials centered on oil pipeline issues and Eurasian gas developments. Transneft head Vainshtok criticized the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, (CPC) and suggested it should only be expande [...]	2007-08-21 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5028	A/S FRIED - DFM KARASIN, DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIR KOKOSHIN DISCUSSIONS ON UKRAINE AND FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	GG MARR MD MOPS OSCE PREL RS UNGA
07MOSCOW5147	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, DFM Grigoriy Karasin told visiting EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador that Russia was increasingly worried about the "anti-democratic" tendencies in Saakashvili's government and Georgia's possible attempts to take control of the separatist regions by force i [...]	2007-10-25 11:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS
07MOSCOW5354	DFM KARASIN URGES TOUGHER U.S. POSTURE ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Prior to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister's November 9 meeting with GOG DFM Vashakidze, the Ambassador reinforced U.S. expectations that Russia would do all it could to de-escalate and calm the situation in Tbilisi. Karasin said the U.S. should not underestimate how upset Russia w [...]	2007-11-10 08:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5371	MFA ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 conversation, the Ambassador reinforced with DFM Denisov U.S. efforts in Tbilisi and urged GOR restraint. In a separate meeting, MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Kelin welcomed EUR DAS Bryza's statements encouraging the Georgian leadership to restore the polit [...]	2007-11-13 17:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5402	DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA [...] (C) On November 15, Ambassador outlined to Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin both the public and private messages delivered to Saakashvilli and other Georgian officials by DAS Bryza during his November 11-14 trip to Tbilisi. The Ambassador noted that Bryza conveyed to the GOG the Secretary's fi [...]	2007-11-15 16:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RS
07MOSCOW5430	MFA ISSUES TOUGH STATEMENT AGAINST SAAKASHVILI [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 15:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07NICOSIA127	CYPRUS SKITTISH OVER POSSIBLE TURKISH ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The MFA summoned DCM February 12 to voice "serious concerns" over reports from UN DPKO that Turkey sought to take over Germany's leadership of UNIFIL naval operations. Post appreciates Department information on Turkey's possible role in UNIFIL naval operation [...]	2007-02-13 15:08:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNIFIL CY LE TU
07NICOSIA863	CYPRIOTS FREAK OVER UK-TURKEY AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Relations with UK Hit New Low" screamed Nicosia's English-language daily October 25. The cause? Island-related elements of the recent "Strategic Partnership Agreement" between the United Kingdom and Turkey that codified the countries' desires to help end the isolation of Turki [...]	2007-10-29 15:46:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY UK TU
07PARIS636	GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA WITH DAS BRYZA; FRENCH FAVOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, MFA A/S-equivalent for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Terral argued for keeping Georgia/Abkhazia on the back burner for the time being to avoid provoking the Russians on Kosovo; Terral was particularly keen on the smoothest possible [...]	2007-02-20 07:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN UNO GG UNMIK YI RS
07RIGA430	LATVIA: SCENESETTER FOR USG PARTICIPANTS AT THE [...] (U) Summary: Your visit to the June 11-13 Baltic Regional Energy Forum provides an excellent opportunity to view first hand both the challenges and opportunities that Latvia (and the other Baltic States) faces as it strives to craft an energy policy that: enhances security, ensures a stable en [...]	2007-06-05 15:23:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON LG
07ROME1329	EDISON: PROBLEMATIC EU DECISION ON POSEIDON [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Italian energy company Edison views the EU Commission's May 22 ruling on third party access exemption for the Poseidon pipeline as flawed but sufficient for construction to proceed. Edison's [...]	2007-06-15 17:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ENTG ETRD AJ GR TU IT
07ROME1887	GOI INTEREST IN USAID ADRIATIC SUSTAINABLE TOURISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief of Tourism in the Government of Italy's (GOI) Office of the Prime Minister expressed interest in supporting and contributing to a proposed Adriatic Sustainable Tourism Alliance (ASTA) after meetings with USAID. Our contact requested that a high level USG representat [...]	2007-09-06 16:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ECON EIND ETRD ZL IT
07ROME1900	ITALIAN MFA: KAZAKHS USING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES TO [...] (C) Summary. An Italian MFA official told us the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) is using alleged environmental violations as part of a negotiating strategy aimed at squeezing more money out of the international consortium developing the Kashagan oilfield. Italian oil and gas parastatal Eni [...]	2007-09-07 14:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENRG EINV EPET SENV KZ IT
07SKOPJE498	MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EAPC SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Macedonia's leaders are hoping to showcase the country's organizational and logistics capabilities in hosting the EAPC summit, which will be set amidst the impressive natural beauty of Lake Ohrid. They have heard and understood our message on the steps they need to take to strengthen th [...]	2007-06-25 13:46:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MK
07SKOPJE550	MACEDONIA SUCCESSFULLY HOSTS EAPC SECURITY FORUM [...] (U) The GOM hosted NATO's second Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum in Ohrid June 28-29. A total of 500 individual participants from 48 EAPC nations took part in the forum; 16 countries were represented at the ministerial level. USNATO Ambassador Nuland led the U.S. del [...]	2007-07-10 09:53:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NATO MK
07SOFIA1073	BULGARIANS CHAFE AT RUSSIAN HARD LINE IN B-A [...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian government officials are expressing public and private disdain for two Russian proposals tabled during August 27-28 negotiations for the Burgas-Alexandropolous Pipeline (B-A) in Athens. The proposals would require Bulgaria and Greece, as minority shareholders in B-A, [...]	2007-09-05 15:01:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV BU
07SOFIA1100	BULGARIANS SEEKING PARTNERS FOR B-A PIPELINE; [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Regional Development Asen Gagauzov told Ambassador September 12 that Bulgaria is seeking proposals from oil suppliers, specifically Kazmunaigaz and Chevron, to allow Bulgaria to fill its 24.5 percent of the Burgas-Alexandropolous pipeline (B-A). Bulgaria is doing th [...]	2007-09-13 14:34:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV BU
07SOFIA1119	FM KALFIN ON ENERGY ISSUES, KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 13 Foreign Minister Kalfin discussed energy issues with Amb Beyrle on the heels of his recent trip to Central Asia. On the Burgas-Alexandropolous pipeline (BAP),Kalfin said a coordinated effort by the other players, and inclusion of additional shareholders such as [...]	2007-09-17 16:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	BU ECON ENRG KZ LY PGOV PREL RS TX AZ
07SOFIA1239	REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING SESSION, DECEMBER 6-7 IN [...] (SBU) As agreed at the Istanbul Regional COM Energy Conference September 21, Embassy Sofia proposes to host a regional energy officers training session December 6-7. The purpose will be to offer training to energy officers on the geopolitics of energy in the European/Caspian region as well as [...]	2007-10-17 10:36:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG BU
07SOFIA1240	BULGARIANS UNDER PRESSURE ON SOUTH STREAM PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria is under intense pressure from Russia to sign a joint message on the South Stream pipeline, according to our Ministry of Economy and Energy (MOEE) contacts. The Bulgarians disagree with proposed Russian text that would allow the South Stream project to use existing Bu [...]	2007-10-17 11:04:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV BG
07SOFIA1288	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS SOUTH STREAM POINTS [...] (C) Summary. In response to ref A points on South Stream, Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Petar Dimitrov told Ambassador October 31 that he welcomed and valued the U.S. appraisal of the project. He expressed concern that if Bulgaria did not go forward with South Stream, Romania, T [...]	2007-11-02 09:47:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EU PGOV RU BG
07SOFIA1312	SOFIA REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING - ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (U) This message provides administrative and logistical information for the Regional Energy Officers Training Session to be held at Embassy Sofia December 6-7, 2007. Attendees will receive a notional schedule via email in coming days. 2. (SBU) Based on email exchanges, the following is o [...]	2007-11-16 13:29:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OTRA BU
07SOFIA1325	BULGARIA MOVES FORWARD ON SOUTH STREAM AND [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Bulgaria signed a declaration with Russia on the proposed South Stream gas pipeline in Moscow November 8. As expected, the document is a general one-page political statement that leaves details about ownership of the pipeline to a later intergovernmental agree [...]	2007-11-21 13:47:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EU PGOV RU BG
07SOFIA1339	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF EUR DAS BRYZA TO BULGARIA [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Sofia comes at a time when Bulgaria is rapidly signing deals to position itself as a future energy transit hub. Eager to produce deliverables for a January 2008 Putin visit and develop new revenue sources, Bulgaria is rushing into South Stream, in particular, with [...]	2007-11-30 14:34:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV BG
07SOFIA1364	RESULTS OF SOFIA REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 6-7, 37 USG energy officers from more than 30 posts and agencies gathered in Sofia for a training session on midstream economics and pipeline projects. On December 6 outside speakers from industry, thank tanks and the European Commission briefed on pipeline projec [...]	2007-12-11 15:17:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET BU
07SOFIA268	BULGARIA: VIEWS ON MARITIME SECURITY IN WAKE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Harry Ulrich (Commander of US Naval Forces Europe and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples) visited Bulgaria 21-23 February 2007, meeting with President Georgi Parvanov, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov, Deputy PM and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivaylo Kalfin, as well as [...]	2007-02-28 11:45:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU
07SOFIA949	OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S.-BULGARIAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. New Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov recently told the Ambassador that he welcomes a partnership with the U.S. government on energy and will also work to eliminate obstacles to U.S. investments in Bulgaria. A newcomer facing a steep learning curve on energy, Dimitrov is [...]	2007-08-07 12:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV RU BU
07STATE118576	US-AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) As part of the high-level democracy dialogue between the USG and the GOAJ, in an August 3 DVC, DRL Assistant Secretary Lowenkron, EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, and SIPDIS Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed media freedom, human rights, civil society, democratic elections, and rule of [...]	2007-08-23 17:11:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE150552	RESPONDING TO BULGARIAN CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIAN [...] (C) As detailed in reftel, the Bulgarian government is under pressure from Russia to come to a quick agreement and sign various texts related to the Russian conglomerate Gazprom,s proposed South Stream pipeline project under the Black Sea. The GOB has requested USG assistance and talking poi [...]	2007-10-30 19:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BG ECON ENRG EU PGOV RS
07STATE154199	USG RESPONSE TO INTERAGENCY MISSION VISIT TO [...] C) On October 2-4, an Interagency Team from Washington visited Cyprus to survey construction and security of Greek military installations being built to bring the Government of Greece (GOG) into full compliance with its obligations to the United States regarding U.S.-origin defense articles. U [...]	2007-11-08 18:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS NATO PREL CY GR
07STATE164180	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FM BEZHUASHVILI [...] (S) Summary: A/S Fried urged Georgia not to restrict its democratic space and to re-establish unrestricted freedom of the media. Bezhuashvili responded that Prime Minister Gurgenidze was involved in intensive negotiations with News Corp to re-open the Imedi TV station as soon as possible. On [...]	2007-12-06 17:04:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KCFE PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07STATE166990	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH AZERBAIJANI FM [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyrov on November 30 on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid. On Iran, Under Secretary Burns pushed for Azerbaijani support of USG policy to deter Iran,s nuclear power ambitions. On Nagorno-Karabakh, FM M [...]	2007-12-14 14:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE18053	GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA: BERLIN FRIENDS MTG - JAN 22 [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Matthew Bryza attended a January 22 meeting in Berlin of the UN Friends of the Secretary General for Georgia (FSG or Friends) hosted by the German MFA. The Friends finalized a list of substantive confidence-building measures to be discussed with the sides at Geneva on Febru [...]	2007-02-13 15:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN GG
07STATE23657	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA: MAKING [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests that post demarche the GoG at the highest appropriate level drawing on the points in para 3 below to gain Georgian support for substantive discussions in formal meetings of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) as soon as dates can be agreed, even while G [...]	2007-02-27 00:59:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE GG
07STATE73184	US-AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) In their March 22 bilateral Democracy and Human Rights Dialogue, DRL Assistant Secretary Lowenkron and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed a variety of issues related to human rights, rule of law, democratic political processes, media freedom, and civil society. The FM c [...]	2007-05-29 14:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
07STATE88160	DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO GOT REGARDING U.S. DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Per REFTEL A, Department provides points in paragraph 4 upon which Embassy Ankara may draw to respond to MFA Deputy Under Secretary for Northeast Mediterranean and Americas Haydar Berk and other appropriate GOT officials. 4. [...]	2007-06-25 14:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PARM PREL TU
07STOCKHOLM988	SWEDISH MFA POLDIR ON GEORGIA MISSILE INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Charge met Aug 14 with MFA Political Director Olof Skoog to discuss Sweden's role in the Georgia missile investigation. Skoog was joined by Foreign Minister Bildt's Staff Director Karin Olofsdotter. Skoog said the missile incident had touched Swedish reflexes to respond when a larger co [...]	2007-08-14 13:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SW MOPS GG
07TBILISI1080	SANAKOYEV TO ADDRESS PARLIAMENT, RECEIVE [...] (C) The Georgian Parliament passed a resolution May 8 establishing the temporary administrative unit for South Ossetia that had been the subject of statements by President Saakashvili and earlier parliamentary action in April (reftel). As Georgian Deputy State Minister for Conflict Resolution [...]	2007-05-10 14:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI1100	INTERIOR MINISTER MERABISHVILI'S VIEWS ON THE [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion of the separatist conflicts with the Ambassador May 9, Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili said Abkhaz de facto president Sergei Bagapsh has the mentality of a typical Soviet administrator, hopelessly afraid of making any decisions that enta [...]	2007-05-11 12:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1141	ARNAULT: ABKHAZ LEADERSHIP IN ANGRY MOOD [...] (C) Special Representative of the UN Secretary General Jean Arnault told the Group of Friends Ambassadors May 15 that Abkhaz de facto president Bagapsh is angry and politically weakened in the aftermath of his decision to release three Georgian students May 3 without any corresponding Georgian [...]	2007-05-15 14:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1181	SOUTH OSSETIA SHOOTOUT MAY 19 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-21 12:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE GG

07TBILISI1213	ANTADZE ON PROSPECTS FOR DIALOGUE WITH ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution Merab Antadze told the Ambassador May 22 that Abkhaz de facto officials appeared to have decided to block contacts with Georgia at virtually every level of society, rebuffing Georgian requests to discuss the security situation in Gali and oth [...]	2007-05-23 09:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1265	ABKHAZ DE FACTO PRIME MINISTER ANKVAB ON ECONOMY [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador May 23, Abkhaz de facto prime minister Alexander Ankvab acknowledged that neither economic growth nor Russian investment in Abkhazia were high, although he thought both would increase considerably with the prospect of the 2014 Winter Olympics in nearby Sochi. A [...]	2007-05-30 12:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON GG
07TBILISI1278	SOUTH OSSETIA WATER STANDOFF [...] (C) As of May 31, the South Ossetian "capital" of Tskhinvali has been without water for a week, producing a SIPDIS tense political standoff. As OSCE officials have described it to us, the problem started when residents of the Georgian enclave north of Tskhinvali drilled holes in the water [...]	2007-05-31 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE GG
07TBILISI1284	PM NOGHAIDELI ON ECONOMIC REFORMS, ENERGY [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with Joseph Wood, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President, Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli said the Georgian economy was performing well, and the government was pushing hard to get major new reforms underway this year so that they would be well-e [...]	2007-06-01 10:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GG
07TBILISI1299	GEORGIAN POLITICAL REFORM UPDATE, PART ONE [...] (U) This is part one of a two-part series by outgoing officers on Georgia's progress on key internal reforms as Georgia tries to obtain a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) in the next twelve months. 2. (C) Summary. The Saakashvili government, which came to power following the Rose Revoluti [...]	2007-06-01 13:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI1320	ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTER ARVELADZE ON [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting, Georgian Minister of Economic Development Giorgi Arveladze described to Joseph Wood, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President, Georgia's efforts and successes in attracting foreign investors in a broad range of sectors. Arveladze said the government's ph [...]	2007-06-05 07:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GG
07TBILISI1368	SOUTH OSSETIA WATER FLOWS AT LAST [...] (C) On the evening of June 7, the South Ossetian de facto authorities re-opened the drinking water pipeline in Java, allowing water to flow south to villages controlled by the Tbilisi-backed government of Dmitry Sanakoyev, and from there farther south to the de facto authorities' "capital" of [...]	2007-06-08 13:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE GG
07TBILISI1418	DEMARCHE BY FRIENDS OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL TO [...] (C) Summary. The Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) delivered a demarche, as agreed in capitals, to the Georgian Government on June 4 and to the Abkhaz de facto authorities in Sukhumi on June 8. The demarche pressed both sides to calm tensions, re-engage in dialog, implement confidence b [...]	2007-06-13 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC RU GG
07TBILISI1504	UN DOWNBEAT ON INCREASING ASSISTANCE TO ABKHAZIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 11 meeting with USAID representatives, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Georgia Jean Arnault was downbeat on the prospect of increasing assistance to Abkhazia. He said that the current atmosphere is as bad as it has been since he arrived so [...]	2007-06-21 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM PREF EAID GG
07TBILISI1528	MCC DANILOVICH MEETS MINORITY LEADERS IN ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 14, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) President John Danilovich, accompanied by Ambassador Tefft and MCC Country Director Colin Buckley, traveled to the ethnic Armenian area of Samtskhe-Javakheti to meet members of the local government and civil society. This isolate [...]	2007-06-26 12:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID GG
07TBILISI1563	SOUTH OSSETIA TENSIONS HIGH [...] (SBU) A number of dangerous eruptions in tension have recently occurred in South Ossetia, suggesting that we may be in for a long, hot summer in the conflict zone. Georgian villagers have squared off with Russian peacekeepers over Georgian efforts to improve a road connecting two Georgian vil [...]	2007-06-29 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GG
07TBILISI1604	ABKHAZIA: GENEVA-STYLE MEETING IN BONN: SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27 and 28, representatives of the Friends of the UN Secretary General (FSG),together with the UN, met the Georgian and Abkhaz sides for a Geneva-style meeting in Bonn. Most significantly, the sides agreed to resume Quadripartite meetings on law enforcement cooperation i [...]	2007-07-06 11:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC GG RU
07TBILISI1605	MERABISHVILI ON WHAT'S NEXT IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili told the Ambassador July 5 that while he thought tensions would continue in South Ossetia, he did not expect a major escalation. He said the Georgians hoped to be able to recruit a number of prominent de facto officials at the "deput [...]	2007-07-06 11:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI1619	GOOD SIGNS AND BAD AT SOUTH OSSETIA DONORS' [...] (C) A July 2 meeting in Tskhinvali of the Steering Committee for the donors' South Ossetia economic rehabilitation projects was marked by confrontations between the Georgian and South Ossetian sides -- including over whether the Georgian delegation would be allowed into South Ossetia for the m [...]	2007-07-09 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID OSCE GG
07TBILISI1702	SOUTH OSSETIA: INCHING TOWARD DIALOGUE? [...] (C) Georgian and South Ossetian representatives are currently negotiating the details of a meeting of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) and a joint inspection of the contested drinking water pipe that runs through South Ossetia. While the sides have not reached final agreement on either issu [...]	2007-07-17 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI1731	DAVID BAKRADZE TO BE NEW STATE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Officials in the State Ministry for Conflict Resolution have confirmed to us that Minister Merab Antadze is departing his post to return to the MFA, and he will be replaced by David Bakradze, currently Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on European Integration. Bakradze is a young, t [...]	2007-07-20 12:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL GG
07TBILISI1732	RUSSIAN ACTIVE MEASURES IN GEORGIA [...] (C) The strains between Russia and Georgia play out in leaders' statements, the Russian economic embargo, the separatist conflicts, and a number of other public ways, but they also play out on a level that is at least slightly below the surface: Russian "active measures" (or covert actions) aimed a [...]	2007-07-20 12:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1940	SOUTH OSSETIA: SHOOTINGS AND ACCUSATIONS [...] (C) OSCE Political Advisor Gantcho Gantchev told us August 6 that South Ossetian accusations of a Georgian "terrorist attack" August 3 should not be taken too seriously. In the incident, a bomb reportedly exploded in Tskhinvali, damaging a gas station but causing no injuries. The next day the [...]	2007-08-06 11:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE GG
07TBILISI1946	THE REPUBLICANS' OKRUASHVILI PROBLEM [...] (C) Summary: During a July 19 meeting with Ambassador, opposition Republican Party Chairman, David Usupashvili, confirmed his party is in talks with Irakli Okruashvili on forming a joint bloc to run in the 2008 elections. Usupashvili, who appears to favor the idea, said the Republican Party's [...]	2007-08-06 13:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI1958	GEORGIA BOMBING UPDATE [...] (C) Georgian officials report that SU-type airplanes from Russia crossed into Georgian airspace on the evening of August 6, and that one of the planes dropped a "precision-guided Russian missile" -- estimated to weigh 700-1,000 kilograms -- that impacted near the Georgian village Tsitelubani, [...]	2007-08-07 12:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
07TBILISI1976	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with influential majority Members of Parliament. Saakashvili insider Giga Bokeria complained that the recent UN report on the situation in Abkhazia was unbalanced. Bryza argued that the UNOMIG Joint Fact Finding Group (JFFG) report made a stron [...]	2007-08-08 13:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
07TBILISI1979	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH OPPOSITION MP'S [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with leading opposition Members of Parliament. Their most urgent concern was elections, and they raised the issues of the fairness of the majoritarian system and composition of the Central Election Commission (CEC) (reftel A). Although they als [...]	2007-08-08 13:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
07TBILISI1992	SOUTH OSSETIA DONORS STEERING COMMITTEE ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) In a meeting August 2, the Steering Committee for the OSCE-led economic rehabilitation projects in South Ossetia conditionally approved three water-related projects for contracting, although the Georgian and South Ossetian sides made final approval contingent on resolving some remaining [...]	2007-08-09 12:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID OSCE GG
07TBILISI1993	GEORGIA MISSILE ATTACK UPDATE -- AUGUST 9 [...] (C) Speaking at a press conference August 8, Foreign Minister Bezhuashvili maintained the Georgian government's moderate tone in talking about the missile impact on Georgian territory August 6 (reftels). He called for a "group of international experts" to investigate the incident, something t [...]	2007-08-09 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI1994	SOUTH OSSETIAN CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY IN TBILISI [...] (C) Building on previous accusations that the Georgians were plotting bombings and assassinations (reftel),South Ossetian de facto president Kokoity told a meeting of the "Union of Elders of South Ossetia and North Ossetia" on August 8 in Tskhinvali that Georgia was planning terrorist attacks [...]	2007-08-10 04:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI1998	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH OSCE AMBASSADOR REEVE [...] (C) Summary: In a July 27 meeting with DAS Bryza, OSCE Ambassador Roy Reeve said that the Georgians have rejected a Spanish proposal to allow Reeve to continue on as "Acting" Head of Mission until his successor is found. Reeve said his last day as OSCE Ambassador to Georgia will be Tuesday, [...]	2007-08-10 05:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2000	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH SPEAKER BURJANADZE [...] (C) Summary: On 27 July, DAS Bryza met with Georgian Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze and discussed a wide range of issues. Burjanadze told us that Turkmenistan is interested in closer business and military ties with the West. She believed the ruling National Movement needed to find a [...]	2007-08-10 05:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2012	GEORGIA MISSILE ATTACK UPDATE -- AUGUST 10 [...] (C) U.S. military experts arrived August 10 to review the evidence related to the August 6 missile impact in Georgia. Other international experts are expected to arrive in coming days, as the Georgian government begins to put together an international team to provide transparency to the invest [...]	2007-08-10 11:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2018	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH FM BEZHUASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, DAS Bryza met with Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili on the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Bezhuashvili told Bryza that the Georgian government was not happy with the latest United Nations report on the situation in Abkhazia, adding that the Group of Fri [...]	2007-08-13 05:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2019	DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, DAS Bryza and GoG Prosecutor General Adeishvili discussed judicial reform, Abkhazia, property issues and crime. Adeishvili talked about the training of judges and implementation of the magistrate system, both of which are on track. He cited great strides in the last [...]	2007-08-13 08:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07TBILISI2029	GEORGIA INTENDS TO CONTINUE WORKING IN JCC [...] (C) Georgian officials tell us they plan to continue working in the Joint Control Commission (JCC) on the South Ossetia conflict, even as they push for other mechanisms that they believe would be more effective. Although the South Ossetians torpedoed a planned JCC meeting in Tbilisi August 9- [...]	2007-08-13 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2030	DEPUTY SPEAKER MACHAVARIANI DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: During a July 24 meeting with Poloff, Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mikheil Machavariani, discussed the upcoming 2008 elections. He said that he will be the campaign chairman for the ruling National Movement (UNM) party and lead its nationwide campaign. He advised that the major [...]	2007-08-13 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG RU
07TBILISI2062	GEORGIA MISSILE INVESTIGATION UPDATE -- AUGUST 15 [...] (C) International experts have completed a preliminary report on the August 6 missile incident. Key conclusions are: the aircraft entered Georgian airspace from Russia, and the Georgian Air Force does not possess aircraft capable of firing this type of missile or of flying the profile flown by [...]	2007-08-15 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2063	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH STATE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) David Bakradze, Georgia's new State Minister for Conflict Resolution, told EUR DAS Bryza July 27 that the Georgian government was concerned UNOMIG and the Group of Friends had lost "strategic focus" over Abkhazia, as reflected in a recent UN report criticizing Georgia for minor issues, whi [...]	2007-08-16 06:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI2084	WHO'S RUNNING GEORGIA: IT'S THE EKA'S [...] (C) Summary: Amid the crowd of young, talented, Western-educated officials in Georgia, one feature often stands out: many of those in key power positions are women. In addition to the prominent role held by the Speaker of Parliament,Nino Burjanadze, one of the founders of the Rose Revolutio [...]	2007-08-21 07:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM GG
07TBILISI2090	ABKHAZIA: UN BASE ESTABLISHED IN UPPER KODORI [...] (C) Summary: On August 16, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault and the Chief of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) General Khattak provided the Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) an update on the situation in Abkhazia, following the Geneva-s [...]	2007-08-21 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
07TBILISI2092	HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN GALI--SAME PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: On 31 July-2 August, an Embassy team traveled to Abkhazia to review the human rights situation there. The team participated in a patrol with the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) in the ethnically Georgian Gali region, visited local NGOs in Gali and Sukhumi, and met with the [...]	2007-08-21 13:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL GG
07TBILISI2139	MAIA TOPURIA CASE [...] (C). Summary: On August 24, the Tbilisi City Court found all 13 defendants accused of plotting to overthrow the country's leadership in September 2006 guilty. Most of the 13 are linked with Igor Giorgadze's Justice Party. Igor Giorgadze is a Georgian fugitive wanted for attempted murder of [...]	2007-08-27 14:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2170	PEACEKEEPING ACCIDENT SPURS DISPUTE OVER MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 28, a CIS Peacekeeping Force (PKF) contingent collided with a civilian minibus in the Georgian city of Khobi. According to the UN, Georgian police responded and detained 14 CIS PKF, 6 of whom the Georgians claimed were Chechens armed with silencers. The Georgian poli [...]	2007-08-30 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2415	OKRUASHVILI THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 25, former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili made the long-awaited announcement on the establishment of his political party - Movement for United Georgia. In his announcement and a subsequent television interview, Okruashvili for the first time harshly attacked P [...]	2007-09-26 13:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2437	OKRUASHVILI DETAINED FOR CORRUPTION, OPPOSITION [...] (U) Summary: Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili was arrested in his office on the evening of September 27 by the criminal police and detained in the Special Operations Department (SOD) detention facility. Charges leveled at Okruashvili by the Prosecutor General's office include: abuse [...]	2007-09-28 10:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2452	THOUSANDS PROTEST OKRUASHVILI ARREST, SAAKASHVILI [...] (U) Summary: On September 28, several thousand people took part in a demonstration against President Saakashvili's government and the arrest of former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili on corruption charges (ref A). All opposition parties participated, except the New Rightists. Saakashvili [...]	2007-10-01 12:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2463	COURT OF APPEALS CONFIRMS OKRUASHVILI DETENTION [...] (U) Summary: The Tbilisi Court of Appeals rejected an appeal of former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili's two month pre-trial detention on October 1. Okruashvili's lawyer called it an "illegal decision" and said she would file a case in the European Court of Human rights in Strasbourg. For [...]	2007-10-02 12:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2483	BURJANADZE SPEAKS OUT, OPPOSITION CALLS FOR [...] (U) Summary: In her first comments regarding the Okruashvili arrest, Parliamentary Speaker Nino Burjanadze called Okruashvili's allegations against President Saakashvili "absurd" and criticized the Government's personnel policy which allowed people such as Okruashvili to enter government. She [...]	2007-10-04 13:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2499	PRIME MINISTER NOGHAIDELI ON OKRUASHVILI AFFAIR [...] (C) In an October 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Noghaideli admitted that the sequence of former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili's allegations against President Saakashvili and his subsequent arrest made the government look bad. He said it was a mistake for the government n [...]	2007-10-05 09:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI2532	SAAKASHVILI QUESTIONS INTERIOR MINISTER ON MOD [...] (U) Summary: During a televised government session with his cabinet, President Saakashvili criticized Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili for allowing the former Head of Procurements at the MOD, Iason Chikhladze, to escape to Russia. Merabishvili said Chikhladze traveled to Turkey with Okruas [...]	2007-10-05 12:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2542	OKRUASHVILI PLEADS GUILTY AND RECANTS ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: A video-taped testimony by Irakli Okruashvili, confessing to charges of extortion and criminal negligence and recanting his accusations against President Saakashvili, was broadcast on Georgian television October 8. Presidential Advisor Giga Bokeria said Okruashvili may have realiz [...]	2007-10-09 11:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2559	OPPOSITION COALITION MEETS AMBASSADOR, WANTS EARLY [...] (C) Summary: On October 9, three opposition leaders representing the United National Council of opposition parties (ref A) called on Ambassador to discuss their activities during the current political crisis. The trio presented a letter on behalf of the opposition parties appealing for early [...]	2007-10-10 13:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2574	OKRUASHVILI FADES FOR NOW, PATARKATSISHVILI [...] (U) Summary: Irakli Okruashvili has secluded himself in his Tbilisi apartment following two weeks of ups and downs in his political fortunes. In an October 11 press conference, Okruashvili's Movement for a United Georgia party secretary, MP Koka Guntsadze, announced that the former Defense Min [...]	2007-10-12 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2595	ISOLATED ABKHAZIA GROWS BUT DEVELOPMENT LAGS [...] (C) Summary: On a September 4-8 visit to Abkhazia, Embassy officers found that the region's economy and its tourism industry are growing and that investment in hotels and vacation homes, mostly from Russia, is increasing. The overall standard of living is comparable to that in Georgia, or per [...]	2007-10-17 12:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2596	SAAKASHVILI: LOWER PARTIES' PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) Summary: On October 16, in a televised meeting with parliamentarians from the ruling National Movement (UNM),President Saakashvili publicly addressed details of the upcoming elections for the first time. The President called for initiatives to reduce the party list threshold from 7 perce [...]	2007-10-17 12:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2608	GOVERNMENT ISSUES STATEMENT SUPPORTING CHARGES [...] (U) Summary: On October 16 the Government of Georgia released an "information note" setting out the legal basis for charges against former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili and his subsequent bail. The note explains the investigation and evidence for allegations of abuse of power and offici [...]	2007-10-19 11:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2610	OPPOSITION RESPONDS TO SAAKASHVILI, OTHER RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Saakashvili's October 16 proposal (ref A) for lowering the party list threshold for next year's Parliamentary election was pocketed by the opposition and met with additional demands. The United National Council of opposition parties (ref B) on October 17 released a man [...]	2007-10-19 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2659	USUPASHVILI ADDRESSES NOVEMBER 2 PROTEST, [...] (C) Summary: On October 24, Chairman of the opposition Republican Party David Usupashvili met with Ambassador regarding the united opposition's planned November 2 protest against the Saakashvili government (ref A). Usupashvili voiced two main concerns about the protests: First, that the gover [...]	2007-10-26 11:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2709	UNITED COUNCIL OF OPPOSITION MEETS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, representatives of the ten-party United National Council of opposition (ref A) met the Ambassador and presented to him a copy of the four core demands they submitted earlier to President Saakashvili's and Parliamentary Speaker Nino Burjanadze's offices. The Council [...]	2007-11-02 07:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI2719	OPPOSITION KICKS OFF DAY OF PROTEST, OKRUASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: Protesters arrived from outside Tbilisi on November 1 in anticipation of the November 2 opposition rally at the Parliament Building. Media reported that police in various Western Georgian districts were taking measures to block roads or confiscate drivers' licenses to prevent pr [...]	2007-11-02 12:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2729	GAP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PROTESTERS WIDENS AS [...] (C) Summary: Street demonstrations against the Saakashvili government continue in Tbilisi for the fourth day on November 5, following their start on November 2 (reftel). Conservative estimates placed the crowd at up to 70,000 people on Rustaveli avenue at the peak on November 2. Georgian oliga [...]	2007-11-05 12:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2752	LIVE FROM MUNICH, OKRUASHVILI ENCOURAGES PROTESTERS [...] (U) Summary: Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili appeared via live telecast on Imedi TV from Munich on November 5. Okruashvili claimed he "was forced to leave Georgia." He apologized for disappointing Georgians with the recantation of the charges he had leveled against the government [...]	2007-11-06 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2762	RIOT POLICE MOVE PROTESTERS OUT OF STREET WITH [...] (C) On November 7 at 1:20 local time Georgian riot police used water cannons and tear gas to move the increasing crowd of protesters out of Rustaveli Avenue and away from the front of Parliament. Embassy Tbilisi is monitoring events. Embassy will soon issue a warden message and is convening th [...]	2007-11-07 09:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2764	PROTEST IN TBILISI SITREP NO. 1 [...] (SBU) This cable provides a rough timeline of ongoing events on November 7 regarding protests against the Saakashvili government in front of Parliament, and the police actions that have been used to break up the protests and push people to the perimeter streets. 2. (C) Chronology of Events [...]	2007-11-07 12:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2777	PROTEST IN TBILISI SITREP NO. 4 [...] (C) This cable details the latest information regarding the November 7 government crackdown on opposition protests in Tbilisi, including Embassy EAC action. Currently, RSO reports that the Freedom Square and Rustaveli metro stations are closed. Major streets Rustaveli Avenue and Baratashvili [...]	2007-11-08 09:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2790	SAAKASHVILI RESIGNS PRESIDENCY, CALLS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 15:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2791	SAAKASHVILI ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary. In a live address November 8 President Saakashvili announced his intention to hold a presidential election on January 5, 2008, effectively giving up a year of his term. According to the constitution, Speaker Nino Burjanadze will assume the presidency until the election date. Sa [...]	2007-11-08 15:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2796	GEORGIA OUTLINES WORK OF COMMISSION ON SOUTH [...] (SBU) Embassy received the below letter and non-paper (full texts in paragraph 2) from Georgian State Minister for Conflict Resolution David Bakradze on November 5. The non-paper lays out Georgian plans for the continued work of the commission on defining the autonomous status of South Osseti [...]	2007-11-09 12:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2799	PROTEST IN TBILISI SITREP NO. 5 [...] (U) Most opposition leaders embraced President Saakashvili's call to hold a Presidential election on January 5, 2008 (reftel). The United National Council of Opposition (UNC) remains united so far. According to reports, New Rightist (NR) Party Chairman David Gamkrelidze affirmed his intentio [...]	2007-11-09 14:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2802	TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP NO 6 [...] (U) The United National Council of Opposition (UNC) met with the government, represented by the Speaker of Parliament, Nino Burjanadze, on November 10 and again on November 12. Five opposition parties - Georgia's Way, the Conservatives, the Republicans, the New Rightists, and the Industriali [...]	2007-11-13 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2812	DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 13 MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili told EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on November 13 he was concerned about a Russian build-up of peacekeeping forces at Ochamchira in Abkhazia, calling it a clear violation of the CFE treaty. Kezerashvili said the MOD was going to share with Embassies a [...]	2007-11-14 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2813	EUR DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 13 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting EUR DAS Matt Bryza conveyed to Georgian President Micheil Saakashvili the Secretary's firm message that the state of emergency in SIPDIS Georgia must be lifted and that all TV broadcasts, especially Imedi's, must be resumed if the GOG is to restore fait [...]	2007-11-14 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG RU
07TBILISI2814	DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH GEORGIAN PM [...] (C) Summary: In a November 12 meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli, EUR DAS Matt Bryza urged that the government lift its state of emergency and return independent television station Imedi back to the air. Noghaideli admitted that the government's aggressive pursuit of econom [...]	2007-11-14 14:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG GG
07TBILISI2822	TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP NO. 7 [...] (U) Speaker Nino Burjanadze said in a televised statement that the state of emergency imposed on November 7 will be lifted on November 16. She stated "this is important for the international community and our society." Burjanadze also reaffirmed the government's readiness to continue talks wi [...]	2007-11-15 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2843	TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP NO. 8 [...] (U) Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze announced the Parliament voted by a margin of 153 to 6 on November 15 to lift the state of emergency November 16 at 7:00 p.m., allowing the country to return to "normal life." In a November 15 meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Burjanadze said she ex [...]	2007-11-16 11:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2881	TBILISI UPDATE 11/19/2007 [...] (U) Following President Saakashvili's November 16 announcement of Lado Gurgenidze as the new Prime Minister (Ref A),two changes to the cabinet were announced on November 19. Minister of Education Kakha Lomaia was replaced by his deputy at the ministry, Bela Tsipuria. Lomaia was subsequently [...]	2007-11-19 12:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2882	TBILISI UPDATE 11/19/2007 [...] (C) Following President Saakashvili's November 16 announcement of Lado Gurgenidze as the new Prime Minister (Ref A),two changes to the cabinet were announced on November 19. Minister of Education Kakha Lomaia was replaced by his deputy at the ministry, Bela Tsipuria. Lomaia was subsequently [...]	2007-11-19 12:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2893	HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS ARISING FROM THE NOVEMBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: Events before, during, and after the violence of the November 7 Opposition protest in Tbilisi have raised a number of human rights issues. NGOs, participants in the demonstrations, and others have alleged abuses, including disproportionate use of force, abridgment of freedom of [...]	2007-11-19 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2934	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/20/07 [...] (U) On November 19 Speaker Nino Burjanadze postponed her meeting with opposition leaders, saying the opposition was complicating the process by presenting new demands during meetings, calling for street actions, and sending different representatives to the negotiating table than had been agree [...]	2007-11-20 14:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2937	DAS BRYZA'S 13 NOVEMBER MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarch Ilya II told EUR DAS Matthew Bryza on November 13 that the government should quickly lift the state of emergency and permit the reopening of Imedi TV. The Patriarch traced the roots of the 2-7 November street protests to social and economic discontent. T [...]	2007-11-21 04:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2944	DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 11 AND 14 MEETINGS WITH IMEDI [...] (C) (Summary) During his visit to Tbilisi DAS Bryza held three meetings with the management and journalists of Imedi television. On November 11, Lewis Robertson, CEO Newscorp Caucasus and Imedi General Manager; Bidzina Baratashvili, Imedi General Director; and Irakli Rukhadze, Manager of Self [...]	2007-11-21 11:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO ASEC GG RU
07TBILISI2948	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/21/07 [...] (C) United National Council of Opposition (UNC) members met with Ambassador November 21 to express their concerns about continuing government "oppression" of November 7 protesters, government misuse of administrative resources to campaign, and the indefinite closure of Imedi. Goga Khaindrava [...]	2007-11-21 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2964	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/26/07 [...] (U) As expected, on November 25 President Saakashvili resigned to launch his re-election campaign. The resignation is required for early presidential elections. The Parliament approved Saakashvili's proposal of January 5 elections by 148 to 1. Parliamentary Speaker Nino Burjanadze has become [...]	2007-11-26 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2976	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/28/2007 [...] (U) Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Levan Tarkhnishvili said, as of the November 26 deadline, twenty-two people had registered for the January 5 presidential election. In addition to Mikheil Saakashvili, oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili, United National Council of Opposition (UNC) c [...]	2007-11-28 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2990	FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER IRAKLI OKRUASHVILI [...] (SBU) Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili was arrested November 27 in Berlin. An Interpol warrant was issued for him at the request of Georgian law enforcement after he retracted his confession and failed to attend a court hearing in November in Tbilisi. Okruashvili left Georgia Novem [...]	2007-11-29 13:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2999	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/30/07 [...] (U) Opposition parties accused Mikheil Saakashvili of misusing administrative resources for political campaign purposes after he met with Abkhaz Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on November 28 at a Tbilisi Municipality building. Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava and Minister for Refugees and Acco [...]	2007-11-30 12:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3000	OKRUASHVILI REQUESTS POLITICAL ASYLUM IN GERMANY [...] (C) The German Ambassador to Georgia told the Ambassador November 30 that former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili, arrested November 27 in Berlin on an Interpol warrant (Reftel),has requested political asylum from the German government. The German Ambassador said a court decision on extra [...]	2007-11-30 12:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3011	GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT TAKES FIRST STEP TO ALLOW [...] (U) In a December 3 press conference, Acting President Nino Burjanadze instructed the Prosecutor General to ask the Tbilisi City Court to unfreeze the assets of Imedi TV. Burjanadze said she hoped the legal process would be finalized in two days, and that Imedi employees would be able to enter [...]	2007-12-03 12:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI303	OSCE PROVIDES SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) OSCE officials shared with us several interesting bits of news and analysis about South Ossetia during a recent visit to Tskhinvali. Head of Mission (HOM) Roy Reeve said Russian officials had told him in Moscow that the South Ossetian decision to declare Georgian Deputy State Minister for [...]	2007-02-14 13:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID OSCE GG
07TBILISI3050	GEORGIA: TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE: 12/07/2007 [...] (U) Thirteen presidential candidates each submitted more than the 50,000 required voter signatures to the Central Election Commission (CEC) by the December 6 deadline. Mikheil Saakashvili's National Movement Party submitted 205,000 signatures, Oligarch Badri Patarkatsishvili's representatives [...]	2007-12-07 12:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3064	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 12/10/07 [...] (C) On 7 December, members of the OSCE Ambassadorial Working Group were provided a copy of the letter sent by Ambassador Terhi Hakala, Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, to Acting President Nino Burjanadze. In the letter, Hakala outlined the main issues which need to be addressed to ensure [...]	2007-12-10 13:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI3080	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE, 12/12/07 [...] (U) Imedi is due to begin broadcasting December 12 with the Kronika program, beginning at 8 p.m. Tbilisi time. The Imedi staff report that one entire control room at Imedi is out of commission and phone and internet access was severely damaged, with only 15 of their former 150 telephone lines [...]	2007-12-12 11:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3137	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/19/2007 [...] (C) In a meeting December 18, United National Council of opposition (UNC) presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze told Ambassador he was certain the elections would go to a second round, and he expected Saakashvili to gain at most 15 -20% in the first round. Gachechiladze said during UNC d [...]	2007-12-19 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3145	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: TWO COMPETING WORLDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Black Sea town of Batumi in the autonomous region of Adjara December 11-13 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, election-monitoring organizations and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap presidential election. Opposition pa [...]	2007-12-20 12:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3146	GEORGIA: NOT QUITE THERE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Georgia should be able to meet at least 3.5 million of its total 7 million cubic meter per day natural gas needs from Azerbaijan, in the early part of 2008. The rest will have to be purchased from Gazprom. The 2008 Gazprom price is expected to be higher than 2006, but not to do [...]	2007-12-21 10:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL GG AJ RU TU
07TBILISI3151	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: COMPETITION FOR THE FIRST TIME [...] (C) Summary: As the Georgian Presidential election campaign gears up for its final two weeks, a number of themes have emerged on the campaign trail. The most glaring is the brutal blood sport aspect of the Georgian campaign, with each political party battling to the death for dominance. The [...]	2007-12-21 12:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM GG
07TBILISI3152	PATARKATSISVILI COUP PLOT UNCOVERED [...] (SBU) On December 24, the Prime Minister called in the U.S., UK, French, German and Baltic Ambassadors to provide a briefing on a plot to undermine Georgia's presidential election on January 5 and thereby to overthrow the Georgian government. The Prime Minister showed videos of Patarkatsisvi [...]	2007-12-24 10:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI3174	ALEX RONDELI: THE UNM SHIP MIGHT STILL FLOAT [...] (C) Alex Rondeli, Director of the Georgian Foundation for Security and International Studies (GFSIS) and widely respected political analyst, shared his views on recent political developments and media professionalism with the DCM on December 26. Rondeli wasn,t surprised by reports of Patarka [...]	2007-12-28 11:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI3177	OPPOSITION GEARING UP FOR THE DAY AFTER GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: As the election campaign enters its final week and following a series of events that have strengthened former president Saakashvili's bid to win the January 5 presidential elections, it is increasingly clear that most opposition parties are planning not for victory on election d [...]	2007-12-28 12:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3178	GEORGIAN ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGNS SPAR OVER PROCESS IN [...] (C) During a December 19-20 pre-election visit to Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city, we found opposition campaigns focused almost exclusively on alleged government plans to intimidate voters or to manipulate the results. Some of the charges contained credible-sounding details, especially [...]	2007-12-28 12:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GG
07TBILISI401	AMBASSADOR URGES GEORGIA TO AGREE TO JCC MEETING [...] (C) Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Manjgaladze on February 27 to deliver reftel demarche urging the Georgians to agree on a date and time of a meeting of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) for South Ossetia. Noting a recent press report on Georgian plans to invest 3.5 million U [...]	2007-02-28 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI405	UN TO USE UNOMIG RENEWAL TO MOVE SIDES FORWARD [...] (C) On February 27, UN Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) for Georgia Jean Arnault briefed the SIPDIS Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) on UN plans to use the April 15 deadline for renewal of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) to push the sides to fulfill t [...]	2007-03-01 15:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI436	OSCE SAYS THERE IS AGREEMENT TO INFORMAL JCC MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Tefft called on OSCE Ambassador Roy Reeve February 28 to discuss South Ossetia. On the Joint Control Commission (JCC),Ambassador said that the U.S. is pressing the Georgians to agree to the JCC. Reeve said that there were some positive signals that a JCC meeting wou [...]	2007-03-05 14:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI489	ABKHAZIA: UN BRIEFS WESTERN FRIENDS ON KODORI [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault briefed the Western Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) on the alleged rocket and missile firing on Georgian villages in Upper Kodori on March 11 (reftel). Arnault said that the Georgians had [...]	2007-03-12 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG

07TBILISI623	BAGAPSH ALLIES WIN ABKHAZ DE FACTO PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) After a poor showing in the first round (reftel),candidates aligned with de facto Abkhaz president Sergey Bagapsh rallied in the parliamentary run-offs March 18 (likely with the help of "administrative resources") to win an outright majority. According to a UN official, Bagapsh supporter [...]	2007-03-23 12:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI674	ABKHAZIA: PRELIMINARY REPORT ON KODORI ATTACK [...] (C) In a March 29 meeting of the Friends of the Secretary General (FSG),UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault and UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) Commander General Khattak briefed the FSG on the preliminary findings of the Joint Fact Finding Group's (J [...]	2007-03-29 14:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI711	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a March 29 meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli, EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed the recent attack on Georgian government buildings in Kodori and rising tensions in the Gali region, and their relationship to the debate over the next UNOMIG mandate renewal in the U [...]	2007-04-02 10:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG GG AR RU TX UN
07TBILISI725	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 11:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG GG AR RU TX UN
07TBILISI816	SOUTH OSSETIA ADMINISTRATIVE STATUS LAW MOVES [...] (SBU) Parliament Speaker Nino Burjanadze briefed the diplomatic corps April 11 on the draft law establishing a new autonomous status for South Ossetia, which had passed Parliament in second reading just hours earlier. Parliament passed the bill in third and final reading April 13. Burjanadze [...]	2007-04-13 12:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI918	GEORGIA RELEASES CHAKABERIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 12:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
07THEHAGUE1134	ISA (FORMERLY ILSA): DUTCH WITHDRAW SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Dutch Economic Ministry has withdrawn financial support for a June 22-27 trade mission to Iran, following interventions by the Foreign Minister and behind-the-scenes pressure from the Embassy. While the mission may go forward as a "private" initiative, some companies have [...]	2007-06-14 07:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR
07THEHAGUE935	ISA (FORMERLY ILSA): DUTCH AND SHELL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Shell official confirmed the company does not expect to make any final investment decisions before mid-2008 or early 2009 on the Persian LNG and Yadavaran gas and oil investment projects in Iran. Dutch Foreign Ministry officials noted surprise with the Iranian announcement of a [...]	2007-05-16 13:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR
07USUNNEWYORK815	U/SYG PASCOE SAYS UN CYPRUS PLANS DEPEND ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 27 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe said that if President Papadopoulos of Cyprus loses the election in February then he will push to appoint a new special envoy for the Cyprus conflict and work on brokering a new settlement plan. Pas [...]	2007-10-04 13:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC CY GG
07WARSAW1147	POLAND'S NAIMSKI TELLS DAS BRYZA KRAKOW SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Poland's Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski told visiting DAS Bryza that the Krakow Summit had four important results: The governments reached a political decision that a Caspian-Odessa-Brody-Plock-Gdansk (COBPG) oil pipeline should be constructed and that an Intergovernme [...]	2007-05-16 08:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL PO KZ UR LI AJ GG RS
07WARSAW121	POLES WILL PURSUE TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (C) Summary. Polish oil pipeline operator PERN will make a last ditch effort to negotiate a deal with Yukos International to purchase its share of Transpetrol in Slovakia. The GOP fully supports PERN's efforts, as control of Transpetrol by a non-Russian entity is a major energy security go [...]	2007-01-19 15:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PL SO RS PREL
07WARSAW86	POLAND: DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY ECONOMICS [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Bryza and Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski discussed a deal for gas for Azerbaijan and Georgia that would relieve both countries of their dependence on Russian gas, and exchanged views on the political situation in Georgia. Naimski restated his opposition to t [...]	2007-01-12 15:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL RS GG AJ KZ LH LG EN LO PL
07YEREVAN1000	EUR DAS BRYZA'S VISIT YIELDS UPDATES ON NK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Bryza's intense day of meetings in Yerevan July 30 touched important bases with top GOAM and opposition leaders. The visit was aimed at bilateral business, but Nagorno-Karabakh deliberations nonetheless dominated meetings with the President and Foreign Minister. On Turkey, [...]	2007-08-07 10:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR
07YEREVAN1012	CDA CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER RAISES IRAN, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. CDA met August 6 with Energy Minister Armen Movsisian to discuss the Armenian nuclear power plant (ANPP) and Armenia's economic relations with Iran. Movsisian assured that the GOAM aims to close the plant by the target date (2016). He believed that Armenia's only option is to [...]	2007-08-09 05:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ETTC PREL PARM IR AM
07YEREVAN1032	TOUCHING ALL THE BASES: DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bryza's opposition party meetings pointed up the sharp contrast between the two, with Heritage on the upswing, and Orinats Yerkir seeming like a spent force. The parliament speaker, typically, delivered a windy oration of questionable relevance on Armenia's constitution. Bryza [...]	2007-08-16 03:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM TU
07YEREVAN114	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH NGOS, [...] (C) Visiting EUR DAS Bryza received two previews of the upcoming parliamentary elections on January 26. Opposition leaders predicted that the May elections would be the worst yet in Armenia's post-Soviet history, and complained that U.S. and European leaders had done too little to push for de [...]	2007-02-01 13:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1197	CDA FINDS CATHOLICOS A CONSTRUCTIVE VOICE ON TOUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on Armenian Catholicos Karekin II September 27 to discuss the church leader's five-week visit to the United States, which begins September 30. CDA conveyed that at the moment a meeting with President Bush appeared unlikely. The Catholicos expressed disappointment, rem [...]	2007-09-28 12:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF OVIP AM
07YEREVAN1235	LETTER FROM NAGORNO-KARABAKH "FOREIGN MINISTER" TO [...] (SBU) The "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" representative office in Yerevan forwarded the below letter, from "NKR Foreign Minister" Georgiy Petrossian to OSCE Special Representative Kasprzyk, with the request that we convey to U.S. Minsk Group negotiator Matthew Bryza. Post has no plans to forwar [...]	2007-10-12 08:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS AM AJ
07YEREVAN1257	EX-PRESIDENT (AND CANDIDATE) TER-PETROSSIAN MAKES [...] (S) SUMMARY: Former President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) asked CDA to convey points on Nagorno-Karabakh to Minsk Group negotiator Matthew Bryza. LTP said he met recently with new NK "President" Bako Sahakian, and found in him a credible partner to discuss N-K settlement options. Ter-Petross [...]	2007-10-17 12:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PBTS PREL AJ AM
07YEREVAN1394	ANOTHER BROADSIDE FROM THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ON [...] (C) Presidential Chief of Staff Armen Gevorkian called in CDA November 27 to renew Kocharian's visceral objections to Radio Liberty (RL) programming which, according to Gevorgian, has been "turned into a mouthpiece for (former President) Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) by the director of the RL Arme [...]	2007-11-30 09:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM AM
07YEREVAN266	KOCHARIAN'S CHIEF OF STAFF SEEKS TO EJECT NDI FROM [...] (C) Armen Gevorgian, President Kocharian's Chief of Staff, told NDI Country co-Directors on March 6 that NDI should shut down their operations until after the May 12 elections. Gevorgian, assuming that NDI Armenia had arranged for a senior oppositionist to visit Washington in February, said [...]	2007-03-07 14:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AM
07YEREVAN343	FM OSKANIAN BRIEFS US ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Oskanian called in CDA to provide a readout of the Iran-Armenia pipeline opening, and the presidents' bilateral meeting on the margins. Oskanian said that the GOAM had kept the event "as low-key as possible" and that Ahmadinejad had also been restrained in his remarks. Presid [...]	2007-03-22 08:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EINV EPET MNUC IAEA IR AM
07YEREVAN383	IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 WITH RESPECT TO BANK [...] (C) On March 30, Pol/Econ Chief and EconOff met with Armenian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) director Nerses Yeritsyan to discuss GOAM implementation of UNSCR 1747 (ref A). We mentioned that EUR DAS Bryza has raised our Iran concerns March 28 with President Kocharian and FM Oskanian (septel [...]	2007-03-30 13:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PARM KNNP IR AM
07YEREVAN385	PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN DISCUSSES IRAN, TURKEY, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian President Kocharian met for over an hour with EUR DAS Bryza following the funeral of PM Margarian on March 28. On Iran, Kocharian explained that Armenia, in its precarious geopolitical situation, must carefully think through the consequences of every step it takes with it [...]	2007-03-30 13:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR AJ AM
07YEREVAN412	NO SURPRISES HERE - DEFMIN SARGSIAN NAMED PRIME [...] (U) In a widely anticipated move, President Kocharian announced April 5 that Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian would replace Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, who died suddenly on March 25 (ref A). Sargsian stepped down from his position as defense minister, where he has served for approximatel [...]	2007-04-05 12:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
07YEREVAN532	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION TO HRR AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) On April 27, 28 almost all TV stations and five newspapers referred to the amendments made in the Human Rights Report (HRR) regarding Nagorno-Karabakh. Commentary from Armenian media outlets varied from critical to extremely critical, claiming that the last change made in the HRR called [...]	2007-04-30 12:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL PGOV KMDR KPAO AM
07YEREVAN534	ARMENIA: USING USG ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO LEVERAGE [...] (C) Our assistance programs aimed at helping Armenia achieve cleaner elections are big news here. Thanks to a strong Public Diplomacy effort, we have largely dispelled early concerns about whether Armenians should be suspicious that we seek to foment a "color revolution" and have built under [...]	2007-05-02 11:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM AM
07YEREVAN658	PM SARGSIAN HOPES FOR "BIG TENT" COALITION [...] (C) PM Sargsian told CDA on May 17 that he plans to form as large a coalition as he can, to include the new pro-government Prosperous Armenia (PA) party as well as former coalition partner ARF-Dashnaktsutyun (the Dashnaks). Armenia's constitution gives him until the end of June to propose his [...]	2007-05-21 13:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
07YEREVAN939	IRANIAN FM VISIT PROMPTS WEAK DEFENSE FROM FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian FM Mottaki was received by Armenia's president, prime minister, and foreign minister, and energy minister during his July 20 visit to Yerevan to take part in the 7th annual Armenian-Iranian inter-governmental economic commission. Armenian leaders were unhelpfully positive [...]	2007-07-24 14:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMDR IR AM
07ZAGREB364	DAS BRYZA'S ZAGREB MEETINGS WITH GREEK AND [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Greek Minister of Development Dimitris Sioufas and Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Rumen Ovcharov on the margins of an April 3 energy conference in Zagreb. Both Sioufas and Ovcharov expressed concern over what they perceive as mixed signals co [...]	2007-04-16 09:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL GR BU AJ RS TU TX
07ZAGREB460	ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAN FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met April 5 with Croatian PM Sanader, President Mesic, and FM Grabar-Kitarovic to exchange views on Croatia's NATO aspirations, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and other regional issues. 2.(U) A/S Fried and Ambassador met April 5 with PM Ivo San [...]	2007-05-10 16:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN NATO HR YI BK OSCE
08ANKARA1	TURKEY'S 2008 ENERGY SECTOR PRIORITIES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told the Ambassador December 28 that energy issues will continue to play a central role in the GOT's domestic and foreign policy agendas for 2008. Guler noted three main priorities: 1) expanded investment [...]	2008-01-01 07:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1037	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1070	TURKEY: GULER UPBEAT ON GAS SUPPLY POST-NAKHCHIVAN [...] (C) Summary. PM Erdogan,s meeting with Azerbaijan President Aliyev June 4 in Naxchivan may have produced enough agreement on new Azeri gas supplies for Turkey to unblock the Nabucco and Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas transit negotiations, Energy Minister Guler suggested to Ambassador June 9. [...]	2008-06-10 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1071	TURKEY UNVEILS SCHEDULE FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. On May 30 and June 4, we met with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel and MFA Energy Issues Department Head Berris Ekinci, respectively. Both understood that Turkey is being blamed for lack of progress on Nabucco and they detailed a re-invigorated GOT approach to Nabucco t [...]	2008-06-10 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1085	BOTAS CONFIRMS SOCAR GAS OFFER [...] (C) Summary. June 4 talks between PM Erdogan and Azerbaijan President Aliev resulted in a SOCAR offer to sell 50% of the Shah Deniz phase II export volumes to Turkey (roughly 5 bcm),BOTAS Chairman Duzyol told the Ambassador on June 11. Duzyol went on at length about Turkey's need for gas; [...]	2008-06-12 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1098	EXPERT VIEWS ON TURKISH MONETARY AND FISCAL POLICY [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings this week with Central Bank (CBRT) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) managers, we heard similar complaints about GOT shortfalls in economic management and fiscal policy. Central Bank Markets Department Manager Cigdem Kose said the CBRT will have trouble [...]	2008-06-13 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
08ANKARA1101	TURKEY ADVOCATES PATIENCE ON CIS PEACEKEEPERS IN [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has not yet been briefed by Georgia on any decision to call for the replacement of Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia (ref A),but is aware of the proposal from contacts in other capitals, according to MFA South Caucasus Head of Department Firat Sunel. Sunel believes the pr [...]	2008-06-13 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU TU
08ANKARA1172	EU SUPPORTS TURKEY AS A NATURAL GAS HUB [...] Summary. On June 20, Turkey,s Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel told us the EU and Turkey reached a new level of understanding during June 14-15 talks with the EU Nabucco Coordinator's Assistant Brendan Devlin. Goksel supports the EU's new position which shifts focus from Nabucco to the larg [...]	2008-06-26 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1175	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1222	SCENESETTER FOR C. BOYDEN GRAY'S JULY 10-13 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit coincides with political uncertainty surrounding the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) due to a closure case against it pending in the Constitutional Court. Recent high-profile detentions in connection with a year-long investigation into suspec [...]	2008-07-07 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1228	WHO'S ON FIRST? TURKEY AND THE IMF [...] (C) Summary. On May 10, Turkey's stand-by arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ended. Reftels detail the importance investors place on Turkey continuing to have a strong relationship with the IMF, including the ability to borrow if the economy goes south. In separate meeti [...]	2008-07-09 03:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1241	TURKEY EVALUATING SARGSIAN'S INVITATION TO [...] (C) Turkey has received the written invitation to President Gul from Armenian President to attend the Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualification match in Yerevan, September 9 (reftel),according to MFA South Caucasus and Central Asia DDG Umit Yardim. Yardim told us that the invitation was receiv [...]	2008-07-09 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM GA TU
08ANKARA1269	TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT HEAVY ON GOOD WILL, [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov visited Ankara July 1 to continue ongoing efforts to increase bilateral dialogue. As during FM Babacan's February trip to Moscow, the conversation focused primarily on economic relations. The two leaders reaffirmed mutual views on Iran, Iraq, the Black Sea, and [...]	2008-07-15 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU TU
08ANKARA1277	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's chief foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told visiting DAS Matt Bryza July 11 that Erdogan's July 10 Baghdad meetings were a "good start." The Turks discussed alternate sources of gas for the Nabucco pipeline with Iraqi officials, acknowledgin [...]	2008-07-16 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG IZ AM CY TU
08ANKARA1279	TURKEY/IRAQ ENERGY COOPERATION: GOT OPTIMISTIC, [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Middle East, Iran and South Asia Sinirlioglu expressed to visiting EUR DAS Bryza July 11 the GOT's satisfaction with PM Erdogan's July 10 visit to Baghdad. The visit was the first full-fledged ceremonial reception of a visiting leader held at Baghdad airport. Sinirliog [...]	2008-07-16 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG IZ TU
08ANKARA1284	SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...]	2008-07-16 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1286	CORRECTED: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...]	2008-07-17 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1314	ECONOMIC IMPACT IF COURT CLOSES AKP [...] (SBU) Summary: Investors agree that AKP,s closure is the most likely outcome of the court,s deliberations and therefore, the effect of the closure has already been largely factored into market behavior. However, two key unknowns, the fate of PM Erdogan and AKP,s current economic policies, wi [...]	2008-07-23 19:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
08ANKARA1325	TURKEY: MEDIA SUPPORT FOR ARMENIA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish media have reported "secret," high-level Turkey-Armenia talks on normalizing bilateral relations with little fanfare, but positively; the political opposition and their media outlets have not objected. Nor has the military. The media's approach suggests broad public [...]	2008-07-24 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OPRC AM TU
08ANKARA1326	BAKU-TBILISI-KARS RAILWAY GROUNDBREAKING; GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Gul traveled to the ancient Armenian capital of Ani July 23 before joining Georgian President Saakashvili and Azerbaijani President Aliyev for a groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, Turkey on the Turkish leg of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, July 24. The bilateral m [...]	2008-07-24 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV AJ AM GG TU
08ANKARA1353	TURKEY: EC ENERGY DELEGATION VISIT YIELDS NO [...] (C) Summary. Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Energy Security at the EC Directorate General for Energy Transportation led a technical-level delegation to Ankara for talks with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel on July 17-18. The talks were to prepare the groundwork for the visit of Com [...]	2008-07-29 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1355	TURKEY: IRAQ ARREARS CAUSE DESPERATE ACTION BY [...] (C) Summary. Ignoring pleas from high-level GOT officials, BOTAS (state-owned oil and gas pipeline company) temporarily suspended, then resumed, operation of the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline, a major export route for Iraqi oil on July 22. BOTAS claims the inability to collect on large Iraqi d [...]	2008-07-29 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1372	TURKEY: GUL-ALIYEV/SAAKASHVILI BILATERALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Energy issues and Azerbaijani-Turkmen relations monopolized President Gul's bilateral with Azerbaijani President Aliyev, at the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, July 24, MFA U/S Cevikoz told the DCM July 29. Gul also had an unexceptional discussi [...]	2008-07-30 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELTN ETRD ENRG EPET AJ AM GG TX TU
08ANKARA1378	RUSSIA,S GROWING INTEREST IN TURKISH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. According to the local press and commentators, the July 18 visit of Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev signified warming relations between Turkey and Russia on energy issues. The jury is still out on whether Medvedev's proposals for further access to Turkey's market or his n [...]	2008-07-31 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1448	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA15	TURKISH ELECTRICITY EXPORTS TO IRAQ CUT OVER [...] (C) Summary. Electricity exports to Northern Iraq by the private Turkish company Karadeniz Toptan Elektik Ticaret (Kartet) were cut on January 2, 2008. As we foreshadowed (ref A) a series of complicated commercial and intergovernmental agreements were not renewed before December 31, 2007, w [...]	2008-01-04 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU EINV IZ
08ANKARA1504	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1513	TFGG01: TURKEY'S CAUCASUS STABILITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOT continues to roll out its "Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform" concept, with PM Erdogan visiting Baku August 20. Based on contacts with MFA officials, the concept, stemming from a 2000 proposal from then-President Demirel, is still being refined. MFA contacts h [...]	2008-08-21 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM AJ GG RU TU
08ANKARA1553	TURKEY SUPPORTS GEORGIA'S SOVEREIGNTY AND [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to MFA South Caucasus Department Head Firat Sunel, urging a clear statement rejecting Russia's recognition of Abkhaz and South Ossetian independence. Sunel noted the August 26 MFA statement (see paragraph 6),calling it a short but clear message of concern, and [...]	2008-08-27 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU TU
08ANKARA1580	TURKEY'S ENERGY DEAL WITH IRAN STALLED [...] (C) Summary. Local press continues to speculate that Energy Minister Guler will travel to Iran soon to conclude a detailed energy agreement. In private, Energy Acting Under Secretary Selahattin Cimen told us the deal has no legs. He confirmed that technical negotiations between Iran and Tur [...]	2008-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1597	TURKEY ENTHUSIASTIC ON EVE OF GUL VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Turkey is abuzz only two days ahead of a now-confirmed visit by President Gul to Yerevan September 6 to attend a Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualifier. Viewing the visit as a powerful Turkish contribution to promoting peace and stability in the Caucasus and to solving the Na [...]	2008-09-04 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
08ANKARA1600	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1641	TURKEY: GULER PRESSES BAKU AND ASHGABAT FOR GAS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler continued to be obsessed by attracting gas to Turkey and expressed indifference over the fate of Nabucco. Guler said he had positive meetings in Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan but divulged few details. Turkey ap [...]	2008-09-12 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1679	U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]	2008-09-22 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1680	TURKEY REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR NORTHERN IRAQ GAS [...] (C) As part of the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group held in Ankara on September 15, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and DAS Matt Bryza discussed Iraq energy issues with the GOT. Caspian energy issues reported septel. Gray and the head of the Turkish delegation MFA Dep [...]	2008-09-22 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1681	GULER STICKS TO TURKEY FIRST FORMULA FOR CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza discussed Caspian and Iraqi gas with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler during a September 15 meeting. Guler asked for U.S. support for a northern export route for Iraqi gas to Turkey and Europe. [...]	2008-09-22 08:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1696	DAS BRYZA TALKS CYPRUS, MONTREUX CONVENTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 15 meeting in Ankara with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, MFA DU/S Berk said the GOT is pleased Cyprus negotiations have begun, but remains circumspect until it becomes more clear the Greek Cypriots are committed to negotiating a comprehensive settlement and not just going [...]	2008-09-23 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU CY
08ANKARA1699	U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]	2008-09-24 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1710	NEAR-TERM IRAQI GAS TO TURKEY? [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador discussed the near-term possibility of importing Iraqi gas to Turkey and Europe with the Chairman of Turkerler Group, Kazim Turker, on September 23. Turker said his Iraqi partner, Dana Gas, is committed to use early gas to supply Iraqi domestic needs but gas for expo [...]	2008-09-25 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1711	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1754	TURKISH PETROLEUM CONFERENCE TARGETS UPSTREAM INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The purpose of Turkish Petroleum's "Northern Arabian Plate Oil and Gas Summit" (NAPOGS 2008) October 8-10 was to share information about ongoing or planned upstream development in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The conference targeted participation of energy ministers and nati [...]	2008-10-09 09:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
08ANKARA1761	TURKEY: ENERGY MINISTER ON INVESTMENT IN IRAN [...] (U) On October 8, Reuters carried an interview with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on investment in Iran. The version in Turkish provided more detail than the wire service version. Below is a translation by Embassy staff of Guler's comments from the original story. 2. (U) Guler sai [...]	2008-10-09 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU IR
08ANKARA183	IRAQ NEIGHBORS PROCESS: MARCH 1-4 ENERGY WORKING [...] (SBU) MFA Energy Department Head Altay and GOT Iraq Coordinator Celikol told us in separate meetings that the GOI has agreed to dates for the next meeting of the Neighbors Process Energy Working Group. The GOT plans to host the Energy Working Group on March 1 and 2 in Istanbul. The GOT is p [...]	2008-01-31 20:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1861	TURKEY: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ON NOV 13-14 BAKU [...] (C) Turkish MFA Energy Department First Secretary Berris Ekinci contacted the Embassy October 23 in hopes of learning more about the Nov 13-14 Baku Energy Summit. Ekinci expressed frustration about the lack of information from Baku and said the government of Azerbaijan had failed to respond [...]	2008-10-24 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IZ TU AJ
08ANKARA1901	EU COMMISSIONER PIEBALGS TO GET TURKEY TO DROP [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, an EU Commission delegation led by Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Conventional Energy Sources, Directorate General for Transportation and Energy met with Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Selahattin Cimen, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Selim Kuneralp and other GOT off [...]	2008-11-03 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU XG
08ANKARA1914	TURKEY: UNPOPULAR GAS PRICE INCREASES GO FORWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 1, the Turkish gas import monopoly BOTAS announced a 22.5% price increase in gas for households and 22% for industry. This is the fifth gas price increase in 2008 and brings the total gas price increase to over 70% so far this year. At a press conference on Novembe [...]	2008-11-04 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU
08ANKARA1936	GOT AND PIEBALGS AGREE ON CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary. Ankara EU Commission Economic Counselor Ulrike Hauer described EU Commissioner Andris Piebalgs' November 6 visit to Ankara as very successful. Piebalgs met with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, Treasury Minister Simsek and Energy Undersecretary Cimen. Gul told Piebalgs he [...]	2008-11-07 17:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1983	TURKEY TAKES BTC TO COURT [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, recently-promoted BP Turkey President Djan Suphi told us that negotiations with Azerbaijan on Shah Deniz Phase II pricing are deadlocked, but he feels Azerbaijan is softening its position and that could lead to a compromise. Suphi argued that SOCAR does not want [...]	2008-11-14 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1994	TURKEY: MINISTER GULER IN TEHRAN TO TRY TO CLOSE [...] (C) On November 15, a delegation led by Turkish Energy Minister Guler went to Tehran to try to conclude negotiations begun in July 2007 to develop natural gas in Iran's large South Pars field and to construct a dedicated pipeline to bring Iranian gas to Turkey (reftel). The delegation also i [...]	2008-11-17 17:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA1998	TURKEY SIGNS NATURAL GAS MOU WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci characterized the MOU signed between Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and Iranian Petroleum Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari on November 17 as "nothing new." There was no progress on long-standing issues such as gas price, investment ter [...]	2008-11-18 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA200	GOT EXPLAINS WHY GAS TO GREECE IS SHUT OFF [...] (C) Summary: BOTAS (state gas pipeline company) Chairman and General Manager Saltuk Duzyol told us that he cannot supply both the domestic Turkish market and meet supply commitments to Greece because of both deep and sustained supply cuts from Iran and supply reductions from Azerbaijan. Duyz [...]	2008-02-05 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA2011	TURKEY PLANS TO AMEND NATURAL GAS MARKET LAW TO FREE GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT is expediting long-awaited legislative amendments to liberalize the natural gas market in Turkey. Iran's gas cut-off the past few winters, and increasing pressure from companies wanting to enter the market pushed the Energy Ministry to prepare a Gas Sector Strategy Pap [...]	2008-11-20 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU
08ANKARA2022	TURKEY-IRAN NATURAL GAS MOU: OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. We continue to seek information on the November 17 natural gas MOU signed between Turkey and Iran. The MFA is reluctant to share the text but did read from it during our meeting. The MOU is a "statement of intent" rather than a firm commitment, the MFA argued. As reported refte [...]	2008-11-21 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA2028	TURKEY-IRAN NATURAL GAS MOU: OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. We continue to seek information on the November 17 natural gas MOU signed between Turkey and Iran. The MFA is reluctant to share the text but did read from it during our meeting. The MOU is a "statement of intent" rather than a firm commitment, the MFA argued. As reported refte [...]	2008-11-21 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA2039	TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN GAS TALKS HELD UP BY RESALE [...] (C) On November 20, BOTAS International Relations Department Head Emre Unger described to us the state of play on Turkey-Azerbaijan gas negotiations. He said the two sides are nearing agreement on how much Azerbaijan Shah Deniz Phase II (SD II) gas would be available for purchase by Turkey. [...]	2008-11-24 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET AJ TU
08ANKARA209	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES GAS TRANSIT WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a 14-hour stopover in Istanbul on January 28, U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steve Mann discussed a range of energy issues with BOTAS (state oil and gas pipeline company) General Manager Saltuk Duzyol, British Petroleum Turkey Director Tahir Uysal [...]	2008-02-05 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET IZ TU TX
08ANKARA2123	TURKS ASK WHETHER AZERBAIJAN IS SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci expressed frustration with Azerbaijan after the latest round of talks on gas transit in Ankara on December 5. Ekinci, who attended the talks, told Econoff that the purpose of the talks was to finalize an agreement on a gas transit MOU first propose [...]	2008-12-16 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA228	TURKEY'S GAS TO GREECE FLOWING AGAIN [...] (C) On February 7, the Prime Minister's office notified the Ambassador that Turkey had resumed natural gas exports to Greece. BOTAS (state pipeline company) Director for Natural Gas Contracts Selcuk Advan confirmed that the gas was flowing to Greece again, although the level was less than the [...]	2008-02-08 05:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA268	DOE DAS HEGBURG DISCUSSES CLEAN ENERGY WITH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of a January 29-30 Department of Energy-sponsored Clean Energy Technologies Conference, DOE DAS for International Policy Alan Hegburg discussed a range of energy issues with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler. Guler said Turkey wants to be a regional leader in clean ene [...]	2008-02-13 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA316	TURKEY NEEDS GAS TO BE A RELIABLE TRANSIT PARTNER [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is under increasing pressure to conclude a transit agreement with Azerbaijan to clear the way for Caspian gas to flow into Europe. The negotiation between Turkey and Azerbaijan is not only about transit but also about supply. Our Caspian Strategy needs to look at Turkey [...]	2008-02-20 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA321	EU NABUCCO COORDINATOR SAYS TURKEY MUST ACT NOW ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, EU Coordinator for Nabucco Jozias van Aartsen told us he would deliver a firm message to his Turkish interloctuers (which included Prime Minister Erdogan) that Turkey must act now to save the Nabucco pipeline. He said he has a six-month time horizon for progress [...]	2008-02-21 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA358	EU NABUCCO COORDINATOR SAYS TURKEY MUST ACT NOW ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, EU Coordinator for Nabucco Jozias van Aartsen told us he would deliver a firm message to his Turkish interloctuers (which included Prime Minister Erdogan) that Turkey must act now to save the Nabucco pipeline. He said he has a six-month time horizon for progress [...]	2008-02-25 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA402	TURKEY'S VIEW ON LNG THROUGH THE BOSPORUS STRAITS [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara/Consulate General Istanbul report. 2. (C) Summary and comment: In reference to proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Constanza (ref A),we researched LNG transit through the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits. Currently, no LNG transits the Bos [...]	2008-02-29 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL RO TU
08ANKARA439	GOT REMAINS COMMITTED TO RENEWED PUSH FOR CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials reiterated their commitment to push for a new effort to achieve a comprehensive settlement on Cyprus (Ref A) during March 3 meetings with EUR DAS Bryza. Turkey sees 2008 as a "window of opportunity" to make progress in advance of spring 2009 local elections in Turkey [...]	2008-03-06 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
08ANKARA440	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ARMENIA, GEORGIA WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Bryza stressed to FM Babacan and MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe (former Soviet Union),Africa, East Asia and Pacific Cevikoz, March 3, the need to move forward on normalizing Turkey-Armenia relations and resolving Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K),though this will be difficult until [...]	2008-03-06 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV NATO AM AJ GG TU
08ANKARA449	ENERGY COORDINATOR MANN URGES TURKEY TO NEGOTIATE [...] (C) Summary. On February 25-26, Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Steve Mann met with GOT officials to discuss gas and oil issues. Energy Minister Guler stressed that security of supply is Turkey's most urgent priority. He suggested Turkey and the U.S. work together to develop Iraqi [...]	2008-03-07 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA453	TURKEY/NABUCCO: DAS BRYZA URGES COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Nabucco pipeline is economically feasible as Russia can supply the gas for South Stream only from Turkmenistan, with Nabucco enjoying a forty percent advantage over South Stream in terms of the cost of shipping Caspian gas to Austria, DAS Matt Bryza told FM Babacan March 3. [...]	2008-03-07 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET AJ IQ RU TX TU
08ANKARA482	TURKEY AND TALAT ON THE SAME PAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: "TRNC President" Talat's March 6 visit to Ankara underscored the congruity of Turkish views and those of their Turkish Cypriot counterparts on the way forward toward resuming comprehensive settlement talks. The GOT position remains unchanged: it wants to push forward on comprehen [...]	2008-03-12 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU

08ANKARA490	TURKEY: GAS PRICE HOLDS UP GAS TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary. Our focus on getting Turkey to quickly conclude a bilateral agreement with Azerbaijan for gas supply does not address the most important issue for Turkey: price, and how the price is determined. The Turks do not believe they can get a good price from Azerbaijan in bilateral nego [...]	2008-03-13 09:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET TU

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