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00ANKARA8112	TURKEY: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) COMBATTING TERRORISM IS A MAJOR PRIORITY IN TURKEY'S FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICY. THE GOT APPROACHES THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISTS WITH AN OUTLOOK SIMILAR TO THE USG'S INTERNATIONAL, COORDINATED APPROACH. THE DANGER POSED TO TURKEY BY TERRORISM IS ILLUSTRATED BY THE FACT THAT THE THREE POSTS OF TH [...]	2000-12-11 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER TU

00BEIJING11790	CHINA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] BELOW IS THE 2000 TERRORISM REPORT FOR CHINA. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO REFTEL PARAGRAPH THREE REQUIREMENTS. 2. A) THERE WERE NO ACTS OF TERRORISM COMMITTED AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS OR INTERESTS IN CHINA THIS YEAR. CHINESE MAINLAND AND HONG KONG MEDIA OCCASIONALLY REPORT ACTS OF TERRORISM BY [...]	2000-11-30 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CH
00HANOI864	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO NAM DINH: AGRICULTURAL PROVINCE MAKES TEXTILES, CRAFTS; NGO'S HELP MEET LOCAL NEEDS [...] SUMMARY: IN HIS FIRST WORKING VISIT TO NAM DINH PROVINCE, JUST SOUTHEAST OF HANOI, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS, TOURED A STATE-OWNED TEXTILE PLANT AND VISITED NGO PROJECTS, LOCAL SCHOOLS AND A HOSPITAL. THOUGH THE PROVINCIAL LEADERSHIP IS OPEN AND ENGAGING, THE LARGELY AGRIC [...]	2000-04-25 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV ECON EIND ETRD VM
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
01HANOI2987	PUBLIC SECURITY PUBLISHES BOOK AGAINST BIN LADEN [...] (U) EMBASSY HAS OBTAINED A COPY OF A BOOK PUBLISHED (IN VIETNAMESE) BY THE PEOPLE'S PUBLIC SECURITY PRESS SOMETIME SINCE SEPTEMBER 11 ENTITLED "THE LIFE OF THE INTERNATIONAL TERRORIST OSAMA BIN LADEN (MANY SECRET THINGS)." IT INCLUDES PHOTOS OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS CONNECTED WITH THE SE [...]	2001-11-15 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL VM CTERR
01VATICAN2955	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE MAY 26 - JUNE 01 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: - POPE SENDS ENVOYS TO ISRAEL AND PALESTINIAN TERRITORY - CONSISTORY: OUTREACH TO THE ORTHODOX? - VATICAN CALLS NUTRITION AN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHT - POPE'S UKRAINE TRIP NOT A THREAT SAYS VATICAN FM - POPE W [...]	2001-06-01 14:43:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EAGR IS AM KZ BU UP GT MEPP RU
01VATICAN3976	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE JULY 14-20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03976 01 OF 02 282136Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN RATIFIES NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY - WHITE HOUSE ACCUSED OF PUTTING "SPIN" ON PAPAL SPEECH - 2008 OLYMPICS: CHINA NOT ONLY [...]	2001-07-27 09:54:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MOPS AM KZ CH VM RW VT VTPREL
01VATICAN5288	POPE'S VISIT TO ARMENIA AND KAZAKHSTAN: VATICAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-11 14:38:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM KZ TU RO UP BO BU VT
02ADANA437	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for December 30, 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 08:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ ADANA
02ANKARA8149	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, October 25, 2002 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for October 25, 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 -------------------------- [...]	2002-11-13 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
02ANKARA9080	2003 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKISH CONTRIBUTIONS [...] This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2002 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) Turkey experienced a major political change in 2002 when the governing coalition of Prime Minister Ece [...]	2002-12-23 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL TU NATO
02KATHMANDU2502	NEPAL: MILITARY AID RUNS AGROUND ON THE SHOALS OF [...] (C) Summary: Delivery of M16A2 rifles for the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA),already two months later than scheduled, was delayed again on December 24 when the Government of India (GOI) denied overflight permission for the transport plane. The delay makes the US arms shipment the third in a string [...]	2002-12-31 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	IN NP PGOV PTER RU
03ABUDHABI1414	UAE: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is Poloff Marlene M. Menard, office: + 971 (0)2 4436691 ext. 2502, fax: + 971 (0)2 4434771; unclass email: menardmm2@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent about 30 hours writing the report. One FS-04 officer [...]	2003-03-24 13:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
03ANKARA3401	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-23 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA4387	20032 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkey has been pursuing liberal and outward-oriented economic policies since the mid-1980s. The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, on paper Turkey has one o [...]	2003-07-12 04:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA441	Turkish Officials Responding to Quarantine Concerns [...] (SBU) Summary. In the weeks following the implementation of Turkey's new phytosanitary regulations, Turkish agriculture and quarantine officials have been socked with objections and concerns expressed by Turkish industry, importers and embassies. Although Turkish quarantine officials have t [...]	2003-01-17 10:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR KPAO TU USTR
03ANKARA4545	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
03ANKARA4546	2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY - [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 08:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN 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
03ANKARA7098	CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (C) Summary: The Turks came to the Nov. 7 Caucasus Working Group (CWG) working-level meeting armed with specific proposals for US-Turkish cooperation. The US should reciprocate at the Nov. 17 CWG in Williamsburg. Over the next seven months, the two sides should work towards having several ne [...]	2003-11-14 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
03ANKARA7649	2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) This is Embassy Ankara's submission to the 2004 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. = = = = = = = = = = General Assessment = = = = = = = = = = 2. (SBU) In aiming to accelerate democratization, pursue its EU candidacy, revive the economy and tackle ch [...]	2003-12-15 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL TU
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
03FRANKFURT5937	"RUSSIAN-GERMANS": IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The immigration and integration of ethnic Germans and their families from the former Soviet Union (Aussiedler) is a major social problem in Germany. Newcomers' lack of German language skills makes them unemployable and drug-related crimes and ghettoization are endemic among Aus [...]	2003-07-21 13:50:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG SOCI PGOV PREF PHUM GM
03KABUL1560	PROPOSAL TO WORK WITH ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The USG and the World Bank are planning to hold the ministerial-level Regional Trade Initiative Conference on the margins of the IMF/WB Annual Meetings in Dubai from September 21-23, 2003. 2. (C) The interagency community is considering a proper venue to conduct a preliminary planning [...]	2003-06-05 13:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL AF PK TU IR
03KUWAIT4840	TERRORIST FINANCE: OFAC/STATE TEAM MEETS KUWAITI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and a State Department representative met with Kuwaiti officials 4-5 October to encourage a joint USG-GOK investigation of suspicious charities, discuss the status of frozen Iraqi assets, and inform the GOK of money transfers [...]	2003-10-25 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ETTC PTER PREL KU
03ROME2331	BIOTECH OUTREACH: GREEN REVOLUTION TO GENE [...] SUMMARY. WITH SUPPORT FROM PD, USAID AND USDA, MISSION ITALY, AT THE INITIATIVE OF CONGEN FLORENCE, IS COSPONSORING A FOUR DAY CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA MAY 28-31. HEADLINING THE PROGRAM IS NOBEL PRIZE PRIZE WINNER NORMAN BORLAUG, AND SWISS SCIENTIST [...]	2003-05-28 08:07:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD TBIO KSCA TSPL OIIP IT PRC
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
03ROME371	USAID/DCHA TEAM DISCUSSES WFP GEARING UP FOR [...] (S) USAID/DAA/DCHA BILL GARVELINK AND D/FFP LAUREN LANDIS VISITED WFP HEADQUARTERS ON JANUARY 23-24 TO REVIEW WFP PROGRESS ON GEARING UP ITS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE MECHANISM TO ASSIST IRAQ IN THE EVENT OF OUTBREAK OF CONFLICT. DISCUSSIONS INVOLVED THE POSSIBLE PROCUREMENT AND DELIVERY OF 2.5 M [...]	2003-01-30 17:03:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	AORC EAGR EAID ECON KUNR PHUM PREF WFPAORC WFP
03THEHAGUE1879	NETHERLANDS 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Attached we transmit the text of the 2003 investment climate statement for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with chapter VII in the FY 2003 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has also been transmitted by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA for the attention of Neil Feird and Ann Mc [...]	2003-07-24 15:02:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON KTDB EFIN KIDE NL OPIC
03VATICAN4751	JOHN PAUL II: 25 YEAR CHAMPION OF HUMAN DIGNITY [...] (U) Pope John Paul II marked the 25th anniversary of his Pontificate October 16 with over 70,000 well-wishers in St. Peter's square. The Pope is one of the most compelling public figures of the 20th Century, and continues to garner international attention even as he struggles with physical li [...]	2003-10-17 11:20:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR SOCI VT
03VATICAN4956	VATICAN SEES KAZAKH-SPONSORED WORLD RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) HOLY SEE DIPLOMATS WHO ATTENDED THE SEPTEMBER 24- 25 CONGRESS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL NATIONAL RELIGIONS IN ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN REGARD THE FORUM AS AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD FOR INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE. THE HOLY SEE, WHICH HAS BEEN ACTIVELY PROMOTING SUCH A DIALOGUE FOR DECADES, WELCO [...]	2003-10-31 06:00:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF KZ VT
04ABUDHABI684	UAE: 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-10 15:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
04ANKARA1378	CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP HONES IN ON TU-US [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) hosted a working level meeting of the Caucasus Working Group (CWG) February 16-17 in Ankara. The US side was led by ECJ5-E (RUE) Caucasus AO, LTC Albert Zaccor, who was accompanied by ECJ5-E Turkey AO, Lt Col Rob Hopkins. Representatives of the Embassy's Pol [...]	2004-03-08 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR 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
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
04ANKARA4110	AMBASSADOR MANN DISCUSSES CASPIAN ENERGY ISSUES AT [...] (U) Summary: Caspian Basin Energy Development Ambassador Steven Mann met with energy officials on the margins of the June 16-17 Tale of Three Seas Energy Conference in Istanbul. (Septel reports on Mann,s meeting with Turkish Energy Minister Guler.) Mann was joined by Turkish MFA Deputy U/S A [...]	2004-07-23 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD PREL TU
04ANKARA4148	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...]	2004-07-28 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA4273	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 16-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles not published in English is provided through unofficial local FSN translation or otherwise noted sources. 2. (U) Published July 28, 20 [...]	2004-08-02 08:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
04ANKARA4320	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4580	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]	2004-08-16 08:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5024	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Summary: August was a productive month despite the high number of Turkish contacts that were still enjoying their traditional summer vacation. The DOE Second Line of Defense visit was able to lay the initial groundwork required to begin the planning process in upgrading the portal monitors [...]	2004-09-08 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL
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
04ANKARA5719	TURKEY AS THE HUB IN THE EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) The centerpiece of Turkey's growing role as hub in the East-West Corridor, the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, is broadly on track and nearing completion. Government of Turkey (GOT) Officials and BTC company officials assert that BTC is on track at 80 percent complete for m [...]	2004-10-05 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EWWT TU GA
04ANKARA5750	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, September 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 28, 2004 by the Anato [...]	2004-10-07 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
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
04ANKARA6254	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-04 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR 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
04ANKARA6687	TIP IN TURKEY: MFA REPORTS INTERIM PROGRESS [...] The National Task Force on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, established in October 2002, held its 7th meeting on November 3, 2004, under the chairmanship of Ambassador Mr. Murat Ersavci, the D.G. of Consular and Social Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The representatives participa [...]	2004-12-02 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU
04ANKARA6843	TIP IN TURKEY: VICTIMS' STORIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: International Organization on Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom provided para 4 report on a Russian citizen victim admitted to the Istanbul TIP shelter November 13. The victim's story largely repeats other accounts we have heard about typical trafficking schemes [...]	2004-12-09 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA7044	DEC. 12 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) In policy discussions with the Turkish General Staff during the Dec. 12 meeting of the Caucasus Working Group, DASD James MacDougall urged Turkey to consider how we might change our approach to the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. The TGS representatives believed the Minsk Group had failed [...]	2004-12-20 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
04BRATISLAVA616	SLOVAK EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE EFFORTS [...] SUMMARY. THE SLOVAK MFA RECENTLY ESTABLISHED A FORMAL INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO MANAGE EFFORTS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE PROGRAM OF OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (ODA) STARTED ADMINISTRATIVELY IN 2003, A [...]	2004-06-24 15:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL ECON LO
04BRUSSELS1607	SUBJECT: MARCH 19 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19, Special Representative of the President for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Geneva CD Ambassador Jackie W. Sanders and NP/PPC Director Christopher Murray led discussions on arms control and disarmament with the EU's Nonproliferation Troika (CONOP). Issues dis [...]	2004-04-14 15:27:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2091	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU hosted a U.S. delegation headed by USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes for the biannual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on May 7. Key findings were: --U.S.-EU Coordination within OSCE: cooperation between t [...]	2004-05-14 10:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3059	US-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LOOK AT UPCOMING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. US-EU Political Director consultations in Brussels on July 13 discussed a broad agenda including summit follow-up, and compared notes on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Central Asia. EUR A/S Jones told the EU now is not the time to lift its arms embargo on China, and urged the EU, [...]	2004-07-19 07:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS ETRD MASS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3782	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1 EUR DAS Laura Kennedy held semi-annual consultations with the EU on Caucasus and Central Asia (COEST). Caucasus discussions concentrated on establishing a political process to resolve the South Ossetia conflict (Kennedy met separately on South Ossetia with Heikki [...]	2004-09-08 14:36:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID GG AM AJ KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4183	U.S.-EU OSCE CONSULTS FOCUS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 U.S.-EU OSCE consultations focused largely on Russian intransigence toward outside influence in its "near abroad." Both sides agreed that the CIS Astana Declaration is an attempt to undercut the OSCE role in human rights and democratization. Similarly, the EU re [...]	2004-09-30 09:30:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4550	U.S.-EU NONPROLIFERATION TROIKA: EU LOOKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 28, the U.S. and the EU held their semi-annual exchange on nonproliferation issues. This discussion followed the release of the second U.S.-EU Summit declaration on nonproliferation. The two sides touched on a wide range of nonproliferation issues and explored possib [...]	2004-10-21 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS666	US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 1: CENTRAL ASIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Allegrone -- discussed US-EU cooperation in Central Asia and the South Caucasus with the EU's COEST Troika. This cable covers the Central Asia portion of the [...]	2004-02-13 15:39:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3560	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RO
04HELSINKI1472	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BETH JONES' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During her November 8 meeting in Helsinki with Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, Assistant Secretary Jones said that the Administration was already talking about reinvigorating the transatlantic relationship, and said that one of the purposes of her trip was to ask Finland's views a [...]	2004-11-17 14:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EU PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TU FI
04KUWAIT2272	Kuwait Investment Climate Statement [...] Kuwait - July 2004 Appendix to 2003 Investment Climate Statement a) This appendix serves as an update to the 2003 Investment Climate Statement for Kuwait. It has been provided to assist investors in the interim period resulting from the U.S. Department of Comme [...]	2004-07-21 06:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KU OPIC
04MAPUTO1658	NEW MOZAMBICAN AIRLINE RAISES SAFETY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In August 2004, Air Corridor became Mozambique's first private commercial airline to operate nationwide, breaking the monopoly that the government-owned Linhas Aereas de Mocambique (LAM) had maintained since independence. Air Corridor has injected much-needed competition in Moza [...]	2004-12-29 15:06:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR SNAR KCRM MZ SA
04ROME4563	CHEVRON INCIDENT REFLECTS CHANGING DYNAMICS IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-01 16:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ
04TEGUCIGALPA70	ALIEN SMUGGLERS OF CHINESE NATIONALITY ARRESTED IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 9 and 11, Hu Weng RONG (DPOB: 7/28/1975, China) and He Jia BIN (DPOB: 5/06/1975, China) were arrested in Honduras. Both had obtained Honduran nationality in the early 1990s. The arrests were carried out by the Honduran General Directorate of Special Investigative Ser [...]	2004-01-13 16:30:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN PREL HO
04THEHAGUE686	DUTCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE 2009 KAZAKH [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-17 15:44:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KZ NL OSCE
04VILNIUS1566	LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...]	2004-12-27 14:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH
04YEREVAN1369	REACTION FROM YEREVAN, ARMENIA: PRESS [...] SUMMARY: All mass media widely covered Ambassador John Ordway's press conference held on June 17. Almost all TV and newspaper reports were accurate and factual. The majority of the newspapers quoted the Ambassador without any comments. All the newspapers noted that there will be the final p [...]	2004-06-21 08:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC PGOV PREL KPAO AM
04YEREVAN171	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS TO ARMENIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Armenia, local NGOs and international organizations working in Armenia largely acknowledge that Armenia has a problem with trafficking in persons. To date, Armenia has been discussed primarily as a country of origin and transit for trafficking victims. A re [...]	2004-01-21 04:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AM KCRM SNAR UZ
05ADANA87	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25-26, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-27 08:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ALMATY1011	KAZAKHSTAN: MARCH 9 MEETING WITH NATO SGSR AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 9 visit to Almaty, NATO SGSR for Central Asia Ambassador Robert Simmons met with NATO chiefs of mission to brief on the organizations efforts to implement Istanbul Summit commitments regarding Central Asia. The two most tangible results were the creation of his [...]	2005-03-16 07:51:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1012	AMBASSADOR HOSTS NATO PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] SBU) Summary: On March 9, the Ambassador hosted two meetings for visiting NATO parliamentarians from the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security. The NATO Secretary General's Special Representative (SGSR) for Central Asia, Ambassador Robert Simmons, participated in the first meeting. (Det [...]	2005-03-16 07:51:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1027	USAID MEDIA TOUR IN ALMATY SUCCESSFULLY PROMOTES [...] Summary: On March 10, the Ambassador hosted a day-long Media Tour in Almaty, in an effort to increase Kazakhstani public awareness of U.S. assistance projects. USAID's Country Representative in Kazakhstan, Almaz Sharman, also helped to "MC" the event. This was the fourth media tour in a se [...]	2005-03-17 06:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1029	Status Update on U.S.-Kazakhstan Cost Sharing [...] (SBU) Summary: An official in Kazakhstan's Ministry of Economy and Budget Planning (MEBP),Maulen Utegulov, confirmed in a meeting with USAID the Government of Kazakhstan's commitment to finalizing a cost-sharing agreement with a budget allocation in 2006. While signing of the agreement mus [...]	2005-03-17 07:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1059	KAZAKHSTAN: TERRORISM FINANCE: UPDATE NO. 2 [...] (SBU) Post submits the following in response to Ref A request, para. 10. 2. (SBU) A. Amount of assets frozen, forfeited, or seized (in U.S. dollars) by host governments pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 1373, the legal authority under which the action was taken (legislative, judicial, [...]	2005-03-23 05:20:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KTFN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1081	KAZAKHSTAN: FRACTURED OPPOSITION ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Against the backdrop of the liquidation of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan and a split in Ak Zhol, the majority of the Kazakhstani opposition has united around former Mazhilis speaker Zharmakhan Tuyakbay as their presidential candidate. The parties have formed an electoral bloc [...]	2005-03-23 09:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1109	KAZKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Tokayev called Ambassador at 9:30 p.m. on March 24. Tokayev apologized for not being available to meet the Ambassador earlier, as he had requested, due to an extended meeting with President Nazarbayev to review the situation in Kyrgyzstan. The Foreign Minister said that [...]	2005-03-25 06:42:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1130	KAZAKHSTAN'S MEDIA COVERAGE OF KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From the start of the revolt in southern Kyrgyzstan, international media speculated on how events there might affect their rich neighbor in the north. Many international media relied on the Interfax wire service in their reporting, although Interfax sometimes posted uncorrobor [...]	2005-03-28 04:03:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1203	KAZAKHSTANI OIL PATCH: KYRGYZ TULIPS WON'T GROW [...] (C) Summary: The Kazakhstani oil patch, both expats and locals, neither foresee nor seek a Kazakhstani repeat of the Kyrgyz "Tulip Revolution." They cite the following reasons: - Kazakhstani economy is dynamic and growing. Despite rural poverty, many average citizens have a seat at the table; [...]	2005-03-31 06:37:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KR KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY13	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OTAN PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 21 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, pro-presidential Otan Party deputy chair Armangeldy Yermegiyayev described a party with a strong vertical structure, an extensive local network, and a clear platform. He outlined a vision of quality-of- life improv [...]	2005-01-04 05:25:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KZ POLITICAL
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
05ALMATY1393	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY EUCOM COMMANDER'S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Summary: On April 2, Deputy Commander U.S. European Command (EUCOM) General Charles Wald met with Deputy Minister of Defense General-Major Bulat Sembinov in Astana. Sembinov's staff presented three briefings on transformation of Kazakhstani Armed Forces and Caspian security, Kazakhstani op [...]	2005-04-11 08:33:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	KZ MARR MOPS PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY1432	GRAND MOSQUE OPENS IN ASTANA, MADRASSA TO COME [...] SUMMARY: On April 5, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs arranged a tour for diplomats of the new Grand Mosque and Islamic Cultural Center in Astana. Moderate Islam is a central part of traditional Kazakh culture, though years of Soviet influence had a secularizing influence on Kazakhstani soci [...]	2005-04-12 11:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1433	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE PIPELINE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Construction of the stalled Atasu-Alashankou oil pipeline is moving forward after a harsh winter and the late delivery of pipe, according to KMG contacts. However,the Kazakhstanis are unhappy with the Chinese over perceived lower netbacks and lack of control -- Beijing has respons [...]	2005-04-12 11:51:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG CH KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1434	CHINESE DEMAND CASPIAN OFFSHORE BLOC FOR GAS [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Kazakhstani Institute of Oil and Gas (KIOG),Serik Burkitbayev, reported that China is demanding an offshore Caspian bloc as quid-pro-quo for support of a natural gas pipeline to China. That pipeline, to be built in stages, will initially transport Turkmen and [...]	2005-04-12 11:59:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG CH KZ ECONOMIC
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
05ALMATY1436	KAZAKHSTAN: REPONSE TO INQUIRY ON BIOKOMBINAT [...] (C) Summary: The GOK has investigated the USG's concerns regarding dangerous pathogens at the Biokombinat facility in Almaty and discovered a number of strains which, under Kazakhstani law, should be moved to a centralized GOK storage facility. The GOK does not consider the strains to be a pr [...]	2005-04-12 12:14:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSCA KZ PARM TBIO POLITICAL
05ALMATY1437	PSI: REQUESTING KAZAKHSTAN'S ENDORSEMENT OF THE [...] (C) POEC chief delivered reftel points and Internet link to Dastan Eleukenov, deputy director of the MFA's security affairs office, on April 6. 2. (C) Eleukenov promised to raise the matter for discussion within the MFA. He considered it important that Russia had already endorsed the Statem [...]	2005-04-12 12:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY1501	KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT PASSES REGRESSIVE AMENDMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a joint meeting of both chambers on April 8, the Kazakhstani Parliament passed a set of amendments to the Elections Law that raise serious concerns about the GOK's political will to support free and fair elections. Although there are some amendments that appear to be an [...]	2005-04-14 09:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1508	KAZAKHSTAN: BAIMENOV WING OF AK ZHOL RE-REGISTERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alikhan Baimenov has re-registered Ak Zhol in a very short time, thereby confirming his status as the party's sole leader and giving credence to conventional wisdom that the GOK supports him. He nevertheless appears to be taking great pains to underscore the fact that Ak Zhol r [...]	2005-04-14 11:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1522	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Andrew Offenbacher, incoming EXBS Advisor to Kazakhstan, arrived at Post Almaty on March 10. Richard Morrissey, outgoing EXBS Advisor, departed for the United States on March 17. The new EXBS advisor spent his first week at post meeting embassy staff, attending orientations and learning abo [...]	2005-04-15 12:03:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY1525	KAZAKHSTAN: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIR, JUSTICE [...] (U) Summary: The GOK announced April 13 that Zagipa Baliyeva, the long-serving chair of the Central Election Commission, was stepping down from her position in advance of the scheduled completion of her term in May. The Parliament quickly approved the nomination of Justice Minister Onalsyn [...]	2005-04-15 12:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY153	OSCE FIELD MISSION WEIGHS IN ON DCK CASE [...] (SBU) On January 13, OSCE field officer Bjorn Halvarsson told Astana Poloff that OSCE Ambassador Vikki had delivered a statement on January 11 to Kazakhstani MFA authorities (NFI) on the judicial dissolution of opposition party Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) (See Refs B-C). While Halva [...]	2005-01-13 21:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV PREL PHUM IO KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1595	KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS TROUBLING PACKAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) is currently considering a set of national security amendments that continues the regressive trend of the recent Law on Extremism and amendments to the Elections Law. The draft legislation would set new limits on, inter alia, freedom of [...]	2005-04-22 01:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1596	KAZAKHSTANI PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS TROUBLING PACKAGE [...] (U) This cable replaces Almaty 1595. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) is currently considering a set of national security amendments that continues the regressive trend of the recent Law on Extremism and amendments to the Elections Law. The draft legislation woul [...]	2005-04-22 04:22:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1686	DELIVERY U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS [...] (SBU) On April 29, per reftel instructions, DTRO-Almaty delivered the START treaty itemized cost lists for the period 1 January to 31 March 2005 to 1LT R. Zakirov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. 1LT Zakirov ha [...]	2005-04-29 12:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KTIA KZ KACT DTRO
05ALMATY1707	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Post delivered Reftel talking points to MFA Americas Desk head Kuat Seksenalinov April 29. 2. Per Reftel, points were delivered verbally. Seksenalinov did not provide a substantive response. Ordway NNNN [...]	2005-05-04 08:00:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR KZ
05ALMATY1720	KAZAKHSTAN: AMB. MINIKES' MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 25 roundtable, Kazakhstani human rights activists described for Amb. Minikes a rapidly deteriorating environment in which the GOK is implementing a series of troubling pieces of legislation designed to increase state control over society. With one exception, they b [...]	2005-05-04 11:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1721	KAZAKHSTAN: AMB. MINIKES' MEETING WITH OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 25 roundtable in Almaty, Amb. Minikes heard the views of opposition politicians on Kazakhstan's bid to become the chair of the OSCE in 2009 and the current state of play with regard to respect for human rights and democratic principles in Kazakhstan. Participants di [...]	2005-05-04 11:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KZ POLITICAL

05ALMATY1774	CASPIAN PIPELINE CONSORTIUM: STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: The April 26th Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) shareholders meeting in Almaty ended in an impasse. Russian intransigence on forming a Russian board of directors (CPC-R),combined with a demand for a variable tariff on operating expenses (OPEX),created the logjam. In earlier [...]	2005-05-06 09:58:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1785	DELIVERY OF U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) On 5 May 2005, per reftel para. 6, DTRO-Almaty delivered the U.S response to the Russian proposal regarding ground transportation notifications to LTC Anarbek Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry [...]	2005-05-06 11:29:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT DTRO
05ALMATY1838	KAZAKHSTAN: TROUBLING NGO LAW UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Draft legislation currently under consideration in the Kazakhstani parliament has the potential to severely restrict the activities of NGOs, particularly those receiving foreign assistance. U.S. implementing partners are mobilizing to fight the draft, which legal experts have [...]	2005-05-13 04:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1851	KAZAKHSTAN: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ [...] (SBU) Drawing on reftel points, EBO Astana principal officer on May 11 conveyed to Zhandos Asanov, director of the MFA's Department of Europe and Americas, the request for Kazakhstan to support the Iraqi Transitional Government. 2. (SBU) Asanov responded positively and said that he would co [...]	2005-05-13 12:37:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1855	KAZAKHSTANAN: ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhstan Supports Tight Control [...]	2005-05-16 01:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1856	USOSCE AMBASSADOR MINIKES' MEETINGS WITH ASTANA [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 26, U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Minikes, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, met separately with Deputy Speaker of the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) Dyachenko, Chairman of the Central Elections Commission Zhumabekov, and Minister of Justice Baliyeva. Ambassador Min [...]	2005-05-16 01:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1860	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] None. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS CONDUCTED Â [...]	2005-05-16 08:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY1883	OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS [...] (SBU) Post regrets delay in responding to reftel request. Reporting in Kazakhstan's media on the erroneous Newsweek report of Koran desecration at Guantanamo started only on May 16, and was low-key and non-inflamatory. The May 16 primetime news on one Kazakhstani state channel and one indep [...]	2005-05-18 11:32:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KISL PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1901	KAZAKHSTAN: DEF MIN COMMENTS ON IRAQ WITHDRAWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstani Defense Minister Gen. Mukhtar Altynbayev commented to journalists May 17 that in his "personal opinion" the country should not send a new contingent of sappers to replace the 27 personnel Kazakhstan currently has in Iraq. The contingent is due to rotate in July 2005 [...]	2005-05-19 01:43:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL PGOV IZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1905	POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION FOR LSC PAVLODAR OIL [...] CS ALMATY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER MITCHEL AUERBACH AND INDUSTRY SPECIALIST OKSANA CHUKREYEVA CONDUCTED A PSV AT THE LSC PAVLODAR OIL REFINERY/PETROCHEMICAL PLANT, ON APRIL 26, 2005, AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL USDOC 00036. THIS PSV WAS CARRIED OUT REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A MIKRON INFRARED THERM [...]	2005-05-19 02:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC KZ
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
05ALMATY1927	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. -- Mazhilis Committee Suggests Foreign Borrowing Limits -- Pipe Pl [...]	2005-05-20 11:11:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1932	KAZAKHSTAN: EFFORTS TO OVERTURN BAN ON JET FUEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the April 19 ban on export of jet fuel from Kazakhstan, post has contacted every relevant ministry and agency in the GOK to request it be lifted. Beginning with an April 22 letter to Prime Minister Akhmetov, who signed the decree, Embassy has approached the Ministries of Fore [...]	2005-05-20 11:45:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET//NOFORN	KZ MOPS PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY1938	KAZAKHSTANI MFA "DISAPPOINTED" WITH CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 19, Charge briefed Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Volkov on the Department's decision to request a national security interest waiver of Section 578's requirement (Foreign Operations) that Kazakhstan demonstrate significant progress on human rights in order to continue f [...]	2005-05-20 12:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1944	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of your planned meeting with President Nazarbayev in Baku, Embassy Almaty wanted to offer background on energy and non-proliferation issues in Kazakhstan, and suggest key issues where your engagement could be crucial. Kazakhstan's market-driven development of its oil se [...]	2005-05-23 10:14:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG AJ GZ KZ WMD ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1952	KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE ON REQUEST FOR ENDORSEMENT OF [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent diplomatic note 10/2-1-1205, dated May 17, to Embassy Almaty. Informal Embassy translation of the text follows: The Republic of Kazakhstan shares the goals of the Security Initiative in combating the prolife [...]	2005-05-23 13:00:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PGOV PHSA PREL WMD
05ALMATY1953	OPPOSITION PAPER OUTMANEUVERS AUTHORITIES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 5, the information ministry ordered Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan's (DCK) weekly newspaper "Respublika: Business Review" to stop publishing. It revoked the weekly's registration after filing suit in February following Respublica's republication of the transcript of an [...]	2005-05-24 05:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY1973	KAZAKHSTAN'S SCENTIFIC SPENDING SPREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan has quintupled science- and technology-related spending in its most recent budget. The decision is in keeping with the GOK's long-stated goal of diversification of its economy and reduced dependence on oil revenues. The Industrial-Innovative Development Strategy for [...]	2005-05-25 11:54:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECONOMIC
05ALMATY1988	KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY OF JCIC-DIP-05-007 [...] (SBU) On 26 May 2005, per reftel para. 4, DTRO-Almaty delivered JCIC-DIP-05-007 to Captain Rinat Mirsakhatov, Assistant to the Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Captain Mirsakhatov had no comment a [...]	2005-05-26 12:00:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY1991	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - WCO FRAMEWORK OF STANDARDS TO [...] Econoff delivered Reftel demarche and talking points to Alikhan Mambetalin, Deputy Chairman of the Kazakhstan Customs Committee and Colonel of the Customs Service Daniyar Kerimbekov, Head of the International Relations Division of the Kazakhstani customs service. 2. Kerimbekov seemed very f [...]	2005-05-27 01:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KZ
05ALMATY1992	ILO CONFERENCE DEMARCHES DELIVERED; KZ DELEGATION [...] (U) Econoff delivered Reftel A and B demarches and talking points to Askar Akhmetov, Head of the Division for Specialized International Organizations of the Kazakhstani MFA. Akhmetov acknowledged the demarche but did not have an immediate substantive response. 2. (U) Akhmetov informed Econ [...]	2005-05-27 01:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PGOV PHUM BB CU KZ
05ALMATY1993	KAZAKHSTAN: AMB. MINIKES' APRIL 27 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Leading Kazakhstani human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis told Amb. Minikes on April 27 that the deteriorating political and human rights situation in the country was the direct result of the government's paranoia about events in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan. He described a [...]	2005-05-27 07:19:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PHUM POLITICAL
05ALMATY2017	KAZAKHSTAN SUBMITS START QUARTERLY COST LIST [...] On 26 May 2005, DTRO-A received the START Quarterly Cost List for the period of 1 January to 31 March 2005 from Lieutenant Colonel A. Aubakirov of the Ministry of Defense Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center. 2. Unofficial Translation follows: BEGIN TEXT U.S [...]	2005-05-31 08:15:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM US RS UP KZ DTRO
05ALMATY2045	DELIVERY OF JCIC-DIP-05-008, 009, and 010 [...] On 1 June 2005, per REFs para 4, DTRO-Almaty delivered JCIC-DIP-05-008, -009 and -010 to Lieutenant Colonel Anarbek Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin had n [...]	2005-06-01 11:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY2047	Kazakhstan Proposal for Human Rights and Democracy [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel request on small grants for human rights and democracy projects, Mission is pleased to submit a proposal to establish a "Polyton" discussion club in Astana. At present, there is one venue where Kazakhstan's intelligentsia -- whether members of government, opposition [...]	2005-06-01 12:04:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM EAID PHUM SOCI KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2048	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE - MAY 2005 [...] U.S. Grant Finances Feasibility Study for Reconstruction of Gas Storage Units in Southern Kazakhstan 2. Nura River Fish Poisoned With Mercury 3. Danish Company Ready for De-mercurization Project in Temirtau 4. Kazakhstan Ranks Third Globally in Nuclear Fuel Production 5. Central Asian Co [...]	2005-06-01 12:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2058	KAZAKHSTAN: WORRISOME NATIONAL SECURITY, NGO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; see para. 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Troubling legislation is progressing rapidly through Kazahkhkstan's Parliament. If adopted in its current form, the legislation would stifle civil society here, and roll back several fundamental freedoms. Although [...]	2005-06-02 13:01:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2099	POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION FOR KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ [...] PLEASE NOTE THAT KAZOHOTRYBOLOVSOYUZ LTD. MADE PURCHASES OF THIS TECHNOLOGY FROM ONE US SUPPLIER, LEUPOLD AND STEVENS, INC, WHICH RECEIVED TWO EXPORT LICENCES, NUMBERS D318838 & D302823. YOUR CABLES (REF ABOVE) REQUESTED TWO DIFFERENT PSV'S ON THE SAME END-USER, FOR THE SAME PRODUCT FROM THIS [...]	2005-06-03 11:03:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC KZ
05ALMATY2111	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON DELIVERABLES FOR THE US-EU [...] (SBU) On June 3, CDA Asquino delivered the demarche requested in reftel to Foreign Minister Tokayev, urging the GOK to attend the US-EU International Conference on Iraq to be held in Brussels on June 22. Tokayev said he planned to attend the event if other countries were also being represented [...]	2005-06-06 08:58:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID IZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2121	KAZAKHSTAN: CONVERSATION WITH UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: POEC chief met with Uzbek human rights activist Lutfullo Shamsiddinov (refs A-C) and his wife on June 2 to discuss their efforts to obtain refugee status in Kazakhstan. Shamsiddinov, who is from Andijon and witnessed the killing of civilians there on May 13, also briefed POEC ch [...]	2005-06-06 14:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ MOPS PHUM UZ POLITICAL
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
05ALMATY215	INDEPENDENT MEDIA OUTLETS COVETED BY NAZARBAYEV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Media advocates in Kazakhstan report that over the past few weeks, momentum has been building to consolidate ownership of influential media outlets among Nazarbayev loyalists in advance of the presidential elections. A source within the presidential administration revealed tha [...]	2005-01-21 04:49:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2231	KAZAKHSTAN: CANWFZ TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 12:32:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KZ MNUC PARM PREL WMD POLITICAL
05ALMATY2233	KAZAKHSTAN: MDA POINTS DELIVERED [...] On June 10, Embassy Branch Office Astana delivered reftel points to the MFA urging the GOK to indicate by June 17 its support for the diplomatic conference organized by the Swiss during which a proposal will be made to integrate the MDA society of Israel into the Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement [...]	2005-06-16 02:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2283	ASIA SOCIETY KAZAKHSTAN CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Asia Society's Kazakhstan Business Conference in Almaty was a smashing success. Highlights included a strong exchange of views between George Soros and FM Tokayev; multiple appearances by opposition politicians including on panel presentations; a major restatement of Kazk [...]	2005-06-17 06:29:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2288	KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEVA HIGHLIGHTS THREAT OF "DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 7 speech to an Asar Party congress in Astana, party leader and first daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva discussed her vision for the party, the upcoming presidential elections, and concerns about opposition forces and Western-led democratization efforts. Most notably, she spo [...]	2005-06-17 10:20:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2308	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. -- New Joint Russian- Kazakh Space Venture -- Senate Approves Law [...]	2005-06-21 02:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2367	CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION SCHEDULES EXPERIMENTAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Election Commission announced on June 21 that four district akims will be chosen by local, directly elected legislatures (maslikhats) on August 12. This pattern mirrors the selection of national senators by oblast level maslikhats (Reftel). Until now, akims had been [...]	2005-06-24 04:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2368	SENATE ELECTIONS SET FOR AUGUST 19 [...] Summary: Sixteen seats will be contested in the August 19th Senate elections. A one-month nomination period commenced on June 18. As candidates will be chosen indirectly by the Maslikhats (oblast-level, elected legislatures controlled by pro-Nazarbayev parties) the elections, predictably, wil [...]	2005-06-24 04:27:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2370	SENATE ELECTIONS SET FOR AUGUST 19 [...] (SBU) Summary: Sixteen seats will be contested in the August 19th Senate elections. A one-month nomination period commenced on June 18. As candidates will be chosen indirectly by the Maslikhats (oblast-level, elected legislatures controlled by pro-Nazarbayev parties) the elections, predictabl [...]	2005-06-24 04:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2380	KAZAKHSTAN: TROUBLE LOOMING FOR PRIME MINISTER AKHMETOV? [...] (SBU) Summary/Background. Prime-Minister Daniyal Akhmetov's government may face a motion for its dismissal at a special joint session of Parliament June 27. The special session was proposed after contentious June 13 session during which the Senate received a bleak report from the Finance Mini [...]	2005-06-24 11:02:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2386	NGO LAW PASSED BY MAZHILIS STILL PROBLEMATIC; ASAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Informal OSCE analysis of draft NGO legislation adopted by the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) on June 10 provides clarification on changes made during the parliamentary review process. Contrary to previous media reports that certain restrictive parts of the legislation [...]	2005-06-26 03:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY24	KAZAKHSTAN: DEATH OF PROMINENT BANKER SPARKS RUMORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 19 death of Bank TuranAlem (BTA) president Erzhan Tatishev in a hunting accident has put the local rumor mill into high gear. Despite calming words from representatives of the bank, the second largest in Kazakhstan, the accident has received a great deal of media a [...]	2005-01-04 07:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PHUM KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL
05ALMATY2407	GOK ANNOUNCES PURCHASE OF ALMATY POWER CONSOLIDATED [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 27, Prime Minister Akhmetov announced last-minute plans for the GOK to purchase Almaty Power Consolidated (APK) after a disputed bankruptcy auction, scheduled for the same day, was cancelled for unspecified reasons. A leading opposition figure, later joined by deputies [...]	2005-06-28 10:55:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2436	KAZAKHSTAN SUPPORTS UN REFORM [...] (SBU) On June 28, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Tokayev (other issues discussed reported septel). The FM expressed satisfaction with the U.S. decision to frame potential changes to the UN Security Council in a broader discussion of comprehensive UN reform. [...]	2005-06-30 07:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR AORC KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2439	KAZAKHSTAN READY TO ENGAGE ON UZBEK REFUGEES AND [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 28, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev. Ambassador raised developments surrounding the presence of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan. Tokayev said that Kazakhstan is ready to cooperate with Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. In talks with Kyrgyz FM Roza Otu [...]	2005-06-30 09:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL KZ UZ KG POLITICAL
05ALMATY2445	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE THIRD COUNTRY [...] (SBU) On June 30, Astana PO met with MFA's Director for Economic and Humanitarian Cooperation Akan Rakhmetulin and delivered reftel demarche, asking Kazakhstan to consider providing temporary refuge to Uzbek asylum seekers in Kyrgyzstan. Rakhmetulin remarked that Foreign Minister Tokayev had [...]	2005-07-01 02:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM KZ UZ KG POLITICAL
05ALMATY2503	DETAINED UZBEK REFUGEE FACING DEPORTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Concerned about governmental retaliation for his role in reporting on the recent events in Andijon, Uzbek human rights observer Lutfullo Shamsudinov fled with his family to Kazakhstan in late May. UNHCR formally determined on June 24 that Shamsudinov was a bona fide refugee, n [...]	2005-07-06 12:08:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SMIG IO UZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2548	DEMARCHE REQUEST: G-4 FRAMEWORK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 8 Ambassador Ordway, in the framework of a larger telephone conversation, raised the issue of the G-4 framework resolution with Foreign Minister Minister Tokaev. Tokayev stated that has instructed Kazakhstan's ambassador to the UN to abstain. Tokayev also added that he believed [...]	2005-07-08 10:07:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY2549	KAZAKHSTAN - ENGAGING THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (SBU) On June 24, Astana PO delivered reftel demarche to Yerlan Baudarbek-Kozhatayev, Office Director for Africa and Asia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (Note: This office's responsibility includes the Middle East.) PO emphasized U.S. appreciation for Kazakhstan's contribution to operations [...]	2005-07-08 10:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL IZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY255	AMB ORDWAY MEETS DFM SHAKIROV: BWC COMING SOON, [...] (SBU) Summary/Background: Ambassador Ordway met with Deputy Foreign Minister Askar Shakirov January 19 in Astana. The meeting focused primarily on nonproliferation issues. Shakirov indicated that the GOK is not yet ready to sign the WMDIE-K PPI agreement. However, Shakirov did provide clear [...]	2005-01-25 06:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KZ WMD POLITICAL
05ALMATY2558	KAZAKHISTAN: OPPOSITION LEADER FEARS [...] (C) Summary: Ak Zhol party leader Alikhan Baimenov voiced concern over a tightening of party financing and the possibility of administrative manipulation of presidential elections in a June 23rd meeting with Ambassador Ordway. He admitted increasing prosperity of the electorate but hoped an an [...]	2005-07-08 11:15:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KZ PGOV PHUM PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY2589	KAZAKHSTAN: APPROVAL OF TAX- AND DUTY-EXEMPT DOE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ten months after the U.S. first requested confirmation of tax and customs exemptions for a DOE shipment to the Ulba Metallurgical Plant (Ref B),the MFA has forwarded a letter from the Tax Committee stating that the shipment will be exempt. End summary. 2. (SBU) On June 24, [...]	2005-07-14 01:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2595	SUBJECT: KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK EMBASSY CIRCULATES [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-14 09:20:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KZ PREL MARR POLITICAL
05ALMATY2637	MARCHENKO BELIEVES ELECTIONS TO BE EARLY, CALLS [...] (C) Summary: At a July 11 meeting at the Almaty headquarters of the Halyk Savings Bank where he is Chairman of the Board, Grigoriy Marchenko had a wide-ranging discussion of the political and economic atmosphere in Kazakhstan with Econoff and the Embassy Moscow Treasury Attache. Inter alia, [...]	2005-07-18 07:47:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2638	DEMARCHE ON EXECUTIVE ORDER ON WMD PROLIFERATOR [...] Emboff delivered Reftel talking points and the text of the Executive Order to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA Division on the OSCE and International Security Institutes, on July 15. 2. Togyzbayev did not have an immediate substantive response to the demarche; he however reiterated Kazakh [...]	2005-07-18 08:53:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PGOV MNUC EFIN ETTC KZ WMD POLITICAL
05ALMATY2688	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. -- Kazakhstan Elected to WCO Political Commission -- Parliament Ap [...]	2005-07-20 13:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2689	KAZAKHSTAN: RECOMMENDATIONS ON GLOBAL FUND [...] (U) Summary: This cable responds to reftel request for post input into the decision of whether Grant Number KAZ-202-G01-H-00 from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM) should receive funding beyond its initial two years. Progress in Kazakhstan has been on track for [...]	2005-07-21 01:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KZ
05ALMATY2758	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE AGAINST G-4 RESOLUTION [...] (C) As reported Ref A, Kazakhstani FM Tokayev told the Ambassador on July 8 that he had personally instructed Kazakhstan's ambassador to the UN to abstain on the G-4 resolution. Given that the GOK has already committed itself to abstaining, post sees no benefit in raising the issue again. [...]	2005-07-27 11:00:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2762	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF HEALTH DESIGNATED [...] (SBU) Summary: On 21 July, Embassy Almaty received Dipnote 10-2-1/1749 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, reporting that the Ministry of Health has been designated the implementing agent for the BWPP. 2. (SBU) Embassy translation follows: //BEGIN TEXT OF TRANSLATION// The Ministr [...]	2005-07-28 02:17:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KZ WMD POLITICAL
05ALMATY2797	KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED [...] (SBU) On July 29, per Ref A, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered the START treaty itemized cost lists for the period 1 April 2005 - 30 June 2005, to CPT R. Maermanov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. CPT Maermanov had no [...]	2005-07-29 11:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KTIA KZ KACT DTRO
05ALMATY2799	Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-013, "Delivery of Revised [...] (SBU) On July 29, per Ref A, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-013 to Captain Ruslan Maermanov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Captain Maermanov had no comment and no reaction. 2. (U) POC for th [...]	2005-07-29 11:40:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY2814	Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-012, "Confirming ICBM [...] (SBU) On July 29, per Ref A, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-012 to Captain Ruslan Maermanov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Captain Maermanov had no comment and no reaction. 2. (U) POC for thi [...]	2005-08-01 11:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY2828	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S.-INDIA STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Emboff delivered Reftel demarche to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA Division on the OSCE and International Security Institutes, on July 29. 2. (SBU) Togyzbayev said that Kazakhstan is supportive of the normalization of civilian nuclear cooperation between the U.S. and India. He ex [...]	2005-08-03 01:50:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL KZ IN ECONOMIC
05ALMATY2833	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LAW CHANGES STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: According to local human rights activists, Kazakhstan's new law "On the International Agreements of the Republic of Kazakhstan," signed by President Nazarbayev on May 30, may challenge the principle of supremacy of international agreements over domestic legislation in Kazakhsta [...]	2005-08-03 11:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2838	KAZAKHSTANI YOUTH MOVEMENT FINDS INSPIRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an initiative to mobilize apathetic youth in Kazakhstan, a new non-partisan youth movement, called Kahar [Protest], emerged last winter. Drawing inspiration, if not the numbers, from influential youth groups like Otpor and Pora, Kahar could attract more young people, especial [...]	2005-08-04 01:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2842	KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN FLU INCIDENT: NO HUMAN CASE, USG [...] Summary/Background: Despite serious fears to the contrary, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Health stated on August 2 that the poultry farm worker from the Golubovka farm (Pavlodar oblast) has not/not tested positive by any locally available laboratory means for the strain of avian influenza (AI) [...]	2005-08-04 06:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
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
05ALMATY2878	KAZAKHSTAN: CICA MEETING DISCUSSES CREATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conference for Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) is taking steps to establish a Secretariat and working groups to develop regional confidence-building measures. The creation of a Secretariat might result in a call for donations. The GOK SIPDIS [...]	2005-08-08 10:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2904	KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: After additional testing using reagents developed with U.S. assistance, the suspected human avian influenza (AI) patient in Pavlodar oblast (reftel) has not yet indicated the presence of the AI virus. The hospitalization of fifteen people in East Kazakhstan oblast has been confi [...]	2005-08-11 09:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
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
05ALMATY2957	KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] Summary: Post has obtained confirmation that on August 12, Kazakhstani health authorities released diagnoses of H5N1 AI in birds from parts of North Kazakhstan and Akmolinskaya oblasts. The diagnoses were based on polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests developed with the assistance of U.S. exp [...]	2005-08-17 01:55:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2958	DELIVERY OF LETTERS ROGATORY IN THE MATTER OF SOKOL HOLDINGS, INC. V. BMB MUNAI, INC., ET AL. [...] Per ref, the Consular Section at U.S. Embassy Almaty was requested to deliver Letters Rogatory to the appropriate judicial authorities for the case Sokol Holdings, Inc. v. BMB Munai, Inc., Boris Cherdabayev, Alexandre Agaian, Bakhytbek Baiseitov, Mirgali Kunayev, and Georges Benarroch; Service [...]	2005-08-17 04:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2985	KAZAKHSTAN: TUYAKBAY ON HARASSMENT OF OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani authorities are carrying out a large-scale campaign to harass and intimidate the opposition, according to "For a Just Kazakhstan" leader Zharmakhan Tuyakbay. Measures have included surveillance, provocation, violence, and threats/intimidation. Although Tuyakbay's or [...]	2005-08-18 13:06:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY2986	KAZAKHSTAN SUBSCRIBES TO THE HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kazakhstan has subscribed to the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). End Summary. 2. (SBU) Zhulduz Baizakova of the MFA's office of international security told POEC chief on August 16 that the GOK had formally subscribed t [...]	2005-08-19 01:40:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA MNUC ETTC TSPA PREL KZ WMD POLITICAL
05ALMATY304	AMBASSADOR ORDWAY MEETS WITH DPM AND TRADE MINISTER [...] (U) Summary/Background: Ambassador Ordway called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Sauat Mynbayev January 25 in Astana. They discussed Kazakhstan's WTO accession, the Minister's prospective attendance at the inaugural TIFA Council meeting and his possible trip to Sa [...]	2005-01-28 08:16:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3047	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS TO BE HELD IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan announced that Presidential elections should be held on December 4, 2005. The elections were previously scheduled for December 2006. The Constitutional Council's ruling was in response to an inquiry from the Mazhilis. The question of t [...]	2005-08-22 01:44:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3072	KAZAKHSTAN BANS JET FUEL EXPORTS THROUGH END OF [...] (U) On August 20, the government of Kazakhstan imposed another temporary ban on the export of aviation fuel, to last through December 31, 2005. According to the GOK decree, the ban on jet fuel was imposed "for the purpose of saving the required aviation fuel for economic needs of the republic [...]	2005-08-22 14:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KZ MOPS PREL ENRG 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
05ALMATY3084	KAZAKHSTAN: NGO LAWS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constitutional Council has ruled that pending NGO legislation which had provoked a storm of international criticism is unconstitutional. President Nazarbayev is expected to comply with the ruling and reject the legislation. This is a very positive development, as the legi [...]	2005-08-23 12:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3085	KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This telegram supplements Reftels A-C and responds to the directive in para. 5 of Reftel D. On August 18, additional outbreaks of H5N1 AI were confirmed in villages of North Kazakhstan Oblast, which borders on the Russian Federation. Thousands of domesticated birds have been c [...]	2005-08-24 03:05:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3091	KAZAKHSTAN: AVIAN FLU DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) In accordance with Ref A instructions, A/DCM delivered subject demarche to two senior GOK officials: Chairman of the Veterinary Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture Asylbek Kazhumratov and First Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Nurakhmet Bizahnov in Astana August 24. 2. (SBU) [...]	2005-08-24 10:32:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON SOCI ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3107	KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS BUREAU ROBBED [...] (SBU) Summary: An August 14 robbery of the Kazakhstani International Bureau for Human Rights resulted in the loss of almost all the organization's databases and temporarily crippled its work. Emergency grants and post's donation of ten excess computers are helping KIBHR get back up and runni [...]	2005-08-25 11:13:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3112	KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] Summary: In accordance with Ref A, this telegram provides updated data on Kazakhstan's compliance with international norms on the prevention of the worst forms of child labor. This cable updates Ref B. This information is provided to assist in the determination of Kazakhstan's continued eli [...]	2005-08-25 12:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KZ POLITICAL
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
05ALMATY3147	KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE, AUGUST 26 [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable supplements Refs A-E and responds to the directive in paragraph 5 of Reft F. No/no further reports of bird deaths, suspected AI, or human contraction of AI have been made since August 15. GOK authorities appear optimistic that they have succeeded in containing the c [...]	2005-08-31 01:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3157	KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSAL TO SWAP SUPPORT AT UNESCO [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On August 23, Post received Diplomatic Note No. 10- 1-1/1947 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to reftel demarche. Text follows: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan prese [...]	2005-08-31 09:16:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ POLITICAL
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
05ALMATY3223	KAZAKHSTAN PLANNING TO OFFER ASSISTANCE, NO [...] On September 5, Acting Principal Officer delivered list of priority needs in reftel to Aidar Shukenov, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shukenov indicated that the Government of Kazakhstan was putting together an offer of disaster relief assistance for those affe [...]	2005-09-06 10:49:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL KZ US POLITICAL
05ALMATY3224	KAZAKHSTAN RECEIVES FACT SHEET ON IRAQI [...] On September 2, Acting Principal Officer delivered reftel fact sheets to Aidar Shukenov, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shukenov expressed appreciation for the information and had no further comment. ASQUINO NNNN [...]	2005-09-06 10:51:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IZ KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3230	KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE SEPTEMBER 6 [...] Summary: This cable responds to the directive in paragraph 5 of Ref A. No/no further reports of human or animal cases of AI have been made since Ref B August 26. The GOK lifted the quarantines imposed in three of four affected oblasts. North Kazakhstan Oblast is the only region where prevent [...]	2005-09-06 11:30:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3232	KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of your planned meeting with Energy Minister Shkolnik, Embassy Almaty wanted to offer background on the most pressing issues in the US-Kazakhstani energy dialogue and suggest key issues where your engagement could be crucial. They include the following: Achieving a GO [...]	2005-09-06 11:35:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG AJ GZ KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3277	OMNIBUS OF MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the first of a series of bi- monthly cables on developments among Kazakhstan's media. Most of the incidents reported here indicate a pattern of restrictions against editorially independent media in the run-up to the December presidential elections. To their great credit [...]	2005-09-09 10:00:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3284	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION BUYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nurbulat Masanov, a well-known human rights activist and political commentator, will forego his role as expert analyst at a discussion club to head an institute on ethnology created for him by the presidential administration. In accepting the new position, Masanov agreed to refrai [...]	2005-09-09 14:06:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3295	KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS CALLS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: With the September 7 announcement by the Mazhilis that presidential elections will be held December 4, Kazakhstani political parties have begun to nominate their candidates. President Nazarbayev used his acceptance speech to highlight his success in managing the economy and out [...]	2005-09-13 02:49:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3296	KAZAKHSTAN OFFICIAL OUTLINES DISPOSITION OF [...] (C) Summary: A well-placed source in the state-owned oil company, KazMunaiGas (KMG),recently told Econoff that KMG would exercise its pre-emptive rights to purchase parts of PetroKazakhstan (PK) once the Canadian company's sale to the PetroChina was approved by PK shareholders (reftels). Acc [...]	2005-09-13 02:50:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3301	KAZAZKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev unofficially kicked off his reelection campaign in a September 1 speech to the fall session of parliament. The President gave a glowing review of social goals he set out in his February address to the nation. His overall theme, stability [...]	2005-09-13 10:56:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3307	Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-015, "U.S. proposal to [...] (SBU) On September 14, per Ref, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-015 to Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin reacted favorably to the [...]	2005-09-14 12:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY3308	Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-014, "Response to Russia's [...] (SBU) On September 14, per Ref F, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-014 to Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin made no comment. 2. [...]	2005-09-14 12:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY3374	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP, [...] (U) This is the first in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. The Gloves Are Off ------------------ 2. (U) "I am determined to run for the presidency," was th [...]	2005-09-19 14:25:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ POLITICAL

05ALMATY3376	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Anne Cummings is now the Action Officer for EXBS Kazakhstan. Thank you to Joanna Gabryszewski for all her good work on the EXBS Kazakhstan program. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS CONDUCTED Â [...]	2005-09-20 10:27:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY3415	KAZAKHSTAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE SEPTEMBER 23 [...] Summary: This cable responds to the directive in paragraph 5 of Reftel. No/no further reports of human or animal cases of AI have been made since Ref B. CDC's Central Asia Region representatives are continuing their informal, but fruitful cooperation with Kazakhstani authorities. End Summar [...]	2005-09-23 10:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON RS ETRD PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3419	KAZAKHSTAN: CHARGE DELIVERS TIP BENCHMARKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 8, Charge delivered reftel trafficking in persons benchmarks to Serik Nugmanov, Vice Minister of Justice, and Aisha Aitkalieva, Head of the International Law Department at the Ministry of Justice. The Charge discussed the history of bilateral cooperation on TIP issu [...]	2005-09-23 12:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY342	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings on January 25 with Head of Presidential Administration Adilbek Dzhaksybekov and Senate Speaker Nurtay Abykayev, Ambassador cautioned that recent law enforcement raids targeting democracy NGOs and the dissolution of opposition party Democratic Choice of [...]	2005-01-31 08:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EAID KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3431	KAZAKHSTAN: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (S) Summary: Efforts to insure stability by supporting political reform and countering terrorism are at the top of the bilateral U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship, as reflected in the first two performance goal's of the Kazakhstan MPP. Post engages in a continuous dialogue with all levels of the [...]	2005-09-26 08:46:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3447	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP, [...] (U) This is the second in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. --------------------------------- Would-be Candidates for President ------------------------------- [...]	2005-09-26 15:18:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3449	KAZAKHSTAN: PARTIES INITIAL KCTS IGA DRAFT [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani and Azeri negotiators approved and initialed a draft of the Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) Inter-governmental Agreement (IGA) in Almaty on September 24. The delegations agreed upon a single text, though the GOK delegation insisted on highlighting a f [...]	2005-09-27 11:29:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET AJ KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3450	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY [...] (C) SumQry: Post welcomes the selection of Kazakhstan as an EUR focus country for the democracy promotion strategy (Ref A). Kazakhstan is preparing for what could be its first truly contested presidential race this December, against the backdrop of serious GOK concerns about U.S. intentions a [...]	2005-10-03 14:54:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3451	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S FRIED,S MEETINGS WITH KAZAKHSTANI [...] (C) Summary: During meetings with Kazakhstani opposition presidential candidates, A/S Fried heard several common themes about Kazakhstan's differences from its neighboring countries, the importance of strengthening its western orientation, the need for political reform, and the toll that corr [...]	2005-10-04 06:39:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3453	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION MEDIA UNDER PRESSURE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The risks of doing business with opposition media in the run-up to the December presidential elections became apparent when the Vremya Print majority owner cancelled printing contracts with several opposition newspapers, fearing reprisals against his business interests. The pape [...]	2005-10-04 14:48:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3454	KAZAKHSTAN: SHKOLNIK ON CANWFZ, CWC, INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Vladimir Shkolnik on September 27 in Astana. Shkolnik assured the Ambassador that there will not/not be a signing ceremony for the proposed Central Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (CANWFZ) Treaty in the near term [...]	2005-10-04 14:49:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CW KNNP KZ PARM POLITICAL
05ALMATY3455	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP, [...] (U) This is the third in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. Pre-Registration of Candidates ------------------------------ 2. (U) As of October 4, the Central [...]	2005-10-05 04:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY346	PROCURATOR GENERAL DISCUSSES NGO RAIDS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 24 introductory call on Procurator General Rashid Tusupbekov in Astana, the Ambassador discussed several recent law enforcement raids against USAID implementing partner democratization NGOs (Ref A). The Ambassador cautioned that these GOK actions may have serio [...]	2005-01-31 08:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3476	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. -- WTO Protocol with China Signed -- E-Government Contract with Al [...]	2005-10-05 04:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3479	KAZAKHSTAN: SHKOLNIK ASSURES AMBASSADOR ON BTC [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ordway, accompanied by OPIC Chief Economist Steven Everhart, met with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Vladimir Shkolnik on September 27 in Astana. Shkolnik assured the Ambassador and Everhart that Kazakhstan would sign off on the recently initialed Baku-Tbil [...]	2005-10-05 04:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3486	AVIAN FLU PARTNERS MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Econoff delivered Ref A talking points and invitation to Almatbek Demeseinov of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 23. 2. On September 30, Demeseinov informed Econoff that Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Askar Shakirov had signed [...]	2005-10-05 04:52:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON SOCI ETRD PGOV KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3494	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON SUA [...] (SBU) Post conveyed Ref A points to the Kazakhstani MFA by diplomatic note on September 15. Olzhas Togyzbayev, of the MFA's international security department, told POEC chief on September 30 that the MFA was coordinating a response with other relevant agencies. 2. (U) Post will report resp [...]	2005-10-05 04:56:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3551	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR ORDWAY CALLS ON EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary/Background: Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Emergency Situations Shalbai Kulmakhanov in Astana on September 21. In a cordial meeting, covered by local press, Kulmakhanov discussed the challenges his ministry faces and his hopes for continued cooperation with t [...]	2005-10-05 05:17:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3553	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Defense General of the Army Mukhtar Altynbayev in Astana September 22. Altynbayev gave an update on the military reform process and discussed the developing security infrastructure in the Caspian region. He also assured Ambassa [...]	2005-10-05 05:19:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3563	Delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-016, "U.S. question [...] (SBU) On September 28, per Ref D, Defense Threat Reduction Office Almaty (DTRO-A) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-016 to Lieutenant Colonel Akhmetalin, Acting Deputy Chief, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Lieutenant Colonel Ak [...]	2005-10-05 05:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT PREL JCIC START POLITICAL DTRO
05ALMATY3603	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 08:34:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PHUM PREL POLITICAL
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
05ALMATY3607	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY,S VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary/overview: Your visit provides an extremely valuable and timely chance to consult with President Nazarbayev as the presidential election campaign officially begins. Nazarbayev will undoubtedly share with you his vision of Kazakhstan's development in the wake of independence. He s [...]	2005-10-05 12:40:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	KZ PGOV PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY3609	KAZAKHSTAN: POLICE RAID KAHAR YOUTH MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Police raided the Almaty office of the Kahar movement on October 4, allegedly in search of proof of foreign financing of the relatively controversial youth protest movement. So far there have been no arrests or seizures as a result of the raid. The action was likely connected [...]	2005-10-06 02:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3629	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON PROPOSALS TO ENABLE CIVIL [...] (SBU) In a September 27 meeting with Foreign Minister Tokayev, Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche outlining U.S. support of India's pursuit of civilian nuclear energy in exchange for a stronger non-proliferation regime. The United States, he continued, would like to raise this further with t [...]	2005-10-06 13:19:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3706	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF PROPOSED [...] Reftel solicited the Embassy's comments on the foreign policy implications of NIH's proposed award of a research project entitled "Rapid Assessment of Drug Law and Policy in the FSU and CEE," which involves a Kazakhstani institution, the "Credo" organization in Karaganda. The Embassy recomme [...]	2005-10-12 04:11:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY3750	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH KAZAKHSANI CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants in a civil society roundtable with A/S Fried cited corruption, inadequacies in legislation regulating business, an economy over-dependent on oil revenues, the weakness of independent media, and the lack of political involvement among young people as some of the cha [...]	2005-10-13 13:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KDEM EAID EPET KZ ECONOMIC 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
05ALMATY3790	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDDUP, [...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. Nomination Period Ends ---------------------- 2. (U) The nomination period ended on October 3. O [...]	2005-10-17 20:58:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3791	Almaty delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-017 [...] (SBU) On October 17, 2005, per Ref D, Defense Threat Reduction Office Almaty (DTRO-A) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-017 to Captain Rinat Mirsakhatov, Interpretation branch, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Captain Mirsakhatov [...]	2005-10-17 20:58:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KZ KACT PREL DTRO
05ALMATY3839	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERIOR MINISTER FIRED OVER ARREST OF [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Turisbekov was fired over the arrest of an opposition politician just hours before Secretary Rice's arrival here, according to presidential SIPDIS advisor Masimov. Turisbekov will be replaced by deputy PA head Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov, thought to be the initia [...]	2005-10-19 09:05:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KZ POLITICAL
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
05ALMATY3861	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, [...] (U) This is the fifth in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. CEC in Action ------------- 2. (U) As of October 21, three candidates - Nazarbayev, Tuyakbay, an [...]	2005-10-23 08:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ POLITICAL
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
05ALMATY3894	DELIVERY U.S. START TREATY ITEMIZED COST LISTS [...] (SBU) On October 27, per Ref A, DTRO-A (Almaty) delivered the START treaty itemized cost lists for the period July 1, 2005 through September 30, 2005, to Captain Mirsakhatov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Cap [...]	2005-10-27 21:00:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KTIA KZ KACT DTRO
05ALMATY3902	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (U) Summary/Background. Ambassador Ordway called on Kazakhstani Minister of Transport and Communications Askar Mamin on October 21 in Astana. The Ambassador and the Minister discussed the GOK's attempts to attract international air traffic to Astana, development of rail and road infrastructu [...]	2005-10-28 07:04:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ELTN PGOV PREL KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL
05ALMATY3905	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS DFM SHAKIROV, NO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Deputy Foreign Minister Askar Shakirov on October 20 in Astana and raised the issue of the strain transfers envisioned by the November 2004 Biological Weapons Prevention Program (BWPP) Amendment. Shakirov, discouragingly, replied in the same vein as th [...]	2005-10-29 00:31:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM TBIO PREL KZ POLITICAL
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
05ALMATY3915	KAZAKHSTAN: NEXT STEPS ON BIOKOMBINAT [...] (C) Summary: The owners of the privatized Biokombinat facility in Almaty are willing to transfer ownership of 69 fermenters to the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund for destruction in return for $500,000 plus taxes. Post recommends that the Department act quickly to formalize agreement o [...]	2005-10-31 06:39:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PARM TBIO WMD POLITICAL
05ALMATY3919	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, [...] (U) This is the sixth in a series of weekly election roundups, in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. Commitments to Free and Fair Elections -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) OSCE Ambas [...]	2005-10-31 21:19:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3924	ZERO TOLERANCE FOR KAZAKHSTAN'S OPPOSITION PRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Harassment of opposition print media intensified in the three weeks leading up to start of the official campaign period October 25. While print runs have increased, there have been incidents ranging from confiscation of the entire print run of one paper, to grabbing copies out [...]	2005-11-01 00:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY3929	KAZAKHSTAN CONSIDERING AID TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarches in an October 27 meeting with Kazakhstani FM Tokayev. Tokayev indicated that the GOK was considering providing a field hospital in the context of the Geneva conference (Ref B). He promised to raise the issue of providing spare parts and/or maintenance [...]	2005-11-01 06:01:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MASS NATO POLITICAL
05ALMATY4010	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, [...] (U) This is the seventh in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. President Nazarbayev's Campaign ------------------------------- 2. (U) President Nazarbayev cont [...]	2005-11-08 21:01:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4029	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. OFFICIALS PRESS FOR FREE AND [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Almaty-USOSCE cable. 2. (C) Summary: USOSCE Ambassador Finley and Ambassador Ordway met with opposition, civil society and youth group representatives and government officials October 25-28 to discuss progress on democratic reforms, the upcoming presidential el [...]	2005-11-09 21:12:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4038	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] In September, a U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) team conducted talks with the Government of Kazakhstan on finalizing the language of the Second Line of Defense (SLD) program's Implementing Arrangement. The most recent revision of the arrangement [...]	2005-11-10 02:17:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY4044	KAZAKHSTAN SUBMITS START QUARTERLY COST LIST [...] On 8 November 2005, DTRO-A received the START Quarterly Cost List for the period of July 1, 2005, to September 30, 2005, from Lieutenant Colonel A. Aubakirov of the Ministry of Defense Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center. 2. Unofficial Translation follows: BEG [...]	2005-11-10 05:40:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KACT PARM KZ KTIA START DTRO
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
05ALMATY4057	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Aral Sea to be Filled With Water [...]	2005-11-14 02:25:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
05ALMATY406	GOK INTERAGENCY TIP WORKING GROUP SHOWCASES WORK ON [...] (U) On January 13, the GOK interagency TIP working group met in Astana to discuss GOK progress in meeting TIP National Plan goals. Minister of Justice Olnasyn Zhumabekov chaired the highly publicized meeting, which included a broad range of participation from the GOK, IOM, OSCE, NGOs and Ast [...]	2005-02-03 07:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG IO KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4074	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP [...] (U) This is the eighth in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. CEC Statements on Election Campaigns ------------------------------------ 2. (U) On November 3, C [...]	2005-11-15 21:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ
05ALMATY4076	KAZAKHSTAN: TAZHIN ON ZHAKIYANOV, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Nazarbayev's chief political strategist told the Ambassador on November 4 that he was confident of Nazarbayev's convincing lead in the presidential race, and even somewhat surprised that the opposition had not made a stronger showing to date. Deputy Presidential Admini [...]	2005-11-16 05:04:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PHUM PREL
05ALMATY409	2004-05 SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: THE [...] (SBU) The following is the draft summary of U.S. strategy and efforts to combat human rights abuses and bolster democracy in Kazakhstan for 2004-05. BEGIN DRAFT STRATEGY TEXT: In Kazakhstan, the United States forcefully advocated support of human rights and democracy, emphasizing that bi [...]	2005-02-03 23:54:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV ELAB KPAO KSEP KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4095	IMO CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED; KAZAKHSTAN LIKELY [...] On November 16, Econoff delivered Reftel demarche and talking points on the United States' candidacy for Category A membership in the International Maritime organization (IMO) to Baurzhan Sarsenbekov of the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. Sarsenbeko [...]	2005-11-17 06:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV EWWT KZ IMO
05ALMATY4105	KAZAKHSTAN KCTS IGA UPDATE: ONE MORE NEGOTIATING [...] (C) Summary: A GOK participant in the ongoing Azeri-Kazakhstani KCTS IGA negotiations told Econoff on November 15 that sufficient "edits" had accumulated during the GOK's ministerial review of the initialled IGA draft (reftel) to necessitate a "final" round of negotiations. The GOK and GOA h [...]	2005-11-18 04:34:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ
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
05ALMATY4123	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OTAN PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Acting "Otan" Party chairman Bakhytzhan Zhumagulov in Almaty on November 15. Zhumagulov, who is also chairman of Nazarbayev's re- election campaign, had requested the meeting. He told the Ambassador that Nazarbayev's rating is close to 70%, and the [...]	2005-11-21 00:07:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KZ
05ALMATY4142	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR DATA ON MANPADS DELIVERED [...] (C) POEC Chief delivered reftel request for information on MANPADS in Kazakhtan to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA's international security institutes division, on November 4. Togyzbayev indicated that he would work with the MFA's OSCE affairs division to respond to the request for informati [...]	2005-11-22 04:33:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC MASS KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4143	KAZAKHSTAN: HIGH INTEREST IN CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) POEC chief passed Ref A information on civil nuclear cooperation with India by the Nuclear Suppliers Group to Olzhas Togyzbayev, head of the MFA's Security Institutes Division, on November 4 in Astana. Togyzbayev commented that Kazakhstan is developing good, intensive relations with India [...]	2005-11-22 05:25:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KZ IN ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4144	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION FIGURE MURDERED AT HOME [...] (C) Summary: The murder on November 12 of former high-level GOK official, and more recently outspoken opposition figure, Zamanbek Nurkadilov has touched off a series of rumors and accusations among the Kazakhstani public and political elite. Shot three times at his residence, Nurtadilov had [...]	2005-11-22 05:26:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KZ
05ALMATY415	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER SHKOLNIK'S RESPONSE ON BN-350 [...] (SBU) In response to the Ambassador's December 20 letter to Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Shkolnik (ref),post received a reply under cover of a January 14 diplomatic note from the MFA. Informal embassy translation of letter follows: Letter no. 10-01-134 dated January 11, 2005 [...]	2005-02-04 07:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP KZ PARM ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4159	KAZAKHSTAN: RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to Reftel. The Embassy assesses that the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) appreciates the severity of the threat of avian and pandemic influenza and is taking rational, concrete steps to address that threat. The GOK is realistic and basically transparent in i [...]	2005-11-23 04:32:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL PGOV KZ
05ALMATY4160	2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE FOR KAZAKHSTAN [...] Per Reftel request, Embassy Almaty submits 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) below and separately via email to USTR. TRADE SUMMARY (UPDATED DATA TO BE PROVIDED BY USTR) Kazakhstan submitted its application for WTO membership on January 29, 1996 and the fact-finding phase of the accessi [...]	2005-11-23 04:32:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KZ ECONOMIC USTR
05ALMATY4171	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, [...] (U) This is the ninth in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from local media reporting. Live TV debate -------------- 2. (U) On the night of November 17 live TV debates were held in Almat [...]	2005-11-25 04:20:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ
05ALMATY4175	REPORTING ON KAZAKHSTAN'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a CIS elections monitoring representative, media coverage of presidential campaigns in the first two weeks of November "did not quite correspond" to legal and constitutional norms. State media are honoring the letter, if not the spirit, of the information ministry' [...]	2005-11-25 06:08:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
05ALMATY4188	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Aral Sea to be Filled With Water [...]	2005-11-28 05:00:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
05ALMATY4196	INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL TO KAZAKHSTAN: A CHOICE [...] (SBU) Summary: There may be some clear skies ahead following the recent turbulent environment facing international carriers serving Kazakhstan. For all intents and purposes, the GOK has abandoned its previous demand that all international air flights that now land in Almaty, instead, arrive [...]	2005-11-28 21:15:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY422	FY05 TV CO-OP PROPOSALS FOR KAZAKHSTAN [...] U.S. Embassy-Almaty offers the following TV co- operative projects for FY05, in descending order of priority. Post plans to cover international airfare costs not covered by the stations and will arrange pre-departure briefings for selected TV crews. 2a. "Muslims in the United States." Th [...]	2005-02-06 05:20:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC OIIP KZ
05ALMATY4234	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, [...] (U) This is the tenth in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. Poll Shows Nazarbayev Popularity at 76 Percent --------------------------------------------- - 2. [...]	2005-11-29 21:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ
05ALMATY4235	PRE-LICENSE CHECK AT THE ASTANA INTERNATIONAL [...] CS ALMATY SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER MITCHEL AUERBACH AND INDUSTRY SPECIALIST OKSANA CHUKREYEVA CONDUCTED A PRE- LICENSE CHECK AT THE ASTANA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE ASTANA CITY DEPARTMENT'S SANITARY EPIDEMILOGICAL INSPECTION SERVICE, ON NOVEMBER 17, 2005, AS REQUESTED IN REFTELS USDOC [...]	2005-11-29 21:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC KZ
05ALMATY4244	ELECTION UPDATE: CAMPAIGNING IN SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) During a November 8-10 visit to Shymkent, the capital of the Southern Kazakhstan Oblast, poloff examined the campaign climate of this border region. Conversations with NGO and media representatives indicated that the political scene was similar to that throughout Kazakhstan. Campaign M [...]	2005-11-30 05:56:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ
05ALMATY4256	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. -- Early Repayment of Foreign Loans in 2005 -- WTO Protocol with J [...]	2005-11-30 07:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4263	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA RESPONSE ON MI-8 AND MI-17 SPARE [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, Post received a diplomatic note on November 23 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Informal Embassy translation of letter follows: Letter No. 09-2-1/4676 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan presents its compliments to the Emba [...]	2005-12-01 05:15:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MASS NATO POLITICAL
05ALMATY4264	KAZAKHSTAN: TENGIZ CONSORTIUM SOLIDIFYING [...] (C) Summary. Tengizchevroil (TCO) recently finalized a series of contracts which pave the way for the temporary export of up to 5 million tons of TCO oil per year, beginning in 2007, through the Georgian port of Batumi. This "Southern export route" is one means (along with rail transport of [...]	2005-12-01 05:25:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4267	KAZAKHSTAN: DIP NOTE ON REHABILITATION OF [...] (SBU) On November 22 post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs thanking the USG for its decision to co-sponsor the draft resolution on ecological rehabilitation and development of the Semipalatinsk region. The note was drafted in English. 2. (SBU) Begin text: L [...]	2005-12-01 18:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY427	Nazarbayev Opens New Astana International Airport [...] (SBU) Summary: President Nazarbayev presided with great fanfare at the February 2 opening ceremony of the new Astana international airport. The new facility, with a reported operational date of February 9, offers significantly more space than the current terminal. The balloons and band, howe [...]	2005-02-07 01:19:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR PGOV PREL KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4276	KAZAKHSTAN: AI-RELATED IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON [...] Summary: This cable responds to Reftel. Kazakhstan has placed import restrictions on poultry from countries where avian influenza has been detected. Additionally, some restrictions are in place on poultry from safe origin countries that transited a country covered by the import ban. Post is [...]	2005-12-02 08:43:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO ECON ETRD PGOV KZ USTR
05ALMATY428	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH DPM AND [...] (SBU) This cable contains an action request for USTR, para. 10. 2. (U) Summary: EUR DAS Laura Kennedy and Ambassador Ordway called on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Sauat Mynbayev February 3 in Astana. They discussed Jackson-Vanik, WTO accession, the Minister's pr [...]	2005-02-07 01:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4281	KAZAKHSTAN: RUMORS OF ELECTION-RELATED VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: A series of ill-advised public statements by Kazakhstani law enforcement authorities regarding the potential for violence connected with upcoming Kazakhstani presidential elections has significantly increased the level of public anxiety, at least in Almaty. The comments appear t [...]	2005-12-02 09:08:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ
05ALMATY4282	SCENESETTER: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev is poised to win a substantial victory with support likely exceeding 70 percent of the vote. While the pre-electoral playing field was not level, opposition candidates engaged in a serious campaign effort that was hindered more by their inability to connec [...]	2005-12-02 09:22:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO KZ
05ALMATY4285	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP, [...] (U) This is the eleventh and final in a series of weekly election roundups in advance of Kazakhstan's December 4, 2005 presidential elections. Items were drawn primarily from the local press and media. Candidates Wrap Up Election Campaigns ------------------------------------- 2. (U) On [...]	2005-12-02 10:59:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ
05ALMATY4290	DELIVERY OF JCIC-DIP-05-019 TO THE MINISTRY OF [...] On 5 December 2005, DTRO-Almaty delivered JCIC-DIP-05- 019, "Annual START SLCM Declarations," to CPT Radik Zhakirov, Duty Officer, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. CPT Zhakirov had no comments and no reaction. 2. (U) POC [...]	2005-12-05 03:54:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT KTIA PARM US RS UP BO KZ DTRO
05ALMATY4301	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The CEC announced on December 5, twelve hours after the polls closed, that President Nazarbayev had been reelected with 91% of the vote. Three different exit polls showed the President winning by wide margins, the largest with 83% support. The OSCE issued a preliminary report [...]	2005-12-05 21:11:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ
05ALMATY4332	Almaty delivery of JCIC-DIP-05-018 [...] (SBU) On December 7, 2005, per Ref C, Defense Threat Reduction Office Almaty (DTRO-A) delivered JCIC-DIP-05-018 to Captain Rinat Mirsakhatov, Interpretation branch, Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center, Republic of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense. Captain Mirsakhatov [...]	2005-12-08 06:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DTRO
05ALMATY4345	KAZAKHSTAN: EXIT POLL RESULTS VARY WIDELY, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: At least six exit polls were conducted during Kazakhstan's presidential elections. The results of the exit polls ranged widely. On the high end, the Center for Political Technologies gave Nazarbayev 87.4% of the vote, while on the low end, the Kazakhstan Institute of Social-E [...]	2005-12-08 21:53:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ
05ALMATY4347	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhstan and China to Increase Cooper [...]	2005-12-09 02:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4350	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press, and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted by readers as conveying positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Local Prosecutor Calls Tengizchevroil N [...]	2005-12-09 06:13:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
05ALMATY4352	KAZAKHSTAN: INL QUARTERLY MEETING WITH GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: INL officer met with representatives from the Agency on Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption, Prosecutor General's Office, Border Guard Service of the Committee for National Security, Committee for Combating Narcotics of the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Just [...]	2005-12-09 06:16:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCRM PREL KZ
05ALMATY4353	KAZAKHSTAN: DECISION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] Summary: The anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing law under consideration in the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) will not be passed by the end of 2005 as was previously planned, and was deferred until March 2006. The draft law generated questions from legislators about [...]	2005-12-09 06:17:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
05ALMATY4354	KAZAKHSTAN: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] In response to reftel instructions, the text of Part 1 of the 2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Kazakhstan follows: -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. Despite the efforts of law enforcement agencies, Kazakhstan continues to be an important narcotics transit country, es [...]	2005-12-09 06:32:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KZ
05ALMATY4386	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS Advisor Offenbacher will travel to the United States on December 10 for training (December 12-16),consultations (January 9-13),vacation, and to sign a new contract. He hopes to be able to return to return to post by mid-January. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD A. S [...]	2005-12-13 12:15:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY4412	KAZAKHSTANI ANALYSTS UNCONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIA- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent roundtable to discuss the November 14 military pact between Russia and Uzbekistan, a group of political analysts and academics considered the pact both a hedge against U.S. influence in Central Asia, as well as a signal from Russia that it still has influence in the [...]	2005-12-15 13:09:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4426	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. -- Republican Budget for 2006 Signed -- National Fund to be Modifi [...]	2005-12-16 11:40:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4431	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN [...] (SBU) On December 8, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Yerlan Kubashev, Asia Department in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kubashev indicated that the GOK will look into the issue. He asked Poloff to bring any future related information to his attention. ORDWAY NNNN [...]	2005-12-20 10:37:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4480	DEMARCHE TO KAZAKHSTAN ON REPATRIATED UZBEK [...] (SBU) On the morning of December 22, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Aidar Shakenov, Head of the Americas desk at the MFA. Shakenov had no immediate comment, but said that the message would be passed to the Foreign Minister for his information and action. Poloff emphasized the high level [...]	2005-12-22 14:50:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KG KZ PHUM PREF PREL TK UZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4488	DEMARCHE TO KAZAKHSTAN ON FORCE ADJUSTMENT [...] (SBU) Ambassador phoned Foreign Minister Tokayev late December 22 and told him that we would be making a force adjustment announcement, and that details would be provided to the Ministry the next day. Poloff then delivered reftel demarche in full on December 23 to Aidar Aitashev, First Secret [...]	2005-12-23 10:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL
05ALMATY4523	KAZAKHSTAN TO CONDUCT CENSUS IN 2009 [...] Summary: Kazakhstani authorities have announced that the second national population census will take place in February 2009. Preparation for the project will begin in 2006. The methodology of the census process will be changed in order to produce more accurate results than the previous ce [...]	2005-12-28 12:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY4525	KAZAKHSTAN: FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE ON ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, para. 3. 2. (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 28 to Aidar Aitashev, First Secretary, MFA Department of Asia and Africa. 3. (SBU) Aitashev said that the GOK was interested in facilitating Kazakhstani companies' efforts to bid for [...]	2005-12-28 15:37:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY4532	KAZAKHSTAN: TRUE AK ZHOL LOOKS TOWARD THE FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Nazarbayev's resounding victory in the December 4 presidential elections, leaders of the True Ak Zhol movement are focused on obtaining registration as a party, and increasing their ability to get their message out to the public through independent mass media. The [...]	2005-12-29 12:51:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PREL POLITICAL
05ALMATY537	KAZAKHSTAN: EUR DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 roundtable with Kazakhstani opposition politicians, DAS Kennedy discussed the current political environment following flawed parliamentary elections and the opposition's attempts to develop a unified campaign platform and a single presidential candidate. Democrati [...]	2005-02-10 07:11:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY538	KAZAKHSTAN: EUR DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev hosted a working lunch on February 4 for EUR DAS Kennedy, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway. Tokayev's comments after the recent flurry of law enforcement visits to USAID implementing partners tracked with those of other senior Kaz [...]	2005-02-10 07:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PHUM PREL POLITICAL

05ALMATY545	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRATIC CHOICE OF KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: A February 9 ruling by an Almaty appeals court resulted in the liquidation of Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) and raised serious questions about due process. Although the case can still be appealed to two higher levels of the courts, party leaders and lawyers are pessimist [...]	2005-02-10 08:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY572	ENGAGING THE MEDIA TO DISPEL RUMORS ABOUT U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The election of Viktor Yushchenko as Ukraine's President has intensified suspicions and fueled rumors in Kazakhstan that U.S.-sponsored NGOs are here to support opposition political parties. There are widespread rumors that NGOs such as Soros Foundation of Kazakhstan (SFK),Fr [...]	2005-02-13 23:32:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY582	FAULT LINES WITHIN AK ZHOL- LEADERS MANEUVER FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the February 12-13 weekend, Ak Zhol co-chairman Alikhan Baimenov held a special, closed party meeting with 62 regional Ak Zhol leaders to discuss the direction of the party. In addition to initiating a successful no-confidence vote against fellow co-chairman Altybek Sa [...]	2005-02-16 07:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY607	COMMERCE DAS ERIC STEWART VISITS ASTANA, DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Department of Commerce DAS Eric Stewart (Market Access and Compliance-Europe) visited Astana February 8 and met with several key contacts in Kazakhstani ministries. DAS Stewart told the Kazakhstani officials that, on balance, the economic and trade relationship between the tw [...]	2005-02-16 07:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EIND KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY746	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KENNEDY'S MEETING WITH KARLYGASH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting in Almaty, EUR DAS Laura Kennedy and Karlygash Zhakiyanova discussed the state of jailed Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan (DCK) leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov's health and increasing pressure on him by settlement colony authorities. Zhakiyanova handed over a [...]	2005-02-23 07:40:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY753	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301: [...] Summary: Since the release of the 2004 Special 301 report, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has worked actively and with notable success to modernize and strengthen its IPR regime. As WTO accession has increased in importance as a political goal, the GOK has fully accepted that a modern, f [...]	2005-02-24 03:16:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY756	AMBASSADOR DECLARES COLD AND SNOW DISASTER IN [...] Summary and Action Request: Following severe storms that have led to a winter emergency in the south of Kazakhstan, Ambassador Ordway has declared a cold and snow disaster in three oblasts in Kazakhstan (Zhambyl Oblast, Karagandy Oblast and Southern Kazakhstan Oblast.) The Ambassador and Act [...]	2005-02-24 05:17:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY794	DCK NEWSPAPER SOZ CLOSED BY COURT ORDER [...] (SBU). SUMMARY. Democratic Choice of Kazakshtan's (DCK) newspaper, Soz ("Word"),has been closed down via official court order. On January 31, an inter-district economic court ordered the newspaper to pay the National Security Committee (KNB) 5 million tenge ($38,500) in damages for a Sept [...]	2005-02-28 07:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY900	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Summary. On March 3, Ambassador met with Presidential Administration (PA) Deputy Karim Masimov. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova, PA Chief of the Center for Foreign Policy Nurlan Yermekbayev, Astana PO and Astana USAID officer were also present. In preparation for W [...]	2005-03-04 07:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY914	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN EXBS MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - [...] Summary: The EXBS staff: On January 27 - 28, 2005, Commonwealth Trading Partners (CTP),contractors for State Department Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance Program (EXBS),presented an Industry Outreach Compliance Workshop at the Almaty Hyatt Hotel to seventeen partici [...]	2005-03-09 07:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
05ALMATY933	AMBASSADOR ORDWAY'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Finance Arman Dunayev March 2 in Astana. The Ambassador pressed Dunayev for progress on ratification of the U.S.- Kazakhstan Bilateral Assistance Agreement and for prompt payment of the $10 million award to AIG by an international arbitra [...]	2005-03-11 00:08:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY934	AMBASSADOR ORDWAY PURSUES PED, BILATERAL AGREEMENT [...] Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Kairat Kelimbetov on March 3 in Astana. The Ambassador urged Kelimbetov to take action to speed the ratification of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Bilateral Assistance Agreement and to ensure that the GOK commits to a cost-s [...]	2005-03-11 00:08:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY953	AMB ORDWAY MEETS WITH SHKOLNIK AND KULIBAYEV; [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Vladimir Shkolnik March 4 in Astana. They discussed developments in the negotiations between Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan on the provision of Kazakhstani oil to the Baku-Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, expansion of [...]	2005-03-11 08:11:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PREL PGOV KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY956	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Summary. On March 3, Ambassador met with Presidential Administration (PA) Deputy Karim Masimov. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Zhanar Aitzhanova, PA Chief of the Center for Foreign Policy Nurlan Yermekbayev, Astana PO and Astana USAID officer were also present. Issues discussed incl [...]	2005-03-14 00:52:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PHUM KZ ECONOMIC
05ALMATY977	Kazakhstan: Procurator General Begins [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 9, the Procurator General's Office (PG) for the City of Almaty, Kazakhstan systematically began investigating 33 U.S. Mission implementing partners at the instigation of Mazhilis member E.A. Abilkasimov. Officials from the Procurator's Office were often accompanied by [...]	2005-03-15 08:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO KZ POLITICAL
05ANKARA1097	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A, supplementing responses submitted previously in Reftels B, C, D, and E. Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane. Lane (rank: FS-05) spent approximately 20 hours in prepara [...]	2005-03-02 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1306	TURKEY: BP TIES UP LOOSE ENDS WITH GOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: BP has engaged in a recent flourish of outreach to Turkey. With the BTC consortium having agreed to cover cost over-runs in Turkey, BTC remains on track for first oil at Ceyhan at the end of September. BP and the GOT will then turn attention in Turkey to the Shah Deniz gas pi [...]	2005-03-10 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TU
05ANKARA1702	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-23 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1776	TIP in Turkey: Developments in regional law [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's Mobile Training Team is training law enforcement authorities in the Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia on measures to counter human smuggling and trafficking in persons. The foreign ministers of Turkey and Georgia recently signed a protocol on cooperation in anti- traff [...]	2005-03-28 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1878	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 16-28, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 27 by Cumhuriyet [...]	2005-04-01 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1993	TURKISH STRAITS - TANKERS AND BYPASSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey is publicly and privately set on Samsun-Ceyhan as the winning prospective Bosphorus bypass, but next steps are elusive and ambiguous. All parties trumpet the success story of BTC -- as nominally the first Bosphorus bypass, expecting first tanker load at Ceyhan late autu [...]	2005-04-07 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EWWT SENV TU
05ANKARA2076	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Tuygan comes to Washington with the GOT continuing to talk about a strategic partnership but with bilateral relations troubled by an absence of clarity on Turkish direction and intent. Ruling AKP officials publicly deny any bilateral problems or blame them on U. [...]	2005-04-11 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ECON MARR PHUM TU
05ANKARA2317	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-23 13:15:00	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
05ANKARA247	TURKEY'S THRACE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND BOSPHORUS BYPASS - ADVOCACY QUESTION [...] (SBU) Thrace Development Company (TDC) Chairman Howard Lowe called on Ambassador December 8 to update us on TDC's proposed oil pipeline project that would be an alternative "bypass" route across Turkish Thrace for oil exported from the Black Sea that currently passes by tanker through the Tur [...]	2005-01-15 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET BEXP TU KZ
05ANKARA254	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-18 07:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
05ANKARA2968	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-25 13:37:00	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
05ANKARA304	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TURKEY [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),a [...]	2005-01-18 09:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EFIN TU
05ANKARA331	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, JAN 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published January 14 by Iran Mania News (FBI [...]	2005-01-19 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3385	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3490	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15, [...] 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 The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...]	2005-06-20 06:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3833	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] 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 Saturday, June 18: [...]	2005-07-01 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-05 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4126	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, JUNE 2005 [...] A new National Security Policy document outlining the government's priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external security, and based on input from all Council member agencies, was expected to be finalized at the June 21 National Security Council meeting. The new draft do [...]	2005-07-15 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU
05ANKARA4607	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-05 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5119	ADDRESSING THE AI THREAT IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. Post delivered referenced talking points to officials at the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA). MARA officials are very concerned that Avian Influenza could spread to Turkey primarily by wild bird populations migrating from Russia. Officials welcomed a [...]	2005-09-01 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR TBIO KSTH
05ANKARA5140	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005 [...] 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 Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...]	2005-09-02 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
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
05ANKARA5845	APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH CHOD OZKOK [...] (C) Summary: Despite our occasional differences over Iraq, Turkey remains America's strategic partner, asserted Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok to APNSA Hadley. Ozkok reviewed Turkish views of the Black Sea, Caucasus, and Central Asia. He outlined the "nuclear chain" stretching from North Korea, Indi [...]	2005-09-30 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER KPKO TU IZ AF RS NATO
05ANKARA591	TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6352	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6479	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
05ANKARA6554	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 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 Monday, October 17 [...]	2005-11-02 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6769	TURKEY'S SAMSUN-CEYHAN OIL PIPELINE - BIG STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's long-standing preference for Samsun-Ceyhan as a Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline has moved a big step closer to fruition with the announcement that Italian oil firm ENI will collaborate with Turkish firm Calik Enerji to develop the project. While still far from a done d [...]	2005-11-17 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV TU RU BTC
05ANKARA6846	NOV. 8 CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP MEETING IN ANKARA [...] (C) During Nov. 8 Caucasus Working Group discussions, the U.S. and Turkey shared assessments of the strategic situation in the Caucasus and Central Asia. The U.S. side briefed on the Caspian Guard program, and urged the Turks to participate in the upgrade of Nasosnaya Airbase in Azerbaijan, t [...]	2005-11-21 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
05ANKARA7138	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-05 16:43:00	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
05ANKARA7289	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2005 [...] After months of delay, at the bi-monthly National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Oct. 24, a revised National Security Policy Document (NSPD) was approved. The policy document outlines the Government of Turkey (GOT) priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external securit [...]	2005-12-13 10:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA7513	THE CHANGING FACE OF POVERTY IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: While the incidence of extreme poverty is very low, nearly 25 percent of Turks live below the World Bank's international poverty line, with poor people increasingly concentrated in large cities. Despite an improving economy, regional disparities in income, together with intern [...]	2005-12-22 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PHUM KWMN TU
05ANKARA900	TIP IN TURKEY: IOM TRAINS EAST EUROPEAN, RUSSIAN [...] (U) On February 4, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) for embassy officials from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Representatives from the embassies of Romania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekista [...]	2005-02-16 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ATHENS187	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-18 07:45:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR
05ATHENS2664	DEP FONMIN STYLIANIDES: WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Stylianides met with the Ambassador October 7 to discuss bilateral cooperation in the field of energy and international assistance. Stylianides noted he had recently returned from a trip to Russia, where he had urged the inclusion of U.S. companies in la [...]	2005-10-11 16:25:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL GR
05BANGKOK5805	THAI RESPONSE TO IPAPI DEMARCHE [...] Regional Environmental, Science, and Health Officer (REO) delivered points in Reftel to Dr. Itti Ditbanjong, Ambassador attached to the Office of the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to Ms. Sansanee Sahussarungsi, Director of the Division of Economic Information of t [...]	2005-09-09 08:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO XB XC TH
05BANGKOK7918	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DR. JAPAKIYA'S UNIVERSITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Ismail Lutfi Japakiya, Rector of the International Islamic University of Pattani, is one of the most prominent -- and controversial -- Muslim scholars in Thailand. The University he founded continues an ambitious expansion with the aid of Muslim charities and governments. J [...]	2005-12-30 04:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO TH
05BRATISLAVA670	OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES OF SLOVAK NGOS [...] Slovak NGOs continue to proudly participate in overseas activities fostering democratization. With support from Slovakaid (the branch of the MFA responsible for foreign aid) Slovak NGOs note that their own post-communism transition experience gives them a "comparative advantage" when it come [...]	2005-08-19 09:15:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID LO
05BRATISLAVA94	EXBS: SLOVAKIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS. A. January 1-9, 2005 - The EXBS Advisor was on vacation in the United States and arrived back in country on January 11, 2005. B. January 10-14, 2005 - A delegation of Slovak Customs managers participated in a tri-lateral meeting [...]	2005-02-04 09:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP LO
05BRUSSELS1226	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes, EU officials said: --in light of growing Russian intransigence on democracy issues, the EU is preparing a strategy on how to respond to the Russian challenge in OSCE; --Russia is blocking democracy promotion in the Counc [...]	2005-03-24 07:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1123	BASESCU AND HIS GOVERNMENT TACKLE CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Four months into its tenure, Romania's center-right government has taken cautious but concrete steps towards combating Romania's widespread corruption, its key campaign pledge. This includes passing anticorruption legislation and indicting several businessmen allegedly involved [...]	2005-05-12 13:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI KCRM RO
05BUCHAREST1313	CHAIRMAN OF ROMPETROL OFFICIALLY INDICTED; BUSINESS SECTOR SHAKEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: One of Romania's most important companies, Rompetrol, was shaken by the recent arrest and temporary detention of its high-profile CEO on a variety of economic charges. The case has important ramifications for rule of law and the investigation of corruption here. The organized business [...]	2005-06-06 10:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD SENV SOCI KCRM KFRD PGOV PHUM CASC RO
05CALGARY656	CALGARY ENERGY ROUND-UP: OCTOBER 2005 [...] Alberta Minister Melchin Warns Ottawa to Keep Energy out of Softwood Lumber Dispute: "Hands off Our Oil" 2. NEP2 on the Horizon? 3. Alberta Energy Company Buys North Sea Developer 4. New Terasen-Pembina Partnership Proposes Condensate Pipeline 5. New Oilsands Regulations Raise Environmenta [...]	2005-11-04 03:56:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SENV CA CH UK
05CARACAS2667	CNPC EXECUTIVE'S THOUGHTS ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) Gong Xun Lu, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) America's President and General Manager of Sorifules Sonoven visited the Embassy on September 1 for a visa interview and a courtesy call with the Ambassador. During the wait for his visa interview, Lu told the Petroleum Attache (Pe [...]	2005-09-02 13:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CH VE
05DHAKA3803	Media Reaction: GWOT: London Bombings, Central [...] GWOT: London Bombings ------------------------ "Ghost of Terror on Blair's shoulder" Pro-government Bangla language newspaper "Amar Desh" editorially comments (8/7): Britain is now seeing the specter of terrorism. The Last vestiges of human rights and liberalism are being eliminated with m [...]	2005-08-07 04:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DUSHANBE1650	IIR 6 947 0007 06/ UZBEKS DENY FRENCH MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-10 10:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP TI FR UZ
05DUSHANBE1678	TAJIKISTAN EXBS PROGRAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS advisor conducted an 11 day assessment/end use monitor trip through the Gorno - Badakhshan and Sogd regions of Tajikistan which included the Afghan, Chinese, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek borders. Please see Dushanbe 1503 for summary. 2. The European Commission Border Management and Drug [...]	2005-10-17 09:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE1746	TAJIKISTAN: JAPANESE CHARGE: "TOKYO LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS [...] (SBU) New Japanese Charge d'affaires Hiroshi Takahashi called on the Ambassador on October 26. Unlike his, Takahashi is energetic and brimming with ideas based on his extensive experience in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. 2. (U) Takahashi noted his government established the "Japan Plus Cen [...]	2005-10-31 11:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD ELAB KDEM JA IN AF UZ TI
05DUSHANBE1779	TAJIKISTAN: STOPPING AVIAN FLU AT ITS BORDERS WITH NO [...] To date, Tajikistan has no reported cases of Avian Flu. The Ministries of Health and Agriculture as well as the country's Veterinary Services have taken stringent measures to stop Avian Flu from entering Tajikistan's borders. 2. The Veterinary Service has begun to capture and examine wild [...]	2005-11-04 12:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EAID TBIO KSCA SOCI TI KSTH WHO
05DUSHANBE1812	DESPITE RUSSIAN PRESSURE, THE UNITED STATES CAN PROMOTE ITS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Although we now de-emphasize its previous Cold-War primacy in U.S. foreign policy, Russia still requires clear-eyed scrutiny for the havoc it can play with the President's democracy agenda and larger goals for transformational diplomacy in the former Soviet republics. We believe Russia [...]	2005-11-14 06:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PROP ECON EAID KDEM KPAO RS TI
05DUSHANBE1840	HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ISTANBUL CENTRAL ASIA TECHNICAL WORKSHOP [...] The goal of the workshop was to build a partnership between technical advisors and export control agencies on a regional level. The objectives were to find regional common ground against smuggling of weapons of mass destruction and propose projects to support the primary goal. 2. Regiona [...]	2005-11-21 13:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI
05DUSHANBE1856	TAJIKISTAN: GOVT UNABLE TO HANDLE POTENTIAL AVIAN FLU [...] Head Veterinarian, Dr. Mulojon Amirbekov, explicitly stated that Tajikistan is not prepared to combat an Avian Flu outbreak. Tajikistan does not have a strategy for containing a pandemic if it occurs; however, various government ministries have taken measures, within their capabilities, to avo [...]	2005-11-23 11:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSCA SOCI TI KSTH WHO
05DUSHANBE1981	TAJIKISTAN POULTRY BAN CONFUSION; AVIAN FLU: ADDRESSING [...] Although the government of Tajikistan officially issued poultry bans on ten countries, customs inspectors are unaware of the new regulations. Mahmadnazar Tashrifov, Senior Inspector of the Department of Veterinary Service reported that to date, the department has authorized three resolutions [...]	2005-12-09 10:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL TBIO SENV TI USTR
05DUSHANBE2013	TAJIKISTAN'S HYDROPOWER: GEOPOLITICAL GAME OR GOOD [...] (SBU) President Rahmonov hosted a December 11 meeting to discuss Tajikistan's hydropower projects. Tajikistan is one of the world's leading countries in hydropower potential, and increasingly feasibility studies point to domestic and foreign markets that could help Tajikistan realize the eco [...]	2005-12-12 13:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ENRG TI TDA
05DUSHANBE2038	TAJIK GOVT INSISTS PASSPORT DECISION REVERSAL PRACTICAL NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan orders Tajiks to use international passports when traveling to Russia despite an Eurasian Economic Community (EEC) agreement permitting citizens to travel using internal passports. This affects up to one million labor migrants who do not have the expensive interna [...]	2005-12-14 13:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB SMIG TI
05DUSHANBE2050	TAJIKISTAN'S PROPOSED LAW RESTRICTS NGOS' RIGHTS AND [...] (C) The Tajik government is debating a law aimed to control NGO activities that could threaten the legal status of international NGOs. The Embassy received a draft copy of the Law On Public Organizations (Associations) leaked to the Soros Foundation. The Foundation also provided the Embassy [...]	2005-12-19 04:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
05GENEVA1326	JCIC-XXVII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI AND RUSSIAN [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani and Russian Delegations, respectively, for Part I of JCIC-XXVII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]	2005-06-01 11:08:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1339	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON GROUND [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 27, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 27, 2005, to discuss the U.S.-proposed exchange of l [...]	2005-06-02 05:15:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1342	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON RSM-56 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 27, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group meeting with all Parties present was held at the U.S. Mission on May 27, 2005. The U.S. Delegation ask [...]	2005-06-02 06:34:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1361	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON SS-25 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 30, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on May 30, 2005, to discuss the problems encountered d [...]	2005-06-03 09:01:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1363	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 31, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:07 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 31, 2005, at which all Parties were repr [...]	2005-06-03 10:12:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1365	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 31, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 31, 2005, to discuss the results of the Trident [...]	2005-06-03 11:39:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1388	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON RUSSIAN [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 30, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on May 30, 2005, to discuss Russian-proposed S-Series Joi [...]	2005-06-07 04:09:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1394	JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JUNE 2, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-019. 2. (U) At a U.S.-hosted reception, held on June 2 at the U.S. Mission, Delegation members engaged the other participating Delegations' members from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine on various topics under discussion in the JCIC. Those conversations are [...]	2005-06-07 10:04:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1401	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 5:05 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, at which Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and the [...]	2005-06-07 11:56:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1403	JCIC-XXVII: (U) SECOND WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A second Working Group meeting with all Parties present was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, to d [...]	2005-06-08 04:15:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1415	JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON BULAVA, JUNE 7, [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-024. 2. The texts in paragraphs 3-6 below are JCIC Agreement Numbers 52 and 53, and Joint Statement Numbers 37 and 38, respectively, that were signed or initialed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The documents were completed at the U.S. Mission in [...]	2005-06-08 08:32:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1417	JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENT SIGNED ON REPLACEMENT OF [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-025. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC Agreement 54, "Replacement of Radiation Detection Equipment," that was signed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The document was completed at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 7, 2005. 3. Begin text [...]	2005-06-08 08:48:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1418	JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENT SIGNED "ON CHANGES TO THE [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-026. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC Joint Statement Number S-21, that was initialed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The document was completed at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 7, 2005. This document does not include the classified [...]	2005-06-08 10:00:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA1605	UNHCR: REGIONAL ISSUES AND IDPS DISCUSSED DURING [...] (U) Summary: Donor government representatives and NGOs were in full attendance at UNHCR,s May 18-19 informal consultations. Then-acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin led the meeting, flanked for the regional sessions by Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and the entire senior man [...]	2005-06-29 05:42:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF UNHCR
05GENEVA2471	WHO: FIFTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE [...] Summary. The 52-member WHO Regional Committee for Europe (EURO) met from September 12-15, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania. WHO Director-General J.W. Lee participated in the opening session. In his remarks he focused on avian influenza, universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment, recalling the G8 g [...]	2005-10-14 03:57:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL EAID SOCI WHO
05GENEVA2654	COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. An October 10 meeting in Geneva marked the end of the decade-long CIS Conference Process, originally created to address problems of refugees and displaced persons -- as well as statelessness -- arising out of the break up of the Soviet Union. Although a final conference statemen [...]	2005-11-01 13:56:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM SMIG XG CIS
05GENEVA2669	JCIC-XXVII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-031. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the delegation lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for Part II of JCIC-XXVII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...]	2005-11-02 11:18:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2682	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON A [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-034. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 31, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 4:35 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on October 31, 2005, to discuss a [...]	2005-11-03 10:16:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2685	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-037. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 1, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 1, 2005, to dis [...]	2005-11-03 10:57:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2690	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-035. 2. (S) Meeting Date: November 1, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 1, 2005, [...]	2005-11-04 06:15:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2712	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-038. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At a heads of delegation (HOD) meeting, held at the U.S. Mission on November 2 at which all [...]	2005-11-08 06:02:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2719	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-039. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 2, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 2, 2005, to discuss the Ukrainian [...]	2005-11-08 10:57:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2726	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-040. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 3, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 6:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 3, 2005, to discuss the U.S [...]	2005-11-09 05:41:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2734	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-041. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 3, 2005 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (U) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 3, 2005, to discuss [...]	2005-11-09 07:35:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2735	JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S. CLOSING PLENARY STATEMENT, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-049. 2. (U) At paragraph 3 is the text of the U.S. statement that was made at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mission on November 9, 200 [...]	2005-11-09 08:36:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2739	JCIC-XXVII: INITIALED JOINT STATEMENT NUMBER 39 [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-048. 2. At paragraph 3 is the text of Joint Statement Number 39 "On First Stages of SS-25 ICBMs Burned Without Nozzles Attached" that was initialed by all Parties in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 8, 2005. 3. Begin text: [...]	2005-11-09 10:10:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF

05GENEVA2748	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-042. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (U) A Working Group meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 7, 2005, to further [...]	2005-11-09 13:09:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2751	JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-043. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 7, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 5:40 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting, followed by a Working Group meeting, were held at the Russ [...]	2005-11-10 05:49:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2753	JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-044. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 8, 2005 Time: 10:15 - 11:30 A.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A working group meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 8, 2005, to discuss Russian con [...]	2005-11-10 06:24:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2755	JCIC-XXVII: (U) BELARUSIAN CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-050. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Belarusian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at th [...]	2005-11-10 07:40:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2756	JCIC-XXVII: (U) KAZAKHSTANI CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-051. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Kazakhstani statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of Part II of the Twenty-seventh Session of the Start Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at t [...]	2005-11-10 08:02:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2757	JCIC-XXVII: (U) UKRAINIAN CLOSING PLENARY [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-053. 2. (U) The text at paragraph 3 is the official translation of the Ukrainian statement that was delivered at the closing plenary meeting of the Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC),held at the Russian Mi [...]	2005-11-10 08:19:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05GENEVA2761	JCIC-XXVII: (U) LIST OF REPORTING CABLES [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-055. 2. (S) Following is the listing of Geneva cables from Part II of JCIC-XXVII reporting activity during the period October 31 - November 9, 2005. JCIC-XXVII-029 (GENEVA 2636) JCIC-XXVII: (U) RESUMPTION OF JCIC-XXVII (PART II) OPERATIONS JCIC-XXVII-030 (GENE [...]	2005-11-10 09:04:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF
05ISTANBUL691	SABAH ARTICLE: "SARIYER, THE MOST [...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. CONSULATE IS SETTING THE TREND IN ISTANBUL. NATIONAL DAILY "SABAH" REPORTS THAT SEVEN CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES ARE SETTING UP THEIR JOINT CONSULATE NEARBY. BELOW IS A TRANSLATION OF THE APRIL 29 ARTICLE. END SUMMARY. 2. "A DIPLOMATIC CENTER IS DEVELOPING IN SARIYER, WHE [...]	2005-05-06 14:29:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL ABLD AMGT ASEC TU
05KABUL5260	AFGHANISTAN'S WINTER FUEL SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) A diesel fuel shortage in Afghanistan threatens to leave Kabul, Kandahar and other regions cold and in the dark this winter. USAID currently provides the GoA with diesel fuel for power generation that is both expensive and logistically challenging to supply. Recent losses of diesel fu [...]	2005-12-27 13:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF
05KUWAIT113	KUWAIT 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, included below is the full text of Embassy Kuwait's 2005 Investment Climate Statement. 2. ---------------------------- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------- OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approv [...]	2005-01-09 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KTDB KU OPIC USTR
05LJUBLJANA757	SLOVENIA'S EFFORTS TO FIGHT AVIAN FLU [...] (U) Summary: In light of the geographic proximity of recent cases of avian flu in neighboring countries, Slovenia realizes it will likely see (and may already have) cases of avian flu within its borders. In order to prevent or at least contain possible outbreaks, the GOS has undertaken a ser [...]	2005-10-26 08:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA EAGR EAID ECON PREL SOCI TBIO SI
05LJUBLJANA807	SLOVENIA ON CONTROLLING AVIAN FLU [...] (U) Summary: On 21 November, Econoff and Econ Assistant met with Simona Salamon, Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer at the Slovene Veterinary Administration, to discuss Slovenia's efforts to control avian flu. Salamon has the lead in the GOS for all avian flu related matters. Following is a su [...]	2005-11-23 06:31:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL SI
05MADRID100	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March, 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish l [...]	2005-01-12 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB SP OPIC USTR
05MADRID504	SPAIN ON MERCURY ISSUE AT UNEP GOVERNING COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: As the world's leading producer of mercury, Spain has an economic interest in working with the U.S. on our partnership approach to mercury control. But it is not clear if Spain's economic interests will outweigh the logic of accepting an EU consensus position that perhaps moves more [...]	2005-02-09 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC ETRD PREL SP
05MANILA5864	Avian Flu-Related Trade Restrictions on Poultry [...] This cable confirms delivery of ref A talking points to the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). It also provides information requested in ref A on poultry market trends and GRP import restrictions. The GRP appears to follow guidelines of the World O [...]	2005-12-16 07:57:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PINR SOCI EAGR SENV TBIO TSPL RP
05MINSK1231	New IISEPS Poll: Lukashenko Will Win, [...] Summary: Head of the IISEPS polling service delivered his recent survey results to Ambassador on September 30. Similar to other polls, IISEPS confirmed that Lukashenko enjoys a large lead over his opposition and is trusted by the majority. However, many of the respondents indicated it was ti [...]	2005-10-07 10:46:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
05MINSK1291	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 20, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Approximately 100,000 Belarusians Unite in Solidarity Campaign On October 16, the "Free Belarus" Coalition, including Nikita Sasim, journalist Irina Kha [...]	2005-10-24 08:24:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1330	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - October 28, 2005 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk over the past week. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Authorities Cancel Youth Forum, Youth Leaders Detained On October 22, authorities prevented a meeting of 85 leaders of youth organization from all the r [...]	2005-10-31 14:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
05MINSK1355	Minsk Fails to Defend Confiscation Record [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, State Customs Committee (SCC) officials attempted to defend their government's confiscation practices to Econoff. Their main arguments were that the SCC used to confiscate much more, even though current levels remain high, and that confiscations `were not their id [...]	2005-11-08 11:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV WTRO BO
05MINSK1445	Belarus: Energy Round-up [...] Summary: Post provides a number of energy topics of interest that were not otherwise reported. Natural gas issues will be reported separately. Included are: --Belarus Buys Russian Electricity, Not Ukrainian --Belarus Offers to Process, Rather than Ship, Kazakh Crude --GOB Wants More Russia [...]	2005-12-01 10:11:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON ETRD BO
05MINSK1487	INCSR Part I from Belarus [...] I. Summary. Belarus continues to grow in importance as a transit country for drugs. Local drug use and drug-related crime rates continue to increase. Belarus does not produce drugs for export, though it may be a source of precursor chemicals. With the help of other nations and organizations, B [...]	2005-12-09 14:10:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
05NEWDELHI3878	PRIORITIZING INDIA'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Petroleum Additional Secretary (International Cooperation) Talmiz Ahmad outlined India's priorities for accessing more foreign fuel sources in a May 24 meeting with Charge and Emboffs. While domestic fuel subsidies continue to consume much of his attention, Minister [...]	2005-05-25 10:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET PK XA ZK ZP IN
05NEWDELHI4679	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PETROLEUM AND NATURAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador told Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar on June 17 that there appears to be an unprecedented level of optimism about the US-India relationship in the USG leadership. In this context, the Ambassador said, we have revitalized the Economic D [...]	2005-06-20 13:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON ETTC IN US
05NEWDELHI5165	LET PRIME SUSPECT IN SYMBOLIC AYODHYA ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: The July 5 attempt by suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) terrorists to wreck the controversial Ayodhya temple site was foiled by Indian security forces who had been previously alerted that the group might target religious sites. The incident, however, is causing significant rippl [...]	2005-07-06 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM IN PK
05NEWDELHI7494	GOI CONSIDERING RUSSIAN THRUST IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: As India perceives a shift by Central Asian nations toward their Soviet roots and increased competition from China, the GOI is taking a new look at how to orient its foreign policy in the region. Frustrated with the slow progress expanding influence in its extended neighborhood a [...]	2005-09-26 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD MOPS CN PK AF IN
05NEWDELHI9592	GOI'S TAKE ON CHINA'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting on India's relationship with Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),MEA J/S Jaimini Bhagwati (Eurasia) suggested that India and the US should look for opportunities to advance our shared interests in the region. Bhagwati speculated [...]	2005-12-20 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM MOPS CH IN PK RS
05OTTAWA2976	CANADA TO HOST HEALTH MINISTERS MEETING ON AVIAN [...] Summary: As part of the continuing international response to the threat of avian and pandemic influenza, the Canadian Government will host a meeting of health ministers from more than 30 countries and international organizations in Ottawa, October 24/25. The purpose of the meeting is to enco [...]	2005-10-05 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA EAGR ECON PREL SOCI CA WHO FAO OIE
05PARIS2399	(C) CWC/BWC: MEETING OF CLOSE ALLIES, PARIS, [...] (C) Summary: Close Allies (U.S., UK, France, Germany) met to coordinate actions for the upcoming OPCW Executive Council meeting and to review both joint and bilateral efforts on compliance, Article VII implementation, financial/personnel matters and CW destruction. Discussion on BWC primarily [...]	2005-04-08 15:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TBIO CBW
05PARIS328	FRANCE: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH TOTAL CEO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over lunch with the Ambassador January 13, Total CEO Thierry Desmarest provided a wide-ranging overview of developments in the world oil and gas sectors. Among the highlights were his description of Total's activities in Iran and Libya, and his view of China's aggressiveness in [...]	2005-01-18 16:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETTC ENRG EINV PINR FR
05PARIS349	FRANCE 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]	2005-01-19 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
05PARIS5818	CHIRAC DEFINES FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY IN ANNUAL [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac delivered a speech August 29 to France's assembled ambassadors in an annual event this year focused on France's policy toward the EU in the wake of the failed May 29 referendum on a constitutional treaty. As such, it was clearly aimed more at reassuring French c [...]	2005-08-29 17:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC PTER FR EUN UNSC
05PARIS6125	EUR A/S FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, EUR A/S Daniel Fried met separately with French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, and Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. They discussed Iran, NATO, the EU, Russia, [...]	2005-09-09 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM UP FR NATO EUN RU
05PARIS6335	EUR/RPM DIRECTOR CONSULTATIONS -- FRENCH CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: French MFA and MOD NATO experts told EUR/RPM Director Jim Warlick that closer cooperation with the U.S. was needed in order to resolve issues at NATO before they were turned over to the Military Committee. The French welcomed U.S. efforts to expand our transatlantic dialog, as ex [...]	2005-09-16 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS FR NATO OSCE
05PARIS6486	MFA DISCUSSES COORDINATING ASSISTANCE ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez_, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, welcomed reftel demarche on promoting democratic and election reforms in Belarus, although she wondered how effective external broadcasts would be given the technical difficulties of transmitting ra [...]	2005-09-22 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PREL BO FR RU
05PRAGUE1090	CZECHS OFFER PERMANENT RESETTLEMENT TO 40 UZBEK [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) Following up on ref requests for a humanitarian transfer of Uzbek refugees to a safe location, we met with Mr. Tomas Haisman, Director o [...]	2005-07-20 15:37:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL EZ UZ KG
05PRAGUE68	CZECH REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Post's updated investment climate statement for 2005 follows para 2. 2. THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE Maintaining an open investment climate has been a key element of the Czech Republic's transition from a Communist, centrally planned economy to a functioning market economy. The Czech Republic [...]	2005-01-13 07:04:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB EZ OPIC USTR
05PRETORIA1306	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH APRIL 1 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, USEmbassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this wee [...]	2005-04-01 08:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05PRETORIA2175	SOUTH AFRICAN URANIUM PRODUCTION [...] (U) South Africa is ranked fourth in world uranium reserves and tenth in uranium production. In 2004, all uranium production came from AngloGold Ashanti's Vaal River mine and dump treatment operations. Currently, South Africa has two concentration plants,both owned by AngloGold Ashanti,that p [...]	2005-06-02 15:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG TRGY PARM KNNP EIND ECON MI NG WA ZA SF DRC
05ROME2979	FAO EMERGENCY PROGRAMS: AVIAN INFLUENZA AND THE RISK [...] Summary. With the potential risk that the Avian Influenza (AI) deadly sub-virus H5N1 may be transported via the migratory flyways of wild water fowl from South Asia to the Middle East and Europe, the activities of the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to stamp out AI [...]	2005-09-09 08:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON SENV SOCI TBIO TSPL XB XC XD XE UN FAO OIE WHO
05TAIPEI4089	TAIWAN THREATENED BY THE PRC'S QUEST FOR OIL [...] (C) Summary: Some Taiwan government officials feel "threatened" by the PRC's proactive campaign in Africa and the Middle East to secure petroleum resources and are seeking to develop a new energy policy to counter Beijing. In recent months, Taipei has sought to sign energy deals in Africa and [...]	2005-10-05 08:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET TW
05TASHKENT284	GULNORA INC. STRIKES AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: According to various reports from industry insiders, Gulnora Karimova, the President's daughter, is interested in taking over a new cellular company with U.S. investment, as well as Uzbektelekom, the monopoly state- owned telecommunications company. She also reportedly has agreed with [...]	2005-01-28 13:33:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PINR UZ
05TBILISI2889	GEORGIA IN RECENT SURVEYS: GOOD NEWS ON PACE OF [...] Summary: Annual surveys on media freedom, anti- corruption, poverty reduction, and the general pace of reforms show Georgia doing well compared to other post-Soviet nations but behind former Warsaw-Pact and Baltic nations whose reform experiences the GOG is eager to emulate. Georgia is a top [...]	2005-11-07 12:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON GG
05TELAVIV1336	ISRAEL: FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable is the first part of a three-part message in response to reftel. Embassy point of contact is poloff Jenifer Joyce, telephone number (972) (3) 519-7437. Fax number (972)(3) 519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 80 hours in preparation of the report. Deputy polcouns spent app [...]	2005-03-07 15:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1397	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 13:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6170	ISRAELI NGO PROPOSING TO TRACK INFECTED MIGRATORY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel is making a proposal to the GOI Ministries of Agriculture and Health to set up a surveillance system focused on migratory water fowl which are more likely than over migratory birds to be carriers of the H5N1 strain of avian influ [...]	2005-10-21 12:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR PREL ECON IS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6971	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Israel is not a regional financial center like Hong Kong or Switzerland due to a lack of financial activity with its neighboring countries. Israel's financial activity is mainly conducted with the financial markets of the U.S. and Europe, and to a lesser extent with Asia. Less than a quarter [...]	2005-12-16 10:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP KTFN IS ISRAELI SOCIETY COUNTERTERRORISM
05THEHAGUE2942	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: FIRST STATE VISIT SINCE THE [...] (C) Summary: Described as the first Russian state visit to the Netherlands since Czar Nicholas II, the Dutch plan to receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 1-2 with full "pomp and circumstance." The MFA expects a positive visit with "good atmospherics" but little progress on su [...]	2005-10-28 12:47:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET NL RS
05VIENNA2211	BORDER MANAGEMENT: AUSTRIA HOSTS FOURTH MEETING ON [...] Summary. On June 6-7 2005, in Gumpoldskirchen, Austria, the Austrian Ministry of Interior (MOI) hosted the fourth meeting of the Central Asian Border Service Initiatives Group (CABSI),a component of the European Commission's border management program for Central Asia (BOMCA). Representative [...]	2005-06-30 10:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR PBTS PREF ETTC KCRM AU ECRM
05VIENNA3490	AUSTRIAN GAS AND OIL INTERESTS IN IRAN [...] (SBU) The Austrian oil and gas giant OMV, in cooperation with four partner companies, is moving forward with plans to construct the $6 billion Nabucco gas pipeline from Turkey to an Austrian hub. Remaining challenges include price negotiations with Iran, Turkey's lukewarm support for the project, [...]	2005-10-31 08:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETTC ENRG EPET AU
05VILNIUS1100	LITHUANIA'S NEWEST IMMIGRANTS [...] SUMMARY: Immigration to Lithuania is increasing, with foreign workers filling gaps in the local economy as Lithuanians continue to emigrate in large numbers. Countries of the former Soviet Union, notably Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine, are the primary source of Lithuania's immigrants. With some [...]	2005-10-14 11:27:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG ELAB ECON PGOV LH
05VILNIUS1284	LITHUANIA HAS NO AI-RELATED IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON [...] The Lithuanian State Food and Veterinary Service (SFVS) told us that Lithuania has no AI-related ban on the import of U.S. poultry products. Lithuania does, however, maintain a ban on imports of U.S. poultry due to an ongoing dispute between the United States and EU over anti-microbial treatm [...]	2005-12-08 09:20:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR LH
05VILNIUS1288	LITHUANIA: 2005 INSCR NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-09 11:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL LH
05VILNIUS1292	LITHUANIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] General assessment: No acts of international terrorism of major significance occurred in Lithuania during 2005. Lithuania is not designated as a state sponsor of terrorism, and has not otherwise been determined by the Secretary of State to be subject to the Country Reports on Terrorism. 2. [...]	2005-12-12 06:31:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC LH PTER
05VILNIUS182	LITHUANIA 2005 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is a country of origin, transit, and destination for international trafficking in women. Although the exact extent and magnitude of trafficking in persons (TIP) in Lithuania is unknown, Europol estimates that over 1,200 Lithuanian women are victims of human trafficki [...]	2005-02-25 13:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH
05VILNIUS244	STATUS OF COMPLIANCE - SECURITY OVERSIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-10 11:07:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	ASEC ASIG
05VILNIUS3	LITHUANIA 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] To maintain its high rate of growth, Lithuania needs more foreign investment. The government affords foreign investors equal protection to domestic investors, and sets few limitations on their activities. Foreign investors have the right to repatriate or reinvest profits without restriction [...]	2005-01-03 14:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE ECON KTDB LH
05VILNIUS597	STATUS OF COMPLIANCE - SECURITY OVERSIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-10 05:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	ASIG ASEC
05WARSAW1282	POLISH PIPELINE COMPANY FINALIZING A BUSINESS PLAN [...] (C) As promised, PM Belka met with his Ukrainian counterpart PM Tymoshenko early in her tenure to discuss practical steps the two sides could take to deepen their bilateral ties. The two Prime Ministers agreed to form a bilateral committee to accelerate work on linking the Odessa-Brody oil pi [...]	2005-03-08 11:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL PL
05WARSAW3447	OSCE: HDIM OPENING FOCUSES ON OSCE REFORM [...] Summary: The opening session of the 2005 Human Dimension Implementation Meeting gave participants a chance to set out their views of the OSCE, against the backdrop of reform discussions ongoing in Vienna. Poland, the U.S., and Kyrgyzstan voiced strong support for OSCE's human rights work and [...]	2005-09-23 09:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PL OSCE
05WARSAW3473	OSCE: HDIM ELECTION ISSUES [...] (U) Summary. Election issues were the focus of three early events at this year's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM)in Warsaw. During the first HDIM Working Session, the clear fault line that separates most NGOs and participating States, including the United States, from Russia and [...]	2005-09-27 12:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PL OSCE
05WARSAW3825	POLISH MILITARY PREPARES TO REMAIN IN IRAQ, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the November 8-9 Force Generation Conference in Warsaw for the sixth rotation of the Multinational Division Center-South (MND-CS) in Iraq, the Chief of Strategic Planning for the Polish General Staff outlined plans for a continued, albeit reduced Polish presence in Iraq. [...]	2005-11-14 15:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PL
05YEREVAN127	(IMI) ARMENIA, COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: [...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for January 2005. Major headlines include: -- EBRD invests in private Armenian construction company; -- French company takes over Armenia's water supply system under the World Bank credit program; -- Kazakh b [...]	2005-01-26 09:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN1932	ADOLESCENT GROWING PAINS: ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Armenia's National Assembly marked its fifteenth anniversary November 1 with an international symposium that included legislators from around the globe and familiar political posturing by political figures from around the country. National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasaryan used the conf [...]	2005-11-01 13:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
05ZAGREB1926	CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: DECEMBER 7 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 09:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR
05ZAGREB1927	CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA-RELATED TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 09:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR
06ABUDHABI789	UAE 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of March 2005 through March 2006. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of ref. A paragraphs 21-24. Embassy TIP points [...]	2006-03-04 03:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
06ACCRA3005	GHANA HOSTS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON UNSCR 1540 [...] SUMMARY: Ghana hosted Africa's first outreach activity on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540, the UN Regional Seminar on Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in Africa, in Accra on November 9-10, 2006. Representatives from 23 African countries attended [...]	2006-12-18 17:35:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ETTC PARM PREL PTER AORC XA GH
06ADANA130	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 05:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA37	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 12:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA42	TURKEY: SOME ENTREPRENEURSHIP EMERGING IN EASTERN MED ZONE [...] (SBU) Summary: The adaptability of the business community along Turkey's eastern Mediterranean coast to new opportunities created by the changes and growth in Turkey's economy contrasts with the rest of the region's traditional agricultural and industrial communities. These coastal businesses [...]	2006-02-23 10:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TU ADANA
06ALMATY1	AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy Almaty Emergency Action Committee Pandemic Influenza (PI) Subcommittee has met to develop tripwires and responses per Action Request in Reftel. Participants in the PI Subcommittee include the DCM and representatives from MED, CDC, ADM, CON, RSO, USAID, PEACE CORPS, [...]	2006-01-02 05:13:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	KZ NOTAG
06ALMATY1001	KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE ROUNDTABLE ON IMPLEMENTING THE ICCPR [...] (U) Summary: On February 13 the local NGO "Charter for Human Rights NGO" and the OSCE Center in Almaty hosted a roundtable discussion on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),ratified by Kazakhstan on November 28, 2005. The roundtable included [...]	2006-03-21 01:45:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ ECONOMIC POLITICAL OSCE
06ALMATY1018	KAZAKHSTAN: POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM SARSENBAIULY [...] (SBU) Summary: The murder of Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly continues to cause political shockwaves in Kazakhstan. Allegations by the opposition of First Family involvement and charges of high-level cover-up (reftel) have prompted first daughter Dariga Nazarbayeva to go on the offensive by accusing fo [...]	2006-03-21 13:05:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KZ
06ALMATY1042	KAZAKHSTAN: GALYMZHAN ZHAKIYANOV SHARES HIS VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 17 meeting with the DCM, Galymzhan Zhakiyanov alleged that Kazakhstani authorities had purposely infected him with hepatitis during his imprisonment. He also claimed that the former head of the penitentiary system had been fired because he refused to carry out an ord [...]	2006-03-24 09:24:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KZ
06ALMATY1068	SECRETARY BODMAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Bodman met President Nazarbayev for nearly an hour on March 14. Bodman conveyed President Bush's desire to send VP Cheney to Kazakhstan in May, and invite Nazarbayev to the White House in the early fall. Nazarbayev accepted both parts of the proposal, but said that hi [...]	2006-03-27 07:27:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY1070	KAZAKHSTAN: IMAM NAZAROV DEPARTS FOR SWEDEN [...] (SBU) After receiving UNHCR refugee status, well-known Uzbek imam Abidkhan Nazarov and his extended family left Kazakhstan for Sweden on March 15. Despite the UNHCR's careful coordination with the MFA to avoid any immigration problems, at the last moment the KNB tried to block Nazarov's depar [...]	2006-03-27 11:08:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF UZ KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY1083	KAZAKHSTAN: TAX AND CUSTOMS EXEMPTIONS FOR CTR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Almaty received a letter from Ministry of Finance outlining the ministry's interpretation of tax and customs liabilities for CTR program participants. The letter states that exemptions shall only be provided to those organizations specifically named; that only contracto [...]	2006-03-27 15:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM EAID KZ
06ALMATY1085	KAZAKHSTAN: SHELL EXECUTIVE WARNS OF FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: Martin Ferstl, Country Manager for Shell, told Ambassador on March 3 that the Kashagan project contained a "serious" design flaw in the design of its offshore facilities. As a result, the one-year design process would have to begin anew, with corresponding delays in first produ [...]	2006-03-28 02:50:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY1086	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR BRIEFS OIL EXECUTIVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed ExxonMobil (EM),Chevron, and ConocoPhillips (CP) representatives on Secretary Bodman's visit to Kazakhstan (Ref A) in separate March 16-17 meetings. In follow-on conversation, EM and CP representatives confirmed Shell's earlier report (Ref B) that a recently [...]	2006-03-28 03:17:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY1094	KAZAKHSTAN SCENESETTER FOR MOVE TO SOUTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Almaty welcomes the creation of a new South and Central Asian Bureau as an opportunity to rethink Kazakhstan's relationship with the region. It also offers all of us a chance to refresh our own thinking about Kazakhstan -- a country which is increasingly important to the [...]	2006-03-28 12:36:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KZ
06ALMATY1095	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION SKEPTICAL ON SARSENBAIULY [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Ambassador, leaders of True Ak Zhol and For a Just Kazakhstan expressed impatience with the lack of official information on the Sarsenbaiuly murder investigation and skepticism regarding the official version of events. Although supportive of the FBI [...]	2006-03-28 13:21:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KZ
06ALMATY1099	KAZAKHSTAN: PROTEST REGARDING COMMENTS ON SARSENBAIULY [...] (U) Summary: A group of ten to twelve demonstrators gathered outside Embassy Almaty on March 13 to protest the Ambassador's March 7 comments on the Sarsenbaiuly murder investigation. One of Sarsenbaiuly's sisters took part in the event. The protest was peaceful and the protesters dispersed a [...]	2006-03-28 16:22:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY1144	KAZAKHSTAN: UNUSUAL PUBLIC DEBATE ON SARSENBAIULY MURDER [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 09:55:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ALMATY1153	CORRUPTION, KAZAKHSTANI STYLE: "ROTTING FROM THE HEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption is rife in Kazakhstan, affecting all sectors from education to health care. Kazakhstani perceptions of the impact and acceptability of the various forms of corruption are nuanced. While they are decidedly critical of the large- scale corruption found at the top levels [...]	2006-04-03 01:43:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON KDEM EINV KPAO PGOV KZ
06ALMATY1161	SPRING THAW BRINGS CONSULAR OUTREACH [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-03 06:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI PREL PGOV CASC CVIS KPAO KZ
06ALMATY1162	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND [...] (S) In a March 30 meeting with FM Tokayev (other issues reported septel),Ambassador reiterated Ref A request for the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS to the U.S. for countermeasures testing. Tokayev, although apparently not briefed on the request in advance of the meeting, responded very [...]	2006-04-03 07:36:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER MARR KZ
06ALMATY1210	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. -- New Refinancing Rate -- FSA to Toughen Requirements for Second- [...]	2006-04-04 08:56:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY1226	KAZAKHSTAN'S REACTION TO NSG DISCUSSION OF INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan is open to further discussion of the India civil nuclear initiative, but is skeptical that the Nuclear Suppliers' Group will be able to reach consensus in the near future. India needs to provide much more information about the nature of its obligations and what is be [...]	2006-04-05 13:05:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN KZ
06ALMATY1237	KAZAKHSTAN: KULIBAYEV DISCUSSES ENERGY WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a wide-ranging discussion of energy issues with the Ambassador on March 30, Timur Kulibayev (President Nazarbayev's son-in-law) confirmed rumors that he would serve as Vice-President of Samruk, the newly-created state holding company. Kulibayev voiced optimism that the B [...]	2006-04-07 12:32:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV
06ALMATY1239	KAZAKHSTAN: NUCLEAR SECURITY COOPERATION WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed post that it believes a U.S. - Kazakhstan agreement on nuclear security cooperation expired seven years ago. See request for guidance, para. 3. End summary. 2. (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note dated March 1, 2006, from the [...]	2006-04-08 02:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PARM PREL KZ
06ALMATY1287	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS Almaty continues its spring cleaning in preparation for the June 26 move to Astana. 2. The Almaty EXBS office initiated the CAJE process for a second LES position--an EXBS Program Assistant--and expects to have the new employee on board by June. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REP [...]	2006-04-12 01:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ALMATY1372	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE MARCH 31, 2006 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not yet been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhstan Bans Waterfowl Hunting For Fear Of B [...]	2006-04-14 10:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECONOMIC
06ALMATY1376	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Vice President's visit comes at a time of strengthened U.S.-Kazakhstani strategic ties, particularly noticeable in light of the deterioration in our relationship with Uzbekistan. President Nursultan Nazarbayev was reelected in December to what he and the constitution say wi [...]	2006-04-14 12:36:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	KZ OVIP PGOV PREL
06ALMATY1401	KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY MINISTER ON CPC EXPANSION, BTC- [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan and Russia reached agreement on CPC expansion during President Nazarbayev's recent visit to Moscow, according to Energy Minister Izmukhambetov, but it remained to be seen whether the agreement would hold. Four very substantial issues remain to be resolved in the BTC [...]	2006-04-18 04:54:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ENRG ETRD KZ
06ALMATY1402	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PM MASIMOV ON VIP VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting to discuss issues related to the upcoming VIP visit to Kazakhstan, Deputy PM Masimov expressed confidence that agreement would be reached on both the AIG settlement and the Second Line of Defense program before the visit. He gave a favorable assessment of the majo [...]	2006-04-18 05:01:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PARM PREL KZ
06ALMATY1403	KAZAKHSTAN: FM TOKAYEV ON VIP VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA is carefully reviewing a list of potential activities related to the upcoming VIP visit and will work to ensure implementation of the most feasible ideas, according to FM Tokayev. The MFA is also pursuing the idea of hosting a TIFA Council meeting as discussed with A/S [...]	2006-04-18 05:07:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL KZ
06ALMATY1404	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Kelimbetov reports that the GOK has almost finished its review of the draft MOU on the Program for Economic Development; he will push for completion before the upcoming VIP visit to Astana. Kelimbetov said that the Kazakhstani government [...]	2006-04-18 05:25:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL KZ
06ALMATY1415	KAZAKHSTAN ADOPTIONS: ALLEDGED ABUSE OF ADOPTED [...] SUMMARY. The first-ever reported allegation of sexual abuse of an adopted Kazakhstani child in the United States has ignited a firestorm of anti-adoption criticism in the Kazakhstani parliament and provoked widespread hand wringing among adoption providers and pro-adoption advocates. With co [...]	2006-04-18 09:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI PREL PHUM PGOV CASC CVIS KPAO KZ
06ALMATY1418	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW DEPUTY PA [...] (SBU) Summary: New deputy head of the Presidential Administration Ashimbayev will take over Marat Tazhin's duties in coordinating policy on political issues, including democratization. Ashimbayev reacted positively to the list of suggested ideas related to the upcoming VIP visit, and promise [...]	2006-04-18 11:11:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KZ
06ALMATY1428	KAZAKHSTAN: PROCURATOR GENERAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (SBU) Summary: During a discussion with the Ambassador of the upcoming VIP visit to Astana, Procurator General Tusupbekov was receptive to the idea of working with the U.S. to ensure that there are clear guidelines for proper application of the extremism law. The Ambassador raised the use of [...]	2006-04-19 13:18:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM KZ

06ALMATY1437	ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING IN KAZAKHSTAN - [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with pending anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, INL sponsored an AML study tour for Kazakhstani parliamentarians to visit the financial intelligence unit (FIU) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to the trip, the majority expressed doubt about the necessity for t [...]	2006-04-20 08:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ALMATY1444	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE; APRIL 2 - [...] 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. -- Samruk Board of Directors Formed -- New Environmental Protectio [...]	2006-04-20 13:37:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ
06ALMATY1450	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Finance officials committed to work with the Embassy to resolve the AIG dispute and conclude a Second Line of Defense (SLD) agreement before the upcoming VIP visit to Astana. They also expressed willingness to help resolve tax and customs issues related to assistan [...]	2006-04-21 03:54:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KZ
06ALMATY1455	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with A/S Boucher, Kazakhstani civil society leaders argued that the February murder of opposition politician Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly had touched off an "intra-elite struggle" which was, at its heart, a competition over who would succeed President Nazarbayev. [...]	2006-04-21 04:04:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY1456	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher discussed Kazakhstan's business climate, regional economic integration, and oil and gas infrastructure projects on April 10 with representatives of American companies operating in Kazakhstan. While acknowledging that their companies were thriving in [...]	2006-04-21 04:09:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ AF PK
06ALMATY1457	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIZATION [...] (C) Summary: A/S Boucher discussed ways to improve Kazakhstan's "Democratization Commission" with opposition political leaders April 8 in Almaty. The political leaders lobbied for an OSCE role -- perhaps in helping set the DC agenda -- and for increased opposition representation. The polit [...]	2006-04-21 04:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY1475	KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON DEALING WITH HAMAS [...] (SBU) On April 18, Poloff met with Daniyar Sarekenov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Asia Department, to discuss the Kazakhstani position on dealing with Hamas. Sarekenov requested the meeting in response to Ref A demarche. Sarekenov stated that the GOK believes that Hamas must renounce violenc [...]	2006-04-21 13:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KZ
06ALMATY1482	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: During his first meeting with Marat Tazhin in his new position of Secretary of the Security Council, the Ambassador reviewed bilateral security cooperation efforts. He noted that counterterrorism cooperation with the KNB appeared to be back on track, DOD and MOD were engaged in a [...]	2006-04-24 05:21:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER KZ
06ALMATY1485	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Air Astana is considering buying several Boeing aircraft for its fleet, according to Transport Minister Mamin. He will travel to Seattle in June for discussions with Boeing, as well as to Toulouse to discuss the Airbus offer. Mamin confirmed that Kazakhstan also wants to host [...]	2006-04-24 07:14:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR EIND EINV PREL KZ
06ALMATY1489	REGIONAL ELECTRICITY: AES EXPLORES PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: AES Country Manager Dale Perry told Econoff on April 17 that AES was near to signing an MOU with "KMG-Energy," a newly-created subsidiary of Kazakhstan's state-owned oil-and-gas company, KazMunaiGaz (KMG),to cooperate in the construction and operation of regional electricity tra [...]	2006-04-24 10:14:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL TI AF
06ALMATY1561	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION LEADERS PREVENTED FROM TRAVELING [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition leaders Galymzhan Zhakiyanov and Bulat Abilov were prevented from traveling to Brussels on April 24 to address the European Parliament. Authorities reportedly claimed that Zhakiyanov's parole status required him to seek prior approval before leaving. Zhakiyanov insist [...]	2006-04-28 01:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY1575	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Senate and Mazhilis are working to finalize amendments to the Law on International Agreements, according to the chairman of the Senate Committee on International Affairs, Defense, and Security. The two houses will establish a reconciliation committee to reach agreement on h [...]	2006-05-02 01:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PARM EPET KZ
06ALMATY1576	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CEC CHAIR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Election Commission is reviewing its election law and procedures with ODIHR, and preparing for October 2007 maslikhat elections, according to CEC chair Zhumabekov. While the Kazakhstani government believes that its election law largely conforms to international stan [...]	2006-05-02 01:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KZ
06ALMATY158	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHAKIYANOV RELEASED ON PAROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Jailed Democratic Choice of Kazakhstan leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov was freed on January 14 and has returned to Almaty. He stated at a January 17 press conference that, although the terms of his parole will prevent him from holding elected or appointed public office for several [...]	2006-01-17 13:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY1583	KAZAKHSTAN: PLANS FOR ALMATY BIOKOMBINAT EQUIPMENT [...] (C) Summary: The private company that purchased the Biokombinat veterinary vaccine production facility is moving forward with construction of a smaller production facility in Stepnogorsk, in order to observe the terms of its privatization deal and avert potential threats to its real estate de [...]	2006-05-02 11:04:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSCA PARM PREL TBIO TSPL KZ
06ALMATY1584	KAZAKHSTAN: INTEREST IN MTCR MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) POEC chief conveyed Ref A points to Sergey Savelyev, deputy director of the MFA's Security Affairs division, during an April 4 meeting in Astana. Savelyev indicated that representatives from the Kazakhstani Embassy had met with ISN experts in Washington to discuss Kazakhstan's desire to jo [...]	2006-05-02 11:07:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA KZ
06ALMATY1585	KAZAKHSTAN: MARCH 2006 CICA CONFERENCE IN ALMATY [...] (SBU) Summary: CICA members held a working group meeting in Almaty on March 28-31. The bulk of the meeting was spent working to finalize the text of the draft Statute of the CICA Secretariat and Financial Rules. The next working group SIPDIS meeting will occur in mid-May; the delegates pr [...]	2006-05-02 11:13:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ
06ALMATY1586	KAZAKHSTAN: ARREST OF SUSPECTED TERRORISTS [...] (C) Summary: In early April, Kazakhstani authorities arrested ten individuals accused of planning terrorist activities. This is the first such arrest in recent years in which the terrorist suspects were accused of targeting Kazakhstan. End summary. 2. (SBU) In early April, the Kazakhstani [...]	2006-05-02 11:57:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KZ
06ALMATY1627	KAZAKHSTAN: KEEPING THE DRUGS IN THE FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Traders from South Kazakhstan ply age-old skills to traffic Afghan narcotics and local marijuana. MVD tries to clamp down but the mostly women drug dealers who manage the business get off lightly. Stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, as in Singapore, are on hold pending coa [...]	2006-05-05 05:11:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	POLITICAL
06ALMATY1636	KAZAKHSTAN: EXTENSION OF THE PHASE OUT PLAN FOR [...] The social transition and security/law enforcement sectors of assistance to Kazakhstan are slated for phase-out in 2011, per the country's phase out assessment. As such, post understands that phase out plans must be prepared in 2006, five years before the expected phase out date, to ensure t [...]	2006-05-05 14:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC EG KZ
06ALMATY1644	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER MEETS WITH ENERGY MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan plans to build a nuclear power plant in order to address energy deficits in the south and to expand uranium production, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Izmukhambetov told Assistant Secretary Boucher and Special Assistant to the President Millard. As oil prod [...]	2006-05-10 01:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ENRG ETRD KZ
06ALMATY1646	A/S BOUCHER AND ADB REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, Craig Steffensen of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) briefed A/S Boucher and NSC Senior Director Millard on the projects the ADB is working on in Central and South Asia. One of the problems for regional development and integration, according to Steffensen, [...]	2006-05-10 01:29:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECONOMIC
06ALMATY1661	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS ASKS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov told Assistant Secretary Boucher, National Security Council Senior Director Elisabeth Millard, and Ambassador Ordway that Kazakhstan wants to expand cooperation in counter-narcotics, efforts to combat trafficking in pers [...]	2006-05-10 11:37:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR KZ
06ALMATY1662	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER AND NSC DIRECTOR MILLARD [...] (U) Summary: On May 4, Assistant Secretary Boucher and National Security Council Senior Director Elisabeth Millard met with Kazakhstani Minister of Defense Altynbayev to discuss the continuing cooperation between the U.S. Department of Defense and MOD. Altynbayev's staff provided briefings on [...]	2006-05-10 11:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MOPS PREL KZ
06ALMATY1664	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] The paper shredder at the Export Control and Related Border Security Assistance (EXBS) Program office has been working overtime of late. May 2006 will be the office's last full month in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" of Almaty and over the last weekend in June EXBS Kazakhstan will relocate h [...]	2006-05-11 01:07:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ALMATY168	TIME TO MOVE KAZAKHSTAN OFF JACKSON-VANIK LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Post believes the time is right to remove Kazakhstan from the Jackson-Vanik list, thus eliminating a legal obstacle to Kazakhstan's WTO accession. President Nazarbayev identified WTO accession as a top economic goal in his January 11 inauguration speech. We believe that the GO [...]	2006-01-18 07:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KZ ETRD PREL WTO ECONOMIC
06ALMATY1703	KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan insists on a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the U.S. in order to accept the return of Guantanamo detainees. The MFA is willing to meet with U.S. experts in Astana to discuss the issue. See request for guidance, para. 4. End summary. 2. (SBU) On May 2, Poloff [...]	2006-05-15 02:25:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY1719	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE, APRIL [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Karagachaganak Petroleum Operation Fined for Gas Fl [...]	2006-05-16 01:22:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY1720	KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSED AGREEMENT ON INFORMATION SHARING [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 2005 conversation with then- Deputy FM Shakirov, the Ambassador raised information sharing problems related to the BN-350 decommissioning project. The two discussed the advisability of an information sharing agreement to resolve this and potential future problems. [...]	2006-05-16 01:22:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP MARR KZ
06ALMATY1722	KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTERING ATTEMPTS TO USE THE [...] (C) On May 12, Astana PO delivered reftel points to Serzhan Abdykarimov, Office Director of the North America's Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Abdykarimov expected that Kazakhstan would object to any anti-U.S. or anti-Western language in negotiations for this year's Shanghai Coo [...]	2006-05-16 01:53:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KZ
06ALMATY1725	A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH GALYMZHAN ZHAKIYANOV, [...] (C) Summary: On May 6, 2006, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and NSC Senior Director Elisabeth Millard met at the Ambassador's residence in Almaty with opposition political activist Galymzhan Zhakiyanov. The meeting followed the government of Kazakhstan's refu [...]	2006-05-16 11:02:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	POLITICAL
06ALMATY1729	KAZAKHSTAN 2006 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION [...] (U) Summary: IPR Committee officials expressed deep gratitude for Kazakhstan's removal from the Special 301 Watchlist, were receptive to U.S. recommendations, and requested U.S. expertise in implementing further reforms. End summary. 2. (U) POEC Chief notified Nurgaysha Sakhipova, Deputy C [...]	2006-05-16 11:44:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL KZ
06ALMATY1750	KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION MINISTER REPLACES MANAGERS AT NATIONAL TELEVISION STATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 10:17:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ALMATY1759	KAZAKHSTAN: REGIONAL OPPOSITION ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: An activist from the "For a Just Kazakhstan" (FJK) movement has been sentenced to five years in jail for allegedly ordering others to burn Nazarbayev campaign billboards. FJK leaders claim the charges were trumped up in order to justify statements by law enforcement authorities d [...]	2006-05-18 01:14:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KZ
06ALMATY1762	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHAKIYANOV'S LATEST LEGAL BATTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani Ministry of Internal Affairs, working with the Pavlodar Oblast Court, has succeeded in modifying the terms of Galymzhan Zhakiyanov's parole in order to retroactively justify the April 24 decision not to allow him to travel to Europe. Under the revised conditions, [...]	2006-05-18 01:14:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY1810	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 30 - [...] 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. -- GOK to Cut Budget Spending -- Possible Imbalance in the Labor M [...]	2006-05-19 12:58:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ
06ALMATY1835	KAZAKHSTAN: KMG TRANSPORTATION MANAGER ON PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed KazTransOil Deputy DG, Sabr Yessimbekov, told Econoff on May 18 that the recent round of BTC-IGA negotiations had gone "very badly" under the direction of the GOK's new lead negotiator, the "nationalistic" Vice-Minister of Energy, Lyazzat Kiinov (Ref A). Yessimb [...]	2006-05-23 10:47:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY1846	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SEE STEPNOGORSK [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani officials dealing with biotechnology issues are eager to see the veterinary vaccine production facility that Betta Star is setting up in Stepnogorsk succeed, as it has the potential to commercialize innovations resulting from Kazakhstani research. According to the di [...]	2006-05-24 05:18:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSCA PARM PREL TBIO TSPL KZ
06ALMATY188	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST TO REMOVE EQUIPMENT PROVIDED [...] (SBU) On January 6, Embassy Almaty received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign affairs requesting that the U.S. Government take steps to remove equipment provided under the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program's former Defense Conversion program. The equipment is a productio [...]	2006-01-19 02:09:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PARM KZ POLITICAL DTRO
06ALMATY1922	KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ROUND OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on their February meeting, the U.S. outreach delegation, augmented by IAEA and European Commission representatives, met in Astana May 25 with a Kazakhstani delegation comprising 14 representatives from seven ministries and organizations. The sides reached provisio [...]	2006-05-31 01:22:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP KZ
06ALMATY1934	KAZAKHSTAN NEAR BTC IGA AGREEMENT WITH AZERBAIJAN? [...] (C) Summary: On May 31, Fabrice Mosneron-Dupin, lead investor representative in the ongoing Kazakhstani-Azeri negotiations to sign an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) governing trans-Caspian oil transport, briefed Econoff on the recent, unexpected change in the Government of Kazakhstan's (G [...]	2006-05-31 12:50:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL AJ
06ALMATY1937	KAZAKHSTAN SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev reacted enthusiastically to the U.S. initiative on Iran. He will make a public statement in support of the initiative and will encourage the Iranian government to seize the opportunity to meet with the U.S. End summary. 2. (C) The Ambassa [...]	2006-06-01 12:34:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KZ IR
06ALMATY1946	KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES; [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov to stress that it is not appropriate to link the return of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo to the conclusion of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT),as the two matters are not [...]	2006-06-01 16:58:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY1956	KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF SA-16 [...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev asked if the U.S. is interested in the rockets or the whole systems, if the U.S. wanted to purchase the items, and if the U.S. had made a similar request to Ukra [...]	2006-06-02 09:46:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY1960	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S PATTERSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOK [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 12 visit to Astana, INL A/S Anne Patterson, accompanied by Ambassador Ordway, secured agreement with the Vice Minister of Interior to initiate a counter-narcotics strategy dialogue. Her conversation with the Deputy Procurator General broke through a logjam on the [...]	2006-06-03 03:09:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ALMATY1996	KAZAKHSTAN: ATTENDANCE AT PSI HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL [...] (U) On June 2, Poloff called Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Issues, to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative High-level Political Meeting to be held in Warsaw on June 23, and to inquire as to the GOK's plans for atte [...]	2006-06-06 08:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP PARM PREL KZ
06ALMATY2007	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW OWNER OF POPULAR WEEKLY CEDES CONTROL TO EDITOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 04:22:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ALMATY2034	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO AKTAU [...] Summary: On May 17-18, the Ambassador traveled to the Caspian coastal city of Aktau to meet with representatives of the regional government, visit two sites receiving U.S. assistance, and partake in an official ceremony marking the transfer of three brand-new, U.S.-made patrol boats to the Bor [...]	2006-06-09 08:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PARM PREL KNNP KZ
06ALMATY2054	KAZAKHSTAN: AES UPDATE ON REGIONAL POWER, [...] (C) Summary: AES Country Manager Dale Perry updated the Ambassador on the company's participation in regional electricity projects, as well as AES's demand-driven modernization plans, on the margins of the Ambassador's June 6 tour of AES's 4,000MW Ekibastuz GRES I coal-fired power plant. The [...]	2006-06-12 04:30:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY2059	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] This is the office's final dispatch from Almaty. EXBS Kazakhstan will move to the Embassy Branch Office (EBO) in Astana the last weekend in June. EXBS Program staff continues to make preparations for the move to the EBO, as well as for the subsequent move to the New Embassy Compound, which is [...]	2006-06-12 07:51:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ALMATY2069	KAZAKHSTAN: SARSENBAIULY MURDER TRIAL TO BEGIN [...] (C) Summary: The trial of the ten individuals accused in the murder of opposition politician Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly and his two associates will begin June 14 in a small town several hours' drive from Almaty. The victims' families and political associates allege that Kazakhstani authorities are [...]	2006-06-12 11:07:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY2074	KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO MEDIA LAW RAISE CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 08:43:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ALMATY211	SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11, 2006 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants in the January 11, 2006 meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs, Josette Shiner Undersecretary of Treasury for International [...]	2006-01-23 08:26:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET GA KZ OVIP POLITICAL
06ALMATY2115	KAZAKHSTAN: SARSENBAIULY MURDER TRIAL BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The highly-anticipated trial of the ten men accused in the murder of opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly and his associates began June 14 in Taldykorgan, a regional capital several hours' drive from Almaty. The judges suspended the proceedings after only a few minutes on th [...]	2006-06-16 01:34:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY214	KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 11 meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Johanns and his delegation, Halyk SIPDIS Bank CEO offered his opinion of the greatest challenges to the country's economic future: in the medium term, the choice of a new Prime Minister and the nature of reforms the ne [...]	2006-01-23 09:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY215	KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (U) Participants in Secretary Johanns' January 11 Meeting with Kazakhstani Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Mynbayev in Astana: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business, and A [...]	2006-01-23 09:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON ETRD KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY2155	ACCESS INDUSTRIES CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Access Industries Chairman Len Blavatnik discussed his company's Kazakhstan investments with the Ambassador on June 8. While Access is quietly offering its only Kazakhstani power plant for sale, it is simultaneously trying to buy into the Ekibastuz Gres II plant, as part of what [...]	2006-06-19 11:37:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL RU
06ALMATY2156	KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL EXECS DISCUSS CPC, KASHAGAN [...] (C) Summary: ExxonMobil executives briefed the Ambassador on the company's Kazakhstani interests on June 8. Country Manager David Willis told the Ambassador that the apparent Putin-Nazarbayev political breakthrough on the issue of Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) expansion in April had not [...]	2006-06-19 11:39:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL RU
06ALMATY2157	KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY: KAZMUNAIGAZ DELAYS "N BLOCK" [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani government officials recently informed ConocoPhillips (CP) that KazMunaiGaz (KMG) will not select a partner or partners for the development of the offshore Caspian "N" block until fall, notwithstanding earlier indications that KMG would make a decision by the end of [...]	2006-06-19 11:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BTIO ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY216	KAZAKHSTAN: SECRETARY JOHANNS' JANUARY 11 MEETING [...] (U) Participants in Secretary Johanns' January 11 meeting with Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev in Astana: U.S. Secretary Mike Johanns SIPDIS Mrs. Stephanie Johanns Ambassador John Ordway Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner Unde [...]	2006-01-23 09:38:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY2160	KAZAKHSTAN: POLICE, ALGA SUPPORTERS CLASH AT SUPREME [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 6, opposition Alga party supporters were denied access to a Supreme Court hearing on the Ministry of Justice's decision to deny that party's bid for official registration. Failing to gain entry to the hearing, Alga supporters began to set up a sound system on the steps [...]	2006-06-20 01:49:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY2187	KAZAKHSTAN'S POSITION ON FMCT, U.S.-INDIA CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will carefully consider the U.S. proposal to conclude a Fissile Materials Cutoff Treaty (FMCT),and would like advance notice in order to be able to speak on the topic the next time it is raised in the Conference on Disarmament (CD). With regard to the U.S.- India ci [...]	2006-06-21 03:45:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG KZ
06ALMATY2191	KAZAKHSTAN: PROCURATOR GENERAL'S OFFICE WANTS CHANGE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: INL funded a conference on improving the collection of crime statistics, organized by the Procurator General's Office in conjunction with the Customs Control Committee and the Border Guard Service. The main purpose of the conference was to improve collection of legal statistics [...]	2006-06-21 08:45:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
06ALMATY2271	KAZAKHSTAN: NIC WATCHLIST [...] (C) Post appreciates the opportunity to provide feedback on the NIC Watchlist of Internal Instability, per reftel action request. Post generally agrees with the information reflected on the NIC Watchlist. The one exception is the wording "continuing political assassinations." There have r [...]	2006-06-26 14:25:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRS KZ
06ALMATY2273	KAZAKHSTAN: TENGIZ UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: New TengizChevrOil (TCO) General Director Todd Levy discussed Tengiz developments with Econoff on June 22 in Atyrau. Levy told Econoff that the project to double TCO oil production (to 500,000 barrels/day) would likely be delayed three months, until July 2007, due primarily to a [...]	2006-06-27 01:20:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY2291	KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK REFUGEE DETAINED BY AUTHORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstani security officials have detained an Uzbek citizen holding a UNHCR refugee certificate, purportedly in connection with crimes committed in Kazakhstan. UNHCR reports that the MFA has not responded formally to their numerous inquiries and requests for access, but has [...]	2006-06-28 01:09:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF UZ KZ
06ALMATY2298	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JUNE 11 - [...] 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. -- Amendments to the 2006 Republican Budget -- Financial Violation [...]	2006-06-28 08:40:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ
06ALMATY2299	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENTAL UPDATE, APRIL [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Russia and Kazakhstan to Form Uranium-Related JV -- Smuggling [...]	2006-06-28 08:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY23	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHAKIYANOV RELEASE DELAYED [...] (SBU) Summary: A local procurator in Pavlodar has blocked the release of jailed opposition leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov, who had been scheduled for parole on December 24. A court will consider the case on January 10. The move has raised concerns that the GOK may have reversed its decision t [...]	2006-01-04 12:17:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY2301	KAZAKHSTAN: PARKER DRILLING'S LEGAL WOES [...] (C) Summary: On June 22, Parker Drilling updated Econoff on the company's years-long tax dispute with Kazakhstani authorities. The Supreme Court recently ruled that Parker owed roughly $100 million in back taxes and penalties stemming from work done by Parker's "Sunkar" drilling rig on behal [...]	2006-06-28 09:33:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY2302	KAZAKHSTAN: FIVE-YEAR SENTENCE UPHELD FOR REGIONAL [...] (U) Summary: On June 22, opposition activist Alibek Zhumabayev's appeal was rejected by the Taraz Regional Court. Zhumabayev had earlier been sentenced to five years in jail for hooliganism, insulting President Nazarbayev's dignity and honor, and organizing mass disorder. Zhumabayev's defense [...]	2006-06-28 09:54:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY2303	KAZAKHSTAN: FISH, SEALS DYING IN CASPIAN [...] Summary: In the past several months, thousands of dead sturgeon and seals have washed up on the Kazakhstani shore of the Caspian Sea. Initial indications are that the deaths were likely linked to energy development activities. The associated ecological and economic damage has prompted a flur [...]	2006-06-28 09:54:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY2332	KAZAKHSTAN: SAFE DRINKING WATER FOR RURAL [...] Summary: On June 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) convened a high-level meeting in Astana to discuss the issue of safe drinking water for rural settlements in Kazakhstan. EPA, together with the Akimat of Almaty Oblast, has been carrying out a village drinking water project i [...]	2006-06-29 15:59:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV KZ
06ALMATY2370	Q1 AND Q2 FRAUD SUMMARY - ALMATY [...] A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since independence in 1991, the economic situation in most of Kazakhstan has improved. In the larger cities, such as Almaty, Astana, and Atyrau, the oil and gas industry has provided an economic boom. However, the improvement in living conditions is uneven and in many r [...]	2006-07-05 08:29:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS KCRM CPAS CMGT ASEC KZ
06ALMATY2393	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 11:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM MOPS PREL KZ AF
06ALMATY2394	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 11:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KZ
06ALMATY2399	KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 29 meeting regarding the possible transfer of Kazakhstani citizens detained at Guantanamo, an MFA Consular Services representative stated that the GOK could give no guarantees that the transferred detainees would never again engage in terrorism, asked for the backgrou [...]	2006-07-07 01:07:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY2400	KAZAKHSTAN PROPOSES DRAFT TEXT OF INFORMATION SHARING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani MFA has proposed a draft agreement on the sharing of classified information. Post believes it would be worthwhile to pursue such an agreement, and requests Department guidance (see para. 4). End summary. 2. (SBU) On July 6 post received a diplomatic note fro [...]	2006-07-07 01:07:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP MARR KZ
06ALMATY2403	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Security Council chair Marat Tazhin responded favorably to a suggestion that Kazakhstan allocate funds to supplement FMF funding for the purchase of UH-II helicopters through the Foreign Military Financing program, stated that Kazakhstan [...]	2006-07-07 06:53:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM MOPS PREL KZ AF
06ALMATY2404	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy PA head Ashimbayev conceded that the process of consideration of amendments to the media law could have been more open, but argued that the current debate about the provisions proved that the process had been transparent. He stre [...]	2006-07-07 06:53:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KZ
06ALMATY2419	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS TDY Advisor Kevin Cummings' arrival on June 26 coincided with the EXBS Program office's first day at the Embassy Branch Office in Astana. Mr. Cummings will provide support to the office until mid-July, at which time a second TDY advisor is expected to arrive to assist the office through [...]	2006-07-08 01:01:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ALMATY2453	KAZAKHSTAN: PRO-PRESIDENTIAL PARTIES MERGE [...] (U) Summary: On July 4, the two main pro-presidential parties, Asar and Otan, merged. President Nazarbayev, who will be the official head of this mega-party, praised the merger and laid out the new party's leadership structure and strategic priorities. Dariga Nazarbayeva, the president's da [...]	2006-07-11 10:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY2532	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT SIGNS AMENDMENTS TO MEDIA LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan has taken a step backward on media freedom, but the step turned out to be much smaller than originally feared. On July 5, President Nazarbayev signed a package of controversial and hastily-considered media law amendments into law. Advocates, including the Informatio [...]	2006-07-13 03:10:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO KZ PGOV PHUM
06ALMATY2533	KAZAKHSTAN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (SBU) Embassy Almaty's Global Initiative Coordinating Officer is Pol-Econ Chief Deborah Mennuti. Unclassified email: mennutid@state.gov. Classified email: mennutid@state.sgov.gov. Office phone: 7 (3272) 50-49-95, home phone: 7 (3272) 60-70-72, cell phone: 7-333-222-2610. 2. (SBU) Back-u [...]	2006-07-13 06:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PINS PTER KZ
06ALMATY2545	KAZAKHSTAN: PROGRESS ON UZBEK REFUGEE CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstani authorities granted UNHCR access to Uzbek refugee Gabdurafikh Temirbayev on July 11. UNHCR reports that Temirbayev is in good physical and mental condition. The GOK has also said that it will permit a joint review by the UNHCR and the Almaty procuracy of documentati [...]	2006-07-13 15:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF UZ KZ
06ALMATY2549	KAZAKHSTAN: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO [...] (S) Summary: In a July 12 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff followed up on Ref A discussion of the transfer of Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo. Poloff passed requested information about the background of the three Kazakhstani detainees approved for transfer (Ref B),explained t [...]	2006-07-13 15:21:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY256	KAZAKHSTAN: COURT REFUSES TO ENFORCE BYELKAMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: A Kazakhstani court has refused to enforce the London Court of International Arbitration's award of legal fees to U.S. firm Byelocorp Scientific Inc. (BSI). BSI will contest the ruling, which asserted that enforcement of the LCIA award would be "detrimental to public order in [...]	2006-01-24 07:50:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PGOV PREL PINR KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY2564	KAZAKHSTAN: HOUSING DEMOLITIONS SPARK VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: A campaign by Almaty city authorities to demolish illegally-built houses has turned violent. Several residents of the Bakay neighborhood who resisted eviction on July 7 were wounded in clashes with the police. The residents were unable to prevent the authorities from demolishi [...]	2006-07-14 14:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF UZ KZ
06ALMATY2573	KAZAKHSTAN: NO OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] There appears to be no permanent OHCHR presence in Kazakhstan. OHCHR regional advisor Rein Mullerson reportedly returned to the UK and has not been replaced. 2. Post notes that the OHCHR web site (http://kazakhstan.ohchr.org/) lists the regional advisor position in Almaty as vacant. O [...]	2006-07-17 08:44:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KZ
06ALMATY2603	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW INTERNET DOMAIN REGULATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Last year, the GOK issued new regulations stating that the government would control the registration of internet domains in Kazakhstan. These rules have been criticized by internet groups and the OSCE as unduly politicizing Kazakhstani cyberspace. However, to date the rules ha [...]	2006-07-19 07:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY2604	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE, JUNE 30, 2006 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not yet been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Avian Flu Priorities Discussed in Almaty -- Ust [...]	2006-07-19 10:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY2607	KAZAKHSTAN: ATTENDANCE AT BUDAPEST PRT CONFERENCE [...] (U) In response to Ref A logistical information, Zhanbulat Ussenov of the MFA's North America/Europe division reported on July 19 that Kazakhstani ambassador to Hungary Rashid Ibrayev would attend the July 20-21 PRT Effectiveness Conference in Budapest. Ussenov promised to forward the logisti [...]	2006-07-20 06:26:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORD NATO KZ
06ALMATY264	KAZAKHSTANIS BREAK DOWN DOORS TO GET INTO U.S. FILM [...] Summary: Embassy Almaty's first American film festival in November, featuring five films from U.S. producer Michael Fitzgerald, was widely viewed as the cultural event of the season, with audience attendance exceeding expectations. Combining the film screenings with a program of master classe [...]	2006-01-24 11:14:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO SCUL OEXC KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY2668	KAZAKHSTAN: CANWFZ TO BE SIGNED SEPTEMBER 8 [...] (SBU) In a July 24 meeting with General Abizaid (other issues to be reported septel),Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov stated that the five countries of Central Asia intend to sign the Central Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (CANWFZ) Treaty on September 8. 2. (SBU) Abdrakhmanov d [...]	2006-07-24 12:44:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM UNGA KZ
06ALMATY2673	KAZAKHSTAN: THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: The nuclear fuel cycle in Kazakhstan is wholly managed by the state-owned Kazatomprom company, and dominated by uranium mining and milling operations. Kazatomprom is investing heavily in increasing uranium production not only to profit from the projected increase in world demand, [...]	2006-07-25 09:02:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP MARR KZ
06ALMATY2681	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 9 - [...] 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. -- Series of Economic Laws Adopted -- Trade Policy Promotion Cente [...]	2006-07-26 07:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ
06ALMATY2687	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS UPDATE: N BLOCK, [...] (C) Summary: Outgoing ConocoPhillips (CP) Country Manager Hakim Janah told Econoff on July 21 that the company had improved the financial terms of its bid for a share of Kazakhstan's offshore "N" block (Ref A),following Shell's rejection of a CP proposal that the two companies cease competin [...]	2006-07-26 09:41:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY2783	KAZAKHSTAN: REACTION TO IRAN DEMARCHE [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel demarche to Daniyar Sarekenov of the MFA's Middle East division on July 27. 2. (SBU) Sarekenov said that Kazakhstan was very concerned with the developing situation in Iran and hoped for a constructive response from the GOI to the P5+1 proposal. The GOK pl [...]	2006-08-03 10:52:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM IR KZ
06ALMATY2800	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 1 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Agriculture Johanns' recent visit was very successful and highlighted the importance of agriculture and water issues in Kazakhstan, according to Deputy Prime Minister Masimov. Environmental issues and migration are also serious challenges, he added, noting that the [...]	2006-08-04 11:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KZ
06ALMATY2803	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 1 MEETING WITH PA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 3 meeting, the Ambassador discussed planning for President Nazarbayev's late September visit to the U.S. with Presidential Administration head Adylbek Dzhaksybekov. Dzhaksybekov said that Kazakhstan hopes to sign a WTO accession protocol during the visit. The Ambass [...]	2006-08-05 01:16:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KZ

06ALMATY282	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- KAZAKHSTAN [...] The following information is provided in response to reftel request. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy since its independence in 1991. The European Union in 2000 and the U.S. Department [...]	2006-01-25 10:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTDB USTR ECONOMIC
06ALMATY2822	KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS LEGAL STATUS FOR LABOR MIGRANTS [...] Summary: August 1 was the effective date of a new amnesty law allowing illegal laborers from CIS countries to obtain legal status in Kazakhstan. In order to qualify, employers of illegal laborers must submit application documents to the city migration police before December 31. Migrants will [...]	2006-08-08 09:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG KZ
06ALMATY2871	KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF MANPADS [...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev said that his office had given its opinion that the weapons systems should not be transferred, but should be destroyed. This is not the MFA's final decision, bu [...]	2006-08-09 11:28:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY2872	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA UNWILLING TO RECEIVE TRANSFER OF [...] (S) Summary: In an August 2 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff again discussed the issue of transferring the Kazakhstani detainees held at Guantanamo to Kazakhstan. Poloff informed his counterparts that only intelligence and law enforcement personnel were allowed to visit the detaine [...]	2006-08-10 00:49:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PTER KAWC PHUM PREL KZ
06ALMATY2885	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING [...] Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program TDY Advisor Kevin Cummings assisted Advisor Offenbacher during the office's initial three weeks in Astana. Mr. Cummings departed Kazakhstan the third week of July. EXBS TDY Advisor Larry Adkins arrived in Astana on July 24 to provide [...]	2006-08-11 07:47:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ALMATY2887	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 23 - [...] 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. -- Vneshtorgbank Targets Kazakhstan's Market -- KazZhelDorTrans Pl [...]	2006-08-11 12:16:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ
06ALMATY2888	KAZAKHSTAN: TWENTY FOUR YOUNG CHILDREN CONTRACT HIV [...] Summary: In the last four months, twenty four children under the age of three have been identified as HIV-positive in the Southern Kazakhstan Oblast (SKO). A joint investigation by Kazakhstan's Ministry of Health and the CDC found that significant problems with infection control procedures and [...]	2006-08-12 03:09:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED SOCI PGOV KHIV KZ
06ALMATY2889	KAZAKHSTAN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF KAZAKHSTANI [...] (S) Post appreciates receipt of ref B information on Kazakhstani citizen Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev, ISN US9UZ-000084DP, and will pass it to the GOK soonest. Additionally, in response to reftel A approval for the transfer of Batayev from DoD custody to Kazakhstan, post notes that the Kazakhst [...]	2006-08-12 03:09:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ALMATY2890	KAZAKHSTANI GOVERNMENT SETS ITS SIGHTS ON ROADSIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to reduce low-level corruption, the Ministry of Internal Affairs introduced new controls on the activities of the notoriously bribe-happy traffic police. Post considers these measures, while not a cure-all, a clear step in the right direction. End summary. ----- [...]	2006-08-12 03:33:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON KDEM EINV KPAO PGOV KZ
06ALMATY2904	KAZAKHSTAN: PROCURACY REJECTS UZBEK EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) UNHCR representative Cesar Dubon called the Ambassador on August 14 to report that after a joint review with UNHCR, the Procuracy General rejected Uzbekistan's request for the extradition of refugee Gabdurafikh Temirbayev (reftel). Temirbayev has been accepted for resettlement by Sweden [...]	2006-08-15 03:05:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF UZ KZ
06ALMATY2905	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a time of accelerating U.S. Kazakhstan bilateral engagement. With its economic strength, vast energy resources, strong commitment to the fight against international terrorism, and capacity and demonstrated willingness to craft an independent foreign policy, K [...]	2006-08-15 07:11:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PREL KZ
06ALMATY2935	KAZAKHSTAN WILL NOT BUDGE ON 2009 OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan has heard the U.S. message on its 2009 OSCE CiO bid but has nevertheless decided not to withdraw or defer its candidacy, according to FM Tokayev. The GOK believes it has widespread support among OSCE member states and would view withdrawing or postponing its bid as def [...]	2006-08-17 12:21:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KZ
06ALMATY2953	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 17 meeting, Foreign Minister Tokayev told Ambassador Ordway that he would recommend to President Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan send a "fact finding" team to Afghanistan to investigate possible Kazakhstani participation in a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). T [...]	2006-08-19 03:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY2955	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 17 meeting, Foreign Minister Tokayev told Ambassador Ordway that he would recommend to President Nazarbayev that Kazakhstan send a "fact finding" team to Afghanistan to investigate possible Kazakhstani participation in a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). T [...]	2006-08-19 03:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY3002	KAZAKHSTAN: AUTHORITIES FREE 21 TRAFFICKING VICTIMS [...] Summary: On August 14, Astana city policemen announced that they had freed 21 Tajik citizens from confinement by an Astana labor trafficker, who they promptly arrested. The Tajik victims were kept in a shed and forced to work at construction sites in the rapidly growing capital city. The E [...]	2006-08-23 11:12:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL PINT KZ TJ
06ALMATY3025	Kazakhstan, Russia Assess Damage Caused by Rocket Crash [...] Summary: Russia is prepared to pay Kazakhstan 385 million tenge (approximately $3 million) as compensation for immediate damages resulting from the failed launch of a Dnepr rocket at Baikonur. A joint Kazakhstan-Russian committee is still investigating possible environmental damage and will re [...]	2006-08-26 14:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY3026	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM'S MEETINGS IN ALMATY [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 22-24 visit to Almaty, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum met with a wide range of civil society, political, and business representatives who painted a vivid picture of the political and economic challenges facing Kazakhstan. His interlocutors expressed concern about res [...]	2006-08-28 02:53:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KZ
06ALMATY3027	KAZAKHSTAN: TIMUR KULIBAYEV GIVES DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 25 meeting in Astana, Presidential son-in-law Timur Kulibayev provided SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum with an overview of Kazakhstan's oil and gas sector, outlining his vision for the next decade. Kulibayev expressed firm support for the Trans-Caspian gas pipeline proj [...]	2006-08-28 05:14:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY3028	KAZAKHSTAN: VICE MINISTER OF TRADE DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 25 meeting in Astana with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum, Vice Minister of Industry and Trade Askar Batalov described Kazakhstan's economic diversification strategy and highlighted the promise of, and obstacles to, greater regional trade. Of the [...]	2006-08-28 05:14:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY3040	SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN: KAZAKHSTAN WILL SEND [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 08:13:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY3041	SECURITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN TAZHIN, DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 25 meeting in Astana, the Chairman of Kazakhstan's Security Council, Marat Tazhin, told SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that the GOK was assembling an inter-agency "Survey Team" to study possible Kazakhstani participation in an Afghan Provincial [...]	2006-08-28 09:28:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY3062	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 25, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Ordway met with Deputy Prime Minister Karim Masimov in Astana. Conversation centered on preparations for a joint U.S.-Kazakhstan meeting on the margins of the upcoming World Bank-IMF meetings in Singapore, President Nazarbaye [...]	2006-08-28 11:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KZ
06ALMATY3065	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Ordway held a wide-ranging discussion with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev in Astana on August 25. Tokayev stated that Kazakhstan would continue to press its bid for the 2009 OSCE chairmanship. Feigenbaum respond [...]	2006-08-28 11:38:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY3075	KAZAKHSTAN NONCOMMITAL ON INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani MFA welcomes progress in the U.S. and India on laying the groundwork for civil nuclear cooperation, and will consider making a statement of support at the upcoming NSG meeting in Vienna. Kazakhstan would like to ensure that Pakistan's views are considered as th [...]	2006-08-31 04:44:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN KZ
06ALMATY3076	KAZAKHSTAN: CANWFZ SIGNING WILL HAPPEN AS PLANNED [...] (SBU) Summary: The countries of Central Asia will sign the Central Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty on September 8 in Semipalatinsk despite P-3 concerns, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Abdrakhmanov, because it is too late to postpone the event. End summary. 2. (SBU) In an Augu [...]	2006-08-31 04:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM UNGA KZ
06ALMATY3080	(S) KAZAKHSTAN UNABLE TO TRANSFER MANPADS [...] (S) In an August 28 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov informed the Ambassador that Kazakhstan would not be able to turn over MANPADS slated for destruction in the NATO Trust Fund project to the U.S. as requested (reftel). Abdrakhmanov said that several bilateral agreements [...]	2006-08-31 10:44:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ
06ALMATY3086	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA EAGER TO RESOLVE DETAINEE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Following up on his discussion of the issue with Foreign Minister Tokayev (reftel),the Ambassador on August 28 pressed Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on the need for Kazakhstan to accept the return of its citizens detained at Guantanamo. The Ambassador stressed that there [...]	2006-08-31 11:11:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ALMATY3092	KAZAKHSTAN: GOK TO CONSIDER ENDORSING G8 ENERGY [...] In an August 31 meeting, Energy Officer delivered reftel demarche and text of the G8 Statement on Energy Security Principles to Dauren Toleukhanov, Deputy Director of the Europe and Americas Department of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Toleukhanov acknowledged that the statem [...]	2006-09-01 00:45:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY3102	KAZAKHSTAN: POTPOURRI OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CASES [...] Summary: The following is a collection of media reports on various types of TIP ranging from debt servitude to sex tourism. End summary. --------------------------------------------- ----- DEBT OF THE PARENTS PAID BY ENSLAVING THE CHILDREN --------------------------------------------- ---- [...]	2006-09-02 07:59:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PINS PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KZ
06ALMATY3107	CONTACTING MISSION KAZAKHSTAN DURING THE MOVE FROM [...] (SBU) Embassy Almaty is preparing to move to Astana, pending completion of the New Embassy Compound (NEC) in Kazakhstan's capital. Although the move into the NEC will not start until September 29, many sections have already relocated to temporary offices in the Embassy Branch Office in Asta [...]	2006-09-06 02:29:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ACOA AFIN ASEC KZ
06ALMATY3143	KAZAKHSTAN: SUPREME COURT DENIES HARE KRISHNA [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan denied the Hare Krishnas' appeal of an adverse lower court ruling concerning title to their commune in the Karasai district, near Almaty. The GOK now intends to form a special commission to resolve the issue. The Hare Krishnas are [...]	2006-09-06 21:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KZ
06ALMATY3178	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, KazMunaiGas Exploration and Production company (KMG E&P),the onshore production subsidiary of Kazakhstan's state-owned oil company, formally announced its intention to issue shares on both Kazakhstan's stock exchange (KASE) and the London Stock Exchange. Accord [...]	2006-09-11 08:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY3211	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING [...] EXBS TDY Advisor Larry Adkins continued to assist the EXBS office in Astana throughout the month of August. Gulnara Abildaeva, EXBS Program Coordinator, took annual leave for much of the month. 2. September will likely be the EXBS program office's final month in its present interi [...]	2006-09-13 01:07:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ALMATY324	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. -- New Inter-State Bank in Russia and Kazakhstan -- EBRD is Among [...]	2006-01-30 07:19:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY3242	KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION RESPONSE FOR INTIATIVE ON [...] The following information, provided by USAID Almaty in response to reftel request, represents existing programs that support Internet freedom. Total funding levels are listed. A. Project Name: Information and Communication Technology Statistics Improvement Recipient: Kazakhstan Agency o [...]	2006-09-15 00:49:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINT EAID PHUM KZ
06ALMATY3245	KAZAKHSTAN: GOK AGREES TO THE TRANSFER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. The Government of Kazakhstan has agreed to receive the transfer of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo Bay, according to Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov. Post requests Department guidance on the mechanism [...]	2006-09-15 01:15:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY326	KAZAKHSTAN: CHARGE MEETS WITH GALYMZHAN ZHAKIYANOV [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Galymzhan Zhakiyanov is satisfied with the conditions under which he was released, although resentful of the three-month delay in the process. He plans to stay involved in politics, but has not yet determined exactly what his role will be in the opposition. Zhak [...]	2006-01-30 08:28:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ PGOV PHUM
06ALMATY3271	BOUCHER AND AITZHANOVA DISCUSS STATUS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 9 meeting in Astana, Assistant Secretary Boucher and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Aitzhanova discussed the timing of the next round of bilateral World Trade Organization negotiations, next steps on Kazakhstan's negotiations with Working Party members, [...]	2006-09-18 06:42:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON KZ
06ALMATY3272	KAZAKHSTAN: BOUCHER AND TAZHIN COVER AFGHANISTAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will send a survey team to Afghanistan in September to examine ways to support reconstruction, Security Council secretary Tazhin told Assistant Secretary Boucher during a September 8 meeting. Boucher welcomed the news and encouraged Kazakhstan to look at assistance p [...]	2006-09-18 06:44:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM EINV ENRG SNAR IQ KZ
06ALMATY3273	BOUCHER TO DZHAKSYBEKOV: CONCRETE PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 8 meeting with Presidential Administration head Dzhaksybekov, Assistant Secretary Boucher outlined U.S. hopes for President Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to Washington, pressing on the importance of showing concrete progress on democratic reform. In the context of [...]	2006-09-18 06:45:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ETRD MOPS AF KZ
06ALMATY3274	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Masimov expressed concern regarding the pace of bilateral WTO negotiations with the U.S. during a September 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher and requested a sign of U.S. support for SIPDIS Kazakhstan's early accession during President Nazarbayev [...]	2006-09-18 07:13:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON EINV ENRG AF KZ
06ALMATY3275	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER MEETS WITH SENATE SPEAKER [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Speaker Abykayev told Assistant Secretary Boucher on September 9 that Kazakhstan saw SIPDIS President Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to the U.S. as an opportunity to highlight its record on economic reform and security. A/S Boucher underscored the need to discuss plans f [...]	2006-09-18 07:14:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KZ
06ALMATY3278	KAZAKHSTAN: CEO UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sauat Mynbayev, Acting CEO of Samruk, Kazakhstan's Holding Company for State Assets, told Ambassador on September 12 that Samruk had completed its "organizational phase" and was now concentrating on improving corporate management. Mynbayev confirmed the anticipated privatizati [...]	2006-09-18 09:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY3280	KAZAKHSTAN: "KAZENERGY" LOBBYING ASSOCIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: "KazEnergy," Kazakhstan's new "power industry" association founded by presidential son-in-law Timur Kulibayev, made its public debut the week of September 5 by organizing the first annual "Eurasia Energy Forum" in Astana. The high-level GOK and private sector attendance at the [...]	2006-09-18 10:17:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ALMATY3296	KAZAKHSTAN TO SEND SURVEY TEAM TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A high-level Kazakhstani survey team will visit Afghanistan the week of September 24 in order to examine participation in a Provincial Reconstruction Team and possible investment/reconstruction projects. The team will provide its recommendations to President Nazarbayev soon af [...]	2006-09-19 05:24:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORD NATO KZ
06ALMATY333	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV,S "NEW" CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary/Introduction: President Nazarbayev has completed naming his government, following his January 11 inauguration, and held his first cabinet meeting on January 25. While technically "new," most of the 16 ministers retained their posts or made lateral moves to other ministries. N [...]	2006-01-30 11:54:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ
06ALMATY335	KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ROUND OF ARB REVIEWS [...] (C) EBO Astana principal officer delivered Ref A demarche on January 26 to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department. The demarche concerned the upcoming ARB review of GTMO detainee Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev. Konurbayev noted that when Kerimbakiev first came up for ARB review (Re [...]	2006-01-30 12:12:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY336	KAZAKHSTAN CONSIDERING TRANSFER OF DETAINEES [...] (SBU) This cable contains a request for guidance, para. 5. 2. (C) EBO principal officer delivered Ref A demarche to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department on January 26 (re: proposed transfer of GTMO detainee Abdullah Tohtasinovich Makrubov). Konurbayev confirmed that his [...]	2006-01-30 12:14:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KZ
06ALMATY3380	KAZAKHSTAN: MINE EXPLOSION KILLS 41 [...] Summary: An explosion in Kazakhstan's "Lenin" coal mine, owned by Rotterdam-based Mittal Steel, killed an estimated 41 miners on the morning of September 20. More than 300 escaped the mine after the blast, which was reportedly caused by a methane gas buildup. The GOK has formed a committee [...]	2006-09-22 03:15:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG EPET KZ
06ALMATY339	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR SMUGGLING TALKS [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points to the Kazakhstani MFA by diplomatic note on January 20. Olzhas Togyzbayev, of the MFA's international security department told POEC chief on January 25 that, in principle, he thought the idea of a systematic review of programs to combat nuclear smuggling was [...]	2006-01-31 02:46:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM PINS KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY3394	KAZAKHSTAN: FEEDBACK ON GICNT DOCUMENTS PROMISED [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglyazov and Third Secretary Dmitriy Tretyakov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed Ref A points and documents to Olzhas Togyzbayev of the MFA's international security section on September 21. 2. (SBU) Togyzbayev indicated that despite the f [...]	2006-09-25 06:29:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KGIC MCAP PINR PINS KNNP KZ
06ALMATY3396	KAZAKHSTAN: INVITATION TO IRAQ CONFERENCE DELIVERED [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel demarche and invitation letter addressed to FM Tokayev to Daniyar Sarekenov of the MFA's Middle East division on September 22. 2. (SBU) Sarekenov noted that in the absence of FM Tokayev, currently in New York for UNGA, he would forward the letter to Deputy [...]	2006-09-25 06:30:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL IZ KZ
06ALMATY345	KAZAKHSTAN: BLUE LANTERN CASE GC-0825-05 [...] Per reftel instructions, on January 24 Econoff confirmed the existence of TOO CII "International Engineering" at 142, Boghenbai Batira Street, Office 625, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The company occupied a modest, yet apparently legitimate and functional, suite of rooms. 2. However, at the time o [...]	2006-01-31 10:35:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KZ RS GM ECONOMIC
06ALMATY379	KAZAKHSTAN: JANUARY 27 MEDIA ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 12:15:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ALMATY4	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. -- Parliament Approves Amendments to Comply with WTO Rules -- Fore [...]	2006-01-02 07:45:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY406	KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSAL ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PSI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani Government has expressed interest in information exchange with relevant USG bodies to help combat weapons proliferation, as well as training courses for its specialists to study U.S. practices. See request for guidance, para. 5. End summary. 2. (C) In respo [...]	2006-02-02 13:18:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KZ
06ALMATY410	KAZAKHSTAN-CHINA GAS PIPELINE PROJECT: STATUS [...] (C) Summary: The state-owned Kazakhstani and Chinese oil and gas companies recently completed a "pre-feasibility study" for the construction of a 30 billion cubic meter (bcm) gas pipeline from Central Asia to China. The study outlines three proposed pipeline routes across Kazakhstan, the eco [...]	2006-02-03 02:18:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ CH
06ALMATY411	EUCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Charles F. Wald Charge Mark Asquino Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Rear Admiral Michael J. Lyden, J4 Director of Logistics and Security Assistance, EUCOM Brigadier General Melvyn Spiese, J5/J8, Deputy Direc [...]	2006-02-03 02:19:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS PTER PREL KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY425	KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH SECURITY [...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander General Charles F. Wald Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Charge Mark Asquino Lieutenant Colonel Michael E. Corson Lieutenant Colonel Richard Lee Kazakhstan Security Council Chairman Bulat Utemuratov Deputy [...]	2006-02-03 10:31:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS OVIP KZ
06ALMATY434	KAZAKHSTAN: GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 19-20 visit to Astana, EUCOM Deputy Commander General Charles Wald discussed energy security with oil and gas company representatives. General Wald underscored the importance of energy as a security issue, informing his interlocutors that NATO's new mission inc [...]	2006-02-03 12:06:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MAS PREL ENRG KZ
06ALMATY456	KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIANS HOST CTAG MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first CTAG of the Russian G-8 presidency, representatives of G-8 embassies discussed the threats to Kazakhstan posed by international terrorism, organized crime, and drug trafficking. While expressing general satisfaction with the GOK's approach to counterterrorism [...]	2006-02-07 03:43:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER RS KZ
06ALMATY485	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW INFORMATION MINISTER APPOINTED [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 11:14:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ALMATY49	KAZAKHSTAN: SUIT AGAINST ZHUMA TIMES BEGINS [...] SUMMARY. The trial to close the opposition newspaper Zhuma Times began January 6 and was immediately put on hold pending a request to move the case to another jurisdiction. Lawyer Sergey Utkin asked that the case be transferred from Almaty's inter-district economic court to the Auezovskiy di [...]	2006-01-05 12:49:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY541	EUCOM DCDR GENERAL CHARLES WALD DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy Commander of the US European Command (EUCOM) General Charles F. Wald had separate meetings on January 20 with Minister of Defense General Mukhtar Altynbayev and Lieutenant General Bolat Zakiyev, Director of the Border Guards (BG) Service. At the Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...]	2006-02-09 19:15:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS POLITICAL
06ALMATY546	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS program Advisor Offenbacher was in the United States for training and annual leave for much of the month of December. He also spent the first half of January in the US on leave and consultations. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS CONDUCT [...]	2006-02-10 08:37:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ EXBS
06ALMATY557	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. -- Law on Private Entrepreneurship Signed -- Kazakhstan to Invest [...]	2006-02-11 10:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY560	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE, JANUARY 31, 2006 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not yet been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- GOK Appropriates over 60 Million Tenge for Bird [...]	2006-02-12 04:23:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY575	KAZAKHSTAN: REACTION TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 13:36:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ALMATY576	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION FIGURE MURDERED IN ALMATY [...] (SBU) Summary: The body of leading opposition figure Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly, along with those of two associates, was found in an Almaty field on February 13. All three men had been shot to death and appear to have been murdered. The Minister of Internal Affairs is personally supervising the i [...]	2006-02-13 13:48:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	POLITICAL
06ALMATY598	KAZAKHSTAN: GOK DENIES REFOULEMENT OF UZBEK [...] (C) Summary: Three months after a group of Uzbek citizens was forcibly returned to Uzbekistan from southern Kazakhstan, the Kazakhstani MFA formally responded to UNHCR's multiple inquiries with a flat denial of any GOK involvement. This contradicts previous, informal high-level GOK acknowledg [...]	2006-02-14 11:33:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PTER KZ UZ
06ALMATY6	KAZAKHSTAN: SHKOLNIK ON NUCLEAR POWER INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kazakhstani Minister of Energy spoke publicly on December 21 about the need for Kazakhstan to develop a domestic nuclear power industry. He cited Kazakhstan's enormous uranium reserves and significant experience with nuclear technology as factors in the decision. Although [...]	2006-01-03 05:31:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY601	KAZAKHSTAN'S REACTION TO RESULTS OF 2005 MADRID [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan is frustrated that the U.S. does not support its application for membership in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The MFA is seeking expert-level discussions in order to obtain a better understanding of U.S. objections and to lay out its case. Post believes [...]	2006-02-14 12:01:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC KSCA PREL TSPA KZ
06ALMATY602	KAZAKHSTAN INTENSIFIES EFFORTS TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan plans to develop its nuclear industry, from increased uranium production to nuclear power generation. The topic has attracted a significant amount of press coverage in recent weeks, primarily due to a joint statement on cooperation issued by President Nazarbayev and P [...]	2006-02-14 12:03:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL KZ
06ALMATY603	KAZAKHSTAN: LUKOIL, CHINESE BIDDING FOR "NATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Patrick O'Mara, Vice President of the privately-held Canadian oil company "Nations Energy," told Poloff on February 10 that Lukoil and "the Chinese" were bidding to buy his company, Kazakhstan's eighth-largest oil producer. Contrary to press reports, India's Oil and Natural Gas C [...]	2006-02-14 13:48:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ CH
06ALMATY629	A/S HARTY VISIT TO ALMATY: TACKLING TOUGH TOPICS [...] SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Maura Harty's visit to Kazakhstan served to underscore the importance of consular work to our multi-faceted bilateral relationship. In a series of high-profile events, A/S Harty discussed our consular commitment to the business community, the variety of education [...]	2006-02-15 02:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECONOMIC
06ALMATY646	KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON MURDER OF OPPOSITION FIGURE [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated three to five thousand people, including the Ambassador, DCM and representatives from other missions and international organizations, attended the February 15 memorial services in Almaty for slain opposition leader Altynbek Sarsenbaiuly. No prominent GOK official [...]	2006-02-15 12:54:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	POLITICAL
06ALMATY694	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, the Ambassador and DCM met with Galymzhan Zhakiyanov, founder of the Democratic Choice for Kazakhstan political opposition movement. Zhakiyanov, who was recently released on parole after serving 3 1/2 years in prison (ref A),had not previously met with the Amb [...]	2006-02-22 07:17:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KZ
06ALMATY717	KAZAKHSTAN: SEVEN ARRESTED IN SARSENBAIULY MURDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Interior (MVD) announced the arrest of six suspects in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftels) on February 20. According to the MVD, five of the suspects -- all current KNB (National Security Committee) agents -- have confessed to kidnapping the victims on orders o [...]	2006-02-22 12:14:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY733	KAZAKHSTAN: ALLEGED SARSENBAIULY MURDER MASTERMIND [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani law enforcement officials have detained the alleged mastermind of the Sarsenbaiuly murder (reftels),current Head of the Senate Administration, Yerzhan Utembayev. Utembayev was detained on February 22, after the alleged murderer (in custody but unidentified -- hereaft [...]	2006-02-24 01:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY756	KAZAKHSTAN: WHITHER IN 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship is broad and deep, built on a number of significant points of congruence. The GOK is a potential ally and partner on a whole range of issues that are critically important to the U.S., including diversifying Eurasian gas supplies and routes to w [...]	2006-02-24 14:00:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV KDEM PHUM PARM KPAO KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY761	KNB HEAD STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING ARRESTS IN [...] (U) Summary: On February 22, two days after the arrest of five KNB officers in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftel),Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of Committee of National Security (KNB) Chairman Nartai Dutbayev. According to press reports, KNB Vice Cha [...]	2006-02-25 10:05:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY78	KAZAKHSTANI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN COMPACT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On December 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on donor pledging for the Afghanistan Compact in London to Aitzhan Aidashev, First Secretary in the Asia Department of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aidashev co [...]	2006-01-12 05:07:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL AF KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY79	KAZAKHSTAN: BAYMENOV LOOKS TOWARD ASTANA [...] (SBU) Summary: Unsuccessful Ak Zhol presidential candidate Alikhan Baymenov is moving to reorganize his party, with the goal of occupying the Mazhilis seat it won in 2004 elections and engaging the GOK in discussion of political reform. The party also intends to take part in the Democratizat [...]	2006-01-12 05:08:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY808	KAZAKHSTAN: UZBEK REFUGEES UNDER RENEWED PRESSURE? [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting in Almaty, imam Abidkhan Nazarov of the Tukhtaboy mosque in Tashkent told Poloff that he fears that Uzbek and Kazakhstani authorities have recently intensified their efforts to locate him and his followers in Kazakhstan. Nazarov voiced his concerns three [...]	2006-03-01 12:29:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PTER KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY821	OPPOSITION, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS SARSENBAIULY CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 2 meeting, opposition leaders Oraz Zhandosov and Tulegan Zhakayev told Ambassador that, while they could accept that the ten people arrested thus far in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftels) had been involved in the crime, they did not believe that Senate Administ [...]	2006-03-02 12:57:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY869	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Almaty welcomes your upcoming visit to Kazakhstan. We wanted to use this occasion to provide you with background on some of the most important energy and nonproliferation issues where your engagement with the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) could help us move forward. Oil a [...]	2006-03-06 12:47:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET OVIP KZ
06ALMATY886	CHEVRON'S EURASIA MANAGER OFFERS INSIGHT INTO CPC [...] (C) Summary. Guy Hollingsworth, Chevron's Eurasia Business Unit President, told Ambassador on March 2 that he believes that Russia is conditioning CPC pipeline expansion on the construction of a Burgas-Alexandroupolis (B-A) bypass in part because both Energy Minister Viktor Khristenko and Tra [...]	2006-03-07 11:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ RS
06ALMATY887	KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENTARIAN, SARSENBAIULY FAMILY [...] (C) Summary: In separate messages, a prominent parliamentarian and 18 members of Alynbek Sarsenbaiuly's family harshly criticized the course of the investigation and pointed toward political motives behind the murder. The chairman of the international relations committee of the lower house o [...]	2006-03-07 13:26:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KZ
06ALMATY888	OSCE: PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] This cable responds to Ref A request for comments on OSCE project proposals. None of the proposals forwarded by USOSCE and the local OSCE Center duplicates activities in which Post is currently involved. Specifically, the proposal on creating a training center for defense lawyers would comp [...]	2006-03-07 13:52:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AFIN ABUD EAID ECON KCRM PHUM KZ OSCE ECONOMIC
06ALMATY895	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND [...] (S) On February 28, Poff delivered ref B demarche immediately following the delivery of Ref C demarche to Gaukhar Biseyeva, Head of the Office of European Security in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and her assistant Yerzhan Zhukenov. Biseyeva appeared cautiously optimistic abo [...]	2006-03-09 07:07:00	US Office Almaty	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY897	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. -- Quality of Economic Growth in Kazakhstan in 2005 -- Foreign Lab [...]	2006-03-09 07:37:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY924	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS Almaty devoted a substantial amount of time this month to preparing for the delivery of three boats and organizing an event to celebrate their arrival to the Caspian (additional information below in section D). 2. EXBS Kazakhstan's move to Astana is rapidly approaching. The offic [...]	2006-03-13 02:19:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ALMATY925	ALMATY AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy Almaty Emergency Action Committee Pandemic Influenza (PI) Subcommittee has re- convened to discuss and execute the "Preparedness Checklist" (Ref C). Participants in the PI Subcommittee include the DCM and representatives from MED, CDC, ADM, PAS, RSO, Principal Offic [...]	2006-03-13 05:09:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT AEMR AMED KPAO KFLU KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY960	SECRETARY BODMAN'S MARCH 14 MEETINGS IN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Bodman conducted a full day of meetings with Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) officials and energy sector representatives in Astana on March 14, on the eve of the Secretary's G8 energy meetings in Moscow. (Secretary Bodman's meeting with President Nazarbayev is reported [...]	2006-03-16 01:43:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON ENRG ETRD KZ ECONOMIC
06ALMATY965	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE; FEBRUARY 28 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not yet been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- New National Park Established in Southern Kazakh [...]	2006-03-16 10:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
06ANKARA100	TURKEY: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness To Foreign Investment The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),areas [...]	2006-01-06 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTDB TU OPIC USTR
06ANKARA1010	TURKEY,S MINISTER CALLS TCP DRIVING FORCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT Energy Minister Guler appealed February 27 to Ambassador for USG support on the Trans-Caspian Pipeline fQ natural gas from Turkmenistan and Samsun-Ceyhan Bosphorus bypass oil pipeline. He welcomed cooperation with the U.S. on approaching Turkmenistan to advance TCP, as an al [...]	2006-03-01 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR TX
06ANKARA1346	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1440	PSI: TURKISH EXERCISE ANATOLIAN SUN [...] The Government of Turkey held a planning conference on March 15, 2006 in Ankara for the upcoming PSI exercise Anatolian Sun. (Originally named Anatolian Deer, in late January the name was change to Anatolian Sun; TGS tells us this was to better match the operating area and objectives of the [...]	2006-03-20 11:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA1478	TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steve Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are a [...]	2006-03-21 10:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ

06ANKARA1527	TURKEY: PLAYING CHICKEN ON BTC AND CASPIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Steven Mann's March 17 meetings in Ankara, Turkish government and BTC officials said they are still aiming for loading the first oil tanker May 27 in Ceyhan, although the target date for an official ceremony has slipped to July. The BTC consortium and BOTAS are [...]	2006-03-23 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ
06ANKARA1547	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 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 Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Sunday [...]	2006-03-24 08:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ANKARA1605	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S [...] (U) This is Mission Turkey's contribution to the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. We follow reftel's format. General Assessment ------------------- 2. (U) A. Turkey has NATO's second-largest military after the United States. It has taken on an [...]	2006-03-27 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL NATO US TU
06ANKARA1697	THE CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) The Caucasus Working Group began in 1999 as a bilateral mechanism for the United States and Turkey to coordinate on security assistance to the South Caucasus (except Armenia). It has since expanded to cover Kazakhstan. CWG has developed into a "political-military" discussion of the regio [...]	2006-03-30 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU AJ AM GG KZ RS
06ANKARA2044	TURKEY: GAS AND THE GREAT RACE TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In April 4-6 meetings in Ankara, senior Turkish officials agreed with EUR DAS Bryza on the need for rapid cooperation to facilitate export of Azerbaijani gas to Greece and Italy via a "Southern Corridor" stretching from the Caspian Sea through the South Caucasus and Turkey. A [...]	2006-04-14 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL TU AZ GG RU IZ IR
06ANKARA2048	DAS BRYZA AND AMBASSADOR MEET WITH PM'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Bryza met with PM Erdogan's senior foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu April 5. On Iraq, Davutoglu urged more ethnic diversity on the Iraqi NSC and worried about what he sees as growing Iranian-backed Shia power. He averred that Turkey does not want a nuclear-armed I [...]	2006-04-14 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR IS CY GR TU
06ANKARA273	EUCOM DCDR DISCUSSES IRAN, CAUCASUS, BLACK SEA [...] (C) Summary: EUCOM Deputy Commander Gen Charles Wald emphasized the risk to Turkey of Iran's WMD program on January 17 in separate sessions with Turkey's CHOD and Deputy CHOD as well as at a roundtable with TGS staff chaired by DCHOD GEN Isik Kosaner. In all meetings, TGS officials acknowled [...]	2006-01-24 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM TU IR ZJ ZL
06ANKARA3371	CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ankara warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and SCA Ambassadors to Ankara for meetings with Foreign Minister Gul, Energy Minister Guler, and Senior MFA officials following the USTDA Regional Energy Conference in Istanbul. In addition to helpi [...]	2006-06-09 05:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG TU ZK
06ANKARA3416	PSI; TURKISH HOSTS MAJOR PSI EXERCISE; ANATOLIAN [...] Summary: Turkey hosted a major PSI exercise, Anatolian Sun '06, from May 24-26, 2006. This exercise was the first multidimensional PSI exercise, which combined land, maritime and air interdiction components. The aim of Anatolian Sun-06 exercise was to test and develop the information and int [...]	2006-06-09 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA3517	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3544	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3617	A/S BOUCHER CONSULTS WITH TURKEY ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: As follow-up to Secretary Rice,s April commitment to FM Abdullah Gul to embark on expert consultations as part of new U.S.-Turkey strategic dialogue, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher consulted with Turkish Officials on June 14 on Central Asia and Afghanistan. Turkish and U.S. [...]	2006-06-19 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TU ZK
06ANKARA3641	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3905	TURKEY/IRAQ/BLACK SEA/AEGEAN: D/NSA CROUCH'S [...] (C) On his way to the Black Sea Forum in Bucharest, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor Dr. J.D. Crouch discussed Iran, Iraq, Black Sea, energy and Greek-Turkish relations with Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, MFA Undersecretary Ali Tuygan, and [...]	2006-07-05 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG IZ TU
06ANKARA4129	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on June 22. National and international security issues and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Palestinian governance, the Israeli general election, the EU accession process and the Single European S [...]	2006-07-14 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU AS PK AL CG AJ KZ IT
06ANKARA413	TURKEY: EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent energy issues involving Russia, Ukraine, and Georgia have focused attention on regional transit projects via Turkey for Caspian and Middle East gas going to Southeast and Central European markets. Turkish Energy Minister Guler,s upcoming visit (REF C) to Washington offers [...]	2006-02-02 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU IZ RU IR
06ANKARA4241	TURKEY: ENERGY MINISTER ON CASPIAN GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) Summary. Meeting on the margins of Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline inauguration ceremonies in Istanbul on July 12, Deputy Secretary of Energy Clay Sell and Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler reviewed Turkish-U.S. cooperation in helping Europe diversify its natural gas supplies as well [...]	2006-07-21 07:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL TU AZ GG RU
06ANKARA4301	A/S SULLIVAN MEETING WITH TURKISH FONMIN GUL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan on July 14, Deputy Prime Minister and FonMin Abdullah Gul discussed the Middle East situation (reported septel) and a range of economic issues. On the southern corridor for gas, Gul said U.S. support was necessary but that Tur [...]	2006-07-25 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EFIN EINV TU
06ANKARA500	ATTACK BY ANTI-CHRISTIAN ASSAILANTS [...] (U) This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: AMCON ADANA PO on February 2 discussed a January 8 attack by anti-Christian assailants against Turkish Protestant pastor Kamil Kiroglu. Kiroglu confirmed the accounts of his attack first reported on the COMPASS news website (co [...]	2006-02-07 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC TU
06ANKARA5332	TURKISH ENERGY MINISTER PROMISES ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, DAS Matt Bryza and Energy Minister Hilmi Guler agreed to the following action steps to advance the southern gas corridor across Turkey to Europe: - Guler committed to quickly seek a bilateral meeting with Azeri Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to di [...]	2006-09-14 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR RU
06ANKARA5334	TURKEY AND SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR - TAKING THE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 7 meeting, Energy Under Secretary Sami Demirbilek told us he understood the urgency SIPDIS of moving forward on a series of meetings between partners on the southern gas corridor. However, Turkey has not arranged a bilateral meeting with Azerbaijan to determine [...]	2006-09-14 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GR AZ IR
06ANKARA544	TURKEY SAYS IT PLANS TO CUT STRAITS OIL TRAFFIC IN [...] (sbu) SUMMARY: With oil transit traffic in the congested Turkish Straits continuing to grow, the Straits are regarded by some as nearing their capacity for maximum safe throughput. Yet, despite the commercial arguments, regional governments and oil companies have not been able to come to a [...]	2006-02-08 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EWWT SENV TU RU
06ANKARA5515	TURKEY/ARMENIA: ARMENIA LOSING OUT ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA DDG for Caucasus and Central Asia Huseyin Avni Karslioglu told us September 14 that given Turkey's concrete efforts to improve economic and trade ties with the Caucasus and Central Asia via pipeline, road and railroad links, Armenia is starting to lose out economically [...]	2006-09-21 07:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA5611	TURKEY: PUSHING EU ON SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: An Embassy-organized luncheon on September 22 brought together local EU diplomats and Turkish Foreign Ministry officials to highlight Turkey's key role in European and global energy security. MFA Energy DDG Mithat Rende called for greater engagement and visible support from t [...]	2006-09-26 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TU RU IR
06ANKARA5624	TURKEY: SHELL JOINS SAMSUN-CEYHAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a potentially significant development for Turkey's quest to build the Samsun-Ceyhan project as the first real "Bosphorus bypass" oil pipeline, Royal Dutch Shell announced September 26 that it signed a contract with Calik Energy and Italian ENI for participation in the develop [...]	2006-09-26 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TU
06ANKARA5745	TURKEY'S BOTAS WORRIED ABOUT SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 2 meeting, BOTAS officials expressed strong support for the southern gas corridor, but voiced concerns about developable reserves in Azerbaijan, pressure from Russia on Azerbaijan and Georgia, and how Iran's significant reserves fit into pipeline possibilities. BO [...]	2006-10-03 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PREL TU GG AZ RU
06ANKARA6079	TURKEY VIEWS ON GAS POTENTIAL FROM CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: Using the opportunity of Senior Energy Analyst Bud Coote's briefing to Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on Caspian oil and gas potential, Ambassador and S/P Energy Advisor Steve Hellman advanced southern gas corridor diplomacy. The Minister thanked Coote for clarifying what quantiti [...]	2006-10-23 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL TU GG AZ
06ANKARA6373	TURKEY: INSCR 2006-2007 DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of drugs and chemical controls in Turkey for inclusion in the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR). End Summary. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Turkey is a major transit route for Southwest Asi [...]	2006-11-08 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL TU
06ANKARA65	TURKEY WORRIES ABOUT RELIANCE ON RUSSIA NATURAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Turkey did not experience any recent reduction in supplies from Russia via Ukraine, but relying on Russia for 65% of its natural gas -- more than most EU countries -- Turkey watched the Russia-Ukraine gas face-off with great concern. According to Turkey's pipeline company BO [...]	2006-01-05 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD TU RU
06ANKARA6519	TURKISH ATTITUDES TOWARD IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Official Turkish views about Iran's nuclear development program have shifted over the past year. Senior GOT officials question the bona fides of the Iranian nuclear program and believe that a nuclear armed Iran would pose a military threat. They are more concerned, however, abo [...]	2006-11-28 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL IR TU KNNP MNUC
06ANKARA6599	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA989	TURKEY: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 3 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Linda Fenton, telephone number 90-312-455-5555 X 2513, fax number 90-312-468-4775. Fenton (FS-04) spent a [...]	2006-02-28 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU
06ANKARA999	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 1- [...] 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 Embassy translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Wednesday, February [...]	2006-02-28 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ASHGABAT1093	PRESIDENT NIYAZOV BACKS AWAY FROM FORMAL DIVERT [...] (C) During a two-hour meeting October 18 with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) James MacDougall and NSC Director David Merkel, Turkmenistan's President Niyazov said that he was not prepared to sign a formal divert agreement allowing U.S. planes to make emergency landings at Mary I [...]	2006-10-20 03:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TX
06ASHGABAT1167	GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER STEINMEIER MEETS NIYAZOV [...] (C) German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's November 2 visit to Turkmenistan provided him a telescoped confirmation of the challenges to developing democracy in Turkmenistan, according to an outbrief provided by German Ambassador to Turkmenistan Hans Mondorf. Not only were Steinmeier and his dele [...]	2006-11-08 13:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EPET PHUM GE TX
06ASHGABAT1222	Niyazov Makes Massive Purges over Agriculture Fiasco; [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan's President Niyazov on November 27, conducted a massive purge of high-ranking officials, rivaling, if not surpassing, the oil and gas purge of December 2005 (ref a). Responding to allegations by Minister of Agriculture Esenmyrat Orazgeldiyev during an October 25 meeting (ref [...]	2006-11-30 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM TX
06ASHGABAT1285	GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN'S FLEX OBSTRUCTION MORE [...] (U) This year Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) recruitment has encountered an unprecedented level of interference and disinformation from the Ministry of Education (MOE),despite official approval of the program and host government rhetoric that the problems will be resolved. As in past years, [...]	2006-12-19 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
06ASHGABAT1292	NIYAZOV DEATH SITREP 001: 12/21/2006 [...] (C) Post has learned that Afghanistani President Karzai, Ukrainian President Yushchenko, Kazakhstani President Nazarbajev, Uzbekistani President Kerimov and Tajikistani President Rahmonov are planning to attend the funeral. In addition Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, Georgian Pri [...]	2006-12-21 14:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT1303	DEATH OF NIYAZOV SITREP 004: 12/26/2006 [...] (C) Interim President Berdimuhammedov, for all intents and purposes, was elected president at the December 26 session of the People's Council. The actual election is February 11, but his competition of five low-level unknown bureaucrats is a joke, and Berdimuhammedov had to "fight back" the [...]	2006-12-26 15:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX US
06ASHGABAT1312	A/S BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH TAJIKISTAN'S PRESIDENT [...] (C) Taking the opportunity to meet prior to the wreath laying for Niyazov's funeral, visiting A/S Boucher and Charge met with President of Tajikistan, Imomali Rahmonov, and discussed Rahmonov's views on Turkmenistan's future, U.S. relations with Uzbekistan, energy cooperation, and the situatio [...]	2006-12-27 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX TI UZ US
06ASHGABAT1313	DEATH OF NIYAZOV SITREP 005: 12/27/2006 [...] (C) Turkmenistan remains calm. Peace Corps volunteers are returning to their assigned cities, and government institutions are continuing to function, albeit in some chaos. Charge met today with the head of the Americas section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss next steps, includ [...]	2006-12-27 14:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC TX
06ASHGABAT140	TURKISH AMBASSADOR POSITS GAZPROM PLANS TO [...] (C) During a lunch he hosted for Georgian Ambassador Petriashvili, Ukrainian Ambassador Mayko, and U.S. Ambassador, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil argued passionately (with the help of visual aids) that Gazprom is intent on establishing a monopoly of gas supply to Europe. Akil argued that Gaz [...]	2006-01-27 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG KZ PGOV PREL RS TX UP US
06ASHGABAT207	TURKMENISTAN: 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) The 2006 Special 301 review process was announced to the Government of Turkmenistan via diplomatic note on February 1. Post recommends keeping Turkmenistan on the 2006 Special 301 Watch List and suggests including the following paragraph on Turkmenistan in the 2006 Special 301 report: [...]	2006-02-16 13:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR BTIO ETRD ECON SNAR TX
06ASHGABAT257	EMBASSY ASHGABAT SUBMISSION FOR 2006 [...] (U) The following is Embassy Ashgabat's responses to the 2005-2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Turkmenistan. The report follows the guidelines outlined in reftel. 2. (SBU) U.S. Embassy Ashgabat's point of contact for anti- trafficking in persons programs is: Ian Turner, Consular Off [...]	2006-03-06 11:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TX
06ASHGABAT313	DIP CORPS JOINS HANDS, RIDES A LOVE TRAIN TO THE [...] (C) On March 17, Conoff, along with most of Ashgabat's diplomatic corps, traveled by train to the town of Ichoguz, halfway between Ashgabat and Dashoguz to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the new $2 billion Ashgabat-Garagum-Dashoguz rail line. While the event itself was nothing s [...]	2006-03-23 09:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
06ASHGABAT315	IP ENFORCEMENT TRAINING IN TURKMENISTAN FY 2006 [...] Turkmenistan is on the 2006 Special 301 Watch List. Education on basic IPR concepts and law enforcement training is requisite to the permanent removal of Turkmenistan from this List. Embassy Ashgabat enthusiastically submits the following project proposal per ref A in order to develop the G [...]	2006-03-23 10:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR BTIO ETRD ECON SNAR TX
06ASHGABAT357	NIYAZOV'S TRIP TO CHINA: TURKMENISTAN SIGNS DEAL [...] (C) During Niyazov's visit to China, Turkmenistan and China agreed to build a natural gas pipeline by 2009 between the two countries, and for Turkmenistan to sell 30 billion cubic meters of gas to China annually once it is completed. The agreement includes joint exploration and development of [...]	2006-04-05 13:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL CH TX
06ASHGABAT439	GOTX DRAFTING STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD INTO ARMY [...] (C) The GOTX has ordered male Turkmenistani citizens of Kazakh ethnicity studying in Kazakhstan to return home for military service, according to information from a Kazakh Diaspora contact. The contact provided Post with a copy of a letter sent by the Turkmen Embassy in Astana to South Kazakh [...]	2006-04-26 08:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KZ RS UP TX
06ASHGABAT673	GAZPROM'S SURPRISE VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN YIELDS NO [...] (SBU) On June 19 President Niyazov invited Gazprom Chairman Alexey Miller to Turkmenistan to discuss additional gas supplies for 2006 and gas deliveries for 2007 and 2008. Although no deal was struck, the Turkmenistani side offered increased volume to Gazprom, but did not accept the offer to [...]	2006-06-26 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL TX RS UP
06ASHGABAT699	DEAL OR NO DEAL? NIYAZOV PLAYS HARDBALL ON [...] (C) On June 29 GazProm Chairman Alexei Miller returned to Turkmenistan to discuss gas prices with President Niyzaov )- his second visit in less than two weeks. The following day, a Ukrainian delegation headed by Minister Plachkov met with Oil and Gas Minister Atayev for a similar negotiation. [...]	2006-07-03 13:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG TX UP RS BO ZK
06ASHGABAT716	A Street Wisdom Primer on Corruption in [...] (SBU) Rampant corruption in Turkmenistan pervades all levels of society. Its root causes include high unemployment, a general lack of civic pride, an unresponsive and incompetent bureaucracy and long-standing societal acceptance of bribery as a way to get better service or advance personally [...]	2006-07-07 05:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EFIN ENRG TX PGOV INV SOCI ZK
06ASHGABAT741	AVIAN INFLUENZA: TURKMENISTAN NEUTRAL ON [...] (U) ON JULY 3 THE EMBASSY RECEIVED A DIPLOMATIC NOTE FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) IN RESPONSE TO THE EMBASSY'S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN'S CURRENT RESTRICTIONS ON POULTRY IMPORTS. THE FOREIGN MINISTRY REPORTED THAT THE STATE EPIDEMIOLOGICA [...]	2006-07-13 06:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KFLU TX
06ASHGABAT856	PETRONAS POSSIBLY LOOKING TO EXPAND ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) Judging by insights provided by the U.S. firm Transocean, the Malaysian Oil Giant Petronas is both consolidating and looking to expand its activities in Turkmenistan. Transocean has drilled four commercially viable wells for Petronas in offshore Block 1 in the Caspian Sea. After the dis [...]	2006-08-10 13:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET MY TX
06ASHGABAT884	VINTAGE -- BUT SUBDUED -- NIYAZOV ON TRANS-CASPIAN [...] (C) During an August 14 two-hour meeting with SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Steven Mann, Turkmenistan's President Niyazov expressed interest in multiple gas pipelines but failed to endorse the practical steps involved. Niyazov supported a new trans)Caspian line, but stated [...]	2006-08-18 10:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET ETRD IR KZ PGOV PREL RS TX
06ASHGABAT905	EXPANSION PLANS FOR TURKMENISTAN'S NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Petronas subcontractor Bertling Logistics confirmed reftel plans for Petronas to lay two natural gas pipelines from Block 1 to supply a new onshore gas facility in Gyanly, north of the Caspian Sea city of Turkmenbashy. U.K.'s Burren Energy has approached Turkmenistan officials regarding t [...]	2006-08-25 09:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL TX
06ASHGABAT906	KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) Kazakhstani Ambassador to Turkmenistan Murat Atanov told Charge on August 21 that Foreign Minister Tokayev is scheduled to visit Ashgabat August 31. According to Atanov, Tokayev's mission will be to "thaw the ice" of Kazakhstan's relations with Turkmenistan. Atanov subsequently told Char [...]	2006-08-25 12:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ MNUC PHUM PREL TX ETRA
06ASHGABAT929	KAZAKHSTANI FM TOKAYEV IN ASHGABAT: GOOD NEWS FOR [...] (C) An August 30-31 visit by Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Tokayev to Ashgabat ended with an exchange of instruments on a five year-old agreement on delimitation and demarcation of the 400 KM land border between Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan. The two also agreed to improve transportation links b [...]	2006-09-01 14:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CH EPET KNNP KZ OSCE PREL TX
06ASHGABAT930	KAZAKHSTANIS IN ASHGABAT SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON [...] (C) Representatives of the Kazakhstani Embassy in Ashgabat gave mixed signals on Turkmenistan's readiness to sign a Central Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (CANWFZ) agreement in Kazakhstan on September 8 (reftels). Kazakhstani DCM Askar Tazhibayev told Charge on August 31 that Foreign Ministe [...]	2006-09-01 14:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KNNP PARM PREL UN KZ TX
06ASHGABAT942	TURKMENISTAN REFUSES TO MEET WITH P-3 AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) After five days of unsuccessful efforts by P-3 ambassadors to meet with Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashit Meredov, it is clear that the Government of Turkmenistan does not intend to engage with the P-3 on the Central Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (CANWFZ) treaty. The U [...]	2006-09-06 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MARR PARM PREL TX UN
06ASHGABAT948	TURKMENISTAN INTENDS TO SIGN CENTRAL ASIA NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On the sidelines of Tajikistan's September 7 National Day reception, Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov informed Charge that Turkmenistan intends to sign the Central Asia Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone treaty. Meredov provided neither further explanation nor a rationale for refusi [...]	2006-09-08 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MARR PARM PREL TX UN
06ASTANA	KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON CPC [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 06:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ASTANA146	CLEAN WATER PROGRAM GIVES KAZAKHSTANIS TASTE OF DEMOCRACY [...] Summary: On September 21, ESTH officer observed local water committee elections in the village of Bayanday (population 870),the seventh village to participate in the Clean Water Financing Program for Kazakhstan. The program, funded in part by the EPA, provides clean drinking water to small [...]	2006-09-26 14:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID KZ
06ASTANA147	KAZAKHSTAN'S "BONUS SCANDAL": PUBLIC COMPANIES IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The so-called "bonus scandal," in which President Nazarbayev lashed out against the exorbitant level of salaries paid to top executives at state-owned companies, has added to the mounting criticism of the government. The media has portrayed the affair as part of Nazarbayev's ef [...]	2006-09-27 12:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG KZ
06ASTANA149	AND THEN THERE WERE THREE: CUSTOMS UNION BETWEEN RUSSIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: In the view of Kazakhstani working-level Industry & Trade officials, the newly announced Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan customs union within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Community (EEC) is an acknowledgement of Ukraine's refusal to take part. While the creation of the cust [...]	2006-09-28 08:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KZ BO RS UZ UP
06ASTANA150	KAZAKHSTAN'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) The following data for Kazakhstan in 2005, provided by Lubov Khudova, representative of the Kazakhstani Association of Light Industry Enterprises, and sources from the National Statistics Agency, responds to the questions in reftel. -- Industrial production: $38.6 billion -- Total te [...]	2006-09-29 04:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX KZ
06ASTANA152	ASSESSING KAZAKHSTAN'S WATER NEEDS [...] Summary: Kazakhstan faces major challenges in the water sector. Recent GOK activities reflect an increasing awareness of the severity of the problem. Domestically, it created the "Water Supply Sector Program 2002-2010," a 115 billion tenge ($900 million) program intended to ensure a sustain [...]	2006-09-29 05:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID KZ
06ASTANA158	KAZAKHSTANI SURVEY TEAM IDENTIFIES PRIORITIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will focus on humanitarian assistance, participation in investment projects, and broadening commercial ties with Afghanistan, according to the Deputy Foreign Minister who led the recent survey team to Kabul and two northern provinces. As a regional leader, Kazakhstan [...]	2006-10-03 11:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV MARR NATO AF KZ
06ASTANA188	KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTER-NARCOTICS GOES UPTEMPO [...] Summary: Kazakhstan is increasing its anti-narcotics efforts in the capital and increasingly throughout the country. The "Astana - Drug-Free City" program was a key issue at the Security Council Session chaired by President Nazarabayev on September 20. The intensified counter-narcotics opera [...]	2006-10-18 10:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
06ASTANA204	KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON CPC [...] (C) Summary: In an October 18 meeting with Ambassador Ordway, ExxonMobil Country Manager David Willis described steps taken by his company to assert itself in the process of developing a Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) to carry Kashagan (and now possibly Tengiz) crude to market [...]	2006-10-19 06:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ASTANA21	KAZAKHSTAN'S CHIEF WTO ACCESSION NEGOTIATOR SPEAKS ON [...] (U) Summary: In a February 2 meeting, Deputy Trade Minister and Kazakhstan's chief WTO accession negotiator Zhanar Aitzhanova briefed Ambassador Ordway on the status of economic reforms tied to accession and the Ministry's current views on economic policy. End summary. WTO Accession [...]	2006-03-28 11:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KZ
06ASTANA22	PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CONVENES DEMOCRATIZATION COMMISSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 24, President Nazarbayev chaired the first meeting of the Democratization Commission in Astana. All registered political parties were invited to send representatives, except the recently-registered opposition party True Ak Zhol. Most opposition representatives did not atte [...]	2006-03-29 12:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PGOV KZ ZK
06ASTANA27	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIZATION COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 30, the Ambassador paid a courtesy call on State Secretary Oralbay Abdykarimov, who was recently named to run the new Democratization Commission ("the Commission") as deputy to President Nazarbayev. Abdykarimov, who will undertake the day-to-day operations of the commis [...]	2006-04-11 09:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE PINR KZ
06ASTANA280	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER KEEPS COURSE FOR 2009 [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, Foreign Minister Tokayev told Ambassador Ordway that the GOK would not accept the OSCE CiO compromise laid out in the October 4 USG "non paper." The existence of "pre-conditions" to the Kazakhstani chairmanship, he said, "would embarrass us." Tokayev informed the [...]	2006-10-24 07:34:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OSCE PREL PHUM PGOV KZ
06ASTANA283	KAZAKHSTAN A WORTHY STRATEGIC PARTNER - MEDIA COVERAGE ON NAZARBAYEV VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-24 08:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ
06ASTANA29	KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV OUTLINES PLAN TO MAKE KAZAKHSTAN ONE [...] (U) Summary: In his annual state of the nation address delivered on March 1, President Nazarbayev presented his "Strategy for Kazakhstan's being among - the world's 50 most competitive countries." In his introductory statement, he spoke of the key components of his vision: the market economy, [...]	2006-04-13 07:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV ENRG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE PINR
06ASTANA3	LEADING KAZAKHSTANI POLITICAL COMMENTATOR DIES [...] (SBU) Nurbulat Masonov, a well-known political commentator and one of the founders of Kazakhstan's International Bureau for Human Rights and the Rule of Law, died suddenly on October 5. Initial press reports indicate that Masonov died as a result of a severe reaction to a food allergen. Masono [...]	2006-10-06 13:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KZ
06ASTANA30	KAZAKHSTAN: UNHRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on April 11 to Almabek Demessinov, Head of the UN Section, Department of International Organizations and Security Issues of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Demessinov received the demarche, making note of the countries listed as not meeting acceptable human ri [...]	2006-04-15 10:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR PHUM PREL UNGA KZ
06ASTANA32	KAZAKHSTAN ENACTS LONG-AWAITED ANTI-TRAFFICKING AMENDMENTS [...] On March 2, President Nazarbayev signed into law a comprehensive set of anti-Trafficking in Persons amendments ("TIP amendments") drafted by an inclusive interagency anti-trafficking Working Group. The TIP amendments strengthen anti-trafficking provisions within the criminal code, the code o [...]	2006-04-19 05:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREL PREF PGOV
06ASTANA33	AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DISCUSS UPCOMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 18, Ambassador Ordway met with Minister of Internal Affairs Baurzhan Mukhamedzhanov to discuss the early May VIP visit and progress on bilateral counter-narcotics, anti-trafficking in persons, and security cooperation. Vice Minister of Internal Affairs Alek Shpekbayev [...]	2006-04-19 13:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR KZ
06ASTANA34	KAZAKHSTAN: ALGA LOSES SUIT AGAINST MOJ, PLANS APPEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 20, the Astana city court ruled against opposition movement Alga's lawsuit to overturn a decision by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) denying Alga's registration as a political party. Alga had claimed that the MOJ had erred in disqualifying at least a third of the signa [...]	2006-04-21 04:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KZ
06ASTANA35	KAZAKHSTAN REACTION TO NORTH KOREAN ANNOUNCEMENT: "YOU CAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Charge delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on October 10, taking the opportunity to thank Abdrakhmanov for the Government of Kazakhstan's (GOK) October 9 statement (paragraph 4) denouncing North Korea's announcement of a nuclear weapon test. [...]	2006-10-10 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KZ KN
06ASTANA351	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW TRANSPORT MINISTER FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) On October 30, Ambassador Ordway met the new Minister of Transport and Communications Serik Akhmetov. Akhmetov expressed an intention to continue developing transport infrastructure to capitalize on Kazakhstan's advantageous geographic position as a natural land bridge between China and [...]	2006-10-31 02:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAIR KZ
06ASTANA353	NEW HEALTH MINISTER CALLS FOR CONTINUED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In his introductory meeting with newly appointed Minister of Health Anatoliy Dernovoy, the Ambassador reaffirmed that close cooperation in the health sector remains an important Embassy priority. Dernovoy reacted positively, stating that he hopes for continued collaboration. De [...]	2006-10-31 03:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHIV PINR CASC TSPL KZ
06ASTANA368	KAZAKHSTAN: INL ANTI-TIP ROUND TABLE CALLS FOR SEIZURE OF [...] Summary: Post's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) program, in cooperation with International Organization for Migration (IOM),conducted a round table composed of NGO representatives and mid-level government officials from throughout Kazakhstan in Astana October 13 to discuss im [...]	2006-11-01 03:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PINS PGOV PHUM KCRM KZ
06ASTANA379	KAZAKHSTAN: ACCESS INDUSTRIES TO MANAGE EKIBASTUZ [...] (C) Summary: In August 2006, U.S.-based Access Industries assumed management control of Kazakhstan's 50% share of the 1000 MW Ekibastuz Gres II power plant, reportedly in return for financing plant upgrades and constructing one or two additional 500-600 MW generating units. (Russia's RAO UE [...]	2006-11-01 06:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ASTANA38	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES AIG AND TIP WITH JUSTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Zagipa Baliyeva on April 18 in Astana. Baliyeva announced that she had signed the AIG settlement agreement that afternoon and the Ministry of Finance was expected to arrange payment shortly. The Ambassador raised concerns about stat [...]	2006-04-24 03:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KDEM PGOV PREL SMIG KZ
06ASTANA395	KAZAKHSTAN CONDUCTS LOCAL "ELECTIONS" [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 20, Kazakhstan held local elections for 30% of the country's district and city level akims (mayors/county executives). The elections were conducted as part of the government's program to promote democratization. As the electoral process was tightly controlled by the [...]	2006-11-02 03:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KZ
06ASTANA42	KAZAKHSTAN: ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER MEETS WITH TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 5 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher and Elisabeth Millard of the NSC, Minister of SIPDIS Transport and Communications Mamin discussed the new $26 billion Transportation Strategy, ambitious plans for Air Astana, and ideas for infrastructure projects aimed t [...]	2006-05-10 16:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAIR KZ AF TI UZ KG TX ZK
06ASTANA43	KAZAKHSTAN: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 5 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher and Elisabeth Millard of the National Security SIPDIS Council, the Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Onalsyn Zhumabekov claimed the Commission is committed solidly to conducting free elections, and said he will [...]	2006-05-10 16:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
06ASTANA438	KAZAKHSTAN FOCUSED ON UNSCR 1718 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 11:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS KZ
06ASTANA439	UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 11:33:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KZ
06ASTANA44	KAZAKHSTAN: IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES [...] The Kazakhstani government has no policy to support the Arab League Boycott (ALB),and there are no laws requiring compliance with ALB or any other international boycott. Kazakhstan maintains full diplomatic relations with Israel, and instructed the Kazakhstani Embassy in Saudi Arabia not to [...]	2006-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KZ IS
06ASTANA45	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on May 17 to Almatbek Demesinov, Head of the UN division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Demesinov stated that MFA concurred with the USG position in principle but needed to consult with the Ministry of Health before issuing a concrete response. On Ma [...]	2006-05-24 05:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO KZ
06ASTANA456	KAZAKHSTAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY AT ITU [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche October 31 to Rizat Nurshabekov, Deputy Chairman of the Agency for Informatization and Communications. Nurshabekov was receptive to the message and said that Kazakhstan will support the U.S. election to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Council [...]	2006-11-03 11:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS ITU KZ
06ASTANA492	KAZAKHSTAN: NATIONAL OIL FUND MECHANISM CHANGED [...] (SBU) Summary: In July 2006, the government of Kazakhstan implemented a new mechanism governing contributions to the National Fund, altering the rules for state use of oil revenues. Under the new mechanism, all oil-sector revenues are steered directly to the National Fund and invested abroad, [...]	2006-11-07 10:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA495	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW CENTER-RIGHT "ATAMEKEN" PARTY HOLDS [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, the organizers of a new political party called "Atameken" (Fatherland) held their founding congress in Almaty. The party is styled as a center-right party committed to championing the middle class and small and medium-size entrepreneurs. Although presidential so [...]	2006-11-07 10:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KZ
06ASTANA50	KAZAKHSTAN: LIKELY TO SUPPORT RE-ELECTION OF UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 09:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA KZ PHUM
06ASTANA501	KAZAKHSTAN: 'THE TENGIZ BRAWL' HIGHLIGHTS UNDERLYING [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent fight between Turkish and Kazakhstani workers at the Tengiz oilfield involved over 400 people and has received widespread public attention. Despite isolated press reports that as many as a dozen Turkish workers were killed during the fight, our TengizChevroil (TCO) con [...]	2006-11-08 02:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ELAB PREL KZ TU
06ASTANA502	KAZAKHSTAN: ASSURANCES FOR RETURN OF KAZAKHSTANI [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan has agreed to the return of three citizens held at Guantanamo, and has provided written assurances regarding human rights and security issues. End summary. 2. (SBU) On November 7, Poloff met with Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov, Head of the MFA's Division of Europe and A [...]	2006-11-08 02:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ASTANA503	KAZAKHSTAN TO CONSIDER US POSITION ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (U) Pol Chief and Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Murat Tashibayev, director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Issues, on November 7. 2. (SBU) Tashibayev concurred that Kazakhstan and the U.S. would be most likely to find common ground on the resolution [...]	2006-11-08 06:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA UN CU KZ

06ASTANA508	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE, OCTOBER 31 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Khrunichev Center Wins Tender for Creation of Kazsat [...]	2006-11-08 09:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA51	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS [...] (SBU) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified and contains business-sensitive information. Not for Internet distribution. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This cable responds to Reftel request for input to the 2006 report on investment disputes and expropriation claims. 3. (SBU) Po [...]	2006-06-15 14:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE OPIC KZ
06ASTANA55	DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Astana Econoff, together with Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Sergey Kopeyko, delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on July 7. Econoff and Kopeyko jointly expressed hope that Astana will support the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. [...]	2006-07-11 12:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PINR PINS PTER KZ
06ASTANA561	KAZAKHSTAN SUBMITS START QUARTERLY COST LIST. [...] On 2 November 2006, DTRO Astana (DTRO-A) received the START Quarterly Cost List for the period of 1 July through 30 September 2006 from Lieutenant Colonel A. Aubakirov of the Ministry of Defense Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Support Center. 2. Unofficial Translation follow [...]	2006-11-13 06:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KTIA START KZ KREL KACT
06ASTANA563	KAZAKHSTANI GOVERNMENT REACTS TO HIV/AIDS SCANDAL [...] Summary: The HIV/AIDS scandal in Shymkent continues to receive high-level attention. On October 9, President Nazarbayev instructed Umurzak Shukeyev, the new Akim of the Southern Kazakhstan Oblast (SKO),to provide all necessary treatment to the 78 children infected with HIV as a result of cont [...]	2006-11-13 09:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KHIV KZ
06ASTANA567	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER [...] This is the first in a series of bi-weekly roundup cables on political developments in Almaty, Kazakhstan's "southern capital." The series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition following the Embassy's move to Astana. Items were drawn prim [...]	2006-11-14 02:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KZ
06ASTANA569	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] The Kazakhstan EXBS Program office completed its move across town from the interim Embassy Branch Office to the New Embassy Compound in October and is now fully operational, with brand-new computers and a beautiful new office space. 2. Andrew Offenbacher concluded his tenure with the EXBS P [...]	2006-11-14 02:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ASTANA573	KAZAKHSTANI PRESIDENT DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND [...] (C) Summary: In a 45-minute discussion following the dedication of the new embassy in Astana, President Nazarbayev expressed frustration with the misguided policies of Uzbek president Karimov, pledged Kazakhstani investment in Afghanistan, warned against any precipitous withdrawal of U.S. tro [...]	2006-11-15 01:53:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV AF IZ KZ
06ASTANA580	KAZAKHSTAN: AES UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON IPO, [...] (C) Summary: AES's Dale Perry briefed the Ambassador on November 7 on AES's preparations for an IPO of its regulated Kazakhstani assets; the company's efforts to buy three CHP (combined heat/power) plants in Omsk, Russia; and several avenues of possible cooperation with Samruk, Kazakhstan's ho [...]	2006-11-15 11:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL RS
06ASTANA585	KAZAKHSTAN: ANOTHER OPPOSITION LEADER FACES [...] (C) Summary: The Financial Police have launched a series of civil and criminal charges against popular opposition leader Bulat Abilov related to an investment fund that he founded in the 1990s. Abilov, who faces up to ten years in prison, believes that the prosecution is politically motivate [...]	2006-11-16 11:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KZ
06ASTANA590	KAZAKHSTAN: 2006-2007 INSCR, PART I [...] In response to reftel instructions, the text of Part 1 of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) for Kazakhstan follows. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. In 2006, Kazakhstan significantly increased counter-drug operations. President Nazarbayev declared a nati [...]	2006-11-17 06:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
06ASTANA591	KAZAKHSTAN: 2006-2007 INSCR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] In response to reftel instructions, the text of Part II of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Kazakhstan, with its developed and modern banking system, has beco [...]	2006-11-17 06:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM KCOR KTFN KZ
06ASTANA605	KAZAKHSTANI POSITIONS AT ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY [...] (SBU) In response to diplomatic notes prepared according to reftel instructions, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed the Embassy on November 7 that Kazakhstan would support the U.S. candidacy to the International Telecommunications Union Council (ITU) at the ITU Plenipot [...]	2006-11-20 09:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS ITU KZ
06ASTANA607	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA WILL PUSH FOR ACTION ON CWC, BWC [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA International Security Section Advisor Kayrat Sarzhanov on November 16. Sarzhanov stated that the GOK understands the necessity of implementing measures to uphold its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention. Other agencies have caused dela [...]	2006-11-20 09:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC KZ
06ASTANA629	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, NOVEMBER 20 [...] This is the second in a series of bi-weekly roundup cables on political developments in Almaty, Kazakhstan's "southern capital." The series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition following the Embassy's move to Astana. Items were drawn pri [...]	2006-11-21 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KZ
06ASTANA631	PARLIAMENTARY HEARINGS ON KAZAKHSTAN'S WTO ACCESSION [...] Summary: Kazakhstan's Parliament held an Open Hearing on WTO Accession on October 20, in which key ministers summarized outstanding WTO issues and outlined the potential benefits and drawbacks of WTO accession. Both the ministers and parliamentarians passionately defended Kazakhstan's agricu [...]	2006-11-22 01:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO PREL KZ
06ASTANA651	KAZAKHSTAN: AUTHORITIES EXECUTE SURPRISE DEMOLITION OF HARE [...] (U) Summary: On the afternoon of November 21, local officials in the Karasai district near Almaty blockaded a Hare Krishna commune, forcibly evicted residents from their homes, seized their personal possessions, beat and arrested several Hare Krishna followers, and demolished 13 homes. Karas [...]	2006-11-24 02:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KZ
06ASTANA668	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev in Astana, the Ambassador proposed policy discussions on the permanent disposition of BN-350 spent fuel, expressed disappointment at Kazakhstan's voting record in the Third Committee, and offered expanded trainin [...]	2006-11-27 04:24:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PARM PHUM PREL PTER AF KZ
06ASTANA669	KAZAKHSTAN: INITIAL INTEREST IN GPOI [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel points and fact sheet to Murat Tashibayev, director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Security Issues, on November 2. Olzhas Togyzbayev from the Security Affairs office also participated in the meeting. Tashibayev expressed interest [...]	2006-11-27 05:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO MARR MASS KZ
06ASTANA689	KAZAKHSTAN: DEFACTO DELAY IN AML LAW? [...] Summary: Enactment of an extension of the Property Legalization Law until April 1, 2007 is likely to create similar delay in the enactment of the anti-money laundering (AML) and counter terrorism financing law currently under consideration in the Kazakhstani Mazhilis (lower house of parliament) [...]	2006-11-29 09:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
06ASTANA712	KAZAKHSTANI OPPOSITION FIGURES SKEPTICAL ON [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Ambassador on November 27, opposition figures Galymzhan Zhakiyanov and Zharmakhan Tuyakbay stated that they do not expect near-term political reforms in Kazakhstan. Neither could predict whether President Nazarbayev will alter Kazakhstan's current po [...]	2006-12-01 12:09:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ
06ASTANA721	AVIAN INFLUENZA CONFERENCE AIMS TO STRENGTHEN CENTRAL [...] Summary: On December 4-6 in Almaty, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID),through its partners the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Winrock International, will hold a regional conference on technical aspects of Avian Influenza surveillance. Th [...]	2006-12-04 01:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR TBIO KFLU KZ
06ASTANA737	TENGIZ UPDATE: RIOT DELAYS PRODUCTION INCREASE [...] (C) Summary: TengizChevrOil (TCO) General Director Todd Levy told DCM on November 27 that the October 20 riot at Kazakhstan's Tengiz oil field (Ref A) -- and the subsequent exodus of site workers -- would likely delay "second generation" Tengiz production from 4-6 months, until year-end 2007. [...]	2006-12-06 02:55:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA738	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: ConocoPhillips (CP) Executive Vice President Bill Berry told the Ambassador on the morning of December 1 that rival Shell had recently approached CP with a proposal to split the offshore "N" Block. CP had declined the offer, Berry said, pending an anticipated meeting with Kazakhs [...]	2006-12-06 07:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BTIO ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA78	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program Advisor Larry Adkins concluded his temporary duty assignment with EXBS Astana on October 2. Larry's numerous and invaluable contributions to the EXBS office during his two-month-plus sojourn in Kazakhstan are highly appreciated. [...]	2006-10-13 11:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ASTANA781	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Michael Seguin, new Kazakhstan EXBS Advisor, completed turnover of the EXBS program office from outgoing Advisor Andrew Offenbacher. A thorough review of program priorities, the diplomatic landscape in Kazakhstan and appropriate posture to take with government agencies, and initiatives, was di [...]	2006-12-07 01:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ASTANA795	KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION ON RETURN OF DETAINEES [...] (S) On December 5, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the proposed return of three Kazakhstani detainees to Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department. Saginkhanov appeared surprised at the proposed mid-December time frame. Saginkhanov said that he would send the information up t [...]	2006-12-08 01:44:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ASTANA814	KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO RECEIVE DETAINEES IN DECEMBER [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Kazakhstani government has agreed to accept the return of its citizens from Guantanamo in December, and wants the transfer to take place in Almaty rather than Astana as proposed by the U.S. The MFA maintains that the KNB insists on receiving records of interrogations of t [...]	2006-12-11 12:45:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PHUM PINS KZ
06ASTANA816	KAZAKHSTAN: TERRORIST LIST [...] In response to reftel, post submits the following list of banned terrorist organizations in Kazakhstan: Al-Qaida, Islamic Party of Eastern Turkistan, Kurdish People's Congress, Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, Asbat al-Ansar, Muslim Brotherhood, Taliban Movement, Boz Gurd, Jamaat of Central Asia [...]	2006-12-11 16:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN KVPR PREL KZ
06ASTANA817	KAZAKHSTAN: PETROKAZAKHSTAN LEGAL CASE WINDS DOWN [...] (C) Summary: On November 14, an Almaty district court convicted three expatriate former executives (two AmCits) of PetroKazakhstan (PK) of criminal violations of Kazakhstan's anti-monopoly law. The judge simultaneously granted the defendants amnesty and lifted a travel ban that had been in p [...]	2006-12-12 04:07:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ CASC
06ASTANA82	ENVIRONMENT MINISTER DENIES THREATS, NOT PROBLEM [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 25 meeting with ESTH officer, Minister of Environmental Protection Nurlan Iskakov claimed that Tenghizchevroil has committed "systematic" environmental violations. He denied, however, that he raised the possibility of revoking Tenghizchevroil's license for violation [...]	2006-08-29 10:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA824	KAZAKHSTAN: PREPARING FOR FUTURE ROUND OF OFFSHORE [...] (C) Summary: In early 2006, the Government of Kazakhstan granted a small geophysical company, Caspian Veritas LLP, exclusive rights to acquire seismic data over the entire "open" (unassigned) acreage of the Kazakhstani sector of the Caspian Sea. The company -- and at least one major prospect [...]	2006-12-12 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA847	DELIVERY OF REQUEST FOR KAZAKHSTANI RESPONSE ON JOINT [...] (SBU) On December 1, DTRO-A delivered reftel request for statement to COL Aubakirov from the Astana office of the Kazakhstani MOD Treaty Verification Agency. COL Aubakirov had no immediate comments, but promised that the GOK will deliver an official answer to the USG via diplomatic note. COL Au [...]	2006-12-15 02:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM JCIC START KZ KACT PREL
06ASTANA88	KAZAKHSTAN: INL QUARTERLY REPORT [...] Summary: INL conducted activities in anti-money laundering, border security, anti-trafficking, crime statistics, and counter-narcotics through the calendar quarter that ended September 30. Also during this period, Ambassador Ordway and MVD Minister Mukhamedzhanov signed the FY2005/2006 ALOA [...]	2006-10-15 14:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
06ASTANA882	KAZAKHSTAN WILL PARTICIPATE IN UAE/UN GLOBAL ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) On December 15, INL Officer delivered reftel points to Daniyar Erikovich Aimambetov of the International Organizations and Security Issues Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). A copy of the points was left as a non-paper. 2. (SBU) Aimambetov had no questions about the [...]	2006-12-15 11:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PHUM KZ
06ASTANA885	KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY OF GICNT INFORMATION [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglazov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed reftel information to Kairat Sarzhanov of the MFA's international security section on December 14. 2. (SBU) Sarzhanov indicated that the GOK would carefully consider the proposed plan of work and o [...]	2006-12-17 09:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR KGIC MCAP PINS PTER KNNP KZ
06ASTANA889	Kazakhstan: Economy Minister Comments on Tengiz Brawl [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Economy Minister Musin identified the inadequacy of Kazakh workers' wages as a key contributor to the recent "Tengiz brawl." Even though an oil company might allocate funds for a decent wage, Musin explained, by the time a contractor [...]	2006-12-20 03:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA891	KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Summary: In accordance with Ref A, this telegram provides updated data on Kazakhstan's compliance with international norms on the prevention of the worst forms of child labor. This cable updates Refs B and C. This information is provided to assist in the determination of Kazakhstan's con [...]	2006-12-20 06:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID KZ
06ASTANA899	KAZAKHSTAN: SAMRUK'S NEW BOARD CHAIRMAN DEALS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 8, Sir Richard Harry Evans, the newly appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Samruk State Holding Company, discussed with the Ambassador his uphill battle in establishing proper corporate oversight over the Samruk companies, working with the GOK, and plan [...]	2006-12-20 11:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ENRG EAIR ETRD EPET KZ
06ASTANA90	KAZAKHSTAN: CANADIAN OIL COMPANY WEATHERS LEGAL [...] (C) Summary: The Canada-based "NationsEnergy" oil company, whose Kazakhstani subsidiary, "Karazhambasmunai JV" (KBM),owns a 50,000 barrel per day oil field, recently won an appeal in Kazakhstani court against an individual claiming nearly 50% of KBM by virtue of a dispute with former Nations [...]	2006-10-16 08:56:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ CA
06ASTANA900	Kazakhstan: Economy Minister Comments on Tengiz Brawl [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Economy Minister Musin identified the inadequacy of Kazakh workers' wages as a key contributor to the recent "Tengiz brawl." Even though an oil company might allocate funds for a decent wage, Musin explained, by the time a contractor [...]	2006-12-21 01:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA901	KAZAKHSTAN: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Included is Post's submission for the 2006 Annual Terrorism Report for Kazakhstan, as well as point of contact information as requested in reftel. 2. Embassy point of contact is: Douglas Monk +7(3172) 70-24-79 monkd@state.gov 3. Note: Post requests that the term "Kazakhstani" not b [...]	2006-12-21 01:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KRCM EFIN KHLS KPAO KZ
06ASTANA903	KAZAKHSTAN: NO PROGRESS IN HARE KRISHNA SITUATION [...] (SBU) Summary: There has been no progress in resolving the dispute surrounding the Hare Krishna community near Almaty, where 13 homes were demolished on November 21. On November 26, legal proceedings were launched against an additional five homes. Despite assurances by the Foreign Minister t [...]	2006-12-21 07:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KZ
06ASTANA919	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, DECEMBER 2006 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Opposition Journalist on Trial ------------------------------ 2. On November 23, the Bos [...]	2006-12-22 05:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KZ
06ASTANA924	KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSFER OF THREE DETAINEES [...] (S) On December 16, three Kazakhstani detainees were transfered to the custody of Kazakhstan. Poloff and Embassy Astana DAO officer met with Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department at the Almaty international airport to facilitate the transfer. Five individuals who declined to [...]	2006-12-26 01:37:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ASTANA927	KAZAKHSTAN: SALE OF NATIONS ENERGY -- TO BE OR NOT TO BE? [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 09:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA934	CHINA - KAZAKHSTAN: WILL WATER DAMPEN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan, already coping with its shrinking water sources, now faces a new challenge as a result of western China's rapid development. Two of Kazakhstan's primary water sources, the Ili and Irtysh rivers, begin in China, and China has already admitted to the Kazakhstanis that [...]	2006-12-26 10:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL KZ
06ASTANA966	KAZAKHSTAN READY FOR BN-350 TALKS [...] (SBU) Almaz Tulebayev, Director of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Department of Nuclear Energy and International Affairs, told Pol-Econ Chief on December 22 that Kazakhstan is prepared to hold talks on the final disposition of BN-350 spent fuel on or after January 20. Acco [...]	2006-12-28 09:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MNUC PARM KNNP KZ
06ASTANA973	KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY OF IRAN DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1737 [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief conveyed reftel demarche to Daniyar Sarekenov of the MFA's Middle East division on December 28. 2. (SBU) Sarekenov expressed appreciation for the non-paper and text of the resolution, which he said the MFA had not yet received through normal channels. He stated that the M [...]	2006-12-28 11:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC KNNP IR KZ
06ATHENS131	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-17 14:19:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR
06ATHENS2078	SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY CONFERENCE EXAMINES [...] (C) Summary: Gazprom's growing stranglehold on European energy supplies, particularly in the area of natural gas, has the potential to reduce these countries' diplomatic freedom of movement in support of U.S. diplomatic goals. Improving these countries' energy security and diversity of supply [...]	2006-08-09 04:54:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
06ATHENS572	GREECE PART 1: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. SUMMARY: Greece has made signific [...]	2006-03-01 05:01:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR TIP
06BAKU1010	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY ENVOY MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matthew J. Bryza and Turkish MFA Special Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Elshad Nasirov, Vice President (marketing) of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) on June 7 to discuss development of a new "Southern Corridor" to help Europe diversify gas supplies [...]	2006-07-12 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET EFIN PREL KZ RU TR
06BAKU1011	A NEW ENERGY AGENDA: EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 6, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and Turkish Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to discuss a new partnership on energy issues, particularly on bringing Azerbaijani gas to Europe. Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that Az [...]	2006-07-12 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL AJ KZ RU TR
06BAKU1012	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY ENVOY MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matthew J. Bryza and Turkish Special Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Rovnag Abdullayev, President of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) on June 7 to discuss the southern gas corridor proposal. Abdullayev said Azerbaijan is grateful for U.S. support over [...]	2006-07-12 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET EFIN AJ KZ RU TR
06BAKU1042	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her July 11 introductory meeting with Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov, Ambassador Derse raised the importance of WTO accession, the GOAJ's transparency and anticorruption efforts and the importance of non-oil sector development and effective management of oil revenues. She [...]	2006-07-17 12:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET PREL AJ IR RU
06BAKU1144	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH STATE BORDER SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador, State Border Services (SBS) Commander Guliyev described regional conflict as the main source of tensions along Azerbaijan,s land borders and said narcotics trafficking and illegal migration are also a problem. He highlighted the USG-SB [...]	2006-08-03 07:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EAID RU IR AJ KZ TX
06BAKU1176	AZERBAIJAN: RAISING THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE AND PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) It is strongly in the U.S. interest of securing Azerbaijan as a reliable regional and global partner on critical U.S. interests, including security, energy and human rights, to support economic reform as an essential part of our broad [...]	2006-08-10 07:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID AJ IR RU
06BAKU1198	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S AUGUST 20-22 VISIT [...] (U) Chairman Lugar, on behalf of Ambassador Derse who looks forward to greeting you on arrival, I warmly welcome you to Baku next week. President Aliyev's April 28 meeting with President Bush at the White House was a resounding success in advancing the bilateral relationship, and the relations [...]	2006-08-14 05:16:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON EAID MARR AJ
06BAKU1247	CHAIRMAN LUGAR AND ENERGY EXECUTIVES DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman Lugar held a breakfast roundtable with international energy executives August 21 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as an international energy provider, the challenges facing the country as oil revenues increase and the GOAJ grapples with sustainable development. The ex [...]	2006-08-22 12:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG AJ IR RU KZ
06BAKU1406	PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS DEFENSE ISSUES, REAFFIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James MacDougall, President Aliyev affirmed his commitment to a strong bilateral relationship. Aliyev emphasized that the key points of cooperation "particularly the energy spher [...]	2006-09-26 10:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AMGT ABLD KZ AJ
06BAKU1407	FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES STRONG U.S.-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed the strength of U.S.-Azerbaijan relations and the Government of Azerbaijan's steady progress on democratic reform. Mammadyarov praised [...]	2006-09-26 12:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ
06BAKU1410	OSD DASD MACDOUGALL'S SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Abiyev affirmed the importance of close cooperation with the US and NATO in a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James MacDougall. MacDougall raised the importance of Azerbaijan formally notifying NATO ab [...]	2006-09-27 08:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KZ AJ
06BAKU1472	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ENERGY AND GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov October 2 to discuss Azerbaijan's expanding role as an international energy supplier and to press Minister Sharifov to begin discussions with the Government of [...]	2006-10-11 04:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PREL AJ RU IR TU
06BAKU1473	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE OIL FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHAHMAR MOVSUMOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her September 29 introductory call on State Oil Fund Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov, the Ambassador stressed the critical role the Oil Fund plays in maintaining macroeconomic stability and in providing a long-term savings vehicle for the Azerbaijani people. Movsumov br [...]	2006-10-11 05:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PINR EAID AJ
06BAKU1531	WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner October 15 with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, representatives from four international financial institutions agreed that economic reform was critical for Azerbaijan's future and that the WTO accession process could advance the [...]	2006-10-20 06:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL AJ ETRD
06BAKU1582	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES U.S.-AJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting with a visiting German Marshall Fund delegation that included six Congressional staff, President Aliyev applauded U.S.-Azerbaijani relations as "developing very successfully" across many areas, and "entering a new phase." Underscoring that Azerbaijan is a [...]	2006-10-31 13:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD ECON GG RU IR AJ
06BAKU1656	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a November 6 meeting with Ambassador, the Chairman of the State Social Protection Fund (SPF) Salim Muslumov briefed the Ambassador on Azerbaijan's reformed pension system and the SPF's efforts to provide greater pension benefits to citizens from Azerbaijan's new oil wealth, as [...]	2006-11-14 13:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PREL AJ
06BAKU1710	AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON ENERGY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a late October 2006 meeting, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov reiterated that Azerbaijan seeks a step-by-step solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and wants Armenia to share in the economic integration and prosperity of the south Caucasus. Mammadyarov characterized Russia [...]	2006-11-24 13:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV UNGA EAID ENRG AM UAM IR AJ
06BAKU1754	AZERBAIJAN: GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR ON PM NOGHAIDELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan the November 30 visit of PM Noghaideli to Baku was "very positive," and highlighted Georgia's and Azerbaijan's shared strategic vision on energy security and on seeking European markets for Caspian energy. In the meeting between [...]	2006-12-01 16:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG AJ PREL PGOV
06BAKU1771	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON UPCOMING GAS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Please see Paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told the Ambassador on December 5 that he expected the December 8 Trilateral meeting of Energy Ministers in Tbilisi to "clarify" whether Turkey was willing to help Georgia with its winter gas problems. He said Azerbaijan [...]	2006-12-05 15:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GA PGOV PREL TU AJ
06BAKU1836	PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (C) Summary. In response to the Ambassador's and Polish Ambassador Krajewski's joint PSI demarche (reftel),Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov said the GOAJ politically and morally supports PSI, but it has not officially agreed to the Statement o [...]	2006-12-20 11:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP IR RS AM AJ
06BAKU1842	AZERBAIJAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Summary: Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States on counterterrorism predates the September 11, 2001 attacks and the waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act in January 2002. Over the past five years, the GOAJ has continued to step up its efforts to combat terrorist fina [...]	2006-12-21 10:51:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR AJ KAPO
06BAKU1845	INITIAL AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO TURKMENBASHI'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOAJ and local Azerbaijani observers are still digesting the news of Turkmen President Niyazov's death, but believe Niyazov,s death could create an opportunity to improve the traditionally poor relationship between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Azerbaijani commentators believ [...]	2006-12-21 13:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET PBTS IR TX AJ
06BAKU234	AZERBAIJANI FM MEETS WITH CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met February 13 with leaders from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Mammadyarov characterized Azerbaijan's relations with the United States as a "strategic partnership" and said that Azerbaijan wants [...]	2006-02-15 13:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AM ENRG IR IS KZ PREL RU
06BAKU249	AZERBAIJAN IN 2006 LOOKS TO SOLIDIFY ITSELF AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline scheduled for late May and the South Caucasus Pipeline scheduled for October, Azerbaijan in 2006 looks to solidify itself as a regional energy hub and energy provider to foreign markets, including Europe. Over the next [...]	2006-02-17 06:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU309	AZERBAIJAN 2006 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) As per reftel, paragraph 3 below begins Embassy Baku's submission on status of action the GOAJ has taken on combating human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) In preparing this report, Post has undertaken extensive contacts with international organizations, [...]	2006-02-28 08:52:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PREF PGOV PHUM KFRD ASEC ELAB
06BAKU327	BEYOND BTC - AZERBAIJAN SEEKS FURTHER ROLE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Azerbaijan's MFA, in cooperation with State Oil Company SOCAR, sponsored a "High-Level Meeting on the Issues of Energy Security of Europe" on February 24. Representatives of several European countries, the European Commission, and Iran attended. Although the subject matter was no [...]	2006-03-01 13:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR RU IR
06BAKU333	BP BUILDS PICTURE OF SPLIT GOAJ ON OIL TRANSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his February 28 meeting with Ambassador and the British Ambassador, BP Azerbaijan senior executive David Woodward reported that the South Caucasus gas pipeline project (SCP) is continuing on schedule and the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline (BTC) should remain on schedule as wel [...]	2006-03-02 14:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR
06BAKU368	STATUS OF THE KASHAGAN-BTC IGA -- THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. International energy companies in Baku believe Azerbaijan is holding out for better terms in the draft Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) with Kazakhstan over trans-Caspian oil transport. Parliament Deputy Speaker Valekh Alasgarov appears to be leading the charge for President A [...]	2006-03-07 12:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ KZ
06BAKU369	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 13-14 TRIP TO [...] (S) Summary: We warmly welcome your March 13-14 visit and view it as much-needed opportunity to engage the highest levels of the GOAJ. Azerbaijan could play a critical role in advancing U.S. interests in energy security and a useful one in the resolution of the nuclear threat posed by Iran. [...]	2006-03-07 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG MARR KDEM PHUM IR RU AM AJ
06BAKU411	ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING AZERBAIJANI STYLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ilham Aliyev is the lead economic and political decision-maker in Azeraijan. Aliyev, however, makes most economic polcy decisions relying upon a small close group ofbusiness contacts and trusted government ministers. High-level economic decision-making in Azerbaijan re [...]	2006-03-16 11:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU412	EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried and Ambassador Harnish discussed the importance of strengthening Azerbaijan,s economic and financial development with Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev on March 14. Babayev told Fried that his job is to make Azerbaijan stronger economically and that h [...]	2006-03-16 11:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EFIN PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU431	EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR A/S Fried discussed the role of the Caspian in European energy security with GOAJ, BP, TOTAL, Statoil and ConocoPhillips officials in Baku on March 14. The consensus opinion was that Caspian energy resources, particularly natural gas, could play an important role in meeting f [...]	2006-03-21 13:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR TX
06BAKU450	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives from energy sector companies operating in Azerbaijan discussed the Barmek crisis, Caucasus gas needs, changes in pipeline security agencies, trans-Caspian oil transport and offshore gas development at the Ambassador,s March Energy Forum. Participants reported tha [...]	2006-03-23 10:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG AJ RU KZ
06BAKU454	REQUEST FOR U.S. REPRESENTATION AT JUNE 6-9 [...] The Thirteenth Annual Caspian Oil and Gas Show (COGS) will be held on June 6-9, 2006, here in Baku. COGS has traditionally been the largest oil and gas show in the region, attracting thousands of attendees. COGS 2005 hosted 331 exhibitors from 29 countries including a dozen major U.S. firms [...]	2006-03-23 13:16:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EPET ENRG ECON AJ
06BAKU511	AMBASSADOR AND STATOIL DISCUSS SHAH DENIZ PHASE II [...] (C) SUMMARY: Statoil executives briefed the Ambassador March 29 on the challenges facing the international energy companies and the GOAJ as Shah Deniz Phase II (Phase II will increase annual gas production by 18-20 bcma) moves forward. International companies want to pool their gas with the GO [...]	2006-04-04 09:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG PREL PGOV KZ AJ
06BAKU512	AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR [...] On March 27 post received a request for Human Rights Vetting approval for members of the Ministry of Interiors participation in a Senior Level Leadership Training Course. The participants would attend the Senior Level Leadership Training Course in Baku, 17-28 April 2006. The participants are [...]	2006-04-04 09:18:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MARR MASS AJ
06BAKU536	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE'S APRIL 12-14 VISIT TO [...] (U) Chairman Kolbe, I warmly welcome you and Congressman Garrett to Baku next week. This visit will be a superb opportunity to deliver a strong message of support for political and economic reform, and to enhance further our strong security cooperation with Azerbaijan. Your visit comes at a p [...]	2006-04-07 09:22:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEN ECON EAID MARR AJ
06BAKU540	PRESIDENT ALIYEV N ENERGY SECURITY, TRANSCASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with S/P Director Krasner and EUR DAS Bryza, President Aliyev said he looked forward to further development of Azerbaijan's gas reserves and creation of a new TransCaspian pipeline to export Central Asian gas to European markets as an important "second stage [...]	2006-04-07 11:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KDEM AJ
06BAKU541	IRAN JAMMING AZERBAIJANI TV SIGNALS [...] (SBU) The owners of independent ANS TV (by far the most independent channel in Azerbaijan) told PAO that Iran has been jamming its broadcasts in southern Azerbaijan for months. The owners said that ANS had switched frequencies once or twice but the Iranians, with much more powerful transmitt [...]	2006-04-07 13:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PROP ECPS IR AJ
06BAKU581	AZERBAIJAN: S/P DIRECTOR AND EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 3 meeting, S/P Director Stephen Krasner discussed macroeconomic development and prudent oil revenue management with Minister of Economic Development Babayev and Minister of Finance Alakbarov. Babayev and Alakbarov stressed to Krasner that the GOAJ was aware of the da [...]	2006-04-17 04:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL PGOV AJ KZ
06BAKU582	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 3 visit to Azerbaijan, EUR DAS Bryza heard GOAJ interest in a possible "Southern Corridor" of gas pipelines to export gas from Azerbaijan, and perhaps Central Asia through a trans-Caspian gas pipeline (TCP),via Georgia and Turkey to help Europe diversify its gas s [...]	2006-04-17 07:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KZ TU TX AJ
06BAKU602	AZERBAIJAN: FINANCE MINISTER REPLACED BY OIL FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev dismissed April 18 Finance Minister Avaz Alakbarov and appointed Oil Fund Executive Director Samir Sharifov as the new Finance Minister. A successor for Sharifov at the critically important Oil Fund was not announced, leaving a key institution w [...]	2006-04-19 12:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR AJ
06BAKU624	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a wide-ranging discussion on the eve of Ambassador's departure from post, Azerbaijan Energy Minister Natik Aliyev argued for a trans-Caspian gas pipeline bringing natural gas from both Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan through Azerbaijan to European markets. Aliyev also expressed mi [...]	2006-04-24 04:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PGOV EPET KZ PINR PREL TX
06BAKU651	AZERBAIJANI VIEWS OF THE KAZAKHSTAN-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Conversations with senior Azerbaijani official Samir Sharifov and SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nasirov reveal that the GOAJ is pushing for a focused and non-ambiguous Inter-Governmental Agreement for oil transport from Kazakhstan. Sharifov, somewhat mistrustful of Kazakhstan, wan [...]	2006-05-01 02:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ
06BAKU659	STATOIL EXECUTIVES ON SCP COMPLETION AND FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Statoil executives in Baku cautioned about on-time completion of the South Caspian Pipeline (SCP) and expressed concern about conditions in both Azerbaijan and Turkey that could be obstacles to further large-scale energy projects. SOCAR has requested that its share of Shah Deniz [...]	2006-05-01 12:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ
06BAKU663	CONOCO-PHILLIPS VIEWS OF THE KAZAKHSTAN-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. ConocoPhillips executives believe the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan IGA for trans-Caspian oil transport must be signed this year if the needed maritime infrastructure is to be ready by the time the oil flows, although they concede the deadline may be more flexible. Major issues for Conoc [...]	2006-05-02 12:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BAKU684	PRESIDENT ALIYEV "VERY SATISFIED" WITH VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, President Aliyev said he was "very satisfied" with his U.S. visit, especially his meeting with President Bush. The comprehensive agenda reflected the "real partnership" between the U.S and Azerbaijan, and laid the groundwork for an expanded relationship. He [...]	2006-05-05 17:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD EPET KDEM PINR AJ
06BAKU685	PRESIDENT ALIYEV "VERY SATISFIED" WITH VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 meeting, President Aliyev said he was "very satisfied" with his U.S. visit, especially his meeting with President Bush. The comprehensive agenda reflected the "real partnership" between the U.S and Azerbaijan, and laid the groundwork for an expanded relationship. He [...]	2006-05-05 17:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD KDEM PINR AJ

06BAKU704	ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT IN BAKU [...] (C) Summary: Leaders from Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan descended on Baku for the Ninth Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit on May 5. Iranian President Ahmadinejad's participation in the summit attracted much a [...]	2006-05-12 09:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG EAID IR AJ
06BAKU715	MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEKS MORE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Department's Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and Charge met May 4 with Azerbaijani Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev. Babayev expressed a strong interest in purchasing U.S. products and having more U.S. products, [...]	2006-05-15 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD KDEM PINR AJ
06BAKU722	LATEST ROUND OF AZERBAIJAN-KAZAKHSTAN IGA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ConocoPhillips Russia/Caspian Transportation Manager John Dabbar and executive Steven Beck briefed Energy Officer May 6 on the just-concluded round of negotiations over the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for trans-Caspian oil transport. While "double ta [...]	2006-05-17 10:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BAKU734	PRESIDENT ALIYEV TO ATTEND KIEV GUAM SUMMIT; GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev will attend the GUAM Summit in Kiev, according to his foreign policy advisor, Novruz Mammadov. Mammadov believes Ukraine will use the summit to stake out a leadership role in the region. Russia, he believes, sees GUAM as a rival to the CIS and will try to lever [...]	2006-05-18 13:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS ECIN AJ GG UP MD
06BAKU736	EXPORTING GAS: EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge and EB/CBA Special Representative Frank Mermoud met May 5 with Elshad Nasirov, Vice President of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR). Nasirov argued that Kazakhstan is unhappy with Gazprom and is looking at alternate methods to get its gas to world markets. Nasirov o [...]	2006-05-19 06:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ RU TR
06BAKU742	NEW KAZAKHSTAN DRAFT OF AZERBAIJAN-KAZAKHSTAN IGA [...] (C) On May 19, John Dabbar of ConocoPhillips informed Energy Officer of recentdevelopments in the negotiations over the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for cross-Caspian oil transport. Dabbar said that Kairgeldy Kabyldin of KazMunaiGaz has been removed from his positio [...]	2006-05-19 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BAKU769	BP OFFICIALS ON FUTURE TRENDS IN THE EAST-WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 17, BP Azerbaijan Associate President David Woodward and BP Executive Vice President Andy Inglis briefed Charge and British Ambassador on recent developments in Caspian energy projects. BP has reached closure with BOTAS on a deal for BTC completion. Woodward and Inglis fe [...]	2006-05-30 03:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PGOV AJ KZ
06BAKU828	EB/CBA SPECIAL REP FRANK MERMOUD ATTENDS FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives from McDermott Caspian Construction, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Statoil and BP participated in the Charge's Energy Forum with Frank Mermoud on May 4. Many pointed out that while they want to do further projects in Azerbaijan, working levels of the GOAJ and SOCAR [...]	2006-06-06 10:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PINR AJ KZ
06BAKU829	EB/CBA SPECIAL REP FRANK MERMOUD MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 4, EB/CBA Special Representative Frank Mermoud and Charge met with Natik Aliyev, Minister of Energy and Industry. Aliyev discussed the importance of BTC expansion and progress on the BTC and SCP energy export projects. On the domestic side, he said that Turkish energy di [...]	2006-06-06 10:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PINR AJ
06BAKU858	EUR DAS BRYZA AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev June 6 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as energy supplier, its regional relations and Nagorno-Karabakh. Aliyev expressed strong and unambiguous support for the U.S. "Southern Corridor" Strategy to help Europe di [...]	2006-06-12 12:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AJ AM
06BAKU947	BP JUNE UPDATE ON EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his regular brief for Charge and British Ambassador, AIOC President David Woodward noted rising production in the ACG field and the first tanker lifting of BTC-delivered oil from Ceyhan. The gala ceremonies officially opening BTC in Ceyhan will take place July 12-13 and the G [...]	2006-06-27 14:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ KZ IR
06BAKU948	BAKU ENERGY COMMUNITY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Views in Baku of the Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on trans-Caspian oil recently signed in Almaty are positive if unenthusiastic. John Dabbar of ConocoPhillips considers the IGA to be "not that bad," as it includes "nothing hugely detrimental" to the project. A [...]	2006-06-27 14:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BAKU992	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 4 introductory call, Prime Minister Rasizade urged the U.S. to consider the root causes of terrorism. The Ambassador responded that U.S. policy focuses on eliminating terrorism by giving people hope in the future, and urged Azerbaijan, as Chair of the [...]	2006-07-11 08:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON KISL IR AJ
06BAKU996	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's introductory calls, executives from BP and other international energy companies operating in Azerbaijan painted a complex picture of fragmented leadership within Azerbaijan's energy sector, indecision within the GOAJ over whether to move forward on new energy p [...]	2006-07-11 12:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL PINR RU AJ
06BEIJING11758	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SCO SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) The United States is gravely concerned over the participation, even as an observer, by Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism, in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit to be held in Shanghai June 15, the Ambassador stressed to SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang on June 9. The [...]	2006-06-10 06:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CH IR KZ RS
06BEIJING11932	AFM LI HUI PREVIEWS SCO SUMMIT, COMMENTS ON U.S. [...] The Chinese Government is currently investigating reports received from the U.S. Embassy on increased risks to U.S. citizens in China and will do its utmost to safeguard diplomatic personnel and facilities, MFA Spokesperson Liu Jianchao stated during a special June 12 press briefing on the Ju [...]	2006-06-12 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PINL ASEC CH KG KZ
06BEIJING14635	JULY 12 G-8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA SUPPORTS [...] President Hu Jintao will lead China's delegation to the G-8 Outreach Meeting July 16-17 in St. Petersburg, according to Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. The meeting will be a dialogue between the G-8 and leaders from six developing countries: China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico [...]	2006-07-12 10:22:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CH KN IS
06BEIJING16162	CHINESE TELL BOUCHER STABILITY, SECURITY AND GOOD [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, academics, and oil industry professionals told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard A. Boucher during his July 30 ? August 2 visit to China that stability and security are China's foreign policy goals in the Central and Sou [...]	2006-08-07 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XD XK CH
06BEIJING18680	SEPTEMBER 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the September 5 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China continues to support the Six-Party Talks and remains dedicated to the goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. -- China believes the Six-Party Talks, not sanctions, is the most effective way to resolve the nuc [...]	2006-09-05 10:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CH KN
06BEIJING19030	China Pushes SCO Economic Agenda at Western China [...] (SBU) Sumary: Zhang Deguang, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),exhorted his central Asian counterparts at a September 2 event in Urumqi to quickly conclude three key economic agreements on customs, transportation and protection of foreign investment. These ar [...]	2006-09-08 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK
06BEIJING23353	SCHOLARS SAY SCO EXPANSION, IRANIAN MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) Chinese scholars say that by 2007 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) could be in a position to accept new permanent and observer members and will further establish a framework to address economic development, good governance and energy issues in Central Asia. Iran could become a [...]	2006-11-02 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PTER ZK RS CH IR
06BEIJING23549	CHINA/CENTRAL ASIA - URUMQI HIGH LEVEL FORUM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the fourth session of the Central, West and South Asia Regional Economic Cooperation High- Level Forum held in Urumqi, Xinjiang on September 2, 2006, participants effused about the future of regional cooperation and economic integration. The Executive Director of the Sunbr [...]	2006-11-06 23:20:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD PREL PTER EFIN CH ZK RS TU PK
06BEIJING24302	SCO CHIEF DISCUSSES IRAN, MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] (C) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has "no current plans" for expansion or to allow observers, including Iran, to become full members, SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang told the Ambassador December 4. Zhang denied reports that the SCO and some non-SCO former Soviet repu [...]	2006-12-05 07:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG ZK IR CH RS
06BEIJING24470	DECEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The Six-Party Talks will resume on December 18 with the Joint Statement of September 19, 2005 forming the basis for negotiations. -- Trade issues with the United States can be resolved through dialogue and China has worked in "ea [...]	2006-12-12 11:31:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ECON KN IS AJ CD CA CI LO KZ CH
06BEIJING24539	DECEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 14 MFA Press Conference were: -- China believes patience, compromise and mutual trust building are required during the Six-Party Talks. -- Human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng's trial will take place in accordance with Chinese law. -- China rejects criticism that [...]	2006-12-14 13:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CH
06BEIJING24739	DECEMBER 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the December 21 MFA Press Conference were: --At the Six-Party Talks, bilateral meetings between the six parties will be held today. China is willing to draft a statement for this round of the Six-Party Talks if all parties can reach consensus. The statement would include den [...]	2006-12-21 13:02:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM MNUC KN KS IN JA CH
06BEIJING6530	APRIL 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NO PLANS FOR HAMAS [...] Key points made at the April 6 MFA press briefing are as follows: - There are no plans for Palestinian FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar to visit China. - VFM Wu Dawei will travel to Tokyo to meet with the other heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations, but will not attend the NEACD. - China hopes [...]	2006-04-06 11:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH JP
06BEIJING8117	PRC/SCO: MFA DISCUSSES SCO MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] (C) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) recent decision to conduct a joint counterterrorism exercise in Russia in 2007 is based largely on the experience of the 2005 China-Russia military exercise, but no regular mechanism for joint military drills has so far been established, accor [...]	2006-04-29 02:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CH KG UZ KZ
06BEIJING9673	SCO: MFA, SCO SECRETARIAT AND RUSSIAN EMBASSY [...] (C) Senior Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) official Du Wei, who serves as Assistant to SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang, expressed understanding of U.S. concerns regarding the possibility of statements critical of the U.S. presence in Central Asia being issued at the June SCO Summi [...]	2006-05-19 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR RS CH KZ TI UZ
06BERLIN3354	DAS KRAMER'S VISIT TO BERLIN, NOVEMBER 17 [...] (C) (Summary) National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen, MFA Political Director Michael Schaefer, and other senior German officials discussed Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia, and Belarus in meetings with DAS Kramer who visited Berlin on November 17. Schaefer and Heusgen argued that we s [...]	2006-11-22 16:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GM RU UP MD GG
06BERLIN3402	ENGAGING WITH THE GERMANS ON THEIR EU CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) (Summary) Germany has made engagement with Central Asia a top priority for its upcoming EU presidency. The Germans hope to strengthen regional cooperation in Central Asia, expand the region's economic options, increase cooperation on energy, promote the rule of law, and expand contacts b [...]	2006-11-30 15:52:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZKGM EU GM
06BISHKEK1196	BOUCHER AND BAKIYEV: BOTH PLEDGING TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 11 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Affairs Richard Boucher, SIPDIS President Bakiyev turned straight to investment issues, urging U.S. involvement in major hydro-electric projects. Surprising everyone with an about-face, Bakiyev said that the [...]	2006-08-16 06:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL ENRG EINV MARR KG
06BISHKEK1383	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT OUTLINES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Kyrgyz President Bakiyev presented his national development strategy to the assembled parliament, diplomatic corps and other dignitaries on September 28. Speaking in Kyrgyz, he stressed the need for all branches and levels of government to work together to attract foreign inv [...]	2006-09-28 12:05:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV KG
06BISHKEK1417	AN IFTAR IN OSH: A TRIP TO SOUTHERN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 28-29, the Ambassador traveled to Osh, Kyrgyzstan's second city, and met with government officials, NGO and political party representatives, and journalists. The Ambassador toured the newly renovated Drug Control Agency regional headquarters, and she met with part [...]	2006-10-05 14:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
06BISHKEK1487	KYRGYZSTAN: DAS FEIGENBAUM'S MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Ambassador Yovanovitch met with Foreign Minister Alimbek Jekshenkulov October 17 in Bishkek. DAS Feigenbaum stressed our multi-dimensional commitment to Central Asia and to Kyrgyzstan. He said that a difficult period over the summer had raised questi [...]	2006-10-23 06:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KG
06BISHKEK1568	AES AND KYRGYZSTAN SIGN MEMORANDUM ON ELECTRIC [...] (U) In a brief November 6 signing ceremony attended by the Ambassador, Kyrgyz Prime Minister Felix Kulov and AES Silk Road President Dale Perry initialed a memorandum of understanding regarding the construction of 500 kilovolt electric transmission lines linking Kyrgyzstan to both Kazakhstan [...]	2006-11-07 10:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL KG
06BISHKEK1571	KYRGYZSTAN PROTEST "DE-ESCALATING" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on November 7, opposition and pro-government parliamentarians reached agreement on a draft of a new constitution that reportedly strengthens the role of the parliament. This latest draft follows the submission of proposed amendments to the constitution by President Bakiyev [...]	2006-11-08 13:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ASEC KG
06BISHKEK1588	KYRGYZ WELCOME REGIONAL ELECTRICITY INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During the October 30-31 visit of SCA Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch and SCA RAO Leo Gallagher to Bishkek, Kyrgyz officials expressed support for developing infrastructure to export electricity, reform of the power sector and foreign investment in the Kyrgyz energy sector. However [...]	2006-11-13 03:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL KG
06BISHKEK1604	KYRGYZSTAN: 2006-2007 INSCR, PART II, FINANCIAL [...] (U) No report was published for Kyrgyzstan in last year's International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. This is a new report for Kyrgyzstan. Embassy point of contact for this report is Resident Legal Advisor Irfan Saeed, e-mail: SaeedIA@stat [...]	2006-11-14 11:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN KTFN PGOV KG
06BISHKEK1792	KYRGYZ BUNDLE GAS, POWER AND WATER WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kyrgyz-Uzbek negotiators agreed on a $100 per thousand cubic meter rate for Uzbek natural gas for 2007, nearly doubling the current price. In response, the Kyrgyz government announced a 44% hike in natural gas rates for consumers to absorb the price increase. In a related deal [...]	2006-12-21 07:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL KG
06BISHKEK385	KYRGYZ JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE (OR THE LACK THEREOF) [...] (SBU) Summary: The issue of judicial independence in the Kyrgyz Republic continues to be problematic, with the judiciary little more than a tool of the executive branch. Even with the ouster of President Akayev in March 2005 and the guarded optimism that judicial reforms might follow, little [...]	2006-03-23 05:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PGOV KMDR KG
06BISHKEK457	BISHKEK SCENESETTER FOR SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Ambassador Boucher, thank you for your willingness to come to Bishkek. Your visit comes as Kyrgyzstan still struggles to make sense of last year's Tulip Revolution. Although the government declared March 24 a national holiday ) "People's Revolution Day" ) and staged a Soviet-style milita [...]	2006-04-05 12:33:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KCOR KCRM EINV KG
06BISHKEK504	GOVERNMENT STICKING TO PARTY LINE ON BAISALOV [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with Ambassador Yovanovitch to discuss the April 12 attack on civil society leader Edil Baisalov, government officials largely stuck to the party line, calling the assault "an unfortunate incident" [...]	2006-04-17 10:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR KG
06BRASILIA339	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 70 [...] The following is number 70 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and healh news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do n [...]	2006-02-15 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRATISLAVA895	SLOVAK AID: MORE BUREAUCRACY, LESS DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Slovak MFA is preparing to consolidate management and program authority over Slovakia's foreign aid budget before the end of 2006. Full MFA control over development assistance may help the GOS consolidate its aid programs and establish longer-term programs that better meet [...]	2006-11-06 15:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL ECON LO
06BRUSSELS1128	CENTRAL ASIA: LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ADD SUBSTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are both trying to add "more substance" to their respective relationships with the EU by broaching the idea of extending the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) to their countries. Kyrgyzstan plans to propose a draft Action Plan, similar to those the EU n [...]	2006-04-03 09:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZK EAID ENRG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS2647	BELGIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS FUND SEVERAL POSITIVE [...] (U) Summary. The Belgian Council of Ministers meeting held July 20 approved and provided budgetary allowances for several economic, political and military initiatives. Of particular interest were a C-130 for Afghanistan, a NATO mine clearing operation in the Baltics, and continued participatio [...]	2006-08-01 13:19:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AF BE CG EAID EN KZ MARR MAS MOPS PBTS PGOV
06BRUSSELS2925	DEMARCHE ON KAZAKHSTAN'S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP BID [...] (C) Poloff met with Marc Michielsen, Policy Director for the MFA's OSCE Chairmanship Unit, to relay reftel points on Kazakhstan's 2009 OSCE Chairmanship bid. Michielsen said Belgium planned to "take the temperature" of EU nations on Kazakhstan's bid over the next couple of months. As CiO, B [...]	2006-08-29 14:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE BE
06BRUSSELS3109	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FM DE GUCHT ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 12, Belgian FM De Gucht reiterated Belgian intentions to fulfill pledges of more forces for Afghanistan, adding that he would get the details worked out with the Socialist coalition partners after local elections October 8. He also s [...]	2006-09-14 15:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR OSCE AF IR BE
06BRUSSELS731	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA, [...] (C) Summary: In U.S.-EU COEST Troika consultations on Caucasus and Central Asia on February 23, EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed with EU officials how to change the dynamic of discussions on South Ossetia. Echoing an EU Presidency statement on February 21, EU representatives agreed that the inte [...]	2006-03-06 08:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG AM AJ TX KZ TI KG USEU BRUSSELS
06BUCHAREST1653	ROMANIA AND U.S. ON SAME WAVELENGTH - DAS BRYZA AT [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza visited Bucharest October 26 to participate in a conference on Regional Energy Cooperation jointly sponsored by the Romanian Presidency, the U.S. and German Embassies, and the George C. Marshall Center ) Romania. In this forum and in earlier meetings [...]	2006-10-30 15:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RO
06DAMASCUS3121	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Kazakhstan, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting with Yar Mohammed Aritsayiev, Kazakh Minister of Information and Culture, which focused on bilateral relations of cooperation, and prospects of boosting them in the economic, cultural, and social spheres. Papers also reported Pres [...]	2006-06-26 13:16:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DUBAI566	UZBEK CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Uzbekistan's Consul General in Dubai, Bakhityor Madaev, discussed with PolEconoff January 23 Trafficking in Persons and related issues. He reported that Uzbekistan prosecutes traffickers and restricts travel of single women to the UAE, but that Neighboring states are used as mean [...]	2006-02-07 09:09:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SOCI KCRM ECON PHUM TC UZ KZ KG
06DUSHANBE1176	TAJIKISTAN: RUSSIA AND CHINA INTERESTED IN RESULTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: "So the United States plans to invest a billion dollars in Tajik hydropower this year?" asked Zheng Wei, political officer at the Chinese Embassy in Dushanbe. As a result of local press coverage of the U.S.-sponsored energy conference in Istanbul, Chinese and Russian diplomats [...]	2006-06-26 06:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV EAID RS CH TI
06DUSHANBE1420	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT RAHMONOV [...] (C) During the Ambassador's 90-minute one-on-one farewell call with President Rahmonov July 19, the President spoke without notes, because, we learned later, he had not expected a working meeting. President Foreign Policy Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloyev told us, "Generally, ambassadors come to sa [...]	2006-07-24 08:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PROP ECON EINV ENRG MARR KDEM IR
06DUSHANBE1423	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON TAJIK FM TALBAK NAZAROV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his July 17 official farewell call on Tajik Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov, the Ambassador summed up the progress in the U.S.-Tajik relationship over the past three years, including increased border assistance, a new U.S. Embassy and U.S. involvement in hydropower and infra [...]	2006-07-25 11:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR KDEM IR RS TI
06DUSHANBE1425	NDI NOT GETTING THE ANSWERS THEY WANT FROM TAJIK GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov and Deputy Minister of Justice Sharipova, National Democratic Institute (NDI) representatives pressed the Tajik government to register the organization and issue a visa for an American staff member to manage the Dushanbe office. [...]	2006-07-25 11:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE1436	RUSSIAN MILITARY NEWSPAPER ASSERTS MOSCOW'S RIGHT [...] SUMMARY: A seminal July 25 analytical article in Russia's official military newspaper asserts Russia's right to dominate Central Asia and to prevent the United States and NATO - "[Russia's] traditional geopolitical rivals" - from any sort of further military presence in the region. The artic [...]	2006-07-27 17:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PROP ECON MARR RS ZK
06DUSHANBE1440	RUSSIAN MILITARY NEWSPAPER ASSERTS MOSCOW'S RIGHT [...] SUMMARY: A seminal July 25 analytical article in Russia's official military newspaper asserts Russia's right to dominate Central Asia and to prevent the United States and NATO - "[Russia's] traditional geopolitical rivals" - from any sort of further military presence in the region. The artic [...]	2006-07-28 09:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PROP ECON MARR RS ZK
06DUSHANBE1442	PRESIDENT KARZAI WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIAN INTENTIONS IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai invited the Ambassador for a private one-hour breakfast at the Presidential Guest House in Dushanbe before returning to Kabul July 28. After a 20-minute one-on-one, Karzai invited his foreign minister and two other advisers to join. WHAT'S RUSSIA UP [...]	2006-07-28 10:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR RS AF IR TI
06DUSHANBE1545	WIIL ROGUN EVER GET BUILT? TAJIKISTAN AND RUSAL ENGAGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Is RusAl on the verge of abandoning Rogun, or merely posturing to hasten its acquisition of Tajik state-owned aluminum smelter TadAZ? In the past week, Tajik and regional news agencies have published several articles on Rogun and other Russian-Tajik investments, questioning the [...]	2006-08-11 06:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1593	TAJIK FM NAZAROV'S MEETING WITH DAS EVAN FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tan and relaxed from his trip to the EurAsEC meeting in Sochi, Tajikistan's Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov told Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum August 18 that U.S- Tajik bilateral relations were based on trust, and hoped the next phase would focus on economic assista [...]	2006-08-21 12:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1594	REGIONAL INTEGRATION: TAJIKISTAN'S FIRST PRIVATE-PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pamir Energy, Tajikistan's first private-public energy joint venture, manages at best 40% cost recovery and faces a local government that refuses to enforce collection. In a theatrical August 19 site visit with cameras rolling and an audience including Deputy Assistant Secretar [...]	2006-08-21 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF
06DUSHANBE1641	IMF TO TAJIKISTAN: LOOKING A BIT DEBT-HEAVY, AREN'T WE? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concerns over Tajikistan's accepting $637 million in debt from China, but feels confident the Tajik government still supports economic reforms. During a donor briefing the IMF reported inflation in Tajikistan exceeded expectations due to [...]	2006-09-05 06:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1650	CHINESE MAKING BIG FOOTPRINT ON TAJIKISTAN'S INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With $637 million in low-interest credits for roads, a tunnel and high voltage transmission lines, China has positioned itself as Tajikistan's biggest and fastest-moving foreign investor. By funding key infrastructure projects, China seeks to strengthen its ties with Tajikistan [...]	2006-09-05 11:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN ENRG TI CH
06DUSHANBE1655	TAJIKISTAN: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On September 4, just one business day after arriving at post, Ambassador Jacobson presented her credentials to Tajik President Emomoli Rahmonov. Rahmonov thanked the United States for its support of counter terrorism and counter narcotics efforts and said he looked forward to [...]	2006-09-06 13:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID SNAR KDEM PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1661	TAJIKISTAN CONSIDERS NUCLEAR FREE ZONE TREATY "OPEN AND [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Yatimov said that Tajikistan had not made a final decision about signing the Central Asian Nuclear Weapons Free Zone (CANWFZ) agreement in Kazakhstan September 8, and that they regarded the treaty as "open." In a 90-minute meeting with DCM and PolOff September 6 ( [...]	2006-09-07 10:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR KNNP UN TI
06DUSHANBE1717	TAJIKISTAN - AN OCEAN OF IRONY: ABUNDANT WATER IN A [...] (U) SUMMARY: Water gushes down the mountains of Tajikistan, the most water-rich country in Central Asia. Yet people lack clean drinking water, utilities are poorly managed, and poor irrigation hinders agricultural development. There exists tremendous potential for hydropower development fo [...]	2006-09-15 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SENV TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1718	CHINESE PRIME MINISTER BRINGS GOOD FORTUNE TO SCO TALKSIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fifth session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization heads of government began September 15 in Dushanbe to a flourish of publicity. High-level representatives from China, Russia, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, observers from India, Iran, Pakistan, and Mongoli [...]	2006-09-15 13:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EAID TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1726	DUSHANBE SCO CONFERENCE - MOVING BEYOND SECURITY INTO [...] SUMMARY: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) focused on economic and energy cooperation in its Dushanbe meetings September 15-16. The six member countries issued a joint communique affirming their intention to further cooperate in economic, trade, scientific, technological, social, cu [...]	2006-09-20 12:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EFIN ENRG EAID TBIO TI
06DUSHANBE1844	VROOM! VROOM! CAR SHOPPING IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's automotive imports reached $177.4 million for the first eight months of 2006, a 300% jump from the previous year, according to GosKomStat. Despite high gasoline prices and massive shipping costs, Tajikistan's "nouveau riche" enjoys spending its wealth on high-priced [...]	2006-10-10 05:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ELTN EINV EIND ELAB PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE1908	DON'T DRINK THE BOTTLED WATER, EITHER: THREE TAJIK [...] (U) INTRODUCTION: EmbOffs met October 13 with representatives of three companies in Hissor, located 25 minutes west of Dushanbe. On the railway line from Uzbekistan to Dushanbe, Hissor is a key wholesale trading area, with construction materials, gas, wheat flour, canned food, and water bo [...]	2006-10-18 07:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE195	FRAUD SUMMARY - TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Tajikistan, independent since the Soviet breakup in 1991, is the poorest Central Asian republic and the ninth poorest country per capita in the world. The vast majority of the population lives well below the poverty line, inducing many working-age Tajik males to bec [...]	2006-01-30 11:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TI
06DUSHANBE2017	SUPERMARKET SWEEP - THE NEW LOOK OF GROCERIES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A TAJIK-DUTCH JOINT VENTURE HAS CREATED THE FIRST WESTERN-STYLE SUPERMARKET CHAIN IN TAJIKISTAN, "ORIMA," FEATURING HUNDREDS OF IMPORTED PRODUCTS AIMED AT THE LOCAL MARKET. UTILIZING A SERIES OF EXCLUSIVE PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION PAGE 2 RUEWMFS2017 UNCLAS DUSHANBE 002017 SIPDI [...]	2006-11-02 17:03:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV EIND ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE2019	DUSHANBE ELECTRICITY CONFERENCE PRODUCES MEMORANDUM OF [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan moved three steps closer to establishing a regional transmission system and electricity market at the Second Central and South Asia regional electricity market conference. During the October 26-28 conference in Dushanbe, [...]	2006-11-03 07:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF KG PK
06DUSHANBE2044	POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO RAHMONOV'S WIN [...] (U) Tajik president Emomali Rahmonov won 79.3 percent of the vote in the November 6 election. Although his popularity is genuine among the people, opposition parties remain vocal in criticizing the election and will continue to express dissatisfaction with the current president and call him [...]	2006-11-08 13:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE2219	TRADING PLACES: TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET OF OLD HANDS WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a few exceptions, Tajik President Rahmonov's post-election appointments simply shuffled loyalists and favorites into different positions, further concentrating power in the hands of those from his home region of Kulob. Instead of naming new, younger officials or educated tech [...]	2006-12-14 13:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM TI AF
06DUSHANBE2247	THE FUTURE OF TAJIK COTTON - ANYTHING BUT LIGHT AND FLUFFY [...] (U) Summary: Despite the ailing cotton sector's debt-ridden farms and declining harvest, cotton remains Tajikistan's most important export and biggest crop. International donors have joined forces, backing major projects to reinvigorate the sector. The Government of Tajikistan, the National [...]	2006-12-22 14:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EAID ELAB PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE239	THE CIS NEEDS A CNN RUSSIAN-LANGUAGE SERVICE [...] (C) This message is Central Asia specific, but it is relevant to the other countries of the former Soviet Union, including Russia, as the other U.S. ambassadors to CIS countries agreed during a January 4 meeting in the Department with U/S Burns. 2. (C) Russia is increasingly flexing its p [...]	2006-02-06 04:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PROP KDEM KPAO RS ZK
06DUSHANBE272	TAJIKISTAN: MURKY BUSINESS AND GEO-POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two meetings with U.S. businessmen on February 9, a reliable CEO passed along the rumor that the largest cell-phone and Internet company in Tajikistan, Babilon-T, is founded on drug money and may sooner or later be bought by Moscow's Sistema-MTS. A less reliable U.S. interlo [...]	2006-02-10 05:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV ENRG SNAR RS TI
06DUSHANBE326	HYDROPOWER 101: A GUIDE TO TAJIKISTAN'S PROSPECTS, PROJECTS, [...] (U) Tajikistan's mountains and rivers provide it an estimated four percent of the world's hydropower resources. The Tajik government has no shortage of promises and offers to help develop this natural resource, and is currently balancing competing interests and priorities to maximize the fina [...]	2006-02-21 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ECON PREL TI AF
06DUSHANBE397	TAJIKISTAN'S 2005-2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Dushanbe's 2005-2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. Post's lettering system matches reftel's. OVERVIEW OF TAJIKISTAN'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. Tajikistan is an origin country for trafficking. International trafficking for the purposes [...]	2006-02-28 14:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC
06DUSHANBE482	TAJIKISTAN: IMF SEES ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) Tajikistan Country Director Carlos Pinerua gave an upbeat assessment of Tajikistan's economy but remained concerned about regulatory hurdles and lack of diversification for continued growth. Pinerua painted a positive picture [...]	2006-03-13 13:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EAGR ETRD ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE489	KAZAKHSTAN LOOKING, BUT NOT JUMPING INTO TAJIK ENERGY [...] (C) Kazakhstan is not yet serious about the Tajik energy sector. Deputy Energy Minister Akhram Suleimanov told PolOff that despite a press release quoting the Kazakhstani Ambassador to Tajikistan saying Kazakhstan might invest in Sangtuda I, "Sangtuda is for the Russians only." Suleimanov o [...]	2006-03-14 08:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON RS CH KZ TI
06DUSHANBE493	TAJIKISTAN'S MOI WITH AES ON POWER TRANSMISSION LINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post received the following letter from the Minister of Energy regarding Tajik government cooperation with AES, including the nine-page Memorandum of Intent for the "construction of a 220kV transmission line connecting the energy systems of Tajikistan and Afghanistan." The l [...]	2006-03-14 13:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON RS TI AF
06DUSHANBE502	EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS ON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a read-out of his just-concluded meeting with President Rahmonov, EU Special Representative for Central Asia Kubis said that a calm and confident Rahmonov undertook to improve (to a degree) Tajik elections, reasserted his unreserved willingness to support coalition efforts in [...]	2006-03-15 12:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON KDEM RS IR UZ AF TI
06DUSHANBE509	DUSHANBE HOSTS INAUGURAL SCA REGIONAL REPORTING OFFICERS [...] Embassy Dushanbe hosted the first-ever reporting officers conference for Central and South Asia March 10-11 to discuss challenges of reporting in the age of transformational diplomacy and to identify emerging trends in crosscutting issues. Officers from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrg [...]	2006-03-16 14:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KPAO RS CH IR AF ZK KG TI
06DUSHANBE576	CORRUPTION, TAJIK STYLE: "WE PAY FOR EVERYTHING BUT THE AIR [...] (SBU) During EmbOff's March visit to southwestern agrarian Farkhar district, Mahmadali Hakimov, head of "Zamin," a successful conglomerate with businesses in farming, textiles, construction, banking, and hotels, philosophized about the high price of doing business in Tajikistan. "We pay for e [...]	2006-03-30 12:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE587	ONE STEP AHEAD OF CRISIS: UNHCR'S UZBEK REFUGEE CONTINGENCY [...] UNHCR Tajikistan summoned international donors and related refugee organizations March 30 to discuss the full gamut of refugee issues in Tajikistan, including the need for contingency plans in the event of a mass refugee influx following internal disorder in Uzbekistan. Post also sees a need [...]	2006-04-03 10:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF UZ KZ TI
06DUSHANBE698	TAJIKISTAN'S TRANSPORTATION SECTOR: BY PLANE, TRAIN, OR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Improving Tajikistan's air, rail, and road transportation network supports Secretary Rice's Infrastructure Integration Initiative for Greater Central Asia. Creating a cohesive transportation network passable throughout the year decreases transportation costs and promotes trade th [...]	2006-04-13 10:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EAID ELTN ETRD AF PK TI
06DUSHANBE781	TAJIK SECURITY SERVICES DETAIN NDI'S ACTING DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior officers detained National Democratic Institute (NDI) Acting Director Nurul Rahimbekov April 26 as he was attempting to board a domestic flight to Khujand to conduct a training program for political parties. Contacts in the Ministry of Security, which has ta [...]	2006-04-27 10:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE798	TAJIK FM SAYS NDI DETENTION AN ISSUE FOR KAZAKHSTAN, NOT US [...] (C) Foreign Minister Tabak Nazarov told the Ambassador April 28 the allegations against detained National Democratic Institute (NDI) Acting Director Nurul Rahimbekov were too "shameful" to discuss, but the Embassy of Kazakhstan, not the United States, must handle the situation (reftel). In a [...]	2006-04-28 11:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE801	TAJIKISTAN SCENE-SETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND [...] (SBU) Richard and Elisabeth, we are very grateful you are visiting Tajikistan. As you have quickly learned, Central Asia is not the easiest place for the United States to do business, especially since Russia has declared these countries its sphere of influence and is taking all sorts of measu [...]	2006-04-29 09:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SNAR KDEM KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE802	NEW ENERGY MINISTER, SAME ENERGY POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his third day on the job, Energy Minister Yorov reported Tajikistan's energy policy would continue to focus on attracting foreign investment for key infrastructure projects. He cited the reforms of the past five years, notably in improved fee collection, as evidence that Ta [...]	2006-05-02 11:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE827	TAJIKISTAN'S MOST ISLAMIC REGION FEELS MOST NEGLECTED [...] SUMMARY: Rasht Valley, one of Tajikistan's most isolated and devoutly Islamic districts, feels left behind. The economic boom evident elsewhere in Tajikistan has yet to reach this agricultural area. NGO and civil society leaders observe that while international organizations are active, mor [...]	2006-05-03 13:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID SOCI TI
06DUSHANBE835	TAJIK DEPUTY PM OUTLINES VISION FOR HYDROPOWER SECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Chinese have made the Tajiks an offer too good to refuse on a South-North transmission line project, according to Deputy Prime Minister Asadullo Ghulomov, many energy proje [...]	2006-05-04 17:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG AF TI
06DUSHANBE836	TAJIKISTAN: NDI IN WASHINGTON WANTS SHOWDOWN MEETING WITH [...] (U) National Democratic Institute (NDI) President Ken Wallach and the Ambassador spoke by telephone May 5. Wallach thanked the Ambassador and Embassy Dushanbe for continuous support and advocacy for NDI. 2. (C) Wallach said he had spoken by telephone with Nurul Rakhimbekov, NDI's former [...]	2006-05-05 09:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE858	SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MILLARD ESTABLISH SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and National Security Council Senior Adviser Elisabeth Millard met with President Emomali Rahmonov for nearly two hours on May 8 to discuss strengthening cooperation between Tajikistan and the United States i [...]	2006-05-10 06:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM KISL KPAO RS IR
06DUSHANBE861	TAJIKISTAN: NDI DEBRIEFS RAKHIMBEKOV ON HIS DETENTION, [...] (C) Embassy Dushanbe received the following memo dated May 5 from National Democratic Institute headquarters in Washington. Although it arrived via unclassified e-mail, we are sending it through the classified network because of the sensitivity of the information. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT: ND [...]	2006-05-10 09:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM TI
06DUSHANBE870	URGENT REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA NINE BELOW. 2. (S) ON MAY 11 AT 1800 LOCAL, GENERAL-COLONEL SAIDIMIR ZUHUROV, CHAIRMAN OF THE TAJIK STATE BORDER COMMITTEE, CALLED THE U.S. DEFENSE ATTACHE AND REQUESTED AN URGENT MEETING. GENERAL ZUHUROV TOLD THE DATT HE HAD A SERIOUS INTERNATIONA [...]	2006-05-11 16:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR RS TI

06DUSHANBE908	TAJIKISTAN: CN CONFERENCE WORKING GROUP'S RECOMMENDATIONS [...] The International Conference on Counter-Narcotics and the second Meeting of the Central and South Asia Counter Narcotics Security Working Group participants met May 15-17 in Tajikistan to deliberate and recommend best approaches to improved border cooperation to halt the flow of narcotics out [...]	2006-05-18 12:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR TI

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