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00HANOI899	VIETNAM: PREPARING FOR APEC ENERGY MINISTERS MEETING [...] ACCORDING TO THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY (MOI),MINISTER DANG VU CHU WILL LEAD VIETNAM'S DELEGATION TO THE MAY 10-12 APEC ENERGY MINISTERS CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO. (NOTE: THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM DOES NOT HAVE A MINISTRY OF ENERGY. CERTAIN FUNCTIONS ARE DELEGATED TO OTHER MINISTRIES OR TO STAT [...]	2000-04-28 08:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECIN EPET VM APEC

00HARARE2684	BEHIND THE POLITICAL CONFLAGRATION, ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMY IS [...] (C) WHILE RECENT ATTENTION, NOTABLY OUTSIDE ZIMBABWE, HAS FOCUSED ON THE POLITICAL VIOLENCE OCCURRING HERE, CONCURRENTLY A SERIOUSLY DETERIORATING ECONOMY IS BEING PUSHED RAPIDLY DOWNHILL BY THE ACTIONS AND INACTIONS OF A NEAR-TOTALLY DISTRACTED SENIOR LEADERSHIP. THE LARGEST AND MOST SERIOUS [...]	2000-05-19 05:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR PREL ZI
00LIMA2475	ALEJANDRO TOLEDO BIOGRAPHY: POLITICAL ASSETS AND [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN HAMILTON, REASONS 1.5 B AND D. 2. (S) SUMMARY: PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT ALEJANDRO TOLEDO'S CHARISMA, ABILITY TO APPEAL TO VARIOUS AUDIENCES, INCLUDING PERU'S INDIGENOUS AND POOREST COMMUNITIES, AND POSITIVE HUMAN RIGHTS AND ECONOMIC MESSAGE HAVE HELPED TO CA [...]	2000-04-25 12:30:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PINR PGOV PREL PE SECRET PAGE LIMA OF
00TASHKENT4223	KARIMOV URGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH U.S., COMMITS TO FRANK AIRING OF DIFFERENCES [...] (c) summary: on November 1, the ambassador presented credentials to president Karimov. This was followed by a spirited discussion of about one hour during which Karimov argued for deeper cooperation with the u.s., charged Russia with maneuvering to restore hegemony in central Asia, and outlined the [...]	2000-11-02 11:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER RU AF UZ
00THEHAGUE1697	ESTABLISHING A PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARD FOR [...] POST CONTACTED THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND CONVEYED U.S. GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN ABOUT THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DESIGN-BASED STANDARDS OVER PERFORMANCE-BASED STANDARDS BY THE CEN TECHNICAL COMMITTEE. 2. THE SPOKESMAN OF THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS STATED THAT H [...]	2000-06-07 14:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD SZ EUN
00THEHAGUE1767	USITC INVESTIGATION, ELECTRIC POWER SERVICES: [...] THE FINAL PROGRAM FOR USITC TRADE ANALYST AMANDA HORAN AND INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIST RUSSELL HILLBERRY TO CALL ON DUTCH ENERGY SECTOR POLICY MAKERS, REGULATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF DUTCH ELECTRICITY SECTOR, JUNE 22 THRU JUNE 23, 2000 FOLLOWS. PER HORAN E-MAIL REQUESTS WE HAVE DROPPED APPOINTME [...]	2000-06-14 15:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OTRA ECON NL
01ABUJA1365	OBASANJO DROPS FOUR MINISTERS, FOUR SENIOR ADVISORS [...] (C) On June 12, President Obasanjo dropped four Ministers and four Senior Advisors from his Administration, one spokesman framing the changes in terms of "accountability, performance, and integrity." So far, three replacements have been named for the Ministers, none for the Advisors. It appe [...]	2001-06-14 18:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON NI
01ABUJA1374	DEBT SWAP FOR ENVIRONMENT CLEANUP INITIATIVE [...] (U) Action request and comment at para 6. 2. (U) TDY U.S. Treasury Advisor Lisa Cook and Economic Section Chief Stephen Carrig met June 11 with GON debt management officials for a review of the mechanics of a debt for environment clean-up swap first discussed in Washington during Presid [...]	2001-06-15 18:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL NI
01ABUJA1529	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Howard F. Jeter; Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22 Ambassador Jeter, DOE Energy Advisor, and Econoff (notetaker) met in Abuja with Special Advisor to the President for Petroleum Affairs and Energy, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman. Dr. Lukman indicated [...]	2001-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV NI OIL
01ABUJA1934	NIGERIA: DEVELOPING A STRUCTURE FOR BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 7. 2. (U) Embassy Abuja applauds the work of the Department on developing a new structure for engaging Nigeria. Ref A closely reflects Embassy thinking on next steps for post-JEPC engagement, and also mirrors many of the issues raised by the GON. Em [...]	2001-08-03 13:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PREL NI
01ABUJA2073	NIGERIA: PRELIMINARY REACTIONS TO U.S. [...] On August 15, EconOff met with Debt Management Office Director-General, Akin S. Arikawe, to discuss USG reactions to Nigeria's proposals for the bilateral debt rescheduling agreement as described Ref A. Arikawe read through the entire document with EconOff and provided immediate reactions to a [...]	2001-08-17 17:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTIA NI
01ABUJA2235	NIGERIA: CODEL WATTS AND BIZDEL DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...] Summary: Ambassador Jeter accompanied Codel Watts, AUSTR Whitaker and executives from Phillips Petroleum, Syntroleum, Proctor and Gamble and Qualcomm to breakfast with President Obasanjo. Pointing to the need for foreign investment in non-oil sectors, the President encouraged the U.S. compani [...]	2001-09-06 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OVIP NI
01ABUJA2708	NIGERIA: REPORTS OF ARMY ATTACKS ON TIV IN BENUE [...] (U) Summary: According to several sources, the Army is reported to have destroyed several villages in Eastern Benue and killed an undetermined number of people in an apparent reprisal for the murder of nineteen soldiers October 12. Troops apparently destroyed the house of former Chief of Army [...]	2001-10-24 21:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PREF PGOV PHUM NI
01ABUJA2984	NIGERIA: LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS - NIGERIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Press reporting from "The Guardian" newspaper on November 21, repeated in para 2, indicates that Nigeria and South Africa will sign a military pact. The pact apparently will focus on naval cooperation, primarily training, maintenance and joint exercises, and joint patrol of the S [...]	2001-11-26 19:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SF NI
01ABUJA2989	NIGERDOCK: STORY OF A PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The case history of Niger Dock, the first such privatization to feature an American firm, highlights the internal GON rivalries and other obstacles that privatization faces in Nigeria. Just when the issue seemed settled, and J. Raymond McDermott, Inc. (JRM),had won the Nig [...]	2001-11-27 13:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EFIN ETRD NI
01ABUJA3201	NIGERIA: ENDGAME ON GAS FLARING [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for the Environment Imeh Okopido has enlisted the World Bank, the Government of Norway and environmentalists from around the world to support his position over the issue of gas flaring in Nigeria. Okopido,s personal crusade is to advance the deadline to end gas f [...]	2001-12-13 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET SENV PGOV NI
01ASHGABAT1049	BERDIEV SACKED; MEREDOV NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) PRESIDENT NIYAZOV OPENED THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE MEJLIS (PARLIAMENT) JULY 7 WITH A SPEECH IN WHICH HE HARSHLY CRITICIZED AND THEN DISMISSED FOREIGN MINISTER BATYR BERDIEV. NIYAZOV ACCUSED BERDIEV OF EXCESSIVE DRINKING, AND SAID THAT AS A RESULT OF BERDIEV'S PERSONAL FAILINGS HE HAD BEE [...]	2001-07-09 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX
01HANOI1629	HANOI UPDATE #13 [...] (U) FLOODING IN NORTHERN VIETNAM: RAINY SEASON IS UPON US. TYPHOON NO. 2 (DURIAN) WAS DOWNGRADED TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION JUST BEFORE IT HIT THE MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS OF NORTHERN VIETNAM JULY 2-4 CAUSING FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES, KILLING AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE AND DAMAGING NEARLY OVER 30,000 HOMES [...]	2001-07-09 10:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG ETMIN
01HANOI3186	PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS SHORE UP RELATIONS WITHIN ASEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT LUONG'S RECENT TRAVELS TO FOUR FELLOW ASEAN MEMBERS PROMOTED GENERAL GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS AND COMMON DESIRES FOR EXPANDED TRADE. WHILE "SUCCESSFUL," UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03186 01 OF 02 041041Z THESE VISITS SEEM MEMORABLE PRIMARIL [...]	2001-12-04 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD PTER CB BN IN VM ASEAN PH CTERR
01HANOI3245	UPGRADING TERRORISM LAWS [...] ACCORDING TO SOURCES IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03245 120742Z MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY, VIETNAM HAS NO PLANS AT PRESENT TO INTRODUCE NEW COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION OR TO UPGRADE EXISTING LEGISLATION. EMBASSY CONVEYED WILLIN [...]	2001-12-12 07:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KTIA VM CTERR
01HANOI900	PROTESTANT LEADERS REPORT DESTRUCTION OF CHURCH IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, BUT CANNOT CONFIRM DEATHS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR JAMES BRUNO; REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: VIETNAMESE PROTESTANT CHURCH SOURCES WITH EXTENSIVE LINKS TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS INFORM US THAT RESIDENTS OF GIA LAI PROVINCE, PARTICULARLY, FACE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS, WITH HEAVY POLICE AND SECURIT [...]	2001-04-17 08:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR VM RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
01HARARE655	ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT EXTENDS CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) SINCE FEBRUARY 1, THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) HAS INTENSIFIED AND EXPANDED THE SCOPE OF ITS INTIMIDATION CAMPAIGN IN URBAN AREAS. IT HAS SENT ARMY AND POLICE UNITS INTO TOWNSHIPS NEAR HARARE TO INDISCRIMINATELY BEAT PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AND PUBLIC PLACES. ON FEBRUARY 3, POLICE SQU [...]	2001-02-06 16:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ZI MDC
02ABUJA1194	SUBJECT: NIGERIA: RESOURCE ALLOCATION DECISION [...] Summary and Introduction: The April 5 Supreme Court judgment, which ruled that offshore resources belong to the Federal Government not the coastal states, also removed external debt and oil cash calls from "first line payments." Rather than pay Nigeria,s external debt solely from national gov [...]	2002-04-16 16:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
02ABUJA122	NIGERIA: STRIKE HAS LIMITED IMPACT DURING FIRST [...] (U) Summary: As of 1:30 pm Nigeria Time (7:30 am EST),the Nigerian Labour Congress, general strike was most effective in Lagos (Lagos septel). Although showing slightly less than normal activity, Abuja has not been greatly affected by the strike. However, there was substantial compliance in [...]	2002-01-16 17:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EPET EFIN ECON NI SCOI
02ABUJA1347	NIGERIA: FPOTUS CARTER AND BILL GATES, SR. VISIT [...] FPOTUS Jimmy Carter and Bill Gates, Sr. and staff from The Carter Center and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation paid a very successful, well-publicized March 8-10 visit to Nigeria. The purpose of the visit was to galvanize greater domestic support for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria, [...]	2002-05-02 14:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TBIO SOCI KWMN NI HIV AIDS
02ABUJA1450	NIGERIA: USG PARTICIPATION IN THE JUNE 17-19 SUPER [...] Minister of State for the Environment Imeh Okopido recently called me concerning the level of USG representation for the June 17-19 Super Prep Com Ministerial to be hosted by President Olusegun Obasanjo. Okopido told me that he has not received a formal response to his March 22 invitation le [...]	2002-05-09 14:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EFIS AORC EAID NI
02ABUJA1597	NIGERIA: A SLIDE IN THE BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: The return of democratic government in Nigeria brought relief and great expectations in both Abuja and Washington. Visions of a strategic partnership between the world's preeminent republic and Africa's largest democracy tantalized policymakers in both capitals. Committing to sign [...]	2002-05-23 19:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID NI
02ABUJA2322	NIGERIA: OBASANJO FACES VIOLENT PROTEST IN KANO [...] (C) Summary: Instead of being a vehicle to improve his image in Northern public opinion, President Obasanjo's visit to Kano has been mired in controversy over the police response to anti-Obasanjo protests in that city. Over 35 people were arrested when their demonstration turned violent July 2 [...]	2002-08-02 12:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV KDEM NI
02ABUJA236	VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN ABUJA'S MAIN MARKETPLACE [...] A violent disturbance erupted this morning in Abuja's Wuse New Market between vendors and Nigerian National Police when the police attempted to dismantle the numerous illegal shops and residences in the busy, market area. As the police began their sweep, affected vendors and residential squatt [...]	2002-01-25 17:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC AMGT PGOV NI
02ABUJA2652	CODEL DASCHLE -- BREAKFAST MEETING WITH OBASANJO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Olusegun Obasanjo hosted a breakfast meeting for Codel Daschle on August 31 at the Presidential Villa. In attendance were key Executive Council members and members of the Codel accompanied by Ambassador Jeter and Poloff. Obasanjo began by giving the Codel a brief hi [...]	2002-09-12 14:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV SENV ECON NI
02ABUJA2665	NIGERIA: U.S. OIL EXECUTIVES TELL SENATOR BINGAMAN [...] (C) Summary: On August 31, Senator Bingaman (D-New Mexico) met representatives of the three largest Nigerian-based U.S. oil companies (ChevronTexaco, Conoco, and ExxonMobile) to discuss natural gas flaring in Nigeria. The oil executives stated that efforts to halt gas flaring have been hamst [...]	2002-09-13 09:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP EPET SENV ECON PGOV NI
02ABUJA2738	NIGERIA: OIL WORKERS' STRIKE CAUSES SHORT-LIVED [...] PENGASSAN, Nigeria's white collar oil and gas union, in cooperation with the blue collar Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG),held a one day "warning strike" on September 23 to protest the planned privatization of certain downstream operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum [...]	2002-09-25 15:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ELAB EPET NI
02ABUJA2768	NIGERIA:ECONOMIC ROUNDUP CABLE [...] This periodic U.S. Mission Economic Report includes: -- Nigeria's Debt Management Office Ready to Sign Bilateral Paris Club Agreement -- President Sponsors Bill to Give States Offshore Oil Revenue -- Supplemental Budget Bill Has Little Chance of Passage -- NITEL to Face Competition in Telec [...]	2002-09-27 17:47:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EAIR PGOV NI
02ABUJA2838	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (U) This biweekly update for political events in Nigeria includes items of interest from recent weeks. Topics covered in this edition include: -- Voter Registration -- Political Assassinations -- Electoral Bill Override -- Grand Summit of Politicians -- Miss World Postponed -- House At [...]	2002-10-15 09:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
02ABUJA2961	NIGERIA: ECONOMIC ROUNDUP OCTOBER 30 [...] This periodic economic report includes: --U.S.-Nigeria Air Cargo: Taking Advantage of AGOA --GON Re-Thinks Nigeria Airways Deal --GON to Set Domestic Content Requirement for JV Oil Contracts --Local Concerns Over Niger Delta Dredging U.S.-Nigeria Air Cargo: Taking Advantage of AGOA ------ [...]	2002-10-30 10:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV EAIR NI
02ABUJA3180	NIGERIA: UPDATES ON ALSCON AND AJAOKUTA [...] (U) Summary. The Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) has confirmed that the GON was going forward with the Aluminium Smelter Company of Nigeria (ALSCON) and Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited (ASCL). U.S. manufacturer Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) is one of three companies expressing intere [...]	2002-11-25 07:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PREL PGOV NI
02ABUJA823	NIGERIA: CLEANING HOUSE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS [...] (C) Summary: The March 6 sacking of Police Inspector General Musiliu Smith and his seven Deputies (DIGs) sent a clear message of reform from the Presidency. Through his newly minted Police Service Commission, the President is also challenging the police old guard by reaching below the seven [...]	2002-03-13 11:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SNAR ASEC PGOV PINS NI
02ADANA436	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 28-29, 2002. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2002-12-31 08:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02AMMAN3680	JORDAN: PETROLEUM RE-EXPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (s) DCM met Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh July 7 to deliver reftel demarche points. Bataineh was clearly disappointed, but noted that the GOJ would look to other methods to solve their summer refining problems. For the current year this would mean continuing to import gasolin [...]	2002-07-07 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ENRG IZ JO
02AMMAN6823	USE OF FORCE IN MA'AN ASSERTS GOJ AUTHORITY, BUT LEAVES A BAD TASTE [...] (S) The winding down but not quite completed security operation in Ma'an against Islamic militant leader Mohammed Shalibi (aka Abu Sayyaf - refs) has been a decidedly unsatisfying operation from the standpoint of most Jordanians. For the government and its staunch supporters, the week-long [...]	2002-11-21 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC PTER JO
02AMMAN7125	JORDAN-IRAQ TRADE AND OIL PROTOCOLS NEARLY SET FOR [...] (c) Following preliminary negotiations in Baghdad, terms for Jordan's annual oil and trade protocols with Iraq have been nearly agreed to, according to senior GOJ officials. The terms for the oil protocol will be virtually identical to last year's agreement, with minor adjustments to quantiti [...]	2002-12-09 08:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD EPET EFIN IZ JO
02AMMAN7130	JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON TANKERS AND PIPELINES [...] (s) Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh updated DCM December 4 on a number of developments in Jordan's energy sector. The Minister commented on challenges facing the GOJ in maintaining a floating oil reserve in a tanker in Aqaba, discussed latest developments on the al-Arish-Aqaba gas pipelin [...]	2002-12-09 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ENRG EPET ETTC IZ JO
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
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
02ANKARA8156	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-11-13 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
02ANKARA8381	THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S CORE ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (C) The new Government Cabinet was announced by Prime Minister Abdullah Gul, following his meeting with President Sezer November 18. Following are post's informal biographical notes on several of the likely key economic players. When asked at the press conference "who will be the economy m [...]	2002-11-18 16:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PINR PREL 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
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
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
02ANKARA9058	WOLFOWITZ AND GROSSMAN PRESS TURKS FOR SUPPORT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-20 08:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS 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
02BOGOTA7088	FARC INAUGURATION DAY VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 7, PRESUMED MEMBERS OF THE FARC'S URBAN MILITIAS CARRIED OUT TERRORIST ATTACKS IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS OF BOGOTA. THE FIRST ATTACK, WHICH TARGETED A GOC MILITARY INSTALLATION, WAS PROBABLY MEANT TO CONFUSE AND DISTRACT THE COLOMBIAN SECURITY SERVICES. SEVERAL HOURS LAT [...]	2002-08-09 00:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CO
02HANOI2709	VIETNAM-RUSSIA: STRONG BUT "PRAGMATIC" [...] (U) SUMMARY. SINCE THE BREAKUP OF THE SOVIET UNION, VIETNAM'S TIES WITH RUSSIA HAVE EVOLVED FROM CLIENT STATE TO A RELATIONSHIP BASED ON " MUTUAL PRACTICALITY AND PRAGMATISM." POLITICAL AND DEFENSE TIES STILL COUNT, BUT THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP APPEARS INCREASINGLY IN THE FOREFRONT. THE [...]	2002-11-08 04:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD ECON EPET ENRG RS VM
02HARARE2246	ZIMBABWE'S FOREX/FUEL QUANDARY [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's fuel shortage has worsened. Each new Libyan demand for foreign exchange sets off an eleventh hour crisis, as the GoZ seeks to wean hard currency from a rapidly shrinking economy. End Summary. Scapegoating Suppliers ---------------------- 2. (SBU) In a new twist sin [...]	2002-10-09 10:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD ZI
02HARARE2296	Zimbabwe Exporters May Bear Heavier Burden [...] (U) Summary: Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank will soon propose measures that would further punish the country's exporters, increasing an indirect revenue tax from 37 to 47 percent. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Embassy has acquired the Reserve Bank's Foreign Exchange Task Force report, the GoZ's lates [...]	2002-10-17 06:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN ZI
02HARARE2544	U.S. OIL FIRMS COULD GET SQUEEZED [...] (C) Summary: Indigenous firms are pressing the GoZ to let them take over business from foreign oil firms, according to Mobil officials. However, the company reps were subsequently encouraged by subsequent GoZ assurances on Tuesday that multinational investment should be protected. End Summary. [...]	2002-11-18 06:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ZI
02HARARE2803	ZIMBABWE PROMISES MORE OF THE SAME AT ZANU-PF [...] (C) ZANU-PF,s annual conference, concluded in Chinhoyi December 14, proved to be another platform from which the senior party leadership could blast their critics and blame others for the country,s economic woes. President Mugabe tacitly admitted that the land reform exercise had not gone we [...]	2002-12-16 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI ZANU PF
02HARARE2835	Harare's Fuel Lines: It's Not Pretty [...] Summary: An informal poll of Embassy staff today indicates that it remains very difficult to obtain fuel in Harare. Nonetheless, several stations are pumping and vehicles on the road have increased from approximately 25 to 50 percent of normal. End Summary. 2. Local staff say it has taken f [...]	2002-12-19 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN ETRD AMGT ZI
02KATHMANDU446	TALES FROM TRIBHUVAN HOSPITAL: MAOIST VICTIMS [...] (U) In addition to the 650 policemen and 90 Royal Nepal Army soldiers they have killed, Maoists have beaten, stabbed, shot or burned to death nearly 400 civilians since the insurgency began in 1996--more than 50 of those victims in just the three months since the insurgents unilaterally broke [...]	2002-02-28 09:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM NP
02KUWAIT5296	QATAR GAS TO KUWAIT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-10 06:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON KU SA
02KUWAIT5415	KUWAIT ACTING OIL MINISTER ON PROJECT KUWAIT, [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-17 07:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR ENRG EINV
02RANGOON1233	PREMIER DIVESTS, PETRONAS DIGS IN [...] (C) Summary: Premier Oil's decision to pull up stakes here seems based more on financial necessity than the pressure of boycotts. Petronas, Premier's partial owner and business partner in Burma, agreed to sell back its shares in Premier in exchange for the British firm's position in the Yetagu [...]	2002-09-25 05:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV BM
02RANGOON1589	BURMA'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS: HOW LOW CAN THEY GO? [...] (U) The full text of the Burma Country Commercial Guide is available on the internet or via email from wohlauerbv@state.gov. The following is a summary. 2. (U) The U.S. Government has an official policy to neither encourage nor discourage trade with Burma. Since May 1997, the U.S. Governm [...]	2002-12-12 10:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BM
02ROME1511	ITALY ON ZIMBABWE: PEER PRESSURE BEST HOPE FOR [...] (C) MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAN AFFAIRS REPLIED TO OUR RECENT DEMARCHE AND LETTER ON ZIMBABWE. THE GOI SHARES THE EU POINT OF VIEW THAT CONDEMNATIONS AND SANCTIONS ARE NECESSARY. HOWEVER, MARINI BELIEVES THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY PROVE INSUFFICIENT TO FORCE CHANGE. THE ROLE [...]	2002-03-25 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETTC OPDC SA ZI IT SADC
02ROME5337	ITALY-LIBYA: PM BERLUSCONI'S OCT. 28 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ITALIAN MFA SAYS THAT PM BERLUSCONI CONVEYED TO QADHAFI, AT OUR REQUEST, A STRONG MESSAGE ON THE NEED FOR LIBYA TO COMPLY FULLY WITH THE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS REGARDING LOCKERBIE. THE TWO SIDES FAILED TO REACH AGREEMENT ON A "COMPENSATION" PACKAGE THAT WOULD MAKE LIBYA DROP [...]	2002-10-31 08:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG IT LY PREL UN
02ROME5961	ITALY'S INPUT FOR G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MEETING [...] (C) MFA OFFICIALS IN THE DISARMAMENT BUREAU APOLOGIZED FOR THEIR DELAY IN RESPONDING TO REFTEL QUERIES AND HAVE NOW SHARED WITH US THE POINTS BELOW. 2. (C) STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS WITH RUSSIANS: THE GOI MET WITH THE GOR AT THE POLITICAL DIRECTORS LEVEL IN MOSCOW JULY 15-16, HAD AN INFORMAL M [...]	2002-12-12 12:20:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL RS IT UN
02STATE193342	SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT [...] (U) OCTOBER 1, 2002, 1100-1130, SECRETARY'S OUTER OFFICE. 2. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: SECRETARY POWELL SPOKESMAN RICHARD BOUCHER CHARGE D'AFFAIRES SHARI VILLAROSA EAP DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MATTHEW DALEY S/WCI AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER EXECUTIVE ASSIST [...]	2002-10-03 00:41:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG EAID ID TT
02TEGUCIGALPA2857	EMBASSY ADVOCACY FOR AES AS THE DECISION ON THE 210 [...] (SBU) The Embassy continues to advocate strongly for a transparent process that will treat American investors fairly, as the state electricity company ENEE's decision on the winner of the 210MW electricity tender approaches. ENEE's decision, like the bid opening itself (ref b),has been postpo [...]	2002-10-11 15:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO
02TEGUCIGALPA2987	POPULAR BLOCK AND TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE VIOLENTLY [...] (U) On October 24-25 several thousand demonstrators that included the loose political alliance known as the Popular Block, the labor union SITRASANAA, secondary teachers (COPEMH),and three Democratic Unification Party (UD) congressmen clashed with police in violent demonstrations that include [...]	2002-10-29 23:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB ETRD PHUM PTER SOCI ASEC HO
02TEGUCIGALPA3479	ADVOCACY CASE: GOVERNMENT TURNAROUND LEADS TO AES [...] (SBU) Summary. AES Honduras signed a contract on December 27 with the state-owned electricity company ENEE to provide 200 MW of electricity starting within three years. The deal came after the ENEE Board of Directors annulled the tender award to Lufussa on December 19. In an emergency meetin [...]	2002-12-30 21:28:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EAID BEXP PREL KJUS HO
03ABUDHABI1086	(C) ABU DHABI OVERPRODUCING QUOTA BY 200,000 B/PD, [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) A western oil executive in an excellent position to know told Econchief March 5 that he believes that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is overproducing the UAE's 2.14 million barrel per day (bpd) OPE [...]	2003-03-05 13:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON TC
03ABUDHABI1100	ABU DHABI ALUMINUM SMELTING PROJECT FOR OMAN [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b and d). 2. (C) The UAE Offsets Group (UOG) has under the aegis of de facto Defense Minister Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MBZ) become Abu Dhabi Emirate's strategic business development platform, responsible for many innovat [...]	2003-03-08 09:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV ETRD OM TC
03ABUDHABI1138	ABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (ADNOC): TOUGH NUT [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2.(C) Summary and comment: Aspiring participants in the UAE oil market -- including American oil companies -- continue to find it difficult to get a foot in the door at ADNOC, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. ADNOC of [...]	2003-03-10 10:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI114	UAE TO TIGHTEN SECURITY FOR AIRCRAFT [...] (U) Classified by Marcella M. Wahba, Ambassador, reason 1.5 (b) and (d). SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A quiet heads-up on 1/7 to UAE authorities regarding consideration of laying on modest additional security measures to help ensure the safety of Afghan Hajj flights became slightly garbled wi [...]	2003-01-08 14:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EAIR ASEC PREL PGOV MOPS AF TC
03ABUDHABI1365	TFIZ01 (EAC): ABU DHABI SITREP NO. 3, MARCH 22 [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ---------------- General Overview ---------------- 2. (U) COM convened Abu Dhabi's Iraq Task Force/core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 1000 local time, 3/22. 3. (C) Embassy Abu Dhabi is open 3/22 with ful [...]	2003-03-22 12:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT KHLS PTER PREL EAID PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI1513	(C) DOLPHIN GAS PROJECT: STILL NO GAS SALES AGREEMENTS AS UAE SHAYKHS WRANGLE OVER PRICING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Almost one year after the selection of U.S. firm Occidental Petroleum to assume a 24.5 percent stake in the Dolphin project to pump natural gas from Qatar to the UAE, actual gas pu [...]	2003-03-30 13:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EPET PGOV ENRG ECON EINV IR TC
03ABUDHABI1603	TFIZ01: SOME GOOD EFFECTS, SOME BAD, BUT MOSTLY [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Continued high oil prices have largely immunized the UAE economy from any major fall-out from the ongoing Iraq war. On a micro level, Kuwaiti traders are said to be placing large orders fo [...]	2003-04-02 14:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC
03ABUDHABI1663	ADGAS ADMITS QATAR UNDERCUTTING LNG MARKET; PLANS [...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). ABU DHABI CONCEDES LNG MARKET TO QATAR -------------------------------------- 2. (C) The managing director of the Abu Dhabi Gas Liquification Company (ADGAS),Hassan Al-Marzooki, told Econchief April 2 that his fir [...]	2003-04-07 13:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI2132	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK REQUEST FOR D307110 [...] REFTEL REQUESTED POST CONDUCT A PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON SAFEWATER CHEMICALS FOR THE EXPORT OF ELEVEN NICKEL-LINED PUMPS FOR USE IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CHEMICALS USED IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY. 2. ON APRIL 29, 2003, COMMERCIAL OFFICER MARY O'BRIEN MET WITH MARK CONNER OF AL JABER ENERGY SE [...]	2003-05-03 12:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC TC
03ABUDHABI2861	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) Secretary Bolton: Your visit to the UAE will provide an excellent opportunity to discuss our concerns about Iran with the UAEG. We have secured a meeting with de facto Foreign Minister, Shaykh Hamdan bin Z [...]	2003-06-14 12:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM ETTC IR TC
03ABUDHABI3721	UAE MAY CUT OIL PRODUCTION LATER THIS YEAR [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) acknowledged publicly on August 10 that it will cut oil production in the last quarter of 2003 to undertake major repair work in the Lower Zakum a [...]	2003-08-12 13:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI4694	UAE: DOLPHIN SIGNS MAJOR GAS SUPPLY AGREEMENTS [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Ambassador met with Occidental Petroleum CEO Dr. Ray Irani 10/21 -- days after Dolphin Energy Limited (DEL) signed two long-term supply agreements with the UAE's major power and water companies. DEL, in which Oxy maintains 24.5 percent equity, intends to begin pum [...]	2003-10-21 13:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
03ABUDHABI4748	UAE AND OPIC -- PERFECT TOGETHER [...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary and comment: Post believes the time is ripe for a dialogue between the UAEG and OPIC about reinstating OPIC programs in the UAE. The suspension of OPIC coverage has become an irritant in the UAE-U.S. Strategic Partnersh [...]	2003-10-26 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS GTIP TC
03ABUDHABI4790	OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM LOOKING AT 2ND QATAR GAS [...] (C) On October 27, David Scott, General Manager of Oxy of Abu Dhabi (protect) told Econchief that Occidental Petroleum, along with the UAE Offsets Group and other consortium partners, was in the initial stages of a large gas to liquids (GTL) project with Qatar. The consortium has signed an MO [...]	2003-10-28 10:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
03ABUDHABI5076	UAE: TALK ABOUT TOWN [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is the first in a series of "Talk About Town" cables that the U.S. Mission in Abu Dhabi and Dubai hopes to provide on a periodic basis. These cables will report on local business atmospheric [...]	2003-11-23 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON EPET PGOV PREL SOCI TC
03ABUDHABI772	AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI AND AMCONSUL DUBAI FACILITATE U.S. [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Comment and summary. The U.S. Mission to the UAE has facilitated a number of high-profile business deals in the UAE during the last year. Family connections and political influence remain key to doing bus [...]	2003-02-17 14:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC
03ABUDHABI946	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, POSTURING AT THE UN SECURITY [...] SUMMARY: COVERAGE RELATED TO IRAQ CONTINUED TO GENERATE PROMINENT COVERAGE IN THE LOCAL MEDIA. UAE DAILIES LARGELY COVERED UAE'S PARTICIPATION AT THE NAM CONFERENCE AND ITS CALL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ALL UNSC RESOLUTIONS REGARDING IRAQ AND PALESTINE. EDITORIALS CONTINUED TO LAUD THE FRE [...]	2003-02-26 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
03ABUJA1107	NIGERIA: NLC THREATENS GENERAL STRIKE OVER FUEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) called on June 24 for a nationwide strike beginning Monday June 30 to protest the GON's fuel price hike. Some in the NLC leadership were lukewarm about a strike; however, the decision was no surprise. The Union's long standing and perhaps its m [...]	2003-06-26 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ELAB PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA1147	NIGERIA: POLICE KILL FOUR DEMONSTRATORS; STRIKE [...] (U) Summary: The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) strike entered its second day with reports of sporadic violence, including four people apparently killed near Abuja. Nevertheless, the general mood is less tense than it was during the strike's first day. Some domestic flights resumed today, and [...]	2003-07-01 17:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1157	NIGERIA: GON AND LABOR REMAIN AT LOGGERHEADS AS [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria has entered the third day of a national strike, with no agreement in sight between the National Labour Congress (NLC) and the Obasanjo Administration over fuel prices. Tensions in Abuja rose today as police clashed with NLC leaders and demonstrators. Street clashes conti [...]	2003-07-02 17:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1162	NIGERIA: STRIKE CONTINUES TO HOLD FOR FOURTH DAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: July 3 was relatively quiet in Abuja. Vehicular traffic was light, gas lines were growing and most offices and businesses had skeletal staffing. Indicating that the political opposition may be looking for ways to exploit the strike, the Embassy experienced a peaceful demonstratio [...]	2003-07-03 18:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1168	NIGERIA: STRIKE SITREP DAY 5 - 1200 JULY 4 [...] (U) Summary: The strike continued for a fifth day. Thus far, Abuja is quiet but there is a possibility of demonstrations after Juma,at prayers this afternoon )- not only in Abuja but in other Northern cities as well. There were no demonstrations in Abuja yesterday, but peaceful demonstration [...]	2003-07-04 12:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1172	NIGERIA: STRIKE ENTERS SECOND WEEK [...] (U) Summary: The labor strike entered its second week today, as the GON and NLC failed to reach a compromise on the extent of the fuel price increase. Information from labor sources was conflicting, with some insiders forecasting an imminent settlement and others predicting an extended strike. [...]	2003-07-07 17:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NI
03ABUJA1339	THE ABUJA SULLIVAN SUMMIT WAS A SUCCESS [...] Summary: The Sixth Leon H. Sullivan Summit, convened July 12-17 in Abuja was momentous and successful. The overarching Summit theme was "Africa: A Continent of Possibilities" and the week lived up to its name. President Bush, the first Republican President to visit Africa, made a historic a [...]	2003-08-07 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL SOCI EINV XA NI
03ABUJA1359	PRIVATIZATION OF GON MINORITY SHAREHOLDINGS [...] Action request, para 8. 2. Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GON) wants to privatize the approximately forty percent minority share it holds in foreign oil service companies (OSCs) operating in Nigeria; e.g., in Halliburton Nigeria. The GON wants to divest itself by way of private pl [...]	2003-08-08 18:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV BTIO KIDE NI
03ABUJA1394	MILITARY/POLICE CONFRONTATION IN ABUJA [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires a.i. Rick Roberts for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (SBU) In the early evening August 14 Air Force and Air Force and police personnel had a brief shootout in the Asokoro district of Abuja. Military and police sources tell us plainclothes Air Force securi [...]	2003-08-15 12:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MOPS NI
03ABUJA1411	WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 20AUG03 [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-20 15:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PINS ASEC PGOV PHUM NI
03ABUJA1473	FOLLOW-UP ON APRIL 2003 TRANSOCEAN HOSTAGE TAKING [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-27 15:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ASEC PGOV NI PLAB
03ABUJA1700	NIGERIA: FUEL PRICES HIKED BY FIAT [...] (C) This morning Nigerians returned to work after yesterday's public holiday and learned from the media that the GON had deregulated the downstream oil sector. According to a fuel marketer, the notification came in a letter on September 29 which said that the GON would not subsidize fuel af [...]	2003-10-02 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ENRG PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NI

03ABUJA1731	GAS STRIKE: HEARTBURN TO BEGIN OCTOBER 9 [...] (SBU) It seems certain that a strike and/or demonstrations will start in at least some parts of Nigeria October 9, led by a coalition of unions and NGOs protesting President Obasanjo's September 30 deregulation of gasoline prices. Violence could easily erupt, although the Nigeria Labor Congres [...]	2003-10-08 17:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS EPET ECON NI
03ABUJA1762	GAS PRICES THE MORNING AFTER [...] (SBU) Touring Abuja city, the Abuja Federal Capital Territory, and neighboring state Niger on October 10, it is clear the end of the proposed October 9 strike had an effect on the gasoline retail market, but not what was agreed (Refs A and B). Virtually all Abuja city gasoline stations were o [...]	2003-10-10 16:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET PINS ELAB NI
03ABUJA1853	FINANCE MINISTER ON REFORM: EITI ONLY A FIRST STEP [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA met October 24 with Minister of Finance Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to discuss the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and her upcoming trip to the U.S. Okonjo-Iweala stressed that the GON sees EITI as just one step of many that must be taken to bring about full GO [...]	2003-10-27 05:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD KPRV NI
03ABUJA2184	IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR AMERICAN INVESTMENT [...] The Embassy, including FCS, proposes that the Department of Commerce consider Instituting a program to improve the climate for American private investment in Nigerian industries that would export to the U.S. under AGOA. Such a program would seek to create partnerships between individual Niger [...]	2003-12-19 11:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO EINV NI AGOA
03ABUJA472	NIGERIA: MEETING WITH NNPC MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] Summary: On January 31, Ambassador Jeter and Econoff met with Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director, Jackson Gaius-Obaseki, and NNPC Group Executive Director, Refining and Petrochemicals Directorate, Mansur Ahmed. Gaius-Obaseki told the Ambassador that the NNP [...]	2003-03-11 13:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PREL NI OIL
03ABUJA728	NIGERIA: NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] There are several American companies in Nigeria that might qualify for the Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence; however, one stands heads and shoulders above the rest. Chevron is the largest single American investor in Nigeria and the second largest producer of Nigerian oil. It is al [...]	2003-04-22 20:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD SENV NI
03ABUJA768	NIGERIA: DISGRUNTLED OIL WORKERS HOLD [...] Summary: Since April 16, disgruntled Nigerian oil service workers have held hostage as many as 97 expatriates, including 23 U.S.-citizens on four offshore oil rigs beyond the eastern Niger Delta. Transocean Sedco Forex, a Houston-based, Cayman Island-registered oil service company, operates th [...]	2003-04-29 21:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA806	NIGERIA: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE FOR RELEASE OF 17 [...] (C) Transocean Sedco Forex Managing Director Ian Clark told the Ambassador April 30 that the 273 hostages, including 96 expatriates of whom 17 are U.S. citizens, are in good health--despite contrary press reports. However, food and water stocks may be running low. President Obasanjo offered to [...]	2003-04-30 20:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA810	NIGERIA: NO MILITARY ACTION YET ON OIL RIG HOSTAGE [...] (C) GON National Security Agency Military Assistant Colonel Idris and State Security Service Director General Kayode Are both told the Ambassador on May 2 that Nigerian naval vessels near the four Transocean Sedco Forex rigs have not yet taken any action. He indicated that a contingency plan w [...]	2003-05-02 12:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA813	NIGERIA: AGREEMENT REACHED ON OIL RIG HOSTAGE [...] National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) local and national leadership on May 3 agreed unconditionally that all 273 hostages and 99 striking workers on board the four Transocean Forex Sedco rigs near Port Harcourt would be allowed to disembark. The Settlement was negotiated [...]	2003-05-02 17:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC EPET ENRG ECON PINS PGOV NI
03ABUJA824	NIGERIA: SHELL'S "SEA EAGLE" ENDANGERED [...] April 29 local newspapers reported that Shell's newly deployed Floating Production and Storage and Offloading Platform (FPSO),the "Sea Eagle," had been threatened by unidentified criminal elements in the Delta. Shell's Nigerian subsidiary, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC [...]	2003-05-06 14:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV EPET NI
03ACCRA447	WAGES AND TAXES: WEEK'S EVENTS SET STAGE FOR [...] (U) Summary: The government is in a very difficult position with its ongoing wage negotiations with government employees. Its new agreement with the IMF caps the wage bill at a 22 percent increase, but it has accepted a 28.6 percent increase in the minimum wage. Holding the average increase t [...]	2003-03-04 14:33:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN GH
03ADANA114	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 21, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Bolge: A visible d [...]	2003-04-21 16:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA125	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for May 1, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: The dead [...]	2003-05-02 08:53:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA160	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 14-15, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports ofteb contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]	2003-06-17 15:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA216	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for August 14, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Bolge / Lerzan Kara [...]	2003-08-14 13:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA23	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 24, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-01-27 09:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03ADANA269	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 15, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET/MILLIYET [...]	2003-10-16 16:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA30	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 29, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS -------------------------- [...]	2003-01-30 10:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA53	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 22-23, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ---------------------- [...]	2003-02-25 13:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA57	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for February 27, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICS, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS ------------------------- [...]	2003-02-28 13:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
03ADANA78	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 17, 2003. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriyet/Sabah/Mi [...]	2003-03-18 12:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
03AMMAN1708	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 6 (3/22 0930 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy Amman will remain on "standfast" through March 22. 2. (C) Finance Minister Marto told us privately that plans were in the works to raise domestic gasoline and fuel oil prices. The increase was included in the 2003 budget and an initial gasoline price increase of 25 fils/lite [...]	2003-03-22 07:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1770	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 9 (3/24 1600 LOCAL) [...] (U) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule, with consular services open. Services at ancillary facilities -- the Peace Corps office and the American Language Center -- remain suspended. 2. (C) A large demonstration (3,000 students) at Amman's Jordan University on 3/23 became unruly acc [...]	2003-03-24 12:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC EFIN ETRD CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1805	TFIZO1: JORDANIANS' RAGE AT US FOR IRAQ WAR DRIVEN [...] (C) Summary: A survey of Embassy contacts shows an increasing use of words like outrage, hostility, rage, dismay, disillusion and impotence to describe the war in Iraq. Most Jordanians, across all age groups and social classes, believe the Bush administration failed to provide legitimate just [...]	2003-03-26 07:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR JO
03AMMAN1928	TFIZO1: WEEKEND DEMONSTRATIONS MOSTLY PEACEFUL; [...] (C) Weekend demonstrations in Jordan's refugee camps, Amman, Irbid, Salt, Zarqa, Karak, Aqaba and Maan attracted large numbers of anti war Jordanians. Many demonstrators carried pictures of Saddam Hussein, a phenomenon that has been much less common in marches up to now, and chant "death to A [...]	2003-04-01 06:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN2716	JORDAN HIKES CONSUMER FUEL PRICES [...] (C) Summary. The GOJ raised prices of oil derivatives and by-products an average of four to eight per cent effective May 7, 2003. Finance Minister Marto and other senior officials confirmed publicly and privately that this was the first installment in a plan to raise consumer prices of petr [...]	2003-05-07 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
03AMMAN2717	JORDAN HIKES CONSUMER FUEL PRICES [...] (C) Summary. The GOJ raised prices of oil derivatives and by-products an average of four to eight per cent effective May 7, 2003. Finance Minister Marto and other senior officials confirmed publicly and privately that this was the first installment in a plan to raise consumer prices of petr [...]	2003-05-07 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
03AMMAN3931	OIL AND JOBS FOR JORDAN: AMERICAN FIRM HAS BIG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Washington Group International (WGI) executives updated post on lurching, but continuing, progress on the commissioning of a magnesium oxide plant for the Arab Potash Company (APC) and shared ideas on proposed energy synergies that could result in significant cost savings and j [...]	2003-06-30 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ENRG JO
03AMMAN3947	IRAQI BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN JORDAN MEETS CPA [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with CPA advisors visiting Jordan, a group of Amman-based Iraqi business people said that they controlled substantial capital and technical resources that they wanted to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq. In order to facilitate communication with the auth [...]	2003-07-01 05:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PINR IZ JO
03AMMAN4713	JORDANIAN STOCK OF ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] (u) Jordan has been extremely forthcoming with humanitarian and other assistance for Iraq in the months following the end of major combat operations. As requested ref (a),below is an illustrative (but we believe not an exhaustive) list of material assistance provided to Iraq by the GOJ. I [...]	2003-07-29 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IZ JO
03AMMAN5186	JORDAN'S OIL SUPPLY NEEDS [...] (c) Summary. The Jordanian Oil Ministry believes that Kuwait has agreed to continue supplying Jordan with 25,000 barrels of crude oil per day through September, with Kuwait refining the crude on behalf of Jordan. Along with the 50,000 bpd Saudi oil grant -- which the Jordanians expect to c [...]	2003-08-14 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG IZ JO
03AMMAN5907	PROSECUTION WITNESSES TESTIFY IN FOLEY TRIAL [...] (U) The state security court trial of five suspects in the October 2002 assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley resumed on September 2 and 9 with the appearance of several more witnesses for the prosecution. The first round of prosecution witnesses appeared before the court on September [...]	2003-09-14 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN6621	OIL, GAS, AND ELECTRICITY FOR IRAQ: ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordanian Minister of Energy Mohammed Bataineh told DCM on October 14 that little progress beyond statements of principle has been made in talks on the provision of Iraqi oil to Jordan. He expressed pride at the completion of the first phase of the Egypt-Jordan gas pipeline and [...]	2003-10-16 16:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN7299	NEW ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES OIL SUPPLY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Jordanian Minister of Energy Azmi Khreisat told the Ambassador on November 5 that Jordan has agreed to purchase three million barrels of Iraqi oil before the end of the year. He expressed optimism about the six-nation power grid initiative and the Egyptian gas pip [...]	2003-11-06 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL JO IZ
03ANKARA1091	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
03ANKARA1092	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HEFLEY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We look forward to your upcoming visit. It comes at a key decision time for Turkey. US-Turkey relations have been dominated recently by Iraq. Should the Turks continue delaying a decision to support US military requests related to Iraq, our close regional, economic, and strate [...]	2003-02-19 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TU
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
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
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
03ANKARA2130	PRIVATIZATION UPDATE: THE FIRST MAJOR SALE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A top GOT Privatization Administration (PA) official told us March 28 the GOT is on track to meet its $4 billion sales target for 2003, which will result in $2.6 billion in PA revenue this year and the rest to be paid by installment. The official defended the GOT's proposed law [...]	2003-04-01 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	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
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
03ANKARA2666	TURKEY'S HEADSCARF ISSUE OPENS ANOTHER POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: The Islamist headscarf remains a threatening symbol for the Kemalist state. In inviting headscarved women to a reception in honor of the children's holiday, AK Party Speaker of Parliament Arinc has widened a rift between the GOT and the Turkish Establishment. End summary. 2. [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
03ANKARA2898	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-05 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR 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
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
03ANKARA3305	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-21 12:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
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
03ANKARA3401	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3480	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-28 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA352	FOREIGN TRADE CLAIMS TUZMEN'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Econoff met with Tevfik Mengu, Director General for Agreements at the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat, on January 14 for a readout on State Minister Kursad Tuzmen's January 10 to 12 visit to Baghdad. Mengu characterized the visit as very successful, noting that, in addition to Tuzmen's one [...]	2003-01-15 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETRD ETTC IZ PREL TU UNSC
03ANKARA3537	DISCUSSION WITH MFA ON TURKEY-IRAQ TRADE AND [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: DCM met with MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Affairs Alev Kilic May 29 to discuss ways in which Turkey could begin establishing a normal trading relationship with Iraq. Kilic said the MFA was ready to move forward [...]	2003-05-30 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EPET IZ TU
03ANKARA3675	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-06 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA3848	TURKEY-IRAQ ECONOMIC RELATIONS; UPDATE ON BARTER [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Unakitan told the Ambassador that the Prime Minister had instructed an interagency group to resolve the problems holding up trade at the Habur Gate, including those involved in the Delta Petroleum products ba [...]	2003-06-13 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EAID EAIR PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA4131	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-27 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR 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
03ANKARA4481	Humanitarian Assistance Update: UN and Energy [...] (U) Baghdad minimize considered. Summary: -------- 2. The World Food Program, Kellogg, Brown and Root, and Delta Petroleum advise that food and fuel supplies continue to flow across the Habur border crossing into Iraq. Noting good cooperation with the GOT, WFP reports that Turkey [...]	2003-07-17 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL TU IZ
03ANKARA467	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a critical time in US-Turkey relations. Over the last two years the US has supported IMF packages of unprecedented proportions to assist Turkey in recovering from its worst economic crisis in decades. The strategic partnership has grown as a result of Turkey's signi [...]	2003-01-17 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP TU
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
03ANKARA5314	GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy recommends an ambitious agenda for the next Economic Partnership Commission meeting, tentatively slated for October, as a way to advance our economic agenda with Turkey and bolster the broader bilateral relationship. We suggest sessions on economic reform, foreign dir [...]	2003-08-20 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PREL ENRG TU
03ANKARA5641	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER BABACAN [...] (C) Summary: In a September 3 courtesy call, Ambassador urged State Minister Babacan to wrap up talks on the U.S. financial package quickly, stick to the economic reform program, and take concrete steps to resolve problems facing U.S. investors. Babacan said he had instructed his staff to c [...]	2003-09-05 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV EAID PREL TU
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
03ANKARA6058	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR EDELMAN'S MEETING WITH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Edelman,s first meeting with Energy and Natural Resources Minister Hilmi Guler focused on Turkey,s efforts to reduce the high prices it pays for natural gas imports, principally from Russia, and Guler,s desire to help U.S. efforts in Iraq. Guler said his Ministry wa [...]	2003-09-25 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG IZ PREL 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
03ANKARA626	IRAQ: FOLLOW-UP READOUT ON AK PARTY CHAIRMAN [...] (C) In Jan. 20 follow-up to Jan. 19 Ambassador-AK leader Erdogan meeting, Erdogan foreign policy advisor Bagis told us: --Erdogan understood Ambassador's message that it's up to him (Erdogan) to make the case on Iraq to the Turkish public and parliament. --One factor holding Erdogan ba [...]	2003-01-24 18:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
03ANKARA6302	TURKEY RAISES CONCERN ABOUT STALLED OIL EXPORTS [...] (U) Baghdad Minimize considered. 2. (C) Turkish officials are concerned by recent press reports that Iraq has decided to suspend oil exports through Ceyhan, diverting the Kirkuk crude through pipelines to the south. MFA Director General for Energy and Water Hakki Akil told EconCouns th [...]	2003-10-07 16:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD IZ PREL 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
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
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
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
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
03ANKARA7271	ENERGY DISCUSSION AT TURKEY-U.S. EPC [...] (C) Action Request: Post urges Washington to reconsider the decision to drop energy as a separate topic on the EPC agenda. This is not just to mollify the Turks; we have real, substantive energy issues to discuss. We consider energy to be a critical building block of our economic and politi [...]	2003-11-20 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON 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
03ANKARA7444	IRAQ: TURKS AGREE TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AT HABUR [...] (C) Iraqi Minister of Interior Nuri Badran led an interagency Iraqi/CPA delegation to Ankara Nov. 30-Dec. 2 to discuss with Turkish authorities improving the efficiency of operations at the Habur border crossing so that bulk fuels flow smoothly and regularly through the winter months. The age [...]	2003-12-04 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC PTER TU IZ
03ANKARA752	GOVERNMENT RELEASES SOME 2003 BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DEPUTY PM ABDULLATIF SENER ANNOUNCED JANUARY 28 THE MACRO-ECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS UNDERLYING THE 2003 BUDGET, AND SOME OF THE BUDGET AGGREGATES, BUT NOT THE FISCAL SAVING MEASURES THAT RESULT IN THE HEADLINE 6.5 PERCENT OF GNP PRIMARY SURPLUS. THOSE MEASURES ARE BEING DEBATED O [...]	2003-01-29 17:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV TU
03ANKARA7790	Economic Partnership Commission: Comment on [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 13 and 14. Summary/Introduction -------------------- 2. (SBU) Washington's draft EPC action plan can help build a stronger bilateral economic and commercial relationship with Turkey on economic reform, investment, trade, energy and regional iss [...]	2003-12-19 13:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG BEXP KIPR TU IZ
03ANKARA7878	AMBASSADOR MANN, TURKISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Steven Mann, State Department Special Representative for Caspian Energy Diplomacy, visited Ankara, December 16-18 to discuss Caspian issues with senior Turkish officials, who confirmed Turkey's commitment to the East-West Energy Corridor and expressed confidence that B [...]	2003-12-23 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU
03ANKARA7933	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-12-24 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR 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
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
03COLOMBO1648	Unprecedented unrest in the Maldives against [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unrest hit the Maldives over the September 20-21 weekend, with rioting in Male', the capital. The unrest was apparently triggered by at least two deaths that occurred either before or during a prison riot at a jail located on a nearby island. Several buildings, primarily govern [...]	2003-09-23 09:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM CASC MV
03COLOMBO1810	WALK-IN DESCRIBES MUSLIM EXTREMIST ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C/NF) Summary - On 10/14/03 and again on 10/15/03, RSO interviewed an unknown walk-in Source of undetermined reliability who claimed to have information on several aspects of Muslim radicalism in Sri Lanka. The information included the name of a passport vendor in Colombo who provides false [...]	2003-10-17 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CE PTER
03COLOMBO2191	Political Gleanings: President hits out at PM; [...] (C) This edition of Political Gleanings for Sri Lanka reviews the following: -- In more bad news for cohabitation, President Kumaratunga lashes out at Prime Minister in interview. -- Troubling questions arise as to the length of the President's term in office. -- Muslim leader Rauf Hak [...]	2003-12-24 14:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM SOCI PINR ELTN CE
03COLOMBO524	TFIZ01: Maldives issues statement re Iraq; [...] (C) This update, focused on reaction to the war in Iraq in Sri Lanka and the Maldives, reviews: >> In its first public statement, the Maldivian government says it is "very concerned" about the war >> In Sri Lanka, religious groups issue statements against the war >> More anti-war ralli [...]	2003-03-27 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ASEC PINR CE MV IZ
03COLOMBO546	COLOMBO EAC MEETING APRIL 1, 2003 [...] (SBU) On April 1, 2003 Colombo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss the local security situation. The DCM chaired the EAC. 2. (SBU) The EAC discussed the 2000-person protest on March 28 and agreed that despite the use of tear gas to disperse the crowd, the situation i [...]	2003-04-01 07:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR PTER CASC CE
03COLOMBO547	SRI LANKA DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITY [...] (U) On March 28, 2003, approximately 2000 people protested the U.S. position on Iraq. The demonstration was organized by the left-wing JVP political party, but according to the police, principally attended by Sri Lankan Muslims. The protesters were given permission to co [...]	2003-04-01 07:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER CASC CE
03DJIBOUTI536	DJIBOUTI: FOUR INJURED IN ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Four people have been injured, two seriously, in three days of anti-war student demonstrations in Djibouti City. Two local students were seriously wounded when local police fired on demonstrators on March 24; they remain hospitalized. In addition, two German soldiers were injured on the sa [...]	2003-03-25 13:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL CASC KPAO DJ
03FRANKFURT5670	Economic Forecast for Germany: Slow Growth and [...] (SBU) Summary: Our forecast for Germany for this year and next is for continued slow growth with a modest pick up in 2004 driven by net exports. While 1.3% real growth in 2004 might be deemed a "recovery" after 0.1% growth in 2003 it is mostly closing a part of the output gap that has opened [...]	2003-07-10 14:38:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EUN
03FRANKFURT9685	BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG BLOCKS WINDMILLS, PROPOSES [...] SUMMARY: The state of Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) has blocked a windmill park near Freiburg and proposed extending the life of nuclear reactors, fueling a political battle with broader implications. The CDU-FDP (Christian Democrat / Free Democrat) B-W government favors reopening debate on the [...]	2003-11-24 13:26:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM
03GUATEMALA1170	PRE-CAFTA ROUND GUATEMALA LABOR UPDATE (#3) [...] (SBU) Summary: The following labor developments in Guatemala are discussed in the paragraphs marked below. -- Special Prosecutor's Case Files--Violence Against Unionists (2) -- More May Day Marchers Reject CAFTA (3) -- President Portillo Touts Labor Priorities and CAFTA (4) -- U.S. H [...]	2003-05-06 17:03:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV GT
03GUATEMALA2753	GUATEMALA LABOR/TIP UPDATE #7-2003 [...] (SBU) Summary: Following is an update of significant recent developments in the labor sector and trafficking in persons. Topics include: -- Political Parties Respect Labor Rights (para #2) -- Fired Maquila Workers Reinstated (3) -- GOG GSP Submission Incomplete (4) -- Changes Likel [...]	2003-10-28 22:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV SMIG KCRM PHUM GT
03GUATEMALA2796	GOG WORKING ON SOLUTION TO MAJOR FLAP OVER [...] (C) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress passed a law on October 28 forbidding "any productive activity" on election day, the day before and the day after, ostensibly to enable migrant workers to return to their homes to vote. Minister of Labor Moreira told reporters that the law forbid all but f [...]	2003-11-03 00:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID KDEM GT OAS
03GUATEMALA2827	IN PORTILLO'S ABSENCE, ELECTION HOLIDAY LAW [...] (C) Summary: President Portillo traveled to Panama without vetoing the controversial election holiday bill (reftel),and opposition to the legislation has taken on a fever pitch. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal called on Portillo (who returns on the afternoon of November 4) to veto the law beca [...]	2003-11-04 22:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINR GT OAS
03HALIFAX356	NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR PROVINCIAL ELECTION: TORY SWEEP ENDS [...] SUMMARY: There could be a new round of political wrangling between the federal government and the newly elected Progressive Conservative Party in Newfoundland-Labrador. In an October 21 provincial election campaign, the Tories led by the charismatic business leader Danny Williams, solidly to [...]	2003-10-23 11:13:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG EPET CA
03HALIFAX394	PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS PRODUCE NEW LINEUP OF ENERGY MINISTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canada's four Atlantic Provinces have all held provincial elections this year: Newfoundland-Labrador (October 21),Prince Edward Island (September 29),Nova Scotia (August 5),and New Brunswick (June 9). With the exception of Newfoundland-Labrador, the incumbent governments we [...]	2003-11-21 11:39:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET PGOV CA
03HALIFAX52	NOVA SCOTIA ENERGY MINISTER STILL OPTIMISTIC [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nova Scotia provincial government remains optimistic about the future of the Deep Panuke offshore natural gas project despite EnCanaQs decision to halt work for the time being. The province is eager to persuade USG officials of Atlantic [...]	2003-02-28 17:41:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PGOV ETRD CA US
03HANOI2413	UPDATE ON ALLEGED ANTI-SRV "TERRORIST" IN U.S. [...] (U) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Pham Van Que presented to A/DCM on September 19 a non-paper on alleged "terrorist" Nguyen Huu Chanh, who has been the subject of an earlier diplomatic note (reftel) and other communications. Que made no formal request and there was no diplomatic n [...]	2003-09-24 01:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VM CTERR
03HANOI541	DECEMBER 2002 GASSING INCIDENT IN LAI CHAU [...] (SBU) Summary: Reports of a gas attack on Hmong Protestants in Lai Chau province on December 29, 2002 appear to have a basis in fact. However, the gas appears to have been something like pepper spray or tear gas rather than more lethal poison gas as claimed in some reports. There are no c [...]	2003-03-07 08:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PINS VM HUMANR ETMIN RELFREE

03HARARE1097	TSVANGIRAI DETAINED AS WEEK OF MDC PLANNED MASS [...] (C) Summary. MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai was arrested this morning as his party prepared to kick off a week of mass action including demonstrations and stayaways against the government of Robert Mugabe. Though charges have not yet been brought against Tsvangirai, it may be that the gover [...]	2003-06-02 09:13:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1101	STAYAWAY SUCCESSFUL, DEMONSTRATIONS QUELLED - DAY [...] (C) The MDC planned stayaway has been largely successful with 80 - 95% of shops and businesses closed on June 2 in Harare and Bulawayo. There was very visible police and military presence in both cities starting on May 31, with several arrests and a few reports of beatings. ZANU-PF members d [...]	2003-06-02 15:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE1506	PARLIAMENTARY AGENDA HOLDS FEW SUPRISES - [...] (SBU) Summary. The Fourth Session of Parliament promises to be much the same with the GOZ intent on legislation that further stifles dissent, free speech, NGOs, and private sector initiatives. President Mugabe's economic agenda, which he presented during the July 22 Parliamentary opening day [...]	2003-07-25 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZI
03HARARE1547	Zimbabwe's Ailing Economy: Where It Stands [...] (SBU) Summary: The Zimbabwean economy has plummeted more than anyone thought possible, the curious tragedy of a place that had all the right stuff - fertile land packed with minerals, sophisticated infrastructure run by well-educated populace, high-income tourist destinations - now in disinteg [...]	2003-07-31 13:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1605	Industry Braces for Forced Indigenization [...] Summary: Zimbabweans reflexively cringe when their near-octogenarian president boasts of a new economic initiative. Robert Mugabe's policies have already produced farms with no crops, gas stations with no gas and banks with no money. Although still just an idea percolating in ZANU-PF circle [...]	2003-08-13 09:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ELAB ZI
03HARARE1697	Ho-Hum Supplementary Budget [...] Summary: The GOZ's supplementary budget announcement held no surprises. Spending for calendar year 2003 increased 85 percent, accounting for higher than forecast (by the GOZ) inflation. In his speech to parliament, Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa brokered no solutions to Zimbabwe's many eco [...]	2003-08-27 07:34:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1710	GOZ triples fuel price - again [...] Summary: The GOZ has raised the controlled price of leaded fuel from Z$ 450 to 1,170/liter. Not enough to reawaken Zimbabwe's somnolent gas stations, but it does partly formalize GOZ recognition of the falling Zimdollar. End Summary. A 17-fold increase since February --------------------- [...]	2003-08-28 14:49:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV ZI
03HARARE1762	Zimbabwe Economic Policy: Is Rigor Mortis [...] (SBU) Summary: As with directionless negotiations about negotiations in the political sphere, the GOZ keeps boasting of meaningful economic reform that it never gets around to. Long-promised initiatives - more banknotes, devaluation, better land reform, the return of fuel and less public spen [...]	2003-09-09 05:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE1955	Masvingo Splinters into Dual Economies [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite both an apparent end to the 3- year drought and relative harmony between local ZANU-PF and MDC parties, Zimbabwe's southern Masvingo province faces tough economic times ahead. Only those with access to U.S. dollars are doing well. The rest often depend on outside food [...]	2003-09-26 08:48:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2006	Zimbabwe Economic Crises Update [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 12:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV ZI
03HARARE2100	POLICE BEAT ARRESTEES AFTER NCA DEMONSTRATION IN [...] (SBU) On October 22, police arrested 180-300 demonstrators including National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) Director Dr. Lovemore Madhuku, during a demonstration organized by the NCA at Africa Unity Square in downtown Harare. The demonstration advocated a new constitution. Police confiscated [...]	2003-10-22 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC ZI
03HARARE214	HARARE RESIDENTS CLASH WITH RIOT POLICE [...] (U) Riot police on January 29 clashed with several hundred Harare residents gathered in the city center for a meeting with Mayor of Harare Elias Mudzuri, who represents the opposition MDC. The meeting had been planned -- and well-publicized -- more than a week in advance, and was to discuss [...]	2003-01-29 15:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
03HARARE2143	RIOTING AT UZ - DAY TWO [...] (C) For the second straight day, police on October 28 used tear gas to disperse crowds of students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ). UZ MDC coordinator Gift Nyandoro said that the student leadership requested a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor on October 28 to discuss the non-payment of th [...]	2003-10-28 14:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE366	MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE [...] Under headline "World must block Bush, Blair's belligerence" the independent daily "The Daily News" carried an op-ed by Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem in which he calls on Arab governments to restrain the United States and Britain from attacking Iraq. Excerpts: 2. [...]	2003-02-24 09:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03HARARE516	BOMB ATTACKS PLANNED: LOW-LEVEL MDC INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Charles Mutama, Harare regional coordinator for intelligence for the MDC, reported to Poloff that the Security, Intelligence, and Youth branches of the MDC are planning bomb attacks on police stations, militia bases, and ZANU-PF-owned shops and gas stations in five cities around the countr [...]	2003-03-12 11:45:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PINR ASEC ZI
03HARARE636	TWO BY-ELECTIONS CRITICAL TO ZANU-PF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Upcoming parliamentary by-elections pit the MDC's National Youth Chairman, Nelson Chamisa, against ZANU-PF businessman David Mutasa in Kuwadzana, and MDC businessman Pearson Mungofa against ZANU-PF heavy Joseph Chinotimba. The pre-election period has been marred by violence perpetrated mo [...]	2003-03-28 10:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF
03HARARE752	GOZ hikes fuel price again [...] (U) Summary: In an attempt to alleviate severe shortages, the GOZ has approximately tripled gas and doubled diesel prices. Economic impact will be substantial. End Summary. 2. (U) Leaded petrol's controlled price rises Z$ 145 to 450 and diesel Z$ 119 to 200. It was a politically- charg [...]	2003-04-16 11:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV ETRD ZI
03HARARE954	MDC BOMBER CONFESSES [...] (S) MDC activist Sedweak Munyaradzi Mupazviripo Munya (protect) has informed embassy officer that he had made and thrown nine petrol bombs at three different ZANU-PF meetings-in-progress on about April 25. It is likely that MDC security head Solomon Chikowero is the highest MDC official aware [...]	2003-05-19 08:38:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC
03HOCHIMINHCITY1141	CA MAU PROVINCE: AT THE END OF THE LINE, BUT BLESSED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Lying at the southern tip of Vietnam, Ca Mau is one of the country's more isolated provinces. Heavily dependent upon aquaculture, especially shrimp, the province has enjoyed strong recent economic growth. While the province actively touts its natural resources and advantages, [...]	2003-11-21 11:06:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON SOCI PGOV PREL EFIS VM HUMANR RELFREE
03HOCHIMINHCITY268	HCMC BUSINESSES SEE LIMITED ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM WAR IN [...] As U.S. forces launched the first strikes against Iraq, government and business leaders in HCMC were still largely uncertain what effect the war would have on the local economy. Initial reports from some sectors, such as hotels, energy, and banking, appeared to indicate only short-term jitters [...]	2003-03-20 13:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET ETRD PREL VM
03ISTANBUL149	PROTESTANTS TRY ADAPTIVE APPROACH TO CHURCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Seventeen nascent Protestant churches have adopted a novel legal tactic designed to circumvent regulations that for years have made it nearly impossible to receive zoning approval for a church or prayer group. The success or failure of this strategy depends on the outcome of th [...]	2003-02-04 12:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
03ISTANBUL1687	GEBZE INDUSTRY SEES AWAKENING ECONOMY [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Industrialists in the Marmara region industrial town of Gebze told visiting P/E Section Chief and Poloff that recent positive economic developments are finally beginning to be felt at their level, and that they [...]	2003-11-12 13:53:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TU
03ISTANBUL1744	NEW BOMBING WAVE TARGETS BRITISH INSTITUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-20 13:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL ASEC TU
03ISTANBUL636	ISTANBUL MAYORALTY: UP FOR GRABS? [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul Mayoralty, often characterized as the second most desirable political prize in the country, has become the focus of a back-room power struggle as players jockey for ground in advance of the April 2004 local elections. Mayor Ali Mufit Gurtuna, an independent since the [...]	2003-05-05 11:03:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TK
03ISTANBUL953	SULTANBEYLI: A HIGHWAY RUNS THROUGH IT... AND [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A recent visit to Sultanbeyli, one of Istanbul's poorer Asian districts, highlights how Turkey's uneven economic gains in recent years have widened the gap between the "haves" and "have-nots." The modern Istanbul-Ankara highway runs right through this conservative, [...]	2003-07-09 08:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TK
03KUWAIT1013	SITREP NO. 4 [...] SITREP NO. 4 AS OF 1159 HOURS LOCAL, 0359 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP: -------- Security -------- Classified Kuwait 1012 reported multiple missile launches. Watchstanders and others put on gas masks and went to safehaven until all clear announced. No chemical/bi [...]	2003-03-20 21:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1020	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 21, 2003 [...] (C) Detailed breakdown of Kuwaiti oil production is not available today. A senior KPC official told EconChief today that production in the previous 24 hours reached 2.5 million barrels. He said that loading operations were proceeding as normal, although there had been some movements of tanker [...]	2003-03-21 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1023	SITREP NO. 6 [...] SITREP NO. 6 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had two "duck-and- cover" alerts in res [...]	2003-03-21 21:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1046	TFIZ01:SITREP NO. 6 [...] SITREP NO. 6 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1559 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 21. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- In the past twelve hours, we have had two "duck-and- cover" alerts in res [...]	2003-03-23 15:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1053	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. [...] SITREP NO. 11 AS OF 1200 HOURS LOCAL, 0800 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 24. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 0105 Duck and Cover Alert, donned gas masks, all clear announced ten min [...]	2003-03-24 09:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
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
03KUWAIT1065	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 12 [...] SITREP NO. 12 AS OF 2359 HOURS LOCAL, 1159 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 24, 2003 . 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1310 Duck and Cover Alert; gas masks donned. 1320 All C [...]	2003-03-24 20:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1113	TFIZ01 SITREP NO. 18 [...] SITREP NO. 18 AS OF 2400 HOURS LOCAL, 1600 HOURS WASHINGTON TIME MARCH 27 2003. 2. EVENTS SINCE LAST SITREP (all reported times are Kuwait Local, GMT plus three): ----------------- Security/Military ----------------- 1330 Duck and cover alarm was sounded, when the Consequent Manageme [...]	2003-03-27 21:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC EAID KU
03KUWAIT1273	FOLLOW-UP ON JANUARY 21 TERROR ATTACK IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU) The following is an update on judicial actions taken against those involved in the January 21 terrorist attack on U.S. citizens near Camp Doha. The GOK moved quickly to apprehend the gunman and other suspects, however two accessories remain at large and the Kuwaitis have had little succ [...]	2003-04-06 11:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL CASC KU
03KUWAIT1274	TFIZ01: KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- APRIL 05, 2003 [...] (C) Detailed oil production for Kuwait Oil Company was not available today, but production likely remains just under 2.4 million barrels. 2. (C) EconChief had a chance to visit the two wells in the Rumeila field of Southern Iraq that continue burning. One well is burning crude oil, emittin [...]	2003-04-06 14:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KU
03KUWAIT1948	TFIZ01: DART ASSESSMENT OF AL HILLAH [...] The DART conducted a security assessment of Al Hillah, capital of the Babil governorate, on 2 May. The town has approximately 400,000, mostly Shia, residents. Coalition forces ranked the threat assessment as "low to none," but acknowledged that there was a problem with organized crime. Ther [...]	2003-05-10 10:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT2138	OLD CASELOAD IDPS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] DART Field Team South met on 6 May with two extended families and their neighbors in a poor section of Basrah to assess their water and food needs. Most inhabitants of the area are Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),some of who have been squatting on other people's land since the Iran- Ira [...]	2003-05-20 09:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF IZ WFP
03KUWAIT5719	(U) IRAN TO PROVIDE KUWAIT WITH FRESH WATER [...] (C) Summary: The December 13 Kuwaiti-Iranian water importation agreement lays the foundation for Iran to begin supplying Kuwait with up to 900,000 cubic meters (over 200 million imperial gallons) of fresh water per day for a 30-year period. This would significantly increase Kuwait,s supply o [...]	2003-12-17 11:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EMIN ETRD KU IR
03KUWAIT5756	(C) GOK STILL AWAITING QATARI GAS; UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: Despite increased publicity surrounding a possible Kuwaiti-Iranian natural gas deal, the GOK is unlikely to conclude an agreement with Iran, according to a well-placed Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) official. Rather, Kuwait is betting that Qatar will eventually serve as its prima [...]	2003-12-20 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETRD PREL KU SA QA IR
03LAGOS103	ELECTIONS 2003: THE PROSPECTIVE ECONOMY AND THE [...] Summary. On November 19 some forty corporate executives representing a broad cross-section of the non-oil sector met at the Lagos Business School to discuss the potential economic impact of the 2003 general elections. During the session led by Professor Pat Utomi, many executives expressed co [...]	2003-01-14 09:37:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD PGOV NI
03LAGOS1088	NIGERIA: OIL WORKERS THREATEN STRIKE IN RESPONSE [...] Peter Akpatason, president of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers of Nigeria (NUPENG),has threatened to call "a national strike wherein the entire oil industry will be shut down" unless Houston-based Transocean Inc. rescinds the dismissal of 116 Nigerian workers who parti [...]	2003-05-23 10:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KDEM NI PGOV
03LAGOS148	NIGERIA: NOT ONLY GAS FLARES IN NIGERIA, ITS' [...] (C) Summary: Arson is strongly suspected in the December 24 fire that destroyed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters and records. The fire followed by barely a week a newspaper article asserting that there is solid, extensive and documented proof that GON official [...]	2003-01-17 16:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON EPET EINV DS DSS ITA IP AF OSAC
03LAGOS1535	NIGERIA: DELTA KIDNAPPING THREATENS OIL [...] Summary: A Nigerian white collar worker for Chevron Nigeria Ltd. (subsidiary of Chevron/Texaco) and member of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) was kidnapped outside his home on July 25 by a rogue group of armed Ijaw youths. The kidnapping is the latest in a [...]	2003-07-31 14:50:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET ENRG ECON CASC PGOV PINR PINS PTER NI XA XY
03LAGOS168	A CONVERSATION WITH THE POLICE [...] (C) Summary: A very discouraged Deputy Police Commissioner (DPC) for Lagos State met with CG and Econoff on January 7 to discuss the recent fire at the national petroleum company building and the realities of police work in Lagos State. With an undercurrent of futility and resignation, DPC Har [...]	2003-01-24 09:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR EPET ASEC NI
03LAGOS1899	NIGERIA: UNIONS MAY EXPAND WORK ACTIONS OVER FEAR [...] Leaders from the National Union of Petroleum and Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) are meeting in Benin City to discuss cooperative action amid reports that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),ChevronTexaco, [...]	2003-09-10 11:57:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
03LAGOS2043	NIGERIA: NLC MEETS TO PLAN MASS ACTION IN RESPONSE [...] The battle lines now appeared to be drawn between government and labor over possible fuel price increases. Long queues at gas stations throughout the country reflect speculation that the GON might announce further increases in fuel prices as early as October 1. 2. The Central Working Co [...]	2003-10-02 10:21:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET PGOV KDEM NI
03LAGOS2069	Strike Begins Thursday, October 9 [...] Following its emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Ibadan on Saturday, October 4, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) announced a nationwide strike to begin at midnight on Thursday, October 9. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole said the Thursday start date allows labor leaders and [...]	2003-10-06 16:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM NI PGOV PHUM
03LAGOS2080	NIGERIA: POLICE NOT PREPARED FOR OCTOBER 9 STRIKE [...] (C) Haruna John (PROTECT),Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) resident in Lagos State gave Pol/Econ Officer an update on police preparedness for the planned nationwide strike on October 9. According to John, the police force is not/not prepared to deal with potential problems that a strike ma [...]	2003-10-08 17:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM PGOV NI
03LAGOS2081	LASCO: NEW STRIKE, NEW PLANNING: NOT A REPEAT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Chima Ubani, Executive Director of the Civil Liberties Organisation (CLO),told us that labor and civil society leaders meeting on October 4 and 6 decided to begin a two-week general strike on Thursday, October 9. Demonstrations will be held on Thursday in Lagos, Abuja and Kano, [...]	2003-10-09 05:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EPET PHUM SOCI NI
03LAGOS2090	STRIKE SUSPENDED: LABOR AND OIL COMPANY VIEWS [...] (U) Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole announced October 8 at approximately 2300 that labor had suspended its planned October 9 strike after the NLC, governors, National Assembly legislators, and oil marketers reached an agreement. A hastily organized group, known as the [...]	2003-10-09 17:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET NI
03LAGOS2147	NIGERIA: FUEL SUPPLY AND PRICE REMAIN IN TENSE [...] (C) Summary: The status of fuel supply and pricing in Nigeria remains in question as fuel marketers and labor leaders left a stakeholders' meeting on October 16 with little agreement but significant distrust and resentment. Labor promises mass action at retail stations if marketers do not sell [...]	2003-10-17 16:22:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON ENRG EPET NI PGOV
03LAGOS2330	OBASANJO, OIL MARKETERS WIN OVER LABOR AND CIVIL [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-10 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EPET PGOV PHUM SOCI NI XY
03LAGOS2399	NATIONS WITHIN A NATION: A VISIT TO EDO AND ONDO [...] (U) Summary. The impact of the ethnic diversity of Nigeria's close to 400 distinct ethnic groups on the country's politics and developing democracy was made clearer in a recent visit to Edo and Ondo States. Ondo State, is older by decades than its neighbor Edo and has regional governing expe [...]	2003-11-21 16:31:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
03LAGOS2464	CIVIL SOCIETY HOLDS RALLY AGAINST CHOGM AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United Action for Democracy (UAD) held a rally in the Yaba district of Lagos on December 3 to protest President Obasanjo's policies and governance, as well as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) taking place December 5-8 in Abuja. Mobile Police (MOPOL) ar [...]	2003-12-05 18:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI XY NI
03LAGOS2467	FUTURE OF NIGERIAN OIL & GAS [...] Cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2.(SBU) Summary: On July 11 and 12, Econoffs met with a variety of oil producing and servicing companies to gain insight into the current state of the Nigerian oil and gas industry and assess the country's potential contri [...]	2003-12-05 19:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	NI ECON EINV EPET ENRG
03LAGOS2574	PRICE CAPS AND STRIKES CAUSE NIGERIA'S DOWNSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Barely 60 days after President Obasanjo declared Nigeria's downstream petroleum sector officially and completely deregulated, and 30 days after he replaced the head of the powerful national petroleum corporation, a GON regulatory agency shut down fuel stations of a US-based compan [...]	2003-12-18 05:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ELAB PGOV NI
03LAGOS265	EXPLOSION IN LAGOS [...] Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. At approximately 1110 on Sunday, February 2, 2003, there was an explosion in Idumagbo Street, located between the Carter Bridge and Third Mainland Bridge on Lagos Island. The area is a lage market and residential area comprised of two and three story busi [...]	2003-02-03 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM CASC PINS EIND EPET PGOV EINV NI
03LAGOS332	NIGERIA: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY REGULATORY BODY [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-14 13:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS344	NIGERIA: DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES [...] On Saturday, February 15, employees from the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) went on strike to contest unpaid salaries and benefits and protest the GON's refusal to grant DPR autonomy. DPR is the agency that supervises tanker loadings and authorizes movement of crude oil at Nigeria's [...]	2003-02-18 16:14:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ENRG EPET EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS363	NIGERIA: NUPENG JOINS DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM [...] (U) As part of a solidarity agreement between the two major oil workers' unions, members of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) branch of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) joined a strike organized by DPR members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior S [...]	2003-02-21 06:31:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ENRG EFIN EPET PGOV NI
03LAGOS384	NIGERIA: ENERGY UPDATE, FEB 20 [...] (U) This periodic update covering energy issues includes: --Oil Strike Suspended, No Effect on Exports --Wellhead Blows in Ogoniland --Local Content Rule Gives U.S. Firms Opportunity and Risk --Gas Developments, and --Almost Never Ever Power Anywhere -------------------------------------- [...]	2003-02-25 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS631	NIGERIA: TOTALFINAELF SUSPENDS OPERATIONS AT FOUR [...] (C) Summary. TotalFinaElf (TFE) has become the latest victim of the strife between the Ijaws and Itsekiris in the Niger Delta. TFE has withdrawn its employees from four fields and ceased production there. The Ijaws, in an effort to ensure that their complaints are heard, now threaten to destr [...]	2003-03-24 18:37:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET CASC PINS ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM NI
03LAGOS673	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NLC TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Jeter met with the Acting President of the National Labour Congress (NLC),Joseph Akinlaja, on Thursday, March 27, 2003, to discuss, inter alia, NLC plans to begin a nationwide civil service strike on April 1. Akinlaja, who is also General Secretary of the National Union of Petr [...]	2003-03-31 14:39:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ELAB KDEM NI PGOV
03LAGOS677	TFIZ01: NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, March 31 [...] (U) This update includes: -- When Will the Oil Flow? Delta Crisis Update -- Running on Empty: Refineries, Power Company and Consumers Face Same Plight -- Deep Water Deals: Joint Development Zone Advances ------------------------------------------- When Will the Oil Flow? Delta [...]	2003-04-01 09:00:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS683	NIGERIA: APRIL FOOLS - NLC SUSPENDS STRIKE OF [...] SUMMARY: Joseph Akinlaja, General Secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, informed Laboff that the GON reached an agreement with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at approximately 0100 hours on April 1, 2003, hours before a nationwide civil service strike was sc [...]	2003-04-01 14:24:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV KDEM ECON NI
03LAGOS713	NIGERIA'S NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: MIXED [...] Summary: The Niger Delta Development Corporation (NDDC) was established in 2001 to ensure sustainable development of Nigeria's troubled oil-producing region. Events of the last month in the Delta region suggest that the NDDC has failed to meet the test. Since 2001, the NDDC has received about [...]	2003-04-04 11:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI
03LAGOS731	TFIZ01: BACK IN BUSINESS - CHEVRON NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to recent news reports and statements by oil executives that companies are not ready to resume operations in the delta region anytime soon, Chevron confirmed today that it had been returning workers to its transfer station and tank farm at Escravos this week. As of Apr [...]	2003-04-04 17:53:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS827	NIGERIA ENERGY UPDATE, April 22 [...] (U) This update includes: -- Slowly but Surely: Delta Oil Operations Ramp Up -- Between the Lines: Fuel Shortages Continue During Elections -- Fits and Starts: NEPA Privatization Continues while Power Capacity Expands Amidst Crises and Outages --------------------------------- [...]	2003-04-23 06:29:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON EINV PINS NI
03LAGOS99	Nigeria: Biweekly Energy Report No. 1 [...] Summary. In late December, the Government of Nigeria (GON) released 24 billion Naira to its international oil joint venture partners in payment of arrears outstanding since the last era of military rule (l994-99). The deferral of payments had slowed investment by Nigeria's joint partners in [...]	2003-01-14 08:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIN ECON PINS NI
03MONTREAL1	CLONING CLAIM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON QUEBEC-BASED [...] SUMMARY: THE FOLLOWING IS SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE MONTREAL-BASED RAELIAN GROUP, WHOSE MEMBER DR. BRIGITTE BOISSELIER ANNOUNCED AT A DECEMBER 27 PRESS CONFERENCE IN HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST CLONED HUMAN BEING, A 7 POUND BABY GIRL NICKNAMED EVE. AND ITS TWO MAIN FIGUR [...]	2003-01-03 16:05:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON KIRF CA
03OTTAWA1057	THE WORLD'S TOP TRADING PARTNERSHIP [...] U.S. and world trade have declined significantly in the past two years from their peaks in 2000. This decline is an unusual event which is partly explained by the technology/telecoms crash. The world's largest bilateral trading relationship has been affected, with the value of trade decli [...]	2003-04-11 20:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN CA
03OTTAWA1149	ALBERTA ENERGY LEADERS ON GOOD NEWS, WORRIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. ALBERTA ENERGY SECTOR LEADERS SUPPORT U.S. GOALS IN IRAQ, ARE VERY PLEASED THE U.S. ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION (EIA) HAS BEGUN TO TREAT OIL SANDS AS PROVEN RESERVES AND ARE CONCERNED THAT NORTH AMERICA IS BECOMING OVERLY RELIANT ON NATURAL GAS FOR ELECT [...]	2003-04-24 15:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON SENV CA
03OTTAWA1924	SCENE-SETTER FOR TRI- AND BILATERAL ENERGY MEETINGS [...] THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE, BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OUTSIDE USG CHANNELS. 2. In preparation for the forthcoming meetings of the North American Energy Working Group (NAEWG) and U.S.- Canada Energy Consultative Mechanism (ECM) in Ottawa July 15-17, post provides the following u [...]	2003-07-09 13:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD CA
03OTTAWA2007	FY 2003 IV MRP "MULTILATERAL DIPLOMACY" EVALUATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-16 10:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CA
03OTTAWA2221	NATURAL GAS VS. NUCLEAR: CANADIANS STUDY FEASIBILITY [...] SUMMARY: THE CANADIAN ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (CERI) SAYS THAT, AT NATURAL GAS PRICES OF USD 3.50 / MCF OR MORE, NUCLEAR REACTORS WOULD BE ECONOMICALLY SUPERIOR TO NATURAL GAS IN SUPPLYING THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF STEAM REQUIRED TO EXTRACT CRUDE OIL FROM CANADA'S VAST OILSAND RESOURCES. IF T [...]	2003-08-06 13:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD CA
03OTTAWA503	NATURAL GAS IN NORTH AMERICA: [...] (U) Although Canada's energy exports to the United States have grown at impressive rates in recent decades, making Canada our largest total energy supplier, Canada's conventional natural gas resources are maturing and production from current areas could peak within a decade. GOC forecasters ex [...]	2003-02-21 16:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD CA
03OTTAWA566	ENERGY FROM CANADA: PRELIMINARY 2002 DATA [...] SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: The dominant position of Canadian energy production and trade for the United States is reinforced by preliminary 2002 data. The statistics from Canada's National Energy Board, Natural Resources Canada, and the U.S. Energy Information Administration show: . -- Canada [...]	2003-02-28 17:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD CA
03OTTAWA595	GOC DIPNOTE ON BEAUFORT SEA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-04 19:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS PREL ENRG SENV CA
03OTTAWA687	CLIMATE CHANGE: CANADA'S KYOTO FOLLOW-THROUGH: [...] (U) In its FY2003-04 budget, released on February 18, the GOC committed C$1.5 billion (about US$1 billion) over five years directly to achieving greenhouse gas emission reductions (plus modest additional funds for research and long-term technology development). This represents about 4.3 pe [...]	2003-03-12 18:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG CA
03RANGOON1197	NO JOY FOR BURMA'S TRADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: After claiming with much fanfare to have had a USD 700 million trade surplus last year (a claim doubted by most not dressed in a uniform),the Burmese government will not likely repeat the farce this year. Admittedly making an accurate assessment of Burma's trade balance is a f [...]	2003-09-24 08:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EPET PGOV BM
03RANGOON1552	BURMA'S COCKROACH ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Considering the dismal state of the Burmese economy, it is surprising that the Burmese state remains both viable and stable. How is that people are able to quietly endure and survive? How can the ruling military regime be in a stronger position than ever? We see three major fact [...]	2003-12-03 01:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
03RANGOON394	BANGLADESH PRIME MINISTER LOOKS EASTWARD, [...] (C) Summary: Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's three day visit to Burma produced understandings on trade, transport connections, and refugees. Terrorism was not discussed, but, according to the Bangladeshi Defense Attache, Bangladesh has continued with efforts to clean up its side of th [...]	2003-03-28 08:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PTER BG BM
03RANGOON554	EAP DAS DALEY MEETS WITH SPDC SECRETARY ONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Matt Daley, COM, and DCM (note taker) met with Secretary 1, General Khin Nyunt April 27 in Rangoon. General Khin Nyunt emphasized counter-terrorism cooperation and the added security the GOB has provided to the U.S. Embassy. Daley urged the GOB to accelerate dialogue wi [...]	2003-05-07 10:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BM
03RANGOON574	ENERGY GIANTS FUND BURMESE MODEL VILLAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: A visit to the Total/UNOCAL pipeline zone in Tanintharyi Division revealed an impressive level of socio-economic development. A lack of government interference, and the determination of well-funded corporate citizens to push the envelope, have allowed for decent living standard [...]	2003-05-12 09:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EPET PGOV BM
03RANGOON637	BOMBINGS IN TACHILEIK [...] (C) Summary: No one has yet claimed responsibility for the bombings in Tachileik on May 21, though the Burmese have blamed the Shan State Army (South) and the Thai blame the Wa. The good news is that Thai and Burmese police officers are cooperating in the investigation, though it remains to b [...]	2003-06-02 06:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS BM
03RANGOON832	U.S. INVESTOR, GARMENT WORKERS FEAR NEW BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: The input on pending U.S. sanctions on Burma continues to roll in. In the last several days we've heard the fears and concerns of the largest U.S. investor in Burma, Unocal, and also from 28,000 garment workers. End summary. Unocal Sees Unintended Consequences 2. (SBU) T [...]	2003-07-09 08:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EIND EPET BM
03ROME2598	ENI UPDATE: ITALY'S ENERGY GIANT LOOKING BOTH [...] (SBU) Summary: ENI, Italy's dominant energy conglomerate, is expanding into foreign markets, while consolidating its position at home. Its significant presence in the Middle East and Central Asia increasingly is complemented by expansion within Europe, including recent acquisitions in Spain a [...]	2003-06-10 17:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IT
03SANAA1202	MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE: YEMEN [...] (C) Summary: The ROYG will respond very positively to the Middle East Trade Initiative. Yemen should accede to the World Trade Organization in five years and that process should help reinvigorate efforts to conclude a Bilateral Investment Treaty. Sub regional FTAs could have wide benefits fo [...]	2003-05-31 08:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV YM COM
03SANAA2251	YEMEN OFFICIALS: AL-AHMAR AND SALIM SALIH MUHAMMAD [...] (s) Answers are keyed to reftel questions. See reftel b for more information on prominent exiles returning to Yemen. 2. (s) Salim Salih Muhammad: A. (s/nf) Why did President Saleh appoint Muhammad as his special advisor when he was Saleh's former political rival? President Saleh has [...]	2003-09-10 12:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR YM KPRP DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2470	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL III: END USE CHECK ON [...] Pol/Econ Officer and Commercial Specialist visited Mohamed Abdulrahman Kawkaban, the General Manager of Summer Tour and Travel located on Hadha Street, Sanaa. Kawkaban is also an owner and executive officer of the Kawkaban Modern Center, a separate company that brokered the procurement order [...]	2003-10-08 09:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC YE
03SANAA2784	USAID NATSIOS EXPLAINS MCA TO PRESIDENT SALEH [...] (c) Summary: On November 3 USAID Administrator Natsios presented Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) criteria to President Saleh, and said Yemen could qualify if Yemen improved in the "Governing Justly" category. While initially questioning the need for Yemen to make progress on such issues as [...]	2003-11-29 14:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
03SANAA521	(TFI201) SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 19 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 19 to assess threat information in light of further information on the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (refs a, b and septel) and the Iraq contingency. Because the investi [...]	2003-03-19 15:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA573	TFIZ01: SANAA SITREP ON VIOLENT ANTI-WAR [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: A violent demonstration that left several demonstrators dead and injured near the Embassy has dissipated and is over as of 1800 local time. Embassy reacted the Marine Security Guard and other measures in response and informed the Embassy and American community of the [...]	2003-03-21 14:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA576	TF1Z01: SANAA VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION 3/21 [...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: As of 1500 local March 22, no demonstrations are occurring in Sanaa after the violent 3/21 demonstration caused numerous deaths and injuries of civilians and police (reftels). Security has been further augmented around the Embassy, with the addition of more Yemeni secu [...]	2003-03-22 14:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANTODOMINGO5391	BLACKOUTS DARKEN DOMINICAN PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) IN THE FACE OF ELECTRICITY BLACKOUTS AND GROWING PUBLIC DISSATISFACTION, ON OCTOBER 1 THE GODR TOOK CONTROL OF TWO OF THE COUNTRY'S THREE ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES. THE DEAL SIGNED SEPTEMBER 10 CALLS FOR THE GODR TO REPURCHASE SPANISH FIRM UNION FENOSA'S FIFTY PERCENT SHARE OF [...]	2003-10-02 21:42:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV
03SANTODOMINGO6705	DOMINICAN INSIDER VIEW OF FINANCIAL ISSUES, IMF [...] (U) On November 20 Technical Secretary of the Dominican Presidency Carlos Despradel called on DCM to outline state of play with the IMF. He provided current copies of the worksheets elaborated with IMF help. (See separate pages.) Following is his presentation (i.e., his views). 2. (SBU) [...]	2003-11-20 21:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV DR
03SANTODOMINGO7342	AMBASSADOR MOBILIZES DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVE AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 2, the Ambassador urged eight ambassadors of the OECD "Dublin Group" of the need for strong coordinated action against banking fraud and corruption. Ambassadors agreed on the poor state of the economy, the need for free and fair presidential elections, and the abili [...]	2003-12-15 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON DR
03TEGUCIGALPA1645	AES Attempts to Salvage 200MW Energy Contract and [...] (SBU) AES Honduras' efforts to salvage its 200MW energy contract, awarded and signed Christmas day, 2002 (ref g) despite having overcome an unfair government procurement process and political influence, may be reaching the end of the road this month. Apparently, due to financial and managemen [...]	2003-07-11 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2110	EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA MAY LOSE GASOLINE TAX [...] This is an action request -- see paragraph 7 below. 2. SUMMARY: Honduran tax law changes jeopardize the tax relief Tegucigalpa currently enjoys with respect to gasoline purchases. The U.S. Mission may soon lose its current gasoline tax exemption, a discount of about 40 percent from the [...]	2003-09-04 21:54:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP AMGT HO
03TEGUCIGALPA2648	IMF TEAM RETURNING TO HONDURAS TO NEGOTIATE A [...] (SBU) Summary. An October IMF mission visit to Honduras found enough progress and high-level commitment to agree to return in November for the negotiation of a Letter of Intent (LOI) for a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program. The government hopes to be able to push legislat [...]	2003-11-07 23:07:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID ETRD ELAB EAGR PINR HO

03TEGUCIGALPA622	HONDURAN ECON HIGHLIGHTS: FEBRUARY 2003 [...] As part of the GOH efforts to reach an agreement with the IMF, an executive decree was issued by President Maduro to reduce public expenditure in salaries to the equivalent of 10.1 percent of the GDP. The measures include: freezing public sector employee wages for all of 2003, e [...]	2003-03-07 22:18:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EAGR EINV ELAB PGOV SENV HO
03TEGUCIGALPA859	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, APRIL 5-8, 2003 [...] Four dailies, TV and radio continue carrying numerous photos and reports of the war, taken from international reports. On Saturday April 5th, four dailies dedicated special sections to the war. 2. Sample coverage front-page of liberal "Tiempo" has a special extra 8 pages called "Tiempo Mag [...]	2003-04-08 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV IZ HO
03THEHAGUE1707	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RUSSIAN [...] In Delegation's view, during these meetings it became clear that Russia does not intend, and perhaps never intended, to abide by the present terms of the CTR MOU dated 14 March and signed by then-Director of the Russian Munitions Agency Zinovy Pak. The Russian delegation expressed its view th [...]	2003-07-03 06:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE1722	ILSA - READOUT FROM AMBASSADOR'S JULY 2 MEETING [...] (C) On July 2 the Ambassador met with Jeroen van der Veer, President of the Dutch side of Royal Dutch Shell, to deliver demarche ref A regarding the Azadegan oil fields in Iran. Van der Veer was accompanied by Senior Regional Adviser Dr. Gavin Graham, who recently met with EB/ESC officials i [...]	2003-07-07 05:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC IR JA NL PREL
03THEHAGUE2422	INTERNATIONAL ENERGY FORUM: MAY 22-24 MEETING IN [...] As current chairman of the IEF, the Netherlands has announced the following preliminary program for the 2004 IEF that will take place May 22-24, 2004 at the Okura Hotel in Amsterdam. The Dutch have also noted the launch of the IEF website at www.iefs.net Begin Text of Preliminary Program [...]	2003-09-25 05:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG NL
03THEHAGUE2750	DUTCH 2004 BUDGET: TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE [...] THE DUTCH PARLIAMENT HAS APPROVED A TOUGH DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE AIMED AT LIMITING THE 2004 BUDGET DEFICIT TO 2.3 PERCENT OF GDP, WELL UNDER THE THREE PERCENT STABILITY AND GROWTH PACT (SGP) CEILING. ON OCTOBER 1, THE PARLIAMENT APPROVED A CY 2004 BUDGET THAT COMBINES SHARP SPENDING REDUC [...]	2003-10-31 16:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV MCAP NL
03YEREVAN2975	TYCOONS RELOADED: WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The following is our informal guide to who owns what in Armenia, with the caveat that some of the information is based on rumor and speculation. ----------- MULTI GROUP ----------- 3. (SBU) The Multi Group is h [...]	2003-12-09 09:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
03ZAGREB1903	TENSIONS MOUNT OVER CROATIAN INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ [...] (C) Relations between Croatia and Slovenia have taken another downward plunge over Croatia's announced intention to declare an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic Sea. The Slovenian ambassador to Croatia has apparently been recalled. The Croatian MFA presented the Croatian point of [...]	2003-09-02 16:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV HR
03ZAGREB1925	INTENT TO DECLARE EEZ ADDS NEW WRINKLES TO OLD [...] (C) On September 3, the Slovenian Charge called upon the DCM to deliver a fairly low-key pitch that the U.S. and EU help "create the atmosphere" for a resolution over the conflict over the Croatian intention to announce an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the Adriatic. In a presentation that [...]	2003-09-05 08:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA EWWT EFIS SENV SI HR EUN
03ZAGREB325	GOC SEEKS CONFIRMATION OF LEAD ON PIFWC ANTE [...] (C) THE CROATIAN POLICE ARE TRYING TO CONFIRM THE CREDIBILITY OF INFORMATION INDICATING THAT ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA WAS HIDING IN BOSNIA, NEAR THE CROATIAN BORDER, IN JANUARY 2003. THAT IS WHAT BORIS SPUDIC, ASSISTANT HEAD OF CROATIAN CRIMINAL POLICE TOLD RSO DURING AN MEETING -- HELD AT [...]	2003-02-12 10:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR KWAC ICTY
04ABUDHABI1290	UAEG INFORMED OF INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered ref information April 24 to UAE Federal Customs Authority Deputy Director General Saeed Al- Marri, who undertook to forward the International Ship And Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code to the customs authorities in each of the UAE's seven emirates. He reminded Econof [...]	2004-04-25 12:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI1439	UAE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINSTATE FOR [...] (C) Summary: UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's (HbZ) official travel to South Korea, Japan, China and Germany from April 10-29 was designed to cement political and economic ties with the UAE's key trading partners. He met w [...]	2004-05-05 13:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI1701	UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ILSA [...] (U) Classified by Deputy Chief of Mission Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador raised ref A talking points May 23 with UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ) and expressed USG concern about re [...]	2004-05-24 11:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI1927	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ABU DHABI CROWN [...] (C) Summary: During her farewell call on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on June 8, the Ambassador and the heir apparent to President Shaykh Zayed reviewed the accomplishments in the bilateral relationship over the past three years. They also discussed Iraq, the Pales [...]	2004-06-09 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TC
04ABUDHABI1939	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ABU DHABI CROWN [...] (C) Summary: During her farewell call on Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on June 8, the Ambassador and the heir apparent to President Shaykh Zayed reviewed the accomplishments in the bilateral relationship over the past three years. They also discussed Iraq, the Pales [...]	2004-06-13 12:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TC
04ABUDHABI1942	UAE PRODUCTION IN THE WAKE OF THE JUNE OPEC QUOTA [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by EconChief paid her farewell call to ADNOC CEO Yousef Omair bin Yousef and Deputy CEO Abdullah Nasser Al-Suwaidi on June 6, 2004. The Ambassador thanked Yousef for the UAE and OPEC's welcome action and asked about the UAE's announcement that it would produce an e [...]	2004-06-13 12:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
04ABUDHABI2033	UAEG DECLINES TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFO ON GAS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) In a June 14 meeting with Econoff, Chief Operating Officer of Mubadala (and former Projects Manager for UAE Offsets Group) Khaldoon Al-Mubarak (protect) said the UAEG would not provide fu [...]	2004-06-21 13:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI2202	THE SLOW RISE IN TRAVEL OF UAE NATIONALS TO THE [...] FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 9/11, THE NUMBER OF UAE NATIONALS TRAVELING TO THE UNITED STATES IS STARTING TO RISE. HOWEVER, THIS IS FROM A SHARPLY DIMINISHED BASE - THE ROAD BACK TO PRE-9/11 LEVELS FOR UAE NATIONALS WILL TAKE TIME. THE NUMBER OF UAE NATIONALS TRAVELING TO THE UNITED STATES HAS FA [...]	2004-07-04 12:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KPAO SCUL BMGT ECON TC
04ABUDHABI2206	UAE COMPLIANT WITH INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT [...] According to the International Maritime Organization (IMO),all of the UAE's major seaports and oil and gas terminal operators were ISPS certified by the July 1 deadline. The following UAE seaports received ISPS certification: Dubai Dry Dock (Dubai) Jebel Ali Port (Dubai) Port Rashid (Dub [...]	2004-07-04 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV
04ABUDHABI2254	UAE: MAJOR SHAKE-UP IN THE SUPREME PETROLEUM [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: In a surprise move, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan overhauled the membership of the secretive Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) on June 29. [...]	2004-07-06 14:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI2263	UAEG RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON IRAN GAS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Charge delivered ref A talking points to MFA Assistant Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi July 6, and expressed our concerns about Abu Dhabi's potential project to import gas from Iran. Al [...]	2004-07-07 11:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI2437	UAE NEARING MAXIMUM OIL PRODUCTION LIMITS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Summary: During a July 20 meeting with Charge and Econoff, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Deputy CEO and new member of the Supreme Petroleum Council (see ref C) Abdullah Nasser Al [...]	2004-07-21 11:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI2566	Iraqi Prime Minister Allawi Visits UAE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 29-31 visit to Abu Dhabi, Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi discussed bilateral relations and the latest developments in Iraq with Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ),Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Allawi discussed police training and mili [...]	2004-08-02 14:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TC PTER
04ABUDHABI2930	SECURITY DOMINATES THE UAE FEDERAL BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Funding for security (including defense) is the single largest portion of the 2004 federal budget and makes up a full 43 percent of budgeted expenditures. This figure does not include an unknown amount of other defense spending that is directly paid by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. [...]	2004-08-30 12:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV ECON MARR TC
04ABUDHABI3095	OPEC TO RAISE PRODUCTON QUOTA? [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Petroleum advisor Dr. Ibrahim Ismail (protect) told EconChief that he thought that OPEC Ministers would raise the production quota by 1-1.5 mb/d to reflect at least some of OPEC's current overproduction and to help calm the markets. He also said that the ministers w [...]	2004-09-13 13:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
04ABUDHABI3386	UAE HESITANT TO ENTER INTO GCC/UE FTA [...] (SBU) Summary: Gulf News reported recently that a GCC/EU free trade accord would likely be signed within the next few months. Officials from the UAE Ministry of Economy and Commerce are not enthusiastic about the potential FTA, and are skeptical that it will come to fruition in the near futu [...]	2004-09-28 05:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETAD ECON EFIN TC
04ABUDHABI3526	SCENESETTER FOR USTR ZOELLICK'S TRAVEL TO THE UAE [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Michele J. Sison for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Ambassador Zoellick: I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. Over the last few years, relations between the UAE and the U.S [...]	2004-10-06 14:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP TC ETRD ECON EINV PREL
04ABUDHABI3925	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL THOMAS TO THE UAE [...] (U) Chairman Thomas: On behalf of Ambassador Sison, I would like to welcome you and your delegation to the UAE. Your visit comes during a dynamic period in the U.S.-UAE bilateral relationship. I understand that you have been briefed on the UAE, so I just wanted to highlight some issues for y [...]	2004-11-01 13:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TC
04ABUDHABI4400	NEW UAE OIL MINISTER CONFIRMS MODERATE STANCE [...] (C) Summary: New UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili told Ambassador on December 5 that the UAE was committed to meeting market needs. He also underlined the UAE's interest in market stability and moderate prices that support global growth. The Minister stressed that OPEC was doing all it could to [...]	2004-12-05 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
04ABUDHABI790	FORMER UAE OIL MINISTER SHARES "SECRET" DOCUMENT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Special Adviser to the President and the UAE's first Oil Minister Man'a Al-Otaiba recently passed the Ambassador a document on Abu Dhabi oil production marked "secret," and dated February 16, 2003. Al-O [...]	2004-03-21 05:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUJA1054	LABOR SUSPENDED THE NATIONAL STRIKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Labour Congress (NLC) strike that began June 9 was "suspended" in the evening of June 11 when the NLC announced that the GON had substantially complied with the demand to reduce fuel prices. The NLC called its strike a success, while some of the opposition felt the [...]	2004-06-14 13:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EPET NI
04ABUJA1279	YELWA: WITH WOUNDS STILL FRESH, RESIDENTS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 23-25, Poloff traveled to the Middle Belt state of Plateau, visiting Jos and crisis-torn Yelwa-Shendam where over 800 people were killed in a long-drawn communal conflict in May this year. The small town of Yelwa-Shendam was a ghost town with few residents returning. [...]	2004-07-22 05:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC NI
04ABUJA1381	NIGERIA: U.S. COMPANY LOSES BID, ALLEGES [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED PARAGRAPH THIRTEEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Earlier this year, Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) solicited bids in the sale of a majority stake in ALSCON, the state aluminum smelting plant. The bid by an American corporation, BFIGroup Corporation, to acquire the [...]	2004-08-12 04:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL BEXP EINV EFIN NI
04ABUJA1555	RECOMMEND POTUS MEET WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO [...] (C) U.S. Mission recommends POTUS, or the Secretary, meet with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo during his September 21-24 trip to the United States, to thank and encourage Obasanjo on Darfur, Liberia and Nigeria's domestic reforms, and to raise the level of our bilateral dialogue on oil a [...]	2004-09-08 12:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
04ABUJA1653	NIGERIA, CORRUPTION, AND US [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption is a serious problem for Nigeria, and harms U.S. interests. President Bush took up the issue in the G8 transparency/anti-corruption Compact with Nigeria at Sea Island, and the next important U.S. effort will be at the Nigeria-G8 meeting in Washington October 4. Post [...]	2004-09-24 07:58:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KCOR EPET EAID NI
04ABUJA1663	(U) GON DIRECTIVE COULD COMPEL HALLIBURTON TO [...] (C) Summary: Recent GON decisions banning Halliburton from receiving new government contracts and requiring it to export all of its radioactive resources from Nigeria threaten Halliburton's continued operations in the country. Halliburton is doing all it can to reverse these decisions and ha [...]	2004-09-28 08:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ETRD ECON PREL NI OIL
04ABUJA1727	PARTIAL COMPLIANCE AS NATIONWIDE STRIKE ENTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The nationwide sit-at-home strike called by the leadership of the NLC entered its second day October 12. In Abuja, most streets and markets were active, but the doors of most commercial banks and filling stations were closed to customers. In Lagos, the stock exchange and Cent [...]	2004-10-12 13:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV EPET KDEM ECON NI
04ABUJA2047	NIGERIA'S SEA ISLAND COMPACT ACTION PLAN [...] Summary: The GON's Senior Special Adviser to the President, Oby Ezekwesili, invited Poloff to her office on December 10 to receive the updated Nigeria-G8 action plan. She instead also invited World Bank Senior Advisor Charles McPherson and, with McPherson as audience, used the meeting to le [...]	2004-12-13 03:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR EAID NI
04ABUJA277	REP. JEFFERSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBASANJO, [...] President Obasanjo told visiting Congressman Jefferson, Charge Anyaso and notetakers February 16 that Nigeria has provided all necessary documents and legislation to the USG for the AGOA textiles visa (reftel and ref faxes),and considers the ball to be in the USG court. Obasanjo agreed with [...]	2004-02-20 04:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD NI
04ABUJA539	JUDGMENT OF YOLA -- PDP GOVERNOR'S ELECTION [...] (U) An election tribunal on March 24 nullified the election of PDP Governor Bonie Haruna, VP Atiku's protege, in Atiku's home Adamawa state. The judgment delivered in Yola amidst tight security and police intimidation was a unanimous decision of the five-judge panel that the April 19, 2003 el [...]	2004-03-26 13:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
04ACCRA1280	TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY TAYLOR MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Taylor met May 31 with Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor Paul Acquah to review the state of Ghana,s economy. Acquah stated that the GoG is on course to meet IMF and World Bank conditions necessary to achieve HIPC Completion Point in July. Acquah reiterated GoG support for th [...]	2004-06-17 13:43:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN GH
04ACCRA1283	GHANA COMPLETES IMF LETTER OF INTENT, PUSHES FOR [...] (SBU) The GoG submitted its Letter of Intent (LOI) to the IMF on June 8, in time for IMF Executive Board meeting to go forward as planned on June 30. The GoG is working to fulfill prior actions: 1) impose a 2.5 percent VAT increase; 2) adjust water and electricity prices; and 3) complete wage [...]	2004-06-18 08:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN GH
04ACCRA1298	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION JUNE VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) officials met with GoG leaders, donors and Ghana's private sector, civil society and media during their June 6-9 visit. Finance Minister Osafo Maafo reiterated Ghana's intention to use the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS) as a framework for [...]	2004-06-21 16:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON GH MCA
04ACCRA1447	STATUS OF THE WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINE -- THE [...] (SBU) The parties involved in the West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP) are working to keep it on schedule and avoid escalating costs. It appears unlikely they will meet the July 31 deadline for "Final Investment Decision" (FID),but mid-September may be possible. The "TO DO" list is daunting: 1) [...]	2004-07-09 11:50:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ECON EAID GH
04ACCRA2044	GHANA'S PARLIAMENT MEETS ONE LAST TIME BEFORE [...] (C) Ghana's Parliament convened October 5 for a final, abbreviated session prior to the December elections. Parliament's agenda includes a number of bills and agreements important to the U.S. This includes the Ghana-OPIC Agreement, the Ghana-Kaiser Aluminum Agreement on the Sale of Valco, the [...]	2004-10-16 17:51:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAIR ENRG EINV EIND PREL GH OPIC
04ACCRA2205	KAISER COMPLETES SALE OF VALCO TO THE GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Kaiser Aluminum has sold its 90-percent stake in the Volta River Aluminum Company (Valco) to the Government of Ghana (GoG)for USD 18.5 million. After Parliament ratified the sale agreement on October 28 (septel),GoG and Kaiser officials met in London on October 29 to complete the officia [...]	2004-11-08 17:22:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EMIN ENRG GH EXIM OPIC
04ACCRA2213	GHANA: FINAL PARLIAMENT ACTION IN 2004 [...] This cable highlights significant legislation that passed Parliament during its October 5 - November 4 session and follows up on bills of particular US interest, as highlighted Reftel. 2. In its final session of 2004, Parliament ratified the OPIC-Ghana Investment Incentives Agreement, passe [...]	2004-11-09 12:28:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EAIR ENRG GH OPIC
04ACCRA2214	GHANA:ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS OCTOBER 1-NOVEMBER 5, [...] This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for the period October 1 - November 5, 2004. The issues covered are: -- S and P's Maintains Ghana's B Plus Rating -- Ghana's Corruption Score Improves -- FDI Numbers Also Better -- New Legislation to Spur Economy -- Gol [...]	2004-11-09 12:29:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON GH
04ACCRA2305	IMF READOUT ON GHANA'S ECONOMY [...] (SBU) The IMF has raised 2004 growth estimates for Ghana to 5.5 percent. Inflation should stay at 11-13 percent and the balance of payments improved in 2004 due to large cocoa exports, donor aid flows and record remittances. There is concern on the fiscal side, with wages and fuel subsidies [...]	2004-11-23 16:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ENRG GH OPIC
04ACCRA2384	GHANA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS NOVEMBER 2004 [...] This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for November 2004. The issues covered are: -- Ambassador Hosts AmCham Breakfast -- Fitch and Standard and Poor's Reaffirm Ghana Ratings -- World Bank Approves West Africa Gas Pipeline Project -- President Kufuor Opens Co [...]	2004-12-07 15:08:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN GH OPIC
04ACCRA2402	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL [...] Despite the generous provisions of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA),West Africa is still unable to take advantage of the Act to export significant quantities and variety of fresh produce to the U.S. because of non- compliance with USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS [...]	2004-12-09 17:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ECOWAS AGR
04ACCRA2484	WEST AFRICA GAS PIPELINE NEARING THE FINISH LINE; [...] (SBU) On December 3, the Government of Ghana (GoG) hosted symbolic signing and groundbreaking ceremonies of the West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP). The States had not accomplished all conditions necessary for the West Africa Pipeline Company (WAPCo) to take Final Investment Decision (FID) prior t [...]	2004-12-15 17:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG ETRD GH OPIC
04ACCRA2551	WAGP INVESTMENT COMPLETED FOLLOWING LAST MINUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17 and 20 the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) and West Africa Gas Pipeline (WAGP) shareholders completed the final requirements for taking Final Investment Decision (FID). Most investors (excluding Togo and Benin) deposited their financial contributions int [...]	2004-12-23 20:22:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN GH OPIC
04ADANA164	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 9, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 15:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA166	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 8, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 16:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA2	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 1-2, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Evrensel / A gro [...]	2004-01-08 16:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ EFIN KCRM ADANA
04ADANA38	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, APRIL 01, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-02 02:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV TU IZ ADANA
04AMMAN1452	JORDANIAN MPS APPROVE GOVERNMENT BUDGET, BUT WARY [...] (C) Following a lengthy debate, 77 out of 97 deputies present in the Lower House of the Jordanian Parliament voted February 19 to approve the government's budget for 2004 as proposed. Prior to the vote, the government made a concerted effort to engage MPs and public opinion makers on the need [...]	2004-02-25 16:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN JO
04AMMAN2197	JORDANIANS UNITE TO PROTEST YASSIN KILLING [...] (C) Following harsh public condemnation from Jordan's King and Prime Minister, cabinet ministers and other government officials joined large and emotional demonstrations in Jordan against Israel's assassination of HAMAS leader Ahmad Yassin on March 22. Protesters and the Islamic Action Fron [...]	2004-03-23 17:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC IS JO
04AMMAN4310	ENERGY MINISTER ADDRESSES TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Energy Minister Khreisat, the al-Samra power plant construction tender has been and will remain transparent, despite complaints by U.S. contractor Black & Veatch (B&V). In a May 24 meeting, Khreisat also shared the Energy Ministry,s plans for modernization of the Z [...]	2004-05-31 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV JO
04AMMAN629	MEDIA REACTION ON VP CHENEY'S REMARKS AT THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-26 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN652	JORDAN PM PLEDGES CONTROVERSIAL TAX AND PRICE [...] (C) Summary. With unusual candor, Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez publicly announced oil product price and tax hikes to take effect later this year. Although Fayez softened the blow by announcing public pay increases and blaming previous governments and external forces, his political honeymo [...]	2004-01-26 18:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV EAID PREL JO
04AMMAN6726	NONVIOLENT IRAQI OPPOSITION FIGURES AIR FAMILIAR [...] SUMMARY: A two-day meeting held in Amman in late July offered an opportunity for prominent, nonviolent members of the Iraqi opposition to the coalition forces (CF) and Iraqi interim government (IIG) to meet with prominent, but predominantly non-official, Americans. The meeting produced a few [...]	2004-08-10 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL JO IZ
04AMMAN7200	JORDANIAN PM'S VISIT TO SYRIA: "SOME POSITIVENESS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade said the recent Jordanian visit to Syria found "some positiveness" on most economic issues, especially on trade. Jordan's main interest on the economic side was getting Syria to implement agreements already in p [...]	2004-08-26 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON JO SY
04AMMAN830	Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon Sign Phase Two [...] (u) SUMMARY: The Prime Ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon witnessed the signing of agreements to begin the second phase of a pipeline to supply natural gas from Egypt to the other three countries. This phase will extend the current Egypt-Jordan pipeline north to the Rihab Power S [...]	2004-02-03 15:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN JO
04AMMAN832	JORDANIAN FM DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, RELATIONS [...] (C) Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher told visiting NEA DAS Satterfield on February 1 that he was pushing for an Arab League resolution to help bolster the peace process, including a provision that would specifically condemn suicide bombings. He said it remained unclear whether the Arab League sum [...]	2004-02-03 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO KTER
04AMMAN8353	REACTIONS TO ISRAELI INCURSIONS IN GAZA, U.S. VETO [...] (U) The Israeli operations in Gaza prompted demonstrations in the Baqa'a refugee camp near Amman October 5 that resulted in clashes with Jordanian security forces. The Jordanian government has continued its call for a halt to incursions in Gaza and for renewed effort on the peace process. The L [...]	2004-10-06 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL JO
04ANKARA1228	Economic Partnership Commission: Update on [...] (SBU) MFA U/S Ziyal and U/S Larson agreed to discuss implementation of the Economic Partnership Commission Action Plan (ref c) by telephone at 10:30 EST on March 5. Embassy recommends that U/S Larson encourage Turkey to adhere to the economic reform program; press for resolution of U.S. busi [...]	2004-03-02 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV ENRG BEXP KIPR TU IZ
04ANKARA1422	Southeast Turkish Sunni religious leader on [...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent southeast Turkey Kurdish Sunni religious leader, or sheikh, from the Nakshibendi tarikat made a call on AMCONSUL Adana PO on March 1 and generally reflected a state of malaise in the region. He said that people in the region are wary of AKP and see the party as mo [...]	2004-03-10 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TU
04ANKARA1717	SOUTHEAST TURKEY SITUATION REPORT: IMPROVING [...] (SBU) From February 22-27, consulate personnel traveled the eastern part of the consular district, including the cities of Diyarbakir, Batman, Mardin, Nusaybin and Sanliurfa. The primary issues that emerged in meetings with academicians, medical and legal professionals, politicians, local ad [...]	2004-03-23 09:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON TU SY IZ
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
04ANKARA2721	TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish officials say they continue to strongly support the East-West Energy Corridor and are positioning Turkey to become the transit hub for Caspian and Middle East natural gas to Europe. Turkey is pushing two pipeline projects to export gas to Europe and exploring options f [...]	2004-05-14 09:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET ETRD SENV TU
04ANKARA2812	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-18 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2914	CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of the IEA's Seminar "Natural Gas in South East Europe," May 5-6, in Istanbul, Ambassador Mann met with Energy U/S Sami Demirbilek and MFA DDG for Energy Hakki Akil to discuss U.S.-Turkish coordination in support of the East-West Energy Corridor. Turkish officia [...]	2004-05-25 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ENRG EPET ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA3336	AMBASSADOR EDELMAN URGES TURKEYS' ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler, Ambassador Edelman welcomed progress on the East-West Energy Corridor, raised concerns about Iranian gas exports to Europe, expressed support for Bosphorus bypass pipelines, and pressed the GOT to accelerate energy sector [...]	2004-06-14 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EPET SENV TU
04ANKARA3484	SCENESETTER FOR CODELS FRIST, LUGAR, AND BEREUTER [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Erdogan's ruling AK Party (AKP) appears unassailable, with a two-thirds majority in Parliament and no viable opposition party. GOT legal reforms have improved the chances for an accession negotiation start date from the EU in December. Yet AKP struggles with corruption, ad h [...]	2004-06-21 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR TU
04ANKARA3802	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3900	MFA DISPUTES REPORT THAT TURKEY AND IRAN AGREED ON [...] (U) According to a report carried by the Turkish online news service Zaman and several Iranian news outlets, Iran has offered to reduce the price of its natural gas exports to Turkey if Turkey agrees to facilitate the transport of Iranian gas to Europe. The report added that the deal was rea [...]	2004-07-14 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD ETTC IR TU
04ANKARA3908	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-14 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA402	GOT STICKS TO HARD LINE ON BOT ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Energy Minister Guler's recent public comment that he had a "secret plan" to resolve the BOT energy disputes by the end of the month, we see no sign of progress. In fact, the companies and the government are not even seriously discussing possible compromises. Instead, [...]	2004-01-22 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL US
04ANKARA4109	CASPIAN BASIN ENERGY DIPLOMACY AMBASSADOR MANN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Ambassador Steven Mann encouraged Turkish Energy Minister Guler to work together with the United States to promote Caspian natural gas exports through Turkey to Europe, but cautioned about Iranian gas transitting Turkey. Guler noted Turkey's difficult relationship with Iran [...]	2004-07-23 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4112	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 TRIP TO IRAN: U.S. [...] (C) In delivering reftel demarche July 22 to MFA DDG for South Asia Evirgen, polcounselor noted our understanding that Turkey shares U.S. views on the need for sharp improvement in Iranian behavior. The USG has strong interest in seeing PM Erdogan deliver crisp, unambiguous messages to Tehran [...]	2004-07-23 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON ENRG TU IR
04ANKARA4186	MERSIN REFINERY FIRE CONTROLLED [...] (U) A FIERCE FIRE BROKE OUT ON JULY 25 AT ATAS OIL REFINERY IN MERSIN. ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, A TANK CONTAINING SOME NINE THOUSAND CUBIC METERS OF CRUDE OIL WAS ABLAZE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AS FIREFIGHTERS WORKED TO PREVENT THE FIRE FROM SPREADING TO OTHER AREAS OF THE REFINERY. MERSIN F [...]	2004-07-28 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET TU IZ
04ANKARA4190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4233	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4267	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-30 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4419	COMNAVEUR VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) Summary: Welcome back to Turkey! Although you are a frequent visitor, this visit is particularly important because you will be wearing your US (vice NATO) hat. As such, yours is the first visit by a US four-star admiral in a national capacity since ADM Natter,s visit as Fleet Forces Com [...]	2004-08-06 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA4421	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S JULY 27-29 VISIT TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and ruling AKP contacts, PM Erdogan urged the Iranians to cooperate with IAEA on their nuclear program. The visit failed to produce an agreement on an expanded project to transship Iranian natural gas: the Turks sought a price reduction on their 1996 gas deal wi [...]	2004-08-06 13:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ KNNP PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA4443	TURKEY AND IRAN GAS, BOSPORUS BYPASS, AND BTC [...] (C) Summary: In a August 5 meeting with Charge, MFA Deputy U/S for Economic Relations Alev Kilic expressed general support for U.S. goals for regional energy development - with one exception. While Kilic stressed that Turkey,s priority for natural gas was for realizing transit from the Caspi [...]	2004-08-09 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD IR GA UK TU
04ANKARA4489	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-10 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4526	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-11 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4563	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4601	TURKISH ENERGY OFFICIALS ON LIBERALIZATION, IRAN, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's BOTAS (Petroleum Pipeline Corporation) Director Mehmet Bilgic expressed confidence in Turkey and BOTAS' growing role as an energy transit country for oil and gas, citing that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyan oil pipeline and Shah Deniz gas pipeline (tendering process) were on sc [...]	2004-08-16 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD IR TU
04ANKARA4887	PUTIN VISIT TO TURKEY SEPTEMBER 2-3 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: The highest-level Russian visitor to Turkey since Podgorny in 1972, Putin will arrive amid steadily increasing bilateral economic ties -- particularly in Russian energy sales and interest in energy-sector investments and ar [...]	2004-08-27 16:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ENRG TU RS
04ANKARA4946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-01 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5051	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS BOSPHORUS DEMARCHES TO ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered ref a-d demarches on Bosphorus bypass issues on August 31 to Minister of Energy Hilmi Guler. Ambassador stressed that the USG did not support a specific route or project, but called for timely, transparent decisions from the GOT on permits, specifically fo [...]	2004-09-08 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT PREL ELTN EINV ENRG SENV TU UK
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
04ANKARA6043	TURKISH OIL COMPANY WANTS TO DO BUSINESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to its CEO, the state-owned Turkish Petroleum Corporation (TPAO) has developed a "strategic plan" for reengaging in oil and gas development in Northern Iraq that it will present in Baghdad, Washington, and London. Understanding that Iraq's oil and gas resources are con [...]	2004-10-25 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EWWT TU IZ
04ANKARA6170	TURKEY/IRAQ JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE TO MEET [...] Summary: (SBU) The first post-war meeting of the Turkey-Iraq Joint Economic Committee will take place November 4 in Ankara, co-chaired by Turkish Trade Minister Kursad Tuzmen and Iraqi Oil Minister Thamir Ghadban. Turkey has a long list of objectives, including security for Turkish truckers [...]	2004-11-02 05:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD IZ PREL SY TU
04ANKARA6479	TURKEY: EURASIA SENIOR ADVISOR MANN MEETINGS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 8 meetings with Turkish officials on energy issues, Eurasia Senior Advisor Steven Mann stressed the importance of a level playing field for American companies in Turkey's energy sector and unflagging USG support for a Bosphorus bypass and expansion of natural gas trad [...]	2004-11-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV BEXP TU

04ANKARA6565	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6649	GOT Concerns on Some Aspects of CSI [...] (SBU) At briefings on the Container Security Initiative by visiting Immigration, Customs and Enforcement Attache, Turkish officials reaffirmed their interest in the program, but expressed sensitivities about stationing U.S. personnel in Turkish customs areas and said a bilateral agreement woul [...]	2004-12-01 07:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER ETRD PREL ETTC KTIA TU
04ANKARA6797	TURKEY: IMPORTANT, BUT TENTATIVE, STEP ON NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a possible step forward on long-delayed gas sector liberalization, the Turkish State Pipeline Company BOTAS announced a tender for six of its natural gas import contracts in November. Although legal obstacles may eventually require that the tender be switched to gas volumes, [...]	2004-12-07 05:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EPET TU
04ANKARA6887	PUTIN VISITS TURKEY: RUSSIA BIDS TO TURN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Putin's visit demonstrated both Russia's assessment that Turkey is in play and the Turks' habit for mixing wishful thinking, barbarian handling, and a desire for (lucrative) attention. As of now, the visit appears not to have been the total breakthrough the Russians and some Turks [...]	2004-12-10 19:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS EPET ETRD TU
04ANKARA6948	TURKEY NUCLEAR ENERGY - ANNOUNCE IT AND THEY WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is pursuing the ambitious goal of adding nuclear energy to its power mix over the next decade, and is seeking U.S. or French know-how as its technology of choice. Raised earlier this year when PM Erdogan visited France, nuclear energy cooperation was also hastily added to [...]	2004-12-15 05:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV TRGY TU
04BOGOTA1764	THE LAST COLOMBIAN MUNICIPALITY WITHOUT A PUBLIC [...] (SBU) On February 12, the GOC reinstalled police forces in Murindo, Antioquia department, a region in Uraba that has long lacked a public security presence. Murindo was the last of Colombia's 1,098 municipalities (equivalent to a U.S. county) to receive a public security force -- completing a [...]	2004-02-20 20:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SNAR CO
04BOGOTA2071	FARC ATTEMPTS MAJOR KIDNAPPING IN HUILA DEPARTMENT [...] (C) On February 23, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) Teofilo Forero Mobile Column (TFMC) launched simultaneous attacks on a luxury residential complex in Neiva, Huila department, the city's power grid, and an isolated military outpost west of the city. A quick police respon [...]	2004-02-27 20:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PREL CO FARC
04BOGOTA4839	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: TELECOMS AND NON-FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Telecoms and other non-financial services account for 59 percent of Colombia's GDP. Despite two waves of liberalization, regulatory barriers still protect state-owned service providers from private and foreign firms. Barriers to foreign providers of professional services are fa [...]	2004-05-11 22:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BRASILIA1185	SCENE SETTER: PRESIDENT LULA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (U) Summary: Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva visits China May 22 - 27, accompanied by a huge entourage of Ministers and business leaders, determined to put Brazil-China relations at the center of his quest for strategic alliances. Trade and investment may be the most visible it [...]	2004-05-14 17:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR BTIO EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL CH UNSC WTRO
04BRASILIA1635	ACAUA TRIP REPORT: THE POLITICS OF HUNGER IN [...] SUMMARY. Acaua is a modest municipality of 5,430 people in northeastern Brazil that was selected as one of two pilot communities for President Lula's flagship social program "Fome Zero" (Zero Hunger) in February of 2003. Econoff's June 2, 2004 trip to Acaua provided a sharp contrast to deso [...]	2004-07-01 15:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI EAID PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON BR
04BRASILIA2245	ZERO SATISFACTION FROM GOB ON SODA-ASH TAX ISSUE [...] (SBU) On August 18, Itamaraty officials presented us their official finding that the Rio state tax policy with regard to soda ash produced by local enterprise ALCALIS does not illegally discriminate against U.S. soda ash producers/exporters. Our own scrutiny of the text of the 2001 Rio State [...]	2004-09-03 20:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV PREL PGOV BR
04BRASILIA2885	CHINA'S ONE NOTE SAMBA WITH BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On November 11 Brazil rolled out the red carpet for Chinese President Hu Jintao, in country for a five-day state visit. Commercial issues dominated the bilateral discussions. In its demand that Brazil recognize its "market economy" status in exchange for tra [...]	2004-11-23 12:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON PHUM BEXP TSPL EAGR
04BRASILIA290	"FOLHA" COMMENTARY SAVAGES GOB ENERGY MODEL [...] The bill to establish the GoB's would-be new energy- model has been passed by the Chamber of Deputies and is now in the Senate committee-stage (Septel.) Over most of the model's key detail there continues to hang a heavy fog of general unclarity. Increasingly, though, private-sector and ind [...]	2004-02-06 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV SOCI BR
04BRATISLAVA197	EU ENLARGEMENT AND WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT [...] The following is post's submission of updated GPA information for Slovakia, per reftel, under Directive 93/37. 2. The procuring entity (contracting authority) is defined in Art. 4, of Act No. 523/2003, as: a) the Slovak Republic represented by a state administration body, a body or an a [...]	2004-02-27 17:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL LO EU WTO
04BRATISLAVA760	SLOVAK RESPONSE TO ICAO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-13 13:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAIR LO ICAO
04BRUSSELS1766	SUBJECT: APRIL 15 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 15, NEA/ENA Director Greg Berry led discussions on the Maghreb with the EU's Troika (COMAG). Issues discussed were: -- The Barcelona Process and European Neighborhood Policy: EU officials shared their views on the existing Barcelona Process and their new Neighborhood Po [...]	2004-04-23 08:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV XI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3447	ROMANIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT TRAIAN BASESCU SETS OUT [...] (U) Summary. In his first speech after acknowledging his win in presidential run-off elections, Romanian President- elect Traian Basescu emphasized EU integration, poverty, political influence on state institutions and corruption, all key Basescu themes in his presidential campaign. He highl [...]	2004-12-15 17:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI RO
04CARACAS1114	CELLIST TELLS OF TORTURE AND FLUBBED INVESTIGATION [...] (C) National Guard troops detained Carlos Izcaray, first cellist with the National Symphony Orchestra, March 1 while he was observing demonstrations in Caracas. Guardsmen beat him, subjected him to electrical shocks, forced him to inhale tear gas in an enclosed space, and burned tear gas powde [...]	2004-03-31 20:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS VE
04CARACAS1116	WHEN CHAVISTAS ATTACK: OPPOSITION ACCUSATIONS/GOV [...] (C) The Coordinadora Democratica (CD) documented 210 assaults on opposition supporters by civilians or plainclothes security forces between February 27 and March 5. National Assembly Deputy Pedro Diaz Blum (Proyecto Venezuela) told poloff March 17 that National Guard troops allowed armed Chav [...]	2004-03-31 23:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1155	TORTURED DETAINEES RELEASED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...] (U) SEVEN YOUTHS (DAVID AMUNDARAIN, HEBER GUSTAVO PRADA, JOSE PERALTA, RODRIGUO ALEGRETT, JOSE MOYO ROJAS, ANGEL KENT DAVIOTT, AND JOSE RAMON MERLO) DETAINED DURING POLITICAL DISTURBANCES FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 5 WERE RELEASED FROM LA PLANTA PRISON IN CARACAS MARCH 31, ACCORDING TO NEWS REPORTS. PR [...]	2004-04-02 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM VE
04CARACAS1241	PDVSA PRESIDENT RODRIGUEZ COUNSELS PRAGMATISM [...] (C) In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) President Ali Rodriguez counseled a "dose of pragmatism" for U.S. relations with Venezuela. He defended the recent OPEC decision to reduce production but said Venezuela would be able to supply gasoline to the U.S. t [...]	2004-04-12 20:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL VE
04CARACAS1350	CHAVEZ RAISES OIL CUT-OFF AGAIN [...] (C) President Chavez has again raised the threat of stopping oil sales to the U.S., this time in response to President Bush's alleged "intervention." The remarks, made to an Italian newspaper, follow several weeks in which this theme had lain dormant (although he has turned to other forms o [...]	2004-04-21 21:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET VE
04CARACAS1426	VISIT TO VENEZUELA OF SENATOR NELSON - ECONOMIC [...] (C) During his April 15-17 visit to Venezuela Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) met with representatives of U.S. energy businesses operating in Venezuela, with state oil corporation PDVSA President Ali Rodriguez, and with members of the board of the Venezuela-U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Industry ( [...]	2004-04-27 21:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL VE
04CARACAS1446	GOV DENIES OIL WILL GO TO CHINA [...] (C) The GOV said once again on April 26 that Venezuela would continue to be a reliable oil supplier to the United States. The statement was made in response to a story in Miami's "El Nuevo Herald" picked up by all leading Caracas dailies the morning of April 26, which alleges that Chavez has [...]	2004-04-29 10:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET VE
04CARACAS1476	GOV: RENEWED OFFENSIVE AGAINST EX-PDVSA EMPLOYEES [...] (U) THE GOV RESUMED FORCED EVICTIONS OF EX-OIL WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES EARLY THE MORNING OF APRIL 22 AT THE CAMPO MEDICO RESIDENTIAL AREA IN FALCON STATE. UP TO 80 NATIONAL GUARD (GN) TROOPS IN FULL RIOT GEAR SURROUNDED THE HOME OF ANDRES AND MARISOL PACHECO AND FORCED THE FAMILY TO VACATE [...]	2004-04-30 21:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1505	VENEZUELAN READINESS FOR ISPS IMPLEMENTATION [...] REFTELS REQUEST THAT POST INFORM THE GOV REGARDING USG ENFORCEMENT OF THE NEW INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION INTERNATIONAL SHIP AND PORT FACILITY SECURITY CODE (ISPS). 2. ON APRIL 29, THIS INFORMATION WAS FORMALLY CONVEYED TO THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DIRECTORATE GENERAL O [...]	2004-05-05 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ENRG ETRD ECON PHSA PREL VE
04CARACAS1549	STEEL STRIKE RAISES ISSUES OF POWER AND [...] (SBU) A strike at the partially privatized SIDOR steel complex in Puerto Ordaz (Bolivar state) by a pro-government union has gone on for two weeks. Company sources express fear that the strike, allegedly over failure to share profits with workers, may be a prelude to an effort to undo the [...]	2004-05-11 21:14:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV VE
04CARACAS1550	VENEZUELA'S FUEL DEAL WITH ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) Venezuela and Argentina are moving forward with a USD 200 million deal under which state oil corporation PDVSA sells fuel oil and diesel fuel to Argentine firms to ease its energy crisis, and Argentine companies sell a range of food products and manufactures to the GOV. In addition to [...]	2004-05-12 11:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL VE AR
04CARACAS163	EXXONMOBIL PETROCHEMICAL PROJECT LOOKS LIKELY [...] (U) The following message is Sensitive but Unclassified because it contains corporate information. Please handle accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador met January 13 with Dan Sanders, President of the ExxonMobil Chemical Company, to discuss the status of a possi [...]	2004-01-16 16:43:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET VE
04CARACAS1740	VENEZUELA'S DETENTIONS RECORD: POLITICALLY [...] (C) More than 400 persons detained during the February 27-March 5 political disturbances have been released, but many still face pending charges. Since December 2002, the detention, or threatened detention, of individuals aligned with the opposition has increased. Some of the persons detaine [...]	2004-05-20 19:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS2033	THE NEXT ROUND OF ARRESTS? [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-18 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS2038	PDVSA: AND YET MORE RESHUFFLING? [...] (C) RUMORS OF UPCOMING SENIOR LEVEL DEPARTURES/REASSIGNMENTS WITHIN VENEZUELA'S ENERGY SECTOR ARE ONCE AGAIN REACHING FEVER PITCH IN CARACAS WITH PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA (PDVSA) PRESIDENT ALI RODRIGUEZ, CITGO PRESIDENT LUIS MARIN, AND VICE MINISTER FOR HYDROCARBONS LUIS VIERMA THE MOST POPULAR [...]	2004-06-18 21:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS2045	PDVSA: AND YET MORE RESHUFFLING? [...] (C) RUMORS OF UPCOMING SENIOR LEVEL DEPARTURES/REASSIGNMENTS WITHIN VENEZUELA'S ENERGY SECTOR ARE ONCE AGAIN REACHING FEVER PITCH IN CARACAS WITH PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA (PDVSA) PRESIDENT ALI RODRIGUEZ, CITGO PRESIDENT LUIS MARIN, AND VICE MINISTER FOR HYDROCARBONS LUIS VIERMA THE MOST POPULAR [...]	2004-06-21 19:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS2197	MAVERICK DEPUTY MAKES CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTY ROGER RONDON (PODEMOS) ATTACKED THE RULING FIFTH REPUBLIC MOVEMENT (MVR) AND HAD HIS HANDS SLAPPED AS A CONSEQUENCE AFTER A WEEK-LONG MID-JUNE CAMPAIGN TO BRING A VOTE OF CENSURE AGAINST MINISTER OF ENERGY AND MINES RAFAEL RAMIREZ_. RONDON FAILED TO BRING THE VOTE [...]	2004-07-09 14:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG VE
04CARACAS2254	SENIOR OFFICIAL PUTS POSITIVE SPIN ON NEW PROJECT [...] (C) Energy Vice Minister Luis Vierma told Emboffs July 12 that Venezuela is currently producing 3 million b/d of oil. He also provided a glowing overview of upcoming projects, both for Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and the private sector. Most industry analysts, however, continue to put Vene [...]	2004-07-15 19:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET VE
04CARACAS2255	PETROAMERICA: CHAVEZ'S OIL DREAM FOR THE AMERICAS [...] (C) Energy Vice Minister Luis Vierma told Emboffs July 12 that discussions with Caribbean nations on the formation of a "PetroCaribe" joint venture are at a preliminary stage. According to Vierma, the GOV's plans for the Hemisphere envision a holding company "PetroAmerica" that would have thre [...]	2004-07-15 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL VE
04CARACAS2540	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 6 [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) unanimously agreed to go to a manual vote if the electronic voting machines fail August 15. The CNE also finalized plans to audit the electronic voting machines on August 8. Unidentified persons attacked a pro-Chavez campaign office in Maracaibo August [...]	2004-08-09 11:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2543	REFERENDUM DAY GASOLINE SHORTAGES LIKELY IN [...] (C) ChevronTexaco (CTX) downstream managers confirm they believe the GOV will seek to cut off gasoline supplies in the eastern (opposition) part of Caracas before the August 15 referendum. Such an action could cost the opposition a (very) few votes, but would raise tensions immediately before [...]	2004-08-09 19:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG KDEM VE
04CARACAS2564	CHAVEZ CHARMING THE OIL SECTOR [...] (C) An August 6 ceremony to mark the opening of drilling by ChevronTexaco in the off-shore Deltana Platform natural gas project provided President Chavez with an opportunity to posture for the nation and to send a message to the United States. Chavez publicly tasked Ali Moshiri, ChevronTexaco [...]	2004-08-11 14:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV VE
04CARACAS2570	EXXONMOBIL TO SIGN PROJECT DOCUMENT [...] (C) ExxonMobil de Venezuela President Mark Ward told the Ambassador August 9 that the company is likely to sign the Preliminary Development Agreement (PDA) for a multi-billion dollar petrochemical project with the GOV on August 12. Ward reported that the signing will take place in PDVSA Presid [...]	2004-08-11 15:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV VE
04CARACAS2594	CHEVRONTEXACO: SEIZING THE DAY [...] (C) ChevronTexaco is pushing to expand its business opportunities in Venezuela. The company received the formal license for Block 3 of the off-shore Deltana Platform project at an August 6 ceremony marking the opening of exploratory drilling in Block 2 (see reftel). At that time, ChevronTexa [...]	2004-08-12 20:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS2616	VENEZUELA: REFERENDUM UPDATE, 6:00 P.M., AUGUST 15 [...] (C) National Electoral Council (CNE) director Jorge Rodriguez announced at 1:30 p.m. that polling hours have officially been extended until 8 p.m.; persons still in line at the time would be allowed to vote. CNE directors Francisco Carrasquero and Rodriguez told reporters they obtained a CD [...]	2004-08-15 21:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2624	CHAVEZ DECLARES REFERENDUM VICTORY - SO DOES [...] (C) Venezuelan National Electoral Council President Francisco Carrasquero announced August 16 that preliminary results showed 58% of voters chose not to revoke President Chavez. Opposition leaders rejected the result, claiming their exit polls showed that 59% voted in favor of revocation. In [...]	2004-08-16 17:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
04CARACAS2739	VENEZUELA: EXTRA HEAVY CRUDE-BEST CHANCE FOR [...] (C) The prospects for additional Venezuelan oil production in the short term come from the four projects that produce synthetic crude from Venezuela's abundant resources of extra heavy crude. We calculate that Venezuela's syncrude production could increase to as much as 634,000 b/d by the en [...]	2004-08-30 14:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS2740	EXXONMOBIL: STAYING THE COURSE IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) With the August 12 signing of the Preliminary Development Agreement (PDA) for a giant petrochemical project, ExxonMobil finally looks to have overcome the disappointment of being shut out of the Mariscal Sucre natural gas project in 2002. Econoff met July 22 with ExxonMobil de Venezuela P [...]	2004-08-30 14:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG VE
04CARACAS3230	VENEZUELAN-RUSSIAN COOPERATION [...] (C) Venezuelan Vice-President Jose Vicente Rangel led a delegation to Moscow from October 2-6 for the first meeting of the High-Level Russo-Venezuelan Intergovernmental Commission (CIAN). Rangel discussed joint efforts to combat international terrorism and military-technological cooperation w [...]	2004-10-20 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD VE
04CARACAS337	PRIVATE SECTOR OIL PRODUCTION [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------ SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A document prepared following a December luncheon in which private sector company representatives shared average monthly production numbers for both oil and gas production from their fields has g [...]	2004-01-29 22:31:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON VE
04CARACAS3638	Ramirez_ TAKES OVER PDVSA WHILE KEEPING ENERGY [...] (C) Minister of Energy and Mines Rafael Ramirez_ has been sworn in as President of state oil corporation PDVSA, while maintaining his ministerial position. Energy experts who have opposed Chavez publicly assert that his appointment marks the definitive end to PDVSA as a commercial (vice poli [...]	2004-11-24 19:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV VE
04CARACAS3715	CHAVEZ-URIBE SUMMIT: ECONOMICS FOCUS WITH SECURITY [...] (C) Most Venezuelan press reports on the Chavez-Uribe summit in Colombia November 9 focused on security issues, especially Chavez's declaration that the GOV does not support the FARC. The joint declaration, on the other hand, avoided such topics, focusing almost completely on economic issues [...]	2004-12-01 19:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PINS ENRG ETRD VE
04CARACAS3929	MEETING WITH TUPAMAROS WORKING IN CARACAS [...] (C) Alberto "Chino" Carias, a member of the urban guerrilla group Tupamaros (now a political party) and now a public security official for the Caracas metropolitan district, discussed with poloff December 21 the re-structuring the Metropolitan Police and the December 8 street vendor riot in do [...]	2004-12-23 14:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS546	GROWING PRESSURE FOR RENEGOTIATION OF OIL SERVICE [...] (C) There are signs that the GOV has started playing hardball in its efforts to force the oil companies that signed operating service agreements in the 1990's to convert these contracts into the majority GOV-owned joint ventures mandated under the 2001 Hydrocarbons Law. Public claims by the [...]	2004-02-13 20:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON VE
04CARACAS552	VENEZUELA POLITICAL UPDATE: 2/13/2004 [...] Carter Center: -- (U) In a February 13 statement the Carter Center called on the National Electoral Council (CNE) to publish a firm schedule to finish their verification of signature sheets by February 28. 2. OAS: -- (C) OAS observers told poloff that a February 28 deadline would most [...]	2004-02-13 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
04CARACAS651	CIVIL REBELLION CHARGES SPARK PROTESTS IN MERIDA [...] (C) Pro-GOV Merida State Governor Florencio Porras ordered an investigation against 24 opposition-aligned citizens in January, alleging civil rebellion stemming back to events in April 2002, when President Hugo Chavez was briefly removed from power. Students led violent protests January 29 and [...]	2004-02-26 22:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS700	WEEKEND OF CONFLICT IN CARACAS; NO CNE DECISION YET [...] (C) Opposition groups staged two days of protests in the wake of the February 27 march that left one dead and dozens injured. The GOV staged its own march of hundreds of thousands on February 28 to protest U.S. intervention in Venezuelan affairs. Speaking to the crowd, President Chavez deliv [...]	2004-03-01 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS708	CHEVRONTEXACO GRANTED SECOND OFF-SHORE GAS BLOCK [...] (C) Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez_ announced February 19 the award of Block 3 of the off-shore Deltana Platform natural gas project to ChevronTexaco. Despite the fact that ChevronTexaco was the only bidder for the block in December 2003, ChevronTexaco de Venezuela President Ali Moshiri said [...]	2004-03-02 17:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON VE
04CARACAS714	ECONOMIC FALL-OUT FROM INCREASED POLITICAL TENSIONS [...] (SBU) The rise in political tensions over the revocatory referendum on Chavez's tenure in office and attendant violence is beginning to spill over into the economy. The parallel market bolivar/dollar rate has spiked as has the spread on Venezuelan bonds. It appears, however, that a planned [...]	2004-03-02 20:41:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EFIN ENRG VE
04CARACAS752	IS ANYONE KEEPING SCORE? HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS [...] (U) Growing violence since February 27 has produced a sharp rise in the number and types of human rights violations throughout Venezuela. Several local human rights organizations, Amnesty International, and the Inter-American Human Rights Commission issued statements condemning the violence [...]	2004-03-08 11:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS851	IN GAS CEREMONY CHAVEZ SOUNDS A LESS AGGRESSIVE [...] (C) President Chavez pointedly lowered his anti-U.S. rhetoric in a March 9 ceremony hurriedly organized by the GOV to recognize the award to ChevronTexaco (CTX) of an exploration license for an off-shore natural gas block. While agreeing that Chavez had sought to send a message to the USG, sen [...]	2004-03-12 16:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ECON VE
04CARACAS890	DUELING CLAIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Nearly a dozen Venezuelans died, 1,758 were wounded or injured, and 410 were detained during disturbances in the country from February 27 to March 5, according to the opposition Democratic Coordinating Committee (DCC). Amid the claims of government human rights abuses, the GOV has mounted [...]	2004-03-15 16:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS967	NEW PDVSA BOARD ANNOUNCED [...] (C) A new, expanded Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) board was announced on March 12. The change is not likely to have any near term effect upon operations. The board, the ninth named in the five years of the Chavez government, will continue to be led by Ali Rodriguez and will have three vice [...]	2004-03-22 17:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON VE
04CARACAS975	HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CLOSE-UP: DETENTIONS [...] (U) The GOV has detained hundreds of individuals since February 27 on charges ranging from "violent behavior" to civil rebellion. The detentions share certain characteristics, including little concern with the detainee's relation to the alleged charges, beatings and torture while in National [...]	2004-03-23 14:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS VE
04COLOMBO1272	Gasoline Hike a First, Tiny Step Forward [...] (U) Summary: The Government took a tiny step to cut subsidies by increasing the price of gasoline last week. Gasoline accounts for just 10% of oil consumption in Sri Lanka, and the hike is unlikely to have a big impact on the cost of living. This is the first price increase announced by the [...]	2004-07-30 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1702	Sri Lankan Economy Continues to Grow Despite [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan economy grew by 5.2% in the second quarter, following 6.2% growth in the first quarter. Consequently, first half GDP growth is estimated around 5.7% and the Central Bank is optimistic of 5 to 5.5% overall growth in 2004. The Bank attributes the growth this year [...]	2004-10-13 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1811	SRI LANKA: RIVAL MUSLIM SECTS CLASH IN THE EAST [...] (U) Local authorities imposed a night-time curfew in a town in the eastern district of Batticaloa November 1-3 after ten people were injured in violence between mainstream Muslims and members of a rival Sufi sect. According to M.L.A.M. Hizbullah, a local politician, the curfew was lifted th [...]	2004-11-04 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CE
04COLOMBO1896	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT THREATENS RETURN TO DEATH [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) announced that President Chandrika Kumaratunga has decided to reactivate the death penalty following the November 19 assassinations of a High Court judge and his bodyguard in Colombo. The killings were likely prompted by the judge's involvement [...]	2004-11-22 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR PHUM ASEC CE
04COLOMBO1905	GSL BUDGET "NOT AS BAD AS WE THOUGHT;" BUSINESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Amunugama presented the GSL's 2005 budget proposal to Parliament on November 18. The budget included a number of provisions to expand revenue collection, widen the tax base and numerous new spending initiatives aimed primarily at the public sector, the rural se [...]	2004-11-24 09:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1924	SRI LANKA: VIOLENCE IN TRINCOMALEE ESCALATES [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)'s November 26-27 "Heroes' Day" celebrations, violence is escalating in Trincomalee. Tensions there are running high after two Sinhalese men were killed in a November 29 LTTE-called hartal (general shutdown),and numerou [...]	2004-11-30 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1984	SRI LANKA: INDIAN CONCERT MARRED BY GRENADE [...] (C) Summary: A December 11 concert featuring film and music superstars from India was marred by a grenade attack that killed two people and left a dozen injured, although the perpetrators have not been identified. Buddhist extremists staged riots earlier in the day to protest the show, which [...]	2004-12-13 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF ASEC CE IN
04COLOMBO309	Campaign Snapshot: election-related violence [...] (C) In this message, Mission reviews the following items related to Sri Lanka's upcoming April 2 parliamentary election campaign: -- Incidents of election-related violence already being reported; -- Buddhist leadership oppose monks standing for election; -- Elections Commissioner set [...]	2004-02-25 09:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR PHUM CE
04COLOMBO490	PROMISES, PROMISES: ECONOMIC RHETORIC FROM [...] (C) Summary: As the march toward the April 2 parliamentary elections continues, much of the campaign rhetoric has focused on the economy. At the same time, the continued political instability caused by the dissolution of parliament and the ensuing campaign is casting a pall over the economy. [...]	2004-03-19 05:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV CE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO937	NEW MINISTERS DISCUSS CONTINUITY, BUT NO DETAILS [...] (SBU) Summary: In introductory meetings with Ambassador in April and May, the Ministers of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Power and Energy, Investment and Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources and Ports and Aviation stated that many existing programs would continue, reforms would be mode [...]	2004-06-08 10:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SENV CE ENRG ETRD ECONOMICS
04DJIBOUTI1530	SWITCH IN BUTANE GAS SUPPLIER GIVES ENOC EXCLUSIVE [...] (U) The Government of Djibouti recently decided to switch providers of Butane cooking gas from a Yemeni company to Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC). The offer of a lower price for Butane gas is in contrast to the trend in global markets, where prices have gone up recently. However, the new [...]	2004-12-01 09:31:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG DJ
04DJIBOUTI340	INVESTMENT IN DJIBOUTI DOMINATED BY ARAB WORLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: President's Advisor on Investment, Fahmi Ahmed Al-Hag, says Djiboutians favor Arab development funds over western funds because of the simplicity of their financing procedures. Al-Hag detailed the current investments to Djibouti from the Arab world. He twice commented that both [...]	2004-03-09 14:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PREL EAID ENRG EWWT SENV SOCI ABLD SA KU DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI380	BUSES STRIKE IN PROTEST OF FUEL COSTS [...] (U) On Saturday, March 13, the Buses' Union members went on strike, causing a total disruption of the bus transportation in the capital city of Djibouti. The overwheming majority of the inhabitants in the capital rely on bus transportation, primarily in the form of 11 or 21 passenger minivan [...]	2004-03-14 12:34:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB ELTN ENRG EPET ASEC DJ
04DUBLIN1160	KFOR: IRELAND UNLIKELY TO REMOVE CAVEAT [...] (C)Emboff delivered reftel points on July 29 to Michael Gaffey, Director South East Europe division. Gaffey informed Emboff that the one caveat Ireland placed on its troops prevents the use of lethal force to prevent attacks on KFOR property unless there's an immediate threat to life or seri [...]	2004-08-05 07:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO
04DUBLIN1493	EU/IRELAND: AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE BRUTON DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Kenny, EU Ambassador-designate to the United States John Bruton noted his plans to work with Congress and through public diplomacy to strengthen U.S.-EU relations. Bruton said he would aim to underscore the policy objectives that both side [...]	2004-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EIND EINV ENRG ETTC MASS PARM PHUM SENV
04GUATEMALA2904	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #5-2004 [...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Conviction in murder of Menchu Foundation accountant (para 2) -- Courts Give PDH Access to EMP Documents (3) -- Journalists Demand Justice for &Black Thursday8 Riots (4) -- Threats Aga [...]	2004-11-17 15:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID GT MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR
04GUATEMALA531	THE BERGER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST FIFTY DAYS [...] (C) Summary: In his first fifty days in office, President Oscar Berger increased his influence in Congress, removed the controversial Attorney General and the corrupt head of the Tax Authority, relaunched the fiscal pact, dealt effectively with his government's first protest demonstrations and [...]	2004-03-03 20:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SNAR ECON ETRD EAID MOPS GT
04HALIFAX115	ATLANTIC CANADA: ENERGY TOPICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have been working to streamline their regulatory regimes for offshore energy exploration, but industry calls for combining the two federal-provincial offshore boards will not be acted upon any time soon. The Premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundlan [...]	2004-04-21 13:47:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV CA
04HALIFAX159	FEDERAL ELECTION: LIBERALS LIKELY TO RETAIN HOLD ON [...] Despite several close races, overall there appears to be little excitement surrounding the federal election campaign in Atlantic Canada: voters appear to be headed toward re-electing a majority of Liberals in the region's 32 ridings. Key factors are a general mistrust of the newly configured [...]	2004-06-17 16:02:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON CA NDP
04HALIFAX199	ATLANTIC CANADA: TWO LNG PROJECTS EYE NEW ENGLAND MARKET [...] SUMMARY: The conditional approval of two LNG projects in Atlantic Canada, could substantially increase gas supplies in the U.S. northeast. Irving Oil and Access Northeast both say when their respective projects become operational in 2007, they will produce as much as two billion cubic feet pe [...]	2004-08-12 15:10:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG SENV PGOV PREL CA US
04HANOI218	2003: THE YEAR OF THE VIETNAMESE BOND [...] SUMMARY: Following the success of Vietnam's first- ever corporate bond issue, Vietnam has decided to embrace this capital mobilization mechanism. In September, the GVN outlined a plan to issue bonds totaling 63 trillion Vietnamese Dong (about 4 billion USD) for infrastructure development thr [...]	2004-01-28 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV VM FINREF
04HANOI3084	VIETNAM: SNAPSHOT OF RECENT ECONOMIC EVENTS [...] This cable describes economic events in Hanoi during October and early November 2004. Financial Sector Donor Working Meeting -------------------------------------- 2. The Financial Sector Donor Working Group met in Hanoi on October 18 to discuss donor projects in the financial sector and [...]	2004-11-16 02:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAID ENRG VM FINREF
04HARARE1112	ATTACK ON MDC PROVINCIAL MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. ZANU-PF youths on July 2 attacked an MDC provincial assembly attended by several MDC leaders, including Morgan Tsvangirai, in Mashonaland Central. The youths destroyed property and injured MDC supporters. Police blamed the incident on MDC members, while MDC leaders believe the CI [...]	2004-07-06 14:33:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ZI MDC ZANU PF
04HARARE1819	Despite Obstacles, ExxonMobil Stays Profitable [...] (SBU) Summary: ExxonMobil's local managing director says his firm is currently eking out a modest profit in Zimbabwe, thanks to guaranteed supplies of foreign exchange at the official rate. Still, the MD told us he tussles regularly with corrupt ministers and micro-fuel operators. End summar [...]	2004-11-04 07:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV ZI
04HELSINKI1025	KFOR: FINLAND'S CAVEATS IN KOSOVO [...] (C) According to the Finnish Defense Forces (FDF),Finland has the following national caveats on the use of Finnish troops in Kosovo: -- No use of lethal force to protect property. (This caveat and the next do not affect the peacekeeper's right to self-defense.) -- No use of lethal force [...]	2004-08-06 08:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL YI FI NATO
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
04KATHMANDU191	DEMONSTRATORS JUMP FENCE AT KATHMANDU EMR TO AVOID [...] (SBU) At approximately 4:30 PM local time US Embassy Kathmandu local guards reported three local males sighted jumping over the Embassy Main Residence (EMR) fence on the south side. The trespassers were apprehended immediately and ordered to come along quietly by the local guards at the resid [...]	2004-01-30 09:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC NP PTER
04KATHMANDU476	NEPAL: DAS TORKEL PATTERSON'S MARCH 16 MEETING [...] (C) On March 16, Torkel Patterson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, and Ambassador Malinowski SIPDIS met with Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya. Ambassador Malinowski congratulated Nepal on its official ratification of its membership to the World Trade Organization. A [...]	2004-03-17 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PTER ECON NP WTO
04KATHMANDU496	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 13-19, [...] The Minister of Foreign Affairs defended the Government of Nepal's (GON) human rights record in Geneva, affirming that "we keep human rights uppermost in our mind." Maoist supremo Prachanda claims to be receptive to UN mediation, while the Prime Minister says it is not necessary. The Home M [...]	2004-03-19 05:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU612	NEPAL: ROCK THROWING, TEAR GAS MARK SECOND DAY OF [...] (SBU) The second consecutive day of protests against the Government of Nepal (GON) out by five political parties in the capital turned violent on April 2. At least seven politicians were reported hospitalized after participants began throwing rocks and bricks at policemen in the center of t [...]	2004-04-02 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC NP
04KATHMANDU64	NEPAL: STUDENTS CONTINUE PROTESTS AGAINST THE KING [...] (SBU) Summary. Student demonstrations persisted for the 23rd day in Kathmandu, in certain instances turning violent. On January 7, police and students clashed in several locations, resulting in the injury of 8 students and 3 journalists. One student leader indicated that the protests would l [...]	2004-01-08 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NP
04KINSHASA1562	ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 13 THROUGH AUG 20 [...] Food prices have decreased due to the reopening of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates remain stable, but the FC is trading at a slightly higher value on the Kinshasa parallel market than official rates. The DRC's National Assembly created a commission to investigate Gecamines' mining and [...]	2004-08-19 12:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECIN ECON EFIN ELTN EMIN EPET EWWT PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1709	ECONOMIC REPORT - SEPT 4 THROUGH SEPT 10 [...] Summary. Prices and exchange rates remain relatively stable, with exchange rates showing signs of an impending slight increase. Public transportation prices have doubled in Lubumbashi due to higher gas prices and taxes. Zimtrade will hold a trade fair in Lubumbashi. RVF (river transportati [...]	2004-09-10 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECIN EIND ELAB ELTN ENRG ETRD EWWT CG
04KINSHASA1884	GDRC ALLOWS CONGOLESE REFUGEES TO RETURN TO UVIRA [...] (C) Summary. A group of over 1600 Congolese refugees, including over 500 Banyamulenge, crossed the Burundian border into the DRC and arrived at the Uvira transit center October 12. Many of these refugees had waited at the border since October 6 as a GDRC interministerial delegation traveled to [...]	2004-10-12 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PINS KPKO CG UNHCR
04KUWAIT123	OPERATION OF COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (CPA) [...] Summary. All personnel assigned to CPA Baghdad currently must transit Kuwait in order to board military aircraft to/from Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). These personnel are assisted by CPA's Federal Deployment Center (FDC) Forward-Kuwait, who provide the travelers with briefings and eq [...]	2004-01-11 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA ETRD KU IZ
04KUWAIT2596	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE - AUGUST 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: In this version of the Kuwait Oil Update: the long-awaited Project Kuwait is given draft approval by the Supreme Petroleum Council; Kuwait Petroleum Company CEO Nader Al-Sultan tenders his resignation; the GOK moves forward in its hunt for gas supplies; a fourth refinery is pl [...]	2004-08-15 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV BEXP KU IZ IR
04KUWAIT3726	KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER WARNS IRANIANS OVER [...] (S) A senior official in the Prime Minister's Diwan told Poloff on October 31 that Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed warned Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi during his October 25 visit to Kuwait that Iran should "look at Iraq" as an example of what happens to countries that de [...]	2004-11-01 14:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL EPET KU IR IZ
04KUWAIT4312	MUBARAK RUNS INTERFERENCE FOR ABU MAZEN DURING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 12 with the Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait, Abdel-Rahim Shalaby, to discuss Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak,s December 7-8 visit to Kuwait. Shalaby said the meeting covered three GOE concerns: support for Mahmoud Abbas, candidacy in upcoming Palestinian ele [...]	2004-12-13 08:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM ECON KU IZ EG
04KUWAIT928	(C) KUWAIT PETROLEUM COMPANY: UNCOMPROMISING ON [...] (SBU) Summary. On 9 March Embassy and US Military officials from OMC-K and the 143rd Transportation Unit met with Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) Deputy Chairman Nader Sultan to discuss the current status of the Iraq humanitarian fuel contract and the US military's future land needs at the po [...]	2004-03-22 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EINV EWWT PREL MARR KU IZ SA QA IR

04KUWAIT991	(SBU) AMBASSADOR BRIEFS SENIOR GOK OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In his capacity as CPA Deputy Administrator, Ambassador Jones held separate meetings in Kuwait on March 20 with Shaykh Sabah al-Khalid, Chairman of Kuwait's National Security Bureau; Shaykh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed, son of the Prime Minister; and Shaykh Nasser Mohamm [...]	2004-03-27 13:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
04LAGOS1068	NIGERIA: NOBEL LAUREATE WOLE SOYINKA ARRESTED, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) arrested and later released Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka and six other human rights activists on May 15 during a rally held in Lagos opposing President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration and its policies. Soyinka later met with the CG and POLOFF o [...]	2004-05-20 16:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM SOCI PGOV PINR NI
04LAGOS111	NIGERIA: DEREGULATION AND THE FUEL TAX: HIGHER [...] On January 7, 2004, the Nigeria Labour (NLC) warned the GON that labor and civil society groups will call a nationwide strike beginning January 21 if the GON fails to rescind its proposed 1.50 naira per liter fuel tax before that date. Although the National Assembly has not approved the tax p [...]	2004-01-18 12:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET KDEM PGOV NI
04LAGOS1131	GANG WARFARE IN PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gang-style fighting near the city Port Harcourt in Rivers State over the last several days has resulted in numerous deaths. Two rival gangs associated with politically-connected "godfathers" are fighting over control of villages approximately 10-20 kilometers west of Port Harcourt [...]	2004-05-28 05:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC EPET EWWT PINR PINS EINV ETRD NI CACS
04LAGOS2025	NIGERIA SIGNS VIRGIN AIRLINES DEAL; AVIATION [...] Summary. The Government of Nigeria signed September 28 a partnership deal between Nigeria Airways (NA) and Virgin Atlantic Airways (reftel),creating Virgin Nigeria. The new carrier anticipates beginning operations early 2005. The Federal High Court ordered liquidation of NA assets July 9. [...]	2004-10-04 08:52:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ELAB EINV NI PGOV
04LAGOS2071	NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #1 - OCTOBER 11 [...] SUMMARY. Two days before a planned nation-wide stay-at-home strike, the State Security Service (SSS) detained and then released National Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole in Abuja. According to the press, Oshiomole alleged he was "manhandled" during his brief detention. The str [...]	2004-10-12 06:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET
04LAGOS2072	NIGERIA NATIONWIDE STRIKE SITREP #1 - OCTOBER 11 [...] SUMMARY. Two days before a planned nation-wide stay-at-home strike, the State Security Service (SSS) detained and then released National Labor Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomhole in Abuja. According to the press, Oshiomole alleged he was "manhandled" during his brief detention. The str [...]	2004-10-12 06:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV NI PHUM EPET
04LAGOS2104	Nigeria: TELECOM COMPANIES FACE NIGERIA MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-14 14:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON NI
04LAGOS2270	STRIKE UPDATE - FOR CLEARANCE [...] (C) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole has threatened that the strike will be indefinite and targeted to affect oil production and export. Over the years, many oil [...]	2004-11-10 16:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EPET ASEC NI
04LAGOS2273	LOOKING TOWARD THE NOVEMBER 16 STRIKE [...] (SBU) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole has threatened that the strike will be indefinite and targeted to affect oil production and export. Over the years, many o [...]	2004-11-10 17:18:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI
04LAGOS2274	MISSION FEEDBACK ON WAGP PROJECT [...] (U) Mission was contacted by OPIC this week to provide comments regarding environmental, worker health, and safety implications for the proposed West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) project in Nigeria. Mission is pleased to have the opportunity to provide these comments. However, Mission does [...]	2004-11-10 17:18:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV NI
04LAGOS2384	HALLIBURTON BAN LIKELY TO BE REVERSED; FIRM [...] (C) Halliburton has indicated the GON is likely to quietly lift the ban against the firm's activities in Nigeria. The move was facilitated by the October 5 return to Nigeria of radioactive sources stolen in 2002 but later recovered by Halliburton. Halliburton also expressed concerns regardi [...]	2004-11-27 15:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV NI
04LAGOS2399	NIGERIA ECONOMIC UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2004 [...] (U) Summary: The National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) generated significantly less power in November than normal due to poor planning, maintenance and repair issues. The World Bank recently estimated Nigeria loses $496 million per year from power failures. The Nigeria-Sao Tome and Princip [...]	2004-11-30 13:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON NI
04LAGOS2447	CONVERSATION WITH EXXON MOBIL MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] (C) Exxon Mobil Managing Director for Nigeria John Chaplain said the challenges facing Nigeria's energy sector are: 1) under-investment in JV funding; 2) civil unrest; 3) specific pending legislation governing local content and gas fiscal terms; and 4) a corrupt and overly bureaucratic Niger [...]	2004-12-07 07:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV NI
04LAGOS2492	MISSION COMMENTS ON OPIC INSURANCE FOR WAGP [...] (C) This cable responds to OPIC requests for Mission comments on OPIC insurance for the West Africa Gas Pipeline project. Mission is not aware of any GON opposition to the WAGP project, and believes the project advances GON and USG goals. There could be some negative publicity generated by [...]	2004-12-13 16:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV EAID PGOV NI
04LAGOS2562	DPR STRIKE ENDS PEACEFULLY; NO PRODUCTION IMPACT [...] Senior employees of Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources ended a 2-day strike on 22 December. DPR Public Affairs Manager Belema Osibodu confirmed to the Consulate on 23 December the strike has been suspended following a meeting between management and DPR workers. The workers, members [...]	2004-12-23 14:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV NI ENERG
04LAGOS2563	NIGERIA-SAO TOME JOINT DEVELOPMENT ZONE LICENSING [...] (U) The Nigeria-Sao Tome and Principe Joint Development Zone (JDZ) call for bids for five deep offshore oil blocs closed December 15, with 26 firms bidding. The GON expects to announce final results on December 31. High interest is centered on Bloc 4, with Houston-based Environmental Remedi [...]	2004-12-23 15:02:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV NI ENERG
04LAGOS540	DELTA VIOLENCE ON RISE, ELECTIONS SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rate and level of violence in the Niger Delta has been increasing in recent weeks (ref A). Plans for March 27 elections in several key Local Government Areas (LGA) have been suspended, fueling tension between ethnic groups in the region. Meanwhile, thousands of internally [...]	2004-03-12 06:27:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ASEC EPET NI
04LAGOS627	NIGERIA: Labor Update [...] On March 2, approximately 30 of the 56 Nigerian banks accused by the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) of engaging in anti-labor practices announced their decision to reduce contract labor and allow their employees to unionize (ref A). However, many banks have reluctantly implemented the new pol [...]	2004-03-23 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EPET KDEM NI PGOV
04LAGOS634	OIL INDUSTRY CAUTIOUSLY EMBRACES NIGERIAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GON requires oil companies to use indigenous contractors in joint venture projects, with a current target goal for "local content" set at 40 percent of a company's aggregate spending on a project. Defining what constitutes local content and enforcing the target fairly and [...]	2004-03-24 05:23:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV NI
04LAGOS752	INDUSTRIALIST CORROBORATES COUP PLOT RUMORS [...] (S N/F) SUMMARY. The head of Nigeria's leading indigenous petroleum marketing firm and son of a former Lagos State governor told ECONOFF that in a private conversation with President Obasanjo and NNPC chief Funsho Kupolokun last weekend, Obasanjo confirmed rumors that the GON uncovered a coup [...]	2004-04-06 17:16:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR MOPS PREL NI
04LAPAZ2814	PRESIDENT MESA AND CONGRESS TO WORK TOGETHER ON [...] (C) Summary: The Chamber of Deputies' Economic Development Committee has proposed nullifying all of the contracts signed under the current (soon-to-be-invalid) hydrocarbons law. This follows three days of intense meetings in the MAS/NFR-led committee. Minister of Economic Development and h [...]	2004-09-03 20:13:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON SOCI EFIN EINV ENRG PGOV PREL BL
04LILONGWE147	POLICE OPEN FIRE AT OPPOSITION POLITICAL RALLY; [...] (SBU) At a February 22 political rally of the opposition Mgwirizano Coalition, police fired on the crowd, injuring two people. The rally, which the police claimed could not take place because the President was holding his own rally in the vicinity, resumed later after Coalition leaders obtaine [...]	2004-02-23 13:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CASC PINR MI
04LILONGWE439	SCATTERED DEMONSTRATIONS FOLLOW UDF VICTORY [...] Delayed announcement of presidential and parliamentary election results sparked scattered demonstrations and violence in Blantyre and Mzuzu on May 23 (reftel). The Mgwirizano Coalition, led by Gwanda Chakuamba, staged a demonstration in Blantyre to protest the Malawi Electoral Commission's (M [...]	2004-05-24 07:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM CASC MI
04LJUBLJANA1128	SLOVENIA ON YUKOS AUCTION [...] (C) Pol/econ chief delivered reftel points to Angelina Trajkovski of the MFA's Office for Eastern Europe on December 20. Trajkovski explained that no official reaction at the minister level had been developed, but that this was clearly a step backward for Russia and of concern to Slovenia. [...]	2004-12-20 11:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON KPAO PREL PHUM RS SI
04MADRID1146	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS THOMAS D. LORENSON [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Geologist Thomas D. Lorenson to travel to Barcelona April 16-24 to participate in a series of working meetings dealing with USGS and international academic partners ocean drilling program Leg 204 post cruise meeting, "Drilling Gas [...]	2004-04-06 09:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA ECON EMIN SENV SP
04MADRID2118	SPAIN: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] This cable summarizes selected developments in the Spain's energy sector. In this issue: -- New Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Commerce responsible for energy policy (para 2) -- Possible merger of gas, electricity and water companies (para 3) -- Low gas supply reserve may lead to brown [...]	2004-06-07 14:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG BTIO EPET SP
04MADRID2504	FAS FY 2004 GA/MPCC THIRD QUARTER REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-02 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR
04MADRID2642	RESUBMISSION FAS FY 2004 GA/MPCC THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-13 12:04:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR
04MADRID2762	SPAIN UNVEILS NATIONAL KYOTO PLAN [...] SUMMARY: In an eleventh hour move to avoid EU penalties, Spain's Ministries of Environment and Industry unveiled the provisional National Allocation Plan (NAP) on 7 July. The NAP is the GOS attempt to bring domestic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in line with the first tranche of the Kyoto [...]	2004-07-20 13:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET SP
04MADRID3273	SPANISH CABINET APPROVES C02 EMISSIONS PLAN TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOS August 27 issued a Royal Decree-Law that launched a National CO2 Emissions Allocation Plan designed to both: (1) set Spain on course for meeting its CO2 emissions commitments under the Kyoto Protocol; and, (2) comply with the EU Directive intended to launch the EU's CO [...]	2004-08-31 08:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ETRD ENRG PGOV SP
04MADRID4020	KYOTO NOW MATTERS TO SPAIN [...] (SBU) During an October 13 courtesy call by newly arrived ESTHOFF, Environment Ministry General Coordinator for Climate Change Teresa Rivera stressed that the Kyoto Protocol enjoyed the strong support of the entire cabinet of the "new" Spanish Government, and that Spain was determined to do its [...]	2004-10-15 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON PGOV SP
04MADRID4241	FUTURE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN SPAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: High oil prices and the ever more apparent economic costs of compliance with the Kyoto Protocol should guarantee that the possibility of constructing new nuclear power plants in Spain remains the subject of public debate. However, given that the Zapatero Government will not/ [...]	2004-11-03 13:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY SP
04MADRID4612	CHAVEZ COURTS SPANISH SOCIALISTS;LEAVES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Spain November 21-23, in a trip that was touted by the Spanish government as primarily economic in nature. Chavez commenced his stay by stating that good relations with Spain "have become of strategic importance" and that he "welcomes the [...]	2004-12-03 16:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET ELAB EIND PHUM PREL MARR SP VE
04MADRID4613	SPAIN BETS ON WINDPOWER [...] (SBU) Spain's "new" Socialist Party (PSOE) Government, unlike its center-right predecessor, appears be taking quite seriously the commitment, enshrined in domestic law and EU Directive, to derive 12 percent of energy consumption from renewable energy sources by 2010. Renewable energy sources [...]	2004-12-03 16:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SP
04MADRID4627	WEEKEND BOMBINGS MASK DECLINING ETA CAPABILITIES [...] (C) Summary. ETA terrorists carried out twelve bombings in two sets of coordinated attacks during the December 3-6 holiday weekend in Spain. The bombs consisted of small devices and there were no fatalities, though 10-20 people sustained minor injuries. The first series of bombings took plac [...]	2004-12-09 08:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
04MANAMA1337	CODEL MILLER DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM, IRAQ, [...] (C) Codel Miller met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa August 22 and discussed the domestic security situation, status of counter-terrorism laws in Bahrain, Iraq, the military confrontation in Najaf, U.S. public outreach efforts in the Middle East, Arab-Israeli relations, A [...]	2004-08-28 15:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON ETRD BA IZ
04MANAMA1422	MINISTER OF OIL DISCUSSES PETROLEUM SECTOR WITH [...] (C) Minister of Oil Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa told the Ambassador September 6 that U.S. companies have participated successfully in the development of Bahrain's petroleum and petrochemicals sector, and he looks forward to continued cooperation with the U.S. He stated that his primary concern is [...]	2004-09-15 09:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET BA PROG
04MANAMA1608	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST PLEADS NOT GUILTY, [...] (C) Human rights activist Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja October 16 pleaded not guilty to charges of inciting hatred against the regime and circulating false information about top officials. During the opening session of his trial October 20, Al Khawaja repeated his plea and asserted that at the Sept [...]	2004-10-20 15:01:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC BA
04MANAMA1658	ACTIVISTS SEEK TO LOWER TEMPERATURE FOLLOWING [...] (C) The Committee to support Shia activist Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja has decided to stop its protest activities following a weekend of demonstrations, violence and arrests. A "car parade" in support of Al Khawaja tied up traffic in Manama for hours October 28 during peak evening hours for visitin [...]	2004-11-01 14:41:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM BA
04MANAMA252	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (S/NF) Manama reports no significant changes from the previous SEPQ of September 10, 2003. The threat environment for Bahrain and the region remains a significant concern for the EAC. The movement of terrorists and equipment from Saudi Arabia into Bahrain across the causeway poses the greatest [...]	2004-02-23 08:38:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04MANAMA370	POST RESPONSE: U.S.-BAHRAIN FTA GOVERNMENT [...] Post believes that the following should be ADDED to the list of government entities that conduct procurements that may be of interest to U.S. suppliers: --Royal Court --Prime Minister's Court --Crown Prince's Court The following have independent budgets and so should also be included: - [...]	2004-03-17 12:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL BA
04MANAMA725	BAHRAIN MAY SIGN BIG IRAN GAS DEAL AT YEAR'S END [...] (C/NF) Bahraini CP Sheikh Salman bin Hamed told CDA on May 15 that Bahrain may conclude a major agreement to buy Iranian gas by the end of CY 2004. Bahraini demand for natural gas is increasing with projects such as the expansion of the aluminum smelter go forward. These projects are vital [...]	2004-05-17 14:37:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR QA BA
04MANAMA756	BAHRAINI SHI'A DEMONSTRATION TURNS VIOLENT -- YET [...] By Wednesday, 05/19/04, Post had anticipated a large demonstration in Bahrain for Friday, 05/21/04. Our projection was based on calls by Hassan Nasrallah and Ayatollah Ali Sistani for Shi'a to rise up and demand the withdraw of U.S. forces from Karbala and Najaf. Multiple Embassy contacts c [...]	2004-05-22 10:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
04MAPUTO1091	JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Vodacom, the South African mobile phone operator that began operations in Mozambique in December 2003, now estimates that it has 100,000 subscribers in Mozambique. Mcel, the national operator, estimates that is has 500,000 subscribers. There is clear market growth in this sector and the num [...]	2004-08-13 09:13:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO1609	NOVEMBER ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) The Mozambique monthly economic cable is jointly produced by the Embassy and USAID. ------------------- FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------- 2. (U) On November 12, the Brazilian mining giant Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) was awarded the Moatize mines exploration concession (Ref [...]	2004-12-14 04:56:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO269	MOZAMBIQUE: INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA [...] AGOA Trade and Investment: Mozambique has had limited success in expanding trade and investment under AGOA, though there remains strong potential to increase exports in several key sectors. Two apparel companies, Mauritian-owned BELITA and Pakistani-owned OMAR, exported apparel products to the [...]	2004-02-25 15:03:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD MZ AGOA
04MAPUTO505	MARCH MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] (U) Mineral Resources Survey: The GRM signed an agreement with a South African firm, Fugro Airborne Surveys, to undertake aerial surveys in the northern and central provinces of Zambezia, Tete, Niassa, and Cabo Delgado, as reported by Noticias, the daily newspaper. The objective of the surveys [...]	2004-04-12 11:05:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MAPUTO894	JUNE MONTHLY ECONOMIC WRAP-UP: MOZAMBIQUE [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-06 14:32:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD MZ
04MONTREAL1435	HYDRO QUEBEC CHANGES COURSE, AFTER SUROIT [...] SUMMARY: Environmental NGOs and community activists have drawn sufficient negative attention to Hydro Quebec's proposal to build the Suroit natural gas plant near Montreal that the utility appears to have shelved the project. The provincial legislative commission that had been tasked to con [...]	2004-11-09 12:58:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY ETRD CA
04MONTREAL1555	HYDRO QUEBEC PYLON VANDALIZED [...] (C) Thierry Vandal, President of Hydro Quebec,s Production division, described the recent vandalism at a Hydro Quebec pylon about a mile from the U.S. border, near Coaticook in Quebec,s Eastern Townships, as the work of &amateurs.8 In a 12/7 meeting with the Quebec City Consul General, Montre [...]	2004-12-09 20:00:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PTER PBTS CA
04MONTREAL68	QUEBEC GOVERNMENT CRITICISED FOR HANDLING OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-16 19:16:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PHUM
04MUSCAT1957	SULTAN QABOOS' MAJLIS SPEECH [...] (SBU) Sultan Qaboos' annual address to the Majlis Oman on October 12 stuck to familiar themes in economic and foreign policy. He emphasized the usual twin pillars of economic diversification and human resource development and focused on the newly established Ministry of Tourism as sign of gov [...]	2004-11-08 09:59:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MU
04MUSCAT2142	OMAN ONLINE: VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY, VISAS, INCREASED GAS [...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat room "Sablat al-Arab" -- or simply "Al-Sablah" -- is the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language forum for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totall [...]	2004-12-08 13:35:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI MU EAC
04MUSCAT2285	INDIA WINS OMANI SUPPORT FOR UNSC SEAT, DEEPENS [...] (U) On December 25-26, Indian Minister of External Affairs Natwar Singh met with Sultan Qaboos and various government ministers to boost bilateral relations. Oman formally announced its backing of India's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, and the two parties pledged to cont [...]	2004-12-29 07:37:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EPET KCRM MARR IN MU
04NEWDELHI6983	INDIA ENCOURAGES DEMOCRACY IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: India underlined its concerns about the lack of democracy in Burma during the recent visit of Rangoon's military leader Than Shwe, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself delivering the message, MEA Joint Secretary (South East Asia - I) Mitra Vashishta told us on SIPDIS November 1. [...]	2004-11-02 08:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR IN BM CN
04NEWDELHI7091	INDIAN LEFT NEGATIVE OVER BUSH RE-ELECTION, [...] (C) Summary: Indian Communist Party leaders have criticized PM Manmohan Singh's warm welcome of President Bush's re-election, calling this "an attempt to please American imperialism." Interestingly, however, party spokesperson D. Raja welcomed the PM's commitment to train Iraqi election offi [...]	2004-11-05 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG IZ IN US GOI
04NEWDELHI7251	INDIA PLEASED ON INDO-PAK TIES, BUT "DOESN'T [...] (C) Summary: India remains upbeat on relations with Pakistan as the pair look toward Round Two of the Composite Dialogue (CD) beginning in late November and extending through early 2005, but is seeking to dampen expectations for breakthroughs on tough bilateral issues such as Kashmir. The de [...]	2004-11-16 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG IN PK INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7395	ONE YEAR INTO THE INDO-PAK CEASE-FIRE: OPEN-ENDED [...] (C) Summary: As India and Pakistan mark the one year anniversary of their Line of Control (LOC) cease-fire in Kashmir, more Indian troop redeployments and other Indo-Pak progress are "only natural" if cross-border terrorism and infiltration by Pakistan remain low, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakista [...]	2004-11-19 14:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG IN PK IR INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7427	GOI DOCUMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...]	2004-11-22 13:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KNNP MOPS IN PK GOI INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7494	INDIA WELCOMES AZIZ, FIRST PAKISTANI PM VISIT IN [...] (C) Summary: India received Shaukat Aziz warmly and at the highest levels, on the first visit of a Pakistani PM to New Delhi since 1991. The GOI went out of its way to project a welcoming message, because of the importance it places on reconciliation with Islamabad and because it sees Aziz as [...]	2004-11-24 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PK IN INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7674	GOI UNAPOLOGETIC ON DARFUR NO ACTION VOTE, [...] (C) SA/INS Director Blake and Polcouns used a December 2 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar to convey our disappointment at the recent GOI vote at the UN in favor of "no action" on the resolution concerning the plight of refugees in Darfur. Polcouns also urged further ef [...]	2004-12-03 13:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF IN CH UN
04OTTAWA3001	IIR 6 815 0004 05/CANADIAN ARMY RESERVE UNITS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-08 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04OTTAWA3046	CANADA FORGES AHEAD ON CLEAN COAL [...] (U) Summary: The Canadian Clean Power Coalition, an association of coal and energy producers, is developing a "roadmap" for building a clean coal power plant in Canada by 2012. The group comprises public and private entities which are responsible for over 90 percent of Canada's coal-fired [...]	2004-11-12 17:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD SENV CA
04OTTAWA3413	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NORTHERN PIPELINES WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call December 14 on Minister of Natural Resources John Efford, reviewing a range of topics relating to plans for natural gas pipelines from Alaska's North Slope and [...]	2004-12-20 18:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD EPET CA
04OTTAWA3431	SUMMIT AGENDA ON COMMON PROSPERITY: THOUGHTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AT THE BILATERAL SUMMIT ON NOVEMBER 30, 2004, THE PRESIDENT AND CANADIAN PM PAUL MARTIN AGREED TO AN AGENDA FOR "COMMON SECURITY, COMMON PROSPERITY" THAT COMMITTED THE TWO SIDES TO "PURSUE JOINT APPROACHES TO PARTNERSHIPS, CONSENSUS STANDARDS, AND SMARTER REGULATIONS THAT RESUL [...]	2004-12-21 21:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD CA
04PARAMARIBO502	UNEMPLOYED MAROONS PROTESTING LACK OF JOB [...] After two days of unrest, protesters who had been disrupting operations of the Canadian gold mining company Cambior, in Suriname's Brokopondo district, decided to seek a peaceful resolution to address their key demand. Displeased with Cambior's alleged employment practices, protesters called [...]	2004-07-12 17:48:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM PGOV NS
04PARIS9146	FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (SOUTH) [...] (C) SUMMARY. France continues to seek solutions for the crisis in the Great Lakes through policies designed to support DRC President Kabila and the transition process and to block Rwandan interference in Congolese affairs. France's history in the Rwandan genocide complicates their ability to [...]	2004-12-28 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BY CF CG CT EK GB RW TP ZF XA
04PRETORIA4748	TRADE LINKAGES DRIVING SOUTH AFRICA'S BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with several Angola watchers from government, business, and academia yielded the common theme that South Africa's relationship with Angola will over the coming years be defined by burgeoning trade linkages between the two. South African firms are investing heavily [...]	2004-10-28 08:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	AO ETRD PREL SF EINV
04QUEBEC35	QUEBEC NATURAL RESOURCE MINISTER ON SOFTWOOD,ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Natural Resources Minister Sam Hamad told CG Keogh February 17 that a combination of allocation quotas at a level of 35% and dropping the 48/52 split of the accumulating duties as proposed by the U.S. would form the basis of a softwood lumber deal. A substantial portion of th [...]	2004-02-24 18:27:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV EMIN CA
04QUEBEC46	ADQ'S MARIO DUMONT PREDICTS UPHILL BATTLE FOR JEAN CHAREST [...] (U) Summary: The Quebec Assembly resumed March 9 and Action Democratique's Mario Dumont foresees major struggles for the Liberal government. The stage is set for fiery labor negotiations with public sector employees and the upcoming provincial budget may not generate the big tax cuts promis [...]	2004-03-09 18:25:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CA
04QUITO2333	ECUADOR'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Economy and Finances Mauricio Yepez told Ambassador on August 23 that the GOE had covered its financing needs for 2004 and is now planning for 2005. The GOE would carry out significant reforms this fall, including ending the subsidy of household gas and a reform of [...]	2004-08-24 22:45:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ENRG EC
04QUITO2497	ECUADOR: POLITICAL STABILITY AND USG SUPPORT [...] (S) Summary: With President Gutierrez increasingly isolated and weakened, his Cabinet divided and Congress hopelessly fragmented, rumors continue to swirl about a constitutional or extra-constitutional change in the Presidency. In this context we have reviewed how political instability here [...]	2004-09-14 22:44:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2599	NEW GALAPAGOS PARK DIRECTOR LITERALLY FIGHTS HIS [...] Summary. On September 22, a group of local fishermen, who have long been at odds with the park leadership over environmental regulations, stormed the office of the GNP headquarters in Santa Cruz and helped Fausto Cepeda, the newly appointed director, install himself as park director. The vio [...]	2004-09-24 19:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EC ECON EFIS ETRD PGOV PREL SENV
04QUITO2941	MINISTER OF FINANCE CONFIDENT OF STABILITY [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Yepez believes the Gutierrez regime can make it through the current crisis, but remains handicapped by bad advisors at the top. The GOE is maintaining its responsible fiscal policy and continues to work on plans to eliminate the gas subsidy. End Summary. [...]	2004-11-08 22:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EC
04RANGOON1057	BURMA'S ENERGY SECTOR: WHISTLING IN THE DARK [...] (C) Summary: With the worst of Rangoon's dry season blackouts easing during the current monsoon rains, many are pondering whether the GOB will fix Burma's chronic energy problems before next spring. Signs most definitely point to 'No.' Burma's energy situation continues to suffer from three m [...]	2004-08-18 08:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV BM
04RANGOON131	AN ODD TRIP WITH FIVE BURMESE MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Two Emboffs joined five senior Burmese cabinet ministers and others in a four-day, 1,400 mile "Study Visit" of border areas and central Burma January 23 - 26. Traveling at close quarters with these ministers revealed them to be greedy, pampered, highly organized, and perpetually [...]	2004-01-30 09:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID BM
04RANGOON1629	INDONESIA QUAKE HITS BURMA [...] Rangoon awoke on Sunday the 26th to a 5.3 earthquake, the largest since 1958 in the capital, testimony to the vast power of the quake off Indonesia. Though there were no reports of casualties or major damage in Rangoon, there were scattered reports throughout the area of slightly damaged buil [...]	2004-12-27 09:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR CASC PREL PINR PGOV AMGT BM
04RANGOON370	MOFA ON DPRK MISSILES, ROAD MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Political Director General U Thaung Tun, covering a range of political issues, reiterated to COM on March 18 the GOB's position that Burma has refused North Korea offers to buy missiles and has no intention of resuming diplomatic relations with DPRK. He that although the GO [...]	2004-03-19 08:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM
04RANGOON644	BURMA'S FORESTRY MINISTER TAKES A MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In the COM's first meeting with Burma's Forestry Minister we were able to finally get the GOB's official line on wildlife trafficking and illegal timbering, and clarify an outstanding rumor regarding the punishment of a Ministry official for illegal contact with the Embassy. Tho [...]	2004-05-21 07:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV EAGR PHUM BM
04RANGOON802	KHIN NYUNT MEETS UNOCAL [...] (C) Summary: Bangkok-based representatives of Unocal were in Burma to introduce a new regional chief. While paying a courtesy call on PM General Khin Nyunt, the Unocal reps heard upbeat talk of Burma's energy sector and of Burma-Thai relations. The PM also made vague promises of a release of [...]	2004-06-24 10:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV BM
04ROME354	ICAO CAEP 6: ITALIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) SALVATORE MINEO, ITALY'S CAEP REPRESENTATIVE AND ENAC (NATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY) DIRECTOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, MET JANUARY 30 WITH SENIOR FAA REPRESENTATIVE AND SCIENCE COUNSELOR. MINEO IS UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN CAEP 6 DUE TO ILL HEALTH, BUT WILL BE REPRESENTED BY PAOLO [...]	2004-01-30 18:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON SENV IT AVIATION
04ROME4406	CODEL LANTOS MEETINGS IN ROME ON LIBYA [...] (C) Summary. En route to Tripoli, Congressman Lantos met with Italian officials responsible for Libya, the Italo-Libyan Jewish community, and the Israeli Ambassador to Rome. Italians reaffirmed their commitment to abide by the EU code of conduct in selling equipment to Italy and expressed [...]	2004-11-18 08:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM LI IT EUN
04ROME4563	CHEVRON INCIDENT REFLECTS CHANGING DYNAMICS IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-01 16:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ
04SANAA2389	DPM SOFAN WARMLY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation warmly welcomed Ambassador to Yemen on 9/6. After reviewing recent progress in development cooperation and touching on the negative economic effects of the al-Houthi problem, Sofan and Ambassador discusse [...]	2004-09-08 05:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KMCA EAID ECON LE YM COM
04SANAA2521	WHY ECONOMIC REFORM IS FAILING IN YEMEN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On September 25 Parliament and the Shura Council voted by a clear majority to reject the ROYG's five year economic plan, which included several hotly debated economic reform proposals. The economic package failed because there was no presidential initiative, no strate [...]	2004-09-29 06:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KMCA KMPI PGOV YM COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA3070	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Speaker of Parliament and head of the Islah opposition party Abdullah al-Ahmar on December 11. Al-Ahmar refused to address pressing domestic issues, including much-needed economic reforms, Parliament's agenda, and Islah's political agenda, in [...]	2004-12-12 14:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA662	03/21/2003 DEMONSTRATION -- GETTING THE FACTS [...] (C) Summary: On the anniversary of the start of the war against Iraq, Yemeni opposition newspapers are recalling the March 21, 2003 demonstration near the U.S. Embassy that resulted in several persons killed and injured after clashes erupted between armed demonstrators and ROYG security forc [...]	2004-03-21 13:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM YM
04SANTODOMINGO3617	GODR PUBLIC FINANCING STRAINED [...] (SBU) Central Bank Manager Apolinar Veloz told Econoff June 18 that GODR non-financial public sector finances are seriously off track from the IMF agreement for the first trimester of 2004. Veloz's remarks track with what Technical Secretary Carlos Despradel reported to the DCM June 1. SI [...]	2004-06-18 22:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON DR
04SANTODOMINGO4392	TRANSITION #8: DOMINCAN CONGRESS AWASH WITH TAX [...] (SBU) This is number 8 in our series covering the transition between the Mejia and the Fernandez governments. DOMINICAN CONGRESS AWASH WITH TAX CHANGE PROPOSALS Fifteen days ago President Mejia sent Congress the PLD-drafted fiscal package. The Fernandez team projected its proposal would [...]	2004-07-29 20:53:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR EFIN PGOV
04SANTODOMINGO4665	DOMINICAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) On August 11 President of the Dominican House of Representatives Alfredo Pacheco told Charge and EcoPol counselor that he expected, in the worst of cases, to obtain House approval for the first reading of the tax reform package on August 12. Congressional procedure requires two approva [...]	2004-08-12 20:23:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO537	DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: STREETS ARE [...] (SBU) Most businesses were shuttered and schools were closed for the January 28-29 national work stoppage in the Dominican Republic, called by a coalition of community, labor, student, and political groups to protest economic and social policies. Banks and supermarkets were open but neighborho [...]	2004-01-28 22:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO6118	IMF POLICY PAPER - DRAFT SUMMARY OF THE DOMINICAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 17:39:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EINV DR
04TAIPEI3323	CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - THIRD QUARTER [...] During the third quarter of 2004, the PRC legalized tourism to Kinmen and Matsu for all Fujian residents. Taiwan legalized 81 product categories for import from the PRC. However, most are agricultural goods that will still be restricted for lack of cross-Strait sanitary and inspection agreem [...]	2004-10-22 09:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW
04TAIPEI3920	25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "KAOHSIUNG INCIDENT" AND [...] (SBU) December 10, on the eve of Taiwan's legislative elections, marks the 25th anniversary of one of the most important political events in Taiwan's democratic history. On December 10, 1979, a group of demonstrators supporting the "Dang Wai" (non-KMT) magazine "Meilidao" (Formosa) marched to [...]	2004-12-09 10:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TW
04TASHKENT3519	PRESIDENT KARIMOV NOT AN ORPHAN, AND OTHER FAMILY SECRETS [...] (C) Summary: Although his face was covered in bruises, the physical resemblance to the President is striking. In a wide-ranging conversation with poloff, Islom Karimov's estranged nephew, Jamshid Karimov, and Jamshid's mother, Muslima Karimova -- the President's sister-in-law -- revealed det [...]	2004-12-27 12:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBIO PGOV UZ
04TEGUCIGALPA1439	TEACHERS' PROTEST FAILS TO SHUT DOWN HONDURAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 24, approximately 5,000 striking Honduran teachers temporarily blocked the four main arteries connecting Tegucigalpa with the rest of the country, bringing traffic to a standstill and disrupting commerce. Teachers also blocked traffic in other parts of the country, primari [...]	2004-06-24 22:21:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ELAB PHUM SOCI PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1526	Honduran Economic Highlights: April-June 2004 [...] On April 14, Paris Club creditors and the GOH agreed to a restructuring of Honduras' public external debt, leading to the cancellation of approximately $147 million of Honduran debt, and the rescheduling of $214 million more (see reftel). Under the agreement reached between Paris Club partic [...]	2004-07-09 18:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD EWWT KJUS PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA236	TEGUCIGALPA PROTEST PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY 5: IMF [...] (C) Summary: The leftist organization Popular Block is planning a large protest march for February 5 in Tegucigalpa. The protest, which may include over a thousand demonstrators, will focus on controversial domestic legislation linked to the recent IMF agreement and various U.S. foreign polic [...]	2004-01-30 23:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB SOCI ETRD PREL ECON ASEC PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2452	Honduras: 2003 Macroeconomic Overview [...] SUMMARY: Post submits its annual macroeconomic summary for Honduras for the year 2003, based on the official economic statistics released by the GOH in the fall of 2004. Reftel contains information on imports, exports, and the trade deficit; this cable contains information on economic growth, [...]	2004-11-02 12:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV HO

04TEGUCIGALPA2777	STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS [...] Summary. Over the last several days student demonstrations have been taking place outside the public university in Tegucigalpa. The Government of Honduras (GOH) has threatened to close down the university for a year because of corruption in the awarding of degrees and student demonstrations. [...]	2004-12-13 20:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC HO PGOV
04TEGUCIGALPA468	HONDURAS STILL UNWILLING TO TAKE LEAD IN DRAFTING [...] (C) Ambassador and Political Counselor met with Minister of Presidency Luis Cosenza on the draft resolution (Ref C) on February 25 and 26. (Note: President Ricardo Maduro and Foreign Minister Leonidas Rosa Bautista were in Guatemala at a Central American Summit on Feb. 25.) Cosenza reviewed [...]	2004-02-27 23:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL KDEM CU HO CHR
04TEGUCIGALPA543	High Gas Prices: First Test of Honduran IMF Program [...] (SBU) Summary. A third price hike, in as many months, has brought gasoline and diesel prices in Honduras up to new highs of USD 2.94 and USD 2.02 per gallon, respectively. Gas prices are now 19 percent higher than at the end of 2003 (diesel is up 17.6 percent) and are now clearly the highest [...]	2004-03-08 15:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EFIN ECON PGOV PINR ELAB HO
04TEGUCIGALPA943	OPERATION CONTROLADO II RESULTS IN HONDURAS; [...] During the period of April 1, 2004, to April 12, 2004, Honduran law enforcement engaged in Operation Controlado II which was an enforcement action against all types of criminal activity. This operation concentrated on human and vehicle movements at the borders and on all main transportation [...]	2004-04-23 22:15:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	HO NOTAG
04TELAVIV1613	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 13-15, 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. At approximately 1630 hours March 14, two 18-year-old residents of a Gaza refugee camp blew themselves up at the Ashdod port, killing 10 and injuring 15. Hamas and Islamic Jihad took joint responsibility for the attack. The IDF killed one Palestinian when responding to a roads [...]	2004-03-15 15:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1623	COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND LOOKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the Bureau of Industry and Security met with high-ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli a leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's hi-tech and def industries. [...]	2004-03-16 12:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR COMMERCE ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1662	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 17, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) IDF helicopter gunships fired missiles on a Gaza City building on March 16, killing two members of Islamic Jihad and wounding nine Palestinians. During an ongoing operation to locate tunnels in Rafah, the IDF killed four Palestinians and injured 12. In Gaza City, a Palestinian policem [...]	2004-03-17 14:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1683	COMMERCE U/S JUSTER RAISES TRADE ISSUES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a visit to Israel March 2-4, Under Secretary of Commerce Kenneth I. Juster, head of the SIPDIS Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),met with high- ranking Israeli officials, as well as with both Israeli and American leaders from the private and public sectors in Israel's [...]	2004-03-18 13:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR KWBG IS LABOR AND COMMERCE ECONOMY FINANCE ISRAEL RELATIONS
04TELAVIV1830	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Campaign Against Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Dov Weisglass, senior aide to PM Sharon, asked National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, in talks he held with her over the past two days, fo [...]	2004-03-25 12:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1910	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 27-29, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: A seven-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed March 27 in Balata refugee camp during an exchange of fire between the IDF and Palestinian gunmen. Both sides claimed that inadvertent fire by the other had killed the boy. A group of Israeli settlers occupied and vandalized [...]	2004-03-29 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1928	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 30, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF soldiers shot and injured two Palestinian suspects in al-Fuwwar village, and eight Palestinians were arrested by the IDF throughout the West Bank March 29. Settlers in Hebron uprooted part of a Palestinian vineyard and placed three caravans on the site, according to press [...]	2004-03-30 13:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1951	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 31, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the pre-dawn hours March 31, settlers moved into 11 houses they claim to have purchased in the predominantly Arab Silwan section of East Jerusalem, sparking clashes between police and Palestinian residents, who reportedly threw stones at the settlers. Police used tear gas t [...]	2004-03-31 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1952	ISRAELI OFFICIALS BRIEF DJEREJIAN ON IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with GOI officials between March 26-30, former NEA A/S and Ambassador to Israel Ed Djerejian, here as an official guest of the Foreign Ministry in his current capacity as Director of the Baker Institute, heard that the regional strategic situation faced by [...]	2004-03-31 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IS SY XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
04TELAVIV1968	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 1, 2004 -- (1400 [...] (SBU) Direct deposit for all PA security forces is scheduled to begin April 1 (see Jerusalem septel). Civilian PA workers are scheduled to have their salaries deposited April 3. At least one Palestinian was injured March 31 when the IDF forcefully broke up an anti-barrier demonstration near [...]	2004-04-01 12:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2040	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 2, 2004 -- (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was killed April 2 in a heavy exchange of fire that erupted between IDF soldiers and Palestinian militants during an IDF incursion into the al-Salaam area of the Rafah refugee camp. On April 1, UNRWA said in a press release that it was suspending delivery into [...]	2004-04-02 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2123	DETAILS OF EGYPT/ISRAEL GAS PIPELINE APPROVED BY [...] (C) Summary. The Egypt/Israel gas pipeline project cleared a crucial hurdle on April 4 when the GOI gave its blessing to the Israel Electric Company (IEC) to negotiate an agreement with the supplier of Egyptian natural gas, Eastern Mediterranean Group (EMG). Under the proposed agreement EMG, [...]	2004-04-08 13:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL LABOR COMMERCE
04TELAVIV2163	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #69, APRIL 10-13, [...] (SBU) Summary. Four Palestinians were killed by IDF fire over the reporting period, including a 12 year old girl who lived near Gani Tal settlement in Gaza. In the West Bank, 12 al-Aqsa Brigade members were arrested after they tried to abduct an accused collaborator in Qalqilya. In Gaza ther [...]	2004-04-13 15:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2207	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #71, APRIL 15, 1700 [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF forces detained settlers during the evacuation of Havat Maon outpost April 14. IDF forces clashed with Palestinian protesters at Biddu April 14 and 15, and roughly 3,000 people demonstrated in Ramallah in support of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti. In the Gaza Strip, [...]	2004-04-15 16:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2388	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: APRIL 26, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian gunmen killed one Israeli border policeman and wounded three others April 25 near Idna village in the West Bank. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Also on April 25, an Israeli undercover unit killed two al-Aqsa militants and woun [...]	2004-04-26 15:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2416	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 28, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli media reported that four Israelis were injured, one seriously, in an attempted suicide car bombing April 28 when a jeep exploded under IDF gunfire as it was speeding towards the settlement of Kfar Darom. Three Palestinians were killed April 26 in the Mughazi camp in an [...]	2004-04-28 14:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2473	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #81; APRIL 30, 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF troops killed one Palestinian during a clash with stone throwers, and another Palestinian woman reportedly died of tear gas inhalation in a separate incident. An IDF incursion team demolished houses throughout the West Bank, including 11 south of Hebron. [...]	2004-04-30 13:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV6036	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted officials in Washington as saying that Deputy U.S. National Security Advisor Steve Hadley will travel to Israel on Sunday for a day of meetings with I [...]	2004-12-01 11:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6149	WB/G SITREP: DECEMBER 6, 2004 (1230 HRS LOCAL): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian militants fired a total of 11 mortar shells at IDF soldiers and Israeli settlers over the December 4-6 weekend. IDF fire injured six Palestinians in Khan Yunis, and seven Palestinians in Rafah refugee camp. Israeli border police found sacks conta [...]	2004-12-06 15:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV6225	WB/G SITREP: FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF forces killed five Palestinians in the Gaza strip December 7-8, while the number of injured Palestinians was reportedly as high as 11. One Palestinian was injured in Hebron on December 7, while the IDF arrested eight Palestinians December 7-8 in the West Bank. End Summary [...]	2004-12-08 17:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6276	WB/G SITREP: 29 PALESTINIANS ARRESTED IN THE WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested 29 Palestinians in the West Bank, including presidential candidate Bassam Salhi, December 9-10. In Gaza, at least six Palestinian militants were reportedly wounded in two incidents involving the firing of missiles in the northern Gaza strip and another near the [...]	2004-12-10 16:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6470	WB/G SITREP: NO INJURIES IN ANTI-TANK MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Settlers from Zufin settlement, near Qalqiliya, uprooted and torched trees near the West Bank village of Jayyus December 20. Also on December 20, settlers from Yitzhar settlement, near Nablus, disconnected the water supply to an IDF outpost and punctured the tires of a militar [...]	2004-12-21 11:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04THEHAGUE1352	Secretary Abraham's May 23 Bilateral Meeting [...] Summary: Energy Secretary Abraham held a May 23 luncheon discussion with Dutch Economics Minister Brinkhorst on the margins of the International Energy Forum meeting in Amsterdam. They agreed to explore the possibilities for increased U.S.-EU collaboration on energy technologies and that th [...]	2004-06-02 14:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG KNNP IR NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2924	NETHERLANDS/EU/INDIA: "NEW PARTNERSHIP" HAS LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: Beyond welcoming a new "strategic partnership," the November 8 EU-India Summit was perhaps more notable for what it lacked than what it included. The new "strategic partnership" appears to be little more than a wishlist of topics for cooperation to be fleshed out over the next ye [...]	2004-11-12 14:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IN NL EUN
04THEHAGUE600	REQUEST FOR WAIVER FOR LEASE OVER DOLS 25,000 [...] AS DIRECTED BY REF (A),POST REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A RESIDENTIAL LEASE. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS KEYED TO THE FORMAT OF REF (B.) (1) POST: THE HAGUE. (2) WAIVER FOR (A) LEASE OVER U.S. DOLS YES. 25,000? (B) DOES LEASE EXCEED SPACE STANDA [...]	2004-03-11 11:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ABLD AMGT ASEC
04TRIPOLI28	(C) U.S. OIL COMPANIES PERSEVERE IN LIBYA [...] (C) Oasis/Oxy Update: The oil majors were in Tripoli the week of December 6 for yet another Libyan economic conference (reftel). The former Oasis partners (Marathon, Amerada Hess, ConocoPhillips) are continuing their negotiations with the NOC for re-entry into the Libyan oil market, as is Oc [...]	2004-12-14 09:49:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL LY
04VILNIUS1442	FORMER AMBASSADOR'S CSIS PAPER CAUSES A [...] (SBU) Top TV journalist Edmundas Jakilaitis resigned over an incident in which he reported that a "secret" U.S. document warned of the dangers of Russian influence over Lithuanian politicians such as Russian-born Labor Party Leader Viktor Uspaskich. The document turned out to be written by f [...]	2004-11-26 09:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PREL LH RS
04WELLINGTON745	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS ROMEO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist Romeo Flores to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from September 2-25, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lecture at a seminar on coal bed natural gas and coal geology as the Erskine Fellow of the [...]	2004-09-01 05:05:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
04WELLINGTON795	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USGS ROMEO [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Research Geologist Romeo Flores to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 1-15, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to lecture at a seminar on coal bed natural gas and coal geology as the Erskine Fellow of the U [...]	2004-09-16 03:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA NZ
04YEREVAN1473	ARMENIA: SURPRISINGLY LITTLE TRADE WITH IRAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Despite Armenia's geographic isolation and closed borders, trade with its southern neighbor Iran remains surprisingly small. While the April 12-13 meeting between Armenian Foreign Minister V [...]	2004-06-30 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAIR ETRD AM
04YEREVAN1523	PRESIDENT OF IRAN TO VISIT ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Armenian President Robert Kocharian announced June 24 that Iranian President (Ali) Mohammad Khatami-Ardakani would visit Armenia this September. According to the announcement, Khatami will be the first Iranian head of s [...]	2004-07-07 12:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR AM
04YEREVAN1899	ARMENIA'S OLIGARCHS: STAYING RICH ON FOOD, GAS, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Trade in the most basic goods in the Armenian economy is controlled by a small number of oligarchs with strong ties to government. While it is considered common knowledge that oligarchs use p [...]	2004-08-30 12:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EIND ETRD PGOV KCOR AM
04YEREVAN2019	IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE: IRAN TO FINANCE PIPELINE [...] (SBU) During Iranian President Mohammad Khatami's visit to Yerevan September 8-9, the Armenian and Iranian governments signed a deal to finance the Armenia-Iran gas pipeline as far as Kajaran, 41 kilometers into Armenia. In May the governments had signed an agreement providing for the constru [...]	2004-09-10 13:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET AM IR
04YEREVAN2061	OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT KHATAMI TO ARMENIA [...] (C) During Iranian President's Mohammad Khatami's visit to Yerevan, September 8-9, the Armenian and Iranian governments signed seven agreements including the agreements concerning the partial financing and construction of an Armenian-Iranian gas pipeline. The local press and the Armenian Minis [...]	2004-09-17 13:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET AM IR
04YEREVAN2113	FM TAPS SPECIAL ADVISOR AS NEXT AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-24 10:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR AM
04YEREVAN2406	POWER STRUGGLE: ARMENIA SELLS GEORGIA CHEAP [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Sources in Armenia's energy sector claim that, following the October 10 sabotage of transmission lines from Russia (Ref A),the Georgian government forced Armenia to sell electricit [...]	2004-11-01 13:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD EAID AM
04YEREVAN2446	CORRUPTION HINDERS ARMENIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia faces severe and continuing deforestation. Although the law prohibits commercial cutting, corruption and inefficacy in Hayantar, the state forestry agency, result in the continued illeg [...]	2004-11-08 06:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD AM
04YEREVAN349	ARMENIA: DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH [...] Armenia's 2003 economic performance exceeded all predictions; despite the rounds of elections and political tremors during the year, the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 13.9 percent, a record high since 1991 independence. Construction (mostly donor financed) and industry contribute [...]	2004-02-12 13:50:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EFIN EAID EAIR AM RU
04YEREVAN350	ARMENIA: INCREASING (BUT STILL MODEST) TRADE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) The Armenian press noted that trade turnover for the first nine months of 2003 between Armenia and Russia increased 84 percent over 2002 levels of the same period and was distributed almost e [...]	2004-02-12 13:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAIR ETRD AM
04YEREVAN382	ARMENIA WON'T COMMIT TO SHUTDOWN DATE FOR NUCLEAR [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) During the February 10 EU-Armenia working group on Armenia Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP),Armenia would not commit to a new closure date for the ANPP and the EU side refu [...]	2004-02-17 11:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG AM
04YEREVAN457	PIPE DREAMS: IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE DOESN'T [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian officials have again proposed a gas pipeline from Iran to Armenia as a way to alleviate Armenia's concerns about the future diversity of energy sources. According to the [...]	2004-02-24 11:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET AM
04YEREVAN698	PROPOSED IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE: STILL NO MONEY [...] (SBU) Despite recent media reports about an Iran- Armenia gas pipeline deal, our meeting March 22, 2004 with Deputy Minister of Energy Areg Galstyan confirms that any such deal is still more a vague, albeit strong, desire than a real plan. Both the Deputy Minister and resident European Delega [...]	2004-03-24 12:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET AM
04YEREVAN816	FORTHCOMING AGREEMENT ON ARMENIA-IRAN PIPELINE [...] (SBU) Post skepticism about the viability of the Iran-Armenia pipeline project notwithstanding, two points should be clear. One, the pipeline is the number one priority for the Ministry of Energy. Two, the Iranian Minister will come to Armenia in April and will sign something: most probably [...]	2004-04-06 06:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS AM
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
04YEREVAN966	IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE: WHAT IF THEY HAVE THE MONEY? [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Post has consistently discredited recent media reports about the ten-year-old proposal to build a pipeline from Iran to Armenia on the grounds that there has been no indication of a [...]	2004-04-26 01:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET AM
04ZAGREB1034	U.S. SANCTIONS NOT MAJOR OBSTACLE TO CROATIAN GAS [...] (SBU) On June 1 we visited INA, the majority state-owned oil and gas company, to inquire about its overseas activities in general, and its exploration activities in Syria in particular. Zeljko Belosic, Member of the Board and executive director for Oil and Gas Exploration and Production note [...]	2004-06-07 17:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETTC EPET HR SY IZ
04ZAGREB2109	CROATIA REQUESTS US SUPPORT FOR LENIENCY ON KYOTO [...] On December 7, the Croatian MFA submitted a request by diplomatic note for U.S. support for a GoC application for leniency in carbon dioxide emissions ahead of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference currently ongoing in Buenos Aires. The GoC believes fulfilling its K [...]	2004-12-09 15:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON PGOV HR
04ZAGREB2153	FM VISIT BOOSTS RUSSIA-CROATIA RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an effort to shore up Moscow's influence in this Brussels-leaning capital, Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met with President Stjepan Mesic, PM Ivo Sanader, Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, and FM Miomir Zuzul on his December 10 visit to Zagreb. Significant developm [...]	2004-12-20 12:04:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RS HR
04ZAGREB552	MESIC PLEASED WITH MIDDLE EAST VISIT [...] (C) In a meeting on March 27 with the Ambassador arranged to discuss a Croatian proposal to refit a Libyan military vessel (ref),Croatian President Stipe Mesic spent most of his time discussing his recent visit to the Middle East. He said he had a very full schedule of meetings in Damascus [...]	2004-04-01 08:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD HR QA IS SY
04ZAGREB71	CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC: OK ON IRAQ TROOP [...] (S) In the Ambassador's January 13 call on President Mesic to seek movement on key bilateral issues, Mesic offered to go slow for the time being on any contract to refit a Libyan naval vessel while restating his desire to develop commercial relations with Libya. Mesic committed not to get in t [...]	2004-01-14 11:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET	PREL MARR KAWC ETTC IZ SY HR NATO
05ABUDHABI1872	OIL INDUSTRY REPS ON POTENTIAL PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Western oil executives told Ambassador, at an energy roundtable, about Abu Dhabi plans to add 200,000 barrels per-day capacity over the next two years in onshore production and 150,000 capacity in the near term offshore. They agreed that Saudi ARAMCO would be able to meet Saudi Oil [...]	2005-04-27 10:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
05ABUDHABI2624	SUSTAINING ENERGY DIALOGE - UAE [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Ambassador met with UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili as part of our continued dialogue on energy issues, to include briefing him on U.S. efforts to spur conservation and improve energy efficiency and exchanging views on the volatile oil supply situation. Al-Hamili noted t [...]	2005-06-12 10:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG ETRD ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI2815	UAE-IRAN RELATIONS: AN UNEASY CALM [...] (C) Summary: The UAE and Iran have long had a wary co-existence. While the two countries enjoy robust trade ties and have historical social and cultural links, Iran's nuclear program and the possibility of a clandestine weapons component, interference in Iraq's internal affairs, and continued [...]	2005-06-21 11:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETRD PINR IZ IR GCC TC
05ABUDHABI2957	DOE WILLIAMSON ENERGY DISCUSSIONS IN UAE [...] (C) Summary. DOE officials Molly Williamson and John Brodman met UAEG counterparts to discuss the UAE's oil sector and oil market issues. The delegation, accompanied by Ambassador and econoff, briefed UAEG interlocutors on Secretary Bodman's recent travel to Moscow, Baku and Kiev. SIPDIS [...]	2005-07-02 08:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG TC
05ABUDHABI3008	ONE MORE CRACK IN THE GCC - UAE/SAUDI BORDER [...] (S) Summary. Tensions between UAE and Saudi Arabia over a border dispute have broad implications for intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) relations and the long-term viability of the GCC. UAE officials view Saudi objections to a planned causeway to link the UAE and Qatar as Saudi Arabia's at [...]	2005-07-06 11:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PBTS PREL PHSA EPET ENRG TC GCC
05ABUDHABI303	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: REQUEST FOR COMMENTS - [...] The UAE is an attractive place for U.S. businesses, but the legal framework here favors local over foreign investors. Post assesses that the overall level of openness for services in the UAE is medium. In some cases, we have assessed different sectors at different levels of openness. 2. [...]	2005-01-18 12:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO TC
05ABUDHABI3237	SAJGAS IPO AND IRANIAN GAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Dow Jones Correspondent Simeon Kerr (protect) telephoned EconChief on July 23 and July 24 to say that Crescent Petroleum and the Emirate of Sharjah planned to issue an initial public offering (IPO) in September for their SajGas proj [...]	2005-07-25 03:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET BEXP ENRG ECON PREL IR TC
05ABUDHABI3440	ABU DHABI AWARE OF SHARJAH AND IRANIAN GAS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Executive Council member Khaldoon Al-Mubarak told Econchief that Abu Dhabi emirate leadership was aware of the planned Crescent petroleum project to pipe Iranian gas to the UAE and was trying to develop an appropr [...]	2005-08-08 07:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL IR TC
05ABUDHABI3441	OVERVIEW OF OIL AND GAS IN THE UAE [...] (C) Begin Summary. Oil and natural gas form the basis of the modern economy in the United Arab Emirates, which holds 8 to 9 percent of the world,s proven oil reserves and controls the world,s fifth largest natural gas reserves. Over 90 percent of the country,s established oil and natural gas [...]	2005-08-08 07:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ENRG EPET TC
05ABUDHABI3580	ABU DHABI'S OFFSHORE PRODUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA/OPCO) GM Bud Fackrell (protect) told Econchief August 16 that ADMA/OPCO had taken several steps to increase oil production over the last year and had a project to bring sustainable oil production capacity to 600,000 barrels per day bp/d by [...]	2005-08-17 12:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON TC
05ABUDHABI3851	WHAT'S BEHIND THE UAE-SAUDI BORDER DISPUTE [...] This is an Action Request. Please see para. 15 2. (C) Summary: In response to the rising volume of private and public sniping between the UAE and Saudi Arabian governments over the status and meaning of their 1974 Agreement on the Delimitation of Boundaries (refs),Embassies Abu Dhabi and [...]	2005-09-10 15:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PBTS EPET PGOV ETRD SA TC
05ABUDHABI3884	MEETING WITH UAE ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On September 11, Ambassador met with UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili to thank him for UAE and OPEC support after Hurricane Katrina (including a $100 million UAE donation to relief efforts) and brief him on U.S. and international efforts to respond to the crisis. Al-Hamili said that [...]	2005-09-12 13:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG ETRD ELAB IR MU TC
05ABUDHABI4104	UAE ANNOUNCES NEAR TERM OIL PRODUCTION CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: On September 25, UAE Minister of Energy Al-Hamili announced that the UAE would raise its oil production by 200 kb/d by March 2006, which tracks with what we have been told privately by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) officials. The same day, Exxon Al-Khaleej President Fran [...]	2005-09-28 12:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG TC
05ABUDHABI4546	SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN TO [...] (C) We look forward to Secretary Bodman and team's November 11 to 13 visit to the UAE. The UAE is both a key regional security partner and a major oil producer. It holds 8 to 9 percent of the world's proven oil reserves and is the world's fifth largest natural gas reserves. The individual e [...]	2005-11-07 12:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EPET ENRG ETRD AE
05ABUDHABI4579	STATUS OF ABU DHABI GENERATOR DONATION TO IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. As part of the its promised assistance to Iraq, the UAE intends to donate 2 ABB 200 megawatt/day power stations to Iraq. Although the UAE pledged to send the generators over a year ago, they have not yet been sent. The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs indicated last y [...]	2005-11-09 06:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
05ABUDHABI4741	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: UAEG and Abu Dhabi government interlocutors told Secretary Bodman during his November 11-13 visit that the UAE is committed to expanding crude oil production (including condensates) to 4 mb/d over the next seven to ten years, with 200,000 b/d coming on line in early 2006. The UAE [...]	2005-11-21 14:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PK AF SA IR IZ
05ABUDHABI510	U/S BOLTON VISITS UAE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton met with UAE officials on January 31 to discuss the status of Iran,s nuclear weapons programs and to present future options for addressing the threat on the UAE,s doorstep, including referral to the [...]	2005-02-05 02:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ETTC IR IZ KNNP PARM PK TC
05ABUDHABI634	EB ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE MEETS WITH UAE ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: UAE Energy Minister Al-Hamili told visiting A/S Wayne that the UAE would be adding 200,000 barrels of production capacity in 2005. He explained that the UAE decision to buy gas from Qatar was one of price. In response to A/S Wayne's questions about reported Iranian-UAE gas purch [...]	2005-02-12 12:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON IR TC
05ABUDHABI992	SCENESETTER FOR FIRST ROUND OF US-UAE FTA [...] (U) Summary: The UAE is a federation of seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Qaiwain, Fujairah, and Ras Al-Khaimah) founded in December 1971. Over the last 34 years, the UAE has developed into the third largest economy in the Arab world, with an estimated 2004 GDP of at [...]	2005-03-02 10:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD PREL TC EINV USTR
05ABUDHABI993	ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY TO REMAIN A LONG-TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: Former UAE President Sheikh Zayed, who died in November 2004, was widely respected in the UAE as an avid environmentalist who worked to "green" the UAE by promoting forestry and agriculture. Rapid expansion of agriculture, however, has negatively impacted the UAE,s ground wat [...]	2005-03-02 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET ETRD KSCA SENV TC
05ABUJA1185	GON OFFICIAL SUGGESTS POSSIBLE NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador, Prince Adegboyega Christopher Ariyo, Director of Asia and Middle East Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),expressed concern about the possibility of Nigeria's oil and gas reserves' becoming depleted over the next forty yea [...]	2005-07-05 06:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ENRG TRGY KNNP NI
05ABUJA1408	DISTRIBUTION OF OIL REVENUES TO NIGERIA'S [...] Summary and Introduction: Talks in the just-concluded National Political Reforms Conference (the "confab") reached a deadlock when the issue of the share of oil revenues paid to the oil-producing states to take care of environmental problems and infrastructure came to the fore on June 13. Th [...]	2005-08-02 16:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EPET PGOV NI OIL
05ABUJA2295	SHOOT OUT NEXT DOOR TO A USG RESIDENTIAL [...] On November 22, 2005 between 2020 and 2230 hours the local police engaged five carjackers that were pursued to a house locate directly next door to a USG housing compound. Embassy local guards and attached Nigerian police assisted authorities with the loaning of their po [...]	2005-11-23 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC NI CRIME
05ABUJA60	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: U.S. MARKET-ACCESS [...] The following responds to ref's request for information about U.S. service suppliers' market access in Nigeria. This cable ranks Nigerian sectors' level of priority for U.S. service providers (a value from 1 to 5, with "1" being a top priority for U.S. service suppliers). This rating is bas [...]	2005-01-14 17:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTO NI
05ABUJA756	GON PRESENTATION ON NIGER DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obasanjo has given us a document asking for cooperation in "ensuring availability, security and stability of hydrocarbon resources in the Niger Delta," although he refers to it as about the Gulf of Guinea as a whole and includes some regional efforts as a figleaf that it [...]	2005-05-16 08:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS EPET PREL NI
05ACCRA1679	THE U.S. - GHANA RELATIONSHIP: THE AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Ghana relationship is strong and broad-based. In this message, I offer my parting thoughts on how the relationship has changed during my nearly three-year tenure as Ambassador, and identify some of the main challenges ahead. I leave very optimistic about Ghana. The Go [...]	2005-08-22 07:34:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GH
05ACCRA1812	GHANA ECON HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for August and September 2005. The issues covered are: -- ExxonMobil Exits Ghana, Thirteen other African Countries -- Visit of US Coast Guard Port Security Liaison Officers -- MCC gives $3 million to Develop GoG Compa [...]	2005-09-08 12:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD ECPS KMCA GH
05ACCRA2311	VIOLENCE AT GHANA'S KRISAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 8, refugees at Krisan camp in the Western Region of Ghana torched houses, and destroyed offices and vehicles, including from UNHCR. UNHCR's Senior Protection Officer in Ghana told PolChief and visiting RefCoord from Abidjan on November 10 that the violence was sp [...]	2005-11-10 17:10:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH IV PREF PREL TO
05ACCRA2584	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES GAS PIPELINE AND CMS ENERGY [...] Summary: Ambassador Bridgewater made a courtesy call on Minister of Energy Professor Mike Oquaye December 19. The Minister and Ambassador discussed Ghana's preparation for the completion of the West Africa Gas Pipeline, the status of CMS Energy's expansion project, alternative energy sources, [...]	2005-12-20 17:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ENRG GH
05ADANA103	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 11, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-12 06:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA13	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 12, 2005 [...] MILLI GAZETE / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Adana is going to establish its infrastructure for the inaugration of natural gas use within the city. The EPDK (Energy Market Regulatory Authority) announced yesterday that Adana is included in the list of cities that will benefit from the n [...]	2005-01-14 06:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA133	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 30, 2005 [...] HURRIYET/EKSPRES/SABAH(GUNEY)/ZAMAN/BOLGE: Water melon producers in Adana's Karatas district of are frustrated about not being able to sell their produce despite water melon's very low price in the market. 2. ZAMAN/BOLGE: The paper reports that despite the recent lifting o [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA134	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 11, 2005 [...] ZAMAN: A 60-person group of Syrian businessmen and senior members of Syrian chambers of commerce came to Iskenderun district of Hatay and visited "Istex 2005 Industry and Commerce Fair." The group showed interest in the industrial products section. The group also visited the stand of Alep [...]	2005-07-11 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA140	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS Â [...]	2005-07-15 16:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA15	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 13, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for January 13, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. OZGUR GUNDEM: [...]	2005-01-25 06:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA160	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 01, 2005 [...] EVRENSEL: Farmers Union and Citrus Fruit Producers in Adana formed a delegation, which will be visiting the Ministry of Agriculture in Ankara, to demand an urgent announcement of decisions about products such as citrus fruit, cotton and corn. 2. EVRENSEL: State Minister [...]	2005-09-06 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA170	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 11:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA200	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 10:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA203	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 02, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 06:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA214	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 21, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA215	SOUTHEAST TURKEY CIVIL UNREST, CLASHES CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 15:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER TU ADANA
05ADANA230	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 12:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA239	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 07:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA27	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2, 2005 [...] OZGUR GUNDEM / EVRENSEL / SABAH (GUNEY): In Mersin, many people demonstrated against the decision to privatize that city's port. Protesting the privatization process, 400 members of Liman-Is (Union of Ports),Mersin Branch, carried banners reading, "We will not let the ports be sold," "Po [...]	2005-02-11 09:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA28	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Ayhan Barut, Branch Chairperon of th Chambr of Aricultural Engineers, state that drastical low temperatures and the frost experienced in the Cukurova region seriously damaged vegetables and fruit (especially citrus fruit) that has not been harvested yet. [...]	2005-02-15 13:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA30	DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE IN SIIRT [...] (U) Per reftel (SE Turkey Press Summary 1/25/05),as many as 1000 demonstrators reportedly clashed with security officials in Siirt on January 23, 2005. Reportedly throwing stones and breaking windows, they protested what they claimed was a decision by government and municipal officials to b [...]	2005-02-17 14:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC PREL TU ADANA

05ADANA37	TURKEY'S 2004 TRADE WITH IRAQ SURPASSES 2003 LEVELS [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-24 12:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL ENRG IZ TU ADANA
05ADANA42	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): Chambers of Commerce, Chambers of Industry and Commodity Exchanges will hold Assembly elections around Turkey between March 1 and 3. Locally, the Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce and Chamber of Industry election will be March 3, and the Gaziantep Commodity Exchange election Ma [...]	2005-03-01 07:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADDISABABA3984	ETHIOPIA: PM MELES WELCOMES USG ENGAGEMENT ON SOMALIA, CALLS IT GREATEST LONG-TERM SECURITY THREAT [...] (C) Summary: PM Meles told visiting DAS Don Yamamoto Nov. 29 that Ethiopia welcomed increased USG engagement on Somalia. He called the rise of extremism in Somalia the greatest long-term security threat to the region, but said there was still time to address it before the danger increased. M [...]	2005-11-30 13:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL KPKO MARR ET ER SO
05ALGIERS1030	POTENTIAL FOR GREATER U.S. ACTIVITY IN ALGERIA'S [...] (U) The first half of 2005 has witnessed a small boom in U.S. interest in the Algerian domestic energy supply sector, with one U.S. firm, General Electric, pressing for participation in a new power plant and two other firms looking for opportunities in the market. According to GOA officials, [...]	2005-05-23 15:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET BEXP AG
05ALGIERS1571	NEW TRAFFIC PLAN IN ALGIERS CAUSES DISCONTENT, [...] The Ministry of Transportation began enforcing a new traffic plan June 1 in Algiers to reduce daytime traffic congestion throughout the capital. The new measure restricts the movement of trucks of more than 2.5 tons inside the capital to nighttime hours only. Truck drivers, dock workers, and [...]	2005-07-27 16:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EWWT PGOV AG
05ALGIERS1652	GOA MOVES TO STOP CORRUPTION [...] (C) A growing realization of the economic and development costs of pervasive corruption in Algeria, coupled with reported pressure from some key senior military figures, is prompting increased government efforts against corruption. Over the past several months, President Bouteflika has made a [...]	2005-08-10 15:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV EPET AG
05ALGIERS2055	SKIKDA REFINERY FIRE EXPECTED TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON [...] (U) This cable has been sent sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Algeria's second largest crude oil refinery at Skikda experienced a fire October 4 that burned through the night and into today. Early morning reports to us from local industry officials said the [...]	2005-10-05 14:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC AG
05ALGIERS2091	VULNERABILITY OF KEY FOREIGN OIL SUPPLIERS [...] (S) Post provides the following answers to the Department's questions on the vulnerability of key foreign oil supplies in Algeria: (S) -- Have host governments completed vulnerability assessments of the facilities (Arzew Terminal and Skikda)? Following the 2004 explosion at Skikda (see par [...]	2005-10-12 09:31:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	KHLS EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC
05ALGIERS2228	Algeria Economic Highlights [...] Oil Export Revenues expected to hit $40 Billion 2. French Interest in Bank Privatization 3. Booming Mobile Phone Sector 4. Spanish Aquatia Selected for Desalination Plant 5. Algeria Among Least Transparent Countries 6. $51 Billion Foreign Exchange Reserve 7. Algerian Purchasing Power Do [...]	2005-11-02 15:27:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND ETRD BEXP AG
05ALMATY1391	KAZAKHSTAN: SAAKASHVILI AND NAZARBAYEV MEET IN [...] (C) Summary: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili made a state visit to Astana March 30-April 1. Presidents Nazarbayev and Saakashvili met at Nazarbayev's new residence in Astana, conducted a joint press conference and talked alone for two unscheduled hours following the state dinner for S [...]	2005-04-11 08:33:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KZ GG POLITICAL
05ALMATY1435	ENVIRONMENTALISTS CHARGE OIL MAJORS WITH POLLUTING [...] (U) Summary: A coalition of Kazakhstani and U.S. environmental activists charge the Karachagank Petroleum Operating (KPO) with polluting the village of Berezovka, and demand its relocation. KPO rejects these accusations and points to extensive monitoring data. Local authorities support KPO and [...]	2005-04-12 12:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1920	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ATYRAU OBLAST [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with a wide-range of civic groups, businessmen, local officials, and foreign investors during his March 13-16 trip to Kazakhstan's oil-rich Atyrau Oblast. The booming region faces skilled labor shortages while a large rural population idles in villages. Relat [...]	2005-05-19 13:02:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2122	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Government Submitted Draft Amendments to Tax Code -- Pension As [...]	2005-06-06 14:25:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2850	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- National Bank Raises Refinancing Rate -- Commerzbank to Invest [...]	2005-08-04 11:19:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2950	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Special Economic Zone in South Kazakhstan -- Kazakhstan Cuts Po [...]	2005-08-16 05:17:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3075	PETROKAZAKHSTAN SOLD TO CHINESE CNPC SUBSIDIARY [...] (C) Summary: Canadian oil company PetroKazakhstan (PK) announced its sale to PetroChina, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the China National Petroleum Company (CNPC),on August 22, for $4.18 billion. Thomas Dvorak, president of one of two principal Kazakhstan-based PK operating companies, was o [...]	2005-08-23 04:38:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET IN KZ CA CH ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3143	PETROKAZAKSTAN FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Summary: PetroKazakhstan (PK) officials expect to finalize the company's sale (ref A) to "PetroChina" (a CNPC subsidiary) next week, and a company vice-president discounted press rumors that India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) might attempt to top PetroChina's bid. A well-plac [...]	2005-08-26 11:31:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET CA CH IN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3172	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Changes in the Cabinet -- WTO Protocol with Turkey Signed -- [...]	2005-09-01 09:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3604	EUR A/S FRIED,S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) Participants: U.S.: EUR A/S Fried Ambassador Ordway SA DAS Gastright DASD MacDougall NSC Director Merkel Astana PO Tracy (notetaker) Kazakhstan: Foreign Minister Tokayev First Deputy Foreign Minister Aliyev MFA Chief of [...]	2005-10-05 08:41:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ MARR PGOV PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY378	GOOD COP, BAD COP ON KASHAGAN? [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of key negotiations, Kazakhstani PM Akhmetov stated that the government will seek to acquire more than a pre-agreed 50% of British Gas' 16.67% in the mammoth Kashagan AGIP-KCO project. This pronouncement, which contradicts earlier statements by Energy Minister Vladimir [...]	2005-02-02 08:58:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3857	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SUBSOIL AMENDMENTS BROADEN STATE'S [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, President Nazarbayev signed into law a series of amendments which expand the scope of the GOK's "preemptive rights" to cover the case of the sale of a company whose subsidiary conducts subsoil operations in Kazakhstan. The new amendments appear to have been tailor [...]	2005-10-21 09:13:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG CH EPET IN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3876	KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION REQUEST ON BARRIERS TO [...] The following information is provided in response to Reftel questions. Question 1(A) ------------ 2. By law, U.S. companies can purchase local oil companies. The January 2003 Law on Investments provides the legal framework for foreign investment in Kazakhstan, and does not differenti [...]	2005-10-26 21:01:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3912	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW RESIGNS FROM [...] (C) Summary. In a surprise move, President Nazarbayev's son-in-law, Timur Kulibayev, resigned on October 22 as First Vice-President of the state-owned oil and gas company, reportedly to pursue private business interests. Kulibayev's replacement is Aleksandr Pavlov, a former Deputy Prime Min [...]	2005-10-31 05:56:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4047	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Forecast Inflation Rate 2005 Not to Be Reconsidered -- Halyk Ba [...]	2005-11-10 09:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4106	KAZAKHSTAN: KMG LOOKING TO BUY INTO KARACHAGANAK [...] (C) Summary. Two expatriate oil executives told Econoff (in confidence) on November 14 that state-owned oil and gas company KMG has opened discussions with KPO (Karachaganak Petroleum Operating Company) members about buying a share of the consortium. British Gas (BG) Business Planning Manager [...]	2005-11-18 04:59:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ
05AMMAN3649	JORDAN HAS A PROMISING NEW ECONOMIC TEAM, BUT CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's new economic team only took office as part of the new cabinet on April 7 but has already shown its eagerness to move ahead with economic reform. It has quickly moved to resolve several long-standing economic and investment problems. In an initial series of calls with [...]	2005-05-10 03:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV JO
05AMMAN4549	ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment conference in Amman on May 18, Qatar's Sheikh Mohamed Ahmed Al-Thani, Minister of Economy and Commerce, told Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne that while substantially increased investment was flowing to Qatar from the U.S., US [...]	2005-06-07 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG BEXP ECON JO
05AMMAN4635	GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRM PDAS Rich Greene reviewed the implications Israel's planned Gaza disengagement will have for UN programs that currently sustain over 950,000 Palestinian refugees -) two-thirds of the population -- in May 15-19 meetings with officials from the Israeli MFA, the Palestinian Autho [...]	2005-06-09 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO
05AMMAN5228	FUEL PRICE INCREASES IN JORDAN ON THE HORIZON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Royal Court Minister Marwan Muasher June 27 spoke briefly about lifting oil subsidies in remarks carried prominently in most of the Arabic-language dailies. It is only a matter of time before the first wave of oil and gas price hikes are announced and implemented. Muasher's re [...]	2005-06-29 14:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EFIN ECON JO
05AMMAN5451	GOJ TO PARTIALLY ELIMINATE FUEL SUBSIDIES JULY 9 [...] (C) In Charge's initial courtesy call on recently appointed Finance Minister Adel al-Kodah on July 7, Minister Kodah stated that the Council of Ministers had finalized its decision to raise fuel product prices. In its first session, on July 5, the Cabinet had set July 9 as the date on which t [...]	2005-07-07 12:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EAID EFIN PGOV PREL JO
05AMMAN6975	JORDANIAN FIRMS TO CODEL HOEKSTRA: STAY THE COURSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During two informal meetings arranged by Jordanian businessman Khaled Kanaan, a congressional delegation led by House Intelligence Committee chairman Peter Hoekstra heard prominent Jordanian businessmen strongly urge members of congress to remain engaged in Iraq while rethinkin [...]	2005-08-30 07:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD IZ JO
05AMMAN7561	JORDANIAN FUEL PRICES HIKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan announced fuel price hikes September 21 (Ref A),prompting widespread grumbling but no disorder. Gasoline price increases of 5% and diesel increases of 22% tracked exactly the proposal that the government has been considering for the past weeks. Fuel o [...]	2005-09-21 11:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EAID PREL JO
05AMMAN8027	IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S [...] (C) Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad outlined the most recent revisions to the draft Constitution, including probable changes addressing Arab concerns over federalism, Iraq's Arab identity, and qualifications for citizenship, during an October 3 meeting in Amman with Jordan-based Iraqi bu [...]	2005-10-10 05:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG PINR IZ JO
05AMMAN9515	TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court began proceedings in four separate cases against groups charged with planning to use cyanide to kill bar owners and patrons, illegally entering Syria to attack U.S. forces in Iraq, and plotting to attack U.S. personnel in Jordan. The court said it wo [...]	2005-12-08 16:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM ASEC JO IZ SY
05ANKARA1	IRANIAN FONMIN KHARRAZI'S VISIT TO TURKEY: IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA interlocutors tell us PM Erdogan strongly underscored Turkish concerns about Iran's nuclear program to visiting Iranian FonMin Kharrazi. End summary. 2. (C) In separate, coordinated Dec. 29 calls on MFA, Polcounselor met DDG for South Asia (including Iran) Evirgen [...]	2005-01-01 05:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MNUC PARM ENRG TU IR IZ
05ANKARA1039	TURKEY-U.S. ENERGY DIALOGUE POTENTIAL NEXT STEP [...] SUMMARY: Turkey Energy Deputy Under Secretary Selahattin Cimen looks to DOE for an invitation and potential dates to send a Turkish team of officials and experts to the U.S. He said Turkey was interested in joining the Hydrogen partnership (IPHE). End Summary. Proposal to Send a Turkish T [...]	2005-02-25 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET TU
05ANKARA1208	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-07 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1225	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-08 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA131	TURKEY'S BTC PIPELINE AIMING AT FIRST OIL AT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the BTC Consortium's Turkey office, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline is 95 percent complete in Turkey. After testing and line fill, the first tanker will be loaded at Ceyhan port by September 2005. Given construction delays and problems with the subcon [...]	2005-01-10 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET TU
05ANKARA1332	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-11 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1340	EU FURIOUS OVER GOT HANDLING OF POLICE VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Ankara-based EU diplomats say EU leaders are furious over the GOT's continued poor handling of the violent March 6 police crackdown on International Women's Day demonstrators in Istanbul. FM Gul promised an investigation; however PM Erdogan, Justice Minister Cicek, and other GOT [...]	2005-03-11 17:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
05ANKARA1650	POTENTIAL TURKISH CONTRIBUTION TO BMENA INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In recent months, Turkish government and private sector officials have shown an increasing interest in becoming more involved on the economic side of the BMENA initiative. This fits with Turkey's large and growing trade and investment with the region and its potential -- as a [...]	2005-03-22 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV KCRM PGOV QA EG 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
05ANKARA1774	ULTRA-NATIONALIST MHP SENSING NEW OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary. Although leaders of Turkey,s ultranationalist, right-wing National Action Party (MHP) claim that their party is a modern, democratic, secular, patriotic, and non-racist, the party has a neofascist ideology, a history of political violence, and a rigid hierarchical structure. MHP [...]	2005-03-28 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
05ANKARA1908	TURKEY: THRIVING ECONOMY IN INDUSTRIAL TOWN [...] (U) Summary. A visit to a thriving industrial town near Ankara showed the spreading positive impact of Turkey's economic recovery on ordinary citizens. It also showed what seemed to be a newfound commitment on the part of elected politicians and businessmen to practicing entrepreneurship and [...]	2005-04-03 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI TU
05ANKARA1935	MINISTER DECLARES MISSIONARIES "SEPARATIST AND DESTRUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary: State Minister Aydin, who oversees the GOT's Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet),released a statement labeling missionary activities in Turkey "separatist and destructive" and implying that missionaries are part of an organized effort by foreign governments to create divis [...]	2005-04-04 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2124	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-14 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2230	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-19 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2250	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2322	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-25 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA269	Turkey State Refinery Company TUPRAS [...] Summary: Following failure of an initial effort in 2004, the Government of Turkey plans to re-announce tenders (this time) for 51% of the state refinery company TUPRAS at the beginning of April 2005. Turkish officials are eager for U.S. participation. End Summary. 2. TUPRAS dominates th [...]	2005-01-18 07:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV KTDB TU
05ANKARA2784	LABOR MINISTRY ON UNEMPLOYMENT IN TURKEY [...] (U) Summary. The Labor Ministry's ISKUR, the Turkish Employment Organization, an agency charged with developing and enacting employment policies, is trying to match jobs with workers at the micro level to alleviate Turkey's official 11.5 percent unemployment rate, which may understate the se [...]	2005-05-16 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI TU
05ANKARA2803	TURKISH MFA ON EU, IRAQ, BTC, AND BYPASSES [...] (SBU) Summary: A Turkish MFA official expressed concerns about continued lack of oil flow in the Iraq-Turkey pipeline, but optimism about potential for providing additional Turkish electricity to Iraq. He explained that the GOT was unable to initial the draft of the EU's Energy Community Tr [...]	2005-05-17 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD IZ TU
05ANKARA2810	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3014	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-26 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3163	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA322	Suggested Services Market Access Priorities [...] As requested reftel, Embassy has ranked market access priorities for Turkey's services sectors. We have also consulted with the local American business chamber on these priorities. Rank 1 are the highest priorities and 5 are the lowest. In addition, market openness is rated as high, medium [...]	2005-01-18 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TU
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
05ANKARA3380	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3387	UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO VISITS TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko's June 6-8 visit to Turkey, his first since becoming President, focused mainly on commercial issues. The two sides signed six agreements, including on energy, transport, and combating crime. Although Turkey claims to support Ukraine's EU and NATO aspiration [...]	2005-06-14 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG ECON TU UP
05ANKARA3396	2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES/EXPROPRIATION [...] Claimant data: Claimants A are U.S. citizens Victor and Kristy Bedoian. They filed a Privacy Act Waiver in 2001 allowing information to be shared with family, friends, members of Congress, the press, the general public and the following individuals: Sally or Pat Killoran, William Wolfe, Mic [...]	2005-06-15 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE TU
05ANKARA3410	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3499	READOUT OF TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Iran Department Head Ulku (who did not go on the trip) asserts U/S Tuygan delivered a "crystal clear" message on Iran's nuclear program and the need to cooperate with the EU-3 and IAEA to DFM Aminzadeh June 11 but admitted Tuygan cloaked his message in diplomatic niceties. Wi [...]	2005-06-20 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER EPET ECON TU IR
05ANKARA358	CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. General Abizaid held a wide-ranging discussion with Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) Secretary-General Yigit Alpogan on areas of mutual concern in SIPDIS the Middle East and Central Asia as well as Turkey's challenges in Cyprus. Both shared the view that, despite perio [...]	2005-01-22 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PTER TU
05ANKARA3857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-05 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3962	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-07 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR 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
05ANKARA4188	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 05:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4405	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-29 14:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4425	TRACKER 23827 - REPORT ON U.S. SPEAKER DANIEL [...] DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTIVITY: U.S. Speaker Daniel Jacobs visited Turkey July 18-22, 2005, for a four-day speaker program that brought him into contact with government, business, NGO, and academic audiences for presentations and discussions of U.S. Environmental Policy with special emphasis on [...]	2005-08-01 11:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP SCUL TU
05ANKARA4555	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-04 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4751	TURCO-RUSSIAN RAPPROCHEMENT: SEVEN HOURS OF [...] (C) Summary: In the context of booming trade with Russia (heavily in the latter's favor) and growing emotional understanding between Turks and Russians, PM Erdogan continues to feel that he is building a partnership of equals with Putin. What is lacking in Turkey is any rational analysis of R [...]	2005-08-12 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON TU RS
05ANKARA4786	COURT RULING THREATENS TO SUSPEND TURKISH POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise ruling in late July, the Council of State (Danistay) issued a suspension ruling for the Electricity Sales Agreement of Enka's Izmir power plant. Enka is optimistic that the court ruling will be overturned, given the power plant's significant share in Turkey's elect [...]	2005-08-15 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV BEXP TU EXIM OPIC
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
05ANKARA5115	PKK FUNERAL CLASH INDICATES RISING TENSION IN [...] (C) Summary: One demonstrator was found dead following an August 28 clash in Batman between police and a group of PKK sympathizers trying to claim the bodies of six PKK fighters killed by Turkish military forces. Relatives of the victim say he was shot to death by police; the Batman police chi [...]	2005-09-01 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE PKK
05ANKARA5157	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-02 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
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
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
05ANKARA5342	TURKS PUT ON POOR SHOW AT ISTANBUL TIP CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a prime opportunity to provide valuable input in the August 25-27 TIP conference, the Turkish MFA, academia, and gendarmerie representatives dropped the ball. From not understanding the difference between smuggling and trafficking, to shamelessly touting Turkey's libera [...]	2005-09-14 11:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5352	TURKEY'S REFINERY PRIVATIZATION: ANOTHER CROWN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Privatization Authority seems to have taken another important step forward, with a Koc Holding - Shell consortium committing to pay a higher-than- expected $4.14 billion for a 51 percent stake in TUPRAS, Turkey's state-owned monopoly refiner. Given past court rulings a [...]	2005-09-14 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV KTDB TU
05ANKARA5421	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-16 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5452	TURKISH RED CRESCENT DELIVERS HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 8. 2. (C) Summary: Press coverage of the Turkish Red Crescent's delivery of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons' camps near Talafar has included accusations by Red Crescent that U.S. forces intimidated Turkish aid workers and attempte [...]	2005-09-20 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA5621	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, August 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Thursday, September [...]	2005-09-27 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA5677	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5841	APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH NSC SECRETARY GENERAL [...] SUMMARY: In a one-hour meeting with APSNA Hadley on September 23, National Security Council Secretary General Yigit Alpogan spoke of the importance of opening new channels of dialogue to enhance the U.S.-Turkish relationship. The GOT appreciates U.S. support with the accession process, but w [...]	2005-09-30 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC TU US EU IR IZ SY IS PA
05ANKARA5948	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, September [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Bu Gun on Saturday, September [...]	2005-10-03 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA6101	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6293	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-17 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6303	ANKARA'S NEW TIP SHELTER -- MUNICIPALITY SETS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Ankara Trafficking in Persons (TIP) shelter, second in Turkey after Istanbul, will start accepting victims of trafficking (VOTs) by the end of October. The Ankara Municipality has delivered a first-rate shelter, totally renovated and furnished, and has offered to pay [...]	2005-10-18 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
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
05ANKARA6312	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6313	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6386	ENERGY MINISTER GULER WANTS TO WORK WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary. With BTC nearly complete, Turkish Energy Minister Guler is looking for new ways to work with the United States on strategic oil and gas transmission projects in the region, as well as for more U.S. investment in Turkey's growing domestic energy sector. He particularly wants U. [...]	2005-10-24 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL
05ANKARA6535	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6593	Turkey's Policies Moderate Impact of High Oil [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-08 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EPET ECON TU
05ANKARA6750	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 16:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6954	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-25 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
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
05ANKARA7098	IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki visited Ankara November 30 to December 1 and met President Sezer, PM Erdogan, FM Gul and key opposition party leaders. Press coverage was low-key and largely positive. Turkish leaders reportedly gave Mottaki a "clear message," warning that Iran,s nuclear [...]	2005-12-02 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG PHUM ETRD IR TU
05ANKARA7158	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

05ANKARA7255	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published in the November 8th edition of Ye [...]	2005-12-12 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
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
05ASUNCION1342	PARAGUAY: CDS CLAIMS `SIGNIFICANT' QUANTITIES OF [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) After a lull of nearly thirty years in hydrocarbon exploration, a Paraguayan company, CDS Energy, is undertaking an exploration and drilling project in the country's Chaco region [...]	2005-10-26 19:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PA
05ASUNCION775	FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TENDER [...] 353/01/T0011 2. 061405 3. P.O'Reilly 4. 353 5. N 6A. CONTACT -- 6B. Dpto. Compras y Contrataciones, UOC 6C. PETROPAR--Petroleos Paraguayos Calle Chile 753, Piso 8 Asuncion, Paraguay Fx: (595-21)496232 7. Refer to: (see comments) 8. Bid Deadline: 072505 09:30 AM [...]	2005-06-15 19:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO PA
05ASUNCION841	MERCOSUR SUMMIT: LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-30 18:12:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECIN EFIN EPET ETRD KIPR CU PA KICC VZ
05ASUNCION868	PARAGUAY: A TIME TO TREAD LIGHTLY ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Recent erroneous press reports in Paraguay and neighboring countries (ref A) are unhelpful to our ongoing Article 98 negotiations with Paraguay, which reached deadlock several months ago (refs B, C, D). What currently separates us is six words, so we should not l [...]	2005-07-07 22:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL PINR PA KICC
05ASUNCION869	PARAGUAY: A TIME TO TREAD LIGHTLY ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Recent erroneous press reports in Paraguay and neighboring countries (ref A) are unhelpful to our ongoing Article 98 negotiations with Paraguay, which reached deadlock several months ago (refs B, C, D). What currently separates us is six words, so we should not l [...]	2005-07-08 09:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL PINR PA KICC
05ASUNCION917	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TERRORISM, MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] (C) Summary: On July 15, I breakfasted with Foreign Minister Leila Rachid and we discussed ominous trends in Venezuela, de-legitimizing terrorism, anti-money laundering legislation, U.S. candidacy for the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, an FBI officer in Asuncion, prospects for extraditi [...]	2005-07-18 20:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KPAO SCUL KUNR PA UNSC UNESCO
05ATHENS1598	MOLYVIATIS ON TURKEY/CYPRUS [...] (C) At a June 9 lunch, FM Molyviatis and Ambassador discussed Cyprus and Turkey issues in light of Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Washington and Under Secretary General Prendergast's recent trip to the region. Molyviatis commented that the idea of a report to the SYG on "the failures of 2004" [...]	2005-06-10 08:32:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU TURKEY
05ATHENS2031	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ISSUES REGARDING CINERGY'S [...] (U) Ambassador called on Minister of Development Sioufas to discuss difficulties being experienced by U.S. company Cinergy in the development of the natural gas market in the Attica peninsula of Greece (including Athens). Cinergy, together with Shell and the Greek natural gas company DEPA, fo [...]	2005-07-29 14:10:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EINV AMB
05ATHENS2376	GOVERNMENT FINALLY BANS PLANNED RACIST [...] Summary: On September 6 the Greek government said it would ban a planned pan-European "festival" of extreme right-wing political groups, sponsored by the Greek racist, neo-Nazi group Golden Dawn. The gathering, scheduled for mid-late September and reportedly to include far-right groups such [...]	2005-09-12 12:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PGOV KCRM GR HRIGHTS
05ATHENS2439	PM AT THESSALONIKI:"RE-INVENTING THE GREEK STATE [...] (U) Summary: At his September 10 speech at the international trade fair in Thessaloniki, the Greek equivalent to an annual State of the Union address, Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis revealed the two main axes of his administration's policies: "Re-inventing the state" and "seeking economic gr [...]	2005-09-16 08:14:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GR ECON
05ATHENS2648	USG INVITEES FOR SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF THE [...] (U) On October 25, the European Commission, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro and UNMIK are scheduled to sign the treaty to create the Energy Community for Southeast Europe (ECSEE). The treaty will create a regional electricity and natural gas [...]	2005-10-07 17:15:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG GR
05ATHENS2870	NATURAL GAS DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GREEK ENERGY [...] (U) Summary. On November 4th, GoG Minister of Development Dimitris Sioufas signed an agreement between the Greek public gas utility (DEPA) and the Italian Gas concern Edison, for a 212 Kilometer underwater natural gas pipeline to be built across the Ionian Sea. The joint venture is one of 5 ke [...]	2005-11-09 03:58:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG GR NATGAS
05ATHENS849	A SNAPSHOT OF THE GREEK ENERGY SECTOR: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ries met with the Chairman of the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) on March 21, and the CEO and Chairman of Hellenic Petroleum (HP) on March 22. DEPA is undergoing capital restructuring while the GoG has already gradually sold its shares of HP. DEPA is part of a joint [...]	2005-03-28 11:49:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET GR AMB
05BAGHDAD2381	IRAQ - INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the fifth meeting of the National Energy Committee (NEC),DPM Chalabi discussed his recent visit to the Al-Fatah crossing, expressing dissatisfaction with its current security. He instructed the Ministry of Defense to immediately develop an effective security plan for the [...]	2005-06-03 07:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IZ MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
05BAGHDAD2454	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 19 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK CHARGE D'AFFAIRES JAMES JEFFREY DCM DAVID SATTERFIELD AMBASSADOR JONES CHRISTINE DAVIES ROBERT WALLER ADAM ERELI SCOTT CARPENTER IRAQ ---- DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AHMED CHALABI 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a May 19 meeting with the D [...]	2005-06-09 17:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EPET EAGR KDEM KISL IZ
05BAGHDAD2517	IRAQIS EXPECT NORTHERN OIL PRODUCTION TO INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Production capacity in the Northern Oil Company (NOC) fields will increase from 450,000 bpd to 768,000 bpd by Dec 31, 2005 when NOC well workovers are completed, according to the Director General (DG) of the Northern Oil Company. The constriction on oil exports will be the capac [...]	2005-06-15 09:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG IZ MASS MOPS
05BAGHDAD2790	IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: MOD PLAN UPDATE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's National Energy Committee (NEC) reviewed the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) most recent plan for northern oil pipeline and infrastructure security during its 10th meeting on June 27. DPM Chalabi and other NEC members were frustrated with MOD's failure to produce what they con [...]	2005-07-01 07:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD3098	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ CONSTITUTION, TERROR; BAGHDAD [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 26 were the constitutional committee's preparations for the referendum and a response to Egyptian media coverage of the Sharm Al Sheikh attack. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Constitution a [...]	2005-07-26 15:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3103	IRAQ INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: FIRST REAL PROGRESS [...] SUMMARY: (C) On July 4, the Deputy Commander of the Iraqi Armed forces briefed the NEC on a new plan for the defense of the oil infrastructure in the vicinity of Kirkuk-Bayji, including the Al-Fathah Crossing. The key elements were the planned commitment of two battalions of the Iraqi Army t [...]	2005-07-27 03:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MASS MOPS EFIN EAGR PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD3123	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ SECURITY, CONSTITUTION; [...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on July 28 were drafting the constitution, and the security situation. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "For a constitution that ensures rights for all" (Al- Da'awa, 7/28) B. "Why Iraq not others" (Al- Ittihad, [...]	2005-07-28 15:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD3400	6 August 2005 Meeting with Dr. Mohsin Shalash, [...] (U) SUMMARY. On 6 August 2005, Dr. Mohsin Shalash, Minister of Electricity, IRMO Director Speckhard and Senior Advisors met to discuss how IRMO can assist the Ministry of Electricity (ME) to alleviate its immediate energy and security issues. Shalash discussed a number of issues, which lead to [...]	2005-08-17 17:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG IZ
05BAGHDAD3410	CONSTITUTION UPDATE: SHIA AND KURDS TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy is trying to bridge the gaps on an agreed constitution text between the Shia Coalition and Kurdish Alliance that control the National Assembly. The major issues still separating Shia Coalition and the Kurdish Alliance are guarantees about sustained national unity, p [...]	2005-08-18 19:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3424	CONSTITUTION UPDATE, AUGUST 19 -- MORE PROGRESS [...] (C) Leaders of the top Iraqi political factions, including representatives of the major Sunni Arab political groups, met at the Ambassador's residence on the morning of August 19. While a line-by-line review slowly progressed, a variety of side-meetings focused on critical issues produced c [...]	2005-08-19 19:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3426	AUGUST 20 MORNING UPDATE ON CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING [...] (C) As noted in reftel, the key issue remaining for Shia-Kurd resolution is management of oil/gas resources and handling of associated revenues. Morning of August 20, Ambassador Khalilzad presented revised language to SCIRI leader Hakim, who then reviewed the text with UIA leadership. VP Ab [...]	2005-08-20 14:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3562	JCRED REVIEWS IRAQ ENERGY ISSUES [...] (SBU) U.S. and Iraqi delegations discussed Iraq energy issues in Amman during an energy bilateral on July 10, and during the Joint Commission on Reconstruction and Economic Development (JCRED) on July 11. The Ministry of Oil plans to expand oil production to 2.5 million barrels/day by year [...]	2005-08-31 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ENRG EPET SOCI IZ
05BAGHDAD3566	SUNNI ARAB OFFICIALS ON HOW TO HELP THE [...] (C) Summary: Fatwa Association (Salafist) Dr. Mahmud al Mashadani told the Ambassador August 30 that changes to the draft constitution in four areas -- Arab identity, Iraqi unity, placement of statement on Islam and human rights, and clarification of ownership of future oil and natural gas dis [...]	2005-08-31 21:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV QA IZ
05BAGHDAD3629	SUNNI MODERATE GHAZI AL-YAWR DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings on September 1 and 3, the Ambassador, urged Deputy President Ghazi al-Yawr to actively support the new constitution. Al-Yawar was pleased with the latest draft, but stressed that the changes must be put before the Iraqi public. Noting that he had just spoken [...]	2005-09-05 06:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3643	IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY LEADER WEIGHS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In an effort to expand the base of Sunni support for the new constitution, the Ambassador and Embassy staff have engaged those Sunni politicians who -- to varying degrees -- have indicated a readiness to publicly support the current draft in exchange for certain adjustments. Iraqi partici [...]	2005-09-06 06:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3783	DRAFT CONSTITUTION SIGNED, PASSED TO UNAMI [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iraqi draft Constitution was signed and delivered to UNAMI for printing the afternoon of September 13. Deputy Speaker Shahristani plans to announce the final text at a press conference September 14. SRSG Qazi has expressed concern that the amended text was never formally a [...]	2005-09-13 18:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3939	OIL MINISTER QUIETLY TAKING STEPS ON FUEL PRICES, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Oil Ibrahim Bahr al-'Ulum told the Embassy September 21 that there is no ministerial support for fuel price reform prior to the December elections, but "quieter" efforts are underway to "condition" the Iraqi public to new prices. These include sale of fuel for private [...]	2005-09-23 10:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCRM MOPS MARR PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3988	DRAFT LAW LIBERALIZING FUEL IMPORTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has obtained a draft of a proposed GOI law to liberalize the import and distribution of refined fuel products (text in para 4). If adopted and implemented, the draft law will END the State Oil Marketing Company's monopoly on fuel imports. The law is ambiguous, however, as [...]	2005-09-26 16:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4004	SHIA IMAMS IN FAVOR OF CONSTITUTION, BUT THEIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a conversation on September 26 two moderate Shia Imams, both followers of Grand Ayatollah Sistani, told PolOff they would vote in favor of the constitution in the October 15 elections. They said they had set up an organization to tell more Iraqis about the constitution. Some [...]	2005-09-27 11:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR
05BAGHDAD4034	FALLUJAH: GEN CASEY MEETS LOCAL LEADERS, URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Casey, MNF-I Commanding General, met September 22, 2005, with Fallujah leaders at the downtown Civil-Military Operations Center. He stressed his continued personal commitment to Fallujah's reconstruction and improved security; progress had been made since his last visit [...]	2005-09-29 13:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD4040	OIL WORKERS UNDER THREAT; MORE "UNOFFICIAL" FUEL [...] (S) Summary: Director General of the Oil Products Distribution Company at the Ministry of Oil Zuhayr Shakir (strictly protect) told us September 27 that he intends to institute further modest increases in fuel prices for both consumers and state-owned enterprises (SOEs). He believes that he [...]	2005-09-29 18:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR KCRM PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4173	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, CONSTITUTION, [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-10 18:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ BAGHDAD
05BAGHDAD4230	MGIZ02: POWER DISRUPTION, FUEL IMPORT SHORTAGES [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of the Constitutional referendum, Iraqis face an almost general electricity blackout, another round of fuel shortages, and a major pipeline breach at the critical al-Fatah Crossing in the north. A decision to amply supply Baghdad with fuel at this time has produced sho [...]	2005-10-14 17:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PINS PREL TU IZ
05BAGHDAD4241	MGIZ02: STATUS OF OIL PRODUCTION/REFINING CAPACITY [...] (C) As of 1230 hours October 15, officials at the Ministry of Oil reported that the October 14 blackout (reftel) has had limited effect on Iraq's oil production. The October 12 explosion at the al-Fatah Crossing had already interrupted refining at Bayji, although refining has since resumed. [...]	2005-10-15 16:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PINS IZ
05BAGHDAD4297	DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 18, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 18:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4335	IRAQ FUEL PRICES - A SNAPSHOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Black market prices are far outstripping the modest GOI efforts at price reform. "Unofficial" price rises for gasoline begun in September (Ref B) have spread to Basrah, Kirkuk and Mosul. END SUMMARY. ------------------- BLACK-MARKET PRICES ------------------- 2. (SBU) [...]	2005-10-20 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4356	NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL REVIEWS ENERGY CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council October 20 reviewed the increasing attacks against energy infrastructure and tactics used in response resulting in Iraq,s current energy shortages. An increase in the effectiveness of attacks in the north has cut off the electricity flow to Baghdad and [...]	2005-10-23 08:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ENRG EPET EFIN ECON MOPS PGOV PREL TU IZ
05BAGHDAD4774	TOWNS NEAR SYRIAN BORDER RETURNING TO NORMALCY [...] (C) Summary. This is a SET Ramadi Cable. Site visits to two, separate portions of the Western Euphrates River valley revealed -- post-combat operations -- a generally positive climate for the December 15 elections. There are no immediate humanitarian crises and military planners hope to expa [...]	2005-11-29 14:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREF EAID ECON EIND MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4851	NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL ACTS TO ENSURE ADEQUATE [...] (C) Summary: The National Energy Council decided December 1 to stockpile almost 4 million gallons of gasoline and 2.6 million gallons of diesel in Baghdad to ensure adequate supplies in the capitol during the elections. Exports from the north will be kept minimal in the coming weeks so that [...]	2005-12-05 13:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4919	TURCOMAN CLAIMS OF KURDISH ATTACK ON IRAQI HOUSING [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Islamic Union of Iraqi Turcomans leader Abbas al-Bayyati on December 5, he confirmed reports that the Iraqi Housing Minister, Jassim Jaafar (an ethnic Turcoman) was ambushed while visiting the Turcoman city of Tuz Khurmato in Salah-ad-Din province in late Novemb [...]	2005-12-09 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ KDP
05BAGHDAD4998	IRAQI ENERGY SECTOR STATUS ON ELECTION EVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Electricity and fuel supplies in Iraq remain very limited. The GOI continues to have problems paying for imported fuel supplies from Kuwait and Turkey. The GOI again permitted arrears to Turkish and Kuwaiti fuel suppliers to mount with the former threatening a fuel shutoff. Pa [...]	2005-12-14 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON IZ
05BAGHDAD5039	IRAQI FUEL PRICES RISE BEFORE IMF DEADLINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq (GOI) formally initiated fuel price increases across Iraq on December 18. These fuel price increases meet an essential IMF prior action for a Stand by Arrangement with Iraq. Demonstrations were reported in multiple locations in response to the price incr [...]	2005-12-18 18:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5040	IRAQI FUEL PRICES RISE BEFORE IMF DEADLINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq (GOI) formally initiated fuel price increases across Iraq on December 18. These fuel price increases meet an essential IMF prior action for a Stand by Arrangement with Iraq. Demonstrations were reported in multiple locations in response to the price incr [...]	2005-12-19 03:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD5101	OPIC INQUIRY RE: IMMDF LOAN PROPOSALS [...] This cable is in response to reftel A re: OPIC request for Embassy comments on potential Iraq Middle Market Development Foundation (IMMDF) loan proposals. 2. Post IRMO/Private Sector Development was closely involved in the referral process for projects A (Naseer Oxygen Gas),C (Hilal Al K [...]	2005-12-24 08:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EINV ETRD KPRV IZ
05BAGHDAD5132	IRAQI OIL SECTOR UNDER STRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fuel supplies in Iraq remain scarce, and the country may face regional outages. Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi, as acting Minister of Oil, was informed of the deteriorating fuel situation and urged to act by A/DCM and the acting IRMO director. National refinery capacity has dr [...]	2005-12-27 17:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET IZ
05BANDARSERIBEGAWAN597	SINGAPOREAN VIEW OF BRUNEIAN ADHERENCE TO PSI, [...] (C) Summary: The Singaporean High Commissioner believes Malaysia,s coolness toward the Proliferation Security Initiative may be causing Brunei to delay a decision on adherence to PSI principles, in accordance with Brunei,s desire to avoid taking a stand on any issue on which its two closest [...]	2005-12-09 07:48:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL BX MY SN
05BANGKOK1026	AMBASSADOR BOYCE CALLS ON THAI COMMERCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Boyce paid his first official call on Thai Commerce Minister Watana Muangsook on February 4, 2005. A beaming Watana predicted a landslide for the ruling party on February 6, saying it was vindication of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's hands-on "CEO style." Watana [...]	2005-02-09 05:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EINV ETRD ASCH ID TH
05BANGKOK3799	SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (C) Ref A) requests Department action for human rights vetting for the 5th Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division of the 4th Army of the Royal Thai Army. As noted in ref A),the unit is scheduled to participate in Exercise Balance Torch 05-3. The Department has requested further informati [...]	2005-06-09 11:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
05BANGKOK3930	(C) THAILAND: ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] (S) Summary: The senior Thai Foreign Ministry (MFA) official covering Burma told poloffs that the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has no hard evidence confirming the reported use of chemical weapons by the Burmese Army against ethnic Karenni soldiers near the Thai border in February 2005. These [...]	2005-06-14 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PINR MOPS PHUM TH BM BURMA
05BANGKOK5317	EASTERN SEABOARD WATER SHORTAGE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A water shortage in the industrial areas along Thailand's Eastern Seaboard raises questions about the management of the nation's water resources with important implications for the further development of Thailand's most important industrial zone. A concurrence of two dry years [...]	2005-08-18 07:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ECPS ELAB EINV ENRG EPET KCOR KPRV SENV SOCI TH EPWR
05BANGKOK6093	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: REPERCUSSIONS OF SEPTEMBER 21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 murders of two Marines who were being held hostage at a Muslim village in Narathiwat province continue to dominate the headlines. The Thaksin administration has been restrained in its initial response but has vowed to take decisive measure against the culprits. [...]	2005-09-23 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BANGKOK6761	THAILAND: PRIVATIZING EGAT UNLIKELY TO REFORM THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Shares of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) are to be sold in an initial public offering in November 2005. Partial privatization of this high-profile state-owned enterprise (SOE) enables the Royal Thai Government (RTG) a way to maintain momentum in imple [...]	2005-10-27 09:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EPET KPRV TH
05BANGKOK6904	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MORE BOMBS IN NARATHIWAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 2 another series of bombs were set off in the far southern province of Narathiwat, temporarily knocking out power in the city. The attacks follow the series of raids on October 26 and the October 27 bombing of a rail-line in Narathiwat (reftels). On November 3 a s [...]	2005-11-03 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL TH
05BOGOTA10157	UNHCR REPS CAUGHT IN FARC ATTACK ON VILLAGE IN [...] (C) UNHCR officials were caught in the crossfire of a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack on a remote village in southern Putumayo Department near the Ecuador border October 23-24. UNHCR reps (none of whom were injured) were participating in a joint effort with the GoC to reg [...]	2005-10-28 15:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PINS CO UN
05BOGOTA10383	GOC RESPONSE TO WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATION QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-03 21:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTRO
05BOGOTA164	CHEVRONTEXACO'S OUTLOOK ON COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 22, Ambassador Wood met with ChevronTexaco's Chairman of the Board, David O'Reilly, and other ChevronTexaco executives to discuss oil and gas related issues in Colombia. O'Reilly was pleased with the relationship between Colombia and ChevronTexaco, and said his co [...]	2005-01-06 20:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV CO
05BOGOTA3361	INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION VISITS SAN JOSE DE [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 13:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA3863	COLOMBIA COPES WITH CHAVEZ [...] (S) This cable responds to Ref A taskings regarding Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's activities and Colombian responses. 2. (S) Summary: Border incidents, Venezuela's harboring of the FARC and ELN FTOs, and a potential arms race have done much to mobilize opinion leaders against Chavez. [...]	2005-04-22 15:47:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR MASS VE CO PGOV
05BOGOTA3914	SWIFT RESPONSE REPELS FARC ATTACK ON TORIBIO, CAUCA [...] Summary: GOC forces repelled an attack by 300-400 members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on the town of Toribio, Cauca Department. The early morning attack on April 14 was repelled initially by the 82-man Municipal Police detachment that had been armed and equipped with [...]	2005-04-25 18:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PTER MOPS CO FARC
05BOGOTA4973	PEACE COMMUNITY CONTINUES PUBLIC RELATIONS OUTREACH [...] (U) Summary. NGO Redepaz organized a trip on May 5 for the international community to Apartado for meetings with the peace community, other NGOs and peace communities from other parts of the country. This was the second such visit to highlight peace community concerns over the February 21 ma [...]	2005-05-24 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER CO
05BOGOTA5203	DEPT OF ENERGY DEPUTY SECRETARY CLAY SELL [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy, Clay Sell, met with President Uribe on May 20 during the Colombian Oil and Gas Investment Conference in Cartagena. President Uribe thanked the Deputy Secretary for U.S. support in fighting narcotrafficking and terrorism and asked him to rela [...]	2005-05-31 19:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ENRG PREL OVIP CO
05BOGOTA5565	CARTAGENA ENERGY CONFERENCE HUGE SUCCESS [...] Summary. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Clay Sell and Assistant Secretary for International Policy Karen Harbert led a delegation to Cartagena May 19-22 to attend an oil and gas investment conference to promote foreign investment and participation in Colombia's energy sector, primaril [...]	2005-06-10 13:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ENRG PREL OVIP CO EINV
05BOGOTA5979	DRUMMOND LTD. SITE VISIT - LA LOMA COAL MINING [...] Summary. In a recent visit related to the Cartagena Energy Conference (reported reftel),Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Clay Sell and the DCM conducted a site tour of one of the world,s largest surface coal mining operations in Cesar Department, northern Colombia. Mike Tracy, Preside [...]	2005-06-23 14:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EMIN CO
05BOGOTA6340	2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] This is post,s response to reftel request for the 2005 report on U.S. citizen expropriation claims and other investment disputes involving the Government of Colombia. It is worth noting that the two cases in the 2005 report are being decided through normal judicial action or in transparent n [...]	2005-07-05 22:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KIDE EINV EFIN PGOV CASC CO
05BOGOTA7737	NAS Monthly Report July 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Eradication aircraft sprayed over 6,000 hectares in July. The program surpassed its 100,000 hectare goal almost three months ahead of schedule. So far this year, the Colombian National Police (CNP) has seized almost 60 metric tons of cocaine HCL AND 500 kilos of heroin. The CNP [...]	2005-08-16 22:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
05BOGOTA9785	LABOR AND INDIGENOUS PROTESTS AGAINST FTA FIZZLE [...] Summary. Public concerns over FTA negotiations were highlighted as indigenous groups and the major labor unions held anti-FTA protests around the country this week. While most of the demonstrations were peaceful and smaller than predicted, some protesters were injured and one protester died [...]	2005-10-14 23:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV CO FTA
05BRASILIA1120	BRAZIL PUSHES FOR TIMELY CONCLUSION OF TALKS ON [...] The GOB is pushing for the conclusion of the LBA/NASA and Smithsonian Institution "arrangements" prior to the September 2005 U.S.-Brazil Common Agenda for the Environment (CAE) meeting. Missing that target may result in a Brazilian suggestion to postpone the CAE. Successful conclusion of t [...]	2005-04-27 12:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA SENV TBIO KSCA BR
05BRASILIA1503	BRAZIL: THE ENERGY MINISTRY'S INTERNATIONAL AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 27 meeting, the Special Advisor to the Brazilian Minister of Mines and Energy, Rubem Barbosa, spoke to Brasilia EconOffs regarding some of the issues on the ministry's international agenda. Barbosa voiced both concern and a "wait and see" attitude about the impact that [...]	2005-06-03 16:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PGOV BR
05BRASILIA1549	BRAZIL: LULA ENVOY AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS BOLIVIA [...] (C) Introduction: Ambassador and PolCounselor met on 8 June at the residence for a private lunch with President Lula da Silva's Foreign Affairs Advisor, Marco Aurelio Garcia and his deputy, Marcel Biato. Garcia has traveled repeatedly as Lula's "fireman" to Venezuela (he speaks by phone and m [...]	2005-06-08 21:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR BL
05BRASILIA1879	BRAZIL: DISPUTES CAST SHADOW OVER FUTURE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Investment disputes between U.S. investors and Brazil are currently concentrated in the country's energy sector. The majority of the disputes involve contracts for thermoelectric plants that were signed during a period of drought-induced energy shortage (2001- 2002) with guara [...]	2005-07-15 15:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG EFIN KIDE OPIC
05BRASILIA2367	CHINESE ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT IN BRAZIL -- LARGELY [...] (SBU) Summary: China's involvement in Brazil's economy primarily is trade-driven. Despite the fanfare and the billion dollar-price-tag investment projects trumpeted during President Hu Jintao's November 11, 2004 visit to Brazil, Chinese investment remains a tiny fraction of FDI in Brazil. By [...]	2005-09-08 18:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD EINV EAGR PHUM
05BRASILIA2658	SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: NOT MUCH ADO ABOUT NOT MUCH [...] (SBU) Summary: The first summit meeting of the Community of South American Nations (CASA) provided a forum for Venezuelan President Chavez to blast the United States and call into question CASA's very nature, as well as for Brazilian President Lula to criticize his Argentine counterpart, but [...]	2005-10-05 17:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV PHUM BR
05BRASILIA2724	BRAZIL LOOKS TO THE IDB FOR HELP ON INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) On October 11, EconCouns met with Ministry of Planning International Affairs Secretary Jose Carlos Miranda at the latter's request. In that conversation, Miranda stated that the Brazilian government wanted to work closely with new IDB President Moreno so as to facilitate the flow of Ban [...]	2005-10-13 12:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ENRG
05BRASILIA98	USITC TRAVEL TO BRASILIA FOR COLLECTION OF DATA ON [...] (U) Summary: United States International Trade Commission (USITC) Senior International Trade Specialist David Ingersoll and International Trade Analyst Christopher Mapes visited Brasilia December on December 21-22, 2004, after visits to Rio and Sao Paulo to speak to Brazilian governmental enti [...]	2005-01-11 11:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EPET SENV TSPL KSCA BR
05BRATISLAVA537	UNION LEADERS ON PARTNERSHIP WITH SMER, DECLINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Slovakia's Confederation of Trade Unions (KOZ) has lost nearly half of its membership since 1993, and its leadership is both upset and threatened by recent government economic reforms. During a recent meeting with Poloffs, KOZ leaders discussed their decision to work closely wi [...]	2005-07-11 11:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB LO
05BRATISLAVA888	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, NOVEMBER 3, 2005 [...] (C) Agriculture Minister Zsolt Simon (of the Hungarian SMK party) has recently come under pressure because of allegations that an agriculture company he co-owned received SKK 8 million (around USD 250,000) in agricultural subsidies from the state budget in 2003. Simon sold his share in the [...]	2005-11-03 12:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB PINR SOCI LO
05BRATISLAVA924	SLOVAKS DISCUSS BELARUS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of recent meetings we have engaged our Slovak interlocutors in both the GOS and NGO community about democracy promotion efforts and strategy in Belarus, and spoken with several visiting Belarusian opposition figures about Slovak and EU engagement in the country. [...]	2005-11-18 16:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ETRD PREL SOCI PINR BO LO
05BRATISLAVA979	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER 12, 2005 [...] (C) SMK MP Laszlo Nagy told Poloff on December 7 that the SMK party continues to develop venues through which to promote democracy in Belarus. Having signed agreements with opposition parties in Minsk already, Nagy said that he has met with the Minister of Education to begin discussions of [...]	2005-12-12 14:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR ETRD SOCI BO LO
05BRUSSELS4172	PDAS SHAPIRO FOCUSES ON ANDEAN REGION WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro's November 15 discussions with EU officials focused principally on Venezuela, Colombia and Bolivia. On Venezuela, the European Commission (EC) acknowledged that the EU observation mission to the December elections would have to take care not to be seen as [...]	2005-11-23 16:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID VE CO BL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1031	DECLARATION OF DISASTER - ROMANIA [...] SUMMARY: In response to heavy damage caused by recent storms and floods, the Embassy hereby declares that a state of disaster exists in seven counties located mainly in the West and South-Western parts of Romania and requests $50,000 to be provided to assist in the relief effort. END SUMMAR [...]	2005-04-27 14:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID RO
05BUCHAREST1349	IMF'S VIEW OF THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY: THE GLASS IS [...] (SBU) According to the IMF's Resident Representative in Romania, the Romanian economy shows signs of overheating this year and Romania's economic situation weakened in 2005. Inflation and the current account deficit are two leading indicators that will likely fail to meet targets by year's end [...]	2005-06-13 11:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO
05BUCHAREST1584	ROMANIA STRUGGLES TO OVERCOME EFFECTS OF FLOODS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent flooding in Romania's eastern regions have caused extensive damage to roads, suspended electricity and gas networks, submerged prime agricultural land and affected more than 14,000 households. This comes on the heels of prior spring floods in the southwestern areas that [...]	2005-07-15 13:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EIND EFIN RO
05BUCHAREST1609	ROMANIAN FLOOD UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 15:24:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EIND EFIN RO
05BUCHAREST986	ROMANIA: PRIVATIZATIONS PROGRESSES, BUT MORE WORK [...] Romania made substantial progress in privatizing state- owned assets in 2004, a year which could be dubbed "the year of energy privatizations." Major priorities for 2005 include completion of energy privatizations, privatization of the Romanian Commercial Bank and National Savings House, and [...]	2005-04-21 05:19:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EFIN ENRG EINV RO
05BUENOSAIRES138	CODEL DODD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KIRCHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kirchner told Codel Dodd that Argentina appreciated President Bush,s and the U.S.,s help and understanding the past few months. Kirchner reiterated his support for President Mesa and Bolivian democracy. He counseled engaging with Chavez rather than isolating him. K [...]	2005-01-20 15:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP AR CODEL
05BUENOSAIRES141	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER'S INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) This cable takes an in-depth look at President Nestor Kirchner's closest advisors. It is based on interviews with the Ambassador, DCM, and other Embassy Officers who have met with members of Kirchner's inner circle, numerous discussions with Embassy contacts in the Argentine political [...]	2005-01-20 15:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
05BUENOSAIRES260	ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES SEEK TO DOWNPLAY CHAVEZ VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Buenos Aires on February 1 for a whirlwind "working visit" following his appearance at the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil last week (Ref A). Employing the same antics he had performed last week in Brazil, Chavez used his [...]	2005-02-04 20:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR VE
05BUENOSAIRES264	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE PRESIDENCY ALBERTO FERNANDEZ [...] (C) Summary: Minister of the Presidency Fernandez told me that the GoA valued its good relationship with the U.S. and was grateful for the support of President Bush. Fernandez pledged that the GoA would cooperate with the U.S. to make the Summit of the Americas a success. He stressed that t [...]	2005-02-04 22:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
05CAIRO2854	ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE U.S. ELICITS [...] (C) Egyptian press and MFA contacts offered tempered reactions to public comments by President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon following their April 11 Crawford, Texas summit. Worried that the President might offer Sharon political cover for Israeli efforts to consolidate control over [...]	2005-04-12 16:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC EG IS
05CAIRO3589	POLICE ROUND UP MUSLIM BROTHERS: EGYPTIAN MEDIA [...] Headlines: Egyptian media devoted much of their May 6 - 7 weekend coverage to talks between President Mubarak, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, and Oman's Sultan Qabous at Sharm El Sheikh. The media also reported on a proposed amendment to constitutional article 76. On the latter, on May 8 opp [...]	2005-05-11 09:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO3889	EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MARCH AND APRIL 2005 [...] (U) In this edition: Banking and Finance: Parliament considers amendments to the Banking Law and the first foreign medical insurer enters Egypt's market. Telecom and IT: The Government of Egypt (GOE) announces plans for a public offering of shares in Telecom Egypt, while the Minister o [...]	2005-05-22 16:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG
05CAIRO4972	EGYPT AND ISRAEL SIGNED GAS DEAL [...] (C) Israeli Infrastructure Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer and Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmi publicly signed June 30 in Cairo a memorandum of understanding for Egyptian gas sales to Israel. Negotiations on this agreement have dragged out over 10 years largely because of political concerns [...]	2005-06-30 13:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET ETRD
05CAIRO5344	EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MAY-JUNE 2005 [...] In this edition: More Egyptian companies make it into international emerging market stock indices and the GOE signs an S&T agreement with the EU. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology announces a third mobile phone license will be issued and minister Tarek Kamel visits th [...]	2005-07-13 13:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
05CAIRO5473	TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, [...] Summary: The Egyptian media continued to comment on the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. Some commentators blamed "western double standards" for terrorism. Others pointed towards corruption and "a lack of democracy" as the cause. Some commentators q [...]	2005-07-18 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG
05CAIRO5521	DEPUTY SECRETARY ZOELLICK'S JULY 14, 2005 MEETING [...] (U) Date, time and place: July 14, 2005, 11:45 a.m., Alexandria, Egypt. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: ----- The Deputy Secretary Charge Michael Corbin NEA PDAS Elizabeth Cheney Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli D Executive Assistant Ross Wilson Embassy notetaker Egypt: ------ Presiden [...]	2005-07-19 14:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL OVIP EG IS IZ LE SU

05CAIRO6703	THE NEW CABINET ONE YEAR LATER: REFORMS AND [...] (C) One year after the cabinet shuffle that placed Ahmed Nazif and other economic reformers into significant ministerial positions, President Mubarak (and in the background, his son Gamal) have gained strength from the concrete results of the economic reform agenda. Overcoming skepticism fro [...]	2005-08-31 13:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EAID EG ECON PGOV USTR
05CAIRO8822	AN EPIC PARLIAMENTARY BATTLE IN THE NILE DELTA [...] (C) One of the most closely watched races of the second round of People's Assembly elections pitted Gamal Heshmat, a popular local Muslim Brotherhood candidate, against Mostafa Fiqqi, a prominent member of Gamal Mubarak's circle of "reformists" in the ruling NDP, in the gritty Nile Delta city [...]	2005-11-22 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8990	EGYPT: THIRD ROUND OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Egypt's third and final round of parliamentary elections got underway on December 1 amid reports of hundreds of arrests of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) supporters. Polling stations in the areas visited by emboffs tended either to be calm amid very light turnout, or cordoned off by security p [...]	2005-12-01 16:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC EG
05CAIRO9135	EGYPT: WIDESPREAD OBSTRUCTION AND VIOLENCE AT [...] (SBU) December 7 saw runoff races for seats in most parliamentary constituencies in nine provinces of Egypt. Although many polling places appeared to be quiet and functioning normally, there were serious disruptions at many others. Emboffs witnessed security force obstruction of polling place [...]	2005-12-07 17:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
05CAIRO9293	EGYPT TELLS EB/CBA MERMOUD IT'S "OPEN FOR BUSINESS" [...] (SBU) During his meetings with a large sampling of Egypt's political and business leaders, EB/CBA Frank Mermoud heard that while Egypt is "open for business" due to positive policy reforms, significant challenges to business development remain. Expanding outreach to Egypt's ICT sector and enc [...]	2005-12-15 08:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINV CVIS EG
05CAIRO9385	ECONOMIC MONTHLY REPORT: October-November 2005 [...] (U) In this edition: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) narrows the overnight interest rate band, and issues new checking regulations. Planners from the World Economic Forum (WEF) meet with GOE officials to discuss the WEF meeting on the Middle East, to be held in Sharm el Sheikh in May 2006. [...]	2005-12-20 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
05CALCUTTA418	ASSAM'S INSURGENT GROUPS QUIET FOR NOW BUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary: November 5-10, CG made an introductory visit to the State of Assam, the gateway to India's Northeast. Ethnic insurgencies, poverty, drugs and economic stagnation have plagued Assam in recent history. However, some positive trends have emerged in moderating ethnic tensions and [...]	2005-11-21 12:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EINV EMIN ASEC SNAR IN BG
05CALGARY577	MEXICAN PRESIDENT DRUMS UP OILPATCH INVESTMENT DURING [...] (SBU) Calgary was the first stop on Mexican President Vicente Fox's whirlwind tour of Western Canada on Thursday, September 29th. The trip was designed to "strengthen commercial, political and educational ties between Western Canada and Mexico". During his one-day visit to Calgary, President [...]	2005-10-03 23:15:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV XM CA
05CALGARY600	SOARING OIL PRICES RAISE ALBERTA SURPLUS AND OTTAWA [...] While commuters from New York to Tokyo watched in horror as oil and gas prices shot up this year, residents of Calgary, Alberta celebrated, and for good reason. For every US$1 increase in the price of a barrel of oil, an estimated C$100 million is pumped into provincial coffers. Recent spikes [...]	2005-10-07 17:48:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV ZR CA
05CALGARY622	WEYBURN C02 PROJECT A WIN/WIN FOR PRODUCERS AND [...] Summary: During an October visit to Regina, CG and Econ Assistant toured the Weyburn C02 Monitoring and Storage Project in southern Saskatchewan. The technology, introduced in 2000 by Calgary-based EnCana and the Petroleum Technology Research Centre in Regina, injects C02 into depleted oil re [...]	2005-10-18 17:38:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA
05CALGARY643	URANIUM: THE REVIVAL OF ENERGY'S "OTHER WHITE MEAT" [...] The international media buzz generated by Alberta's booming oil and gas industries has overshadowed a revival of interest in western Canada's uranium resources. Seemingly destined to be the "other white meat" of Canada's energy industry, uranium's fortunes had been in decline for a quarter-cen [...]	2005-10-28 21:59:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ETRD PARM CH CA
05CALGARY723	IMPERIAL MOVES TO REGULATORY HEARINGS, BUT COMMITMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delay and uncertainty, Imperial Oil and its partners in the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline announced in November that they are ready to move to public hearings. While Imperial claims the announcement is "not a decision to build a pipeline", the [...]	2005-12-08 19:35:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV CA
05CALGARY736	KING COAL'S COMEBACK [...] In a surprise to many energy economists, King Coal is returning to the throne. As recently as two years ago, many experts were predicting a rapid demise for a fuel long associated with black lungs and melting ice caps, but the outlook is once again promising for an industry older than the Indu [...]	2005-12-15 18:34:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SENV CA
05CALGARY746	ELECTION UPDATE: TORIES LIKELY TO SWEEP ALBERTA? NDP RETURN [...] Three weeks into the federal election campaign little has changed with respect to our initial sense that Alberta, with 26 of its 28 seats held by the Conservative Party of Canada, will unquestionably remain a Tory fortress. Federal party leaders recently made their first brief foray into this [...]	2005-12-19 21:15:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
05CANBERRA432	DISCUSSIONS BEGIN FOR CHINA TO BUY AUSTRALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: John Carlson, Director General of the Australian Safeguards and Nonproliferation Office (ASNO),told us his late-February trip to Beijing to begin exploratory discussions on an "agreement for cooperation" on uranium sales to China went well overall. He described his interactions [...]	2005-03-04 04:34:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PARM ENRG KNNP PREL ETTC MNUC AS CH
05CARACAS1029	SENATOR COLEMAN MEETS WITH ENERGY COMPANIES IN [...] (C) During his visit to Venezuela, Senator Norm Coleman held two meetings with leading energy companies. In the first, a meeting with several members of the Venezuelan Hydrocarbons Association (AVHI) hosted by ChevronTexaco President Ali Moshiri, the Senator was given a mixed but somewhat favo [...]	2005-04-11 14:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL VE
05CARACAS1205	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ANZOATEGUI STATE [...] (C) The Ambassador's trip to Anzoategui State March 8-9 concentrated on the Barcelona/Puerto La Cruz area and the Jose industrial complex - a multi-billion dollar US investment. The objectives were to emphasize the importance of the US-Venezuelan oil relationship, to get a better sense of the [...]	2005-04-22 18:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE ENGY
05CARACAS1459	EXXONMOBIL SAYS PRESS REPORTS OF SETTLEMENT WITH [...] (C) ExxonMobil denies recent press reports that the company has reached a settlement with the GOV over the increase of the royalty payments levied on its Cerro Negro project. ExxonMobil de Venezuela President Mark Ward said its discussions with the GOV are "at a complete standstill" and that t [...]	2005-05-10 19:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
05CARACAS1496	VENEZUELA: THE TAX MAN COMETH TO THE OIL COMPANIES [...] (C) As of April 18, the GOV increased the tax rate levied on the 22 international oil companies operating in Venezuela under "Operating Service Agreements." The GOV then declared May 10 that the companies had cheated on their taxes to the tune of some $2 billion over the past ten years and th [...]	2005-05-13 17:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
05CARACAS151	CODEL DODD MEETS AN EFFUSIVE CHAVEZ [...] (C) Reversing course, on short notice President Hugo Chavez decided to meet with Senators Dodd, Chafee and Nelson and the Ambassador at Miraflores palace on January 10. An effusive and gregarious Chavez explained his commitment to Venezuela's poor and said his land reform plans were only part [...]	2005-01-18 19:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP KDEM VE
05CARACAS1546	VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION: THE EMPEROR IS LOSING [...] (C) The decline in Venezuelan oil production, long predicted by industry observers, has become public as apparent corruption and diversion of funds and alleged sabotage at state oil company PDVSA became the center of debate in early May. According to a local international oil services compan [...]	2005-05-20 16:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
05CARACAS163	EXXONMOBIL READY TO TAKE ON THE GOV OVER ROYALTY [...] (C) ExxonMobil informed the Embassy January 12 that it intends to take legal action in response to the GOV's unilateral decision to increase the royalty payments levied on the Orinoco extra heavy oil projects. (Note: Exxonmobil and other international oil companies had embarked on these tech [...]	2005-01-19 13:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV VE
05CARACAS165	GRANDA AFFAIR CAUSES TRADE JITTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 14, in a speech to the Venezuelan National Assembly, President Chavez announced that he was suspending trade ties with Colombia as a result of the alleged kidnapping of FARC "Foreign Minister" Rodrigo Granda. In the aftermath of this announcement, banks and companies w [...]	2005-01-19 17:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV VE
05CARACAS1721	OIL COMPANIES WITH OPERATING SERVICE AGREEMENTS [...] (C) The foreign oil companies holding Operating Service Agreements (OSAs) signed in three bid rounds in the Venezuelan oil liberalization of the 1990's (the "apertura") are now facing additional pressure from the GOV to migrate these contracts to mixed companies/joint ventures under the 2001 H [...]	2005-06-07 22:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
05CARACAS1808	U.S. INDEPENDENT OIL COMPANY IN FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL [...] (U) The following message is Sensitive but Unclassified. It contains company confidential information and should be handled accordingly. ------ SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) A senior executive of U.S. independent Harvest Natural Resources, Inc. says his company is in a fight for its surviva [...]	2005-06-14 20:25:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EPET VE
05CARACAS20	CHAVEZ: CHINA MY OLD FRIEND [...] (U) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited China from December 21-26 and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, ex-president Jiang Zemin, and other senior GOC and business officials. Chavez claimed that Venezuela has become the number one destination for Chinese investmen [...]	2005-01-05 14:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM KDEM VE
05CARACAS2807	THE OIL AND GAS SECTORS: NEW DETAILS EMERGE [...] (C) The GOV announced the winning bids for Phase A of the Rafael Urdaneta offshore gas tender on September 8. Five out of a total of twenty-nine companies that purchased data packs bid on four blocks. An oil executive, who previously held senior positions in PDVSA, expressed surprise over th [...]	2005-09-15 19:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
05CARACAS3000	THE TRANSITION TO JOINT VENTURES: BAD TO WORSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez raised the pressure last week on foreign oil companies holding Operating Service Agreements (OSAs) to migrate their contracts to joint ventures under the 2001 Hydrocarbons Law when he publicly threatened to take over OSA fields if the companies did n [...]	2005-10-06 12:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG VE
05CARACAS3558	NEW FX REGULATION FOR THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] SUMMARY: A new foreign exchange regulation states all foreign currency derived from oil and gas exports must be sold to the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV). However, PDVSA must only sell to the BCV the amount of foreign currency equal to its domestic operating expenses and tax obligations in V [...]	2005-11-25 18:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV VE
05CARACAS3594	OVERVIEW OF PETROAMERICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Chavez administration's Petroamerica initiative envisions a Latin American energy integration model with Venezuela acting as the hub. The initiative is composed of three components: Petrocaribe (the Caribbean),Petroandina (Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru),and Petrosur [...]	2005-11-30 16:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV VE
05CARACAS3654	STATOIL'S VIEWS ON HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Statoil Venezuela President Thore Kristiansen (strictly protect) was upbeat on the migration of Operating Service Agreements to joint venture companies. He believes Energy Vice Minister Bernard Mommer has shown increased flexibility in the negotiations and understands the current [...]	2005-12-05 17:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV NO VE
05CARACAS3659	PIPELINE EXPLOSIONS QUICKLY CONTROLLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: As noted in reftel, an explosion, possibly caused by an explosive device, occured on the Ule-Amauy oil pipeline on Saturday evening. Authorities quickly controlled the explosion and it will not have an impact on production in western Venezuela. Another explosion occured on a nea [...]	2005-12-05 20:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
05CARACAS527	LULA COMES TO CARACAS [...] (SBU) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva concluded a 24-hour visit to Venezuela on February 14. His visit included public appearances at a conference of business leaders along with a joint Brazilian-Venezuelan declaration and signing ceremony for more than two dozen agreements. The [...]	2005-02-16 20:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ENRG MASS BR VE
05CARACAS546	FLOODING: DECENT GOV RESPONSE, WITH LOTS OF SPIN [...] (SBU) From February 7 to February 13, heavy rains fell through much of Venezuela, along the north coast at first and later in the Andean region. As a result, President Hugo Chavez declared states of emergency in nine states, plus the capital district of Caracas. The death toll to date is at [...]	2005-02-18 20:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV VE
05CARACAS767	LAND "REFORM" FITS AND STARTS [...] (C) Repeating Venezuelan land reform history, the GOV's Bolivarian push to seize property is falling short of its ambitious goals. It is encountering opposition from various interest groups, public insecurity generated by land invasions, and backpedaling from some regional leaders. Nonethel [...]	2005-03-15 13:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM VE
05CARACAS805	EXXONMOBIL MEETS WITH THE GOV [...] (C) ExxonMobil representatives met with Vice Minister of Energy and Petroleum Bernard Mommer on March 15 in what they termed a "cordial" meeting. This was the first meeting the company had won in its attempt to engage the GOV on its unilateral decision to increase the royalty levied on the f [...]	2005-03-17 13:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
05CARACAS847	CHAVEZ GOES INTERNATIONAL AGAIN [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez visited Uruguay, India, Qatar, and France March 1-9 establishing Ministerial-level commissions and pushing for energy and commercial cooperation. In Uruguay, he pushed regional integration. While in India, he espoused a "new socialism" and supported his idea of a "mu [...]	2005-03-21 20:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON ENRG VE
05CARACAS874	NEW OFF-SHORE OIL & GAS ROUND IMMINENT [...] (C) After more than a year of delays, it appears the GOV is ready to launch a new bid round for oil and gas exploration blocks in the Gulf of Venezuela and off Falcon state. ChevronTexaco de Venezuela confirmed March 23 that it had received an invitation to an April 4 ceremony launching the r [...]	2005-03-23 18:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
05CARACAS925	LONG LIST OF INVITEES FOR NEW VENEZUELAN OFF-SHORE [...] (C) Venezuela's newest off-shore natural gas bid round, the "Rafael Urdaneta" project, will be launched at 10:30 am on April 4 in Punto Fijo, Falcon state. Six blocks will be offered for bid. We have received the names of 37 of 46 companies invited to participate. The list is heavy on third [...]	2005-03-31 15:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
05CHIANGMAI252	BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME: THAILAND PLANS NEW MEKONG PORT TO BOOST CHINA TRADE [...] (U) Summary Although the Mekong River trade between northern Thailand and southern China has not lived up to expectations, the Thai government plans to build a second, larger, port in Chiang Rai. The go-ahead came after the Deputy Transport Minister returned from a visit to Yunnan province sol [...]	2005-12-21 10:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN ECON PGOV PREL CH TH WTRO
05COLOMBO1050	SEVENTH SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING OF SOUTH ASIA [...] SUMMARY. THE SEVENTH SARI/ENERGY SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW MEETING WAS HELD IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA ON JUNE 1-3, 2005. A SARI/ENERGY SPONSORED REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY REPORT PREPARED BY INDEPENDENT EXPERTS IN THE REGION LAID OUT RECOMENDATIONS AND ACTIONS FOR ADDRESSING REGIONAL ENERGY SHORTAGES AND [...]	2005-06-13 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG KSCA XD ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO1052	SRI LANKA: FASTS AND FURIOUS: MONKS AND MARXISTS [...] (SBU) President Chandrika Kumaratunga continues to face staunch opposition from Marxist coalition partner Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the Buddhist nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) over her plans to sign an agreement on tsunami relief with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam S [...]	2005-06-13 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER CE OPIC LTTE
05COLOMBO1374	VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN JAFFNA [...] Two or three SLA soldiers entered a barbershop at Inuvil junction in Jaffna. One barber is killed and another reported injured. Stories include an accidental shooting, or a dispute between a soldier and a barber, or a dispute between a soldier and an officer getting his hair cut with the ba [...]	2005-08-05 05:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1420	MALDIVES: PROTESTERS DETAINED AFTER DEMONSTRATION [...] (U) An unknown number of arrests were made in the Maldivian capital of Male' late August 13 after protests against the arrests of three prominent opposition activists turned violent. National Security Services (NSS) forces were called in to assist the police in quelling the disturbance after [...]	2005-08-14 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO487	SRI LANKA: KILLINGS IN THE NORTH AND EAST [...] (C) Summary: Separate deadly incidents in the north and east March 4-6 highlight continuing tensions between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the northern Jaffna peninsula and the LTTE's fractured control of areas in the east. Security forces fired [...]	2005-03-07 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO542	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES TSUNAMI RELIEF AND [...] (SBU) Summary: While challenges remain, there has been some positive momentum in the transition from relief to rebuilding this week. The Ambassador met with the Prime Minister on March 14 and will meet the President on March 17 to discuss GSL policies and initiatives on tsunami relief and rec [...]	2005-03-16 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL CE MV
05COLOMBO547	SRI LANKA: BISHOP OF JAFFNA SEES POPULAR [...] (C) In a March 16 meeting with poloff in Colombo, Thomas Savundaranayagam, Catholic Bishop of Jaffna, reported that initial post-tsunami coordination among the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL),the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),NGOs and the Catholic Church ran smoothly. Since then, h [...]	2005-03-17 03:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EAID PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO646	SRI LANKA - EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS: [...] Organizations involved in the transitional shelter sector continue to encounter obstacles to shelter construction. These obstacles include the lack of available materials, specifically timber, on the local market; delays in the Government of Sri Lanka's (GOSL) allocation and identification o [...]	2005-04-01 06:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AEMR PREL PGOV CE
05COLOMBO870	BURNING TIRES IN BATTICALOA: MORE PROBLEMS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) called a one-day strike that closed businesses and halted transportation in many areas of the north and east May 10. The strike was called ostensibly to protest the fatal shooting of a civilian protester at a Batticaloa checkpoint [...]	2005-05-11 12:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05DAKAR3185	SENEGAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT: GREAT HARVEST DOES NOT [...] SUMMARY: Quarterly Ministry of Finance statistics for the last trimester confirm that the strongest contributors to economic growth continue to be government capital investments and remittance-fueled consumer spending. The banking sector,s contribution to facilitating formal sector capital i [...]	2005-12-23 15:06:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN EINV SG
05DAMASCUS5788	SUBJECT: SYRIA,S ACHILLES, HEEL : ITS OIL SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. The SARG hopes to attract new investment in its oil sector by hosting an international bidders, seminar next week. According to conventional wisdom, the Syrian economy is expected to face a potential crisis in three to five years when the country crosses over from being a net e [...]	2005-11-02 14:24:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETTC SY
05DAMASCUS6015	SARG ATTRACTS NEW INVESTMENT IN ITS OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Summary. Last week, the SARG opened for bidding, nine new blocks for oil and gas exploration. Though interest has been high, most industry contacts discount the majority of potential bidders as speculators attracted by the current high selling price of oil. Multinational companies alrea [...]	2005-11-17 15:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET SY
05DAMASCUS6280	SARG EFFORTS TO PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE NEW SANCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The SARG has benefited initially from Syrians' fears of new international economic sanctions, as the average Syrian,s instinct has been to rally around the flag when threatened from the outside. The SARG,s message has been that the country is well placed to withstand the consequ [...]	2005-12-01 15:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETTC SY
05DARESSALAAM1185	EAC CUSTOMS UNION: UPDATE ON TARIFFS [...] Per reftel, econoff and commercial FSN spoke with the East African Community (EAC) Director of Customs, Peter Kiguta, and with Dr. Kaboyoka of the Tanzanian Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) to solicit information on updated tariff rates under the EAC's Common External Tariff (CET). 2. A [...]	2005-06-17 03:29:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL ECON EFIN ECIN KTEX TZ
05DARESSALAAM234	Up-Country Travels: Snapshots of Five Regions [...] (SBU) Summary: From January 7-23, when Embassy Dar es Salaam had the use of a Twin Otter airplane from Prescott Aviation, mission personnel traveled to five of Tanzania's 26 regions: Mwanza, Shinyanga, Mtwara, Mbeya and Ruvuma. These five regions form an arc through western and southern Tanz [...]	2005-02-03 13:20:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EINV PGOV TZ
05DHAKA1150	BOI UPBEAT ON POSSIBLE MEGA-FOREIGN INVESTMENTS [...] (C) Summary: BOI's Rahman expressed understanding of the postponement of the Bangladesh Road Show and reiterated his support for the event. In reviewing several major foreign investment proposals, Rahman noted that Bangladesh's diversifying FDI portfolio, especially with Middle Eastern invest [...]	2005-03-15 08:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EPET PGOV BG
05DHAKA1296	Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's comments [...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "A Paradigm Shift in US Foreign Policy" Centrist English language newspaper "News Today" editorially comments (3/22): It seems that Condoleezza Rice, the new United States Secretary of State, is in the pro [...]	2005-03-22 09:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA130	GAS WELL EXPLOSION [...] A gas field explosion in Sunamganj forced 10,000 people from their homes on January 8th, sparking widespread media and government speculation as to the cause and extent of the damages. Newspapers reported losses in millions of dollars and speculated that the fire would continue for 30 to 45 d [...]	2005-01-10 11:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EINV BG
05DHAKA1867	TATA FINISHES UPBEAT FEASIBILITY STUDY [...] (C) Summary: Indian corporate giant, Tata Group has finished its feasibility study and presented a Status Update Report to the Board of Investment for projects to produce power, steel and fertilizer in Bangladesh. The BOI Executive Chairman expects formal negotiations to start as early as ne [...]	2005-04-21 07:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV BG
05DHAKA1976	THE SHAKY SEISMIC OUTLOOK FOR BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Experts forecast a devastating earthquake in Bangladesh in the next ten years. Bangladesh is woefully ill prepared, but the BDG, backed by some academics, is slowly starting to address the associated challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Bangladeshi and foreign experts estimate [...]	2005-04-27 09:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID BG
05DHAKA2798	NEW ALLEGATIONS OF AL INVOLVEMENT IN THE AUGUST 21 [...] (SBU) After months of silence, new accusations have exploded over the August 21 grenade attack on the leadership of the opposition Awami League (AL) that killed 23 persons. 2. (SBU) At a June 13 press conference, AL president Sheikh Hasina, who has apparently lost complete hearing in one ear [...]	2005-06-15 09:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM BG
05DHAKA2879	ENERGY STATE MINISTER RESIGNS; CORRUPTION CITED AS CAUSE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Zia demanded Energy Minister AKM Mosharraf Hossain's resignation amidst corruption charges of accepting a luxury car from an energy firm. Mosharraf defends himself saying that an energy partner properly provided the car to him and that "vested quarters" are out to [...]	2005-06-20 08:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BG
05DHAKA3841	PRE-SAARC THOUGHTS AT BANGLADESH THINK TANK SEMINAR [...] Summary: At a pre-SAARC think tank seminar on transport, trade and poverty eradiciation, Foreign Affairs Advisor Reaz Rahman, Foreign Minister Khan, and Indian MP Arjun Sengupta expressed their views on South Asian issues. End Summary. 2. On August 3, the South Asia Centre for Policy Studie [...]	2005-08-08 00:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV BG
05DHAKA3903	INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER VISITS BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: BDG and Indian High Commission contacts describe Indian Foreign Minister Singh's visit as a positive resumption of dialogue, though little if any progress was made on key issues. The Bangladeshi focus is now on the upcoming visits of the Indian water resources and commerce minis [...]	2005-08-10 09:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV BG
05DHAKA425	BANGLADESH STRIKE WINDS DOWN [...] (C) Summary: The 60-hour strike called to protest the January 27 grenade attack that killed former Awami League finance minister Kibria is winding down amid reports of scattered violence and injuries. AL MP's are boycotting tonight's delivery of President Ahmed's annual address to Parliament. [...]	2005-01-31 10:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA500	BYE BYE BANGLA BHAI? [...] (C) Summary: After a six-month hiatus, self-styled Islamist vigilante Bangla Bhai is back in the news. An embarrassed BDG has reiterated orders for his arrest, but it is unclear if this embarrassment is enough to bring to heel the politically-connected mystery man. End Summary. 2. (C) In [...]	2005-02-02 11:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA550	BANGLADESH STRIKE SITREP [...] (SBU) The Awami League's 36-hour hartal (strike) program that ended February 6 left one police officer dead, three other officers injured, 80 civilians hurt and 500 arrested in scattered incidents throughout the country, according to reports. In Dhaka, police used tear gas and clubs to disperse [...]	2005-02-07 10:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA6275	VISITING THE MEGA-MADRASSA OF AN ISLAMIST [...] (C) Summary: Maulana Kamaluddin Jafri is the principal of a growing 2,000 student Saudi-backed madrassah complex. He condemns JMB violence but speculates the U.S., India, the Awami League, and an international Jewish "conspiracy" might be the JMB's true patrons. In a cordial meeting with polo [...]	2005-12-20 12:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV BD BG
05DHAKA6367	AHMADIYA COMMUNITY UNTOUCHED BY WEEKEND [...] The International Khatme Nabuwat Movement Bangladesh (IKNMB) and a splinter organization, Khatme Nabuwat Andolon Bangladesh (KNAB) staged protests this weekend over the government's refusal to declare Ahmadiyas non-Muslims. When they attempted to march towards the Dhaka City Central Jail and [...]	2005-12-27 03:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV BG
05DJIBOUTI1182	POLICE FIRE ON PROTESTERS DURING DESTRUCTION OF [...] (C) Summary: An operation to remove illegal squatter houses began on November 22, 2005 in the area known as Arhiba II in the capital city Djibouti. On November 30, the last scheduled day of operations, police fired on angry inhabitants who were throwing stones at authorities. Four persons are [...]	2005-12-01 13:03:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINS DJ
05DJIBOUTI1202	BUS UNIONS AND GOVERNMENT REACH [...] Summary: On October 22, 2005, bus and taxi unions called for a general strike following a rise in fuel costs. The strike paralyzed the country and greatly affected public transportation users during the Ramadan. The government initially responded with tough measures, which caused students [...]	2005-12-06 12:28:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ENRG ELTN PHUM PGOV ECON ETTC SOCI DJ
05DJIBOUTI196	GUELLEH REQUESTS QATARI INVESTMENT OF NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf briefed Ambassador on the highlights of President Ismail Omar Guelleh's Qatar trip in a February 23 meeting she requested to discuss several issues (see septels). Youssouf said Guelleh's visit was in response to an invitation extended b [...]	2005-02-28 09:54:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET ENRG DJ QA
05DOHA1132	ASIAN LABOR DEMOGRAPHICS AND EXPERIENCE [...] (U) Summary. Poloff hosted a group of Asian labor attaches for lunch on May 17. Labor attaches from Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka attended. Poloff also met individually with attaches from Bangladesh, China and India. For the most part, the attaches openly expressed [...]	2005-06-21 08:41:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM QA
05DOHA1158	MINISTER OF ENERGY ON GAS INVESTMENTS AND RESERVES [...] (SBU) Summary. Energy Minister al-Attiyah welcomed a possible visit by Secretary Bodman in November, telling senior officials from the Department of Energy "we will plan a good trip for him." Attiya discussed Qatar's investment plans with the DOE delegation and noted that Qatar expects to supp [...]	2005-06-23 15:30:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PREL QA
05DOHA1268	QARADAWI VIEWED LOCALLY AS A MODERATE SCHOLAR [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi is the most influential Muslim scholar in Qatar. His positions on social issues are seen as moderate by his followers. He plays an important role in Islamic banking in the country. His personal wealth is due to favors bestowed by the ruling Al Thani family. [...]	2005-07-12 14:43:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PTER QA
05DOHA1765	PAO MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: PAO met 10/19 with Al Jazeera Managing Director Wadah Khanfar to discuss the latest DIA report on Al Jazeera and disturbing Al Jazeera website content. Khanfar is preparing a written response to the DIA points from July, August and September which should be available during the co [...]	2005-10-20 13:25:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1809	QATAR ECONOMY HEATS UP [...] Summary. Qatari Minister of Economy and Commerce, Sheikh Mohamed bin Ahmed Al Thani, has highlighted the country's bright economic prospects in interviews with local press and in a front- page story in the recent Middle East Economic Digest. The economy is expected to grow by 25 to 27 percent, [...]	2005-11-02 12:33:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV PGOV QA
05DOHA2038	SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH AMIR OF [...] (U) U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman met with the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, on November 15, 2005, in the course of a two-day visit to Qatar. Secretary Bodman also visited energy installations and met SIPDIS with resident U.S. business executives. The meeting wit [...]	2005-12-28 06:16:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL IR QA
05DOHA861	DOHA SECURITIES MARKET OPENING TO FOREIGN [...] Summary. On April 3 the Doha Securities Market (DSM) opened up to allow greater yet limited foreign investment in all sectors of the economy. The opening of the DSM has created a lot of excitement and speculation among Qatari investors who see opportunities to create wealth. However, foreig [...]	2005-05-15 09:09:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD QA
05DOHA934	NATURAL GAS UPDATE: BAHRAIN PIPELINE, VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary. A Ministry of Energy official told post that a natural gas pipeline to Bahrain announced in papers in Doha and Manama does not have much basis in reality. The official said that Venezuela had asked Qatar to participate in a project to supply LNG to the United States; the Qataris [...]	2005-05-25 15:02:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EINV PREL VE BA QA
05DUBAI128	IRAN'S EXPANDING JUDICIARY DRAWS MAJLIS FIRE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Protect Accordingly 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In late December 2004 the Majlis Judicial And Legal Committee approved a bill to investigate the Iranian Judiciary, forwarding it to the Majlis General Session for consideration. Also in late December 2004 a related ongo [...]	2005-01-10 18:24:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	IR PREL
05DUBAI265	UAE-IRAN PIPELINE REPORTEDLY MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Progress on Crescent Petroleum's project to pipe gas from Iran into the UAE, reported reftels, continues apace according to our contacts in the industry. The project looks likely be completed in 2005 or 2006. Contracts for the project's required new infrastructure -- an offshore [...]	2005-01-17 12:22:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL TC IR
05DUSHANBE1613	"JUSTICE" IN TAJIKISTAN: ISKANDAROV SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN [...] Tajikistan's Supreme Court sentenced Mahmadruzi Iskandarov, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan and former head of Tojikgaz, Tajikistan's state-run natural gas monopoly, to 23 years in a maximum-security prison. The court authorized the government to strip Iskandarov of his [...]	2005-10-06 08:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO TI
05DUSHANBE1616	"JUSTICE" IN TAJIKISTAN: ISKANDAROV SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN [...] Tajikistan's Supreme Court sentenced Mahmadruzi Iskandarov, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan and former head of Tojikgaz, Tajikistan's state-run natural gas monopoly, to 23 years in a maximum-security prison. The court authorized the government to strip Iskandarov of his [...]	2005-10-06 10:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO TI
05DUSHANBE1617	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY RICE TO TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes your visit to Tajikistan, the first-ever by a Secretary of State to Tajikistan as an independent country. The historical importance is not lost on Tajikistan's leaders or people. All will have high expectations of a successful visit leading to closer cooperation [...]	2005-10-06 10:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI
05DUSHANBE1826	TAJIKISTAN'S NGOS TIRED OF CORRUPTION AND VISA DELAYS, BUT SOLDIER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the monthly NGO Forum meeting, the only surprise was that a handful of NGOS had not experienced visa problems or been forced to pay bribes for airline tickets or continuous electricity. The November 17 meeting underscored the Dushanbe development community's increased [...]	2005-11-18 12:37:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
05FRANKFURT4506	Nuclear Energy Phase-Out Continues Amid Uncertainty [...] SUMMARY: The phase-out of nuclear power in Germany took a major step in mid-May with the decommissioning of the country's oldest nuclear power plant at Obrigheim in the state of Baden- Wuerttemberg. While Green party leaders and environmental groups celebrated the move with a "phase-out fes [...]	2005-06-14 14:45:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM
05GABORONE1026	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS WITH BOTSWANA [...] (SBU) Summary. In his farewell calls with Botswana's President Festus Mogae and Vice President Seretse Khama Ian Khama July 21, Ambassador Huggins highlighted promoting Botwsana business and human rights, specifically the Kenneth Good and Basarwa issues. The President and VP thanked the Amb [...]	2005-07-22 14:30:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD US BC SAN CKGR
05GABORONE749	SCENESETTER FOR BOTSWANA PRESIDENT MOGAE'S JUNE 13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Botswana President Festus G. Mogae's June 13 meeting with President Bush provides an opportunity to affirm and advance Botswana's role as a partner in promoting peace, democracy and human rights in Africa, increasing economic growth through trade, and combating HIV/AIDS. Botswan [...]	2005-06-02 14:48:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KHIV BC
05GUATEMALA699	GUATEMALAN ANTI-CAFTA DEMONSTRATORS INCITE [...] Summary. Having failed to head off congressional approval of CAFTA through democratic means, a small group of Guatemala's CAFTA opponents sought to tarnish the agreement by staging violent protests over the last week. From March 8-14, demonstrators turned out mostly in the capital, where th [...]	2005-03-17 01:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ETRD ASEC ELAB SNAR MASS EAID GT
05GUATEMALA766	GUATEMALA INVESTIGATING DEATH OF ANTI-CAFTA [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Guatemala is investigating the death from a gunshot wound of a teacher in the March 15 anti-CAFTA demonstration and roadblock in the department of Huehuetenango. Several other demonstrators were seriously wounded. It is not clear who fired the shot that killed [...]	2005-03-23 16:01:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ETRD ASEC ELAB SNAR MASS EAID GT
05GUATEMALA888	IMMIGRATION IN U.S.-GUATEMALAN RELATIONS: [...] This is an action request: See paras 8 and 9. 2. (C) Summary: Supported by civil society and the mainstream media, the Guatemalan community in the U.S. has from the outset of the Berger administration brought acute pressure on the Government of Guatemala to be assertive with us on t [...]	2005-04-08 16:06:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG ELAB PHUM EAGR EAID EFIN CVIS KPAO GT
05HALIFAX176	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL VISITS TO ATLANTIC CANADA STRESS [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wilkins made two successful trips in rapid succession to Atlantic Canada as part of his orientation to the country. His visits to New Brunswick and Nova Scotia focused on priority issues of security, border infrastructure and trade. END SUMMARY. New Brunswick ------ [...]	2005-08-16 14:58:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ELTN ASEC CA US
05HALIFAX210	ATLANTIC CANADA: PREMIERS TALK TO THE AMBASSADOR ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's trips to Atlantic Canada have now given him the opportunity to meet with each of the region's four provincial Premiers. All profess interest in strong and close trade relations with the U.S. and all have been active in engaging their American counterparts in st [...]	2005-10-01 19:44:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD PGOV ASEC ENRG CA
05HALIFAX277	LNG PLANTS MOVE CLOSER TO REALITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Proposals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants in Atlantic Canada and Maine are moving forward, with a race of sorts developing among the four most advanced plans to see who can get on stream first. Pipeline capacity through Atlantic Canada to New England can be increased to [...]	2005-12-19 20:22:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETRD PREL CA
05HANOI1239	VIETNAM'S ELECTRICITY SHORTAGES: THE ROLLING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vietnam is facing a serious electrical shortage in the North this summer and the nation's power producer, Electricity of Vietnam (EVN),has begun instituting rolling blackouts in Northern Vietnam. With high summer temperatures and a prolonged drought that has nearly emptied man [...]	2005-05-27 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EIND EINV VM
05HANOI2073	MFA Delivers Information Sheet on Hoa Hao, [...] (SBU) MFA Americas Department Deputy Director Nguyen Ba Hung called in Pol/C on August 12 to hand over an information sheet on recent incidents involving the Buddhist Hoa Hao Church (Ref A),the Mennonites (Ref B) and Protestant churches in Vietnam's Southwest. Hung said that the GVN is conce [...]	2005-08-12 11:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
05HANOI2164	VIETNAM AND CHINA WORKING TO BOOST RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: While U.S.-Vietnam relations have been improving and expanding, fueled by the June visit of the Prime Minister to Washington, Sino-Vietnamese relations have not been standing still. In keeping with its long-standing "balancing" strategy, Vietnam sent State President Tran Duc L [...]	2005-08-22 04:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PBTS CH VM CVR WTO
05HANOI452	VIETNAM: STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY [...] What follows is Embassy Hanoi's effort to map out the involvement 2. Goods, sectors and industries included in SOE fact sheets Aviation Banking Beer Cement Chemicals Coffee Construction Electricity Footwear Furniture and Wood-Based Products Insurance Liquor Milk and Milk Product [...]	2005-02-25 04:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON VM SOE
05HANOI459	VIETNAM: STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY [...] What follows is Embassy Hanoi's effort to map out the involvement 2. Goods, sectors and industries included in SOE fact sheets Aviation Banking Beer Cement Chemicals Coffee Construction Electricity Footwear Furniture and Wood-Based Products Insurance Liquor Milk and Milk Product [...]	2005-02-25 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON VM

05HANOI494	VIETNAM: STATE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY [...] What follows is Embassy Hanoi's effort to map out state involvement in Vietnam's economy, especially through the involvement of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs),which are typically under the control of a ministry. 2. Goods, sectors and industries included in SOE fact sheets Aviation [...]	2005-03-01 09:01:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON VM IRM

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