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03USUNNEWYORK727	UN/IRAQ: NO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION; SUBDUED COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A SUBDUED SECURITY COUNCIL MET IN INFORMALS ON MARCH 17 TO RECEIVE WORD THAT THE U.S., UK, AND SPAIN HAD CHOSEN NOT TO BRING THEIR RESOLUTION TO A VOTE, BUT WOULD INSTEAD "RESERVE THEIR RIGHT TO TAKE THEIR OWN STEPS TO SECURE THE DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ." SYG ANNAN AND MOST COUNCIL M [...]	2003-03-17 22:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ

04ANKARA2839	AMBASSADORS EDELMAN AND WESTMACOTT'S MAY 18 [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Ambassador Edelman and UK Ambassador Westmacott, Turkish MFA U/S Ziyal and Deputy U/S Ilkin urged USUN and the UK UN delegation to stay in close touch with the Turkish delegation as the UNSC considered action after the SYG's report. The Turks expect a general [...]	2004-05-20 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA2857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-20 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2881	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-21 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2898	TURKS "NOT GETTING ANYWHERE" WITH RUSSIA ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman told us May 24 that the GOT expects no change in Russia's Cyprus policy, despite FM Gul's May 20 visit to Moscow. Gul went to Moscow with an OIC delegation but met one-on-one with FM Lavrov to discuss Cyprus. MFA U/S Ziyal told Ambassador Edelman [...]	2004-05-24 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA3130	CYPRUS FOLLOW-ON: U.S. AND UK AMBASSADORS' JUNE 4 [...] (C) Summary: Turks express reservations on two points in UNSYG's Cyprus good offices report but grudgingly agree the report is helpful. Turkey sees the Russians as unhelpful in the UNSC and seeks a UNSC outcome that does the most to end northern Cyprus' isolation -- probably a simple UNSC en [...]	2004-06-07 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CY TU
04ANKARA4946	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-01 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6845	PUTIN REPORTEDLY PROMISES RUSSIAN UNSC SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Putin promised Russian support for Turkey in the UNSC during meetings with Turkish President Sezer and PM Erdogan, according to Turkish MFA Cyprus Department Head Bilman. FM Lavrov tried to backpedal, but Putin said he would call UNSYG Annan to express Russian support for the G [...]	2004-12-10 06:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU
04ANKARA6887	PUTIN VISITS TURKEY: RUSSIA BIDS TO TURN TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Putin's visit demonstrated both Russia's assessment that Turkey is in play and the Turks' habit for mixing wishful thinking, barbarian handling, and a desire for (lucrative) attention. As of now, the visit appears not to have been the total breakthrough the Russians and some Turks [...]	2004-12-10 19:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS EPET ETRD TU
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
04BRUSSELS2610	EU UPDATE ON GEORGIA, MOLDOVA, UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. On June 17, EU High Rep Solana's advisor for the CIS, Kees Van Rij, reviewed developments in Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine with visiting Coordinator for Assistance to Europe and Eurasia Pascual. Van Rij gave a readout of EU High Rep Solana's meeting the day before with Georgian [...]	2004-06-18 12:13:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UP BO MD RS 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
04BRUSSELS4235	EUR PDAS BRADTKE'S SEPTEMBER 27 DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR PDAS Robert Bradtke covered a wide range of topics in meetings with the EU Political and Security Committee Troika and Director General Robert Cooper on September 27. The US and the EU voiced support for UNSCR 1564 regarding Darfur, and the EU sought consultations wit [...]	2004-10-01 15:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4629	EU-CIS RELATIONS: GROWING FRUSTRATION WITH MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During October 22 U.S.-EU Troika meeting on Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, EU officials told EUR DAS Tefft that diminishing expectations for the EU-Russia summit and disappointment over elections in Belarus were leading the EU to reconsider its policies toward both countri [...]	2004-10-27 09:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETTC RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4915	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: TWO-WEEK DELAY UNLIKELY TO BRIDGE DIFFERENCES [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 16:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BRUSSELS ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL RS USEU
04HELSINKI1604	FINNISH AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS DISCUSS ESTONIA, [...] (C) On December 22 Jarmo Viinanen, advisor to Finnish President Halonen, gave us a read-out on the December 14 meeting between Halonen and Russian President Putin. Viinanen confirmed that, as reported to Embassy Tallinn (reftel),Halonen had asked when Putin would sign border treaties with Est [...]	2004-12-29 14:17:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EN LG
04KUWAIT3984	KUWAIT SUPPORTS SECRETARY' POWELL'S INTERVENTION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador briefed FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed November 21 on developments on Iraqi issues in advance of the FM's departure for the Sharm Al Sheikh regional conference. The Ambassador secured GOK support for Secretary Powell's conference intervention and reconfirmed SIPDIS K [...]	2004-11-21 16:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID
04LJUBLJANA1107	SLOVENIA: FOMIN RUPEL AND USOSCE AMB MINIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 10 December meeting with COM and USOSCE Ambassador Stephan Minikes, FoMin Rupel set out Slovenian priorities for its OSCE CiO year, indicating a special interest in dealing with issues in Southeastern Europe. Discussion focused on Ukraine and on the need to engage the Russ [...]	2004-12-14 07:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SI OSCE RU
04NEWDELHI7733	PUTIN VISIT: FROM RUSSIA WITH TOUGH LOVE [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Vladimir Putin's December 3-5 visit to India did little to broaden their ties beyond defense, despite efforts by both sides to infuse the relationship with new momentum. Both leaders pressed their issues with Russia extracting a promise from India to sign a defe [...]	2004-12-07 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP MASS IN
04ROME2168	MFA OFFICIALS TELL A/S JONES ITALY WILL HELP PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 4 meeting over lunch on the margins of President Bush's Rome visit, MFA Political Director Giampiero Massolo told EUR A/S Jones that the draft UNSC Iraq resolution was "heading for a good result in a relatively short time," and Italy was doing all it could to help. [...]	2004-06-08 09:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IR SR AF EUN NATO IAEA IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME2853	RUSSIA/ITALY: LAVROV REASSURES FRATTINI ON UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During their July 15 meeting in Rome, FM Frattini and Russian FM Lavrov reviewed preparations for the annual Russia-Italy Summit, which will take place in Moscow "sometime in November." Frattini underlined Russia's need to "adopt western standards" concerning business regulations [...]	2004-07-22 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IT UNGA RU
04TELAVIV2470	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE2723	NETHERLANDS/EU/RUSSIA: SLOUCHING TOWARD THE SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Dutch EU Presidency, the October 19 EU-Russia troika made only limited progress toward finalizing agreements in the four "common spaces" preparation for the November 11 EU-Russia summit. Outstanding differences remain in the areas of external security (where the R [...]	2004-10-21 14:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER PGOV ECON NL RU
04VILNIUS1556	BALTS REPORT RUSSIAN CHARM OFFENSIVE [...] (C) Summary. Russia has launched a "charm offensive" towards the Baltic states that features new movement on bilateral relations, according to Lithuanian officials and Baltic diplomats here. Lithuanian interlocutors point to recent Russian initiatives on long-stalled issues such as bilateral [...]	2004-12-23 10:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS LH
04YEREVAN830	REAFFIRMING TIES WITH ARMENIA: DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage's visit to Armenia galvanized U.S.-Armenia relations as he met with Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian and President Kocharian in back-to-back meetings March 26. The meeting with Oskanian clearly set the agenda for the subsequent discussion with [...]	2004-04-07 09:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM TU AJ AM OVIP RICHARD ARMITAGE
04ZAGREB2153	FM VISIT BOOSTS RUSSIA-CROATIA RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an effort to shore up Moscow's influence in this Brussels-leaning capital, Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met with President Stjepan Mesic, PM Ivo Sanader, Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, and FM Miomir Zuzul on his December 10 visit to Zagreb. Significant developm [...]	2004-12-20 12:04:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RS HR
05ANKARA1332	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-11 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA608	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-02 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA644	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-03 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6535	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA683	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-04 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05BRATISLAVA442	SLOVAK RESPONSE ON EU CUBA POLICY AND JUNE 13 [...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief shared ref A points on Cuba with MFA on June 6, and discussed the points with Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent, along with pre-GAERC points in ref B on June 7. Rehak thanked us for providing our point-of-view before each GAERC, saying the discussions with emboffs are [...]	2005-06-09 12:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU PARM LO EUN
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
05BRUSSELS3534	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT OCT 4: READMISSION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary. The major outcome of the October 4 EU-Russia London summit is likely to be a Readmission Accord committing Russia to take back failed asylum seekers and other irregular migrants. In exchange, the EU will ease visa requirements on diplomats and other categories of Russians. Unli [...]	2005-09-28 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAIR RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05DAMASCUS6040	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend reported visits to Damascus by Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, Secretary General of the Saudi Security Council, carrying a letter from King Abdullah to President Asad, and Renato Rabillo, Leader of the Brazilian Communist Party. Papers on 11/19 quoted a dipl [...]	2005-11-20 14:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DUSHANBE2012	COUNTERING DISINFORMATION IN DUSHANBE [...] SUMMARY: Is the United States responsible for the "Color Revolutions" in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan? Are Americans employed in such organizations as CARE and the National Democratic Institute spies fomenting revolution? Are U.S.-funded legal assistance programs designed to turn childr [...]	2005-12-12 11:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PROP KDEM KPAO RS TI
05HELSINKI300	AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH NEW EU REP KEMPPINEN [...] (C) Reijo Kemppinen, who until recently was European Commission spokesman, has been appointed the Commission's new Head of Representation in Finland. In his introductory conversation with the Ambassador, discussion covered a wide range of topics, from the President's and Secretary's February [...]	2005-03-10 15:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF RS FI EUN
05LJUBLJANA152	KOSOVO/WESTERN BALKANS, CROATIA'S EU ACCESSION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/NCE Director Janet Garvey held a series of meetings in Ljubljana 4 March with key Slovenian interlocuters. Issues raised included: -- Slovenia's interest in working toward a final agreement on Kosovo this year; -- the priority Slovenia places on its relationships with its [...]	2005-03-08 04:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI HR OSCE KO RU
05LJUBLJANA882	OSCE: U/S BURNS BILATERAL MEETING WITH CIO [...] (U) Summary. Meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, U/S Burns and Slovene Foreign Minister and Chairman in Office of the OSCE Dimitrij Rupel discussed Slovenia's cooperation in and contribution to international peacekeeping missions; the Government of Slovenia's (GOS) recent politi [...]	2005-12-27 07:12:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SI
05PARIS579	FRENCH "EXPLAIN AND REASSURE" ON TRIP TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Barnier and Defense Minister Alliot-Marie visited Russia January 20-21 for bi-annual security consultations with their counterparts. The consultations drew higher-than-expected visibility from the French press, although an MFA contact told us that the meetings fo [...]	2005-01-31 15:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR RU
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
05PARIS7202	U/S BURNS DISCUSS INDIA NONPRO, BALKANS, CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Russian DFM Sergei Kislyak on October 19 in Paris to discuss, among other issues, India nonproliferation, the Balkans (especially Kosovo),and Secretary Rice's recent trip to Central Asia. Kislyak raised Russian concerns regarding access for its dipl [...]	2005-10-21 08:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR IN FR KO
05PARIS7225	FRENCH RESPOND TO U.S. BELARUS POLICY DEMARCHE, [...] (C) On October 20, Poloff spoke with Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, to discuss reftel demarche on U.S. policy toward Belarus. Bouchez said France was pleased with U.S./EU cooperation regarding Belarus, and called for further in-depth consultations durin [...]	2005-10-21 14:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO FR EUN
05PARIS890	U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCUSSION OF U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and National Nuclear Security Administrator Linton Brooks held fruitful meetings with Director of the Federal Agency of Atomic Energy (Rosatom) Alexandr Rumyantsev to discuss a possible U.S.-Russian joint statement on counter terrorism and preve [...]	2005-02-14 06:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ENRG PTER KNNP RU
05PRAGUE1230	CZECH ATTENDANCE AT UNGA AND HLE [...] (SBU) During a meeting to discuss the UN Democracy Fund (reftels),Czech MFA Director of UN Affairs, Jan Kara, reviewed for Pol-Econ Chief the planned Czech participation at this year's UNGA and surrounding events. The following are tentative schedules of senior Czech participants: -- Czech [...]	2005-08-23 09:19:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL EZ UNGA
05PRAGUE1753	RUSSIAN FM TURNS DOWN REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE CZECH [...] (U) The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has, for the time being, refused a request from his Czech counterpart, Cyril Svoboda, to renew the registration of the Czech NGO, People in Need (PIN). PIN had been operating in Chechnya since 2000. But In April, 2005, PIN was told, without any [...]	2005-12-21 16:15:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EZ PREL RS
05ROME1966	A/S FRIED'S CONSULTATIONS WITH ITALIAN U/S TERZI [...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Italian MFA U/S Giulio Terzi June 7 to discuss Italian reaction to the French and Dutch "no" votes on the EU Constitution (see septel). With Russian FM Lavrov and Serbian PM Kostunica due in Rome, Terzi also reviewed with Fried our policies towards Kosovo, Bos [...]	2005-06-09 17:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT
05ROME921	ITALY SUPPORTS ENHANCED EU PRESENCE ON [...] (C) As reported ref b, MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told poloff March 11 that the EU strategy at the moment would be to reinforce the office of the recently created EU Special Representative for the Caucuses, to include the 6 trainers mentioned in ref a. He underlined that this was an [...]	2005-03-17 17:24:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZJ RS CG PBTS IT EUN OSCE
05TELAVIV2667	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted President Bush as saying at a press conference Thursday: "We're working closely with the Russians [...]	2005-04-29 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3951	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-23 11:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6186	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 08:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6197	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6219	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE1876	NETHERLANDS: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel, DCM, and POLCOUNS met with Dutch FM Bot on June 30 for a tour d'horizon discussion of outstanding issues. Bot praised the excellent (and improving) state of U.S.-Dutch relations, but identified four irritants to be addressed through ongoing consultations: Dutch d [...]	2005-07-01 12:38:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IR AF NL EUN
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
05THEHAGUE3055	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: PUTIN VISIT FOCUSES ON ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A handful of substantive exchanges punctuated Russian President Vladimir Putin's November 1-2 state visit to the Netherlands, which otherwise was dominated by protocol. Putin's meetings with PM Balkenende, Dutch Parliamentary leaders, senior government officials and industry a [...]	2005-11-09 19:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV PHUM NL RS
05THEHAGUE3214	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH SUPPORT PLANNED [...] (C) The Dutch believe enhanced U.S. - Russia dialogue regarding regional policy issues "could only be good for the region." Henk Voskamp (Deputy Director, Southeast and Eastern Europe Division, MFA) shared this information with poloff in response to reftel points on November 30. The Dutch sh [...]	2005-12-01 14:43:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS NL
05VATICAN487	HOLY SEE AND RUSSIA FLIRTING WITH DIPLOMATIC UPGRADE [...] (U) Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's June 7 visit to the Vatican sparked renewed speculation upgrading the status of their diplomatic relations. A statement issued by the Holy See's press office said Lavrov, Vatican Secretary of State Sodano, and FM Lajolo discussed the "cordial" bilateral rela [...]	2005-06-30 15:37:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF RS VT
05VATICAN530	VATICAN POSITIVE ON RUSSIA TRIP [...] (C) Holy See FM Lajolo told the Ambassador November 3 that his recent trip to Russia had been a useful step forward for Vatican relations with Russia and the Orthodox Church (ROC). Lajolo said he raised with Russian FM Lavrov the Holy See's perception that Russia was captive to the Orthodox C [...]	2005-11-08 16:52:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF VT RU
05VIENNA1669	AUSTRIA CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF SOVEREIGNTY [...] On May 15, Austria commemorated the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Austrian State Treaty. The recreation of the proclamation of Austrian freedom at the baroque Belvedere Palace had all the emotional significance of the U.S. bicentennial, but on an Austrian scale. Key to the event was [...]	2005-05-20 09:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AU
05VILNIUS1017	UPDATE ON SU-27 CRASH INVESTIGATION [...] (C) The GOL's leadership continued to take a softer line on September 26 on the crash of a Russian Su-27 in Lithuania on September 15 (ref A). A senior briefer stated today that the GOL has "no evidence" that Russia intentionally violated Lithuanian airspace. Work on decoding the black boxes [...]	2005-09-26 15:18:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS UP LH
05VILNIUS1243	LITHUANIA WILLING TO RAISE NGO LAW WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Russia's proposed new NGO law to Arunas Vinciunas, head of the MFA's Russia Division, on November 25. Vinciunas told us that the GOL shares our concerns regarding potential constraints on NGO activities. He noted that the GOL Ambassador in Moscow rece [...]	2005-11-25 13:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS LH
05VILNIUS326	RUSSIAN ENVOY'S SHARPE TONGUE AND THREATS TO CUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's envoy to Lithuania has provoked high-level outrage and calls for his expulsion with sharp-tongued criticism of Lithuanians and thinly veiled threats to interrupt the country's energy supplies. Most local analysts believe the Russian's sudden high-profile gibes - after 1 [...]	2005-03-25 16:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF LH RS
05VILNIUS395	YOUR VILNIUS VISIT: REWARDING THE LOYAL AND [...] (C) Your bilateral program in Vilnius during the NATO Ministerial will score important advances in keeping this loyal ally in Iraq and Afghanistan, highlight our joint efforts for a democratic Belarus, and set the stage for a successful U.S.-Baltic summit in Riga next month. It will also hel [...]	2005-04-13 14:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP LH
05VILNIUS655	(C) LITHUANIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS BOUNCE BACK, BUT [...] (C) Lithuania's complicated relations with Russia -- after five months of emotional tensions -- are improving again. The May visit of Russian FM Lavrov -- featuring his second meeting with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Valionis in a month -- produced a lengthy declaration promising enhanced coop [...]	2005-06-22 09:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ELTN RS LH
05WARSAW3795	NEW POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE [...] (C) During Ambassador's initial call, Poland's newly named Foreign Minister Stefan Meller said he would travel back to Moscow (where he served as Ambassador until his October 31 appointment) on November 13 to arrange his move back to Warsaw, but also to meet with Foreign Minister Lavrov and, h [...]	2005-11-09 15:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
05YEREVAN287	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV: ARMENIA'S PLACE IS BY RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Armenia and Russia are "old friends, reliable allies and strategic partners" declared Russian FM Sergey Lavrov on February 17. The GOAM and Russia broke no new ground during the FM's high-profile visit to Yerevan February 16-17, but used the occasion to cement their existing strong relati [...]	2005-02-18 10:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG AJ AM RU
05YEREVAN348	ARMENIA PRESS REACTION: VISIT OF RUSSIAN [...] Although Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's 22-hour visit to Yerevan February 16-17 was standard fare, it generated intense press interest. Oppositionist media used the FM's presence to decry Armenia's dependence on Russia, while official and pro-government press praised Armenia's close ties w [...]	2005-03-01 09:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AM KMDR OPRC PREL RU
05YEREVAN391	ARMENIA LOOKING TO IRAN TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON [...] (C) In a February 25 meeting, Armenia's Minister of Energy, Armen Movsesian, told us that Armenia's energy market was too dependent on Russia, especially for the supply of gas, and that Gazprom has proved an unreliable source in the past. Armenia's number one energy priority is to complete [...]	2005-03-04 04:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AM IR RU
05YEREVAN435	ARMENIA'S TENTATIVE STEPS TOWARDS NATO [...] (C) Armenia is making steady progress in preparing its NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) and plans to have a document ready for presentation to the Alliance on April 7. Armenia's plans for its developing relationship with NATO do not include membership, but it is exploring ways [...]	2005-03-11 07:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM NATO
06ALGIERS451	PUTIN VISIT RESULTS IN SUBSTANTIAL DEBT [...] (C) Russian President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria, the first by a Russian president, has produced a substantial debt forgiveness package, some commercial and investment agreements, and talk about a possible energy clearing house deal. But the details of the debt forgiveness package and [...]	2006-03-15 18:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS AG
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
06ANKARA1160	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2970	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2989	EUR/SE DIRECTOR DISCUSSES CYPRUS IN ANKARA MAY 18 [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, EUR/SE Director Silliman gave MFA Northeastern Mediterranean DDG Bilman a readout of recent Cyprus-related meetings in New York, London and Brussels and asked for Ankara's ideas on measures for Turkish Cypriots that could provide Turkey the political space it needs to [...]	2006-05-25 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
06ANKARA3021	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3172	TURKEY: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Following the Secretary's May 31 telephone conversation with Turkish FM Gul, we contacted DFM Tuygan, Undersecretary Uzumcu, PM spokesman Akif Beki, MFA spokesman Namik Tan and MFA Americas Deputy Director General Murat Esenli. Their responses were uniformly positive and supportive. Se [...]	2006-06-01 10:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR TU US
06ANKARA3200	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3339	TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT LESS THAN SATISFYING [...] (C) Foreign Ministry DDG Murat Burhan and Russian embassy PolCouns Vyacheslav Kunekov provided us read-outs of Foreign Minister Lavrov's May 31-June 1 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. While the Russians and Turks were in general agreement on regional issues, the Turkish side was disappointed with [...]	2006-06-07 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD ENRG KPAL XF IZ IR IS AM
06ANKARA6239	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
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
06ATHENS1058	SCENESETTER: YOUR APRIL 27 VISIT TO ATHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thank you for agreeing to make a quick stop in Athens on April 27. The Greek Government is delighted you are able to visit so soon after FM Bakoyannis' March 23 trip to Washington, and sees your visit as more proof of the deepening U.S.-Greece strategic partnership, or as Bakoya [...]	2006-04-19 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR CY TU VISIT
06ATHENS373	AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH GREEK FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the face of an ongoing phone-tapping scandal (Ref A) of high-level Greek Government officials (in which the U.S. has been fingered in the media as the culprit),Greek FM Molyviatis used a one-on-one lunch February 8 with Ambassador in a central Athens restauarant to emphasize [...]	2006-02-09 12:59:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR PGOV PREL CY TU RS YI VE GT EU AMB
06ATHENS546	GREECE IN GAZPROM'S SIGHTS; READOUTS ON GREECE'S [...] (C) Summary: On February 23rd, Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Stylianides to discuss the recent visit to Greece by Gazprom Chairman Alexei Miller. A clearly worried Stylianides described the visit as part of a full-court press by Gazprom to sign Greece to a long-term contract f [...]	2006-02-24 15:56:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON GR GAZPROM
06BAGHDAD3329	AMBASSADOR AND TALABANI DISCUSS DEFUSING FLAG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with President Jalal Talabani on September 5-6, the Ambassador expressed his disappointment with the timing of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani's September 1 statement on using the 1958 Iraqi flag within the KRG until a new flag had been dete [...]	2006-09-07 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY RU TU IZ
06BEIJING7518	APRIL 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] Key points made at the April 20 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China encourages the EU-3 and Iran to promptly resume talks in Moscow in order to promote a peaceful resolution to the Iranian nuclear issue. - The United States should consider the interests of the international commun [...]	2006-04-20 11:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING8480	MAY 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, [...] Key points made at the May 9 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China strongly opposes Albania's acceptance of the five Uighurs previously held at Guantanamo Bay, who Beijing considers East Turkestan terrorist suspects, and demands their immediate repatriation. - China does not support [...]	2006-05-09 10:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR TW
06BEIJING9507	MAY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SCO SUMMIT, [...] Key points made at the May 18 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China stands ready to help solve the Iran nuclear issue and hopes the EU-3 proposal will prove to be feasible and acceptable to Iran. -- The leaders of all SCO member states and observer states, including Iran President [...]	2006-05-18 11:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ECON KNNP CH IR JP
06BEIJING9666	PRC/RUSSIA: BRIEFING ON RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held very productive bilateral talks with China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, Russian Senior Counselor Evgueny Tomikhin told the A/DCM in a May 18 meeting. On May 16, Lavrov was received by President Hu Jintao and held extensive talks with [...]	2006-05-19 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU CH IR
06BEIRUT3895	LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS SEE PRO-SYRIANS, AOUN [...] (C) Fouad Siniora, Marwan Hamadeh, and Saad Hariri report that the March 8-Aoun opposition forces are hardening their positions and that street demonstrations, despite the holiday lull, are not going away. Despite Vladimir Putin's vocal support for Lebanon and apparent warnings to Bashar Asad, [...]	2006-12-26 06:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EFIN LE
06BELGRADE1113	KOSOVO: FM DRASKOVIC LETTER TO THE SECRETARY AND CONTACT [...] (U) On July 6, the Embassy received a letter from Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic to the Secretary and the Contact Group Foreign Ministers outlining redlines and urging a compromise solution for Kosovo's final status. 2. (U) Begin text of letter: REPUBLIC OF SERBIA MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFF [...]	2006-07-10 15:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV YI SR
06BERLIN1884	RUSSIA G-8 PRESIDENCY HOSTS MEETING ON ENGAGING [...] (C) Summary. German, UK, U.S., and Canadian representatives used a counterterrorism meeting co-organized in Berlin by the Russian MFA and the East West Institute (EWI) to encourage a more structured Russian effort in official G-8 Roma-Lyon channels. The plan that emerged from the June 30 m [...]	2006-07-06 12:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EIND ELTN ETTC GM
06BRATISLAVA301	LAVROV VISIT REINVIGORATED BILATERAL TALKS ON [...] (C) Summary: The working visit of Russian FM Lavrov to Slovakia focused on renewing dialogue on economic and energy issues. Lavrov expressed the Russian desire to continue supplying oil, gas, and nuclear materials for Slovakia's energy needs. On Belarus, Slovak FM Kukan reportedly was forcef [...]	2006-04-13 14:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON BO RU LO
06BRATISLAVA571	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW FM KUBIS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Slovakia's new Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on July 12. Kubis emphasized that "continuity" will be the theme of Slovakia's relationship with the EU, NATO and the U.S. Kubis told the Ambassador he will work t [...]	2006-07-12 15:40:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA720	SLOVAKIA REMAINS FOCUSED ON REGAINING TRANSPETROL [...] (S) Summary - The Ministry of Economy continues to pursue a deal to buy back the 49 percent stake in Transpetrol from Netherlands-based Yukos Finance and/or its subsidiary Yukos International. This task was complicated when a Dutch judge appointed Yukos Oil Receiver and Russian Eduard Rebgun a [...]	2006-08-25 14:33:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	ENGR ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRUSSELS2603	BELGIAN RESPONSE TO P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel, Belgian MFA Nonproliferation chief Werner Bauwens believed the Iranians would accept the P5 1 proposal as a basis of negotiation in mid-late August, and at the same time voluntarily suspend an unspecified degree of enrichment activities. He also believes [...]	2006-07-27 09:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PREL AORC
06BRUSSELS2606	BELGIAN RESPONSE TO P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel, Belgian MFA Nonproliferation chief Werner Bauwens believed the Iranians would accept the P5 1 proposal as a basis of negotiation in mid-late August, and at the same time voluntarily suspend an unspecified degree of enrichment activities. He also believes [...]	2006-07-27 13:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PREL AORC
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
06BRUSSELS707	EUR DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, EUR DAS David Kramer held COEST Troika consultations with the EU on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus. On Russia, the EU agrees that a combative Russia feels it is in an increasingly strengthened position. The European Commission viewed the "creeping reasserti [...]	2006-03-03 09:20:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS MD UP EUN USEU BRUSSELS

06BUCHAREST1885	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROMANIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: At a year-end meeting with the Ambassador, Romanian FM Ungureanu said Romania hoped to promote an informal "gymnich"-type event as a follow-up to this year's Black Sea Forum. He evinced hope that the three upcoming EU Presidencies of Germany, Portugal, and Slovenia would contin [...]	2006-12-21 14:16:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EU MD RO
06BUCHAREST278	ROMANIA SEEKS "POSITIVE POLITICAL SIGNAL" FROM [...] U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragrap 11. 2. (C) Last summer, Romania proposed a "Back Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summi" as a launching pad for a process of dialogue ad partnership among Black Sea states, the U.S. an the E.U. (Refs) The proposed forum focuses on "o [...]	2006-02-16 16:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ENRG SENV PTER EPET TU
06BUCHAREST629	ROMANIA: DAS KRAMER, AMBASSADOR HODGES - [...] (C) Summary: DAS David Kramer and Ambassador to Moldova Heather Hodges shared views with leading Romanian interlocutors on recent developments involving Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia during a visit to Bucharest on April 3-4. Although Romanian interlocutors described growing strains in [...]	2006-04-18 07:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD RS BO UP KDEM PHUM RO
06BUCHAREST881	ROMANIA PLEDGES SUPPORT ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Romania's president, foreign minister, and national security advisor agreed to support U.S. efforts to resolve Kosovo's final status when they met in Bucharest with Ambassador Frank Wisner, the Secretary's Special Representative to the Kosovo Status Talks. While noting serious con [...]	2006-05-30 15:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PREL PGOV YI EU RO
06BUENOSAIRES2037	PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...]	2006-09-08 10:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2040	PRESIDENT BUSH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CIA PRISONS; DVC WITH US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local international stories include US President George W. Bush acknowledging the existence of previously secret CIA prisons around the world; a DVC with US Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency Gregory Schulte on the diplomatic challenge posed by Iran's nucl [...]	2006-09-08 14:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES535	MEDIA REACTION IRAN MIDDLE EAST US-BOLIVIA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President Bush's speech on the International Women's Day; US Vice President Dick Cheney's threats to Iran if it does not suspend its enriched uranium-related activities; the US and Russia rejecting Iran's proposal to enrich ur [...]	2006-03-08 20:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CAIRO6867	SENIOR-LEVEL RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TRAVEL TO MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-15 14:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL KDEM EG RU
06DAMASCCUS4435	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Peace [...] Summary: Syrian papers over the weekend led with reports of President Asad's phone conversations with Italian PM Prodi, which focused on technical assistance to be offered to Syrian border guards, and featured a statement by the Syrian News Agency denying reports that Syria has accepted Europ [...]	2006-09-11 13:21:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS200	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported Egyptian President Mubarak's meeting with US Vice-President Dick Cheney and headlined Mubarak's statement that Syria has cooperated with the IIC. News reports featured a statement by Saudi FM Saud al-Faisal to the Financial Times that Saudi Arabia has p [...]	2006-01-18 14:19:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2192	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinians, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Syria has received 53 families of Palestinian refugees who were trapped at the Jordanian and Iraqi borders for 6 weeks before. "Syria has taken necessary steps to host the Palestinian refugees in cooperation with the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and t [...]	2006-05-10 14:06:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2376	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq/Italy, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Prime Minister Ottri sent cables of congratulation to Iraqi PM al-Malki and to Italian PM Prodi on the occasion of forming the new Iraqi and Italian governments. He expressed his confidence in developing cooperation between Syria and Italy to serve their jo [...]	2006-05-23 06:55:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3453	Damascus Media Reaction: South Lebanon, Syria/Iran, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the deteriorating situation in south Lebanon in the wake of the Hizbollah capture of two Israeli soldiers. Headlines featured President Asad's consultations on the situation in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories with President Mubarak, UN SecGen Kofi Annan, [...]	2006-07-13 12:41:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4385	Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Peace Process, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today continued to focus on Lebanon, highlighting the visit to Lebanon by a Syrian popular delegation that represented social and parliamentary activists, in addition to Moslem and Christian clergymen. The intent of the visit was to confirm Syria's popular and formal s [...]	2006-09-07 11:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4419	RUSSIAN FM MEETS SYRIAN PRESIDENT; SARG SAYS NO TO [...] (C) Visiting Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met for an hour September 7 in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad followed by separate hour-long meetings with Syrian VP Farouk al-Shara'a, and FM Walid Mu'allim, according to a senior Russian diplomat here. The conversations focused on implem [...]	2006-09-10 13:46:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS5358	Damascus Media Reaction: Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 3 featured a Dec. 2 press statement by Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi in Rome stressing the importance of dialogue and cooperation with Syria to solve the region's issues and establish stability. Mr. Prodi warned against the partitioning of Iraq, saying th [...]	2006-12-04 10:04:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5452	Syria/US, Syria/Russia, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the Dec. 19-20 visit to Damascus by US Senators Christopher Dodd and John Kerry and their meetings with President Asad and FM Mouallem. Talks focused on the level of relations between Syria and the United States and ways to activate the comprehensive peace pro [...]	2006-12-28 17:08:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS728	DAMASCUS-BASED HAMAS OFFICIALS TO TRAVEL TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Russian DCM Alexsey Erkhov told Polchief on February 26 that Hamas political leaders, including those based in Damascus, would likely travel at the beginning of March to Moscow where they would meet with Russian FM Sergei Lavrov and Deputy FM Alexander Saltanov. When asked whether Hamas [...]	2006-02-26 13:25:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL SY RS
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
06HELSINKI1037	DAS PEKALA,S OCTOBER 4 MEETINGS WITH FINNISH MFA [...] (SBU) EUR DAS Mark Pekala visited Helsinki October 4-6 to participate in the Nordic-Baltic Chiefs of Mission Conference and to consult with Finnish officials on bilateral and transatlantic issues. In separate meetings with Finnish Political Director Pilvi-Sisko Vierros-Villeneuve and Director [...]	2006-10-12 08:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV ENRG ECON FI AF GT VE RS GG
06HELSINKI1131	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on 6 November met with Finnish MFA Counselor for Russia Paivi Laine to discuss the Nov. 3 EU-Russia foreign affairs PPC and preparations for the EU-Russia summit on 24 November. The PPC had "gone well" and Northern Dimension preparations are "on track"; however, the Presi [...]	2006-11-07 09:07:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ETRD ENRG PL FI RU
06HELSINKI1197	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: FM TUOMIOJA'S SIDEBARS WITH [...] (C) On 29 November, DCM met with Finnish MFA Political Director Pilvi-Sisko Vierros Villeneuve and discussed FM Erkki Tuomioja's recent consultations with Georgian FM Gela Bezhuashvili and Russian FM Sergei Lavrov on the margins of the 24 November EU-Russia summit. Though Tuomioja's initial g [...]	2006-12-01 12:38:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU GG FI
06ISTANBUL961	LAVROV VISIT HIGHLIGHTS RUSSIA'S 2006 BSEC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov outlined Russia's priorities for Black Sea economic cooperation for its six-month period as "Chairman in Office" in a brief address to representatives and observers to BSEC at the organization's Istanbul secretariat on Thursday, June Â [...]	2006-06-02 10:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ETTC KFPC KTIA TU XG
06KIEV2065	UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: FM TARASYUK'S FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Russia was reinforcing Transnistrian leader Smirnov's resistance to procedures required under the Ukraine-Moldova customs agreement. Furthermore, the Russians were refusing to agree to join a five-plus-two me [...]	2006-05-26 16:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE PINR RS MD UP
06KIEV965	UKRAINE: DFM KHANDOHIY, U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSS FM [...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with Under Secretary Dobriansky and Ambassador, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy pushed for a Presidential drop-by during FM Tarasyuk's March 9 meeting with the Vice President in Washington. Dobriansky and Ambassador frankly described the poor timing (in view of the u [...]	2006-03-14 09:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KFLU NATO
06KUWAIT1921	PARADE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS TALK IRAN IN KUWAIT: [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah briefed the Ambassador on the flurry of Foreign Minister visits -- Russia, China, Iran, and Germany -- who visited Kuwait May 20 - 22. All were in the region to discuss bilateral issues or to attend the Asian Cooperative Dialogue meeting i [...]	2006-05-24 17:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV KU
06KYIV4295	UKRAINE: EMBATTLED FM SUPPORTS ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: "Orange" and embattled Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk told visiting EUR A/S Fried that the U.S. approach to PM Yanukovych and the Party of Regions coalition was correct, arguing that Yanukovych had changed for the better. He noted that the PM's upcoming U.S. visit, and his des [...]	2006-11-17 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4301	UKRAINE: HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIANS BANNED ENTRY INTO [...] (SBU) Chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Ihor Drizhchany told journalists November 6 that the SBU had blacklisted 131 foreigners thus far in 2006 for "activities damaging national security interests." When we inquired, an SBU official advised that the SBU does not release names of [...]	2006-11-17 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR RS UP
06KYIV4425	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: DEFENDING NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary/comment: PM Yanukovych came to office on a campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, but, although he has toned down the rhetoric towards Russia, like his predecessors, he must find the right balance between close ties to Moscow and protecting Ukrainian sovereignty. While [...]	2006-12-01 14:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06LISBON2134	PORTUGUESE POLITICAL DIRECTOR EXPOUNDS ON RUSSIA, [...] (U) Summary: The Portuguese MFA's Director General for Foreign Policy expounded on several issues to us recently, including Russia, Iran, Latin America, Iraq, Afghanistan, the NATO Summit, and the EU Presidency. The consonance between his views and ours speaks clearly to Portugal's reliabilit [...]	2006-09-26 15:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER AF
06LONDON8073	DEMARCHE ON UNSC ACTION ON IRAN: HMG IN FULL [...] (CO) UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Iran Team Leader Ben Fender expressed full agreement with U.S. views reftel, both as to the implications of the November 14 AIEA report as well as to the urgent need to move quickly on a UNSC resolution; he also said the UK strongly opposes any IAEA tec [...]	2006-11-22 16:41:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC IR UK
06MANAMA1915	FOREIGN MINISTER CITES MILITARY COOPERATION AS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador November 6 that Bahrain's participation in the late October Proliferation Security Initiative Leading Edge was a sign of the strength of the U.S.-Bahrain relationship. He noted that Iranian Foreign Minister Motakki h [...]	2006-11-13 12:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PHUM KDEM ETRD BEXP BA REGION
06MANAMA1989	FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS NAVY SECRETARY U.S. IS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid November 26 welcomed Secretary of the Navy Winter to Bahrain and thanked him for SIPDIS all the United States does to promote stability and security in the region, saying the U.S. is Bahrain's "number one ally and friend." Referring to the U.S.-Bahrain fr [...]	2006-12-03 12:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MINSK1084	NEW EU INTEREST IN VISA BANS ON STATE MEDIA [...] (C) Embassy Minsk recommends that the Department renew its efforts to persuade European allies to expand the current EU visa ban against top officials of the Lukashenko regime to include twelve state media executives and journalists, who are responsible for some of the most egregious propaganda [...]	2006-10-05 09:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK333	Sitrep 6: Detainees Exceed 200 [...] (SBU) According to human rights NGO Vyasna, there are now 227 identified protesters who were arrested early this morning. Trials are already underway at many Minsk city courts. According to Vyasna, the sentences of those who have already stood trial range from 5-15 days in jail. Human rights [...]	2006-03-24 16:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK682	Media Focuses on Lukashenko and Putin at CSTO-EAEC Summit [...] SUMMARY: On June 23, the heads of state and foreign ministers of countries belonging to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Community (EAEC) met in Minsk for the organizations' tandem summits. Belarusian media coverage focused heavily on statements by [...]	2006-06-28 13:38:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EINV WTRO USTR BO
06MOSCOW10230	RUSSIAN REACTION TO TORGAU '06 POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to U.S. insistence on extending Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) protection to personnel participating in this year's Torgau '06 bilateral military exercise, the GOR seized the initiative to postpone, but not cancel, the event and left the door open for continued bi [...]	2006-09-14 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL RS
06MOSCOW10382	LAVROV'S MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: With FM Lavrov's September 7-9 trip to the Middle East, promotion of a "universal" peace process, experts' conference, renewed Syria track, and support for the Arab League ministerial session at UNGA, the GOR continues to seek "player" status in the region. Practically, GOR sup [...]	2006-09-18 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IS SY LE RS
06MOSCOW10438	RUSSIA AND KOSOVO: THE POLITICS OF DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Russia will seek to delay the conclusion of the Kosovo status process beyond year's end, arguing that a negotiated settlement will be more enduring than one forced on Serbia. The GOR does not like UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's draft status recommendations and might balk at agre [...]	2006-09-19 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW10439	RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY ON IRAN, FROZEN [...] (C) Summary: In a September 18 meeting, Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov briefed on his September meetings in Spain with Iranian Security Council Secretary Larijani, UNSYG Annan, and former President Gonzales; raised concerns over mixed messages to Iran; and reiterated Russia's willi [...]	2006-09-19 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC PARM IR RS
06MOSCOW10486	REFERENDUM RESULTS: PRICEY WRINKLE TO THE FIVE [...] (C) Foreign Minister Lavrov's short statement encapsulates GOR reaction to the referendum: the results were no surprise and the partners should return to the talks. MFA Transnistrian negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin contended that the Transnistrians will most likely demand removal of the post [...]	2006-09-19 15:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW10607	RUSSIA PREEMPTS SAAKASHVILI UNGA SPEECH: UNOMIG [...] (C) Summary: Convoking the Friends of Georgia on September 21, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin expressed concern over the deteriorating status of Georgian-Abkhazian relations, passed draft language on an UNOMIG resolution that condemns -- sharply and at length -- GOG operations in t [...]	2006-09-21 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
06MOSCOW10986	"NOT WAR, BUT CLOSE:" RUSSIAN REACTION TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador September 28 the arrest of Russian officers in Georgia "could have been a casus belli." Russian reaction "will be more reasonable." Russia "has the impression that it cannot rely on its American partners." Karasin asked for U.S. help in freeing the o [...]	2006-09-28 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW10990	NATO SOFA RATIFICATION: VERDICT STILL OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Foreign Ministry, the Russian Government is completing its review of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) -- which was signed last year -- and expects to send it to the Duma "within weeks." The MFA assured us that all GOR entities, including the Ministry o [...]	2006-09-29 07:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11252	RUSSIA: DAS KRAMER MEETINGS ON NGOS AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer reinforced US concerns over NGO re-registration and encouraged Human Rights Ombudsman Lukin to finalize details of an "unofficial" human rights/democracy dialogue. Both Lukin and Public Chamber member Nikonov acknowledged bureaucratic difficulties and endo [...]	2006-10-06 07:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11315	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: NO LET-UP [...] (S) Russian officials continue to reject relaxation of economic sanctions. About 150 Georgians have been deported. Police document checks have intensified. Georgians here on work permits are seeking other citizenship. However, official actions in Moscow hit ethnic Georgian Russian citizens [...]	2006-10-09 10:54:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL MARR ETRD UNSC GG RS
06MOSCOW11317	MOSCOW'S REACTION TO THE DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (S) The Ambassador met twice with Deputy Foreign Minister Alekseyev on October 9 to discuss North Korea's nuclear test and next steps. Alekseyev said that Russia takes extremely seriously the test and Russia agrees that strong measures are warranted. Alekseyev handed over a statement (text b [...]	2006-10-09 11:28:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP UNSC KN RS
06MOSCOW11584	INFORMATION REGARDING UNSCR 1718: DEMARCHE [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche October 16 to MFA First Asia Department Senior Counselor Arkadiy Lavrov, who advises DFM Alekseyev on North Korean issues. (Note: Alekseyev is currently in South Korea, accompanying PM Fradkov and will not return to Moscow before October 23). Pointing to Rus [...]	2006-10-16 15:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP UNSC KN RS
06MOSCOW11773	A/S BOUCHER HEARS RUSSIAN WORRIES ABOUT AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During October 9 consultations in Moscow, A/S Boucher outlined U.S. intentions in Central Asia, stressed steps we were taking to address terrorism and narcotics trafficking in Afghanistan, and reviewed U.S. nuclear policies in South Asia. Foreign Ministry officials and the Rus [...]	2006-10-19 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR ENRG XD ZK RS
06MOSCOW11938	INVITATION ACCEPTED: THE NEW DELHI NOVEMBER 18-19 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-25 05:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR KPWR EAID BEXP PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11987	EUR A/S FRIED MEETS RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: In his October 21 meeting with EUR A/S Fried, Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin urged presidential endorsement of the unofficial human rights dialogue initiative organized by his office and the Moscow Carnegie Center, against a backdrop of public disenchantment wit [...]	2006-10-25 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12029	PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT: [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche October 25 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Senior Counselor Vladimir Baibakov. Baibakov provided the following points: -- the GOR was aware of the concern over the SARG's attempt to undermine the Siniora government; -- Russia sees Siniora a [...]	2006-10-27 05:49:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS RS
06MOSCOW12035	OLMERT VISIT: AUSPICIOUS START [...] (C) Summary. Israeli PM Ehud Olmert's first working visit to Moscow as prime minister coincided with the 15th anniversary of Israel-Russia renewed diplomatic ties. The issues discussed in Olmert's three meetings--with President Putin, FM Lavrov and Defense Minister Ivanov--included the Middl [...]	2006-10-27 10:45:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR IS RS
06MOSCOW12257	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: FM BEZHUASHVILI GETS RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Georgian FM Bezhuashvili told Ambassador November 2 that he "got the message" passed to him bluntly November 1 by FM Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Igor Ivanov: that the Russians believe Georgia will begin military action in Abkhazia or South Ossetia; that Russia will confront Georg [...]	2006-11-02 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW12347	RUSSIAN MFA ON TALKS WITH GEORGIA [...] (C) The Russian MFA was disappointed that Georgian FM Bezhuashvili brought no deliverables with him to his November 1-2 talks in Moscow. The Russians are hearing rumors of a major cabinet reshuffle in Tbilisi. Proposed talks between President Saakashvili and South Ossetian leader Kokoity are [...]	2006-11-07 15:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR GG RS
06MOSCOW12402	RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: BILATERAL RELATIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 8 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak expressed concern over the potential impact of US congressional elections on WTO and bilateral nuclear cooperation. He argued again that US sanctions against Sukhoi were symbolic of the failings in bilateral relations -- [...]	2006-11-09 15:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNDP ECON ETRD RS
06MOSCOW12441	RUSSIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told us November 13 that Georgia shows no willingness to meet Russia's "simple" demands for normalizing relations. He downplayed the effects of the sacking of former DefMin Okruashvili. He fretted that an "alternative election" in South Osseti [...]	2006-11-14 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS UNSC OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW12528	A/S FRIED CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN, [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in a two hour discussion November 15. Karasin dismissed Georgian conciliatory steps as cosmetic; Fried said they are real and Russia should respond by ending sanct [...]	2006-11-20 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS ETRD GG MD UP RS
06MOSCOW12666	RUSSIA'S APPROACH TO POST-ORANGE UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary: Russia has reinvigorated its engagement with Ukraine, focusing on practical cooperation. Last month's Fradkov-Yanukovich meeting, which yielded a gas deal, set the stage for the December 23 Putin-Yushchenko Summit. Russian attitudes, however, still seem to lack an appreciation [...]	2006-11-28 16:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
06MOSCOW12711	CIS SUMMITS: GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: After a series of low-impact/low-turnout meetings, CIS Heads of State gathered again in Minsk on November 28. The meeting -- billed as a "working" summit -- will be followed by another, more formal gathering in Astana in December to commemorate the CIS's fifteenth anniversary. [...]	2006-11-30 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR BY RS
06MOSCOW12819	KOSOVO: RUSSIAN POSITION ON UNSC VETO HARDENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In late-November meetings in Moscow, Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku failed to get assurances that Russia would not use its veto when the Security Council takes up the status issue early next year. Russian officials have signaled that they might ultimately deploy a veto to block a UN [...]	2006-12-07 07:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEV UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW12895	MFA SUPPORTS UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE ON THE MIDDLE [...] (C) We raised reftel points on the UN Security Council's Middle East thematic debate with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department. We urged the GOR to withhold its support for any statement associated with the debate. [...]	2006-12-12 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS RS
06MOSCOW12914	RUSSIA: KIRIYENKO REVIEWS TEHRAN VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Rosatom Director Kiriyenko provided his impressions from his recent trip to Tehran. He said Foreign Minister Mottaki had been full of bluster, claiming to be unafraid of sanctions and unconcerned about the United States. Mottaki had [...]	2006-12-13 15:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL ETRD RU IR UN AORC
06MOSCOW12924	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: TREADING WATER [...] (C) Summary: Russian-Georgian relations are treading water until after both countries recover from their break for New Years and Orthodox Christmas, around mid-January. Georgia has taken pains to tone down the rhetoric, and Putin has noticed. Georgia is dismantling some of the restrictions f [...]	2006-12-14 10:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW12999	SOUTH OSSETIA: TALKS AND OBSERVERS [...] (C) We met with Russian MFA Ambassador-at-Large for South Ossetia Yuri Popov on December 19 and 20, delivering reftel demarche on the latter date. Popov said he had not been following the budget issue -- he has just returned from leave -- and said he was unwilling to repeat previous Russian s [...]	2006-12-20 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW13073	GERMAN FM STEINMEIER'S MOSCOW VISIT: MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) SUMMARY: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER FRANK-WALTER PAGE 02 RUEHMOA3073 C O N F I D E N T I A L STEINMEIER MET WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN, FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER MEDVEDEV, AND FM LAVROV IN MOSCOW ON DECEMBER 21. ACCORDING TO A READOUT FROM GERMAN AMBASSADOR WALTER SCHMIDT, WHO PARTICIPAT [...]	2006-12-22 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR LE GE RS
06MOSCOW13171	RUSSIA AND IRAN: AFTER THE SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: Russia has repeatedly told us that when it comes to preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons, it shares our strategic goal but differs with us over tactics. Moscow's reluctance to agree to coercive measures was on full display during consideration of UNSCR 1737, but in th [...]	2006-12-29 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD KNNP MASS IR RS
06MOSCOW1323	RUSSIAN DFM SALTANOV ON INVITATION TO HAMAS [...] (C) On February 10 Ambassador Burns called on DFM Saltanov seeking clarification of Putin's invitation to Hamas leadership to visit Moscow. Ambassador said the announcement of an invitation to Hamas had come as an unwelcome surprise to Washington (and other Quartet capitals). It was very im [...]	2006-02-10 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER RS
06MOSCOW1324	PRESSING RUSSIA FOR RESTRAINT ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: In a February 9 meeting with Chief of Defense General Baluyevskiy, Ambassador Burns urged that Russia exercise restraint in its dealings with Georgia. Baluyevksiy was blunt in complaining about Georgian demands to withdraw peacekeepers from Georgia and charged Tbilisi with inte [...]	2006-02-11 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PBTS GG RS
06MOSCOW1435	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: EXPECT SHARP RUSSIAN REACTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the absence of DFM Karasin from Moscow, A/DCM spoke with MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin to emphasize the efforts the USG has been making to moderate Georgian parliamentary action on CIS peacekeepers in South Ossetia (per ref e-mail request). Kelin took careful no [...]	2006-02-14 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG
06MOSCOW1445	SPRING STATE DUMA SESSION OFF TO SLOW START [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The spring semester of the Russian State Duma, which began on January 11 and will run through mid-June, got off to a slow start. Deputies are burdened with almost 600 draft laws, with 52 designated as priority bills focusing on water and forestry regulation, transportation safe [...]	2006-02-15 12:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR EFIN ENRG ETRD PREL PHUM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1536	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: HARD RUSSIAN LINE ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Russians (4th CIS Department Director Kelin) and Georgians (State Minister for Conflict Resolution Khaindrava) gave us separate readouts of their February 16 talks in Moscow. The talks focused on South Ossetia in the wake of the Georgian Parliamentary resolution callin [...]	2006-02-16 18:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW1635	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES DFM KARASIN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador on February 17 outlined to DFM Karasin ongoing U.S. efforts to encourage Georgian restraint on South Ossetia, and urged Russia to act constructively. Ambassador expressed appreciation for FM Lavrov's recent message to the Secretary, and said he expected a formal reply [...]	2006-02-18 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW1637	HAMAS VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/DCM met February 17 with MFA Middle East and North Africa Director Sergey Vershinin to follow up on earlier discussion (reftel) on the forthcoming visit of a Hamas delegation to Russia, which will take place March 3. .... END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Timing and Level. Vershinin [...]	2006-02-20 10:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS
06MOSCOW1840	RUSSIAN DFM SALTANOV ON HAMAS VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) On February 27 the Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov to discuss the upcoming Hamas visit to Moscow and to underline the importance of coordination. Saltanov confirmed that the Hamas delegation, headed by Khalid Meshal and composed of Hamas outsiders, is set [...]	2006-02-27 16:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW2020	PRESSING RUSSIANS ON HAMAS VISIT [...] (C) Ambassador spoke separately to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov and Middle East Envoy Kalugin the evening of February 28, and again on March 1, to stress the importance of sticking firmly to Quartet principles during the Hamas visit to Moscow March 3. Ambassador made clear that [...]	2006-03-01 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW2070	SOUTH OSSETIA: DEALING WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow's approach to Georgia is driven by frustration with Tbilisi's defiant attitude to Russian interests, reflected in its pursuit of NATO membership, its championing of anti-Russian alliances in the neighborhood, its strategy of trying to compensate for Georgia's weakness in [...]	2006-03-02 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW2132	NGO LEGISLATION: LOOKING AHEAD TOWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bit over a month before Russia's new NGO legislation goes into effect, most independent NGO activists are concerned about its implementation but retain a wait-and-see attitude. In recent weeks, the government has initiated investigations against some independent NGOs, but it h [...]	2006-03-03 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW2212	MOSCOW REACTS TO HAMAS VISIT [...] Summary: While the MFA was able to point to few concrete results from Foreign Minister Lavrov's March 3 meeting with a Hamas delegation, we were told March 6 by the MFA Middle East Peace Process desk that the Moscow-Hamas channel was likely to remain open. In Moscow's estimation, Hamas Polit [...]	2006-03-06 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW2327	NORTH CAUCASUS MUSLIMS: INDEPENDENT VOICE? [...] (C) Summary: The election of Magomed-Khadzhi Albogachiyev as leader of the Coordinating Center of Muslims of the North Caucasus marks a clear step to distance the Moscow-based Center -- and by extension the Muslim clerics in the region, whom it purports to represent -- from the clan-based lead [...]	2006-03-10 11:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW2928	NGO LEGISLATION: VARYING EXPECTATIONS ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR continues to be opaque about implementation of its controversial new NGO legislation, which is to go into effect next month. It has revealed almost nothing publicly about the legislation's implementing regulations, although one NGO contact told us he had seen draft repor [...]	2006-03-23 11:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW306	PUTIN SIGNS NGO LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOR announced January 17 that President Putin signed the controversial NGO legislation on January 10. That news was made public when a GOR newspaper that publishes such announcements printed the bill's text with an indication of the date of its signing. While Putin had defe [...]	2006-01-17 12:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS
06MOSCOW3389	GOR PLANS TO TAKE NO ACTION AS A RESULT OF [...] (C) The Russian Government does not intend to take any steps as a result of the findings of the Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) which investigated the UN's Oil-for-Food (OFF) Program. Despite the IIC's findings that the GOR itself and Russian business firms, political parties and politi [...]	2006-03-31 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFIN IZ RS
06MOSCOW3751	CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Richard Burr (R-NC),accompanied by Ambassador Burns, met April 10 for with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss current bilateral and multilateral issues. On Iran, Lavrov warned that Rus [...]	2006-04-10 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RS
06MOSCOW4079	HOSSEINI-TASH COMING TO MOSCOW TO MEET EU-3; [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak told Ambassador in an April 18 meeting that Iran Supreme National Security Council Deputy Secretary Ali Hosseini-Tash, accompanied by an Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, would be returning to Moscow to meet with the EU-3 April 19 on the margins of cu [...]	2006-04-19 04:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC RS IR CH
06MOSCOW4614	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: MUTUAL COMPLAINTS CONTINUE [...] (C) MFA Georgia Office Director Grigoryev told us April 28 that relations with Georgia were "at a dead end," and he did not know how to get them going again. "Some impetus is needed," he said, "but I find it hard to imagine what it could be." He ran through a litany of complaints: -- Parli [...]	2006-04-28 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW4615	IRAN AND ENERGY THE FOCUS OF RUSSIAN-GERMAN TALKS [...] (C) Summary: President Putin and Chancellor Merkel focused on Iran and energy issues during largely positive talks on April 26-27 in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Putin's message to Merkel on Iran was that Moscow was willing to put diplomatic pressure on Tehran but was extremely uneasy that [...]	2006-04-28 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PARM ETRD ENRG GM RS
06MOSCOW5454	HELSINKI COMMISSION STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MFA NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 16 meeting with Staffdel Finerty, Valeriy Kuzmin, who heads the MFA department responsible for interaction with Russia's regions, the Parliament, and civil society groups, said that his department also assists domestic NGOs in making contact with international counterpa [...]	2006-05-23 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW6358	U.S.-RUSSIA TALKS ON THE CAUCASUS [...] (C) DAS Kramer accompanied by the DCM called on Russian MFA Fourth CIS Department Director (DAS equivalent) Andrey Kelin June 13 to discuss Caucasus issues. (Kramer met subsequently one-on-one with DFM Karasin on other regional agenda items.) Kramer pushed Kelin hard on Russia's support for s [...]	2006-06-15 05:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE GG AM AJ RS
06MOSCOW6535	RUSSIAN MFA ON PUTIN-SAAKASHVILI TALKS [...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA notetaker at the June 13 meeting between Presidents Putin and Saakashvili said the discussion was a constructive start to dialogue. He stressed several times that Russia was not a party to any of the frozen conflicts, and that it was the South Ossetians and Abkha [...]	2006-06-20 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS GG RS
06MOSCOW6608	G-8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS/SENIOR GROUP JUNE 14 [...] (C) Summary. Meeting in Moscow June 14, G-8 Political Directors/Senior Group Members discussed outstanding issues relating to the St. Petersburg Summit statement on nonproliferation, including sensitive technology transfers, the U.S.-India agreement, and how to deal with the DPRK and Iran. [...]	2006-06-22 09:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PHUM RS
06MOSCOW7084	INITIAL REACTIONS IN MOSCOW TO DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Summary. The Russian MFA issued a strongly worded statement at 2:00 p.m. Moscow time on July 5 in response to the DPRK missile launches. The MFA spokesman was on the record as day began in Moscow calling the launches a "provocation." Our colleagues in the ROK and Japanese embassies tol [...]	2006-07-05 11:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KN RS
06MOSCOW7118	RUSSIAN DFM ON DPRK MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche July 6 to Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Alekseyev. Alekseyev said he was in absolute agreement that it was very important to send the North Koreans a strong and clear signal of the unacceptability of their missile launches. He had deli [...]	2006-07-06 07:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM UNSC KN RS
06MOSCOW7385	RUSSIA'S GEORGIA POLICY: "THE CAUCASUS BENEATH ME" [...] (C) Russia's policies towards Georgia are the product of three factors: anger unleashed by perceptions of betrayal and disrespect, fear of encirclement by a West intent on dismembering Russia's conception of the "Post-Soviet space," and solidarity with the separatist Abkhaz and South Ossetian [...]	2006-07-12 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW7493	WORLD RELIGIOUS LEADERS SUMMIT IN RUSSIA CALLS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting in Moscow July 3-5, more than 200 religious leaders and clergy from over 40 countries called on believers of all faiths to engage in dialogue and partnership to resolve global problems, as well as to challenge terrorism, extremism, and efforts to restrict religious freed [...]	2006-07-14 06:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW8117	GOR HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 61ST UNGA [...] (SBU) The MFA told us that Foreign Minister Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov will likely lead the Russian delegation at the 61st UNGA. The Foreign Ministry is awaiting Kremlin approval of the delegation list. There are no plans at this time for President Putin or PM Fradkov to attend. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-07-31 12:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA RS
06MOSCOW921	CIVIL SOCIETY COUNCIL CHAIR PAMFILOVA: "WE'LL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with visiting DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, the Ambassador and EUR DAS Kramer, Ella Pamfilova, head of the Presidential body that oversees civil society issues, said she had strongly opposed the controversial NGO legislation and had weighed in with President Pu [...]	2006-01-30 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW930	MOSCOW COMFORTABLE WITH UKRAINIAN DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow continues to tell itself that it got the best of Kiev in the year-end negotiations on gas supply, according to the Russian MFA and a number of Embassy contacts. As they see it, the gas deal was an economic boon for Gazprom and the GOR, despite allegations of corruption a [...]	2006-01-30 13:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06MOSCOW9627	RUSSIAN DUMA CHAIRPERSON KOSACHEV ON US, IRAN, LEBANON, CIS, NGOS, INTERNAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Russia Duma Konstantin Kosachev expressed concern over the deteriorating tone in US-Russian relations. Kosachev explained his opposition to imposing sanctions against Iran abs [...]	2006-08-31 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW9953	RUSSIA NONCOMMITTAL ABOUT FIVE PLUS FIVE MEETING [...] (SBU) After providing reftel talking points to the MFA earlier, we checked with MFA North America on September 8 to see whether FM Lavrov would attend a meeting of the Five Plus Five on the margins of the upcoming UN General Assembly meetings. We were told that no decision had been made abou [...]	2006-09-08 10:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM KN RS

06OSLO101	A/S FRIEDÂ´S VISIT: NORWAY AN ENERGY SECURITY PLAYER [...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and continued our "High North Dialogue" with Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand during his January 26-27 visit to Oslo to participate in an E-PINE Political Directors meeting (reported septel). Stoere enthusiastically presented the [...]	2006-01-31 15:11:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NO ENGR
06OSLO213	NORWEGIAN FM STOERE TALKS HIGH NORTH WITH THE RUSSIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: High North energy and fisheries issues were at the top of the agenda during Norwegian FM Stoere's February 15-17 visit to Russia. Stoere met with Russian FM Lavrov and Deputy Prime Minister Medvedev in Moscow and called on regional governors in Murmansk and St. Petersburg durin [...]	2006-02-24 17:35:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SENV EFIS RS NO
06OSLO352	NORWAY DESK OFFICER VISITS OSLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 9 and 10, Norwegian desk officer Ray Dalland visited Oslo and held meetings with officials at the Norwegian Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs. Lack of significant progress in Norway's border delineation dispute with Russia in the High North, and the impact on [...]	2006-03-22 11:39:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENGR RU NO
06PARIS4979	FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow briefed French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye on planning for the Iraq Compact on July 18. Laboulaye welcomed the initiative for an Iraq Compact as "encouraging", calling it a good [...]	2006-07-21 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS560	FRENCH ON JANUARY 30 GAERC: HAMAS, IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref (A) points on January 24th to MFA's deputy of CFSP unit, Pascal LeDeunff, and discussed the points with him on January 27th. 2. (C) Hamas Victory: LeDeunff referenced the January 27th Quartet statement and, echoing Prime Minister de Villepin's statement of January 2 [...]	2006-01-27 17:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KPAL IS HIZ FR
06PARIS5990	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on Secret Prisons [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 10:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS7057	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR DAS Bryza and EUR/CARC Conflicts Advisor Crosby met with newly arrived MFA Deputy Political Director and A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe October 24 to exchange views -- in advance of Georgian FM Bezhuashvili's November 7 visit to Paris -- on next steps on Russia-Ge [...]	2006-10-27 08:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG RS NATO EU KDEM MARR
06PRAGUE12	CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. Czech FM Cyril Svoboda visited Moscow December 20 for meeting with Russian FM Lavrov in Moscow. The two agreed that Russian President Putin may visit Prague in the spring, but only if the Czechs agree (under pressure) to sign IPR license agreements for Soviet-era military technolo [...]	2006-01-04 17:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM MARR RU PL EZ
06PRAGUE1388	CZECHS AGREE WITH THE U.S. ABOUT THE [...] (C) Czech MFA Director of Eastern Europe Department Tomas Szunyog told Poloffs on November 3 that the Czechs share U.S. concerns about the disruption to the Chisinau-Moscow rail link. Szunyog said the Czechs have already discussed the issue with Ukrainian officials and within the EU, and will [...]	2006-11-08 13:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELTN RS MD UP EZ
06PRAGUE260	PUTIN CONDUCTS FRIENDLY VISIT TO PRAGUE, LIGHTLY [...] (C) Summary. The March 1-2 visit of Vladimir Putin to Prague was aimed at throwing the best possible light on the relationship between Russia and the Czech Republic. Economic concerns were the main focus, but few agreements were signed. Difficult issues were either raised gently, or ignored. D [...]	2006-03-13 06:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EZ RS
06RABAT1979	MOROCCAN ROAD SHOW ON WESTERN SAHARA RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Immediately following intensive meetings in DC (October 11-13) to discuss the government of Morocco's (GOM) autonomy plans for the Western Sahara (reftels A, B),the delegation headed to various capitals. The delegation went to Paris, where they were met by President Jacques Chirac. [...]	2006-10-20 17:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO UN
06ROME450	FINI-LAVROV MEETING: RUSSIA CAN PLAY A ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary. Antonio Cascio, an official in the Russia/Central Asian Department of the Italian MFA, told poloff that during a visit to Rome on February 7, Russian FM Lavrov told Italian FM Fini that Russia can play an important and constructive role in the Middle East. Lavrov told Fini the I [...]	2006-02-14 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU IT
06ROME453	SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO [...] (C) PM Berlusconi is seeking an election campaign bounce from his carefully timed visit to Washington to address a joint session of Congress and his meeting with the President. Elections are two months away and the campaign is in full gear following President Ciampi's dissolution of parliament [...]	2006-02-15 05:37:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IT IQ ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06SEOUL969	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 24 MEETING WITH ROK FM BAN: [...] (C) During a March 24 meeting with the Ambassador, ROK Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon described receiving strong expressions of support for his candidacy for UN Secretary General from Argentina, Peru, Egypt, Algeria and Nigeria. Ban noted that he has met with the foreign ministers of each of th [...]	2006-03-24 08:21:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF MARR KS KN
06SOFIA1542	BULGARIA/GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA, FM KALFIN PREVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. By hosting the Friends of Georgia on November 9, Bulgaria seeks to send a message of support to the GoG while at the same time urging the Georgians to "stop giving Russia excuses to crack down." Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kalfin and EUR DAS Bryza agreed that both objectives would [...]	2006-11-08 14:52:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE GG RU BU
06SOFIA1662	YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM KALFIN'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, A SHORT TWO WEEKS BEFORE BULGARIA CELEBRATES ITS FORMAL ACCESSION TO THE EU ON JANUARY 1, TOPS OFF AN EXTRAORDINARILY PRODUCTIVE YEAR IN THE U.S.-BULGARIAN RELATIONSHIP. KALFIN AND PRIME MINISTER STANISHEV ARE LEADING BULGARIAN PUBLIC OPINION IN [...]	2006-12-14 08:35:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EUN MARR MOPS OVIP KPAS SR IZ LY
06SOFIA1677	MOSCOW TIGHTENS SCREWS AS BULGARIA PREPARES FOR EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his first official visit to Moscow, Foreign Minister Kalfin discussed several unresolved bilateral issues, including arm sales to Georgia, the production and sale of weapons under outdated Soviet licenses, and efforts to trim Bulgaria's ballooning trade deficit with Russia [...]	2006-12-18 14:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD RU BU
06SOFIA1695	BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT DROPS "SILENT DIPLOMACY;" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The death sentences passed by a Tripoli court on five Bulgarian nurses Dec. 19 triggered mounting outrage in Bulgaria as politicians, NGOs, the public and the press lashed out at Libya for holding a deeply politicized trial and called for international support. Over the course o [...]	2006-12-21 13:33:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM LBY BU
06STATE40904	DISCOURAGING MORATINOS' SYRIAN STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 5. 2. (C) Summary: Spanish FM Moratinos' unannounced March 7 trip to Damascus to meet with Syrian FM Muallim is at variance with US and EU policy on avoiding high-level visits to Damascus. This policy gives concrete form to the international isolation of th [...]	2006-03-14 15:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SP SY LE IS FR UN
06TALLINN1085	RUSSIAN PROVOCATIONS FALL FLAT IN ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, several Russian attempts to provoke Estonia with Soviet-style propaganda have fallen flat. A Duma resolution on the Soviet soldiers' memorial in downtown Tallinn (the so-called "Bronze Soldier"),a well-timed declassification of documents "proving" U.S. and B [...]	2006-12-07 10:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV RS EN
06TASHKENT694	CULTURAL DELEGATION HEADED TO RUSSIA EXCLUDES [...] (C) According to a source in the parliament, an Uzbek cultural delegation will travel to Saint Petersburg from April 17-22 to participate in the Forum of Art and Science Intellectuals of the CIS countries. The delegation was invited by the rector of Moscow State University, actor Kyril Lavrov [...]	2006-04-07 14:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL PGOV PREL RU UZ
06TBILISI2866	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili told A/S Fried October 18 that recent Russian statements and actions indicated that Russia had decided to launch an all-out diplomatic assault on Georgia, trying to marginalize the U.S. from the Group of Friends, targeting GUAM, and working to di [...]	2006-10-30 08:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG
06TELAVIV1318	FM LIVNI SEEKS NEW MECHANISM FOR DELIVERING AID TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni asked NEA A/S David Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 for USG help in formulating a new mechanism to deliver aid directly to the Palestinian people; without this mechanism, she said, other donors might "take their own decisions" and use a de [...]	2006-04-04 04:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL PGOV PHUM PREL PREF EAID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1319	ISRAELI DEFMIN TELLS A/S WELCH ISRAEL WILL TAKE NO [...] (S) Summary: Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 that Israel will not communicate with or assist a HAMAS-led Palestinian Authority (PA). Mofaz said that he personally believes PA President Abu Mazen will become increas [...]	2006-04-04 04:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINS PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV1469	ISRAELI CABINET DISCUSSES "BOYCOTT" OF PA AND [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Cabinet announced April 11 that it will "hold no ties" with the Palestinian Authority, but that "there will be no personal disavowal" of PA President Mahmud Abbas. The Cabinet also imposed a "boycott" of foreign officials who plan to meet with Hamas and GOI officials [...]	2006-04-12 14:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV379	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV688	IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (S) In a February 7 meeting, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Director General Gideon Frank told Ambassador Jones the following: A) On February 16, the EU3 MFA directors general are going to meet with an Israeli interagency team in Israel at the MFA to discuss Iran and the way ahead. [...]	2006-02-15 15:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MNUC KNNP IR EU AORC IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV700	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is expected to present to Acting PM Ehud Olmert today recommendations formulated by the defense establishment [...]	2006-02-17 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TOKYO1199	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 00:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3595	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 01:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3818	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 02:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3921	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 08:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4978	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7099	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM DISCUSSES CHINESE AND RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. On December 7, on the margins of a U.S.-Japan Dialogue on Central Asia, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum assessed the challenges presented by Russian and Chinese policies in the region with MOFA European Affairs Bureau Russia Division Director Kuninori Matsuda. Feigenbaum stressed that a [...]	2006-12-21 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH RU ZK JA
06USUNNEWYORK2126	MNF-I RENEWAL: STATE OF PLAY IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: Discussions regarding a renewal of UNSCR 1637, which authorizes the MNF-I and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB),are beginning in New York. Informal soundings of P-5 members indicate they remain willing to support a renewal resolution in response to a speci [...]	2006-11-06 18:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ PINS
06USUNNEWYORK2181	GEORGIAN PERMREP HOLDS BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian Mission to the UN is getting busy. On November 3, Georgian Permrep Irakli Alasania hosted the New York Friends for a discussion titled "on a comprehensive peaceful solution to the conflict in Abkhazia." Alasania made obvious efforts to be accommodating to the Rus [...]	2006-11-22 21:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG YI
06USUNNEWYORK427	P5 MEETING WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON IRAN [...] (C) Ambassador Sanders and Pol MinCouns and the other P5 Ambassadors met with the SYG and former Chief of Staff and new Deputy SYG Designate Malloch Brown early in the evening of March 3. SYG called the meeting to offer a briefing on his meetings with former Iranian President Khatami in Doha [...]	2006-03-06 23:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA AORC IR
06USUNNEWYORK433	UNSC/IRAN: EU3 IRAN ELEMENTS [...] (C) In a brief P3 meeting mid-day March 7, Ambassadors agreed to defer the P5 meeting planned for later in the day until the afternoon of Wednesday, March 8 at 5:00, when we would have a read-out of the Secretary's discussion with Russian FM Lavrov and when the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) w [...]	2006-03-08 00:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KNNP EU IR
06USUNNEWYORK459	UN/IRAQ: PERRICOS PRESSES SECURITY COUNCIL TO [...] (C) Begin Summary. In his briefing to the UNSC, Acting UNMOVIC Chairman Demitrius Perricos urged the UNSC to address UNMOVIC's mandate and discussed in detail his concerns about the chemical weapons (CW) site at Muthanna. He also highlighted Iraq's failure to engage thus far on this file. A [...]	2006-03-10 14:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV UNMOVIC IZ
06USUNNEWYORK476	UNSC/IRAN: P3/P5 MEETINGS [...] (C) Role for the Germans: P3 Ambassadors met early in the afternoon of March 8 in advance of the P5 meeting later in the day. French PR de la Sabliere urged German participation in the next meeting. Ambassador Bolton said regardless of how the meeting was described -- P5-plus-1 or E3-plus [...]	2006-03-13 18:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KNNP EU IR
06VIENNA1733	KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS: JUNE 9 UPDATE [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS AN UPDATE FROM THE U.S. LIAISON OFFICER IN THE OFFICE OF THE UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS (UNOSEK). SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO STATUS MARTTI AHTISAARI DISCUSSED THE KOSOVO FINAL STATUS PROCESS AND LIKELY RESULT WITH RUSSIAN AND CHINESE O [...]	2006-06-14 14:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK SR YI AU
06VIENNA3232	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 03, 2006 [...] The "secret" meeting between the leaders of the OeVP and the SPOe, which occasioned much speculation in Austria's media yesterday, in fact took place with President Heinz Fischer on Wednesday. The talks were aimed at ending the stalemate in the two parties' negotiations to form a new coalition [...]	2006-11-06 12:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VILNIUS1037	LITHUANIAN FM MEETS WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN, [...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian FM Vaitiekunas's discussions November 14 with Russia's Foreign and Transport Ministers in Moscow focused on positive areas of cooperation, like Kaliningrad policy and the EU-Russia PCA, as well as touchier subjects such as energy supply and neighborhood policy. Vaitiek [...]	2006-11-17 14:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ENRG RS LH
06WARSAW2188	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV IN POLAND: A SOFT TOUCH, EXCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met October 5 with President Lech Kaczynski, PM Jarek Kaczynski and FM Anna Fotyga during a one-day visit to Warsaw. According to senior officials from the MFA and presidential chancellery, the overall tone of the visit was positive, although little was a [...]	2006-10-12 15:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL RS GG IR
06WARSAW2238	POLAND ON LAHTI DINNER: ENERGY POLICY KEY, "NO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland looks forward to both the internal EU meetings and dinner with Russian President Putin October 20 in Lahti, Finland. The GOP considers Lahti an important venue for discussing renewal of the Russian Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA),but believes that there is no [...]	2006-10-20 12:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD PL EUN RS
06WELLINGTON526	FOREIGN MINISTER PETERS' TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: During his July visit to Washington, NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters hopes to focus discussion away from the nuclear issue and towards positive areas of bilateral cooperation. Peters, who has from the start of his tenure openly called for improved US-NZ relations, will quiet [...]	2006-07-10 04:55:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
06YEREVAN171	RUSSIAN G-8 CTAG LEADERSHIP "JUST LIKE YOU" [...] (SBU) Russia kicked off its G-8 presidency year following instructions to head up local Counter-terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meetings in the pattern of earlier French and U.S. local leadership. Representatives of local G-8 embassies were invited to participate and, with the exception of the [...]	2006-02-06 13:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS AM
07AMMAN701	FURTHER RESPONSE FROM GOJ ON UNSCR 1727, IRAN AND [...] (C) Elaborating on the GOJ's response (ref a) to ref B demarche, Bassem Awadallah, the director of the King's office, told Ambassador February 14 that the King made it "quite clear" to visiting Russian President Putin that Iran was a threat to the region and not to be trusted. Putin reportedl [...]	2007-02-14 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR RU JO
07ANKARA1755	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-10 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA351	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA449	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ASHGABAT350	CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR [...] (C) Michigan Congressman Peter Hoekstra, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Minority Staff Director Michael Meermans, Permanent Staff Member Jim Lewis and Acting Charge d'Affaires met for about 75 minutes on April 4 with Deputy Chairman and Minister of For [...]	2007-04-05 13:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG IR PREL TX US UN
07ASHGABAT371	RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV PROMISES [...] (SBU) During an April 5 meeting in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan,s President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Russia,s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expanded the traditional Russian-Turkmenistani state dialog, touching on economic cooperation, but focusing a majority of the time on "humanitarion," [...]	2007-04-12 14:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV PHUM PREL RS TX
07ASHGABAT408	RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK: TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV [...] (C) President Berdimuhammedov's upcoming April 23-24 visit to Moscow, reported yesterday in Russian press, comes amidst growing signs that Russia is pushing hard to preserve its influence -* politically, economically, and in the cultural sphere -* in post-Niyazov Turkmenistan. Berdimuhammedov [...]	2007-04-20 14:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS TX US
07ASHGABAT430	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV AND PUTIN DISCUSS INCREASED GAS [...] (C) Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov's April 23-24 working visit to Moscow, described by local press as "a political sensation," resulted in no written agreements but represented a step forward in the bilateral relationship. Energy discussions topped the Russian agenda, with R [...]	2007-04-27 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL RS SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT84	Russian Ambassador on NGO Activist Zatoka [...] (SBU) Russian Ambassador Igor Blatov told the Charge on January 19 that the Russian Embassy had been involved with the Zatoka case for "many days" and that he had met Foreign Minister Meredov on the issue. According to Blatov: -- Local law does not recognize dual citizenship. The governmen [...]	2007-01-19 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS RU TX
07ATHENS1315	U/S BURNS' JUNE 10 MEETING WITH FM BAKOYANNIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her June 10 meeting with U/S Burns, FM Bakoyannis focused on stability in the Balkans -- particularly G-8 discussion of Kosovo final status and GOG concerns regarding Macedonia's NATO entry. She favored additional negotiating time on Kosovo, adding that Greece sought both a [...]	2007-06-27 15:22:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR OVIP
07ATHENS1340	FM BAKOYANNIS ON KOSOVO, MACEDONIA, MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a twenty-minute June 28 conversation, Charge and FM Bakoyannis discussed the Greek-Russian handshake on the Blue Stream pipeline deal (reported reftel),her recent trip to the Middle East and the issues of Kosovo and Macedonia. She said she intended to call U/S Burns at the en [...]	2007-06-29 14:01:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GRQ
07ATHENS2386	KARAMANLIS IN MOSCOW: PAR@THENS 2375 [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-20 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL KPRV GR
07ATHENS559	FM BAKOYANNIS OUTLINES GOALS FOR HER MARCH 22 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of her March 19-23 visit to the U.S., FM Bakoyannis told the Ambassador of her hope that the visit can result in a clear indication by the Secretary of political support for Greece's entry into the Visa Waiver Program. She also pressed for a U.S. statement supporting [...]	2007-03-16 12:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS865	GREECE WELCOMES COLLABORATION ON CFE/RUSSIA [...] (C) On April 30, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on the CFE Treaty and Putin's April 26 remarks to D1 Directorate for NATO Issues deputy chief and Greek HLTF representative Chronis Polychroniou. Polychroniou agreed fully with the proposal to work together to devise a common strategy for a [...]	2007-04-30 14:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PARM NATO KCFE GR
07BAGHDAD1464	DPM SALIH REVIEWS COMPACT DEALS [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih described to Treasury Attache on April 29 the results of a number of GOI efforts to engage the international community in advance of the launch of the International Compact on May 3 in Sharm el-Sheikh. These efforts have produced good progress securin [...]	2007-04-30 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL IZ
07BAKU1357	PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH EUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told A/S Fried that, although he was pleased with Azerbaijan,s overall economic and social situation, he was concerned by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the potential for religious extremism in Azerbaijan. Aliyev believes that Ukraine's paralysis and Moldova' [...]	2007-11-13 09:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
07BAKU240	AZERBAIJAN: FM MAMMADYAROV ON TURKMENISTAN, IRAN [...] (C) This is an action request- please see paragraph 14. 2 (C) SUMMARY. In a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, FM Mammadyarov said that the recently concluded visit of DoD A/S Rodman had clarified the USG position on Iran, and he approved of the USG focus on a diplomatic solution. Co [...]	2007-02-26 09:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ TU GA
07BAKU463	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT EAGER TO SUPPLY GAS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev says Azerbaijan is eager to export all the gas it can to Europe, but is unable to commit to exporting 20 bcm o/a 2012. Saying that "it is not reasonable for us to commit to what BP is responsible for delivering," Aliyev told the Ambassador that the matter of how [...]	2007-04-19 06:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ ENRG PINR TX
07BAKU689	PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS ENERGY AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a May 29 meeting with visiting OVP Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Joseph Wood and the Ambassador, President Aliyev reviewed prospects for new southern corridor energy initiatives. Urging the U.S. to support new Turkmen President Burdimuhamedov, Aliyev said Az [...]	2007-06-01 14:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG MASS PBTS KDEM IR RU AJ
07BAKU696	OVP DEPUTY ASSISTANT MEETING WITH AZERI FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Advisor Joseph Wood and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on May 30. Mammadyarov was relaxed and expansive about his recent discussions with new Turkmenistani President Gurbangul [...]	2007-06-05 08:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG AJ TU
07BAKU721	PRESIDENT ALIYEV CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR THE GABALA [...] (C) Summary: After briefing President Aliyev on his June 8 meeting with the Charge d'Affaires, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov informed us that "in principle, all is good." President Aliyev told Mammadov that if the process of discussing Putin's proposal to bring the Gab [...]	2007-06-08 11:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MNUC OPRC PARM RU IR AJ
07BAKU722	MISSILE DEFENSE: BACKGROUNDER ON THE GABALA RADAR [...] (C) The Gabala radar station (also known as the Lyaki large phased-array radar) was originally part of the USSR's broader ballistic missile defense architecture; specifically, it was one of nine major radar stations erected on Soviet territory to detect and track the launch of ballistic missi [...]	2007-06-08 12:20:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR AJ RU IR
07BAKU728	AZERBAIJANI-RUSSIAN COORDINATION ON PUTIN'S GABALA [...] (C) Summary: The GOAJ publicly and privately has admitted that it had discussions with Moscow regarding potential U.S. - Russian use of the Gabala radar station before Putin made his June 7 announcement on the sidelines of the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, but the precise nature of this dialogue [...]	2007-06-11 12:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AJ RU
07BAKU739	PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON MISSILE DEFENSE, "WE'LL DO [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche on the proposed missile defense site in Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev was quick to tell the Ambassador that Azerbaijan would do "whatever you prefer" and that Azerbaijan would be decisively on the American side in these discussions. After nar [...]	2007-06-13 12:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR MARR MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RS
07BAKU753	PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH, [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, a frustrated President Ilham Aliyev told the Ambassador his view of the unsuccessful Nagorno-Karabakh discussions on the margins of the St. Petersburg CIS Summit. He concluded that the Minsk Group format is "useless," and asked that the United States now impose a se [...]	2007-06-15 12:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS TX
07BAKU774	FOREIGN MINISTER MAMMADYAROV ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov told the Ambassador June 15 that Azerbaijan only had limited and non-specific Gabala-related discussions with Russia prior to Putin's June 7 announcement. Mammadyarov recalled that as early as May 21, he had publicly hinted that the U.S.- [...]	2007-06-21 12:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ IR MARR MNUC PARM RS
07BEIJING4642	SUBJECT: JULY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the July 12 MFA Press Conference were: -- The MFA announced the meeting between the Six-Party Heads of Delegation July 18-19 in Beijing. -- The spokesman has noticed reports of a campaign to expel foreign missionaries, consulted relevant departments in China and found that no [...]	2007-07-12 10:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KS KN BM NG IS JO EG MK RS TX
07BEIJING6844	OCTOBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GAMBARI VISIT, J-10 [...] Key points at the October 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- UN Special Envoy Gambari met with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi and State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan on October 24-25. -- China has taken note of the "untrue and groundless" reports in the Russian media th [...]	2007-10-25 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM IR RS JA SU TU IZ PK
07BELGRADE171	REACTION TO AHTISAARI'S BELGRADE VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Serbian political leaders have reacted almost universally negatively to Special Envoy Ahtisaari's 2/2 status plan. President Tadic has convened the representatives of all the parties to a meeting on 2/5 to chart the course ahead. End Summary 2. (U) Ahtisaari's time in Belgr [...]	2007-02-05 16:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM SR MW YI
07BELGRADE383	KOSOVO: SERBIA APPLAUDS RUSSIAN CALL FOR NEW TALKS [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Kostunica and other Serbian leaders rushed to lend their strong support to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Ivanov's statements over the weekend in favor of continued talks on Kosovo status under a new mediator. The statements, along wi [...]	2007-03-21 09:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE435	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/26 - 3/30) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (C) Summary: For the week of March 26, the announcement and international reactions to Ahtisaari's recommendation for the supervised independence of Kosovo were the dominant events of the week related to Kosovo and S [...]	2007-03-30 16:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE489	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/9 - 4/13) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 9, Serbia's self-titled "diplomatic offensive" to block passage of a UNSC resolution on Kosovo was the dominant event related to Kosovo and Serbia. The Ambassador and his French [...]	2007-04-13 16:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE533	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/16-4/20) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS -------------------- 2. (SBU) Summary: The first half of the week was dominated by GoS reactions to a mischaracterization of remarks by U/S Burns in testimony before Congress, while the second ha [...]	2007-04-20 16:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE534	LAVROV'S VISIT TO BELGRADE SHOWCASES HARDENING STANCE [...] (u) Russian FM Lavrov's visit was widely covered in local press, which focused on his meetings with Tadic and Kostunica. His statements to press following the meetings reiterated Russia's commitment to continued negotiations and respect for implementation of UNSCR 1244 - the provisions of wh [...]	2007-04-20 16:32:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS UNSC PREL KPAO RU SR
07BELGRADE569	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/23-4/27) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The focus for the week was three-fold: the dominant story was the run-up to and the aftermath of the Security Council Mission (SCM) to Belgrade April 26 (with follow-on travel to Kosovo). The [...]	2007-04-27 15:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS UNSC PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE694	Kosovo Weekly Report (May 14- 18, 2007) [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of May 14. 2. (sbu) Summary: Kosovo news took a back seat again this week to the announcement of the formation of a coalition government just before the deadline. Kostunica's policy speech during the government formation [...]	2007-05-18 15:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL PGOV SR
07BELGRADE813	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE DELIGHTED WITH PART [...] (SBU) Summary: In a week dominated by speculation on the G8 Summit's impact on the Kosovo status process, the first substantive offer -- French President Sarkozy's proposal to delay a status decision for six months -- is seen by officials here as a triumph for Serbia's Kosovo policy. Serbia al [...]	2007-06-08 15:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR YI
07BELGRADE934	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: KOSTUNICA'S "BATTLE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: With news of another rejection by Russia on a UNSC draft resolution, Prime Minister Kostunica used his strongest anti-U.S. rhetoric to date in reaction to the Ambassador's direct speech about Serbia's path to Europe. Kostunica cast bilateral differences over Kosovo as a "battle [...]	2007-06-29 16:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE958	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE PREPARES FOR NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Without hard news on Kosovo out of Kennebunkport, Serbian media filled the vacuum with speculation about new status negotiations. Serbian officials doggedly continued their diplomatic offensive abroad and political entrenchment at home. Partition of Kosovo crept back into the ne [...]	2007-07-06 15:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE991	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: RHETORIC HARDENS AS A/S FRIED AND FM [...] SUMMARY: A/S Fried and the French Foreign Minister both came to Belgrade this week to offer an additional 120 days of engagement on Kosovo, but also to confirm to Belgrade that without an agreement of the parties, Kosovo will be independent. Both men expressed U.S. and French eagerness to help [...]	2007-07-13 16:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BERLIN1883	GERMAN MFA RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff and Econ Counselor met with German MFA and Economic Ministry officials respectively to discuss ref A. Deputy European Correspondent Thomas Schieb, who is responsible for overseeing the drafting of position papers for the MFA's use at the October 15-16 EU General Affairs and Exter [...]	2007-10-12 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL RS LY IS IZ IR
07BERLIN2029	GERMAN EXPECTATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT [...] (C) Emboffs delivered ref A demarche November 5 to MFA Nonproliferation Divison Desk Officer Hellmut Hoffmann, IAEA Desk Officer Martin Langer, and Nuclear Nonproliferation Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Hoffmann expressed appreciation for the information and noted that Germany had received a si [...]	2007-11-06 17:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN700	USD/P EDELMAN'S MARCH 28 CONSULTATIONS IN BERLIN [...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Edelman, accompanied by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Deputy Director Maj. Gen. Anzalone, visited Berlin March 28 to hold consultations on missile defense and Afghanistan with senior officials in the defense and foreign ministries and at the chancellery [...]	2007-04-03 16:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO MOPS GM PL EZ RS AF
07BRASILIA17	Brazil and Russia Sign Space Cooperation MOU [...] One of the agreements signed by Brazil with Russia during the December 14-15, 2006, visit of Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov to Brasilia was an MOU for Cooperation in Space. According to the newspaper Jornal do Brasil, the principal beneficiary of the agreement will be Brazil's rocket launchi [...]	2007-01-05 14:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO TPHY TRGY BR
07BRASILIA53	Brazil and Russia Sign Space Cooperation MOU [...] (SBU) One of the agreements signed by Brazil with Russia during the December 14-15, 2006, visit of Foreign Minister Serguei Lavrov to Brasilia was an MOU for Cooperation in Space. According to the newspaper Jornal do Brasil, the principal beneficiary of the agreement will be Brazil's rocket l [...]	2007-01-10 19:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA TBIO TPHY TRGY BR
07BRATISLAVA250	SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA [...] (C) Summary: During Serbian President Boris Tadic's April 24-25 visit to Bratislava, Slovak leaders stayed largely on message. In private meetings they told Tadic that Slovakia sympathizes with Serbia but it would vote with the EU. MFA PolDir Lajcak expressed satisfaction with the visit and s [...]	2007-04-26 06:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI UNSC LO
07BRATISLAVA275	FM KUBIS ON KOSOVO, RUSSIA, SERBIA, MISSILE [...] (C) Summary/Introduction: In a frank, productive 90-minute conversation May 9, FM Jan Kubis told the Ambassador that: --Slovakia is still with the EU on voting for a Kosovo resolution. Slovakia would like to finesse the language of the UNSCR to avoid direct endorsement for the Ahtisaari plan [...]	2007-05-10 15:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ENRG CVIS KO YI RU LO
07BRUSSELS1871	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETINGS WITH PM VERHOFSTADT [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN AN HOUR-LONG MEETING, AMBASSADOR REVIEWED WITH PM VERHOFSTADT KEY ISSUES IN THE U.S.-BELGIAN RELATIONSHIP INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE, TROOPS FOR AFGHANISTAN, AND RECONSTRUCTION AID AND DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ. PM REVIEWED PROSPECTS FOR THE FEDERAL ELECTIO [...]	2007-06-07 11:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MILI CG BE
07BUCHAREST227	ROMANIA WILL MAKE STRONG STATEMENT RESPONDING TO [...] (C) DCM and Pol Counselor delivered reftel demarche on February 27 to MFA State Secretary (de facto Deputy Foreign Minister) Adrian Vierita. Vierita agreed that it was important for Allies to convey to Moscow the message that overreaction on the missile defense issue was neither constructive [...]	2007-02-28 15:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EZ PL RO
07DAMASCUS120	Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Iraq, Palestinian hostility (2/2-5) [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported Indonesian FM Hassan Wirajuda's visit to Syria on Feb. 3 and 4 and his meetings with President Bashar al Assad and FM Walid al Mouallem. Wirajuda delivered a letter to President Assad from the Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on means of enhancing [...]	2007-02-07 07:08:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS122	Palestinian Territories, Syria/Netherlands, Lavrov/Mousa, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Feb. 7 quoted an official source at the Syrian Foreign Ministry expressing, on Feb. 6, deep concern over Israeli excavations in the area of the al-Aqsa Mosque that threaten the safety and sanctity of the mosque. "Syria, which strongly condemns this aggression, sees t [...]	2007-02-07 13:44:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS185	Syria/Spain, Lavrov, Palestinian Territories, Arab League, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Feb. 22 reported FM Walid al-Mouallem's visit to Madrid and his meeting with his Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos on Feb. 21. Talks focused on bilateral relations, regional issues, most importantly the situation in the occupied territories following the Mecca Accord [...]	2007-02-26 12:47:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS192	Syria/Egypt, Syria/Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian Territories [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Feb. 28 reported that President Asad received a phone call on Feb. 27 from President Mubarak about preparations for the Arab Summit scheduled for March 28 in Riyadh. On Iraq, papers reported that FM Mouallem received a telephone call on Feb. 27 from Turkish FM Abdul [...]	2007-02-28 13:41:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY

07DAMASCUS200	Syria/Russia, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Iran [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Mar. 1 quoted an official source from the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs , confirming, on Feb. 28, that Syria will attend the Iraq Neighboring Countries conference that will be held in Baghdad on March 10. Answering a question by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SAN [...]	2007-03-01 14:42:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS292	Syria/Kuwait, Syria/Pakistan, Syria/Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Mar. 25 reported VP Shara's visit to Kuwait on Mar. 24 to convey a message from President Asad to the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, on bilateral coordination prior to the upcoming Arab summit in Riyadh. During the meeting Shara reviewed the [...]	2007-03-25 13:50:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS424	Syria/Russia, Syria/US, Sharm al-Sheikh Conference, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on May 5 reported FM Mouallem's participation in the Ministerial Conference of Iraq's Neighboring Countries held in Sharm al-Sheikh on May 4. In his speech at the conference, Mouallem stressed the need to schedule withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq in accordance wi [...]	2007-05-08 05:20:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS643	Golan, Rice, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on June 27 marked the 33rd anniversary of the liberation of Al-Qunaytirah with reports and articles glorifying the "heroism" and sacrifices of Syrian forces during the October 1973 war and stressing that the occupied Golan will definitely return to Syria. Papers cited [...]	2007-06-27 12:50:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS745	Syria/Iran, Peace/Bush's Call for International [...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 20 reported Iranian President Ahmadinejad's summit with President Asad on July 19. Talks focused on regional developments and bilateral relations. Banner headlines featured the joint press conference at the conclusion of their talks. The Iranian President call [...]	2007-07-22 13:49:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS772	Lebanon, Peace Process, Palestinian Territories, Iraq, [...] Summary: All Syrian papers on July 29 featured Hizbollah leader Sayed Hassan Nasrallah's speech on July 28 in mass rally in Bint Jbeil in south Lebanon commemorating the anniversary of the July 2006 war with Israel saying that the Lebanese resistance has foiled US plans for a new Middle East [...]	2007-07-30 06:16:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS92	Russia, Syria/Argentina, Lebanon, Iraq, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Jan. 28 reported that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Tehran and Damascus must be involved in the Middle East peace process. "We are deeply convinced that Iran and Syria must not be isolated, but, rather, brought into the peace process," Lavrov to [...]	2007-01-28 15:38:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07HELSINKI351	A CLEAR CHANGE OF TONE: FINNISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kanerva underscored to Ambassador Ware the new GOF's intention to improve the US- Finnish bilateral relationship, and he highlighted the shared foreign policy challenges the US and the EU face in Russia. The Ambassador urged more Finnish funding for peacekeepin [...]	2007-05-14 13:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EUN FI
07HELSINKI627	FINNISH RESPONSE: KOSOVO: DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) On Aug. 13, Ambassador Ware raised reftel points regarding next steps on Kosovo with Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva. Kanerva said that he himself is in frequent contact with President Ahtisaari and that, on the EU level, there is agreement that Ahtisaari's plan "is still the roadmap" to b [...]	2007-08-15 09:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN FI
07HELSINKI848	FINLAND: OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With its chairmanship only five weeks away, the GOF is realistic about the fact that few if any miracles will emerge from the Madrid Ministerial, and that Finland will be left to manage a range of divisive issues. Finland is in "complete agreement" with our emphasis on maintaining [...]	2007-11-23 13:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM FI
07ISTANBUL565	BSEC 15TH ANNIVERSARY SUMMIT: A PROTOCOL TRIUMPH [...] (SBU) Summary: The BSEC 15th anniversary summit held in Istanbul on June 25 proved that Turkey could deliver a high level protocol event, including participation by eleven of the twelve BSEC member heads of state or government. Armenia, the only hold out, was represented by Foreign Minister O [...]	2007-07-02 08:15:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECIN ENRG TU RU EU
07JAKARTA1187	UNSC: DISCUSSION WITH INDONESIA ON MINURSO, KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. On April 27, an Indonesian Department Foreign Affairs official indicated that the GOI was undecided about whether to support the Friends of the Western Sahara draft resolution on the MINURSO mandate (reftel),but said that as a matter of principle it was unlikely to do so in the [...]	2007-04-27 09:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK RU YI MO WI ID
07KABUL672	RUSSIAN FM SAYS NATO MUST LEAVE AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Drawing on Cold War rhetoric, Russian FM Lavrov told FM Spanta on February 23 that NATO must leave Afghanistan as it was an enduring presence against Russia (according to Spanta's debrief). The GOR is also worried about Iran's nuclear program and does not trust its regional intentions. [...]	2007-03-01 07:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NATO RU IR AF
07KABUL759	REMAINS OF MEMORIAL TO SOVIET PILOTS AT BAGRAM AB [...] (C) Summary: In the late 1980s, members of a Soviet military unit stationed at the then Soviet Bagram Air Base constructed a memorial to five of their pilots who had been killed in action fighting the Mujahideen. There are no/no graves known or believed to be associated with the memorial. In [...]	2007-03-05 16:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RS AF
07KYIV2508	UKRAINE: ALL SIDES WAIT WHILE ELECTIONS SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. As votes continued to trickle into the Central Election Commission on October 2, parties remained for the most part constrained, holding off on both court challenges and coalition negotiations until the final count is announced. With more than 97 percent of the vote counted by 5 [...]	2007-10-02 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07LJUBLJANA188	SLOVENIA: MEDIA RESPONSE AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian media coverage of U.S. missile defense plans in Poland and Czech Republic has been generally restrained, with numerous straightforward, factual articles, but, as is typical, a handful of acerbic anti-American commentaries from Slovenia's skeptical intellectual elite. A [...]	2007-03-28 09:51:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	KPAO MARR PREL NATO PGOV MASS SI
07LUXEMBOURG162	AMBASSADOR WAGNER'S MEETING WITH FM ASSELBORN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wagner met privately with Foreign Minister Asselborn April 28 to press home the U.S. government's deep concerns about the unhelpful remarks he has made about missile defense. Asselborn defended his comments by stating that he was merely saying "what other people were [...]	2007-05-03 16:33:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LU
07LUXEMBOURG79	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS [...] (SBU) Acting Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche February 22 to Veronique Dockendorf, MFA senior transatlantic affairs officer and Mike Hentges, the Prime Minister's diplomatic advisor. Neither had any immediate comment, but both undertook to present the demarche at the earliest opportun [...]	2007-02-23 10:06:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV LU RS
07MADRID1144	SPANISH POLDIR ON CFE, CUBA, ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM met with Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar June 7 to discuss the need for unity at next week's extraordinary CFE Treaty conference in Vienna. Dezcallar reiterated Spain's strong commitment to NATO and expressed concern at the tone of Putin's recent rhetori [...]	2007-06-11 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCFE CU SP OSCE
07MADRID1987	EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S OCTOBER 15 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and CDA Llorens met October 15 with Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos. A/S Fried briefed Moratinos on 2 2 talks on CFE and missile defense, including the possibility of major progress on CFE in time for the OSCE ministerial Spain is hosting in November. A/S Fried prepa [...]	2007-10-18 17:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PARM PREL SP KV CU
07MADRID2202	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS NOVEMBER 30 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns met with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg on the margins of the Organization of Security and Cooperation (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Burns agreed with Schwarzenberg that NATO members must coordinate a strong message and plan for dealing w [...]	2007-12-05 17:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL SP CZ
07MADRID2225	U/S BURNS MEETING WITH SPANISH FM MORATINOS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary Burns and Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos met November 28 to review OSCE activities and other bilateral issues. U/S Burns delivered our messages regarding the need to protect the integrity of the OSCE and its institutions, particularly ODIH [...]	2007-12-11 16:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP
07MADRID824	SPAIN: MISSILE DEFENSE IS NRC ISSUE, NOT OSCE ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 11:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM OSCE EZ PL RS SP
07MADRID984	RUSSIANS ON SPANISH OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns discussed OSCE issues with Russian Political Counselor Alexey Dementiev and Advisor Dennis Gonchar on May 18 at the Russians' request. Dementiev indicated Russia's strong support for the U.S. led Global Initiative and offered to increase U.S.-Russia coordination through [...]	2007-05-22 15:07:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE SP RS
07MINSK437	EUR DAS KRAMER'S MESSAGE RESOUNDS [...] (SBU) Local media coverage of DAS Kramer's recent visit to Minsk reflected primarily straightforward and opinion-free reporting. A bit of vituperation was thrown in by Belarusian State TV, which commented in a manner consistent with its usual anti-American sentiment. A lively element of pu [...]	2007-05-24 10:17:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SCUL PREL BO
07MINSK561	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 29, 2007 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS International Relations ----------------------- - GOB and Russian FMs Discuss Union, Missile Shield (para. 2) - Official Israeli Delegation Arrives in Minsk (para. 3) - Vietnam Military Delegation V [...]	2007-06-29 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG BO
07MINSK578	LUKASHENKO PAYS FEALTY TO RUSSIA, DEFIES WEST [...] (C) In recent Belarusian Independence Day speeches, President Lukashenko reaffirmed the GOB's commitment to strengthening its relations with Russia and other former Soviet republics. Meanwhile, the dictator defiantly downplayed the economic consequences of the EU's recent removal of trade pr [...]	2007-07-06 13:32:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BO
07MOSCOW1104	RUSSIAN MFA REACTION ON KODORI INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: DFM Karasin told Ambassador March 12 -- and the MFA repeated March 13 -- that Russia was not involved in the March 11 firing incident in Georgia's Kodori Gorge. The CIS PKF had observed firing in the region, but the GOR had no further information and would await the results of th [...]	2007-03-14 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR GG RS
07MOSCOW1143	KOSOVO: HARDLINE RUSSIAN DFM TITOV URGES PHASED [...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Titov reiterated to the Ambassador that the Russian bottomline remained unchanged: the Ahtisaari plan was unacceptable absent Serbian endorsement, and Serbs remained united in their opposition to the proposal. Titov expressed ange [...]	2007-03-16 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS
07MOSCOW1236	RUSSIAN MFA: AFGHANISTAN POST-FM VISIT; IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting, MFA Director Maryasov said Russia was evaluating further arms donations to Afghanistan, finalizing the debt relief documents, pushing for CSTO-NATO counter-narcotics cooperation, and sending a drug control official to Kabul in the "nearest future." During [...]	2007-03-22 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AF IR RS
07MOSCOW1305	RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK ON US RELATIONS, MD, IRAN, HOM [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on March 23, Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak noted that a visit by U/S Edelman was delayed by the replacement of his counterpart and GOR concerns that the format did not address overarching Russian concerns over US strategic intentio [...]	2007-03-26 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM NATO OSCE RS
07MOSCOW1316	RUSSIA-GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA: TOUGH TALK FROM DFM [...] (C) DFM Grigoriy Karasin showed little flexibility when Ambassador pressed him on relations with Georgia March 26. Karasin warned that a Georgian application to the European Court of Human Rights over last autumn's deportations would lead to a sharp Russian reaction. He said no process of nor [...]	2007-03-26 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE MD BO UP KZ GG RS
07MOSCOW1374	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: CALM BEFORE THE STORM? [...] (C) Russian non-official commentators have shown little interest in reacting to the Georgian suit against Russia in the European Court for Human Rights. Even Sergey Markov -- usually the shrillest parrot of any line the Kremlin takes -- called for handling the matter between the foreign minist [...]	2007-03-29 10:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR EU GG RS
07MOSCOW1377	YOUR VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) On behalf of the Ambassador, we look forward to your arrival, and offer the following overview of our commercial relationship with Russia. You may want to read also the Ambassador's scenesetter for Foreign Minister Lavrov's last visit to Washington (referenced above),which provides insig [...]	2007-03-29 11:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV OVIP
07MOSCOW1634	IRAN: PUTIN FRUSTRATED WITH TEHRAN [...] (C) During an April 10 conversation with Russian Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Sergey Prikhodko, the Ambassador again expressed disappointment with Russia's receiving Iranian Deputy Interior Minister/IRGC General Mohammed Zolqadr, a individual designated on the UNSCR 1747 list of key [...]	2007-04-11 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC IR RS
07MOSCOW1674	OFFICIAL RUSSIA BRISTLES AT SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REPORT [...] (C) In its April 11 reaction to the release of the 2006 Supporting Human Rights and Democracy report, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs further stoked a fire that was set by an April 7 front-page article in the national daily Kommersant and fed with criticism by State Duma Foreign Affairs Commit [...]	2007-04-12 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS KDMR
07MOSCOW1809	UKRAINE: GOR WAITING FOR COMPROMISE [...] (C) Since the early-April start of the Ukrainian government crisis, the GOR has consistently maintained that it is an internal Ukrainian affair and not amenable to Russia's overt involvement. The Ukrainian FM Yatsenyuk's April 16 visit was portrayed as "business as usual," during which the t [...]	2007-04-19 13:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
07MOSCOW1896	AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOR ON INTERNEWS [...] (C) The Ambassador emphasized strong USG concerns about Internews/the Educated Media Foundation (EMF) with several senior GOR officials, urging a quick resolution of the case. In separate conversations with First DFM Denisov, DFM Yakovenko, DFM Kislyak, and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor [...]	2007-04-24 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID RS
07MOSCOW2062	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S. FUNDING OF NGOS WITH DFM [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. assistance is intended to help Russia develop its governing institutions and not to interfere in Russian partisan politics, the Ambassador told DFM Aleksandr Yakovenko during a May 4 meeting. Yakovenko said that the State Department's Supporting Human Rights and Democracy [...]	2007-05-04 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID KDEM RS
07MOSCOW2166	PUTIN'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY: MAY 9-12 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. President Putin appears determined to come back home from his May 9-12 visit to Astana and Ashgabat with a signed document that will guarantee 25 years of Turkmen gas to Russia -- something that the history of Russian-Turkmen gas relations suggests may be a difficult task. Some [...]	2007-05-11 06:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG ECON KZ TX RS
07MOSCOW2205	DFM LOSYUKOV ON THE SCO, SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Losyukov promised "no surprises" at the Bishkek Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit--no membership enlargement, nor any demand for U.S. base withdrawal from the region. He predicted an SCO proposal for engagement in Afghanistan, [...]	2007-05-14 03:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN IR AF RS
07MOSCOW2356	RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT: SHARPER RHETORIC, FEWER RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: President Putin met with EU representatives near Samara May 17-18 to discuss the future of the Russia-EU relationship, Kosovo and Estonia, and trade and investment flows. Russian and EU participants had low expectations for a positive outcome; the Summit was marked by few deli [...]	2007-05-21 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG EU RS
07MOSCOW2472	CODEL NELSON/LOTT: SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes at a vital juncture in Russian-American relations. As Russia moves closer to succession in March 2008, the more complicated this relationship will be to manage. There is a lot at stake: deepening cooperation in reversing North Korea's nuclear status and preventing the [...]	2007-05-25 17:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PARM ENRG RS
07MOSCOW259	DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, LEBANON, SYRIA, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov reaffirmed support for the roadmap, while expressing sympathy for Palestinian efforts to proceed to final status discussions, and flagged that FM Lavrov will resurrect the GOR proposal for a [...]	2007-01-23 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON RS IS IZ SY LE
07MOSCOW2590	CODEL NELSON-LOTT MEETS WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S.-Russian Senate-Federation Council Interparliamentary Working Group Co-Chairs Senator Ben Nelson and Senator Trent Lott, accompanied by Senators Evan Bayh, Judd Gregg, and Richard Burr, met May 29 with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss current bilateral and [...]	2007-06-01 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KNDP ETRD OREP NELSON LOTT RS
07MOSCOW2649	KOSOVO: MFA ON VETO, AND UN PERMREP CHURKIN'S LEASH [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting, prior to his June 6 departure for the G8 summit, Russian Special Envoy for Kosovo Aleksandr Botsan-Kharchenko warned that the international community was "close to gridlock" on Kosovo. He expressed concern over a potential effort to push for a quick vote within the S [...]	2007-06-05 11:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI RS
07MOSCOW2658	SOFT POWER IN ACTION: MOSCOW PROMOTES RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow has ramped up its efforts to promote the Russian language in both the former Soviet Union and throughout the world. Observers say the program is aimed at using "soft power" to maintain Russia's dominance in its neighborhood and underline that Russia remains a great powe [...]	2007-06-05 15:50:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI RS
07MOSCOW2659	LOCAL PUNDITS ON RUSSIA'S ESCALATING RHETORIC [...] (C) Summary: The latest Russian rhetoric against U.S. missile defense plans, in conjunction with last week's missile testing, is read by both pro-Kremlin and liberal analysts as further evidence of Putin's continued frustration with U.S.-Russian relations. They argue that the combative ton [...]	2007-06-05 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2739	MOSCOW GAY RIGHTS MARCH: POLICE LOOK ON AS [...] (SBU) Summary: The May 27 gay rights demonstration and its aftermath highlight two disheartening trends in Russia: the increasing collusion between security forces and nationalist groups, and the reluctance of the human rights community to engage on an issue that has little resonance with Russi [...]	2007-06-08 11:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV RS
07MOSCOW2741	RUSSIA: NO FLEXIBILITY ON CFE REDLINES IN ADVANCE [...] (C) Summary: The Russians plan to come to the June 12 CFE Extraordinary Conference (which they convened) with no new initiatives. Instead, they plan to restate their longstanding positions and to listen to what the U.S. and its Allies have to offer. Barring an unanticipated decision by NA [...]	2007-06-08 11:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM RS
07MOSCOW2860	SUMMIT TIDBITS: PUTIN WITH SAAKASHVILI AND VORININ [...] (C) Russian MFA and Security Council readouts of President Putin's meetings with Presidents Saakashvili of Georgia and Voronin of Moldova at the Commonwealth of Independent States Summit stressed their constructive and friendly atmosphere. Concrete results were not noted, however. The MFA has [...]	2007-06-15 06:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR GG MD RS
07MOSCOW2983	PUTIN ASKS SERBS FOR AHTISAARI ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During the June visits of Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica and FM Jeremic, Putin apparently pushed them to come up with a counterproposal on Kosovo that he can carry to Kennebunkport. The GOR, however, remains committed to a solution based on a "compromise" between the parties, [...]	2007-06-20 10:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR RS
07MOSCOW3023	DFM KISLYAK ON PRE-KENNEBUNKPORT PREPARATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting on June 20, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak reviewed preparations for the Kennebunkport meeting between the presidents. Kislyak said he was ready during his late-June Washington visit to work through outstanding issues on documents an [...]	2007-06-21 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM RS
07MOSCOW3024	OSCE SYG DE BRICHAMBAUT'S VISIT: "REFORM" [...] (C) We met with MFA OSCE Section Chief Valeriy Maslin to review OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut's June 14-15 visit. De Brichambaut was in Moscow on a working visit and met with FM Lavrov, as well as with the Russian Security Council, Defense Ministry and the Central Electio [...]	2007-06-21 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE RS
07MOSCOW305	KOSOVO: RUSSIA TO BREAK WITH CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Welcoming a proposed visit by Special Envoy Wisner, the GOR's Special Envoy on Kosovo Botsan-Karchenko warned that Russia would break the Contact Group consensus on the Ahtisaari timeline at the January 26 Vienna meeting. The GOR will reject an "artificial" timeline, propose p [...]	2007-01-25 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
07MOSCOW3433	FM LAVROV'S LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) On July 10, by diplomatic note, the MFA passed us the original of a letter in Russian from FM Lavrov to the Secretary regarding Iraq, a copy of which has been conveyed SIPDIS by the Russian Embassy to the Department. The letter is dated July 2007. 2. (C) Comment: We have been [...]	2007-07-13 10:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL OPDC IZ RS
07MOSCOW3434	RUSSIA AND IRAN: MOSCOW'S SHIFTING VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Iran's nuclear program has posed an increasing challenge to Russia's foreign policy as Moscow tries to balance its strong interest in preventing a nuclear armed Iran against the political and economic considerations that have traditionally driven relations with Tehran. However, [...]	2007-07-13 11:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ETRD MASS IR RS
07MOSCOW3519	SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Russian South Ossetia Negotiator Yuri Popov told us Russian domestic concerns in the North Caucasus will keep Russia hostile to the Georgian-backed Sanakoyev regime. Russian loyalty to Kokoity will last at least until the 2008 Russian presidential transition. Popov got the South Ossetians [...]	2007-07-18 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW3521	MIDDLE EAST: RUSSIAN MFA'S INITIAL REACTION TO [...] (C) The MFA's initial, informal reaction to the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East was positive, with particular GOR interest in the President's call for an international meeting on the Middle East. MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East Peace Process Oleg Ozerov told us July 17 [...]	2007-07-18 13:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS RS
07MOSCOW3567	AFGHANISTAN: MOSCOW STIRS [...] (C) Summary: Russia has sharply stepped up its engagement with the Afghan government since FM Lavrov's February visit to Kabul. Moscow intends to finalize its debt relief agreement with Kabul by the end of the month and is actively weighing increased arms supplies and initiating a program [...]	2007-07-20 12:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS EAID SNAR AF RS
07MOSCOW366	RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL CHIEF ON U.S. RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 30 MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR, IGOR IVANOV ENCOURAGED A VISIT BY DNSA HADLEY AND INCREASED CONGRESSIONAL CONTACT. HE FLAGGED THE JANUARY 31 VISITS OF BANDAR BIN SULTAN AND SAAD HARIRI TO MOSCOW, IN ORDER TO DISCUSS THE SAUDI INITIATIVE TO STABILIZE LEBANON. (BAND [...]	2007-01-30 12:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS IR LE
07MOSCOW3803	ABBAS WINS MOSCOW'S SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas concluded a three-day visit to Moscow with a July 31 meeting with President Putin, who assured Abbas that the GOR would support him as the legitimate leader of the Palestinian people. Abbas also met with FM Lavrov and First DFM Deni [...]	2007-08-02 14:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS RS
07MOSCOW3804	EAP PDAS STEPHENS JULY 27 DISCUSSIONS ON THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary. During a July 27 meeting, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathleen Stephens and a GOR representative for the Six-Party Working Group on Northeast Asia Peace and Security, Vladimir Rakhmanin, exchanged views on the expectations and goals for the group, including plans up [...]	2007-08-02 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KNNP KN KS JA RS
07MOSCOW381	AFGHANISTAN: TIME TO REENGAGE WITH RUSSIA? [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 2-3 Washington consultations provide an opportunity to seek support for the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan's security and reconstruction. While Moscow has been critical of U.S. and Western efforts in Afghanistan, it has also expressed inte [...]	2007-01-30 16:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD SNAR AF RS
07MOSCOW3887	LITERACY AND HEALTH INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 31, 2007, we extended reftel invitation to the MFA's International Organizations Department. According to the Secretary of the Director of the International Organizations SIPDIS Department Tatyana Andreevna on August 7, 2007, the Russian UNGA Delegation will be headed by FM La [...]	2007-08-08 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA RS
07MOSCOW3978	SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials tell us they expect "no surprises" at the August 16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Bishkek. According to the MFA's SCO coordinator, Russia will seek to use the Summit to focus on improving the functioning of the SCO, especially in setting pr [...]	2007-08-14 16:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON SNAR RS
07MOSCOW4163	MFA REITERATES TO VISITING OSCE SPECIAL ENVOY GOR [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and Spanish diplomats, OSCE CiO Zuzul used his August 22-23 visit to stress the need to reduce Georgian-Russian tensions, without focusing on identifying the guilty party in the August 6 missile incident. The GOR accorded Zuzul a mid-level MFA hearing, expressed [...]	2007-08-24 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PINS UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW4305	DFM SALTANOV ON QUARTET, MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov expressed strong support for the upcoming Quartet meetings and the Middle East Peace Conference. Saltanov proposed bilateral consultations in Washington or New York following his planned Septe [...]	2007-08-31 11:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
07MOSCOW4309	LATVIAN BORDER TREATY: DUMA RATIFICATION IN EARLY [...] (C) Summary. The State Duma will likely ratify the border treaty with Latvia, but the MFA and the Latvian Embassy raised concerns about the treaty's passage in the Federation Council, where political grandstanding in an election year could possibly result in further delay. FM Lavrov postpon [...]	2007-08-31 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS
07MOSCOW4315	MFA ON "SIGNIFICANT" SHIFT IN RUSSIA-BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Newly installed MFA Belarus Section Chief Nikita Matkovskiy told us that since Russia began to "put in order" its relations with Belarus in 2006, Russia has observed "serious but necessary" changes in the behavior of the Lukashenko regime. Matkovskiy underscored Russia's determi [...]	2007-09-04 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MNUC BO RU
07MOSCOW4328	DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND OTHER NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Two contentious issues -- Georgia and the Russian charges against the American HOM of OSCE Moldova -- dominated the Ambassador's September 4 meeting with DFM Karasin (the latter exchange reported separately). On Georgia, Karasin said State Minister Bakradze started off on the wrong foot w [...]	2007-09-04 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS OSCE UNGA MD GG RS
07MOSCOW4357	POLISH PRESIDENT REQUESTS PUTIN MEETING AT KATYN [...] (C) Polish President Kaczynski surprised the GOR on September 4 by conveying his interest in a visit to Katyn and Smolensk on September 17, the date the Soviet Red Army seized eastern Poland in 1939, and requesting a meeting with President Putin. Polish Charge d'Affaires Zbigniew Rzonca told [...]	2007-09-06 12:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PL RS
07MOSCOW4419	GOR ON OSCE: UNRELENTING BUT MEASURED CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary. Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos's August 30 visit to Moscow gave the GOR another chance to air its grievances against the OSCE. This time, the GOR's criticisms were less sharp and there was no hint of Russia's departure from the organization. FM Lavrov, while calling the OSC [...]	2007-09-07 15:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW4433	RUSSIA-SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS: NO FRICTION, BUT [...] (C) Summary. GOR officials characterized the August 30-31 Moscow visit by the South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-Soon as "excellent" with no notable problem areas requiring serious negotiation, except the shared concern for North Korea's nuclear programs. FM Lavrov summarized the Russia [...]	2007-09-10 11:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARMS MNUC KS RS
07MOSCOW4440	IAEA DEMARCHE ON IRAN DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-10 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA IR KNNP MNUC
07MOSCOW4447	PUTIN'S INDONESIA TRIP EXPANDS RUSSIAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Putin's September 6 visit to Indonesia is indicative of the Russian goal of expanding economic ties with Southeast Asia through key industries -- energy and military -- considered crucial both to Russian economic growth and to exerting influence abroad. The pre [...]	2007-09-11 02:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV ASEAN ID RS
07MOSCOW4490	RUSSIA TO FOCUS ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director of Middle East and North Africa Department Aleksandr Kinshak previewed for us preliminary GOR plans for Iraqi FM Zebari's trip to Moscow, currently scheduled for September 18-21. The GOR will seek a commitment from Zebari to reactivate the Russia-Iraq Intergo [...]	2007-09-13 05:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON IQ RS
07MOSCOW4505	FUNDAMENTALS OF RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY CONTRIBUTE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's strong rhetoric during his September 3 remarks on the course of Russian foreign policy, and in particular his use of the term "red lines," differs little from previous GOR statements. While Lavrov emphasized Russia's commitment to cooperation with the W [...]	2007-09-13 13:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR
07MOSCOW4544	DFM LOSYUKOV ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary. In a September 12 meeting with Ambassador DFM Losyukov expressed satisfaction that the Six-Party Talks had made progress toward the ultimate goal-- the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. He believes the Six-Party Beijing Plenary is likely to start on September 19, and wi [...]	2007-09-17 04:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ECON KN IR AF IN RS
07MOSCOW4550	MFA FRUSTRATED WITH UKRAINIAN POLITICS, SATISFIED [...] (C) Summary: MFA Director for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova Viktor Sorokin told us that while senior-level contact with Ukraine continues, Russia is growing frustrated with the virtual paralysis in bilateral relations. Russia places most of the blame for the stagnation on the "divided and pre [...]	2007-09-17 08:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL ECON UK
07MOSCOW4596	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON IMPORTANCE OF CLIMATE [...] (C) On September 17, Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko told Ambassador of Foreign Minister Lavrov's interest in participating in the September 27 - 28 Washington energy security and climate change conference. Yakovenko provided the Ambassador with a non-paper outlining the MFA's traditional c [...]	2007-09-18 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM SENV RS
07MOSCOW4602	SEEKING HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT AD HOC LIAISON [...] We delivered reftel demarche on September 14 to Timur Zabirov of the MFA Middle East and North Africa Department. Zabirov said that the GOR appreciated that the Secretary's attendance at the AHLC demonstrates U.S. support for the Palestinian Authority and that a suitably high-level official wo [...]	2007-09-19 04:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID KPAL KWBG XF EUN RS
07MOSCOW4626	FEDERATION COUNCIL PASSES LATVIAN BORDER TREATY [...] (SBU) On September 19, the Russian Federation Council voted 177 to one to ratify the border treaty with Latvia. Despite fears that the Just Russia party might cater to the nationalist vote in election-year politics (reftel),they instead voted for the treaty with near unanimity in the first r [...]	2007-09-19 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS
07MOSCOW4633	POLISH PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO KATYN "CONSTRUCTIVE" [...] (C) Summary. DFM Titov characterized President Kaczynski's visit to Katyn as "constructive," noting that Kaczynski had depicted Katyn as an historical event and focused on the future of Russian-Polish relations. Titov also said that any request by Kaczynski to meet with Putin would have been [...]	2007-09-20 08:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL RS
07MOSCOW4634	RUSSIA-FRANCE RELATIONS: AFTER KOUCHNER, BEFORE [...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's two-day Moscow visit did not bridge the gap in the two countries' position on issues such as Kosovo and Iran. Both GOR officials and the French Embassy hope that the early October Sarkozy visit will provide an opportunity to narrow di [...]	2007-09-20 09:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS
07MOSCOW4723	READOUT OF ZEBARI VISIT: STRONGER ECONOMIC TIES, [...] (C) Summary: MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Deputy Director Aleksandr Kinshchak characterized Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari's September 18-21 visit to Moscow as "successful." Kinshchak, who took part in the meetings, told us that Zebari gave Foreign Minister Lavrov a positive but [...]	2007-09-26 13:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS IQ
07MOSCOW4727	FM LAVROV UNDERSCORES ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND "NO [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that Lavrov's September 11-13 trip to Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay focused on strengthening economic development of the region and projecting solidarity with countries instituting their own models of political and economic development. Lavrov stressed in his public [...]	2007-09-26 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ETRD XR RS
07MOSCOW484	ZATOKA CASE: THE POWER OF NGO PRESSURE [...] (C) Unexpected public attention to the arrest in Ashgabat of Russian-Turkmenistani dual citizen and environmental activist Andrey Zatoka (reftel) sparked GOR engagement in the case. An NGO representative raised the Zatoka case with President Putin, which apparently prompted Foreign Minister [...]	2007-02-05 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SENV TX RS
07MOSCOW4852	RUSSIA ON DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. On October 2, the GOR requested U.S. assistance in the release of the two South Ossetian PKF personnel in Georgian custody (non-paper emailed to EUR) and in blocking the OSCE's planned October 17 session to re-examine the August 6 South-Ossetia missile incident. GOR officials e [...]	2007-10-03 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW4897	RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: IRAN, MD, CFE, ARMS [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak staked out familiar positions on missile defense, arguing that U.S. insistence on radar and interceptor facilities in the Czech Republic and Poland meant the 2 2 delegations would "talk past each other" and accusing the U [...]	2007-10-05 09:57:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM EAID MASS ETTC RU SY IR IZ
07MOSCOW5051	RUSSIA COURTS ASIA AND VICE VERSA [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to expand its influence in Asia by taking advantage of Asian eagerness to improve relations with a politically and economically resurgent Russia. Both the Prime Minister of Vietnam and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh visited Moscow recently, seeking to increase b [...]	2007-10-18 10:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV ENRG BG VM RS
07MOSCOW5100	FM LAVROV CRITICIZES US-JAPAN MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (U) In response to a question during a press conference with the Japanese agency "Kyodo Tsusin" on the eve of his October 23-24 trip to Tokyo, Foreign Minister Lavrov said Russia was concerned about U.S. - Japanese missile defense cooperation. Saying that Russia was against a missile defens [...]	2007-10-22 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL JA RS
07MOSCOW5103	RUSSIA - MONGOLIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The October 3 visit to Moscow by Mongolian Foreign Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed the historically good relations between Russia and Mongolia. GOR officials, the Mongolian Embassy, and the Mongolian Consulate General in Ulan Ude expressed satisfaction with the state of the relatio [...]	2007-10-23 06:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG RS
07MOSCOW5151	DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN IR RS
07MOSCOW5154	ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...]	2007-10-26 02:25:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS
07MOSCOW5176	RUSSIA'S SOBER OUTLOOK ON UKRAINIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Russia's official reaction to the results of the Ukrainian parliamentary elections and the likely formation of an orange coalition has been cool, but an MFA official and experts told us that Russia can hardly be satisfied with the developments. Even more worrisome for Russia is [...]	2007-10-26 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ECON UK RS
07MOSCOW5177	RUSSIA'S SLOW RETURN TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA: [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with a visiting INR analyst, Russian experts and MFA officials stressed that Russia is gaining ground slowly in Africa after its post-Cold War retrenchment. Russia is a firmly established player in the mining sector, where its advanced mining technology is [...]	2007-10-26 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EMIN XA RS
07MOSCOW5225	RUSSIAN DFM TITOV ON BOSNIA, KOSOVO, AND POLAND [...] (C) Comment: In an October 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Titov reiterated Russian complaints over High Representative Lajcak's invocation of Bosnia powers, which ran counter to assurances given during his Moscow consultations, but stressed Russian support for the D [...]	2007-10-31 15:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK RS
07MOSCOW5292	ROSCOSMOS ON SPACE COOPERATION WITH KAZAKHSTAN, [...] (SBU) Russian officials regard space cooperation with Kazakhstan as on track, despite reported disputes over leasing arrangements for the Baikonur cosmodrome and compensation for damages caused by a recent rocket explosion at the site. Plans for the construction in the Russian Far East of a [...]	2007-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA TSPL NASA PREL PGOV KZ RS
07MOSCOW5371	MFA ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 conversation, the Ambassador reinforced with DFM Denisov U.S. efforts in Tbilisi and urged GOR restraint. In a separate meeting, MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Kelin welcomed EUR DAS Bryza's statements encouraging the Georgian leadership to restore the polit [...]	2007-11-13 17:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS

07MOSCOW5378	MFA: "NON-CONFRONTATION" WILL GUIDE IRAN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Iran and Afghanistan Ali Mustafabeli told us that the MFA has yet to hear from Tehran after Ahmadenijad assured FM Lavrov on October 30 that he would think about the P5 1 proposal to halt uranium enrichment. Mustafabeli predicted that the November IAEA re [...]	2007-11-14 11:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM ETRD AF IR RS
07MOSCOW5429	CHINESE PREMIER WEN VISITS MOSCOW; FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Moscow November 5-6 to close the "Year of China" in Russia. His visit focused on trade and energy. While the Russian MFA portrayed the visit as a successful expression of flourishing economic relations, the Chinese Embassy cautioned that the agreem [...]	2007-11-16 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW5430	MFA ISSUES TOUGH STATEMENT AGAINST SAAKASHVILI [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 15:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5434	KOSOVO: RUSSIAN FORECAST FOR "THE DAY AFTER;" [...] (C) Summary. Russia's Kosovo Troika Envoy Botsan-Kharchenko told us that FM Lavrov is preparing a letter to Rice, FM Steinmeier, and EU Solana raising concern over a possible unilateral Kosovar declaration of independence on December 11. The letter will also underscore the rise of radical Al [...]	2007-11-17 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KS RS
07MOSCOW5457	RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS' MEETING [...] (C) On November 19, Counselor in the MFA Middle East Peace Settlement Office Timur Zabirov elaborated on GOR interest in holding a high-level experts' meeting on the Middle East Peace Process in Moscow following the Annapolis Conference. The GOR intended this forum to maintain momentum toward a [...]	2007-11-20 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS RS
07MOSCOW5474	RUSSIA CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBILITY FOR VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) Summary. While the GOR supports UNSC Presidential Statement 9169 urging both Ethiopia and Eritrea to take concrete steps to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC)'s delineation decision, the GOR does not support the EEBC's plan for "virtually" demarcating the border an [...]	2007-11-21 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS ET ER RS
07MOSCOW5478	DFM KARASIN ON UKRAINE, BELARUS, GEORGIA, MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary. In a November 21 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin requested the USG's understanding of the "erroneous" Ukrainian interpretation of "Holodomor (1932-33 famine)" and other events that happened during WW2. He urged that the USG lift the sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasur [...]	2007-11-21 19:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5505	GAMING RUSSIA'S REACTION TO A KOSOVO UDI [...] (C) Summary: The fact that Russia has not confronted the U.S. at the most senior levels over the possibility of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence does not mean that Putin and his advisers are resigned to the outcome. Russian diplomatic self-confidence flows from its sense of E [...]	2007-11-23 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW5523	MFA ON LEBANON AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: According to the MFA, Putin and Foreign Minister Lavrov told Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri during their November 20 meeting that the GOR would not support a specific candidate for the Lebanese presidency and hoped the country's political factions could agree [...]	2007-11-26 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS LE RS
07MOSCOW5527	MOSCOW VIEWS ON OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia recognizes that the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid November 29-30 will be difficult, even though there have been a number of areas of agreement this past year. Russia will press for its package of reforms to the OSCE, arguing the need for equal treatment of all countries. Put [...]	2007-11-26 15:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM RS
07MOSCOW5542	CIVIL SOCIETY SPEAKS OUT OVER OTHER RUSSIA ARRESTS [...] (C) Liberal politicians and human rights activists praised the President's November 26 criticism of the Russian government's detention of opposition protesters. In response to the Ambassador, Acting FM Denisov described the GOR reaction as "unfortunate" but argued that Other Russian leader G [...]	2007-11-27 17:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM SOCI RS
07MOSCOW5562	DUMA ELECTION OBSERVER UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador November 26 told acting Foreign Minister Denisov that the USG had played no role in ODIHR's decision not to observe the Russian Duma elections. Denisov insisted that the Russian Embassy in Washington believed the USG had "tipped the scales" on the decision during ODIHR [...]	2007-11-28 16:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL RS
07MOSCOW5580	SERBIAN FM JEREMIC VISIT UNDERSCORES RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Summary. Serbian FM Jeremic's November 22 visit to Moscow served to reconfirm Russian-Serbian solidarity in the runup to the end of the Kosovo troika talks. Lavrov reiterated Russia's firm support for Serbia, noting that December 10 was not "the end of history." Jeremic noted that Serbi [...]	2007-11-29 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR KV RS
07MOSCOW5612	FOREIGN POLICY, RHETORIC AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: International issues have received little attention in the run-up to the December 2 Duma elections, reflecting broad consensus behind Putin's foreign policy. Russia's positions on the top issues that do resonate with the Russian public - Kosovo, NATO enlargement, missile defense, [...]	2007-11-30 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR RS
07MOSCOW5681	RUSSIA SEEKS IMPROVED TIES WITH GULF STATES [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to court the Persian Gulf States in its quest to expand economic ties with the region and improve political relations with the Muslim world. Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud's November 21-23 Moscow visit was the latest in a se [...]	2007-12-03 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD MASS SA TC RS
07MOSCOW57	RUSSIAN ENERGY: THE RUSSIA-BELARUS OIL STANDOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia and Belarus have not yet found a solution to their row over oil volumes through the Druzhba pipeline. Over the last three days each party has cast blame on the other for initiating the confrontation, with the Russians claiming that the Belarusian transit duty was illegal u [...]	2007-01-10 15:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
07MOSCOW5702	DFM SALTANOV ON POST-ANNAPOLIS, LEBANON, IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Saltanov underscored Putin's positive assessment of Annapolis, praised the Secretary for her "tireless" efforts, and highlighted Russia's interest in discussing a post-Annapolis meeting in Moscow during the December 17 Quartet meet [...]	2007-12-04 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS IZ LE PREL RS SY
07MOSCOW5720	RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Russia is in no hurry to re-evaluate its bilateral relations with Georgia, with the MFA issuing repeated statements slamming Saakashvili's anti-Russia tactics as a "farce." MFA officials confirm that Saakashvili is persona non grata in Moscow, while Duma Chairman Gryzlov raised [...]	2007-12-06 10:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
07MOSCOW5735	RUSSIAN GOALS FOR NATO-RUSSIA MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia will use the December 7 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial as an opportunity to reiterate its views on suspension of the CFE Treaty, opposition to U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense (MD) system in Poland and the Czech Republic, opposition to a Kosovo Unilateral Dec [...]	2007-12-06 16:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR RS
07MOSCOW5749	CFE: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On December 12. Russia will suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, ceasing notification, inspections, and permissions for inspection under the Treaty, and not participating in the December 15 annual exchange of information. Officials have said [...]	2007-12-07 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE NATO OSCE MARR RS
07MOSCOW5751	RUSSIAN REACTION TO OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. The GOR viewed the November 29-30 OSCE Madrid Ministerial as "controversial." On a positive note, the MFA expressed satisfaction with the strengthened role of the security basket, noting that the OSCE had a unique and positive role to play in Afghan border security. On environ [...]	2007-12-07 13:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RS
07MOSCOW5761	RUSSIA HOPEFUL BUT CAUTIOUS ABOUT A BREAKTHROUGH [...] Summary: The MFA told us that new Polish PM Tusk's pro-European stance, positive statements about Russia-Poland bilateral ties, his decision to remove Poland's veto on Russia's OECD accession, and recent efforts to address Russian concerns about Polish meat were clearly steps in the right dir [...]	2007-12-07 15:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL RS
07MOSCOW5763	RUSSIAN CONDEMNATION OF KOSOVO UDI WIDENS [...] (C) Summary. At a December 5 press conference, FM Lavrov criticized "Western partners" for undermining the Troika's efforts to find a negotiated solution by continuing to support Kosovo's "inevitable" independence. Memorial, a Russian human rights organization often critical of the GOR, iss [...]	2007-12-07 16:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV RS
07MOSCOW579	RUSSIAN FEDERATION COUNCIL MEMBER ON IRAN, MIDDLE [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Member Margelov briefed the Ambassador on efforts to deepen engagement with the U.S. Senate, including reaching out to GOR critics. He flagged his upcoming trip to Tehran and said that Iranian duplicity and obduracy were making it difficult to defend the regi [...]	2007-02-09 08:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP RS IR
07MOSCOW5790	RUSSIA UNLIKELY TO BACK DOWN ON BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: UK diplomats do not expect the GOR to back down from its threat to close two British Council centers on January 1, with the latest salvo from the MFA making the "tactical mistake" of linking Russian actions to the July measures taken by the UK in response to the Russian failure [...]	2007-12-12 13:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL RU UK
07MOSCOW5803	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Middle East and North Africa Counselor Timur Zabirov. Zabirov said that the GOR appreciated the importance of the Paris donors conference and Foreign Minister Lavrov would head the Russian delegation. He could not provide information on the level of Russian [...]	2007-12-14 07:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	AMCT PREL PGOV KWBC KPAL IS RS
07MOSCOW5824	U.S., RUSSIA, AND EUROPEAN COOPERATION: FIRST WE [...] (C) Summary. MFA European Cooperation Director Ryabkov offered only partial reassurance on prospects for cooperation on European issues after a "stormy" round of international meetings, including strong disagreements on Kosovo and the OSCE. The MFA expected similar restrictions to be placed [...]	2007-12-14 15:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV EU OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW5869	GOR EFFORTS TO ADVANCE MULTIPOLAR WORLD IN [...] Summary: While Russian officials view the October ministerial in Harbin as a "pivotal event" in accelerating the formation of a Russia, India, and China (RIC) triangle, fundamental differences in strategic vision, mutual distrust, and differing relations with the U.S. significantly limit Russ [...]	2007-12-19 15:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
07MOSCOW5879	MFA DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, MFA Second Asia Department Director Maryasov reviewed the results of Iranian FM Mottaki's December 13-14 trip to Moscow, noting bilateral agreements on trade and cooperation, confirming the sale of 130 civilian aircraft was possible but premature, and re [...]	2007-12-20 07:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AF RS
07MOSCOW5899	RUSSIA-CHINA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The pragmatic pursuit of economic growth and political stability, and a determined effort to avoid "interfering" with each other's domestic political developments have brought an improvement in ties between Russia and China. The conclusion of two "national years" created a stro [...]	2007-12-20 15:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG CH RS
07MOSCOW613	PUTIN IN MUNICH: SHARP TONE, BUT FAMILIAR [...] (C) Summary: Putin's February 10 remarks to the Munich Conference on Security Policy were a familiar litany of complaints about Russia's treatment by the West, and particularly the U.S. The substance of his critique of the dangers of unilateral U.S. actions, NATO enlargement, and ballistic [...]	2007-02-12 15:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW629	PORTUGUESE INITIATIVE: EU-US-RUSSIA TRILATERAL [...] (C) During a February 13 conversation with the Ambassador, Portuguese Ambassador Curto previewed a Portuguese initiative, as incoming President of the European Union in July 2007, to organize a trilateral EU-US-Russian summit. Curto explained that the Portuguese government was interested in [...]	2007-02-13 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS
07MOSCOW664	RUSSIA: PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The February 14 start to Moscow Arbitration Court proceedings against PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) on charges of falsifying its 2002-2004 audits of former oil giant Yukos was relatively quiet. The composition of the three-person panel was approved, with PWC and the prosecution each bein [...]	2007-02-15 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON RS
07MOSCOW705	PUTIN'S MUNICH SPEECH: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary: One week after delivery, Putin's Munich speech continues to draw praise among Russian analysts as a direct expression of Moscow's foreign policy views and a needed corrective to Western assumptions which take Russian interests for granted. Among Moscow experts, there was littl [...]	2007-02-16 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
07MOSCOW749	CONGRESSMAN LANTOS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Tom Lantos, meeting with FM Lavrov February 19, underlined the importance of building strong ties between Russia and the U.S. by reinvigorating links between legislators and working together on issues like nuclear nonproliferation. Lavrov welcomed closer legislati [...]	2007-02-21 11:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP RS
07MOSCOW754	IRAN: SANCTIONS DECREE SUBJECT OF INTERAGENCY [...] (C) We discussed reftel requests regarding implementation of UNSCR 1737 (Iran) with Vladimir Safronkov, Chief of the UN Political Affairs Section in the MFA's International Organizations Department. Safronkov told us that a draft presidential decree necessary to implement the sanctions regim [...]	2007-02-21 13:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EFIN ETTC KTFN IR RS
07MOSCOW828	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HAMAS VISIT, SYRIA, AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Saltanov told the Ambassador February 27 that the MFA saw Hamas as evolving in its views on Israel following a February 26-27 Moscow visit by Hamas Politburo Chief Mishal. While Mishal was not willing to directly address publicly the question of recogni [...]	2007-02-27 16:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS LE SY IZ SA RS
07MOSCOW849	DPRK: MOSCOW REACTS TO SIX-PARTY RESULTS [...] (C) Moscow's North Korea hands -- both official and unofficial --- welcomed the results of the February Six-Party Talks but remained critical of U.S. policies towards the DPRK. While the MFA's terse announcement summarized the decisions made in Beijing, Foreign Minister Lavrov was more expan [...]	2007-02-28 17:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS
07NEWDELHI4758	DELHI DIARY, OCT 23-26 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 23-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, China and Russia Jointly Oppose Further Burma Sanctions -- Bhutanese Election Dates Announced India, China and Russia Jointl [...]	2007-10-26 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG MARR CH RS BT BM IN
07NEWDELHI4761	INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CHIDES RUSSIANS ON ARMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: While meeting with his Russian counterparts for high-level military discussions in Moscow October 16 ) 20, Indian Defense Minister Antony signed an agreement with Russia to co-develop a fifth generation fighter jet intended to rival the F/A-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Figh [...]	2007-10-26 11:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR KOMC KSTC IN RS
07NEWDELHI816	INDIA, RUSSIA, AND CHINA TRILATERAL MEETING [...] (C) Summary. In their seventh trilateral meeting, the foreign ministers of India, Russia, and China discussed substantive issues including cooperation on terrorism, crime, trade, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and UN reform. Deliverables were few; however, the meetings have served to institutional [...]	2007-02-16 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS CH IN
07NICOSIA1002	FM LAVROV DELIVERS SUPPORT FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek Cypriot opinion leaders characterized Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's December 9-10 visit to the island as "Russia Riding to the Rescue." Lavrov's timing was impeccable, and seemingly too providential (for the G/C cause) to be coincidental. He arrived shortly before two [...]	2007-12-19 14:52:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY RU SE
07NICOSIA411	CYPRUS WELCOMES GI INVITATION, WILL ATTEND [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, the Embassy May 10 delivered the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) "invitation" to Marios Kountarides, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's deputy chief for multilateral affairs. In his remarks, PolChief welcomed Cyprus as a new GI partner nation and vo [...]	2007-05-14 11:47:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PARM PREL CY
07NICOSIA913	CYPRUS UNRESPONSIVE TO DEMARCHE ON OSCE ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA First Secretary Alkis Ieromonachou on November 9, highlighting the SIPDIS necessity that Russia allow the OSCE's observer team full and unhindered access in the run-up to December 2 Duma elections. Ieromonachou took note of our position an [...]	2007-11-15 13:59:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL RS CY
07NICOSIA979	CYPRIOTS OPPOSE KOSOVO UDI, TIGHT-LIPPED ON ESDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cognizant that Kosovo final status represented the European Union's greatest foreign policy challenge -- "one we must confront successfully" -- Cyprus nonetheless could "never" support Pristina's unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),asserted Foreign Ministry Political D [...]	2007-12-13 15:41:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KO SE CY
07PARIS1334	OECD: State of Play on Enlargement and Enhanced Engagement [...] (SBU) Summary: As we approach the April ECSS and May Ministerial Council Meeting, elements of an OECD enlargement and enhanced engagement (EE) package are emerging. Members appear ready to bless opening accesion negotiations with Chile and Israel, although some continue to express concerns a [...]	2007-04-04 16:10:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD OECD
07PARIS1723	FRANCE SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL [...] (C) On April 30th, we raised reftel demarche on Russia and its CFE obligations with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE. Roux observed that France shared our concern with respect to Russian intentions, especially if Russia is looking to abandon its commitment to the CFE regime [...]	2007-04-30 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE PARM NATO RU FR
07PARIS1888	FRANCE AND LEBANON: UPDATE ON CHAPTER VII [...] (C) NEA Watcher met May 11 with Damien Loras, FM Douste-Blazy,s cabinet advisor for the Middle East, to discuss French thinking on the content and timing of a Chapter VII resolution to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. On content, Loras noted that the French disagreed with essential [...]	2007-05-11 17:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR PGOV PREL LE SY
07PARIS257	FRENCH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR'S VIEWS ON MIDDLE [...] (S) Summary: French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) told the Ambassador on January 22 that "some" are calling for France to freeze plans for establishing an international tribunal on Lebanon until next autumn, in the hope that this delay would allow Lebanese PM Siniora to break [...]	2007-01-22 17:22:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS2725	ADDRESSING RUSSIAN ARMS SALES [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov's disinterest in establishing an expert level dialogue on arms sales begs the question of how best to address our concerns over Russia's arms export policy. Russian officials are deeply cynical about our motives in seeking to curtail Russian arms exports to countries of conce [...]	2007-06-26 07:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR MASS PARM PINR PINS RS
07PARIS3198	DAS KRAMER'S JULY 20 MTG WITH ELYSEE RUSSIA ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting, Damien Loras, the Presidency's diplomatic advisor for the Americas, Russia, Central Asia, and non-EU Europe, including the Balkans, told DAS Kramer that France would recognize Kosovo's independence at the conclusion of renewed negotiations. Loras stated that [...]	2007-07-27 09:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS ZL XT FR
07PARIS363	A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...]	2007-01-31 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR
07PARIS3823	KOSOVO: GOF NOTES PROGRESS ON INDEPENDENCE IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOF officials told us on September 12 that they are increasingly optimistic that the EU will come to a consensus on the recognition of an independent Kosovo after the December 10 Troika deadline. Edouard Beslay, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, told us that only seven of [...]	2007-09-13 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC YI DSR EU FR
07PARIS3919	FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...]	2007-09-18 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE
07PARIS3972	FRENCH READOUT ON KOUCHNER VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary. An MFA interlocutor related that the September 18 meeting between French Foreign Minister Kouchner and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov did not prompt any breakthroughs on the sensitive issues of Kosovo or Iran, but the tone of the meeting--their fist as foreign ministers--was [...]	2007-09-21 16:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNO UNMIK FR RS
07PARIS636	GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA WITH DAS BRYZA; FRENCH FAVOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza, MFA A/S-equivalent for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Terral argued for keeping Georgia/Abkhazia on the back burner for the time being to avoid provoking the Russians on Kosovo; Terral was particularly keen on the smoothest possible [...]	2007-02-20 07:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN UNO GG UNMIK YI RS
07PARIS685	RESPONDING TO RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton took up with Political Director Gerard Araud February 22 our concerns about Russia's reaction to our missile defense initiative with Poland and the Czech Republic and, in particular, Russian threats against those two NATO allies. Araud, who had coincidentally [...]	2007-02-22 16:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EZ FR PL
07PODGORICA130	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES KOSOVO, NATO WITH MONTENEGRO [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 08:50:00	Embassy Podgorica	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MW RS SR
07REYKJAVIK192	Icelandic PM, FM Host U/S Burns for First Bilat "Security [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns' visit to Iceland on June 14 reiterated the U.S. commitment to Iceland's security and laid the groundwork for new areas of cooperation, particularly in energy security and scientific research. New Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir carried hersel [...]	2007-07-03 08:02:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO SENV ENRG IC
07RIGA193	Latvian cabinet authorizes signing of border treaty; still [...] On March 6, the Latvian cabinet granted PM Aigars Kalvitis the authority to sign the border treaty with Russia, pursuant to legislation adopted by the parliament in February (reftel). In its decision, the cabinet made reference to "respecting the OSCE principle of not changing accepted borders" [...]	2007-03-12 15:49:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA309	LATVIAN POL DIR ON MD, CFE, AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a May 2 meeting with Charge, Latvian MFA political director Ilgvars Klava wanted to ensure that his comments at the recent NATO ministerial were clear - Latvia supports our efforts at building a missile defense system, but believes that European nations should be ashamed at [...]	2007-05-03 14:14:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PARM RS YI AF LG
07RIGA382	RUSSIAN DRAFT OSCE "CHARTER": LATVIA SYMPATHETIC [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 22 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that the GOL mission in Vienna is well aware of the Russian proposal for an OSCE "charter" and of Russian FM Lavrov's planned intervention at the May 23 [...]	2007-05-22 14:05:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV LG
07RIGA426	(S/NF) RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR CRITICAL OF RUSSIAN [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Bailey met for 40 minutes on June 4 with Russian Ambassador Viktor Kaluzhny at his Embassy, joined only by interpreters. Kaluzhny seemed more fatigued than in previous meetings and admitted that he was tiring of his diplomatic posting. Kaluzhny, though, said several things [...]	2007-06-04 15:33:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR PGOV RS LG
07RIGA432	LATVIA SUPPORTS CFE REVIEW GOALS; DOESN'T WANT TO [...] (C) A/DCM delivered ref a points and ref b background to Latvian MFA PolDir Ilgvars Klave on June 6. Klava took detailed notes throughout the conversation. Although Latvia will not participate in the review conference (it is not party to the CFE treaty),it would actively engage at the HLTF [...]	2007-06-06 14:49:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KCFE PREL NATO LG
07RIGA591	LATVIA/RUSSIA: LAVROV TO RIGA? AND [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov has proposed coming to Riga September 17 to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvia-Russia border treaty. The GOL is cautiously agreeing to this, although it could lead to public protests if the constitutional court has not yet ruled on the treaty's v [...]	2007-08-03 14:46:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS LG
07RIGA647	LATVIA/RUSSIA: BORDER TREATY SEEMINGLY DELAYED, [...] (C) Summary: Earlier reports of a September 17 Lavrov trip to Riga to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvian-Russian border treaty appear unlikely. Moscow has told the Latvians of challenges in the sequencing of events mean they would not be ready for action on the treaty by Sept [...]	2007-08-29 14:43:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA648	LAVROV VISIT TO RIGA OFF FOR SEPTEMBER 17 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 08:21:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS LG
07RIGA796	SECENSETTER FOR OCT 31 VISIT OF PM KALVITIS TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian PM Kalvitis comes to Washington Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 politically weakened but still enormously influential. Latvia's longest serving PM in the post-Soviet era, Kalvitis is enmeshed in a political battle over the dismissal of the anti-corruption chief and with growing voter [...]	2007-10-24 13:45:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR NATO RS LG
07RIGA831	LATVIA AND RUSSIA TO DELAY EXCHANGE OF [...] (C) Officials in both the PM's office and the MFA have confirmed what we expected - that the current political situation in Latvia has delayed the exchange of instruments of ratification for the Latvia-Russia border treaty. FM Lavrov's proposed visit for November 14 or 15 is off as there is c [...]	2007-11-07 07:19:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS LG
07RIGA872	LAVROV VISIT DEC. 18? KALVITIS TO STAY UNTIL DEC. [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov will likely visit Latvia December 18 to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvian-Russian border treaty. As a result of this and other events, it seems likely that PM Kalvitis will resign as planned on December 5 but stay in caretaker mode through Dece [...]	2007-11-23 13:39:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EUN RS LG
07RIGA873	E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The fall meeting of the e-PINE Political Directors was held October 26 in Riga, Latvia. Political Directors from seven Nordic and Baltic nations met with EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried to compare notes on the countries that make up e-PINE,s core focus: Georgia, Moldova, B [...]	2007-11-23 13:41:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS GG MD BO BK LG
07RIGA895	Kalvitis officially resigns as Latvian PM; Lavrov invited [...] On December 5, Latvian PM Aigars Kalvitis submitted his resignation to President Zatlers, as he pledged last month. Under the Latvian constitution, the resignation also covers all ministers and the government goes in to caretaker mode until the Saeima (parliament) approves a new government. K [...]	2007-12-05 15:49:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RS LG
07RIGA908	LATVIA REMAINS ON BOARD REGARDING KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Latvia remains fully on board with a way forward on Kosovo based on the Ahtisaari plan. It has no problem with deploying the planned ESDP mission, although budget constraints may limit its participation. When the time comes, Latvia is prepared to recognize an independent Kosovo, [...]	2007-12-13 09:44:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN YI LG
07RIYADH1691	SAUDI PRINCE BANDAR TRAVELS TO MOSCOW TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Saudi National Security Advisor Prince Bandar bin Sultan traveled to Moscow on July 31-- the same day that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of Defense SIPDIS Robert Gates were in Jeddah meeting with top SAG officials. According to Saudi and international press repo [...]	2007-08-12 11:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS SA
07ROME535	PRODI/PUTIN - ITALIANS CLAIM "FULL HARMONY" WITH [...] (C) Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Italy on March 13 and 14 for his fourth bilateral with PM Prodi in ten months. Putin and Prodi met for three-hours over dinner March 13, and traveled to the Adriatic port city of Bari along with several ministers for a largely economic summit March [...]	2007-03-16 17:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO EUN UNSC RU IT
07SARAJEVO2636	A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO BOSNIA [...] (C) During a December 4-5 visit to Sarajevo, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met with Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, Bosniak Presidency member Haris Silajdzic, Party for Democratic Action president Sulejman Tihic, Social Democratic Party president Zlatko Lagumdzija and Hig [...]	2007-12-11 12:57:00	Embassy Sarajevo	CONFIDENTIAL	BK PGOV PREL
07SOFIA1382	AMBASSADOR WISNER'S MEETINGS IN SOFIA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: On December 6 Special Representative to the Kosovo Status Talks Frank Wisner briefed Foreign Minister Kalfin and, in a separate meeting, members of parliament on the outcome of the Troika negotiations and next steps on Kosovo. Wisner told the Bulgarians that although the Troik [...]	2007-12-18 05:11:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV UN EU RU BU
07STATE131603	THE SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft Marc Nordberg, EUR note taker Hungary ------- FM Kinga Goncz Appointed Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi State Secretary Laszlo Varkonyi Acting Chief of Cabinet Gyorgy Varga DCM Viktor Sz [...]	2007-09-18 23:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HU
07STATE150674	SECRETARY'S 10/29 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM [...] (U) October 29, 2007, 10:00 a.m., Secretary's Office 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft EUR Elaine Samson (Notetaker) Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos Ambassador Carlos Westendorp Chief of Staf [...]	2007-10-30 22:29:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE KCFE SP KV RU KZ MD
07STATE157672	OSCE MADRID MINISTERIAL - DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The OSCE Ministerial will take place in Madrid 29-30 November. Posts are requested to engage host country officials to garner support for U.S. objectives at the Ministerial. Background information and talking points are provided below. Info addressees are we [...]	2007-11-17 01:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV PHUM
07STATE164180	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FM BEZHUASHVILI [...] (S) Summary: A/S Fried urged Georgia not to restrict its democratic space and to re-establish unrestricted freedom of the media. Bezhuashvili responded that Prime Minister Gurgenidze was involved in intensive negotiations with News Corp to re-open the Imedi TV station as soon as possible. On [...]	2007-12-06 17:04:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KCFE PGOV PHUM PREL GG
07STATE166027	A/S FRIED MEETING WITH RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR USHAKOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, Russian Ambassador Yuriy Ushakov met with EUR A/S Daniel Fried for a read-out of meetings of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) at the foreign ministers level in Brussels. Fried noted that the NRC "could have been much worse." He [...]	2007-12-12 13:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAIR PARM MARR RS
07STATE4829	RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT REQUEST TO ENTER BAGRAM AIR [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-13 03:02:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC RS AF
07TALLINN290	ESTONIAN AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW REPORTEDLY ATTACKED [...] (C) This is an urgent action request: see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On the morning of May 2, the MFA called in resident ambassadors to brief them on the security situation of Estonia's embassy in Moscow. The briefing included a readout of the April 30- May 1 visit of a delegation of Duma m [...]	2007-05-02 10:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS EN
07TBILISI1574	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 29 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of June 16-29. Criminal Procedure Code Moving through Parliament --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. The Legal Committee of Georgian Parliament is currently i [...]	2007-07-02 15:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2000	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH SPEAKER BURJANADZE [...] (C) Summary: On 27 July, DAS Bryza met with Georgian Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze and discussed a wide range of issues. Burjanadze told us that Turkmenistan is interested in closer business and military ties with the West. She believed the ruling National Movement needed to find a [...]	2007-08-10 05:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GG
07TBILISI2018	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH FM BEZHUASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On July 27, DAS Bryza met with Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili on the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Bezhuashvili told Bryza that the Georgian government was not happy with the latest United Nations report on the situation in Abkhazia, adding that the Group of Fri [...]	2007-08-13 05:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2389	ABKHAZ CONTINUE TO BLOCK UN MISSION TO ASSESS [...] (C) Summary: On September 18, the Ambassador attended a Tbilisi meeting of the Group of Friends of the Secretary General, minus Russia, for a discussion of the situation in Abkhazia ahead of a planned Group of Friends meeting in Berlin on September 19. Special Representative of the Secreta [...]	2007-09-21 09:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI996	RUSSIAN MILITARY BASE WITHDRAWAL FROM GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Russia appears ready to complete its withdrawal from its military base in Akhalkalaki and to finish removing all heavy equipment from its base in Batumi in 2007. On April 13, the first of five convoys of Russian arms and equipment left the Russian military base in Akhalkalaki [...]	2007-04-30 06:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
07TELAVIV1912	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Yediot) quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying at a fundraising event in Haifa on Thursday that his meeting with PA President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday will create a "new be [...]	2007-06-22 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1957	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a conciliatory address to the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh PM Ehud Olmert declared in a surprise gesture that he intends to ask the cabinet to approve the release of [...]	2007-06-26 12:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1972	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that on Tuesday two Qassam rockets were launched at Sderot. This morning leading electronic media reported on IDF operations in the southern Gaza StripQIs [...]	2007-06-27 10:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3566	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Bush's Doctrine 2. Gaza ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that U.S. general (ret.) James Jones said in his meetings on Tuesday with Israeli ministers that he will not serve as a "judge" and arbitrator of road map [...]	2007-12-19 11:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV365	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Missile Defenses ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier SIPDIS (representing the EU),Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, [...]	2007-02-02 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV615	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post quoted sources in Washington as saying that Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns is slated to SIPDIS head the American side negotiating Israel [...]	2007-02-27 09:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV636	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Taiwan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that tonight Knesset Speaker Dalia Itzik will meet with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and later with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The radio reported that Itzik [...]	2007-02-28 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TOKYO1353	CJCS GENERAL PACE MEETING WITH FM ASO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Pace, in a meeting with Foreign Minister Aso on March 21, emphasized the importance of the alliance realignment agreement, the value of Japan's continued contributions to Iraq and Indian Ocean operations, and explained he will visit C [...]	2007-03-28 05:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR JA
07TOKYO1658	JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER UNDECIDED ON ATTENDANCE [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Aso has not yet decided whether he will attend the International Compact With Iraq signing ceremony May 3 in Sharm el-Sheikh, MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer April 16. However, he will [...]	2007-04-16 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN IZ JA
07TOKYO1742	MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY ON IRAQ COMPACT DELIVERED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Aso told Ambassador and Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari that his agreement to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Moscow on May 3 precludes his participation in the Compact meeting. However, he suggested that if Lavrov were to propose moving their meeting [...]	2007-04-19 08:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ RS JA
07TOKYO1752	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 02:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO1762	FM ASO'S PARTICIPATION AT COMPACT MEETING SEEMS [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission, following up on Ambassador's April 18 telephone conversation with Foreign Minister Aso (ref A),met April 20 with MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda to reiterate the Secretary's oral message urging FM Aso's attendance at the [...]	2007-04-20 08:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ JA
07TOKYO1989	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-07 01:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2611	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/11/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 04:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2690	ABE-PUTIN G-8 SUMMIT: RUSSIA AGREES TO [...] (C) Summary. During their June 7 summit, PM Abe and President Putin agreed not to shelve the Northern Territories issue, and Putin promised to instruct his deputies to ""accelerate"" the negotiations, according to MOFA Russian Division Director Muto. On North Korea, Putin expressed frustrati [...]	2007-06-14 08:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07TOKYO3319	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - UK-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] "UK-Russia Relations Looking Like New Cold War" The business-oriented Nihon Keizai editorialized (7/18): "At a time when US-Russia relations are awkward, ties between London and Moscow are becoming downright chilly, and the friction between the two appears so deep-rooted that coming to terms w [...]	2007-07-20 02:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO343	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO3966	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/27/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 08:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4648	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 01:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4661	PM FUKUDA PLANS NO SHIFT IN JAPAN POLICY ON [...] (C) Summary. Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will not alter Tokyo's policy approach to Russia or the Northern Territories, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials tell Embassy Tokyo. Russian Embassy representatives add that Moscow plans to continue its "two-track" approach toward Tokyo: 1) [...]	2007-10-04 07:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
07TOKYO4843	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/17/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 01:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4857	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/18/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-18 01:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4954	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 01:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5019	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV MEETING WITH JAPAN FM KOMURA: [...] (C) Summary. Tokyo and Moscow made no progress toward resolving the Northern Territories issue during Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's October 23 visit to Japan, MOFA officials told Embassy Tokyo on October 25. Lavrov expressed concern about U.S.-Japan missile defense cooperation and BMD deployment [...]	2007-10-26 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
07TOKYO5084	The Japan Economic Scope--November 1, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from November 1, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Fiscal Issues 3. Citigroup Shares to Hit TSE November 5 4. Unemployment Up Slightly to 4% 5. CPI Down 0.1% in September, 8th Consecutive Monthly Drop 6. BOJ's Economic Outlook: No [...]	2007-11-02 01:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO5369	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - ANNAPOLIS MEETING [...] "Implementation of Agreement Not in Sight" The liberal Asahi's report from Annapolis said (11/29): "President Bush announced during the Annapolis meeting on Wednesday an agreement of 'common understanding' between the Israelis and Palestinians to end their conflict and establish a Palestinian [...]	2007-11-29 04:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO697	VFM YACHI ATTENDS FIRST JAPAN-RUSSIA STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials told VFM Yachi during his January 23-25 Moscow visit that Russia has no intention of "controlling" or "monopolizing" Central Asia, but said that Moscow should be "an important interlocutor" on issues affecting the region, according to MOFA Russia Division Direct [...]	2007-02-17 03:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07USNATO324	A/S FRIED BRIEFS NATO PERMREPS ON SECRETARY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16 Assistant Secretary Fried told NATO PermReps that US-Russian relations, Kosovo, and the internal Russian political climate were the principal subjects of the Secretary's discussions with President Putin, FM Lavrov, and others in Moscow. The Russians took on board the [...]	2007-05-23 06:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR XB
07USNATO337	HLTF MEETING MAY 16, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 16 HLTF meeting focused on CFE-related comments in Russian President Putin's April 26 statement and the positive steps the Alliance should take in response. The U.S. delegation was led by DOS/VCI DAS Karin L. Look. Allies concluded that NATO should continue to send a [...]	2007-05-25 15:17:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS
07USNATO380	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 20 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto Rizzo reviewed the June 14-15 Defense Ministerial. Allies expressed deep concerns over continuing civilian casualties, including the Spanish PermRep,s insinuation that ISAF,s targeting policy was not being adhered to. Amb [...]	2007-06-21 12:51:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
07USNATO502	SACEUR, COMISAF BRIEF ISAF PROGRESS AND CLEARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate sessions first with the NAC in ISAF format (which includes the 11 non-NATO troop contributors) and then at 26 with the NAC, COMISAF General Dan McNeill described ISAF successes on the battlefield, and challenges in building an effective police force and strengthening [...]	2007-09-14 17:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
07USNATO532	RUSSIANS SOFTENING TONE ON CFE AT THE NRC? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Senior Russian military official briefing at the September 26 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting signaled possible Russian softening on its CFE line. NATO International staff reports that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also made some constructive comments in a recent discussi [...]	2007-09-28 15:10:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
07USOSCE258	OSCE PPP CONFERENCE PROVIDES INSIGHT INTO [...] (U) Summary: At the OSCE's May 31-June 1 Conference to promote Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in countering terrorism, co-initiated by the U.S. and Russia, more than 300 participants from 58 participating States and Partners as well as several international organizations discussed the utili [...]	2007-06-12 13:43:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER OSCE PREL RS
07USUNNEWYORK1081	SYG BAN TALKS TOUGH ON SUDAN, PRAISES ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with Amb. Khalilzad on Nov. 28, SYG Ban reacted positively to the Secretary's planned CPA ministerial (reftel) and said he would be more vocal in criticizing Sudanese President Bashir if Sudan did not improve its cooperation on implementation of the Darfur [...]	2007-11-28 17:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SU SR AA
07USUNNEWYORK1093	SOLANA TELLS BAN EU WILL MAKE STRONG POLITICAL [...] (C) On November 28, Ambassador Khalilzad met with the EU's Javier Solana to discuss Kosovo. Solana reported that he had met earlier in the day with SYG Ban Ki-Moon to tell him that when the EU holds its summit on December 14, he will push for a strong political statement that "the EU is ready [...]	2007-11-29 23:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KV YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK122	SE AHTISAARI AND AMBASSADOR WOLFF STRATEGIZE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting Special Envoy Ahtisaari and Acting Permrep Wolff discussed the way ahead on the Kosovo status process including taking Ahtisaari's package to the Security Council and work that will follow. Wolff explained that the Russians were continuing to play for ti [...]	2007-02-12 17:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK3	USUN SURVEYS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN has surveyed the UN missions of Security Council members for views on the way forward on the Kosovo status process. We found Belgium, Slovakia, and France expecting and supporting eventual Kosovo independence but concerned about how the Security Council could facilitate th [...]	2007-01-05 00:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK YI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK374	IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...]	2007-05-14 22:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK376	LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-3 DISCUSS DRAFT RESOLUTION AND [...] (C) Summary. During a meeting on May 11, P-3 PermReps told SYG Ban that the Council should act on the tribunal as soon as possible after it receives a clear request from the GOL and the SYG endorses the GOL position. Noting he planned to speak with PM Siniora on May 14, Ban reported that Syri [...]	2007-05-14 23:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK578	RUSSIA TRASHES MINIMALIST KOSOVO DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Churkin told co-sponsors of a revised draft resolution on Kosovo that Moscow's initial reaction to their text was thoroughly dismissive. He read guidance from Moscow characterizing the draft as calling for negotiations that would be mere formalities leading to aut [...]	2007-07-13 22:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK711	GAMBARI SEEKS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON BURMA [...] (C) UN Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari conducted three trips in July and August to build international support for pressure on the Burmese regime. Gambari sought to create consensus in support of his good offices mandate that he can exploit to obtain results on his next trip to Burma, tentat [...]	2007-08-28 14:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK840	UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...]	2007-10-09 23:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07VATICAN65	HOLY SEE: PUTIN'S MEETINGS AT THE VATICAN [...] (C) Summary. President Putin's visit to the Holy See and his first meeting with Pope Benedict XVI evoked positive statements from both sides and contributed to warming relations between the Holy See and the Russian Orthodox Church. Little information has emerged about Putin's one-on-one with [...]	2007-03-23 17:36:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
07VIENNA1765	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: July 02, 2007 [...] Speaking on Austrian television on Sunday, President Heinz Fischer described the reduction achieved by Defense Minister Norbert Darabos from 18 to 15 Eurofighter jets for Austria's armed forces as a "positive result." The President also argued that a complete cancellation of the contract with E [...]	2007-07-02 13:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VILNIUS142	RUSSIA: LITHUANIA'S FAVORITE ANXIETY [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's relationship with Russia continues to affect Lithuania's foreign policy and much of its domestic politics. Fifteen years after independence, Lithuania is still a teenager, struggling -- sometimes rashly -- to demonstrate its independence. Nevertheless, most Lithuani [...]	2007-02-28 10:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH RU EUN
07WARSAW2395	POLAND'S PRACTICAL APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: For practical reasons, the new Polish government is committed to improving relations with Russia (ref A) without abandoning core principles on democracy and energy security. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's decision to stop opposing Russian OECD membership was the first in a series o [...]	2007-12-19 10:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS
07YEREVAN417	ARMENIA: ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Armenia's 35-day long "official" campaign period for the May 12 parliamentary election kicks off on April 8, and so far, the government has kept its commitments to hold better elections. ODIHR observers are in place and report that the legal preconditions for fair elections have [...]	2007-04-06 12:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PHUM AM
07YEREVAN451	IVANOV'S ARMENIA VISIT: STUMPING FOR SARGSIAN? [...] (U) Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Ivanov's visit to Yerevan April 10-11 generated many of the routine media reports about economic cooperation and and Armenia's views on NATO that typically follow Russian visits to Armenia. Ivanov's meetings with new Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian [...]	2007-04-13 11:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
07ZAGREB427	STABILITY PACT TRANSITION: SEECP AGREES ON RCC SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Stability Pact-SEECP meetings April 24-25 in Zagreb yielded consensus on the final institutional documents related to the creation of the proposed Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) as the successor to the Stability Pact in early 2008. Consensus with respect to the nomination [...]	2007-05-02 13:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID SR HR EUN MI RO BU GR BK MW YI
07ZAGREB791	MEETING WITH OSCE CIO PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) Former Croatian FM Miomir Zuzul told the Ambassador on August 25 that his recent visit to Georgia and Moscow had convinced him that it was a Russian missile that was involved in the August 6 incident he had been asked to investigate by the OSCE Chairman in Office. Particularly after visiti [...]	2007-08-27 14:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS OSCE GG RU HR
08AMMAN1248	QUARTET ENVOYS DISCUSS GAZA, HAMAS, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: The Quartet Envoys met in Amman on April 17 in preparation for the May 2 Principals meeting in London. The Gaza situation dominated, with all sides agreeing that the volatility there impedes peace prospects. The UN's Robert Serry presented a plan Serry said was proposed by Pales [...]	2008-04-24 06:57:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KWBG PREL IS JO
08ANKARA1074	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1193	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1202	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1215	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1269	TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT HEAVY ON GOOD WILL, [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov visited Ankara July 1 to continue ongoing efforts to increase bilateral dialogue. As during FM Babacan's February trip to Moscow, the conversation focused primarily on economic relations. The two leaders reaffirmed mutual views on Iran, Iraq, the Black Sea, and [...]	2008-07-15 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU TU
08ANKARA1424	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1442	TFGG01: TURKEY PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey has provided some humanitarian assistance to Georgia already and is considering an additional request from the Government of Georgia for a field hospital in Gori. A Turkish Red Crescent team is on the ground in Tbilisi assessing the situation. The GOT has not yet evacuate [...]	2008-08-12 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU GG
08ANKARA1458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1475	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1478	PM ERDOGAN VISITS MOSCOW AND TBILISI; SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Erdogan received a warm reception from Russian leaders in Moscow, where he conveyed Turkey's clear support for Georgia's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. The Russians responded they have no intention of entering Tbilisi or occupying Georgia, but that Georgia was [...]	2008-08-15 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GG RS TU ZJ
08ANKARA1519	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1553	TURKEY SUPPORTS GEORGIA'S SOVEREIGNTY AND [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to MFA South Caucasus Department Head Firat Sunel, urging a clear statement rejecting Russia's recognition of Abkhaz and South Ossetian independence. Sunel noted the August 26 MFA statement (see paragraph 6),calling it a short but clear message of concern, and [...]	2008-08-27 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU TU
08ANKARA1559	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1563	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1575	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1576	TURKEY: GEORGIAN FM URGES GLOBAL SOLUTIONS IN [...] (C) Georgian DCM Irakli Koplatadze on September 1 gave DCM a readout of the August 31 meeting between Turkish FM Babacan and Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili in Istanbul. Babacan, said Koplatadze, began the meeting by expressing "deep concern" for Russian actions and strong Turkish support for the [...]	2008-09-02 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU TU
08ANKARA1584	TURKISH MFA ON LAVROV TALKS, BURNS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Apakan briefed Ambassador September 2 regarding FM Babacan's talks with Russian FM Lavrov the same day in Istanbul. Babacan reportedly emphasized that Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia contradicts international law; associated Turkey with the st [...]	2008-09-03 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU TU
08ANKARA1586	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1602	BABACAN/LAVROV IN ISTANBUL: "FRIENDS CAN DISAGREE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey underscored its support for Georgia's territorial integrity during FM Babacan's September 2 meeting with Russian FM Lavrov in Istanbul, MFA DDG for Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Murat Burhan told us September 4. However, Lavrov called the decision to recognize Abkh [...]	2008-09-05 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU TU
08ANKARA1625	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1627	U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]	2008-09-10 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1628	U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]	2008-09-10 22:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1640	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1688	TURKEY-RUSSIA SIGN CUSTOMS DEAL TO RESOLVE TRADE DISPUTE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TU
08ANKARA1760	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1857	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA393	TURKEY-RUSSIA RELATIONS REMAIN ON TRACK DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The atmosphere was surprisingly positive during Turkish FM Babacan's February 19-20 visit to Moscow, MFA Russia and Eastern Europe Department Head Meltem Buyukkarakas told us February 26. Trade and investment continue to drive relations, though the Turks are dissatisfied with a [...]	2008-02-28 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU TU
08ANKARA440	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ARMENIA, GEORGIA WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Bryza stressed to FM Babacan and MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe (former Soviet Union),Africa, East Asia and Pacific Cevikoz, March 3, the need to move forward on normalizing Turkey-Armenia relations and resolving Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K),though this will be difficult until [...]	2008-03-06 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV NATO AM AJ GG TU
08ASTANA1697	KAZAKHSTANI LEADERSHIP PROMISES BOUCHER FOLLOW [...] (C) Prime Minister Masimov and Foreign Minister Tazhin, citing President Nazarbayev's public commitment, told Assistant Secretary Boucher on September 2 that Kazakhstan would follow through on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform. Masimov looked forward to next steps on the Public-Priv [...]	2008-09-08 07:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM OSCE ECON KZ
08ASTANA2080	KAZAKHSTAN: FM TAZHIN THANKS AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 17 meeting, Foreign Minister Tazhin thanked U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Khalilzad for his attendance at the Common World ministerial. Tazhin told Khalilzad that he expected Kazakhstan to finalize an agreement with NATO on land transit of supplies for [...]	2008-10-20 11:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV KISL KDEM AF KZ
08ASTANA2092	KAZAKHSTAN: COMMON WORLD FORUM MINISTERIAL BRINGS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad led the U.S. delegation to the October 17 Common World Forum ministerial meeting in Astana. Aimed at promoting understanding between the Muslim world and the [...]	2008-10-22 10:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF KZ
08ATHENS1156	TFGG01: GREEKS WILL FOLLOW FRENCH LEAD ON GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOG has still not announced an official position on the crisis in Georgia, probably due to its concerns about alienating either the Russians or Georgians, with both of whom Greece maintains close ties. But our conversations with MFA and other high-placed interlocutors indicate Gree [...]	2008-08-12 15:26:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG GR
08ATHENS1589	GREECE/OSCE: FM BAKOYANNIS LAYS OUT OSCE PRIORITIES [...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, who will be OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO) in 2009, laid out her priorities for the OSCE in a November 13 speech at the Greek Foreign Ministry. She emphasized the importance of OSCE cooperation with other IOs, including the UN, the EU, and NATO. Sh [...]	2008-11-25 14:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE GR RS NATO EUN GG
08ATHENS563	GREEK PM MAY RAISE ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Charge, MFA SecGen Agathocles and PM deputy diplomatic advisor Bitsios affirmed Greek support for Georgian sovereignty and the worrisome nature of the Kremlin's latest moves to establish "mechanisms" in dealing with Abkhazia and South Ossetia (reftel). B [...]	2008-04-21 14:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS GR
08BAGHDAD470	NEA/DAS BUTLER MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 14 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told NEA DAS Lawrence Butler that he thought Iran postponed the trilat scheduled for February 15 because of the February 12 assassination in Damascus of Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyah. Zebari confirmed that Iranian Pre [...]	2008-02-19 07:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAKU160	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov on February 20 (FM Mammadyarov was out of the country). Despite Azerbaijan's opposition to Kosovo's independence, Azimov said, he had instructed the MFA to be "measured" in its public statements, making only two [...]	2008-02-21 15:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS UN AZ
08BAKU915	AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTER PROMOTES TURKMEN GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 12 meeting with Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy C. Boyden Gray, GOAJ FM Mammadyarov said that the GOAJ was encouraging Turkey to purchase gas from Turkmenistan at the Turkmen border. He explained that the April Caspian incident in which GOAJ vessels co [...]	2008-09-26 08:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TX ENRG
08BEIJING2303	PRC/RUSSIA: MEDVEDEV VISIT CAST AS REAFFIRMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 23-24 visit of Russian President Medvedev to Beijing aimed to reaffirm the Sino-Russian "strategic partnership," to emphasize the two countries' shared desire for a more multi-polar world, and to demonstrate their common approach to international hot-spot issues, said MFA [...]	2008-06-12 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG MASS KOLY RS CH
08BEIJING2753	JULY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN AND INTERNATIONAL [...] Key points at the July 15 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China is "gravely concerned" over the charges filed in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir. -- China is in consultations with other nations regarding a potential U.N. resolution pro [...]	2008-07-15 22:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN JP RS SU
08BEIJING2988	PRC/RUSSIA: BOTH SIDES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 21-22 visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and July 26-27 visit of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin to Beijing reinforced the "strategic partnership" between China and Russia and provided another sign of warming ties between the former adversaries, according [...]	2008-08-01 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ETRD ENRG RS CH
08BEIJING4023	MFA REVIEWS SEPTEMBER 25 BRIC FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Responding to ongoing global financial turbulence, climate change and issues related to the G8-plus-5 grouping were the topics at the September 25 meeting of foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India and China (the "BRIC forum"),according to an MFA contact. Despite the regional and cu [...]	2008-10-22 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	BR CH ECON EG ENRG GG IN MX PREL RS SENV SF
08BEIJING4280	NOVEMBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FOOD SAFETY, SED, TAIWAN, [...] Key points at the November 20 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China has "already established" a "full export inspection system," and products found to be below standard will not be exported. -- China hopes that the two sides will continue to "show mutual respect, accommodate each oth [...]	2008-11-20 23:25:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM TW CH RS PE
08BEIRUT548	LEBANON: WITH WELCH, JUMBLATT AND COMPANY DISCUSS [...] (C) U.S. support for Lebanon, the April 22 Friends of Lebanon ministerial, the Special Tribunal, concerns about renewed regional conflict, the upcoming U.S. presidential election, and March 14's next steps dominated NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch's discussion with key March 14 leaders at [...]	2008-04-22 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BERLIN1095	TFGG01: GERMANY CITES FRENCH-LED "PROGRESS" [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel points August 11 to Chancellor Merkel's Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel and to Foreign Office acting Political Director Emily Haber. We also discussed Georgia with Office Directors for NATO and Caucasus affairs. Chancellor Will Go to Sochi August 15 ----- [...]	2008-08-11 15:18:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM KCFE RU GG
08BERLIN1181	TFGG01: CHANCELLOR MERKEL SAYS RUSSIA HAS NOT [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Merkel said in an interview August 24 that Russia had not fulfilled its obligations under the ceasefire agreement and called Russia's credibility into question. A Chancellery spokesman criticized the Russian legislature's recommendation of recognition of South [...]	2008-08-25 15:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GM GG RS
08BERLIN1295	GERMANY: COLLAPSE OF ORANGE COALITION PULLS MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts at MFA and the Chancellery indicated that the collapse of the Orange Coalition in Ukraine makes MAP improbable in the near or medium term. POLOFF met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel September 19, who hoped that Germany and the U.S. would come [...]	2008-09-19 13:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1356	U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker met separately with NSA Christoph Heusgen and MFA Deputy Political Director Eberhard Pohl September 26 to discuss NATO operations in Afghanistan; NATO relations with Russia following the war in Georgia; Ukraine and Georgia; efforts to fight pira [...]	2008-10-02 08:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1377	GERMANY: OCTOBER 2 CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the October 2 German-Russian consultations in St. Petersburg, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier engaged in "friendly" and "non-confrontational" discussions, according to Chancellery and MFA contacts. While stressing that the consultations were limited in s [...]	2008-10-09 14:30:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1567	GERMANY SUPPORTS EU'S DOUBLE-EDGED APPROACH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany appears satisfied with how the EU-Russia Summit unfolded in Nice on November 14, according to contacts in the Chancellery and MFA. Germany was eager to restart Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) negotiations, but supports launching an Eastern Partnership with c [...]	2008-11-21 09:06:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN
08BERLIN492	GERMANY SHARES U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials at both the MFA and the Chancellery share U.S. concerns regarding recent Russian presidential instructions issued in regard to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and are open to delivering a joint demarche with the U.S. and others to Moscow on the matter. Meanwhile, the [...]	2008-04-18 16:15:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS GM
08BERLIN755	CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev visited Berlin on June 5 to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other officials, his first trip to Europe as Russian President. In what was described by the German Federal Chancellery as a meeting to build rapport and a positive relati [...]	2008-06-06 17:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BISHKEK1048	RESULTS OF BISHKEK CIS SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Kyrgyzstan views the CIS Summit, and the first-ever summit of the five Central Asian heads of state, as unqualified successes. The question of recognizing Ossetia and Abkhazia was apparently not discussed, but Foreign Minister Karabayev announced that it woul [...]	2008-10-15 08:53:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BRUSSELS1021	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: MEDVEDEV GETS A GOOD REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 15:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG ETRD ETTC EINV ECON PBTS EUN
08BRUSSELS1354	DE GUCHT SEPT 3 TRIP TO MOSCOW; EXCHANGE WITH [...] (C) De Gucht September 3 Call in Moscow on Lavrov - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - -: During a September 2 call on MFA Deputy Cabinet Chiefs Fons Borginon (multilateral affairs) and Thomas Lambert (European bilateral affairs, who attended the September 1 EU Summit),they expl [...]	2008-09-02 17:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS YI AF PK BE
08BRUSSELS1379	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: A/S FRIED MEETS QUAD POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried met with political directors of the UK, Germany and France Sept. 3 to discuss potential EU-U.S. next steps with Russia to achieve their implementation of the Ceasefire on Georgia. French Deputy Political Director Veronique Bujon-Barre (Araud did not attend) said Presiden [...]	2008-09-05 09:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG EUN
08BRUSSELS1390	FM DE GUCHT ENCOUNTERS RESOLUTE FM LAVROV IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov told Belgian FM De Gucht September 3 that OSCE monitors would not be acceptable in South Ossetia, unless South Ossetian de facto president Kokoity approves them, nor would Russian troops be withdrawn from South Ossetia and Abkhazia because those troops are there [...]	2008-09-05 18:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BE GG RU
08BRUSSELS1457	FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S SENIOR CABINET OFFICER [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 call on Belgian MFA Deputy Head of Cabinet for Bilateral Affairs Thomas Lambert, Poloffs received the Belgian take on reftel demarche, PM Leterme's current trade and investment trip to Sochi, Russia, and the EU's evolving energy policy. The GoB was well aware [...]	2008-09-19 16:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU BL VE BE
08BRUSSELS1641	A/S FRIED MEETING WITH EU DIRECTOR GENERAL ROBERT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: A/S Fried used his October 22 meeting with EU Director General Robert Cooper to press for the EU to keep pressure on the Russians to comply with their obligations under the cease fire. While Cooper indicated that he believed the EU would unfreeze its discussions with the R [...]	2008-10-24 09:53:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EUN PHUM
08BRUSSELS1663	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO EU ON GEORGIA, ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 16:43:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EFIN MARR RU GG EUN
08BUCHAREST707	DEMARCHE RESPONSE - ROMANIA CONCERNED WITH RUSSIAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper on Georgia to Daniel Ionita, Director of NATO/Security Affairs at Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 4, 2008. 2. (C) Ionita emphasized the need for a unified EU approach to dealing with Russia in the region. He said th [...]	2008-09-05 11:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV

08CHISINAU933	RUSSIAN PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV TAKES INITIATIVE BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: While a formal 5-plus-2 meeting is now planned for early October, Russian President Medvedev has been pursuing his own initiatives with both Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin and Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov. Medvedev has secured an agreement that left- and right-bank le [...]	2008-09-17 06:12:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU MD
08COPENHAGEN321	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...]	2008-06-06 10:53:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD
08COPENHAGEN322	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOELLER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting before the opening of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Danish FM Per Stig Moeller exchanged perspectives on cooperation in the Arctic; underlined shared goals for a climate change agreement and resolution of t [...]	2008-06-06 10:55:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SENV ETRD PBTS MARR KGHG AORC DA
08COPENHAGEN323	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 28 meeting before the start of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Deputy Secretary Negroponte discussed Arctic issues, Afghanistan, Pakistan, cluster munitions, and, briefly, the Doha Round of trade negotiations. Stoer [...]	2008-06-06 10:57:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV PBTS MARR KGHG ETRD NO
08COPENHAGEN335	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...]	2008-06-11 11:13:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD
08COPENHAGEN336	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOELLER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting before the opening of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Danish FM Per Stig Moeller exchanged perspectives on cooperation in the Arctic; underlined shared goals for a climate change agreement and resolution of t [...]	2008-06-11 11:17:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV ETRD PBTS MARR KGHG AORC DA
08COPENHAGEN337	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 28 meeting before the start of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Deputy Secretary Negroponte discussed Arctic issues, Afghanistan, Pakistan, cluster munitions, and, briefly, the Doha Round of trade negotiations. Stoer [...]	2008-06-11 11:19:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV PBTS MARR KGHG ETRD NO
08DUBLIN535	RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WARMS UP FOR UNGA IN [...] (C) On September 22 in Dublin, Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and rejected Lavrov's claims that Russian actions in Georgia were akin to U.S. and European initiatives in Kosovo and that Russia had been compelled to invade Georgia in August [...]	2008-09-23 13:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EI
08DUBLIN560	IRISH VIEWS ON THE OCTOBER 13 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref A) on October 9 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Ireland will support continued EU sanctions in Zimbabwe until a genuine power sharing government is formed. It is encouraged by the progress it sees in Georgia and believes [...]	2008-10-10 08:14:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EI
08GENEVA600	JCIC-XXXII: U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JULY 23, 2008 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:20 P.M.. Place: 41 Quai Wilson, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on July 23, 2008, and engaged members of the [...]	2008-07-25 13:51:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ ZR ZP
08GENEVA991	JCIC-XXXIII: HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON THE [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 3:45 P.M. - 5:15 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to c [...]	2008-11-20 12:54:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08HELSINKI184	FINLAND: RESPONSE ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) PolOffs delivered subject demarche to Antti Vanska, Counsellor, Unit for Russia and Paivi Pihlajamaki, Second Secretary Unit for Europe and Central Asia April 28. The GoF generally agreed with the points. Pihlajamaki noted that Foreign Minister Stubb used the opportunity of his April 25 [...]	2008-04-29 12:18:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS FI
08HELSINKI186	FINLAND: STUBB RAISES GEORGIA AND US MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finnish FM Stubb and Russian FM held their first official meeting April 25. Their lengthy discussions focused on bilateral issues, the EU-Russia relationship, and the OSCE. Stubb raised UAV incident in Georgia and the Russian Presidential Instructions on South Ossetia and Abkhaz [...]	2008-04-30 12:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FI RU
08HELSINKI34	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KANERVA [...] (SBU) Finnish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva briefed Ambassador Ware on various OSCE-related issues on January 24. He focused mainly on Russia, having just held consultations with visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko earlier in the week. 2. (C) FINLAND'S FIRST MONTH A [...]	2008-01-28 13:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FI RS
08HELSINKI374	FINNISH COMMENTS ON AUGUST 13 GEORGIA GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 13:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG RU FI
08HELSINKI456	AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON IN FINLAND [...] (C) Ambassador Williamson briefed Finnish officials about his recent trip to Georgia on September 15. Williamson urged the Finns to use their chairmanship to push for a more robust OSCE monitoring mission that would have access to South Ossetia and Abkahzia and could document abuses. Finnis [...]	2008-10-08 13:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN ICJ GG RS FI
08HELSINKI561	U/S BURNS MEETS FINNISH FM AND OSCE CIO ALEXANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Burns met Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Alexander Stubb on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting December 4 in Helsinki. Burns provided Stubb an update on Secretary Rice's trip to India, and Stubb replied that was where she needed [...]	2008-12-11 13:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PHUM OSCE FI GG RS IR IS CH IN
08HELSINKI64	OSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY MEETS CHAIRMAN KANERVA IN [...] (SBU) Summary: US OSCE Ambassador Julie Finley separately met with Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Ilkka Kanerva and MFA State Secretary Teija Tiilikainen in Helsinki January 30. Kanerva expressed gratitude for the US response to Finland's OSCE agenda presented in Vi [...]	2008-02-14 13:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS FI
08HELSINKI67	FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 13:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU FI
08ISLAMABAD3137	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 [...] "Pakistan, US Blow Hot and Cold Over Flare-Up" "Dawn" (09/26) "Security forces fired on two NATO helicopters which had intruded into Pakistan territory on Thursday, forcing them to turn back to Afghanistan, officials said. "Two helicopters from the Afghanistan side crossed into Saidgai, Ghul [...]	2008-09-26 09:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
08ISTANBUL498	IRAN/MEDIA: "THE DAILY ABSURDITIES" OF WORKING [...] (C) Summary: The Istanbul correspondent (protect) for Iran's English-language "Press TV" satellite news channel shared with us recently a number of anecdotes illustrating Press TV's "inconsistent approach" to journalistic standards, including refusing to air her report on recent corruption a [...]	2008-09-17 08:21:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IR
08JERUSALEM1938	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/23): PALESTINIAN NATIONAL [...] Abdullah Awwad opines in Al Ayyam under the title, "A calm JERUSALEM 00001938 002 OF 002 discourse in a noisy moment (10/23): "All that can be said about the rift between Hamas and Fatah or between the Islamic movement and the nationalist one... is that it is a conflict between the Wes [...]	2008-10-23 09:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2284	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/23): BRIEF TRUCE IN GAZA [...] Mohamad Al Mubarak opines in Al Quds under the title "Will Rumsfeld escape or disappear?": "It is regrettable that the courts have so far not considered the war crimes committed by Rumsfeld, which led to the killing and displacement of millions of innocents and violated international laws and n [...]	2008-12-23 09:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08LIMA1732	NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...]	2008-10-31 21:55:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KHDP ETRD ENRG EC PE
08LISBON2689	(C) WHY PORTUGAL IS SOFT ON RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Portugal has shown itself to be notably reluctant to criticize Russian misbehavior in recent months. There is no single reason for this, but rather a combination of Portugal's new economic diplomacy, a desire to find a "balance" on tough issues, and some preconceptions on the [...]	2008-11-03 16:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON RS PO
08LISBON2719	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV VISITS PORTUGAL [...] (SBU) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stopped in Portugal on November 18 while returning from the G-20 meetings in Washington. In Lisbon he met with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado after which the two gave a joint press conference. Publicly, Lavrov confirmed Moscow's plans to i [...]	2008-11-20 07:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PO
08LJUBLJANA69	EU - RUSSIA TROIKA: CONSTRUCTIVE, BUT NO CHANGE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: All parties involved described the EU - Russia Troika, held in Brdo, Slovenia on February 13, as a "constructive" dialogue. However, as expected, discussions on Kosovo were merely a reiteration of the standard positions, neither side gave any ground. While the lunch discussion w [...]	2008-02-14 16:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN ECON CVIS RS SI
08LJUBLJANA79	SLOVENIA AGREES THAT KOSOVO IS NOT A PRECEDENT FOR [...] (C) On February 14, Emboff delivered reftel points to MFA official Dejan Vladic of the Division for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, who affirmed that Slovenia completely agrees with the U.S. position that Kosovo independence will not set a precedent for Abkhazia nor any other region. Vladic [...]	2008-02-19 12:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU YI SI
08LONDON2107	GEORGIA: HMG PREDICTS TOUGH DIPLOMATIC ROAD AHEAD [...] (C/NF) FCO Georgia Task Force Director (and South Caucuses Office Director) Louise Savile predicted a tough diplomatic struggle ahead to return the situation in Georgia to the status quo ante August 6. As an example, she cited part of an August 13 telephone exchange between FM Miliband and Russian [...]	2008-08-13 14:00:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RU GG UK
08LONDON2211	UK WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GEORGIA; â€œON THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. The United Kingdom agrees that South Ossetian and Abkhazian representatives should not participate in UN Security Council (UNSC) meetings on Georgia, according to Mariot Leslie, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Director General (DG) for Defense and Intelligence. Leslie told th [...]	2008-08-28 17:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID UNSC PREL PGOV FR GG UK UP
08LONDON2643	UK/RUSSIA RELATIONS: HARD-HEADED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. FCO Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia Director Michael Davenport told DCM that HMG was conducting "parallel exercises" involving Cabinet, Intelligence and Foreign Office principals, designed to give PM Brown a clearer picture of Russian foreign policy making processes and recommendatio [...]	2008-10-20 15:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU UK
08LONDON3062	PAKISTAN: LYALL GRANT AND BOUCHER AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Boucher and Foreign Office Political Director Lyall Grant agreed on the need for Pakistan, and especially General Kayani, to close down Lashkar e Taiba operations and move on to reform of the intelligence service. Lyall Grant observed there would be less political [...]	2008-12-08 16:51:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN PK CH UK
08MADRID1132	NEA A/S WELCH MEETINGS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NEA A/S Welch, accompanied by DCM, met with FM Moratinos, Director General for the Mediterranean, Magreb and Near Orient Fidel Sendagorta, and Policy Planning Director Andres Ortega on October 23 to discuss a wide range of issues including the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),the Magr [...]	2008-10-31 09:42:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL IR IZ SY SP MR
08MOSCOW103	BRITISH COUNCIL CONFLICT CONTINUES TO WORSEN [...] (C) Summary: The British Embassy told us January 16 that its efforts to call a "time out" in the spiraling conflict between HMG and the GOR over the status and presence of the offices of the British Council in Russia have seemingly been rejected. In January 15 - 16 meetings British Ambassador [...]	2008-01-16 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1073	RUSSIA UNMOVED BY CONCERNS OVER PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In April 18 conversations with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov and Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Prikhodko, the Ambassador conveyed reftel concerns and urged Russia to repeal its Presidential Instructions and engage directly with Georgia to reduce tensions. Denisov p [...]	2008-04-18 10:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1086	UN SECRETARY GENERAL'S MOSCOW COURTESY CALL [...] (C) Summary: UN Secretary-General Ban's April 9-11 Moscow visit was high on atmospherics and included meetings with a cross-section of Russia's political and business elite, contributing to speculation that the trip was intended to soothe Russian concerns that the SYG was too close to the U.S [...]	2008-04-18 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC RS
08MOSCOW1087	RUSSIA-JAPAN: FUKUDA TO MOSCOW AND MEDVEDEV TO [...] (C) Summary. According to Russian officials, PM Fukuda's April 25 visit to Moscow is designed to continue the positive bilateral dialogue and prepare for the G8 Summit. The Japanese Embassy described it as an all-out effort to maintain the momentum, however small, for the talks on the terri [...]	2008-04-18 13:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RS
08MOSCOW1090	RUSSIA "LOSES" BUCHAREST [...] (C) Summary. There is broad agreement in the Russian expert community that Russia suffered a foreign policy blow at Bucharest due to the future promise of membership for Ukraine and Georgia and Alliance solidarity on missile defense, with several arguing for a necessary change in tone with t [...]	2008-04-18 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR RS
08MOSCOW1118	RUSSIA PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF PNA LEADER ABBAS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 22 meeting, MFA Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director Ozerov positively assessed the April 16-18 visit of PNA Leader Abbas to Moscow. Abbas reviewed the latest developments in the Israeli-Palestinian and Fatah-Hamas talks, stressing that there was room for cau [...]	2008-04-22 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1170	RUSSIA: U.K. U/S RICKETT PROPOSES INCREMENTAL [...] (C) According to an April 25 debrief by the U.K. Embassy, the April 23-24 Moscow visit of U.K. Permanent Under Secretary Peter Rickett was "reasonably positive" in SIPDIS beginning the process of reducing tensions in the Russian-U.K. relationship. Rickett's visit built on the exchange of [...]	2008-04-25 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU UK
08MOSCOW1173	GOR UNMOVED BY UPROAR ON UAV INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: According to a debrief by the UK Embassy, UK Under Secretary Rickett used his April 24 meeting with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov to express concern over the UAV shoot-down and presidential "instructions," drawing from the four Friends' statement issued at the April 23 UN [...]	2008-04-25 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1243	COE HUMAN RIGHTS HEAD SEES GROWING DICHOTOMY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: COE Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg noted during his April 18-26 visit to Russia that while Chechnya is making progress on the protection of human rights, the situation in neighboring Dagestan and Ingushetiya is becoming more violent. In his meeting with Putin, Ha [...]	2008-05-02 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM RS
08MOSCOW1285	RUSSIA CONTINUES TO OVERPLAY HAND WITH GEORGIA: [...] (C) Summary: In the May 6 wake of FM Lavrov's "extreme concern" over Georgian military intentions, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin warned the Ambassador that Saakashvili was unstable; while Russia did not seek conflict, if Georgia was intent on provoking hostilities, Russia would respond. R [...]	2008-05-07 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS
08MOSCOW1298	RUSSIA'S CALCULUS ON ABKHAZIA AND HOW TO CHANGE IT [...] (C) Summary: Abkhaz saber rattling, Tbilisi's war rhetoric, and the reinforcement of Georgia's lingering separatist problems - these are the hallmarks of Russia's policy of keeping Saakashvili's government off-balance and undermining European confidence that Georgia can be a reliable partner [...]	2008-05-08 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR RS
08MOSCOW1302	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: RUSSIAN COOPERATION ON [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches to MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov on May 8, emphasizing the U.S. desire to cooperate with Russia on counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism and military equipment assistance to Afghanistan. Khokhlov agreed that the U.S. and Russia shared similar goals w [...]	2008-05-08 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN MARR MASS MCAP OSCE PGOV PINS
08MOSCOW1304	RUSSIA TO GEORGIA: SABER RATTLING STOPS SHORT OF [...] (C) Summary: On May 8, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that measures by Georgia to deploy more forces in the zone of conflict could lead to an additional deployment of 500 Russian peacekeepers -- up to the 3000 limit in the 1994 Moscow Agreement. MFA Director Kelin told us there w [...]	2008-05-08 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS
08MOSCOW1321	Medvedev Names New Government [...] (SBU) In a government marked by experience and continuity, President Medvedev nominated a new cabinet today that leaves the "Zubkov" cabinet largely intact and our main interlocutors Sergey Lavrov at the Foreign Ministry and Finance Minister Kudrin at their posts. Some of the more notable cha [...]	2008-05-13 03:39:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS
08MOSCOW1340	LEBANON: RUSSIA SENDS SIGNAL TO SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) On May 15, MFA Director for Middle East Affairs Sergey Vershinin said that in the wake of FM Lavrov's May 13 conversations with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora and Egyptian FM Aboul Gheit, Russia had sent a "signal" to Damascus and Tehran that it was necessary to create the "most positive [...]	2008-05-14 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1375	MOSCOW MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues planning for a Moscow Middle East conference, despite increasing signs that the event may not take place. Russian officials have said that the GOR does not want to force any party to attend a conference and is presently waiting for a "positive sign" from Israel [...]	2008-05-16 11:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS RS
08MOSCOW1385	LOW-KEY RUSSIAN REACTION TO SERBIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Russia has maintained a low-key reaction to Serbian Parliamentary elections May 11, in which the pro-Western party of President Boris Tadic won a plurality of votes, insisting that Russia does not get involved in the internal affairs of other countries. Several members of Russia [...]	2008-05-16 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR RS
08MOSCOW1404	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...]	2008-05-20 03:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1406	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...]	2008-05-20 03:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1407	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...]	2008-05-20 03:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1408	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...]	2008-05-20 03:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW142	SENATOR HAGEL'S MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: In his January 16 meeting with Senator Hagel, FM Lavrov stressed Russian interest in strengthening bilateral relations, but said U.S. efforts to "contain" Russia could undermine constructive engagement and underscored unhappiness over congressional failure to lift Jackson-Vanik [...]	2008-01-18 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP ECON OVIP RS
08MOSCOW1440	RUSSIA BAITS GEORGIA ON N. OSSETIA; NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. On May 21, MFA officials reiterated Russian respect for Georgia's territorial integrity and said there was no plan to recognize South Ossetia's independence, or annex the republic, despite the May 20 appeal by North Ossetian President Mamsurov for unification. The appeal, issue [...]	2008-05-22 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1448	GERMAN FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES RUSSIAN-GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's week-long visit to Russia May 12-16, which will be followed by Medvedev's first trip to Europe as President, to Berlin on June 5-6, reinforced Germany as Russia's principal European partner. Steinmeier led a large German busines [...]	2008-05-22 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ENRG GG GM IR RS
08MOSCOW1478	RUSSIA'S ROLE IN THE IRAN-SYRIA-LEBANON TRIANGLE [...] (C) Summary: Russia welcomed the May 21 Doha agreement as an opportunity to put Lebanon on the path toward national reconciliation, but understood that this was a temporary measure to overcome the country's latest political crisis. MFA officials believe the Lebanese factions' decision to avoi [...]	2008-05-23 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1487	AFGHAN FM VISITS MOSCOW, DIPNOTE REGARDING TRANSPORT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan FM Spanta's May 26 visit to Moscow focused on expanding cooperation on economic and counter narcotics issues, without making progress on the Russian proposal to provide military assistance to Afghanistan. On May 21 Moscow DAO received a diplomatic note from the MOD regard [...]	2008-05-27 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PGOV PINS PREL ELTN AF RS
08MOSCOW1489	RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT PREVIEW: PCA AND EFFORTS TO FIND [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials believe the long haggling within the EU over the mandate for a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) has eroded the credibility of the process, and hold out the option of reverting to a framework closer to the U.S.-EU agenda if negotiations fail. EU o [...]	2008-05-27 15:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EUN RS
08MOSCOW149	RUSSIA PREPARES FOR A KOSOVO COLLISION [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Russia has dug a deeper line in the sand on Kosovo. Putin recently reaffirmed Russia's "extremely clear" position that Kosovo's status must be negotiated and will serve as a "precedent" for other conflicts. Russia's differences with us remain largely principled [...]	2008-01-19 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1512	WAR OF WORDS OVER ABKHAZIA CONTINUES; SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The verbal fireworks between Russia and Georgia continued May 28-29 with Russian FM Lavrov declaring that Russia could not negotiate with the current regime in Tbilisi and suggesting a "foreign hand" was guiding Georgia's actions, while Georgia called for an urgent UN Security Co [...]	2008-05-30 03:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1514	WAR OF WORDS OVER ABKHAZIA CONTINUES; SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The verbal fireworks between Russia and Georgia continued May 28-29 with Russian FM Lavrov declaring that Russia could not negotiate with the current regime in Tbilisi and suggesting a "foreign hand" was guiding Georgia's actions, while Georgia called for an urgent UN Security Co [...]	2008-05-30 03:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1517	RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS MONOPOLIZED BY [...] (C) Summary: The consensus here is that Yushchenko's "clearly anti-Russia" agenda and his "blind pursuit" of NATO membership have hijacked Russian-Ukrainian relations. MFA officials confirmed that Russia's top issue in bilateral contacts with Ukraine, including Lavrov's meeting with Ukrainia [...]	2008-05-30 06:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1564	RUSSIA ON KOSOVO/EULEX; BOSNIA PIC [...] (C) Summary: In a June 3 meeting, Russian Special Envoy for Kosovo Botsan-Kharchenko noted "immediate and serious" concerns with UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon's proposal to Belgrade regarding EULEX, with an MFA statement highlighting FM Lavrov's June 2 telephone conversation with Ban underscoring the n [...]	2008-06-03 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1568	BLACK SEA FLEET STIRS CONTROVERSY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The dispute over the termination of Russia's Black Sea Fleet basing in Sevastopol by 2017 has only grown more intense since Russia celebrated the fleet's 225th anniversary on May 12. In response to Ukrainian President Yushchenko's order to draw up a draft law by July 20 to ter [...]	2008-06-04 03:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PREL ECIN ETRD WTRO
08MOSCOW1607	DUMA RESOLUTION CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM BIG [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, the State Duma adopted a nonbinding resolution calling for the GOR to withdraw from the "Big Treaty" with Ukraine, should a NATO MAP be extended to the GOU. Prior to the vote, FM Lavrov said Ukraine's NATO accession would represent a "colossal geopolitical shift" that [...]	2008-06-05 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW1640	MEDVEDEV'S EASY TRIP TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA officials and experts termed Dmitriy Medvedev's May 22-23 visit to Kazakhstan--his first foreign trip as President--a success and his meeting with Kazakh President Nazarbayev "easy." Russian experts told us Medvedev's trip served to strengthen Russia's ties with Cent [...]	2008-06-09 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET EWWT MARR PGOV PTER TSPA TSPL
08MOSCOW1647	SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 11:20:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR MARR ECON RS
08MOSCOW1649	HR OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON HR DIALOGUE, POWER TANDEM, [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with EUR DAS Merkel, Russia's HR Ombudsman Lukin expressed satisfaction with the informal human rights dialogue with Carnegie, with the next meeting scheduled for September 23, but conceded that the dialogue should raise its profile. Lukin argued strongly for [...]	2008-06-10 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1769	MARGELOV REFLECTS ON MEDVEDEV - PUTIN [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov assured EUR DAS David Merkel June 18 that the GOR's unhappiness over Abkhazia was at bottom economic and that any friction would abate as the Sochi Olympics approached." Margelov comments on Iran were similar [...]	2008-06-20 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS GG UP
08MOSCOW177	ICRC HOPES ITS PRESIDENT'S MOSCOW VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Moscow January 14-16, the International Committee of the Red Cross President sought to "upgrade" relations between the Geneva- based organization and the Russian Federation as well as encourage a more systematic, concerted Russian approach to solving the cases of the countr [...]	2008-01-25 07:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PINR ICRC RS
08MOSCOW1770	DAS MERKEL'S MEETING WITH DUMA CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV [...] (C) In a June 19 meeting, DAS Merkel and Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev discussed missile defense, NATO enlargement, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and the EU, and Russia's foreign policy structure. DAS Merkel briefed Kosachev on the status of missile de [...]	2008-06-20 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP GG MD RS
08MOSCOW180	FM LIVNI VISIT TO MOSCOW: POST-ANNAPOLIS, GAZA, [...] (C) Summary: FM Lavrov used Israeli FM Livni's January 17 visit to reiterate Russian interest in hosting a follow-on Annapolis conference, but only when progress in the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks merited reconvening. According to the MFA, Russia will remain flexible on the timing and age [...]	2008-01-25 12:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS RS
08MOSCOW1809	COLOMBIAN VICE PRESIDENT SANTOS'S HISTORICAL VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary. Moscow officials and experts viewed Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos's visit to Russia as a turning point in the bilateral relationship. Santos used the visit to strengthen economic ties and to explore the possibility of increasing Russian arms sales to Colombia. He met [...]	2008-06-24 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MCAP PGOV MASS ETRD EPET EINV
08MOSCOW182	LAVROV'S UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's annual public review of the impact of Russia's foreign policy reprised familiar themes, but was surprisingly less confrontational in tone. In his January 22 article, Lavrov characterized Putin's February 2007 Munich speech as a pivotal moment in interna [...]	2008-01-25 13:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW184	RUSSIA INTERESTED IN LIBYA'S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's recent visit to Libya is part of a concerted GOR effort to improve relations with Tripoli and win contracts as Libya develops economically. The GOR is particularly interested in Libyan hydrocarbon resources, infrastructure projects, and possible constru [...]	2008-01-25 13:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON LY RS
08MOSCOW1864	RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS: ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. Both the MFA and the Georgian Embassy rejected as "nonsense" Kommersant Daily's June 27 report that Georgia had proposed dividing Abkhazia into two separate zones, one controlled by Russia and the other by Georgia. The MFA termed Georgian DFM Vashadze's June 23 visit to Moscow a [...]	2008-07-01 14:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1900	RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO NEW PCA [...] (C) Summary. The principal outcome of the Russia-EU Summit held June 26-27 in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiysk was, as expected, the approval to start negotiations on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)(to begin July 4 in Brussels). MFA and European diplomats confirmed that [...]	2008-07-03 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ETRD EAGR PGOV NATO RS
08MOSCOW192	RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS: A SMALL THAW? [...] (C) Summary. Amid abundant press coverage of FM Lavrov's attendance at Saakashvili's January 20 inauguration in Tbilisi, the MFA January 21 issued a terse statement reporting that Lavrov had met with the Georgian president, opposition leaders and the Catholic Patriarch during his visit. GOR [...]	2008-01-25 16:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1965	RUSSIA REQUESTS DELAY IN VOTE ON UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Organizations Director Gennadiy Gatilov and Counselor Vitaliy Liplinskiy July 9. They expressed concern at the information that the U.S. intended to seek a vote on the resolution on July 9, noting that Russian UN Ambassador Churkin had re [...]	2008-07-09 14:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ZI RS
08MOSCOW1980	GOR REACTS TO SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TBILISI [...] (C) Summary. While affirming that the GOR welcomed U.S. high-level visits to Tbilisi as a stimulus to facilitate the negotiation process, MFA officials expressed unease over the message delivered by Secretary Rice during her visit to Tbilisi. They were particularly "alarmed" by her support f [...]	2008-07-10 16:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1982	RUSSIAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 10:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA RS
08MOSCOW1991	RUSSIA RETURNS TO THE HOLY LAND [...] (C) Summary: The return to Russia of historic properties in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the end of the visa regime for travel to Israel, are the latest indicators of deepening Russia-Israel relations that depend significantly upon personal contacts as well as official channels. The properties, [...]	2008-07-11 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MARR IS RS
08MOSCOW2032	AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FEDERATION [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, Mikhail Margelov discussed Georgia, Iran and the U.S.-Russia 123 Agreement, NATO Membership Action Plan for Ukraine and Georgia, Missile Defense, Medvedev's proposal for a new European security architecture, Afgha [...]	2008-07-16 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2055	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 17 MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK: [...] (S) Summary. During a 1 1/2 hour meeting July 17, the Ambassador and DFM Sergey Kislyak reviewed key issues in the relationship and agreed on the need to emphasize the positive areas of cooperation, as the Sochi Strategic Declaration had done. The Ambassador told Kislyak we expected a decisio [...]	2008-07-18 14:48:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM NATO GG IR RS
08MOSCOW2094	GEORGIA: STEINMEIER FAILS TO GET RUSSIAN SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Despite FM Lavrov's positive press spin about German FM Steinmeier's meetings in Moscow July 18, German colleagues characterized the trip as a "failure," and said Steinmeier made no progress in securing Russian support for direct Georgian-Abkhaz negotiations on security issues in [...]	2008-07-21 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2120	SEA BREEZE 2008 SPARKS CONTROVERSY IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: The Sea Breeze 2008 exercises have sparked controversy and heated debate among Russia's politicians and defense experts. GOR officials characterized them as "anti-Russian" in nature and contend that demonstrations against the exercises were evidence of the Ukrainian population's [...]	2008-07-23 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR
08MOSCOW2132	SERBIAN FM JEREMIC REAFFIRMS TIES TO RUSSIA; GOR [...] (C) Summary. Russia welcomed Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic's July 17 visit to Moscow as reaffirming the importance of Russia as a partner in the face of the new Serbian government's pro-European integration policy. The GOR reiterated full support for Serbia's stance on Kosovo, and agreed to back Be [...]	2008-07-24 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO SR RS
08MOSCOW2152	GEORGIA: RUSSIA MAY NOT ATTEND BERLIN FRIENDS' [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us July 25 that Russia had "nobody appropriate" to send to the Friends' meeting in Berlin next week. German Embassy officials confirmed that MFA 4th CIS Director Kelin told German envoy Lukas July 24 that they would try to find someone to attend the meeting, but wit [...]	2008-07-25 15:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2261	UNORTHODOX POLITICS CONTRIBUTE TO MOSCOW-KIEV [...] (C) Summary. While newly arrived Ukrainian Amb Konstyantyn Gryshchenko told Charge on August 1 that relations with Russia were serious, MFA Director for the Second Department of the CIS Countries (Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine) Sorokin told us on August 1 that Yushchenko was responsible for [...]	2008-08-04 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS UP CASC KIRF SOCI
08MOSCOW2263	MFA EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 30 meeting, MFA Afghanistan Deputy Director Khokhlov noted his office's support for two OSCE border guard initiatives, suggesting that GOR reservations were driven more by its broader unhappiness with the OSCE. Khokhlov undertook to make another bureaucratic push for the [...]	2008-08-04 15:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MCAP MASS RS AF OSCE
08MOSCOW2317	RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP AUGUST [...] (C) Summary. The MFA claims Russia's principal goal in taking military action in South Ossetia is to stop the bloodshed. Blaming the current crisis on Georgia, alluding to (but not confirming) the dispatch of Russian military to South Ossetia, accusing Tbilisi of "ethnic cleansing" in South [...]	2008-08-08 16:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2319	TFGGO1: RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 2 AUGUST 9 [...] (C) Summary. U.S. demarche will be delivered to the Russian MFA at 1400 Moscow time (0600 EDT). The Russian government continues to characterize its actions as "peace enforcement," with Russian media claiming that troops have reached Tskhinvali's outskirts. Officials emphasize they have a responsib [...]	2008-08-09 08:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2324	TFGGO1: THE VIEW OF THE WAR IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. PM Putin moved into the spotlight with his visit to Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia late August 9, though he and President Medvedev appeared jointly this morning to emphasize the "humanitarian tragedy" in South Ossetia and the need for legal consequences. The GOR has not veered from [...]	2008-08-10 13:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW235	RUSSIA CONTINUES TO RESIST KOSOVO CDI [...] (C) Summary. Russia claims that it has developed a "roadmap" in its continuing efforts to forestall a CDI by Kosovo, and to tempt wavering EU states away from recognition. However, the GOR has also prepared an "action plan" in anticipation of a CDI in coordination with Belgrade. Consistent [...]	2008-01-30 15:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC KV RS
08MOSCOW2351	TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT SITREP 4 [...] (C) Summary. An American journalist was reported injured in South Ossetia and taken to North Ossetia for medical treatment. Post is working to contact him. PM Putin said Russia would continue its mission to "its logical end," and lashed out at the West, and the U.S. in particular, for suppo [...]	2008-08-11 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2360	TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA: ANTI-US BACKLASH; NEW [...] (C) Summary: Putin's harshly critical August 11 remarks about U.S. interference and bias in the Russian-Georgian conflict have set the tone for public and private accusations of U.S. encouragement or stage-managing of Saakashvili's decision to attempt to take Tskhinvali by force. The absenc [...]	2008-08-12 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GE
08MOSCOW2387	TFGG01: RUSSIA MAINTAINING HARD LINE, FOCUSING ON [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued their hard line towards Georgia August 13, repeating demands for a legally-binding non-use of force agreement between Georgia and the two zones of conflict, reiterating that Georgian peacekeepers could not be allowed to return to South Ossetia and Abkh [...]	2008-08-13 16:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2396	AMBIGUITY OVER RUSSIA,S FUTURE RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary. During the past week's hostilities in Georgia, the Russian MFA harshly criticized the positions of Poland and the Baltics. Despite this criticism, the GOR has taken no action against these countries and some Polish and Baltic diplomats in Moscow do not believe that their relat [...]	2008-08-14 10:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EN LG LH

08MOSCOW2407	TFGG01: Russian Media on Humanitarian Situation, Regional [...] (SBU) Summary: The conflict in South Ossetia remained a front-page, top-of the news hour topic for Russian media, but the focus shifted from breaking events to refugees and humanitarian needs, and the long-term regional and geopolitical implications. In contrast to CNN's images of tanks and R [...]	2008-08-14 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2411	TFGG01: EFFECTS OF RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT ON GOR [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between Russia and Ukraine has intensified with the war in Georgia. Russia has decried Ukrainian announcements, including a presidential decree, calling for the Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) command to notify Ukraine about ships and aircraft returning to the Ukrainian [...]	2008-08-14 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS UP
08MOSCOW2412	YOUTH-DOMINATED RUSSIAN BLOGOSPHERE CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the onset of violence in South Ossetia, Russian bloggers have utilized internet sites to blaspheme the U.S. and Georgia, organize opposition events, and call for extreme measures. Dominated by Russia's youth, these online fora remain decidedly pro-Russia with little sym [...]	2008-08-14 15:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2413	TFGG01: IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...]	2008-08-14 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2414	TFGG01: RUSSIA DEFIANT [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials August 13 and 14 continued a defiant line, with Medvedev insisting that Russia would support an international agreement that recognized the rights of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. FM Lavrov questioned Georgia's territorial integrity and said Washington would need to cho [...]	2008-08-14 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2416	IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR? [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...]	2008-08-15 02:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2425	PRESS BIAS SHIFTS IN FAVOR OF MEDVEDEV, BUT PUTIN [...] Summary: xxxxx reported the results xxxxx in a recent meeting with PolOff. While Medvedev dominated Russian programming on four of five surveyed stations, his appearances were disproportionately ceremonial in contrast to Putin's hands on control of the Russian government. The virtual absence of air [...]	2008-08-15 10:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2434	TFGG01: IMPACT OF GEORGIA CONFLICT ON RUSSIA'S WTO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Lavrov stated August 14 that Western threats over WTO contradicted previous promises and that Russia was now convinced it would never be accepted into the WTO. These comments track with what GOR officials have told us privately (reftels). Local experts believe WTO accessi [...]	2008-08-15 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON EAGR GG RS
08MOSCOW2439	TFGG01: RUSSIA FOCUSES ON SEALING DEAL [...] (C) Summary. As German Chancellor Merkel arrives in Sochi, the GOR is focusing on sealing the deal reached during French President Sarkozy's trip, and signed by the Abkhaz and South Ossetia leaders in Moscow on August 14. Despite press speculation whether Russia would recognize Abkhazia and S [...]	2008-08-15 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2453	TFGGO1: RUSSIA REACTS TO GEORGIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (C) Summary: Russian leaders have downplayed Georgia's decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Russian Duma Deputies and Federation Council members have argued that Georgia was only hurting itself by withdrawing from the CIS, and that neither Russia nor the or [...]	2008-08-18 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR MOPS RS GG CIS
08MOSCOW2486	TFGG01: RUSSIAN MODERATES' VIEWS ON THE CONFLICT [...] (C) In separate meetings August 19 with the Ambassador, former PM Yegor Gaidar and Igor Yurgens, Director of a think tank closely tied to President Medvedev, argued that a reform-oriented Medvedev presidency, with its promise of a freer Russia, could be a victim of the conflict over South Osse [...]	2008-08-20 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2507	TFGG01: RUSSIA REACTS STRONGLY TO NAC STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Russia strongly condemned the North Atlantic Council's August 19 statement on the conflict in Georgia, and said NATO Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin would be returning to Moscow for consultations on the future of NATO-Russian relations. In addition, the creation of a NATO-Georgia Comm [...]	2008-08-22 03:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL MARR RS GE
08MOSCOW2521	RUSSIA GETS SYRIAN SUPPORT ON GEORGIA, BUT SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Initial indications are that despite Al-Assad's tough talk about basing Russian missiles in Syria, Medvedev did not pledge in the August 21 meeting to provide Iskander missiles. The meeting had reportedly been planned for weeks and was not precipitated by events in Georgia, alth [...]	2008-08-22 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR SY RS
08MOSCOW2530	RUSSIA'S WORKING LEVEL WTO NEGOTIATORS IN DENIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Trade Negotiations Director Andrey Kushnirenko of the Ministry of Economic Development (MED) told us August 21 that Russia still believes it could accede to the WTO by the end of 2008. In his view, there are few issues that remain to be resolved with WTO members. He said [...]	2008-08-25 07:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON RS
08MOSCOW2535	TFGG01: PARLIAMENT TO URGE RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian upper (Federation Council) and lower (Duma) houses of parliament will hold simultaneous but separate emergency sessions at 10 a.m. local time on August 25 to review developments in South Ossetia and to consider steps in support of independence for both South Ossetia and [...]	2008-08-25 10:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2561	TFGG01: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES FINALLY GET ACCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to heavy criticism in the Western press about the lack of access by representatives of international humanitarian and human rights groups to South Ossetia, the Russian government relented and allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross, UNHCR and the Counc [...]	2008-08-26 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS GG
08MOSCOW2563	MEDVEDEV LOSES OUT IN RUSSIA-GEORGIA WAR [...] (C) Summary. Unlike Putin, whose leadership during the Chechen war strengthened his political power, Medvedev's performance to date has reinforced his status as junior member of the tandem. Two anecdotal reports suggest that Putin was displeased with the President's performance at the start of the [...]	2008-08-26 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW2618	RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS ISOLATION POST-SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Russia has used the relative silence from countries in Asia and the Middle East regarding events in Georgia, coupled with the "ambiguous" August 28 statement from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),to argue that its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has not left it isolate [...]	2008-09-02 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RS XD XE XF
08MOSCOW2629	RUSSIA CAMPAIGNS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister fanned out in an effort to gain support for the Russian decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Medvedev met with Armenian President Sargsyan in Sochi on September 2, while Putin went to Uzbe [...]	2008-09-03 06:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AM GG TU UZ RS
08MOSCOW265	NYET MEANS NYET: RUSSIA'S NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Following a muted first reaction to Ukraine's intent to seek a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the Bucharest summit (ref A),Foreign Minister Lavrov and other senior officials have reiterated strong opposition, stressing that Russia would view further eastward expansion as [...]	2008-02-01 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UP RS
08MOSCOW2655	RUSSIA: MIXED MESSAGES ON UKRAINE; IRE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials have sent mixed signals regarding their commitment to Ukraine's territorial integrity and the future of Russian-Ukrainian relations. While Putin reassured the international community that Russia had no intention of redefining borders with Ukraine, Medvedev po [...]	2008-09-04 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS UP GG
08MOSCOW267	POLISH FM SIKORSKI PREPARES FOR TUSK VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Polish FM Sikorski visited Moscow January 21 in preparation for Prime Minister Tusk's February 8 consultations. No new ground was broken in discussions with FM Lavrov on missile defense; the GOR reiterated that it had no "veto" power over Poland's cooperation with the U.S., wit [...]	2008-02-01 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR PL RS
08MOSCOW2697	RUSSIAN CUSTOMS HOLDS UP TURKISH IMPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Georgia conflict, Turkish imports appear to be the latest target of Russian scrutiny following heightened trade tensions with the United States, EU, and Ukraine. Russian customs officials have imposed 100-percent inspections of every Turkish truck at the Russia [...]	2008-09-09 11:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PREL TU RS
08MOSCOW2701	NEW SARKOZY-MEDVEDEV AGREEMENT: QUESTIONS REMAIN [...] (S/NF) Summary: While achieving some key concessions from Russia on next steps in the Georgia conflict, the Sarkozy-Medvedev agreement from September 8 still leaves open questions about the nature and size of Russian troops, role of EU observers, and the format of October security talks. After [...]	2008-09-09 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2702	ODIHR HEAD LENARCIC SEEKS "NEW CHAPTER" IN [...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Janez Lenarcic, Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR),stated that he hoped for a "new chapter" in relations with Russia and that "there can be no double standards" in how ODIHR treats OSCE member countries. In coordina [...]	2008-09-10 03:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2719	CSTO SUMMIT HAILED AS VICTORY FOR RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: In what many here perceive to be a diplomatic victory for Russia, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) issued a statement at the end of its September 5 summit that blamed Georgia for recent events in South Ossetia. The organization also expressed its support for an [...]	2008-09-10 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PNAT MARR MOPS GG RS
08MOSCOW2721	MFA ON SARKOZY-MEDVEDEV PLAN; DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, MFA Director Kelin said the September 8 Sarkozy-Medvedev agreement clearly limited new deployments of OSCE and EU monitors to Georgia proper, with Lavrov dismissing the Sarkozy-Barosso letter as an "unscrupulous attempt" to do Saakashvili's bidding. Ru [...]	2008-09-10 16:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG
08MOSCOW2761	RUSSIA ON NEW MONITORS, RELATIONS WITH WEST [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed DFM Karasin on September 12 to agree to the text authorizing the additional OSCE monitors with access to Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Karasin blamed Georgia for holding up the mandate, acknowledged eight OSCE monitors in the two zones were not many, and ind [...]	2008-09-12 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2762	RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP CONTINUES OFFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The Russian leadership September 10 and 11 continued to justify Russia's actions in South Ossetia, while saying that Russia was not seeking a new Cold War. Putin told Western experts that Russia had no intention of invading any other former Soviet republics, and strongly refuted South O [...]	2008-09-12 15:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2777	RUSSIA'S NUCLEAR REGULATOR STRIPPED OF INDEPENDENCE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials believe that Russia is no longer meeting some of its commitments in the IAEA Nuclear Safety Convention and the IAEA Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management. After Ru [...]	2008-09-16 03:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL KTIA ENRG RS
08MOSCOW2779	AUSTRALIA GROUP: U.S. RESPONSE TO NONPAPER PASSED BY FM LAVROV DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 08:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CBW ETTC RU
08MOSCOW2785	RUSSIA "SATISFIED" WITH ISRAEL ON GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Azeri told the Ambassador that Russia had urged Israel not to resume arms sales to Georgia, but did not directly link this issue to Russian arms sales to Syria and Iran. The MFA explained that Russia was "satisfied" with Israel's position on Georgia, which did [...]	2008-09-16 13:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG IR IS SY RS
08MOSCOW2787	PURSUING NORMALCY, LAVROV VISITS WARSAW [...] (C) Summary: Polish diplomats tell us it was a "miracle" that FM Lavrov visited Warsaw September 10-11, citing Poland's signing of the missile defense agreement and support for Georgia as justifications to cancel. The MFA reported that Lavrov never considered canceling the visit, and Russia [...]	2008-09-16 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL RS
08MOSCOW2805	RUSSIA SIGNS TREATIES OF FRIENDSHIP AND [...] (C) Summary. The treaties signed by Medvedev on September 17 with the Abkhaz and South Ossetian leaders give signatories the right to build military infrastructure and bases on each other's territory; call for joint consultations in the event of an attack or threat of attack on any party; pro [...]	2008-09-18 07:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2824	RUSSIAN POSITION ON IRAN REMAINS THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: Russia will not allow tension over Georgia to diminish unity among the P5 1, although the GOR is not ready to support a new UNSC resolution and prefers continued negotiations with Iran, according to the MFA. While Tehran hopes the current international situation will lead Moscow [...]	2008-09-19 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UNSC IAEA GG IR TU RS
08MOSCOW2843	RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary. While reactions to the Secretary's September 18 speech have been fairly muted, with the exception of the customary harangue from the MFA, the Russian leadership is at pains to show that Russia is not isolated following the events in Georgia. Moscow is seeking to push back on clai [...]	2008-09-23 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GG UP XH RS
08MOSCOW2856	GOR SILENCE ON KIM JONG IL'S HEALTH SIGN OF [...] (C) Summary. Moscow has had little to say about the reported illness of North Korean leader Kim Jong IL. Russian experts believe this is due to the fact that Russia no longer has real influence over or interest in the DPRK beyond the six-party talks. North Korea watchers here are divided on [...]	2008-09-24 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS CH KS KN
08MOSCOW2857	MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GRIGORIEV ON THE SITUATION IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director Semyon Grigoriev told us September 23 that any technical rollover of the UNOMIG mandate would need to be followed later by core revisions, by changing the name, splitting it into two units in Georgia proper and in Abkhazia, and renegotiating its mandate, inclu [...]	2008-09-24 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW288	MEDVEDEV: MANAGING A FOREIGN POLICY NOVICE [...] (C) Summary: Given Dmitriy Medvedev's foreign policy inexperience and disastrous initiation in Russia's Ukrainian policy, we are likely to see a period of extended "regency," with Putin strongly influencing the shape and direction of the Medvedev administration. The awkwardness inherent in [...]	2008-02-05 11:58:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
08MOSCOW2895	DEPUTY FONMIN GRUSHKO ON NATO, OSCE MANDATE IN [...] (C) Deputy Fonmin Aleksandr Grushko (whose portfolio includes NATO, OSCE, EU, COE) told the Ambassador that despite tensions, cooperation with NATO in Afghanistan remained strategically important to Russia. Grushko criticized U.S. support for Saakashvili and a MAP for Georgia. He shed no new [...]	2008-09-30 08:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE RU GA
08MOSCOW2905	MFA: UNSC RESOLUTION DEMONSTRATED UNITY ON IRAN [...] (C) MFA Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs Iran specialist Alexander Trofimov told us on September 30 that the passage of UNSCR 1835 demonstrated P5 1 unity on Iran and should dispel fears that tension over Georgia has diminished the ability of the U.S. and Russia to cooperate on [...]	2008-10-01 11:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UNSC IAEA IR RS
08MOSCOW2935	RUSSIA WORKING THE EU TO INFLUENCE THE U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On October 1, MFA European Cooperation Director Voronkov sketched a Russian strategy to improve relations with the U.S. by working through Europe. Russia's "pragmatic cooperation" with German Chancellor Merkel, Spanish PM Zapatero, Italian PM Berlusconi, and the French leadershi [...]	2008-10-03 03:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN COE RS
08MOSCOW2964	SECRETARY'S LETTER TO LAVROV ON KUZNETSOV TRANSFER [...] (C) On Qober 2 we delivered the Secretary's letter to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov concerning the conditions for the return of Russian diplomat Vladimir Kuznetsov to Russia to serve out his sentence for money laundering. 2. (C) MFA North America Deputy Director Aleksandr Zakharov had [...]	2008-10-06 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2969	RUSSIA-VIETNAM: A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH NO [...] (C) Summary. Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem's September 13-16 visit to Moscow resulted in a public Vietnamese endorsement of Russia's role in strengthening peace and cooperation in the Caucasus, but no recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The visit also included an a [...]	2008-10-07 10:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD RS VM
08MOSCOW2972	GOR HOLDS ON TO TROOP WITHDRAWAL DESPITE RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOR has termed the October 3 bombing in Tskhinvali, which killed eight Russian troops, a terrorist act. Variously calling the blast an attempt to provoke new military action, destabilize South Ossetia, or prevent Russia from fulfilling its Sarkozy-Medvedev obligations, GOR [...]	2008-10-07 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2975	GOR STILL SEEKS SOLUTION TO MD CONUNDRUM [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the Georgia conflict, Russian officials have stepped up their verbal assaults on U.S. missile defense (MD) systems in Poland and the Czech Republic, with Medvedev reiterating the need for Russia to strengthen its nuclear deterrent. As if to underscore this point, [...]	2008-10-07 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP MNUC RS
08MOSCOW302	GOR SPECIAL ENVOY'S OUTLOOK ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. In a February 6 meeting, MFA Special Envoy for the Balkans Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko laid out the GOR's view of splits in the Serbian government, emphasizing that Russia believed the EUDP mission was illegal without UNSC approval, but that it did not object to Serbia's closer [...]	2008-02-06 16:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU KV SR RS
08MOSCOW3020	RUSSIAN-SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS BECOME STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: During South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's September 28-30 state visit, Russia and South Korea agreed to upgrade their bilateral relationship, continue to consider joint gas pipeline and railway projects that would pass through North Korea, and increase cooperation on a wide [...]	2008-10-10 12:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
08MOSCOW3025	CORRECT COPY: RUSSIAN-SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's September 28-30 state visit, Russia and South Korea agreed to upgrade their bilateral relationship, continue to consider joint gas pipeline and railway projects that would pass through North Korea, and increase cooperation on a wide [...]	2008-10-10 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
08MOSCOW3026	OLMERT PRESSES RUSSIA TO DO MORE ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Israeli PM Olmert's October 6-7 meetings with Medvedev and Lavrov covered a range of issues, and do not appear to have been arranged to head off an imminent Russian sale of S-300 missiles to Iran, despite press reports to the contrary. Olmert pressed Russia to do more on Iran, i [...]	2008-10-10 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR IR IS SY RS
08MOSCOW3059	HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S., IRAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with HFAC Chairman Berman and the Ambassador, FM Lavrov argued against holding U.S.-Russian relations hostage to ideology and politics, reaffirming the Sochi Declaration commitments. He pushed hard for continued diplomacy with Iran, criticizing unila [...]	2008-10-16 07:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP PTER OREP RS GG IZ IR
08MOSCOW3086	SEXISM, LOW PAY, AND REAL ESTATE: RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Like Russia itself, the MFA is still attempting to come to terms with the vast societal changes that came with the end of the Soviet era. The Russian diplomatic corps of 4,500 is younger and includes more women than previously, but sexism remains very much in the open. The hig [...]	2008-10-20 11:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW3106	RUSSIA INCREASES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's intensified interest in Latin America stems largely from economic opportunity, while serving to reinforce its multi-polar concept of foreign policy. Following the Georgian conflict, Russia has increased its activity in the region in order to highlight its ability to ex [...]	2008-10-21 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS
08MOSCOW3109	RUSSIA ON CFE POST-GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. The MFA continues to press for the resumption of meetings between Russia and the U.S. on the way ahead on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). While acknowledging that the conflict in Georgia has changed the dynamic for such discussions, the MFA has nothing new to offe [...]	2008-10-22 08:53:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE NATO RS
08MOSCOW3113	RUSSIAN MFA ON PALESTINE AND ISRAEL [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on October 21 that a recent briefing on Israel-Palestinian negotiations by visiting Palestinian Authority officials confirmed doubts within the MFA about the possibility of the two sides reaching a settlement by the end of the y [...]	2008-10-22 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG IS RS
08MOSCOW3114	RUSSIA'S "AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE" TO ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. While noting concerns over the collapse of the October 15 talks, the newly-named Russian "Ambassador" to Abkhazia sees the fact the meeting took place at all as positive and a step towards fulfilling point six of the Medvedev-Sarkozy plan. The GOR is concerned that the security [...]	2008-10-22 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3130	RUSSIAN DFM BORODAVKIN ON NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin provided a readout of North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun's October 15 meeting with FM Lavrov and expressed concern that the North Korean interpretation of the October 3 verif [...]	2008-10-24 03:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM RS KN AF
08MOSCOW3153	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DFM RYABKOV: POST-START, [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told the Ambassador October 24 the GOR had begun studying the post-START Treaty text delivered that morning. But the need to translate the text and the fact that Russia had not received the missile defense (MD) documents meant November 6 wo [...]	2008-10-27 15:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP MARR IR RS
08MOSCOW3220	STRONG CRITICISM FOR U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials have denounced the U.S. decision to renew sanctions against Rosoboronexport (ROE) and its subsidiaries under the terms of the Iran, North Korea and Syria Nonproliferation Act (reftel). Arguing that ROE's activity with Iran was fully compliant with international [...]	2008-11-03 04:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC RS
08MOSCOW329	FM LAVROV PRESSES FOR 2+2 DATES [...] (C) At the request of FM Lavrov, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak contacted the Ambassador on February 8 to urge the U.S. to confirm the timing for the second round of the 2 2 ministerial dialogue. Noting the outstanding GOR proposal to meet in Washington on March 13, Kislyak said that [...]	2008-02-08 10:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS
08MOSCOW3303	UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM
08MOSCOW3333	UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: [...] (C) Summary. FM Lavrov told U/S Burns and the Ambassador November 12 in Moscow that Russia saw the Sochi Strategic Declaration as the basis for future U.S.-Russian relations. He dismissed the contention that Medvedev's state of the union address had been a deliberate slap at President-elect O [...]	2008-11-18 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM
08MOSCOW3352	UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' LUNCH WITH DFM RYABKOV: [...] (S) Summary. DFM Ryabkov November 12 reiterated FM Lavrov's message to U/S Burns and the Ambassador that Russia saw the Sochi Strategic Declaration as the basis for future U.S.-Russian relations, and Medvedev's state of the union address had not been intended as a deliberate slap at President [...]	2008-11-19 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM
08MOSCOW3386	GOR DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN GEORGIAN/POLISH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOR has rejected allegations of Russian involvement in the November 23 shooting at the Georgian-Polish presidential motorcade. In reaction to the incident that garnered little attention in the Russian media, the MFA, MOD and security services unanimously called the incide [...]	2008-11-24 11:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RS GG PL
08MOSCOW3396	RUSSIA RESISTING YUSHCHENKO'S BAIT, MOSTLY [...] (C) Summary: Russian political circles see Ukrainian president Yushchenko attempting to bait Russia in order to improve his domestic popularity and gain support from the West. However, mindful of the strong economic ties between the countries, Russia has so far limited itself to sniping bac [...]	2008-11-25 03:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW3410	GENERAL BUZHINSKIY WARNS DAS BRYZA ABOUT REARMING [...] (C) Summary. In a cordial but firm meeting with EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza November 1, Ministry of Defense Lt. General Yevgeniy Buzhinskiy articulated what are clearly GOR-wide talking points on Georgia, contending that "someone in the USG outside the State Department" had giv [...]	2008-11-25 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW3419	DFM KARASIN ON IRAQ, GEORGIA, UKRAINE, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin sought further information on the alleged November 19 collision between a U.S. convoy vehicle and a Russian embassy vehicle in Baghdad (reftel). He called the November 23 shooting near the Georgian and Polish pre [...]	2008-11-26 09:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS AZ UP MD IZ
08MOSCOW3424	MFA PREVIEWS RUSSIAN GOALS FOR OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) At the December 4 OSCE ministerial in Helsinki, Russia will formally launch Medvedev's proposed European Security Treaty (EST),push its reform agenda, and seek "balance" in any Ministerial Declaration. The MFA tells us that they see the OSCE as a dated body that does not take into accou [...]	2008-11-26 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM OSCE RS
08MOSCOW3436	GOR ON EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT [...] (C) The MFA told us that Russia accomplished its objectives at the November 14 EU-Russia Summit in Nice: the normalization of EU-Russia relations after the events of Georgia, and a public endorsement of Medvedev's proposed Euroatlantic security proposal. Russia and the EU will resume negoti [...]	2008-11-28 12:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU RS
08MOSCOW346	RUSSIA SEEKS, AND FINDS, A ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Russia is playing a higher profile role in the Middle East peace process, designed to draw attention to Moscow's reemergence on the international stage, which remains a significant motivation in the Kremlin's diplomacy. Russia continues to position itself as a bridge between the [...]	2008-02-08 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY RS XF
08MOSCOW3492	SENATOR CORKER'S MEETING WITH DFM GRUSHKO: [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko told visiting U.S. Senator Bob Corker the U.S. and Russia should build off the Sochi Declaration to move the relationship forward. The U.S. was trying to impose its security interests on Russia with its missile defense proposal. Grush [...]	2008-12-04 08:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP GG RS
08MOSCOW3508	RUSSIA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on enhancing efforts to combat piracy with the MFA Legal and Africa departments on December 4. Legal Department Director for Public Law Vasiliy Titushkin told us that the GOR was "fully prepared to support any reasonable effort" to tackle this issue and Russia wo [...]	2008-12-05 06:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS
08MOSCOW3526	MEDVEDEV BOLSTERS RUSSIA?S LATIN AMERICAN OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA and experts saw President Medvedev?s November 22-28 trip to Latin America as pragmatic, and focused on trade and economic issues, not driven by ideology or efforts to compete with the U.S. or China. In a meeting with the Ambassador December 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Ser [...]	2008-12-05 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS XM
08MOSCOW353	DFM KARASIN ON UKRAINE, GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA, [...] (C) Summary. In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin strongly cautioned against the Ukrainian government's push for NATO membership, underlining that a decision by the Alliance would be met with counter measures that would test our strategic relationship. Karasin urged the [...]	2008-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG UP MD AM BO RS
08MOSCOW3555	INITIAL RUSSIAN REACTION TO OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Russia's MFA has not yet issued a formal statement on the results of the OSCE ministerial, but the Russian press focused on President Medvedev's proposal for a new European security treaty and hailed the ministerial as an endorsement of it. Commentators were more restrained on the concept [...]	2008-12-09 12:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM OSCE RS
08MOSCOW3564	SPOT REPORT: FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PATRIARCH [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 9, numerous religious leaders, government officials, and Orthodox faithful gathered at Christ the Savior cathedral in central Moscow for the funeral of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Aleksey II who died on December 5. Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, [...]	2008-12-09 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3576	RUSSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, GOR support for democracy and human rights in Cuba has been minimal. Both President Medvedev and Deputy PM Sechin have visited Cuba within the last six months, but the visits produced no major political or economic agreements. Despite these efforts to strengthen [...]	2008-12-10 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ETTC PREL CU RS
08MOSCOW3615	DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA AND U.S. RELATIONS - MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 6 meeting with Congressman Bill Delahunt and Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin conceded Russia had lost the p.r. battle in the August conflict with Georgia, but reiterated why Russia had been compelled to respond militarily and then r [...]	2008-12-15 06:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3616	Scenesetter for Senator Lugar's Visit to Russia [...] (SBU) Your visit to Moscow comes at a time of real disconnect in the U.S.-Russian relationship. Disagreements over European security, Russia's role in its neighborhood, and the Kremlin's creeping authoritarianism were followed by the rupture over Russia's decision to send forces into Georgia [...]	2008-12-15 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3707	SENATOR LUGAR MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S. RELATIONS, POST-START, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, FM Lavrov welcomed the visit of Senator Lugar as recognition that the Senate appreciated the importance of relations with Russia. Lavrov emphasized Russia's interest in concluding a post-START treaty by December 2009 and urged a "quick start" to the [...]	2008-12-22 06:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP ECON PARM OREP RS
08MOSCOW3708	SENATOR LUGAR: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR U.S. RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Lugar heard a mixed, but mostly positive, message on Russian receptivity towards rebuilding U.S.-Russian relations, with a range of officials and respected observers calling for a return to the official diplomatic architecture that once governed bilateral dialogue. Th [...]	2008-12-22 06:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS IR AF
08MOSCOW375	THE INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND COOPERATION; [...] (C) Summary: The GOR has decided to establish an Institute for Democracy and Cooperation, which will be headquartered in Moscow with branch offices in New York and Paris. The Institute is intended to end what the GOR sees as the western "monopoly" on defining and reporting human rights abus [...]	2008-02-12 14:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW3753	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 24 meeting, Russia's ambassador to South Ossetia, Elbrus Kargiev, told us "president" Kokoity needed to gain experience in running a peacetime government, while making quiet progress on security and economic development instead of overreacting to accusations in the [...]	2008-12-29 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
08MOSCOW378	PUTIN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISER ON "FROZEN" [...] (C) Summary: In her February 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Putin's human rights adviser, Ella Pamfilova said the Duma elections had been a "turning point," leading her to "divorce" herself from GOR actions and adopt a low public profile. While she welcomed FM Lavrov's engagement with the [...]	2008-02-12 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW391	RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY APPROACHES IMPROVEMENT IN TIES [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that Russia remained committed to improving bilateral relations with Georgia, and was prepared to discuss "anything and everything" with the two Georgian DFMs visiting Moscow on February 15, but stressed that Russia was interested only in concrete action from Geor [...]	2008-02-13 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW392	RUSSIA ON UNSC DISCUSSIONS ON CHAD, KENYA, [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that it would send four helicopters and 200 personnel to Chad, and was concerned over growing tensions on the Ethiopia/Eritrea border, but would take a "wait and see" approach to further UNSC involvement in conflicts in Kenya. The GOR believed that international [...]	2008-02-13 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ZF XW RS
08MOSCOW421	MFA ON MULTILATERALIZING INF, NON-MILITARIZATION [...] (C) Summary. Vladimir Yermakov, MFA Director of Strategic Capabilities Policy, told us February 13 that FM Lavrov's proposal at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) on February 12 to "multilateralize" the Treaty on the Elimination of Medium-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF) was necessary t [...]	2008-02-15 10:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO RS
08MOSCOW435	DFM TITOV: RUSSIA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 14 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Titov reiterated warnings over the destabilizing consequences of Kosovo's impending UDI, but said Russia would respond "responsibly," including by convoking a UN Security Council special session, and issuing sharp statements of c [...]	2008-02-15 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
08MOSCOW436	RUSSIA - BELARUS RELATIONS: VIEWS FROM SMOLENSK [...] (C) Summary. For Smolensk residents, Belarus spells shared history, friendly ties, the only path to Europe, and affordable goods. In their eyes, union with Belarus would be a plus. For the diehard communists, Belarus is what Russia could still be, while for others it is a backward, anti-de [...]	2008-02-15 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BO RS
08MOSCOW445	KOSOVO: RUSSIA REACTS PREDICTABLY, STOPS SHORT OF [...] (C) Summary: Russia responded quickly and negatively to Kosovo's declaration of independence, with the Kremlin and MFA labeling it illegal, illegitimate, and destabilizing. While the joint Duma/Federation Council statement is not expected until later today, both chairs of the international [...]	2008-02-18 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS KV
08MOSCOW460	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 19 MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK [...] (C) Summary: In a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak stressed the importance of setting a date for the next 2 2 meeting. The Ambassador conveyed a copy of the President's letter to Putin (ref a),which he had earlier delivered to Kremlin Foreign Policy Adviser Prikhodko ( [...]	2008-02-19 16:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TSPL PARM KNNP CVIS RS
08MOSCOW501	RUSSIA REMAINS UNCOMPROMISING ON KOSOVO ILLEGALITY [...] (C) Summary: Russia continued to send an uncompromising message on the illegality of Kosovo's independence and the irresponsibility of international recognition outside a framework of a negotiated solution, with the MFA reacting furiously to former Ambassador Holbrooke's alleged assertion of [...]	2008-02-22 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV RS
08MOSCOW520	ENCOURAGING RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia is ready to do more to assist in stabilizing and rebuilding Afghanistan - a key area of overlapping Russian, U.S. and NATO interests. Absent concerted U.S. effort, however, Russian attempts to constructively engage with the Karzai government likely will continue to founde [...]	2008-02-26 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PREL MASS RU AF
08MOSCOW539	MEDVEDEV MENDS BELGRADE FENCES, AFFIRMS CONTINUITY [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of scandalous comments by a Russian TV commentator calling the assassination of former Serbian PM Djindjic "well-deserved," First Deputy PM Dmitriy Medvedev and FM Lavrov traveled to Belgrade on February 25 to mend fences, reiterate Russia's support for Serbian terri [...]	2008-02-27 15:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR KV RS
08MOSCOW547	RUSSIA AND TURKEY ENERGY COOPERATION: "NOTHING [...] (C) The Turkish Embassy told us February 22nd that while Russia is interested in expanding gas supplies to and through Turkey, as well as participating more broadly in Turkey's energy sector, there were no breakthroughs on energy cooperation as a result of Turkish Foreign Minister Babacan's Fe [...]	2008-02-28 12:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW56	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's season for political surprises has ended. The country now looks set to continue Putin's domestic and foreign policies with the expected shift to Medvedev as President and Putin as Prime Minister this spring. The expected Putin-Medvedev team appears set to ensure conti [...]	2008-01-10 17:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON OVIP PGOV RS
08MOSCOW587	RUSSIA-UKRAINE RELATIONS: YUSHCHENKO AND [...] (C) Summary. After many last-minute changes and rescheduling involving Tymoshenko's visit, the February 12-13 Putin-Yushchenko Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) convened without Tymoshenko's participation. GOR officials expressed dismay at the complicated dynamics between Yushchenko and Tymoshenko [...]	2008-03-01 13:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW626	RUSSIA ATTEMPTS TO FRAME KOSOVO DISCUSSION AS A [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued to press the "illegality" of Kosovo's independence, EULEX, and the new International Steering Group for Kosovo, even as it observed that a "de facto" partition of Northern Kosovo was occurring as Russia had predicted. The Russian Duma will hold hearing [...]	2008-03-05 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV SR RS
08MOSCOW630	THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin and an important factor in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP [...]	2008-03-06 11:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW64	RUSSIA: WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN [...] On January 9, 2008 post delivered reftel invitation from Secretary Rice for a Russian delegation to attend WIREC 2008 to the SIPDIS Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov. Invitation was sent through Mr. Igor Neverov, Director of the North America Department at the Ministry of Foreign A [...]	2008-01-14 10:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO RS

08MOSCOW725	DFM KARASIN ON NATO MAP, BELARUS, GEORGIA, [...] Summary: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin went to great lengths to emphasize the "disastrous consequences" of a NATO MAP offer for Georgia and Ukraine in Bucharest, warning (somewhat theatrically) that the U.S. and NATO had to choose between "peace and stability and anoth [...]	2008-03-15 09:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW744	LAVROV LINKS TIBET UNREST TO KOSOVO [...] Foreign Minister Lavrov linked the recent unrest in Tibet to Kosovo, telling the press that the violence in Lhasa had not occurred "by chance." In an interview published March 18 in Rossiskaya Gazeta, Lavrov used Tibet to demonstrate how Kosovo's independence had "already reverberated" among [...]	2008-03-18 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL CH RS
08MOSCOW751	THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP) and the Organization o [...]	2008-03-19 13:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW806	RUSSIA'S EXPECTATIONS FOR NATO SUMMIT DEPEND ON [...] (C) Summary. According to the head of the NATO section at the MFA, Putin's swan song at the NATO Summit in Bucharest was envisioned to be "constructive" and to call for more NATO-Russia cooperation, but recent U.S. statements of support for a Membership Action Plan offer for Ukraine and Georg [...]	2008-03-25 04:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR PARM KCFE UP GG RS
08MOSCOW820	AUSTRALIA GROUP: RUSSIA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR ITS [...] (SBU) Following is the text of a Russian non-paper FM Lavrov passed to the Secretary on the margins of recent 2 plus 2 talks. English text below is as presented by the GOR. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Pursuant to the instructions of the President of the Russian Federation, we have been workin [...]	2008-03-25 16:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL RS
08MOSCOW848	DFM SALTANOV ON MOSCOW CONFERENCE, SYRIA, IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senior Staff Member Talwar, DFM Saltanov reviewed Russia's position on a range of critical issues in the Middle East, underscoring strong U.S.-Russian cooperation in the lead up to and following the Annapolis [...]	2008-03-28 08:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS IR IQ MEP
08MOSCOW910	RUSSIAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO IN LEAD-UP TO BUCHAREST [...] (C) Summary: MFA Special Envoy for Kosovo Botsan-Kharchenko told us that Putin will reiterate Russian opposition to Kosovo's independence in Bucharest, but the issue is not expected to feature prominently, including during the President's visit April 5-6 visit to Sochi. The GOR will contin [...]	2008-04-02 16:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID RU
08MOSCOW911	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: NATO AND HOLODOMOR [...] (C) Summary. FM Lavrov, during his April 2 address to the Duma, characterized NATO enlargement as "artificial and unnecessary," while arguing that NATO members could no longer solve important tasks without Russia's help. While the Duma held a special hearing on the friendship agreement with [...]	2008-04-03 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
08MOSCOW955	DFM SALTANOV DISCUSSES IRAQ, MIDDLE EAST, WITH S/I [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with DFM Saltanov in Moscow April 2, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Russia to encourage Iraq's neighbors to play a greater role in helping to stabilize the country, noting that Iraq was important for [...]	2008-04-08 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EPET ENRG IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW962	RUSSIA'S REACTION TO SAAKASHVILI'S NEW ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. The Russians have taken a dim view of Saakashvili's new Abkhazia proposal, dismissing it as a political maneuver designed to make Georgia look better in Bucharest. In their view, the rollout to the international community rather than to the Abkhaz speaks for itself about the in [...]	2008-04-08 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MUNICH384	GERMANY/MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE: Scene Setter for the [...] (SBU) The annual Munich Security Conference, the "Davos of the security world," uniquely brings official national delegations together with private opinion makers and experts in an informal setting conducive to lively debate and dialogue. The MSC this year holds its first session on Friday, F [...]	2008-12-08 10:37:00	Consulate Munich	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TAGS
08MUNICH63	A/S FRIED'S AND AMB NULAND'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Munich Security Conference on February 9, EUR A/S Daniel Fried and US Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland urged President Mikheil Saakashvili to show leadership in convincing allies that Georgia is ready for a NATO Membership Action Pl [...]	2008-02-14 06:30:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	GM MARR NATO PARM PREL GG
08NEWDELHI2764	FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV VISIT TO INDIA REAFFIRMS [...] (C) Summary. During his October 20 visit to New Delhi, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: -- brought a message that Russia's relations with India remain a priority for Moscow; -- announced Russia will assist India in building four additional nuclear reactors at the Kudankulam power project; [...]	2008-10-21 13:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PREL RU IN
08NEWDELHI3114	PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV INDIA VISIT CONFIRMS CIV-NUKE [...] (C) Summary. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev capped off a 24 hour visit to India by delivering as promised on agreements for civil nuclear, space and defense cooperation. Medvedev expressed Russia's solidarity with India in the war on terror in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, reiterating a [...]	2008-12-10 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNUC KNNP ECON TSPA RS IN
08NICOSIA116	SURPRISE, SURPRISE: INCUMBENT PAPADOPOULOS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Incumbent Republic of Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos failed February 17 to advance to the second round; instead, challengers Ioannis Kasoulides (DISY, center-right) and Dimitris Christofias (AKEL, left) will do battle February 24. News of Papadopoulos's defeat left Cypr [...]	2008-02-18 15:30:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
08OSLO321	LAVROV AND STOERE TALK BUSINESS, IGNORE TOUGH [...] (C) In two days of meetings, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Russian FM Sergei Lavrov discussed an increased Russian presence on Svalbard, fishing enforcement, eased visa rules for the border area, and environmental questions. Meeting on June 9-10, first in Kirkenes on the Norwegian side o [...]	2008-06-11 13:54:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS EPET PBTS PGOV PINR PREL RCA RS SENV NO
08OSLO398	NORWAY: RUSSIAN PRESENCE IN SVALBARD WATERS [...] (S) Summary: Russian claims that Russian warships have been sent to patrol Svalbard waters to protect fisheries do not appear to reflect reality. At present there is no indication that any Russian warship is currently patrolling near Svalbard. Russian warships have passed through Svalbard wat [...]	2008-07-16 13:58:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PHSA PINR PREL NO
08OSLO488	NORWAY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR VOLKER'S VISIT WITH A [...] (C) Ambassador Volker's August 21-24th visit to Noway featured extensive private and public discusions on Georgia and on Russia including a well received address at Norway's leading foreign policy institute and extensive media coverage. In private, GON officials, including FM Stoere and Deput [...]	2008-09-02 13:06:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP NATO PGOV PREL NO
08PARIS1587	TFGG01: FRENCH EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Since President Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Kouchner met with Secretary Rice on August 14, President Sarkozy has maintained high-profile efforts to implement the Russia/Georgia six-point cease-fire accord he negotiated in his capacity as EU President -- especially the main p [...]	2008-08-18 18:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1600	TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...]	2008-08-21 10:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1601	TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...]	2008-08-21 10:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1708	FRENCH READOUT OF EU MISSION TO MOSCOW AND NEXT [...] (C/NF) Summary. On September 10, Political M/C met with Damien Loras, Advisor to President Sarkozy on Russia and the Caucasus, who provided a readout of President Sarkozy,'s September 8 trip to Moscow and the reasoning behind the provisions in the final agreement on Georgia. Despite the dif [...]	2008-09-11 17:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL GG RU FR EU
08PARIS2088	EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSES EU/RUSSIA RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: On November 10, French presidency adviser on Russia, Damien Loras, confirmed that the EU/Russia summit will conclude November 14 with the announcement that talks on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) will resume, a decision Loras argued was not a "big step" and the mo [...]	2008-11-12 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS MARR UNSC EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS2284	RUSSIA/GEORGIA: FRENCH PRESIDENCY OFFICIAL SEEKS [...] (C) During a December 16 meeting with Pol MC, French Presidency (Elysee) advisor for Russia and the Americas Damien Loras asked for our assistance dealing with Georgia. Per Loras, President Sarkozy used the coming end of the French EU presidency to write to Russian President Medvedev in earl [...]	2008-12-17 17:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP MARR FR GG RU
08PARIS456	"LUKE-WARM" FRENCH-RUSSIAN MARCH 11 SECURITY [...] (C//NF) In a meeting on March 12, French MFA officials characterized French/Russian March 11 security talks as "luke-warm," and producing almost no results. Alexandre Vulic, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia, told us that the day-long annual talks between foreign and defense ministers, know [...]	2008-03-12 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PGOV RU CD SU FR
08PARIS970	FRANCE/RUSSIA: WHERE IS MEDVEDEV? PUTIN TO VISIT [...] (C) Alexandre Vulic, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia, told us on May 20, that FM Kouchner was en route to Moscow for talks with both President Medvedev and FM Lavrov. Publicly, the focus of the "last-minute" visit is to share EU Presidency priorities with the Russian government and to disc [...]	2008-05-21 10:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU FR
08PARTO51302	(U) SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 22, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: Kevin Whitaker, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) April 22, 2008, Kuwait City, Kuwait 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary A/S C. David Welch, NEA Ambassador David Satterfield, NEA/I Ambassador Ryan Crocker, [...]	2008-05-13 23:27:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PGOV PREL PVTS
08RIGA2	LAVROV'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov's December 18 visit to Riga was most notable in that it occurred at all. After months of work, his visit marked the first ever visit by a Russian or Soviet FM to an independent Latvia. The highlight was the exchange of instruments of ratification on the Latvia-R [...]	2008-01-02 05:27:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ENRG ETRD EUN RS IR LG
08RIGA463	TFGG01: LATVIA ON GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA - BLAME RUSSIA [...] (C) On the afternoon of August 8, Charge was summoned to the MFA to meet with State Secretary Normans Penke to discuss developments in Georgia/South Ossetia, where Penke expressed the GOL's great concern about the escalating situation. While he initially described that he had held discussions earli [...]	2008-08-08 14:40:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU LG
08RIGA523	NO THREATS IN RUSSIAN AMB'S MESSAGE ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian AMB Veshnyakov did not/not say anything that the Latvians interpreted as a threat in delivering Moscow's line on Georgia and Moscow's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in an August 28 meeting with Latvian FM Riekstins. Veshnyakov said that the planned visit of Rie [...]	2008-08-28 14:51:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR GG RS LG
08RIGA684	LATVIA RESIGNED ON PCA, WORRIED BY MEDVEDEV [...] (C) We have discussed the issues raised in ref A regarding Russia with Latvian officials in the past week. As reported ref B, the Latvian political director was clear that "the PCA discussion was over" and the French were determined to go ahead with the negotiations. Latvia was hoping to get [...]	2008-11-10 08:45:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN RS LG
08ROME1081	GGTF01: ITALY URGES RUSSIA NOT TO RECOGNIZE SOUTH [...] (C) Marco Clemente, MFA Russia Office Director told Poloff that Italy would "under no circumstances" recognize the independence of South Ossetia or Abkhazia. Clemente added that Italy would maintain a common Euro-Atlantic position on the conflict and would continue to support the efforts of th [...]	2008-08-25 16:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU GG IT
08ROME900	FM FRATTINI TO COORDINATE WITH U.S. ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary. Italian FM Franco Frattini told the Ambassador on July 21 that Italy is prepared to do more to make EU measures against Iran more effective but opposition from Spain and Austria make it unlikely that it will happen during the July GAERC. In a recent phone conversation, Syrian FM [...]	2008-07-22 16:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO ECON IT
08ROME988	U/S ROOD DISCUSSES IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Political Director Terzi thanked U/S Rood on June 23 for the U.S. assistance in including Italy in pre P5+1 consultations on Iran. He said Italy was pushing for stronger EU measures against Iran and wanted to include a robust discussion of Iran by the Quint on the m [...]	2008-08-05 12:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO ETTC KNNP IAEA
08SINGAPORE1014	SECRETARY OF LABOR CHAO MEETS SINGAPORE FM GEORGE [...] (U) August 30, 2008; 11:30 a.m.; Crowne Plaza Hotel. 2. (U) Participants United States Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold, Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor Anna Hui, Dr. James Chao, Jennifer Coxe, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor, Office of Public [...]	2008-09-18 07:14:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL PGOV OVIP SN
08SOFIA33	BULGARIA: PUTIN'S VISIT TO BULGARIA: ENERGY [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Bulgarian leaders have publicly stated they hope Russian President Vladimir Putin's two-day official visit to Bulgaria January 17-18 will lead to improved, more pragmatic bilateral relations, but Putin's "all business" agenda and the Russians' heavy-handed negotiating style [...]	2008-01-16 10:53:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG PGOV PREL BU
08STATE104778	QUINT POLITICAL DIRECTORS SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint Political Directors (U.S., France, Germany, UK, and Italy) met on September 26 with EU Special Envoy for Georgia Pierre Morel to discuss the October 15 Geneva talks on Georgia. Morel presented his vision of the talks proceeding along two tracks: a plenary session that is co [...]	2008-10-01 14:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNSC RS GG
08STATE105685	(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 26, [...] (U) September 26, 2008; 3:30 p.m.; New York. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Fried Elaine Samson, Spain Desk Officer SPAIN Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada Chief of Staff Juan Sell Belen Alfaro, Spanish Mission to the UN 3. (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary F [...]	2008-10-02 20:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA SP KV RU GG AF
08STATE105791	(SBU) Secretary Rice's September 29, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) September 29, 2008; 9:00 a.m.; New York. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer SCA Noteta [...]	2008-10-02 22:12:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM KZ UNSC CONDOLEEZZA RICE
08STATE106079	TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE SENIOR OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns hosted his Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) counterparts, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L'Estrange and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, at the TSD Senior Offi [...]	2008-10-03 17:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AS JA PREL
08STATE108136	(S) POSSIBLE NEW RUSSIAN AGREEMENT TO TRANSFER [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 7. BACKGROUND 2. (S/NF) RECENT INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION INDICATES THAT IRANIAN AND RUSSIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS HAVE COME TO AN INITIAL AGREEMENT ON THE PROVISION OF ADVANCED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS TO IRAN. THESE SYSTEMS COULD BE PROVIDE [...]	2008-10-08 23:55:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL MASS RS IR
08STATE111775	(U) Secretary Rice's October 9, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: Dan Smith, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) October 9, 2008, 9:00 - 9:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Gilchrist, EUR Sean McCormack, PA C [...]	2008-10-21 00:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG LH EN
08STATE112253	JCIC-DIP-08-007: SATISFYING START TREATY ARTICLE [...] (U) This is an action cable (See paragraph 5). 2. (U) BACKGROUND: In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article XVII of the START Treaty, no later than December 5, 2008, the United States, Belarus, Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation, and Ukraine must "meet to consider" whether the START Trea [...]	2008-10-21 23:00:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KACT START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ
08STATE133417	CFE: A/S FRIED'S DECEMBER 17 MEETING WITH [...] (C) EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and an interagency team met for five-plus hours December 17 in Geneva to review the status of the CFE Parallel Actions Package with Russian Disarmament Director Anatoliy Antonov and his experts. The discussion combined Russian maximalism on CFE -- an [...]	2008-12-22 15:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS GG MD
08STATE133419	ACTION REQUEST: READOUT OF FRIED-ANTONOV [...] (SBU) This is an action request. NATO capitals, Embassy Tbilisi, and Embassy Chisinau are requested to deliver the points in para 2 to the appropriate host government officials on the results of the December 17 CFE Treaty consultations between the U.S. and Russia. For full readout of the con [...]	2008-12-22 15:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS GG MD
08STATE133540	CORRECTED COPY - ACTION REQUEST: READOUT OF [...] (SBU) This is an action request. NATO capitals are requested to deliver the points in para 2 to the appropriate host government officials on the results of the December 17 CFE Treaty consultations between the U.S. and Russia. Department will brief Georgian and Moldovan officials in Washington [...]	2008-12-22 18:55:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS
08STATE134228	U.S. RESPONSE TO FRENCH GLOBAL INF PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an Action Cable for Embassy Paris, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Background: During a P-3 meeting in Paris on November 7, 2008 (Ref A),the French provided Acting Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, John Rood, a draft French proposal to globalize the INF Tr [...]	2008-12-24 01:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT JCIC START INF RS US FR
08STATE18470	TFKV01: KOSOVO TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 18 [...] (SBU) Embassy Belgrade reports the capital remains calm and the International School is open. At the chancery, the installation of steel plating and other reinforcement work should be completed today. The EAC recommended the Embassy remain closed February 26 as a precaution, reopening for l [...]	2008-02-25 14:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT KV
08STATE22377	REQUEST FOR SOLIDARITY WITH KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Posts are requested to deliver the following demarche on Kosovo no later than March 7. 2. (C) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Urge host government to follow the OIC Secretary General's lead in expressing support for Kosovo's independence at [...]	2008-03-05 00:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV
08STATE3728	A/S WELCH'S JANUARY 3 MEETING WITH LIBYAN FM [...] (U) January 3, 2008, 12:00 p.m., Washington 2. (U) Participants: United States A/S Welch Amanda Johnson, NEA/MAG (notetaker) Libya Foreign Minister Abdulrahman Shalgam Secretary for Americas Affairs Ahmed Fituri SIPDIS Ambassador Ali Aujali Director of Americas Affairs Mohamed al-Matri ---------- [...]	2008-01-11 23:26:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KPKO MARR LY UN SU YI
08STATE45414	U.S.-RUSSIA STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK DISCUSSIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings in Washington, D.C., on March 26-27, 2008, senior-level U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John C. Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak, respectively, discussed the draft text for [...]	2008-04-29 20:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC MARR RS
08STATE57532	SECRETARY'S 5/19 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED, REASONS; 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) MAY 19, 2008, 3:00 P.M., SECRETARY'S OFFICE 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES ------------- THE SECRETARY EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED PA A/S SEAN MCCORMACK S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT STEVE BEECROFT EUR ELAINE SAMSON [...]	2008-05-29 18:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHSA SP LE IR GG
08STATE84105	WMD COMMISSION: RUSSIA TRAVEL [...] This is an action cable - please see paragraph 8 for Embassy assistance requests. 2. Summary: The Commission on Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism will travel to Moscow, Russia during the period of September 22-26, 2008 to assess and update, as appropriate, the Department of Ene [...]	2008-08-05 20:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL RS TRGY
08STATE85725	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 12:12:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE86173	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi reports the city is calm, despite fears of a Russian advance into the capital. The OSCE mission reports the road to Tskinvali is clear. The Georgian government confirms reports of fresh Russian missile strikes in Gori, and notes it no longer has sufficient emergency ser [...]	2008-08-12 11:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE87557	TFGG01 GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi received unconfirmed reports Russian forces re-entered Gori, placed landmines around a Russian encampment, and established a presence in Poti in order to inspect the cargo of any incoming U.S. vessels. 2. (U) Media report Russian forces intend to hand over Gori to [...]	2008-08-14 18:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE88262	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) FM Lavrov said Russian forces will begin their withdrawal after additional security measures are put in place, media report. Lavrov's comments on "finishing the task" are angering the Georgians, according to Embassy Tbilisi. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon, Reuters) 2. (SBU) Various media [...]	2008-08-16 21:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08STATE88308	RUSSIA - GEORGIA CONFLICT: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT [...] IN REFERENCE TO RUSSIA'S ACTIONS IN GEORGIA, PRESIDENT BUSH STATED THE FOLLOWING: (QUOTE) "WITH ITS ACTIONS IN RECENT DAYS RUSSIA HAS DAMAGED ITS CREDIBILITY AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THE NATIONS OF THE FREE WORLD. BULLYING AND INTIMIDATION ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE WAYS TO CONDUCT FOREIGN POLICY I [...]	2008-08-18 00:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR OIIP PBTS PREL RU GG
08STATE89470	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO.26 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 14:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT CD
08TASHKENT199	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON PUTIN-KARIMOV MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On February 11 the Ambassador called on Russian Ambassador Farit Muhametshin to discuss President Karimov's February 5-6 trip to Moscow, including his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Muhametshin described the trip as "nothing extraordinary" and said all meetings an [...]	2008-02-13 11:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EMIN ENRG ECON SNAR RS AF TI ZK UZ
08TASHKENT238	ISRAEL GETS COLD SHOULDER FROM UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 19 the Ambassador met with his Israeli counterpart Ami Mehl and Gary Koren, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Eurasia Department, Division for Central Europe and Eurasia. Koren noted that, for unknown reasons, the Israel-Uzbekistan bilateral rel [...]	2008-02-21 13:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL ASEC ELTN MASS EG IR IS XF UZ
08TBILISI1506	GEORGIA: SITREP 23: DOMESTIC POLITICIANS BEGIN [...] (C) Summary. On September 2 ruling party and opposition politicians met to find a way forward on the domestic political front that will maintain national unity while ensuring the opposition's concerns are not lost. The government sees next steps on the conflicts as the withdrawal of Russian [...]	2008-09-03 11:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1550	GEORGIA: SITREP 28: GEORGIAN POLICEMAN KILLED AT [...] (C) Summary. A Georgian police officer was shot while manning his regular post in Karaleti, reportedly by an Ossetian irregular according to the Interior Ministry. Russian vehicles and South Ossetian militias seem to have begun withdrawing from positions inside Georgia proper on a limited ba [...]	2008-09-10 14:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1596	GEORGIA: SITREP 32: RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS [...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG observers reported a Russian propaganda campaign in Abkhazia. OSCE observers said that they have access to the Russian "buffer zone," but still have no access beyond the former administrative border into South Ossetia (with the exception of Mission Head Hakala's Septembe [...]	2008-09-16 15:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI195	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Kosovo and the upcoming parliamentary elections will likely dominate your meeting with President Saakashvili at the Wehrkunde conference. Kosovo is nearly certain to be the first issue on Saakashvili's agenda, as he seeks more information about the timing of an independence decl [...]	2008-02-06 13:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1988	GEORGIA: LACK OF ACCESS KEEPS HOTSPOTS HOT [...] (C) Summary and comment. Georgia has so far avoided major provocations since Russian troops withdrew from most undisputed Georgian territory, but several potential sources of friction remain. Among them are Akhalgori; ongoing tension along the administrative boundaries of South Ossetia and [...]	2008-10-24 15:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI207	SCENESETTER FOR GEO MINDEF DAVIT KEZERASHVILI [...] (C//NF) Summary: Continued U.S. support for Georgia's NATO aspirations and mil-mil cooperation will likely dominate your meeting with Minister of Defense Kezerashvili. The development and reform of the Georgian Armed Forces into a NATO interoperable force is part of the foundation for a Geo [...]	2008-02-08 04:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2118	GEORGIA: EUMM SEEKS CHANGES TO PROPOSED INFO [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: In a November 12 meeting, European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) Head Hansjoerg Haber told the Ambassador he is seeking additional modifications to the proposed Exchange of Information Agreement which is pending signature between the EUMM and the Georgian De [...]	2008-11-13 14:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI227	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE February 8 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of January 26-February 8. New Governors Appointed ----------------------- 2. On February 4, President Saakashvili replaced three regional governors. Ramaz Nikoleishvili, the f [...]	2008-02-08 14:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI754	GEORGIA WITHDRAWS FROM AIR DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on May 5 that Georgia was withdrawing from a 1995 Air Defense Cooperation Agreement with Russia. Deputy Defense Minister Batu Kutelia explained to the media that the 1995 treaty was politically and technically incompatible with [...]	2008-05-06 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI86	SAAKASHVILI'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS: HITTING THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 20, President Saakashvili was sworn into his second term as President. After a close presidential election, Saakashvili's inaugural speech was infused with the theme of reconciliation -- with the opposition, among the various ethnic groups in Georgia, and with Russ [...]	2008-01-22 14:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI904	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH FM TKESHELASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with DAS Bryza, Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili expressed appreciation for the strong support from the United States in response to recent Russian actions in Abkhazia. She said it was clear that the Russian troops in Abkhazia were no longer performing a p [...]	2008-05-30 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TELAVIV1826	ISRAEL: MFA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 14, PolOff and Pol-MilOff met with several MFA officials to discuss the crisis in Georgia and Israel's response. In separate meetings, EmbOffs met Hillel Newman, FM Livni's chief policy advisor on Europe and Eurasia; Gary Koren, Director of the Eurasia Department; and [...]	2008-08-18 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS RS GG AJ IS
08TELAVIV1870	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 10:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV641	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Germany Relations 3. Global Stock Exchange ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Egypt are conducting intensive negotiations in an effort to reach a long-term cease-fire in the Gaza Stri [...]	2008-03-19 10:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV707	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV969	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 10:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE834	SUBJECT: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE WILLIAMSON WARNS [...] (SBU) On September 16, 2008, Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met separately with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) President Fausto Pocar, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, and Registrar Hans Holthuis. The meetings were successful, with [...]	2008-10-03 19:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR PGOV SR
08THEHAGUE851	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: GAERC UNLIKELY TO ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect no decisive action on Georgia/Russia at the upcoming GAERC October 13-14. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On October 3, Poloff delivered Department's GAERC non-paper to Hugo Klijn, MFA Chief of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division. Klijn responded October 7 that [...]	2008-10-08 16:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU GG NL
08THEHAGUE957	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PRESS RUSSIA ON GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, Dutch FM Verhagen urged Russian FM Lavrov to comply with the 6-point ceasefire plan for Russia and Georgia. Verhagen and Lavrov disagreed on Iran, with Lavrov suggesting Iran is being unfairly pressured. Lavrov urged support for the Medvedev plan for European secu [...]	2008-11-17 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EU NL GG RS IR
08TOKYO1002	MOSCOW LINKS EUROPEAN AND ASIAN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Moscow officials expressed renewed concerns about Tokyo's missile defense cooperation with the United States during the April 7 Japan-Russia Strategic Dialogue meeting held in Tokyo. First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov drew links between the security environments in Eur [...]	2008-04-11 06:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM JA RS
08TOKYO1024	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1074	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV SAYS AIM AND INTENT OF JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. The aim and intent of Japan's ballistic missile defense system are "obvious" and "understandable," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura on April 14. The Russian FM "indirectly admitted" that a Russian strategic bomber in [...]	2008-04-18 09:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM ENRG JA RS
08TOKYO1095	JAPAN-RUSSIA POL-MIL DIALOGUE REVIEWS MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. Russia inquired about the status of United States-Japan ballistic missile cooperation, including whether Tokyo's ballistic missile defense (BMD) system could obtain data directly from the United States, during the April 11 Japan-Russia Political-Military Dialogue in Tokyo. Japan [...]	2008-04-21 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM JA RS
08TOKYO1221	FUKUDA-PUTIN SUMMIT AVOIDS DISCUSSION OF MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. Russian President Vladimir Putin and President-elect Dimitry Medvedev avoided raising Russian concerns about Japan's ballistic missile defense (BMD) system and United States-Japan BMD cooperation during Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's April 25-26 Moscow Summit. Japanese officials " [...]	2008-05-02 11:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM ENRG JA RU
08TOKYO1606	JAPAN-RUSSIA DISCUSS POSSIBLE PUTIN VISIT TO TOKYO [...] (C) Summary. Japan and Russia discussed, but did not set dates for, a possible Tokyo visit by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a June 3 Deputy Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tokyo. During discussions designed to set a positive tone for the July 7-9 G-8 meeting at Hokkaido's Lake Toya, the [...]	2008-06-12 06:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD JA RS XH KN
08TOKYO2036	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 07/24/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 01:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2287	AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTH [...] (S) Japan's failure to extend its Indian Ocean refueling operations in support of OEF would be a shock to the United States and others in the coalition whose forces are in harm's way in Afghanistan, and would marginalize Japan internationally, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka [...]	2008-08-19 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PINR ETRD EAID EAGR RU IN GG
08TOKYO2363	GEORGIA: RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION "REGRETTABLE" [...] (C) In discussing reftel points with Embassy Tokyo August 28, MOFA Caucasus Division Director Shigeyuki Shimamori echoed FM Koumura's statement August 27 that Russia's unilateral recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia contravenes international efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conf [...]	2008-08-28 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG JA
08TOKYO2364	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/28/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 07:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2564	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/18/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 01:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3205	RUSSIA FM CRITCIZES JAPAN'S ROLE IN G8 REGARDING [...] (C) Summary. Russian FM Lavrov leveled pointed criticisms and expressed displeasure with Tokyo's policies toward Russia during a November 4-5 visit to Japan. The Russian said Moscow sees little advancement in bilateral relations ) a fact for which Tokyo is solely responsible, he charged. Lav [...]	2008-11-19 09:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON JA RS KN
08TOKYO328	FUKUDA-PUTIN PERSONAL LETTERS AIM TO PUT [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and Russian President Vladimir Putin recently exchanged personal letters in which both sides agreed to move Tokyo-Moscow relations to a "higher dimension," Foreign Ministry and Russian Embassy contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. Foreign Minister Masahiko Koum [...]	2008-02-07 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RU
08TOKYO3333	ASO AND MEDVEDEV DISCUSS NORTHERN TERRITORIES [...] (C) Summary. Japan PM Aso expressed concern with the pace of working-level discussions on the Northern Territories during talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the margins of the November 22-23 APEC Summit in Lima, Peru. Medvedev said a solution would require strong political will by [...]	2008-12-08 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA RS KN
08TOKYO643	LITTLE CHANGE IN JAPAN-RUSSIA RELATIONS UNDER [...] (C) Japanese Foreign Ministry, Russian Embassy Tokyo, and Japanese academic experts see little chance Russian President-elect Dmitriy Medvedev will make significant changes in Japan-Russia relations. Outgoing President Vladimir Putin's expected central role in conducting international affairs [...]	2008-03-11 23:00:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PGOV JA RU
08TOKYO960	AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) Recent incidents involving U.S. servicemen have highlighted the need for the United States and Japan to make efforts to strengthen grassroots public support for and understanding of our alliance's strategic importance, the Ambassador told VFM Yabunaka on April 8. While VFM Yabunaka agreed [...]	2008-04-08 09:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RU CH JA
08TRIPOLI297	PUTIN VISIT TO LIBYA EXPECTED BY END OF APRIL TRIPOLI 00000297 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary. Although the Russian Embassy has received "nothing official" from Moscow, it expects Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Libya by the end of April. Putin's projected travel to Libya is the "primary issue" in Libyan-Russian relations; in a recent meeting with Emboffs, the Russian [...]	2008-04-08 13:57:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY
08TUNIS1111	THE AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FM ABDALLAH: BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 18, FM Abdulwaheb Abdallah said he was making his first trip to Russia in the coming days, accompanied by 23 businessmen. An economic agreement is to be signed. The Ambassador asked for an explanation on the withdrawal of police [...]	2008-10-20 13:58:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR PINS PHUM IZ RS TS YM
08USNATO291	TFGG01: AMBASSADOR VOLKER'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 18:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PINR GG RS
08USNATO352	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL VISIT TO TBILISI [...] (C) Summary: The North Atlantic Council (NAC) visited Georgia September 15-16 to take stock following Russia's invasion of Georgia, to reaffirm support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to strengthen NATO-Georgia relations (including by inaugurating the NATO-Georgia Comm [...]	2008-09-30 17:49:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU

08USNATO357	RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN: SORTING THE WHEAT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Russian officials have expressed a willingness to continue cooperation with NATO for Afghanistan (reftels) despite inconsistencies in the Russian message, but have also said all bets on cooperation are off if Georgia is offered NATO membership. Russian Ambassador to NATO Rogoz [...]	2008-10-03 11:16:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO398	OCTOBER 16 HLTF: ALLIES COMMITTED TO A UNIFIED AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the October 16 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting and meetings on the margins, Allies discussed potential next steps on CFE (based largely on U.S. ideas presented at the September 11 HLTF, and a Czech paper distributed just prior to this HLTF meeting) and addressed how [...]	2008-10-24 14:42:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL
08USNATO55	NATO: JANUARY 31TH HLTF MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Allies used the January 31 HLTF to reaffirm and refine their strategy for a unified NATO response to Russia,s decision to suspend implementation of CFE. Allies see themselves united behind a substantive approach (the parallel actions plan) and accompanying diplomatic game [...]	2008-02-12 16:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
08USOSCE163	CFE/JCG: JUNE 17, 2008 PLENARY - RUSSIA AWAITS [...] (SBU) Summary. During the June 17 JCG Plenary under Kazakh Chairmanship, Turkey (Begec),supported by the U.S., Germany, the UK and Netherlands, raised the issue of Russia's latest inspection refusal. Russia (Solomenko) underscored there was no need to offer any explanations as they are well [...]	2008-06-18 14:20:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE195	CFE/JCG - END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: RUSSIAN VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the course of the JCG's January-July session with 20 weekly meetings, Allies led by the U.S. repeatedly criticized Russia's instances of noncompliance, underscored the importance of Russia negotiating seriously on the basis of the parallel actions package, called on Russia [...]	2008-07-24 19:35:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE268	HELSINKI MINISTERIAL THE FOCUS OF EUR PDAS RIES, [...] (C) The OSCE Secretary General, the Chairman-in-Office, and several PermReps told visiting EUR PDAS Marcie Ries November 3-4 that the OSCE faced new challenges, and expressed frustration at the organization's inability to take action on key issues, including additional military monitoring off [...]	2008-11-06 14:07:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL
08USOSCE298	CFE/JCG DECEMBER 9 PLENARY: LEGAL ANALYSIS [...] (C) Summary: At the December 9 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, the U.S. provided a legal analysis refuting Russia,s repeated assertions that it has a legal basis for its "suspension" of the CFE Treaty. This was important to clear the air on this issue after repeated Russian challenge [...]	2008-12-12 16:38:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
08USOSCE70	VIENNA DOCUMENT 1999: CFE SUSPENSION CASTS LONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussion of future challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the Vienna Document 1999 was overshadowed at times by concern over the impasse created by Russia's suspension of its CFE commitments. Although most national representatives and several of the speakers cal [...]	2008-03-18 09:59:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG
08USUNNEWYORK348	SYG BAN STRUGGLING WITH UNMIK'S PHASE-OUT, ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad told UN Secretary-General Ban this evening that Washington is SIPDIS concerned about recent UN actions on Kosovo that apparently were not coordinated with Quint capitals or with the Government of Kosovo. The Ambassador told Ban that the Quint remains stea [...]	2008-04-15 03:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK367	SYG BAN LEANING TOWARD UNMIK SURGE FOR LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Responding to Ref A letter from the Secretary, UN Secretary-General Ban assured Ambassador Wolff SIPDIS and German PermRep Matussek on April 18 that the UN is confining its dialogue with Belgrade to operational aspects of the UN's role in Kosovo. Ban repeatedly called for all [...]	2008-04-21 19:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK450	DPKO HOPES CLARIFICATION OF KOSOVO PLAN WILL EARN [...] (C) SUMMARY. DPKO's European Chief Harland told DepPolCouns and Poloff on May 16 that Secretary-General Ban has asked him to clarify his proposed way forward on Kosovo in the aftermath of what Under Secretary-General Guehenno reported as a very difficult May 9 conference call with Quint politi [...]	2008-05-20 16:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI
08USUNNEWYORK721	TOUGH DAY FOR RUSSIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 00:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RU GG UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK754	TFGGO1: RUSSIA INTRODUCES COMPETING RESOLUTION ON [...] Endorses the following plan agreed in Moscow on August 12, 2008: President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev and President of the Republic of France Nicolas Sarkozy support the following principles of resolving the conflicts and call on the parties concerned to adhere to these princi [...]	2008-08-21 00:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GG RS
08USUNNEWYORK819	GEORGIA: SRSG DESIGNATE VERBEKE ALARMED AT NEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 16:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK833	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND P-3 MEET WITH THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 14:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK899	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND SYG DISCUSS GEORGIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 18:58:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK911	63RD UNGA GENERAL DEBATE MARKED BY CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate took place September 23-29, with 111 Member States addressing the Assembly. The overarching theme was a call for collective action to address the global financial, food, environment and energy crises and reinvigorate efforts to [...]	2008-10-06 23:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS ECON AORC UNGA
08VATICAN68	VATICAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS GEORGIA CRISIS, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, Vice Presidential Advisor Joseph Wood, accompanied by the DCM , held separate meetings with two senior Vatican officials to seek views from the Holy See on the situation between Russia and Georgia. Vatican officials raised humanitarian issues as the primary conc [...]	2008-09-19 13:56:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF GG RS UP IR KZ VT
08VIENNA1346	AUSTRIAN FM DISCUSSES GEORGIA IN MOSCOW [...] (U) Summary: The Georgia crisis dominated FM Plassnik's September 8-9 official visit to Moscow. Plassnik emphasized to Russian FM Lavrov that the GOA and EU view the mediation process as a step toward the goal of restoring Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and would continue to [...]	2008-09-12 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG AU
08WARSAW1010	CODEL LIEBERMAN URGES UNITED SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Codel Lieberman met separately August 21 with Polish FM Sikorski and PM Tusk to express solidarity over events in Georgia. FM Sikorski said Western Europeans were starting to understand the nature of the Russian threat, although he warned of Russian "purchases" of leading Europ [...]	2008-08-28 15:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON ENRG GG PL
08WARSAW1060	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV OPEN TO MD CONFIDENCE-BUILDING [...] (C) The fact alone that FM Lavrov followed through on a planned visit to Warsaw September 11 spoke volumes about Russia's and Poland's ability to talk to each other despite major differences over Missile Defense (MD) and the Caucasus. The respectful atmospherics were as important as the visi [...]	2008-09-12 11:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG PL
08WARSAW108	POLISH MFA'S RUSSIA EXPERT SEES CHANGE IN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's newly-appointed Eastern Policy Director, Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz, described the atmosphere during FM Radek Sikorski's recent visit to Russia as warm, but doubted it reflected any fundamental change in Russian outlooks. He said the Russians now say publicly that they acknow [...]	2008-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS
08WARSAW1081	POLISH MFA: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV SENT MIXED MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a briefing for European and US diplomats, MFA Director for Eastern Policy Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz characterized Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Poland on September 10-11 as a "mixed message" to Warsaw regarding Russia's policy towards its neighbors. The Russian [...]	2008-09-17 16:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS CG PL
08WARSAW1395	POLISH FM A LOCAL FAVORITE IN NATO RACE [...] (SBU) Polish media place Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski on a short list of international favorites to succeed de Hoop Scheffer as NATO Secretary General. Besides Sikorski's individual merits, analysts here believe the Polish option stands out because other powers have had a recent turn [...]	2008-12-09 11:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PL
08YEREVAN793	FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT OF NEW YORK MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Nalbandian briefed ambassador on his and President Sargsian's meetings in New York on the UNGA margins. He said the Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia trilateral had been successful symbolically, but light on substance. Nalbandian complained about Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov's UNGA s [...]	2008-10-02 03:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AJ RU IR AM
08YEREVAN818	FM NALBANDIAN ON SARGSIAN'S TRIP TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) During their October 6 meeting, FM Nalbandian told Ambassador that Turkish FM Babacan had invited him to visit Turkey in late October in connection with the Davos Forum. Nalbandian reported that President Sargsian's Tbilisi visit had made good progress at warming the strained relationship [...]	2008-10-08 10:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD TU AJ AM
09ALGIERS386	ALGERIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR 2009 DISARMAMENT [...] (C) MFA Director General for Political Affairs and International Security (A/S level) Boudjemaa Delmi briefed the Ambassador on April 15 on Algeria's effort to reinvigorate the work of the Geneva Conference on Disarmament (CD),for which Algeria holds the 2008-09 presidency. The Ambassador to [...]	2009-04-18 16:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV UNDC AG
09ANKARA1406	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-28 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1571	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA234	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 05:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA289	TURKEY: GUL'S HISTORIC VISIT TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: President Gul,s February 12-15 visit to Moscow and Tatarstan was the first ever by a Turkish Head of State to the Russian Federation, according to MFA Deputy U/S Cevikoz. The historic visit, which had a heavy commercial element, included extensive discussions with President Med [...]	2009-02-24 05:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD MARR TU RU
09ANKARA569	MEDIA SUPPORT PARALLEL STEPS BETWEEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 10:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA575	Media: MFA Denies Argument between Babacan and Guliev; [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 10:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA862	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA889	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 11:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ASTANA1468	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, the Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov to present officially Under Secretary Blake's proposal on Annual Bilateral Consultations. Zhigalov responded that the government i [...]	2009-09-03 11:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1518	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESSES HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, Kazakhstan has proposed an OSCE Summit in 2010 to be co-chaired by Kazakhstan and the United States, repeated its desire to establish a Joint Presidential Commission, and renewed its effort for an Obama-Nazarbayev meeting at the general time of the April 2010 Nuc [...]	2009-09-13 03:45:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KISL OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA1950	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL DISCUSSES OSCE WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told SCA DAS George Krol and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly on October 29 that as OSCE Chairman, Kazakhstan will be "unbiased" and "equally fulfill all thre [...]	2009-11-03 02:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2008	KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE SYG HEARS SUMMIT IS NAZARBAYEV'S TOP [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para seven. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center, Kazakhstan's desire to organize a summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during its 2010 chairmanship was the main topic of discuss [...]	2009-11-13 07:49:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA572	KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON START TREATY, [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Russian Ambassador Mikhail Bocharnikov for a one-on-one lunch April 2. The Ambassador briefed Bocharnikov in detail on his March 24 meetings at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and Director of the Third CIS Department Maksim Peshko [...]	2009-04-02 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KACT OSCE RS KZ
09ATHENS1257	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH GREEK FOREIGN [...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister and OSCE Chair-in-Office Theodora Bakoyannis told Deputy Secretary Steinberg May 15 that although she had stopped negotiations on an OSCE mandate in Georgia, her last proposal remained on the table in case Russia were to reconsider its position. She agreed that Russ [...]	2009-07-17 11:33:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OVIP GR
09ATHENS1721	Russia Looks to Court New GoG Officials, Displays Interest [...] (C) In recent weeks Russian officials, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, have reached out to Greek officials and the Greek public, in an effort to display reinvigorated Russian-Greek ties and paint a picture of close cooperation with the Greece on economic, political and cultur [...]	2009-12-22 11:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG OSCE RS BU GR
09ATHENS286	GREECE/OSCE: BAKOYIANNIS MEETING WITH OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rabbi Andrew Baker, the OSCE Personal Representative for Combating Anti-Semitism (and International Jewish Affairs Director for the American Jewish Committee) told Polofs that the OSCE Chairmanship was focused on security issues, and had not developed an agenda or active plan fo [...]	2009-03-09 10:39:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGO PHUM GR KIRF
09ATHENS695	Ambassador, FM on Resetting Bilateral Relations, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with FM Bakoyiannis on April 30, Ambassador Speckhard outlined our strategy for re-focusing the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship toward common strategic challenges, and away from the more narrow parochial interests that have defined our relationship in recent year [...]	2009-04-30 16:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU AF GR
09BAGHDAD1869	A PREVIEW OF IRAQ FM ZEBARI'S TRIP TO THE U.S. - [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with FM Hoshyar Zebari to discuss his upcoming trip to the U.S. FM Zebari noted that he had asked the Iraqi permanent mission at the UN to request a meeting with the U.S. permanent representative during his July 12-15 stay in New York; he looks forward to his [...]	2009-07-10 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ KU EG TU
09BAKU151	AZERBAIJAN REFLECTS, LOOKS FOR HIGH-LEVEL U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor Novruz Mammadov bemoaned a Russian resurgence in the Caucasus, calling the CSTO Rapid Reaction Force "a bloc of resistance" against NATO. New Russian assertiveness and growing disillusionment with western support, especially on Nagorno Karabakh, is influenci [...]	2009-02-26 18:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU TU AJ
09BAKU189	MFA ON LAVROV VISIT, NARYSHKIN DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Baku March 11 for a two-day working visit that will include meetings with President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov as well as the ceremonial opening of a Russian cultural center. In advance of Lavrov's arrival, Pol/Econ [...]	2009-03-11 12:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ RS PINR
09BAKU222	AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON LAVROV VISIT, [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 09:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ IR RU TU AM
09BAKU229	AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER ON LAVROV VISIT, [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Derse met Foreign Minister Mammadyarov March 13, one day after Secretary Clinton called President Aliyev and following a visit to Baku by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. Mammadyarov liberally shared his impressions of a correct but not warm Lavrov visit and showed a [...]	2009-03-25 13:15:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV AJ IR RU TU AM
09BAKU238	AZERBAIJAN: TURNING AWAY FROM DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: All 29 proposed changes to Azerbaijan's constitution were passed in a referendum held on March 18. Embassy observers and other international and domestic monitors found serious flaws in the voting process, but these likely did not change the outcome. The passage of the amendment [...]	2009-03-30 11:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU334	AZERBAIJAN: DEFENSE MINISTER ON RUSSIA TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) This telegram supplements Reftels. During the April 17 meeting between Commander, USAREUR General Carter Ham and Azerbaijani Minister of Defense General-Colonel Safar Abiyev (Reftel A),Abiyev described his introductory meeting with the newly assigned Russian Ambassador to Baku, Vladimi [...]	2009-04-22 11:07:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR AJ RU AM
09BAKU746	AZERBAIJAN'S REACTION TO MISSILE DEFENSE ALL ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Charge briefed Foreign Minister Mammadyarov on the United States' new approach to missile defense in Europe on September 18. The Minister focused on the relevance of Gabala radar station in the new architecture, and maintained the line the GOAJ has followed since the missile def [...]	2009-09-18 10:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EZ RU IR PL CZ AJ
09BAKU848	AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINS RATIONALE [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Ambassador Tina Kaidanow had a wide-ranging discussion in an introductory meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku October 23. Mammadyarov said the negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh are "so close" to a breakthrough, but lamented Armenian &delay [...]	2009-10-28 05:52:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER TU AM AJ
09BANGKOK3066	RUSSIA LOOKS TO REINVIGORATE BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Thai-Russia bilateral relationship blossomed earlier this decade after years of stagnation during the Cold War but has had little forward momentum since then, despite a November 27 visit to Bangkok by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sobyanin and Thai pledges that the Prime Minister a [...]	2009-12-04 08:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RU TH
09BEIJING1227	MAY 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HU-OBAMA TELCON, USNS VICTORIOUS, [...] Key points at the May 7 MFA press briefing: -- Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama discussed bilateral relations and had an "in-depth exchange of views" on H1N1 influenza, agreeing to cooperate in addressing the issue. The two leaders also discussed the Korean Peninsu [...]	2009-05-07 23:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH MX CE CA AS KU JP
09BEIRUT580	LEBANON: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Russian FM Sergei Lavrov made a one-day visit to Lebanon May 25. Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Alexander Chvykov told the DCM on May 27 that the trip had three purposes: discuss bilateral relations, express support for Lebanon's stability ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections and [...]	2009-05-27 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PGOV PINR PREL SA RU
09BEIRUT624	LEBANON: CAMPAIGN ISSUE: THE ELECTIONS AND THE [...] (C) Both the March 14 coalition and the opposition are seeking to capitalize on the possible economic impact of the international community's reactions to the June 7 parliamentary elections to gain votes. March 14 leaders have floated the idea that an opposition-led Lebanese government would [...]	2009-06-05 12:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN MARR LE SY
09BERLIN1176	MERKEL VS. STEINMEIER? WHAT DO THE GERMAN [...] (C/NF) This is not a "change" election. The German public does not see the September 27 parliamentary elections as decisive, and on many foreign policy fronts, including Afghanistan, arms control, and Russia, we do not foresee significant or distinct policy differences between the two most fe [...]	2009-09-22 13:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD GM KJUS PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1274	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, RUSSIA-U.S., [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Bomb Attack 3. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 4. (Russia-U.S.) Clinton Visit 5. (Mideast) Aftermath of Goldstone Report 6. (U.S.) Nobel Peace Prize for Obama 7. (Turkey-Armenia) Rapprochement 8. (EU) Future of Lisbon Tr [...]	2009-10-13 15:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PK AF RS XF US AM EU
09BERLIN1280	MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, EU, U.S.; Berlin [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 3. (Afghanistan) Secret Increase in U.S. Forces 4. (EU) Ratification of Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Climate Protection Â [...]	2009-10-14 12:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO US AF EU
09BERLIN1285	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, EU-TURKEY, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) British Role 3. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 4. (EU-Turkey) Progress Report 5. (EU) Future President 6. (U.S.) Future Role in the World 7. (China-Russia) Natural Resources Agreement Â [...]	2009-10-15 12:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO AF US EU TK RS
09BERLIN1442	GERMAN VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. position laid out in reftel: continued engagement with Russia on difficult issues such as Iran and Georgia remains necessary, and the negative developments in Ukraine reinforce the need for Ukrainian leaders to work together. Despite a negative [...]	2009-11-13 16:35:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG
09BERLIN1570	GERMANY: WESTERWELLE STRESSES CONTINUITY DURING [...] (C) Summary: The MFA sees FM Westerwelle's first trip to Moscow last month as a largely successful introductory call. The Russians probed for policy changes following the German elections. Although FM Lavrov seemed reassured that Berlin's Russia policy would remain unchanged, the MFA is ques [...]	2009-12-10 12:14:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM EUN NATO MARR OSCE RU UNSC PGOV IR PREL
09BERLIN1593	MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, IRAN, NATO-RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) COP 15 3. (Iran) Missile Test 4. (NATO-Russia) Rasmussen in Moscow 5. (Afghanistan) Holbrooke 6. (Germany-Afghanistan) Impact of September 4 Airstrikes 7. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo Prison Camp 8. (Greece) Economic [...]	2009-12-17 11:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KGHG IR AF GR GM US
09BERLIN1599	MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, IRAN, PAKISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) COP 15 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Protests 4. (Pakistan) Court Ruling on President's Amnesty 5. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 6. (NATO-Russia) Rasmussen in Moscow Â [...]	2009-12-18 11:36:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KGHG IR PK RS NATO
09BERLIN1604	GERMANY/RUSSIA: LOST THAT LOVING FEELING? [...] (C) Summary. German political decision- and opinion-makers are making a more sober assessment of Russia writ large, including its partnership with Germany and its trajectory. German officials describe themselves as the most avid supporters in Europe of the U.S. reset policy, but nearly a ye [...]	2009-12-18 15:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	GM NATO OSCE PGOV PREL RS ECON
09BERLIN332	GERMANS WELCOME CFE COMMENTS AND HOPE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Biontino, head of the MFA's Conventional Disarmament and Arms Control Division, welcomed "the constructive comments" from all partners and emphasized that he could foresee "no problems at all" accepting many of the ideas he heard at the March 12 HLTF meeting in Brussels. A [...]	2009-03-20 13:10:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GM KCFE RS PARM
09BERLIN807	USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S MEETINGS AT THE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On July 1 in Berlin, USNATO Ambassador Daalder had wide-ranging meetings with Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen and MFA Political Director Volker Stanzel. Heusgen asked for help in getting the memo between SHAPE and CSTC-A that would enable Germany to fol [...]	2009-07-03 16:18:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO GM
09BERLIN859	GERMANY UPBEAT ABOUT U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The German Chancellery and MFA view President Obama's trip to Moscow as successful, especially given how poor U.S.-Russian relations were at the beginning of the year. MFA Head of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus Division Ernst Reichel and Chancellery Head of Former Soviet Union an [...]	2009-07-16 08:29:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	RS PGOV PREL GM
09BISHKEK124	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION DEPUTY COMMENTS ON MANAS AND [...] (C) Summary. According to a Kyrgyz opposition deputy, the $2 billion Russian assistance package is the latest step in a concerted Russian campaign to control Kyrgyzstan. It will give Moscow control of the country's defense and energy/water industries and make Kyrgyz President Bakiyev behol [...]	2009-02-10 10:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK155	EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ENGAGES KYRGYZ ON MANAS [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative Pierre Morel briefed the Ambassador on his February 20 outreach to Kyrgyz officials in which he cautioned them on the damage Kyrgyz plans to close Manas Air Base would have on relations with EU member states. FM Sarbayev told Morel that no one is being [...]	2009-02-23 09:24:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
09BISHKEK185	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER WELCOMES PROPOSED U.S. [...] (C) Summary. On March 5, Ambassador delivered to Foreign Minister Sarbayev Ref (A) instructions offering to send a U.S. negotiating team in late March to discuss Manas Air Base. Sarbayev welcomed the offer, but noted he would be out of the country March 24-27, probably returning some time o [...]	2009-03-05 10:24:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS KG
09BISHKEK600	KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER'S TOUR D'HORIZON OVER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted Foreign Minister Sarbayev for lunch on June 9. They discussed election-related issues, Kyrgyzstan's international relations, and problems with Uzbekistan. Sarbayev said that President Bakiyev had agreed to an increase in the number of OSCE observers who wo [...]	2009-06-10 05:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK650	MANAS UPDATE: KYRGYZ FM WILL PRESENT TRANSIT [...] (S) Summary: Charge met with Foreign Minister Sarbayev on June 17. Sarbayev confirmed his plan to introduce the Manas agreements in Parliament on June 22, with the vote to approve the agreements to take place June 25. Sarbayev, who had just returned from the CSTO and SCO summits, claimed he t [...]	2009-06-17 11:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BRASILIA391	BRAZIL: GAZA PLEDGE, ARAB SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary: President Lula's trip to Doha to attend the March 31 Arab-South American Summit will continue a year of intense Middle East diplomacy that kicked off when Amorim matched Brazil's largest foreign aid contribution by pledging USD 10 million for Gaza reconstruction. Following the Mar [...]	2009-03-28 00:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL BR
09BRATISLAVA406	SLOVAKIA: CHARGE'S MEETING WITH FM LAJCAK [...] (C) Summary. Charge d'Affaires Eddins met with Foreign Minister Lajcak on September 18, prior to Lajcak's departure for the U.S. Lajcak reviewed his recent trips to Moscow and Minsk. Other topics included Afghanistan, Iran, Slovak-Hungarian relations, the Balkans, and Guantanamo detainees. [...]	2009-09-21 13:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO HU BH
09BRUSSELS219	RUSSIA-EU FM TROIKA: HIGHLIGHTS FROM COUNCIL AND [...] (C) Summary: According to European Commission (RELEX) and Council Secretariat participants at the EU-Russia FM Troika meeting in Moscow February 11, Russian FonMin Sergey Lavrov will soon travel to the Middle East in advance of an international conference Moscow is determined to host. Also, [...]	2009-02-13 19:01:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS EUN GG AF SO XF XH
09BRUSSELS356	EU'S HELGA SCHMID AND S/P SLAUGHTER DISCUSS RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: On the margin of the U.S.-EU Ministerial Troika, S/P Anne-Marie Slaughter met March 6 with EU Council Secretariat Policy Unit Director Helga Schmid. Schmid asked that the prospect of improved U.S.-Russia relations not lead the U.S. to neglect the unfinished Geneva talks on Georgi [...]	2009-03-13 09:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN RS GG
09BRUSSELS418	BELGIUM SUPPORTS NON-RECOGNITION POLICY ON [...] (C) On March 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding non-recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Willy De Buck, Director for Central and Eastern Europe at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Buck said that he had recently discussed the issue of recognition of the two breakaway reg [...]	2009-03-24 13:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RU BE
09BUCHAREST831	ROMANIAN REACTION TO RUSSIAN DRAFT TREATY FOR [...] (C) PolMilOff was summoned December 11 by MFA Security Policy Director Daniel Ionita to discuss the draft Treaty Governing Relations Among NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Member States, presented by Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov at the December 4 NATO-Russia Council Ministerial (reftels). Ionita [...]	2009-12-14 09:10:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL RS RO
09BUDAPEST186	HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOSCOW, MARCH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany will lead a delegation of eight Ministers to Moscow for intergovernmental consultations with their Russian counterparts on March 10. Following a courtesy meeting with President Medvedev and PM Putin, the bi-lateral discussions will focus on strengt [...]	2009-03-09 17:17:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ENRG TSPL HU RS
09BUDAPEST336	HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. In his intital meeting with the Charge, the new Hungarian Foreign Minister, Peter Balazs, highlighted Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai's first official international visits to the EU, NATO and Austria on April 27 as part of a "great offensive" in foreign affairs. Balazs also said h [...]	2009-05-04 15:40:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU NATO HU
09CHISINAU132	SMIRNOV IN A SNIT AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: It appears that EU and U.S. relations with Transnistria are now going to take a turn for the worse. In a February 19 meeting, Ukrainian Ambassador Pirozhkov briefed us on his meeting the previous day with Transnistrian leader Smirnov. Apparently angered by the EU's recent anno [...]	2009-02-26 13:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UP MD
09CHISINAU142	SOVA DESCRIBES LAVROV'S VISIT TO CHISINAU [...] (C) Summary: In a February 25 meeting, Minister for Reintegration Sova briefed Ambassador on the outcomes of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 23-24 visit to Chisinau. He said that Lavrov's visit had taken place in a positive, calm atmosphere, with no difficult issues pressed. Sova [...]	2009-02-27 14:53:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS RU MD
09CHISINAU212	VORONIN SUGGESTS RUSSIA READY FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 private meeting with the Ambassador, President Voronin said he believed that the Russians wanted to be rid of the Transnistria frozen conflict. If Secretary Clinton or President Obama raised Transnistria with Russia as part of "reset" bilateral relations, Voronin [...]	2009-03-19 15:33:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS RS MD
09CHISINAU302	MOLDOVA FACING CHALLENGES TO INSTALLING A [...] (SBU) Summary: With the immediate threat of street violence diminished, Moldova continues to face a political crisis which will preserve a state of uncertainty until the vote recount is finished, the Parliament meets and a new President and Cabinet is put in place. Parliament faces signific [...]	2009-04-14 06:03:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
09CHISINAU355	NATO PULLOUT PART OF LARGER PICTURE: [...] (C) Summary: In a May 6 meeting Acting Foreign Minister Valeriu Ostalep acknowledged Russian pressure on Moldova to pull out of the NATO exercises in Georgia, but claimed that this decision did not represent a larger change in Moldova's ongoing interactions with NATO. Ostalep said that Mold [...]	2009-05-08 13:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NATO EU RS MD
09CHISINAU425	Romania-Moldova Spats Burnish Nationalist [...] (SBU) Summary: After disputed parliamentary elections in Moldova followed by violent street demonstrations on April 7, the presidents of Romania and Moldova have engaged in tit-for-tat accusations and counter-measures that benefit both domestically, but have seriously harmed bilateral relati [...]	2009-06-03 14:02:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS MD
09CHISINAU81	MOLDOVA'S 2009 PRIORITIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a January 29 meeting, Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova outlined Moldova's program of Transnistrian reintegration priorities for 2009 and reviewed the results of recent consultations with the Russians and Ukrainians. Moldova's four priorities are: resumption of the 5-plu [...]	2009-02-06 13:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS RU UP MD
09COPENHAGEN127	YOUR MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOLLER MARCH 13 [...] (C) Madam Secretary, your predecessors have known Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moller as a good colleague and a capable representative of one of our closest allies in Europe. Your first bilateral meeting with Per Stig will signal our appreciation for Danish contributions to international [...]	2009-03-09 09:55:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EU DA
09COPENHAGEN282	DENMARK HOSTS COUNCIL OF BALTIC SEA STATES MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Baltic region officials decided to continue efforts to make the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) more focused on concrete projects to integrate the region's energy infrastructure and promote other links at a ministerial meeting on June 4 hosted by Denmark as outgoing CBSS pr [...]	2009-06-19 10:40:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL AORC ZB XZ DA
09COPENHAGEN367	Danish Climate Minister on G-20, COP-15 [...] (U)This message contains an action request for OES/EGC--see para 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: In an August 27 courtesy call, the Ambassador assured Climate and Energy Minister Connie Hedegaard that the U.S. remains committed to seeking a successful outcome at COP-15 climate talks in Copenhagen [...]	2009-08-27 14:25:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG PGOV EFIN PREL DA
09DAMASCUS375	OIC'S 36TH MINISTERIAL CONVENES IN DAMASCUS: [...] (U) Summary: Syria played host to the 36th meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ministerial meeting May 23-25. As in past sessions, the ministers focused on issues related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, combating "Islamophobia" and terrorism, the potential for OIC peace [...]	2009-05-27 09:23:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SY
09GENEVA1014	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 9, 2009 Time: 9:00 - 10:00 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the November 9, 2009 Heads of Delegation (HOD) coffee hosted by Russian HOD, Ambassador An [...]	2009-11-12 09:18:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1017	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 9, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) On November 9, 2009, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller met with Ambassador Antonov at the U.S. Mis [...]	2009-11-12 14:13:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1019	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 11, 2009 Time: 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov Mr. DeNinno [...]	2009-11-13 12:27:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1020	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 10, 2009 Time: 3:30 - 5:15 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gotemoeller Amb Antonov Mr. Brown Ms. [...]	2009-11-13 18:14:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1085	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-038. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2009 Time: 11:20 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov Ms. Purcell (N [...]	2009-11-29 18:04:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1090	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-061. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 27, 2009 Time: 15:00 P.M. - 17:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller and Ambassador Antonov conducted a Heads of Delegatio [...]	2009-11-30 17:50:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
09GENEVA1107	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VII-065. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 28, 2009 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva Participants: U.S. RUSSIA A/S Gottemoeller Amb Antonov [...]	2009-12-02 17:57:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START

09GENEVA443	START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, GENEVA (SFO-GVA-I): [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-I-001. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 1, 2009 Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the first meeting of U.S. and Russian Delegations in Geneva on START Follow-On Negotiations [...]	2009-06-09 18:20:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START

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