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00ATHENS1917 ENGAGING GREECE ON THE BALKANS: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A
[...] (C) LAST APRIL OUR EMBASSY ENDURED DAILY DEMONSTRATIONS, MANY OF THEM VIOLENT, BY ANGRY GREEKS PROTESTING THE NATO AIR CAMPAIGN AGAINST SERBIA. EMOTIONS RAN HIGH WITH ANTI-AMERICANISM AND PRO- SERB EMOTIONALISM OFTEN TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN. ALTHOUGH POLLS INDICATED OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE [...]
2000-04-20 12:18:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ZL GR
00HANOI1420VISIT OF FRY FM JOVANOVICH TO HANOI: MORE SYMBOLISM THAN SUBSTANCE
[...] SUMMARY: FRY FOREIGN MINISTER JOVANOVIC'S JUNE 4-8 VISIT TO VIETNAM FOCUSED ON LITTLE OF REAL SUBSTANCE. THE EMPHASIS ON ECONOMIC "INFORMATION-SHARING" PROMISES LITTLE FOR TRULY STRENGTHENING ECONOMIC RELATIONS. HANOI'S COVERAGE OF THE VISIT WAS MEASURED AND REHASHED CRITICAL RHETORIC FRO [...]
2000-06-30 02:23:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON VM SR
00HANOI686VIETNAM IDEOLOGICALLY COMMITTED TO STATE-LED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WARY OF DANGERS OF GLOBALIZATION
[...] (C) SENIOR LEADERS RECENTLY HAVE EMPHASIZED FAMILIAR IDEOLOGICAL THEMES ABOUT THE COMMUNIST PARTY'S PREEMINENT ROLE IN ALL MAJOR POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING. A FOCUS OF THIS CENTER-LED GOVERNING STYLE IS THE NEED FOR A STRONG STATE SECTOR TO GUIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN THE VIEW [...]
2000-04-05 07:48:00Embassy HanoiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD PINR PHUM VM DPOL
00HELSINKI2613FINNISH PRESIDENT HALONEN'S JUNE 7
[...] (C) FINNISH PRESIDENT TARJA HALONEN TRAVELED TO MOSCOW JUNE 7 FOR THE FINLAND-RUSSIA SUMMIT AND HER FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE MEETING WAS TO PROVIDE THE LEADERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIZE EACH OTHER UP. OVERALL THE FINNS WERE IMPRESSED WITH PUTIN'S GRAS [...]
2000-06-12 13:59:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL FI EUN RU
00STATE228220ALLOWANCE AND POST DIFFERENTIAL
[...] EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 3, 2000, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALLOWANCES AND/OR POST DIFFERENTIAL RATES ARE REVISED AS SHOWN. THESE CHANGES WILL BE PART A OF TL:SR-593. 2. PLEASE INFORM LOCAL OFFICES OF ALL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AT THE POSTS LISTED IN THIS CABLE. 3. ABBREVIATIONS AND SHORT FORM [...]
2000-12-01 00:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER
00THEHAGUE1700ICTY: READ-OUT ON RS PRIME MINISTER DODIK'S
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: ALLEN S. WEINER, LEGAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5(B),(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA (RS) PRIME MINISTER DODIK'S MAY 29 WITH THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY) WAS USEFUL FROM A SYMBOLIC POINT OF VIEW I [...]
2000-06-08 09:39:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
00THEHAGUE1779DUTCH THOUGHTS ON U.S.- EU VISA BAN AND SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DUTCH ARE PLEASED THAT THE 6/13-14 EU GAC ENDORSED MORE FREQUENT UPDATES OF THE EU SERBIA VISA BAN LIST. THEY THINK THEY NOW HAVE A POLITICALLY RESPONSIVE TOOL TO PRESSURE MILOSEVIC AND HIS REGIME. THEY STILL SUPPORT CLOSER EU COORDINATION WITH NON-EU STATES ON FINANCIAL SANCTIONS, [...]
2000-06-15 11:47:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC CVIS PHUM SR NL EUN
00THEHAGUE1940DUTCH THOUGHTS ON RS WALKOUT OF SRCC, SERB
[...] No summary [...]
2000-06-27 16:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID PREL MARR BK SR HR NL OSCE
01PRISTINA1593THACI SCENESETTER: LEADER LOOKING FOR APPROVAL
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR JOHN K. MENZIES, COM, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B&D) SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF KOSOVO (PDK) PRESIDENT HASHIM THACI IS CONCERNED THAT WASHINGTON IS NEITHER MUCH INTERESTED IN NOR FRIENDLY TOWARDS HIM, AND WILL SEEK DEMONSTRATIONS OF APPROVAL, LAR [...]
2001-09-11 07:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ECON NATO SR
02ROME2660POSSIBLE ITALIAN INDICTMENT OF MONTENEGRIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE APPARENT INTENTION OF THE INDEPENDENT CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 02660 01 OF 02 311621Z ANTI-MAFIA PROSECUTOR TO PROCEED WITH AN INVESTIGATION OF PRESIDENT DJUKANOVIC IS A NOT UNEXPECTED RESULT OF A YEARS-LONG PROBE, AND A MASSIVE ONGOING TRIA [...]
2002-05-31 16:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT MW OPRC PGOV SR SRIT EUN
02ROME5093GOI AGREES WITH USG ON NEED FOR SERBIAN ELECTION
[...] (C) ON OCTOBER 16, MFA BALKAN OFFICE DIRECTOR MAURIZIO MASSARI TOLD POLOFF THAT THE GOI AGREED COMPLETELY WITH USG THE USG VIEW EXPRESSED REFTEL THAT THE IC MUST PUT PRESSURE ON SERB PM DJINDJIC TO RECONVENE PARLIAMENT IN ORDER TO AMEND THE ELECTORAL LAW IN LINE WITH ODIHR RECOMMENDATIONS. M [...]
2002-10-18 08:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL SR MN IT OSCE
03ANKARA122ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-01-06 13:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA1635ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] Post Djindjic assassination in Serbia and the Balkans 2. Iraq and US-Turkey relations "Djindjic was victimized by foreign intervention" Ferai Tinc commented on the assassination of the Serbian leader in mass appeal Hurriyet (3/14): "Djindjic was killed on the eve of a meeting to shape Ko [...]
2003-03-14 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
03ANKARA7005TURKEY: SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN PROSECUTORS WORKING
[...] (U) As part of Embassy Ankara's ongoing efforts to focus GOT officials on trafficking in persons (TIP),we discussed the talking points contained in reftels A, B and C, and particularly the agenda described in reftel B, with Head of Illegal Migration Hayati Soysal. A member of the GOT's Natio [...]
2003-11-07 18:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KSEI KWMN PHUM SMIG TU ZL
03BELGRADE278"YUGOSLAVIA" OFFICIALLY DISAPPEARS, GIVES WAY
[...] ON FEBRUARY 4, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER AND IMPLEMENTATION LAW, THE YUGOSLAV PARLIAMENT OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED THE END OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA AND THE BEGINNING OF THE STATE UNION OF "SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO." THIRTY FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS IMMEDIATELY CEAS [...]
2003-02-04 18:47:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PBTS MW SR YI
03BELGRADE287SERBIA AND MONTNEGRO: FEDERAL TRANSITION
[...] WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER AND THE CHARTER IMPLEMENTATION LAW, "YUGOSLAVIA" CEASES TO EXIST AND THE NEW STATE OF "SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO" IS ESTABLISHED (SEE REFTEL). HOWEVER, THERE IS FULL CONTINUITY BETWEEN THE OLD STATE AND THE NEW STATE. THEREFORE, INSTITUTIONS AND OF [...]
2003-02-05 17:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SR YI
03BRUSSELS3243CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2003
[...] This cable contains an action request. See para. 9. 2. Summary. In a productive June 9-10 meeting in Athens, the members of the Central Dublin Group reviewed regional reports from Central Asia (Italy),Eastern Europe (Germany),Southwest Asia (UK) and Southeast Asia and China (Australia). [...]
2003-06-23 16:13:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5525U.S.-EU COTER CONSULTATIONS ON COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] The U.S. and EU COTER held their quarterly counterterrorism coordination meeting on December 3. The U.S. was represented by S/CT,s Senior Advisor for Multilateral Affairs, Chris Ensley, DOJ senior counsel Mark Richards, Econoff Kim Gagne and NAS Frank Kerber. The EU COTER delegation was cha [...]
2003-12-08 10:25:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER TS AG MO SR BK AL MK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03HARARE1511FUTURE STRATEGIES FOR MASS ACTION IN ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary: Experience gained from last June's &Final Push8 attempt at mass action has altered the strategic vision for those promoting and organizing non-violent protest in Zimbabwe. An accurate assessment of the situation and temperament of the Zimbabwean population points away from a &Se [...]
2003-07-28 08:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PGOV PHUM ZI
03HARARE642MEDIA REACTION WAR WITH IRAQ - OPINION
[...] The March 30 editions of the government- controlled weekly "The Sunday Mail" and the pro- government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" carried a number of opinion pieces focusing on the war in Iraq. Excerpts: 2. Under headline "U.N. becomes irrelevant" the "The [...]
2003-03-31 12:04:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDIZ PREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03OTTAWA20022003 CANADIAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CANADA Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude ---------------- 2. With few exceptions, Canada offers foreign investors full national treatment within the context of a [...]
2003-07-15 20:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KTDB KSPR CA OPIC
03OTTAWA2235 MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST; IRAQ;
[...] "Stumbling block on road to peace" The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/5): "...Bush has been pressing Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to divert the path of the barrier so it consumes less West Bank territory. But Sharon last week dismissed Bush's request to dismantle or move the fence.... [...]
2003-08-07 18:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OPRC CA OIIP
03OTTAWA2451CANADA: ENLISTING HELP IN TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS
[...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, DFAIT Deputy Director for the Western Balkans Margaret Moores and Defense and Security Relations desk officer Kelly Anderson affirmed to poloff the GOC's commitment to seeing PIFWCs brought to justice. Moores noted that while Canadian law precludes adoption [...]
2003-08-27 20:21:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN CLOK CVIS CA BK KWAC ICTY
03OTTAWA701 MEDIA REACTION: SERBIA; IRAQ; NORTH KOREA
[...] "A murder in Serbia" The leading Globe and Mail stressed (3/13): "...We hope the world sees this [assassination of reformist Prime Minister Zoran Djindjicas] more than just another in a line of troubles that have historically made the Balkans a powder keg. We hope its concern is for the cou [...]
2003-03-13 21:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA709 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; SERBIA
[...] "Diplomacy's last days" The conservative National Post opined (3/14): "...Barring some blockbuster discovery by the inspectors, or an over-the-top sabre-rattling gesture from Saddam, the United States and Britain have little chance of convincing their opponents on the Security Council to ex [...]
2003-03-14 19:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03PRISTINA177AAK ADAMANT ON INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A FEBRUARY 6 MEETING MARKED BY FRANK EXCHANGES, COM TOLD AAK PRESIDENT HARADINAJ THAT HIS PARTY'S DRAFT DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS AN UNWELCOME AND POTENTIALLY DESTABILIZING DIVERSION THAT LEAVES THE REAL BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT SADLY NEGLECTED. COM ASKED HARADINAJ TO CON [...]
2003-02-06 17:18:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NATO YI
03ROME1568ITALY/EU - GOI REACTION TO USG GAERC POINTS
[...] (U) WE DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO APPROPRIATE GOI OFFICES. RESPONSES FOLLOW BELOW. ESDP ----- 2. (SBU) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI SAID THAT THE GOI CONCURS WITH THE USG VIEW THAT THE EU NEEDED TO MAKE A SUCCESS OF OPERATION CONCORDIA BEFORE FOCUSING ON A POSSIBLE EU [...]
2003-04-11 16:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM EU IT ETRD ETRD PREL
03ROME1809ITALY: UPDATE ON OECD ANTI-BRIBERY CONVENTION
[...] (U) THE FOLLOWING IS POST'S SUBMISSION FOR THE 2003 REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OECD ANTI-BRIBERY CONVENTION. -------------- A. ENFORCEMENT -------------- 2. (SBU) TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL (TI) TOLD CONSULATE MILAN THAT ITALIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING IT [...]
2003-04-30 07:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV IT OECD
03ROME2299PDAS RIES CONSULTATIONS WITH GOI ON PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MAY 20, EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSED A BROAD RANGE OF US-EU AND ITALIAN EU PRESIDENCY ISSUES DURING SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH MFA SYG GIUSEPPE BALDOCCI AND DIRECTOR FOR EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ROCCO CANGELOSI. BOTH BALDOCCI AND CANGELOSI STRESSED THAT THE GOI'S TOP PRIORITY FOR THE ITAL [...]
2003-05-23 11:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU IT NATO
03ROME3381ONTENEGRO: POSSIBLE DJUKANOVIC INDICTMENT
[...] (U) ITALIAN PRESS REPORTING OF THE POSSIBLE INDICTMENT OF MONTENEGRO'S PM DJUKANOVIC FOR CIGARETTE SMUGGLING HAS BEEN MUCH LESS EXTENSIVE THAN THAT IN SERBIA-MONTENEGRO. THE INITIAL PRESS REPORTS JUNE 30 HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY FOLLOW-UP HERE IN ITALY. THIS IS IN SHARP CONTRAST TO THE SITUATION [...]
2003-07-24 14:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT MW PGOV PREL SR EUN
03ROME3691 2003 ECHO EVALUATION OF ITS FUNDING OF WFP
[...] (U) Quest Consult's Synthesis Report of February 2003, which was financed by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO),presents findings and recommendations pertaining to World Food Program (WFP) emergency-related activities (with ECHO-funding) in Afghanistan, Eritrea, Serbia, an [...]
2003-08-14 10:45:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR WFP UN
03ROME4032 TELEKOM SERBIA SCANDAL GROWS, IMPLICATING EU
[...] Summary: Over the past several weeks, pro-Government daily "Il Giornale" published numerous articles on the 1997 sale by Telekom Serbia of a stake to Telecom Italy - - a ruinous financial speculation that helped keep Milosevic in power and allegedly involved kickbacks to several members of It [...]
2003-09-05 15:27:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PREL PGOV SR IT EUN
03SANAA2534AUGUST 29, 2003, SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes, Muslim Yemeni pro-Palestinian/pro-Iraqi/anti-American demonstrators. B. Have there been anti-American demonstrations in t [...]
2003-10-22 04:52:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
03STATE73555THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ALBANIAN
[...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- THE DEPUTY SECRETARY EUR DAS BOGUE ALBANIA DESK OFFICER GREGORY (NOTETAKER) ALBANIA ------- AMBASSADOR FATOS TARIFA DCM RUDINA MULLAHI IRAQ/NANO VISIT =============== 2. (C) DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE, ACCOMPANIED BY EUR DAS BOGUE, GAVE AMBASSADOR TA [...]
2003-03-20 17:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PREL YI AL
03THEHAGUE1392ICTY: SENIOR OTP OFFICIALS DOWNBEAT ON "NEW ERA"
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor. Reason: 1.5(D) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. According to Chief of Investigations Patrick Lopez-Terres of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),cooperation with Belgrade authorities has not signific [...]
2003-06-02 15:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1417ICTY: IS MILOSEVIC HOLDING UP?
[...] (C) Summary: The last two months have dealt blows to Slobodan Milosevic from Belgrade and within the trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). In the ICTY, a series of witnesses have hammered Milosevic with crime-based details of the joint crimina [...]
2003-06-05 10:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1530ICTY: DEL PONTE GREETS SLJIVANCANIN ARREST WITH
[...] (U) Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor. Reasons 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte reacted to the arrest today of outstanding "Vukovar Three" fugitive Veselin Sljivancanin with [...]
2003-06-14 08:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1545CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] There has been little commentary or discussion on the RevCon. However, in general, the RevCon exceeded expectations. Many delegations are eager to discuss how we will pursue RevCon follow-up. 2. Three rounds of budget consultations were held 11-13 June on Programs 3-6. The facilitator wil [...]
2003-06-16 15:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE1546ICTY: CROSS-BORDER PIFWC APPREHENSIONS GET A GREEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) confirmed on June 5 that the Tribunal has jurisdiction over indictee Dragan Nikolic, who has claimed since his arrest in April 2000 to have been detained unlawfully by SFOR (refs A and B). [...]
2003-06-16 15:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1674ICTY: LILIC'S TESTIMONY AGAINST MILOSEVIC A MIXED
[...] (C) Summary. To outside observers, Former Yugoslav President Zoran Lilic's testimony against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) last week looked like a mixed bag. Lilic gave a detailed accounting of Milosevic's role in decision-maki [...]
2003-06-27 11:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE1738ICTY: PRESIDENT MERON TO VISIT BELGRADE JULY 24-25
[...] (U) Classified by: Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, Reason: 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) President Theodor Meron has received and accepted a formal invitation to visit Belgrade from Serbia and Montenegro (SAM) Foreign Ministe [...]
2003-07-08 10:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE1847OSCE: A/S JONES' MEETINGS IN THE HAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-22 10:33:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALGG KCRM MD NL PREL UP OSCE
03THEHAGUE2298RESPONSE TO SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY THAT ARE CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -YES, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF MUSLIM IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, TURKS (300,000),MOROCCANS (280,000),IRAQIS (33,000),SOMALIS (29,000) [...]
2003-09-12 14:31:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
03THEHAGUE2563ICTY: PREVIEW OF CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S AND
[...] (C) Summary. Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and President Theodor Meron of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will present the Security Council with a difficult dilemma during their reports to the Council on October 9. Del Ponte will report that she intends to seek [...]
2003-10-07 05:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2611ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER BALANCES KEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) had its hands full this week as it reconvened to hear the Prosecution's case against Slobodan Milosevic. Compressed into the new three-day per week schedule, the proceedings balanced the [...]
2003-10-10 15:17:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2707CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...]
2003-10-28 10:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2769ICTY: KEY WITNESSES TESTIFY TO MILOSEVIC'S CONTROL
[...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from political insiders the week of October 20 as the Prosecution continued to present its case against Slobodan Milosevic. Two key witnesses offered their versions of the [...]
2003-11-04 11:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2794CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished all of its primary objectives at the Oct. 20-24 OPCW Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP-8). The Conference approved the U.S. request for an extension of its 45% destruction deadline to December 2007 and extended in principle the U.S. 100% destruction deadline. [...]
2003-11-06 07:58:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL RS CWC
03THEHAGUE2818ICTY: AMBASSADOR PROSPER'S MEETINGS WITH ICTY
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Pierre-Richard Prosper met with the President and Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in separate meetings on October 30 in The Hague. Ambassador Prosper, meeting with ICTY officials on the margins o [...]
2003-11-07 16:07:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2835ICTY: AN INSIDE LOOK INTO MILOSEVIC'S HEALTH AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The head of the detention unit of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) provided Embassy legal officers and USG physician with details of Slobodan Milosevic's health status, daily regimen, legal and financial network, frame of mind, and contacts o [...]
2003-11-12 16:26:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE2867ICTY: LORD OWEN'S TESTIMONY A MIXED BAG FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from Lord David Owen the first week of November. As an international negotiator, Lord Owen insisted that the Trial Chamber call him as a neutral witness rather than being cal [...]
2003-11-14 16:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2939CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): 1ST MEETING OF
[...] (U) Summary. Two USG legal experts (Bernard Seward from State/L/ACV - JAGLCS/CLAMO and Randy Pratt from Commerce/OGC/IS) participated in the first meeting of the CWC "Network of Legal Experts" November 4-7, supported by the Commerce representative to the U.S. CWC Delegation (Brandon Williams [...]
2003-11-24 18:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
03THEHAGUE3027ICTY: WITH STRUGAR BALKING AT RETURN, PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Theodor Meron, told embassy legal officers that he would report to the UN Security Council Belgrade's noncooperation by 0900 EST on Tuesday, December 9, if indictee Pavle Strugar fails to return [...]
2003-12-09 06:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE3043ICTY: THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OFFERED FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard from three key witnesses in November offering unique perspectives on the role Milosevic played. During the week of November 10, historian Robert Donia resumed his testimony concer [...]
2003-12-11 05:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03ZAGREB1074CROATIA COMMEMORATES TRAGIC EVENTS OF WORLD WAR II
[...] ON MAY 11, COMMEMORATION CEREMONIES WERE HELD BOTH AT THE JASENOVAC CONCENTRATION CAMP IN CROATIA AND SEPARATELY IN BLEIBURG, AUSTRIA. PRESIDENT STJEPAN MESIC STIRRED UP CONTROVERSY IN JASENOVAC, WHERE TENS OF THOUSANDS -- MOSTLY SERBS, JEWS, AND ROMA -- PERISHED AT THE HANDS OF THE USTASH [...]
2003-05-14 13:21:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV HR
03ZAGREB1296CROATIA'S DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S.
[...] (C) So far, 2003 has not been a good year for our bilateral relationship with Croatia. On issue after issue, whether Iraq, intellectual property rights, unblocking of assets of the Former Yugoslavia, or now our proposed Article 98 agreement, the GOC not only has failed to deliver, but has ant [...]
2003-06-06 16:23:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PREF KAWC HR EVN NATO
03ZAGREB1297ICTY/CROATIA: GOC AGAIN BACKSLIDING ON COOPERATION?
[...] (C) ICTY Zagreb ResRep Thomas Osorio told us June 5 that the GOC is failing to deliver on a number of commitments PM Racan gave Chief Prosecutor del Ponte during her mid-April visit to Zagreb. Census information was incomplete, assistance to gain access to bank records on GOC financial suppor [...]
2003-06-06 16:50:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC HR ICTY UN
03ZAGREB1328POPE ENCOURAGES CROATIA'S EU ASPIRATIONS
[...] POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITED CROATIA BETWEEN JUNE 5-9 -- HIS THIRD VISIT TO THIS OVERWHELMINGLY CATHOLIC COUNTRY. IN HIS OPENING ADDRESS ON ARRIVAL AT THE RIJEKA AIRPORT THE POPE NOTED THAT "CROATIA RECENTLY SUBMITTED ITS APPLICATION TO BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART, BOTH POLITICALY AND ECONOMICALL [...]
2003-06-10 13:25:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL HR
03ZAGREB1393 CROATIAN OFFICIALS CONDEMN THE RIOT IN BELGRADE
[...] FOLLOWING THE JUNE 15 ATTACK ON THE CROATIAN EMBASSY IN BELGRADE BY A LARGE GROUP OF SPORTS HOOLIGANS (REFTEL) -- WHICH CAME AFTER SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO DEFEATED CROATIA IN THE WATER-POLO FINALS OF THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN KRANJ, SLOVENIA -- CROATIA'S POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PUT OUT STRONG [...]
2003-06-18 07:43:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB1399CROATIA REACTION: 2003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) We were called in to the Foreign Ministry on June 13 to discuss the recently released 2003 Trafficking in Persons report. Dubravka Simonovic, Head of the Human Rights section in the Department for UN and Human Rights, asked for an explanation of why Croatia was placed as a tier 2 country [...]
2003-06-18 13:00:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL HR
03ZAGREB1660POLITICS, POLITICS: AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON
[...] (C) The opposition-leading HDZ party will remain strong after parliamentary elections this November, but it will not be able to form a government; Croatia's next coalition government will be largely similar to the current lineup of parties, Parliament Speaker Zlatko Tomcic confidently predict [...]
2003-07-23 15:31:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU HR NATO
03ZAGREB1936DECIDING ITF DIRECTOR CIMPERSEK'S FUTURE
[...] (C) PER REFTEL A, WE HAVE PREPARED A LIST OF SPECIFIC INCIDENTS HIGHLIGHTING OUR CONCERNS (REF C) ABOUT ITF DIRECTOR JERNEJ CIMPERSEK,S SUITABILITY TO CONTINUE IN HIS CURRENT POSITION: -- LAST OCTOBER, CIMPERSEK DISPLAYED UNPROFESSIONAL AND UNACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR DURING A/S BLOOMFIELD'S [...]
2003-09-05 13:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS KHDP HR
03ZAGREB1937PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DISCUSSES
[...] (C) The DCM met September 3 with President Mesic,s new Foreign Policy Advisor, Ambassador Ivica Mastruko. Mastruko said there had been no discussion of military-related projects during President Mesic,s recent trip to Libya. President Mesic has washed his hands of any personal efforts to fac [...]
2003-09-05 13:47:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL HR LY
03ZAGREB2004MESIC IN BELGRADE: HISTORIC VISIT?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CROATIAN AUTHORITIES ARE GENERALLY SATISFIED WITH PRESIDENT MESIC'S SEPTEMBER 10 TRIP TO BELGRADE. THE PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR, ANOTHER MESIC STAFFER, AND THE HEAD OF THE MFA'S EASTERN BALKANS OFFICE TOLD US THE TRIP WENT BETTER THAN EXPECTED, WITH THE TWO PRES [...]
2003-09-12 15:01:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR SM
03ZAGREB2041FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA SEEKS USG COMMMENT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: THE AMBASSADOR MET ONE-ON-ONE WITH FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA ON SEPTEMBER 17 TO DISCUSS KEY BILATERAL ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF HIS AND PRESIDENT MESIC'S TRIP TO NEW YORK FOR THE UNGA (IRAQ TROOP CONTRIBUTION COVERED SEPTEL). ASKED BY THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT THE STATUS O [...]
2003-09-19 05:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC HR NATO
03ZAGREB2144GOC RECEIVES POOR GRADES ON RETURNS-RELATED ISSUES
[...] (C) Since its declarations this spring and June 12 initiative aimed at providing subsidized housing to refugees who enjoyed "tenancy rights" under the old Yugoslav system, the GOC has made little progress on key return-related issues. The number of refugees returning to Croatia lags behind th [...]
2003-10-06 05:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV ECON HR BK
03ZAGREB2217POLITICAL PARTIES IN CROATIA - ELECTION PRIMER,
[...] (C) Croatia's transition from socialism through war and finally towards integration in Euro-Atlantic institutions has led to a proliferation of political parties. Fully sixteen parties are now represented in Croatia's parliament and still others hope to win seats in the next Sabor. Some of t [...]
2003-10-15 07:51:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HR
03ZAGREB2249AMBASSADOR REBUFFS EFFORT AT HOLOCAUST DENIAL
[...] (SBU) ON OCTOBER 10 THE AMBASSADOR CALLED ON ARCHBISHOP JOSIP BOZANIC TO PROTEST A RECENT ARTICLE IN "GLAS KONCILA," THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CROATIAN COUNCIL OF BISHOPS, TITLED "WHY IS THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN THE SERVICE OF ANTI-CROATIAN SLANDERERS?" MASQUERADING AS COMMENTARY, THE ARTIC [...]
2003-10-17 13:39:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV HR
03ZAGREB2270CROATIA'S PROGRESS ON REFORMS THREATENED BY
[...] (C) New polls show that the reform-oriented parties which formed the Racan government are trailing Croatia's right-wing nationalist opposition in the race for November 23 parliamentary elections. Unless the current coalition turns it around -- and pollsters tell us they could still manage th [...]
2003-10-21 15:02:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HR KWCI
03ZAGREB2365ONCE AGAIN, NO DOUBLE VOTE FOR MINORITIES IN
[...] THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT VOTED LAST MONTH TO DENY A DOUBLE VOTE TO ETHNIC MINORITY VOTERS IN THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS SET FOR NOVEMBER 23. THE "DOUBLE VOTE" WOULD HAVE PERMITTED OFFICIALLY-DESIGNATED MINORITIES TO VOTE TWICE ON ELECTION DAY, ONCE FOR GENERAL PARTY LISTS, AND ONCE FOR AN ETHNI [...]
2003-11-05 14:43:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2433ELECTIONS: OSCE CONCERNS ABOUT REFUGEE VOTING
[...] (C) Most international and local observers looking at preparations for elections in Croatia are generally satisfied that the voting on November 23 will be fair and transparent. ODIHR is comfortable enough with the process to have decided not to bring in short-term monitors for election day. [...]
2003-11-18 15:21:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV HR
03ZAGREB2463SDSS LEADERS RALLY THE PEOPLE
[...] (SBU) Under Croatia's peculiar election law, Serbs are pulled in two different directions in the run up to voting. They can vote for candidates on the minority lists or for candidates on the national lists but not for both. At a rally November 20, candidates of the moderate Independent Democr [...]
2003-11-21 15:51:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2490ETHNIC SERBS VOTE FOR MODERATES
[...] (U) With the official vote count still days away, moderate Serbs from the Independent Democratic Serbian Party (SDSS) are almost certain to fill the three designated ethnic Serb seats in the next Parliament. Milan Djukic, the confrontational former representative of ethnic Serbs in Parliament [...]
2003-11-25 13:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB2544LITTLE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL ON TENANCY
[...] On December 1-2 the OSCE Croatia Mission's Return and Reintegration Unit briefed their field staff, regional OSCE staff (Belgrade and Sarajevo),and regional UNHCR staff on the status of implementation of the GOC's plan to address the issue of lost Occupancy Tenancy Rights (OTR). OTR has been [...]
2003-12-04 07:48:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREF HR
03ZAGREB2581MESIC'S POLITICAL ADVISOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT SANADER
[...] (C) President Mesic is satisfied that relations with the incoming government led by HDZ should go smoothly. That is what his top domestical political advisor, Igor Dekanic, told us in his office on December 5. He said that HDZ President Ivo Sanader should get the formal nod from the preside [...]
2003-12-08 16:10:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV HR
03ZAGREB2642CROATIA WILL SOON BE READY FOR AMBASSADOR PROSPER
[...] (C) Prime Minister-Designate Ivo Sanader and his new-look HDZ will take office in late December following their strong showing in the November 23 parliamentary elections. Although the HDZ's voter base still includes many hard-line nationalists, Sanader's pro-European / pro-U.S. campaign inclu [...]
2003-12-17 15:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL HR
03ZAGREB2656AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM-DESIGNATE SANADER:
[...] (C) We have "extremely high expectations." That was how Ivo Sanader described on December 19 what he hopes will be very good bilateral relations with the U.S. when he becomes Croatia's Prime Minister next week. Meeting at the Ambassador's request in the HDZ party headquarters, Sanader stre [...]
2003-12-19 15:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR
03ZAGREB305DOES THE OTP HAVE A STRATEGY FOR CROATIA?
[...] (C) THOMAS OSORIO, HEAD OF ICTY'S ZAGREB OFFICE, TOLD US THAT OTP SPOKESPERSON FLORENCE HARTMANN'S FEBRUARY 5 STATEMENT CRITICIZING THE GOC FOR FAILING TO APPREHEND ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA AND FOR FAILING TO MEET ICTY INFORMATION REQUESTS REPRESENTS THE OPENING SALVO OF A NEW OTP BID TO PR [...]
2003-02-11 17:35:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV PREL HR ICTY RV
03ZAGREB337GOC PUSHING BACK ON IC CRITICISM ON RETURNS
[...] (C) THE GOC IS REACTING TO IC PRESSURE ON REFUGEE RETURNS. MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND RECONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING, RADIMIR CACIC, HELD A HASTILY ARRANGED MEETING ON FEBRUARY 4 WITH THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY TO PRESENT HIS MINISTRY,S PROGRAM ON REFUGEE RETURN. THE EVENT AT THE SHERATON HOTEL [...]
2003-02-12 17:19:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL ECON HR OSCE EUN UNHCR
03ZAGREB432CROATIA APPLIES FOR EU MEMBERSHIP
[...] SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER RACAN SUBMITTED CROATIA'S OFFICIAL APPLICATION FOR EU MEMBERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 21 IN ATHENS. CROATIA'S STATUS AS A CANDIDATE COULD BE CONFIRMED WITHIN A YEAR'S TIME, THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION MINISTER SAID. REFUGEE RETURNS, COOPERATION WITH THE WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL (ICTY [...]
2003-02-26 16:01:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB450UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: GETTING HOLD HARMLESS LOOKS REMOTE
[...] (C) THE RACAN GOVERNMENT IS DIGGING IN ITS HEELS ON THE SUCCESSION AGREEMENT, AND MAY WELL IGNORE OUR REQUEST FOR A HOLD HARMLESS BEFORE THE USG UNBLOCKS DISPUTED NBY ASSETS THIS SPRING. THAT IS THE INDICATION WE RECEIVED IN SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH THE GOC'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE FINANCIAL C [...]
2003-02-28 09:36:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR HR BK SI MW
03ZAGREB519SANADER'S HDZ: RATINGS UP, BUT STILL NOT READY FOR
[...] (C) CROATIA'S OPPOSITION HDZ HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO REHABILITATE ITSELF IN THE EYES OF VOTERS EVER SINCE IT WAS EJECTED FROM POWER IN JANUARY 2000. PARTY LEADERS CLAIM -- LOUDLY AND OFTEN -- THAT THE HDZ IS COMPLETING ITS "DEMOCRATIC TRANSFORMATION" FROM THE CORRUPT, NATIONALIST PARTY FOUN [...]
2003-03-10 17:16:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM HR
03ZAGREB523"ADRIATIC 3" FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING, DUBROVNIK,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ALBANIAN, CROATIAN AND MACEDONIAN FOREIGN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00523 01 OF 02 111302Z MINISTERS MET BRIEFLY IN DUBROVNIK MARCH 7 TO CONFIRM THE "ADRIATIC CHARTER" DRAFT TEXT (ALREADY WITH DEPARTMENT),ISSUE A DECLARATION AND GIVE THE I [...]
2003-03-11 12:50:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL HR AL MK IZ NATO
03ZAGREB617PATTEN IN CROATIA: DOUBTS OVER ICTY PRESSUE; WAY AHEAD ON CROATIA'S APPLICATION
[...] (C) LOCAL EUROPEAN COMMISSION HOM WUNENBURGER TOLD AMBASSADOR THAT COMMISSIONER PATTEN, DURING A MARCH 13 VISIT TO ZAGREB, EMPHASIZED THE GOC'S NEED TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS ON ICTY COOPERATION, REFUGEE RETURNS, JUDICIAL REFORM AND MEDIA LEGISLATION. MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PM RACAN AND KE [...]
2003-03-18 15:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC ECIN PREF HR SR EUN
03ZAGREB716NATO SYG IN ZAGREB: TURNING DOWN THE PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) NATO SECRETARY GENERAL ROBERTSON VISITED CROATIA FOR A BRIEF STOPOVER ON MARCH 31. IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PM RACAN AND KEY CABINET MEMBERS AND WITH PARLIAMENT LEADERS, ROBERTSON DELIVERED A GENTLE MESSAGE, ENCOURAGING CROATIA TO STAY ON TRACK WITH REFORMS IDENTIFIED UNDER THE [...]
2003-04-01 15:23:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PREF HR NATO
03ZAGREB755UNBLOCKING SFRY ASSETS: CROATIA MAINTAINS HARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FOR CROATIA, UNRAVELING THE LIABILITIES AND ASSETS OF THE SUCCESSOR STATES OF THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA CONTINUES TO HINGE ON SECURING A RATIFIED AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES (ASI). ON APRIL 4, ZDRAVKO ROGIC, SENIOR CROATIAN REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SUCCESSOR STATES' FINANCE COMMITT [...]
2003-04-04 15:55:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MK SR BK SI MW HR RU
03ZAGREB799DRUZHBADRIA AND CPOT PIPELINES -- CROATIA MOVING
[...] (SBU) THE DRUZHBADRIA PIPELINE PROJECT IS ONE POSSIBLE ROUTE TO BRING RUSSIAN OIL TO WESTERN MARKETS, SOMETHING WHICH WOULD ENHANCE GLOBAL ENERGY SECURITY BY INCREASING DIVERSIFICATION OF OIL SUPPLIES. THE CROATIAN PRESS HAS SOUGHT TO PORTRAY CROATIA AS A NEW PLAYER IN WORLD OIL POLITICS. H [...]
2003-04-11 08:15:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET SENV HR
03ZAGREB862DONJI LAPAC STRUGGLES AHEAD
[...] (SBU) REFUGEE RETURNS, RECONSTRUCTION, AND ETHNIC RELATIONS DOMINATED A RECENT VISIT TO DONJI LAPAC, A MUNICIPALITY OF 3,400 NEAR CROATIA'S WESTERN BORDER WITH BOSNIA. SEVERELY AFFECTED BY THE WAR, BOTH IN TERMS OF DISPLACEMENT OF THE POPULATION AND DESTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE, THE MUNICIPA [...]
2003-04-18 08:42:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF HR
03ZAGREB995GOC LURCHING FORWARD ON IMPLEMENTING MINORITIES LAW
[...] (C) IN DECEMBER 2002, THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT PASSED A CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00995 01 OF 03 061502Z NEW "CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ON NATIONAL MINORITIES." THAT LAW WAS WIDELY HAILED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AS A REASONABLE COMPROMISE AND A STEP FORWAR [...]
2003-05-06 14:50:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL HR IT
04ANKARA1481ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-12 05:20:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2240ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 06:47:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3791ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-08 09:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4269KFOR: TURKEY NOT LIKELY TO LIFT CURRENT CAVEATS,
[...] (C) On July 30, PolMilOff called on Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, to deliver ref a demarche. Coskun responded that after the March violence in Kosovo, Turkey revised its caveats for both SFOR and KFOR in an effort to be more effective and [...]
2004-07-30 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL TU YI
04ANKARA4580TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1-
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...]
2004-08-16 08:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5002TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15-
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...]
2004-09-03 15:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5205TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...]
2004-09-15 09:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5750TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, September 2004
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 28, 2004 by the Anato [...]
2004-10-07 10:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5751TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-07 10:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDIN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU
04ANKARA6150TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 14-31, 2004
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 31, 2004 by [...]
2004-11-01 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6254ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-04 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6599ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-26 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6686TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 10-30,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 30, 2004 by the Interna [...]
2004-12-02 13:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA6963 TURKEY: US STEEL INTERESTED IN PRIVATIZATION
[...] (SBU) Three Pittsburgh based US Steel executives called on Ambassador Edelman December 14 to discuss United States Steel's interest in purchasing the Turkish government's 46% stake in Erdemir, Turkey's largest steel company. Led by Senior VP John Connelly, the group noted that the pending s [...]
2004-12-15 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV BEXP EIND TU
04ANKARA6964ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-15 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7190ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-29 05:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04BRATISLAVA1076SLOVAKIA SEEKS "BALANCED" EU POSITION ON CROATIA
[...] (C) POLEC Chief delivered reftel demarche to the MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on November 30. Rehak said the MFA had sent its delegation in Brussels "a different instruction" on November 29. Slovakia thinks the draft language being circulated on ICTY conditionality is "too strong [...]
2004-11-30 14:15:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC EU HR LO ICTY
04BRATISLAVA1087SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP DECEMBER 03, 2004
[...] (SBU) Parliament November 30 approved the MFA's draft resolution instructing the GOS to adopt an EU common position in favor of opening accession talks with Turkey. MFA representatives and PM Dzurinda's foreign policy advisor clarified to us that the caveat requiring "political conditions" mea [...]
2004-12-03 14:56:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PREL LO
04BRATISLAVA294Bratislava II: A Carrot for Balkans and Caucasus
[...] Introduction: Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda hosted a conference March 19 under the banner "Towards A Wider Europe: The New Agenda." With most Visegrad-4 and Vilnius- 10 countries moments away from full membership in both NATO and the EU, the conference focused on how to expand the process [...]
2004-03-25 16:53:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EU LO NATO
04BRATISLAVA616 SLOVAK EXTERNAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE EFFORTS
[...] SUMMARY. THE SLOVAK MFA RECENTLY ESTABLISHED A FORMAL INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TO MANAGE EFFORTS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CHARACTERIZED BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE PROGRAM OF OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE (ODA) STARTED ADMINISTRATIVELY IN 2003, A [...]
2004-06-24 15:12:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL ECON LO
04BRATISLAVA900DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S VISIT TO SLOVAKIA
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage visited Slovakia September 14. During his meetings with Prime Minister Dzurinda, Foreign Minister Kukan, parliamentary leaders, and the media, he underscored that U.S.-Slovak relations are based on more than just coalition membership and reflect the shar [...]
2004-09-30 09:26:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KPAO LO CONS
04BRUSSELS1295SERB PM KOSTUNICA VISITS EU; SOLANA AND PATTEN'S
[...] (C) Our readout of Serb PM Kostunica's March 23 meetings in Brussels with High Rep Solana, and Commissioners Prodi and Patten tracks closely with reftel account from Belgrade. In addition, Kostunica is reported to have hinted at the possibility of a "quiet dialogue" with ICTY, claimed to be o [...]
2004-03-25 16:20:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2368KEY TOPICS FOR EU FMS' MEETING AND SUMMIT, JUNE 14
[...] The headline issues for the June 14 EU FMs' meeting and the June 17-18 EU Summit will be the final round of Constitutional Treaty negotiations and the nomination of the next generation of key EU leaders (Commission President, CFSP High Rep). But a substantial list of other topics will also [...]
2004-06-03 10:46:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2938NEW COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR NORTHERN CYPRUS
[...] (SBU) On July 7, EU Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen presented the Commission's plan fulfill the EU's pledge to end the isolation of the Turkish Cypriot community following their support for the Annan Plan. The two main proposals are: 1) a new "preferential trade regime" allowing dir [...]
2004-07-09 14:40:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD PGOV CY GR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2944EU CONSTRAINED ON NEXT STEPS WITH SERBIA
[...] (C) PolOff spoke on July 8 with Stefan Lehne, Solana's key advisor on the Balkans, almost immediately after Lehne's return from Belgrade, where he had attended the Contact Group session with U/S Grossman. Lehne said that in his separate meetings with Serb officials the GoS was focused on the [...]
2004-07-09 15:56:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2972JULY 12 GAERC DISCUSSIONS: ISRAEL, BURMA, SUDAN,
[...] (U) EU FMs at their July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting discussed several issues, but took few concrete decisions other than a non-controversial approval of a Joint Action to agree on Operation "ALTHEA" as an EU Military Operation following on NATO's SFOR in [...]
2004-07-13 05:02:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID MARR IS BM AF USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3772GYMNICH RESULTS ON BURMA, SUDAN, MIDDLE EAST AND
[...] (SBU) The EU Foreign Ministers' informal "Gymnich" meeting in Maastricht on September 3-4 proceeded as expected (reftel). The EU will go ahead with the Asia-EU (ASEM) Summit in Hanoi on October 7-9, as long as Burma attends at the FM or lower level, but the FMs also announced further sanction [...]
2004-09-08 05:02:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3840ANTICIPATED RESULTS OF SEPTEMBER 13 GAERC
[...] (C) We have discussed reftel A points on the EU FMs' General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on Sept. 13 with a variety of EU officials. EU Conclusions on Sudan should dovetail with the main elements of our draft UNSC Resolution. On Iran, we understand the EU will is [...]
2004-09-10 10:42:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR BK SU EAID BU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3897EU FMS SEND LOTS OF SIGNALS, BUT MAKE FEW
[...] (SBU) The September 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU Foreign Ministers refined EU positions spelled out over previous months and recently discussed at the Sept. 3 Gymnich (ref B). On Sudan, the EU noted some progress, but insisted the GoS has not complie [...]
2004-09-14 13:29:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4112POLISH EU PERMREP AMBASSADOR GRELA MEETING WITH EB
[...] (C) Summary: Poland Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Marek Grela stressed that the Polish government strongly endorses giving Turkey a date for accession talks to the EU this fall, said progress was being made on Cyprus aid issues among EU ambassadors, expressed concern over the [...]
2004-09-27 08:55:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL TU PL ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4181THE STABILITY PACT: PRESSING REFORM THROUGH
[...] (SBU) With South Eastern Europe facing a decisive year in 2005, the Stability Pact (SP) continues to generate pressure for further political and economic reforms in the region and to draw the region closer to European and Euro-Atlantic integration. The Pact is complementing its ongoing efforts [...]
2004-09-30 08:50:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4183U.S.-EU OSCE CONSULTS FOCUS ON RUSSIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 21 U.S.-EU OSCE consultations focused largely on Russian intransigence toward outside influence in its "near abroad." Both sides agreed that the CIS Astana Declaration is an attempt to undercut the OSCE role in human rights and democratization. Similarly, the EU re [...]
2004-09-30 09:30:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4265THE COMMISSION'S EXPLANATION OF EU'S "TWIN TRACK"
[...] The Commission reports that its new "twin track" approach to Serbia and Montenegro (SaM) met with an enthusiastic response in both Belgrade and Podgorica. Further details still need to be hashed out, however, on when, whether and how a feasibility study on negotiations for a Stabilization an [...]
2004-10-04 15:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD SR MW ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4317EU ASSET FREEZE ON FUGITIVE ICTY INDICTEES
[...] (C) The Dutch Presidency has told us that an EU Regulation enacting an asset freeze against the three most prominent ICTY fugitive indictees, Mladic, Karadzic and Gotovina, will be adopted at the October 11 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting. As reported reftel, thi [...]
2004-10-07 09:11:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ZL ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4352EU-US BALKANS TROIKA: GROWING IMPATIENCE ON ICTY
[...] (C) On September 30, EUR/SCE Director Chuck English and EUR/ACE Deputy Director Pat Nelson-Douvelis met with the EU Troika (Dutch and Luxembourg Presidencies, Commission, Council Secretariat) to discuss Balkan affairs. The EU stressed the "twin track" approach for Serbia and Montenegro implie [...]
2004-10-08 13:30:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BUCHAREST3445 ROMANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Post's submission in "Patterns format," updating last year's "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report (reftel) follows: Romania is a staunch ally of the United States in the global war against terrorism, providing full public and diplomatic support for US goals to counter terrorism. In 2004, ab [...]
2004-12-15 16:29:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS ECON RO NATO
04DUBLIN1697IRISH RESPONSE TO TURKEY AND PRE-GAERC DEMARCHES
[...] (U) On November 17, Post delivered reftels' talking points to Gerald Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. ------ Turkey ------ 2. (C) In a November 12 conversation with the Ambassador, Michael Collins, senior advisor to Prime Minister Ahern, said that Ireland [...]
2004-11-18 15:41:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN
04LJUBLJANA438SLOVENIA: SAVA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE
[...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request for information on the status of Slovenia's commitment to the establishment of a Permanent Sava River Basin Commission, the implementation of its mandate, and official representation. On 05 May, MFA State Undersecretary and Stability Pact National Co [...]
2004-05-11 13:02:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECIN EWWT PREL SI
04LJUBLJANA61SLOVENIA: PRM A/S DEWEY'S LETTER TO UNHCR DONORS
[...] (U) ON 23 JANUARY, ECONOFF DELIVERED PRM A/S DEWEY'S LETTER TO DONORS WHO PLEDGED CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNHCR'S 2004 PROGRAM TO MARJAN SETINC, MFA STATE UNDERSECRETARY FOR DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. SETINC WELCOMED THE A/S'S LETTER AND NOTED THAT THE UNHCR WILL REMAIN ON [...]
2004-01-26 13:36:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV SI UNHCR
04LJUBLJANA976SLOVENIA IN THE BIG LEAGUES NOW: DAS CONLEY HELPS
[...] SUMMARY: (U) The visit of DAS Heather Conley to Ljubljana October 20-21 was well timed to take advantage of the momentum created by the arrival of a new U.S.ambassador. Her meetings at the MFA, MOD and with a small group of influential private citizens have helped us to galvanize and re-focu [...]
2004-10-25 11:26:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SI OSCE
04MADRID959SPANISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON MARCH 22-23 EU FMS
[...] (C) Summary. Spain will be putting terrorism at the top of its agenda for the March 22-23 EU FMS meetings and the March 25-26 European Council meetings. Jointly with the Dutch, Spain will be backing the creation of a EU Coordinator for anti-terrorism efforts. The MFA's EU Office also expects [...]
2004-03-18 17:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP EUN
04ROME1109EU GAERC AND COUNCIL - ITALY ON BOARD WITH US
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Italy is on board with US views presented ref A. Our interlocutors predict that statements in draft for next week's General Affairs External Relations Council (GAERC) and European Council (Heads of State) meetings will reinforce the need for US-EU solidarity on Balkans and Midea [...]
2004-03-19 13:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IT EUN MEPP
04ROME1506EU GYMNICH - ITALY WILL PUSH FOR UN IRAQ
[...] (C) Iraq will be at the top of the agenda at the EU Informal Foreign Ministers' meeting (Gymnich) in Tullamore, Ireland. Italy's view is that the IC will have to make a long term military commitment to provide a secure environment in Iraq, and will push "soon" for a new UN resolution to provide [...]
2004-04-16 09:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IT EUN MEPP IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME2091MFA OFFICIALS TELL EUR DAS BRADTKE AND STEPHENS
[...] (C) Summary. On May 18, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretaries Bradtke and Stephens had productive exchanges with MFA officials on the present situation and way ahead in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans, and discussed prospects for a robust Istanbul summit agenda. Bradtke stressed the importance [...]
2004-05-27 14:10:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ IT AF EUN NATO
04ROME23312003 GLOBAL FOOD AID: BARELY COPING WITH
[...] WFP has released its annual Global Food Aid report entitled "2003 Food Aid Flows," which highlights, despite a year of extraordinary emergencies, the steady downward trend in total food aid tonnages, particularly since 1999. For 2004, international prices for food aid commodities continue the [...]
2004-06-17 12:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04ROME2876 ITALY: ROBERTO CALDEROLI NEW MINISTER FOR REFORMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As expected, Prime Minister Berlusconi named Northern League National Coordinator and Senate Vice President Roberto Calderoli the new Minister for Reform and Devolution on July 20. Calderoli replaces League Secretary Umberto Bossi, who resigned the previous day to [...]
2004-07-26 08:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV IT ITALIAN POLITICS
04SANAA2489SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...]
2004-09-22 08:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
04SANAA626FEBRUARY 9, 2004, SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni Muslims are predisposed to oppose U. [...]
2004-03-17 17:49:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
04THEHAGUE1163ICTY: SAM MINISTER OF JUSTICE SEES PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian Minister of Justice, Zoran Stojkovic, visited the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, following his appearance at the provisional release hearing for indictees Frenki Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic. Earl [...]
2004-05-11 16:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1565ICTY: COURT REJECTS ONE THIRD OF ALLEGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) crossed two key mileposts last week. On June 16, the Trial Chamber issued its decision on the amici curiae,s (friends of the court) motion seeking the dismissal of num [...]
2004-06-23 13:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1592ICTY: PREVIEW OF DEL PONTE JUNE 29 ADDRESS TO UN
[...] (C) Summary: In her June 29 oral report to the UN Security Council, Carla del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),will highlight several issues from her written report submitted to the Security Council in May. In addition to the e [...]
2004-06-25 11:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1599ICTY: PREVIEW OF JUNE 29 MERON PRESENTATION TO
[...] (C) Summary. In his June 29, 2004 address to the Security Council, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, will focus on the two competing sides of the completion strategy: on the one, the Tribunal,s heavy workload and his in [...]
2004-06-25 16:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE176ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION HEADING TOWARDS
[...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on January 13 after a three-week winter break, which had begun just after the high note of General Wesley Clark's testimony. Prosecution witnesses included a Serb [...]
2004-01-26 14:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1775JULY 7 U.S.-EU JHA CONSULTATIONS - CATS & SCIFA
[...] SUMMARY: U.S.-EU consultations on a broad range of JHA issues were held in The Hague on July 7. The Article 36 Committee (CATS for cooperation in police and judicial matters) met in the morning and the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) met in the afternoon. St [...]
2004-07-15 14:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER CVIS SNAR SMIG KFRD CPAS PREL EUN
04THEHAGUE1845CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): RABTA
[...] (SBU) In the aftermath of EC-37, delegation has been working closely with UK, Italy, and Libya, to facilitate and garner support for Libya's proposed change to the Verification Annex of the CWC, to enable the conversion of its former CW production facility at Rabta. In particular the delegati [...]
2004-07-22 14:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AG CM ER UK IT KE MO SF TS YM SU GM FR GR KS CWC
04THEHAGUE1918ICTY: A PUNISHING WEEK FOR OTP
[...] (SBU) Summary: It was a punishing week for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). On July 28, a trial chamber ordered the provisional release of two of the highest-ranking members of Slobodan Milosevic's inner circle, Jovica [...]
2004-07-30 14:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2138INFORMAL EU FOREIGN MINSTERS MEETING (GYMNICH),
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Political Affairs Department Director Jaap Werner told emboffs that although the Gymnich agenda must remain open until very shortly before the meeting, he expects that it will cover ASEM, the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, the Balkans, and the Sudan. On ASEM the Dutch are looking [...]
2004-08-26 15:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2196ICTY: MILOSEVIC REVISITS HISTORY IN OPENING OF
[...] (C) Summary. After a series of health-related delays, Slobodan Milosevic opened his defense on August 31, 2004, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with a predictable, political, often dull, and highly skewed survey of Balkans history. Milosevic repeatedly [...]
2004-09-02 11:37:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE2492CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) Representatives from the U.S., U.K., Italy and Libya met on September 21 to discuss the state of play regarding adoption of the technical change that would allow for conversion of the Rabta facility. The participants decided on specific tasks to be accomplished in the run-up to a one- [...]
2004-09-30 11:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2493CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) Representatives from the U.S., U.K., Italy and Libya met on September 21 to discuss the state of play regarding adoption of the technical change that would allow for conversion of the Rabta facility. The participants decided on specific tasks to be accomplished in the run-up to a one- [...]
2004-09-30 11:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE271ICTY: NEW STRESSES IN THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL
[...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) careens towards an interesting, difficult and potentially explosive final few weeks of the prosecution's case. In terms of testimony, the biggest grenade could come in the [...]
2004-02-03 16:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2736ICTY: "WHO'S RUNNING THIS COURT?"
[...] (C) Summary: A rare appeals chamber hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Slobodan Milosevic heard sharp and well-presented arguments this week on the imposition of counsel on the accused. Defense counsel Steven Kay pleaded with the appea [...]
2004-10-22 15:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2750CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) On the margins of the 38th Executive Council, Del contacted Art VII noncompliant EC members to: 1) request an update regarding their status of implementation, 2) stress the importance of EC members, whom are charged with the responsibility of overseeing treaty implementation, to honor the [...]
2004-10-26 14:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE2793ICTY - TRIBUNAL OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings on September 28 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),President Meron, Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte, and Registrar Holthuis struck consistent themes with Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper and EUR DAS f [...]
2004-11-01 17:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE3210ICTY - PROSPER WARNS THAT TRIBUNAL MAY CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary. On December 6, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper met with officials from the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). During the meeting, and later with the press, Prosper emphasized that a l [...]
2004-12-08 16:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC PHUM ICTY PREL SR
04THEHAGUE3255ICTY - MILOSEVIC WITNESSES ADVANCE POLITICAL CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Having regained control of his defense case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Slobodan Milosevic questioned a string of Russian witnesses and a former Yugoslav official over the past two weeks, focusing much of their testimony on corrob [...]
2004-12-14 16:39:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE3294ICJ: COURT DISMISSES NATO BOMBING CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on December 15 dismissed Serbia and Montenegro's (SAM) claims against NATO over the legality of 1999's Operation Allied Force. The unanimous judgment was based on jurisdictional grounds, but seven of the fifteen judges issued a joint decl [...]
2004-12-17 15:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC ICJ
04THEHAGUE347ICTY: KRAJISNIK TRIAL OPENS SMOOTHLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Momcilo Krajisnik before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) opened smoothly for the prosecution on Feb. 3. Krajisnik, who is being tried on eight counts including charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, held many prominen [...]
2004-02-10 16:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE521ANNUAL REPORT ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - THE
[...] Part one summarizes progress achieved during the year (Reftel B) and Part two is the fourth annual report on anti- trafficking in persons (TIP) for the Netherlands. The report follows the format outlined in reftel. Preparation time is about 200 hours (FSN - 110; FS-02 - 80; FS-02 - 10 hours) [...]
2004-03-02 06:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
04THEHAGUE783ICTY: MILOSEVIC REFUSES TO GIVE CONSENT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, convened a special hearing on March 25 in order to determine whether Slobodan Milosevic would consent to the continuation of the trial with a new judge, an as-yet appointe [...]
2004-03-25 15:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE813ICTY: OTP PAPER SAYS BELGRADE FAILING TO COOPERATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a paper circulated among key diplomatic representatives in The Hague and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) late on March 26, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) asserts that Belgrade's cooperation with [...]
2004-03-30 10:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE975ICTY: DEL PONTE DEFENDS POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),vigorously defended her positive assessment to EU officials of Croatia,s cooperation with the Tribunal. She based her decision on Croatia,s cooperation in recent weeks wit [...]
2004-04-19 15:47:00Embassy The HagueSECRETBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04VATICAN1989SERB AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO, ISLAM
[...] (SBU) DARKO TANASKOVIC, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO (SAM) AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE, PASSED THE AMBASSADOR MAY 19 SAM'S DISCUSSION PAPER ON KOSOVO (REF A) AND IMPRESSED UPON HIM HIS CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE SERBIAN MINORITY IN THE PROVINCE. TANASKOVIC DESCRIBED A GROWING EXTREMISM AMONG [...]
2004-05-21 13:11:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF MW PREL SOCI SR VT YI UNMIK
04ZAGREB1033URGENT NEED FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING EQUIPMENT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-07 16:55:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS EAID PREL PGOV HR
04ZAGREB1277DAS STEPHENS REVIEWS RELATIONSHIP, URGES CROATIA'S
[...] (C) During her June 28-30 visit to Zagreb, EUR DAS Kathleen Stephens reviewed developments in our bilateral relationship. Satisfaction with the NATO Istanbul Summit was an important theme. Government interlocutors agreed that progress on refugee returns and the search for Gotovina must cont [...]
2004-07-13 05:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN MASS KAWC HR NATO
04ZAGREB1483COURT REJECTS NOTORIOUS LORA PRISON ACQUITTAL,
[...] Overturning a 2002 acquittal, the Croatian Supreme Court has called for a retrial of eight Croatian military police accused of the torture and murder of ethnic Serb civilians and soldiers at Lora Prison. The international community praised the ruling as Croatian recognition of the original t [...]
2004-08-20 14:59:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PREL KJUS HR
04ZAGREB1529CROATIA'S NATO STRATEGY: READY TO OPEN MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting on August 25, Croatia's National NATO Coordinator Pjer Simunovic told us that the soon-to-be finished Strategic Defense Review will drive a new long term vision for the Croatian armed forces based on the premise that Croatia should be prepared for NATO membership, [...]
2004-08-27 15:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR HR NATO
04ZAGREB1571PUMPING UP -- OPPOSITION REVIVING COALITIONS FOR LOCAL
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatia's current opposition parties learned the hard way when they lost power in the 2003 parliamentary elections - coalitions are the key to electoral victory against the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). With that lesson in mind, opposition leaders see local elec [...]
2004-09-06 13:25:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM HR
04ZAGREB1665CROATIA CONTINUES ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT IN
[...] CROATIA HAS ENGAGED ACTIVELY IN A NUMBER OF NATO-RELATED ACTIVITIES DURING ITS CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE ADRIATIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION (JULY-DECEMBER 2004) AND HAS A FULL CALENDAR PLANNED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR (SEE PARA 2 BELOW). THE GOC KICKED OFF ITS CHAIRMANSHIP WITH AN INFORMAL PAR [...]
2004-09-20 08:45:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDMARR HR NATO
04ZAGREB179FASCISM FALLS OUT OF FASHION IN CROATIA
[...] (SBU) Until relatively recently, expressions of extreme nationalism were considered acceptable in Croatia's political and social dialogue. That seems to be changing. Croatians have gotten the message that extreme nationalism is incompatible with their ambitions of accession to Euro-Atlantic [...]
2004-01-29 15:35:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV HR
04ZAGREB1801GOC COMMITTED TO CLOSING REFUGEE PORTFOLIO; RECENT
[...] (U) During his 29 SEP ) 2 OCT trip to Croatia, Assistant Secretary for PRM Arthur Dewey visited several refugee return SIPDIS sites - both trouble spots and successes - and heard that the barriers to additional returns include a lack of economic opportunity in the war-affected areas, bureauc [...]
2004-10-15 06:10:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF
04ZAGREB1936BUSINESS AS "ZUZUL" - FM FACES CORRUPTION SCANDAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Opposition parliamentarians today filed a motion for a vote of no-confidence in Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul after a week of swirling corruption accusations. Zuzul has denied all wrongdoing in the business deal at the center of the controversy, but the chief state pr [...]
2004-11-08 16:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HR
04ZAGREB2001A/S JONES WELCOMES CROATIAN CONSTRUCTIVENESS IN
[...] (SBU) During their November 11 meeting, A/S Beth Jones and Prime Minister Sanader discussed steps to improve regional relations, current and possibly additional Croatian contributions to resolve international crises, and the possibility of signing an Article 98 Agreement. PM Sanader stressed [...]
2004-11-17 15:27:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KAWC HR NATO
04ZAGREB2013SANADER'S BELGRADE VISIT HAILED AS HISTORIC,
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Politicians and analysts from across nearly the entire political spectrum have praised PM Ivo Sanader's November 15 visit to Belgrade and his meetings with SAM President Svetozar Marovic and PM Vojislav Kostunica as a key step forward in post-war reconciliation. Accord [...]
2004-11-18 15:22:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SR HR
04ZAGREB382AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES RATIFIED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: LATE ON MARCH 3, THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT RATIFIED THE AGREEMENT ON SUCCESSION ISSUES AND ADOPTED A CONCLUSION COMMITTING THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE THE INVESTIGATION INTO $589 MILLION WHICH ARE "MISSING" FROM JOINT VENTURE BANK ACCOUNTS. CROATIA IS THE LAST COUNTRY OF THE F [...]
2004-03-05 13:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN HR
04ZAGREB409UNDERSECRETARY DOBRIANSKY VISIT TO CROATIA
[...] (C) On March 2 Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky visited Croatia and met with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul. The Under Secretary discussed Croatia's participation in the Community of Democracies, the UN Commis [...]
2004-03-10 13:48:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PREF KDEM HR NATO
04ZAGREB410SURVEY ON REFUGEE RETURN TO CROATIA
[...] (C) Results of an extensive survey, financed jointly by USAID and the OSCE, show that only five percent of ethnic Serb refugees -- approximately 10,500 out of the estimated 210,000 ethnic Serbs from Croatia who are now in Serbia or Bosnia -- plan to return to Croatia in the next five years, an [...]
2004-03-11 05:27:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL HR
04ZAGREB554SERBS PLAYING POLITICAL HARDBALL ON RETURN ISSUES
[...] (C) Disappointed with GOC implementation of promises to address refugee return issues, Serb politicians threatened on March 23 to withdraw their informal support for PM Sanader's government. Sanader responded immediately and met with Milorad Pupovac, one of three MPs representing the Serb min [...]
2004-04-01 09:51:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PGOV PREL HR
04ZAGREB584ZUZUL: NEW GOVERNMENT PUSHING AHEAD AS FAST AS IT
[...] (C) The new Croatian government is doing everything it can to keep its EU and NATO bids on track and forge better ties with the U.S. Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul conveyed confidence in a dinner on April 1 with the Ambassador and EUR/SCE Director Chuck English. He said the Prime Minister's [...]
2004-04-05 15:21:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR NATO
04ZAGREB766THE SANADER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST SEMESTER -- OFF TO
[...] (C) PM Ivo Sanader's furious, almost frantic, pace for his first 100 days in office has produced positive results. Most of his government's energy has been focused on foreign policy, where Sanader and his closest associates had to work quickly to convince the skeptics of the "new HDZ" who are [...]
2004-04-28 14:45:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR
04ZAGREB842CROATIA HESITANT, BUT WILLING TO EXPAND ATTENDANCE
[...] (SBU) CROATIA REMAINS HESITANT TO INCLUDE SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AS FULL PARTICIPANTS IN THE MAY 19 - 20 ADRIATIC CHARTER PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION MEETING. WE DELIVERED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO PJER SIMUNOVIC, CROATIA'S POLITICAL DIRECTOR FOR NATO ISSUES. SIMUNOVIC SA [...]
2004-05-12 16:23:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL HR NATO
04ZAGREB847PERMANENT SAVA COMMISSION HAS CROATIAN SUPPORT BUT
[...] (U) THE FOLLOWING RESPONDS TO REFTEL QUESTIONS ON THE STATUS OF THE SAVA RIVER BASIN INITIATIVE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT COMMISSION IN ZAGREB. SUMMARY ------- 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PERMANENT SAVA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION WITH A SECRETARIAT IN ZAGREB HAS BROAD SUPPORT AT THE [...]
2004-05-13 09:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID ECIN EWWT PREL HR
04ZAGREB968PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MESIC'S
[...] (C) In what was mostly an inside baseball discussion about Croatian politics, President Mesic's top Domestic Policy Advisor, Igor Dekanic, told us on May 26 that he was optimistic about Mesic's reelection prospects -- although an official announcement of his candidacy was still months away. [...]
2004-05-26 17:05:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HR
04ZAGREB978NATO SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS CROATIA
[...] (C) In a brief visit to Zagreb on May 26, NATO Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer "left a message of encouragement" for Croatia to move forward toward qualifying for an invitation to join the Alliance by making concrete progress in NATO's Membership Action Plan. In an outbrief to [...]
2004-05-27 16:30:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL HR NATO
05ADDISABABA3802AU'S KONARE ON AU ASSEMBLY CHIEF, WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare told Charge November 8 that Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso appears to be the most likely successor to Nigerian President Obasanjo to serve as Chairman of the AU Assembly. Konare also said that an AU team had just [...]
2005-11-09 04:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL ET XA AF UNION
05ALMATY2838KAZAKHSTANI YOUTH MOVEMENT FINDS INSPIRATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an initiative to mobilize apathetic youth in Kazakhstan, a new non-partisan youth movement, called Kahar [Protest], emerged last winter. Drawing inspiration, if not the numbers, from influential youth groups like Otpor and Pora, Kahar could attract more young people, especial [...]
2005-08-04 01:47:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KZ POLITICAL
05ALMATY572 ENGAGING THE MEDIA TO DISPEL RUMORS ABOUT U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The election of Viktor Yushchenko as Ukraine's President has intensified suspicions and fueled rumors in Kazakhstan that U.S.-sponsored NGOs are here to support opposition political parties. There are widespread rumors that NGOs such as Soros Foundation of Kazakhstan (SFK),Fr [...]
2005-02-13 23:32:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM KZ POLITICAL
05AMMAN5043 UNEP Supporting Study of Depleted Uranium in Iraq;
[...] Summary: The United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) organized a one-day training seminar on May 31 in Amman to review depleted uranium (DU) in Iraq. Iraqi officials at the seminar said that DU presents serious health risks and is responsible for higher cancer rates in and around Basra. In [...]
2005-06-23 11:09:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO MOPS JO
05ANKARA1878TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 16-28,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 27 by Cumhuriyet [...]
2005-04-01 12:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2782TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 1-15,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Hurriyet on Tuesday, Ma [...]
2005-05-16 14:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA2811ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-17 13:22:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3055TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 15-31,
[...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Radikal on Monday, May [...]
2005-06-01 07:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3134ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3495ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-20 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3857ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-05 13:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA424ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-26 15:36:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4481TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 16-31,
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, July 17: [...]
2005-08-02 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU
05ANKARA4735ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 16:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5140TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, August 16-
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...]
2005-09-02 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA5496TALKING TO TURKS: WORDS AND PHRASES TO AVOID
[...] (C) Summary: Some words and phrases Westerners commonly use to describe Turkish society and Turkish politics cause unintended controversy here. Turks are still debating fundamental aspects their politics, history, society, and religion, and by using certain words or phases Western commentator [...]
2005-09-22 11:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPA PGOV PINS PREL TU KISL
05ANKARA6182ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-12 15:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6554TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16-
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...]
2005-11-02 11:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6954ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-25 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
05ATHENS181GREEK FM STRESSES GRADUAL INTEGRATION IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In their introductory meeting on January 13, Greek FM Molyviatis told the Ambassador that Greece wanted to bring Serbia into the European family, which would also be a way to ease the way forward on Kosovo. An "intermediate trusteeship" for Kosovo would be more stabilizing for th [...]
2005-01-14 14:08:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALGR PREL MACEDONIA
05ATHENS1872005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT GREECE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-18 07:45:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB GR
05ATHENS2545ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS IN GREECE (C-CN5-00417)
[...] (C) In response to ref, post provides the following information on organized crime groups in Greece (keyed to ref questions): A. Are there organized crime groups present in the host country that originated in the following countries: Russia, Ukraine, Italy, the Balkans (Albania, Serbia, [...]
2005-09-28 12:46:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPINR GR INTERNAL
05ATHENS2648USG INVITEES FOR SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF THE
[...] (U) On October 25, the European Commission, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro and UNMIK are scheduled to sign the treaty to create the Energy Community for Southeast Europe (ECSEE). The treaty will create a regional electricity and natural gas [...]
2005-10-07 17:15:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG GR
05ATHENS2811BALKANS UPDATE FROM THE GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting, Foreign Minister Molyviatis confirmed to Ambassador that Greece will support the opening of EU accession talks with "FYROM," absent resolution of the name issue between Greece and Macedonia. Prospects for resolution of the name issue, however, are dim, [...]
2005-10-27 15:40:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALGR PGOV PREL EU AMB
05ATHENS3159GOG COMMITS TO PROVIDE $600,000 TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his December 5 visit to Athens, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia Thomas Mefford obtained the GoG's commitment to provide $600,000 in funding for a multilateral anti-trafficking program in Albania. This was the culmination of almost two years o [...]
2005-12-14 07:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL AL GR BALKANS
05ATHENS355AMBASSADOR'S BALKANS LUNCH HIGHLIGHTS GREECE'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 1 lunch hosted by Ambassador to discuss Balkans issues, Greek MFA Balkans Director Mallias, recently returned from a visit to Washington, advocated for the EU to involve itself more in Kosovo -- ideally, administering the territory until final status negotiations [...]
2005-02-02 16:14:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GR AMB
05ATHENS849A SNAPSHOT OF THE GREEK ENERGY SECTOR:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ries met with the Chairman of the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) on March 21, and the CEO and Chairman of Hellenic Petroleum (HP) on March 22. DEPA is undergoing capital restructuring while the GoG has already gradually sold its shares of HP. DEPA is part of a joint [...]
2005-03-28 11:49:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EPET GR AMB
05BAGHDAD2598MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, U.S. WITHDRAWAL,
[...] SUMMARY: The major themes in the daily newspapers on June. 19 were Al-Jafari's visit to Kuwait, military operations in Al-Qa'im and Al-Thar Thar, and the Brussels conference. END SUMMARY. ----------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS ----------------- A. "Failure is not an option in Iraq" (Asharq [...]
2005-06-19 09:18:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4319DAILY IRAQI WEBSITE MONITORING - October 19, 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 18:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
05BRATISLAVA131FEB 21 GAERC: SLOVAK RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Lubomir Rehak, European Correspondent at the MFA, February 11. Rehak welcomed USG positions on transatlantic relations, the Middle East Peace Process, and Iraq. Rehak expects the EU to continue to demand Gotovina's surrender to The Hague before [...]
2005-02-15 14:43:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ LO
05BRATISLAVA160CO2 EMISSION RESTRICTIONS SQUEEZE ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In October 2004, the EU mandated that the GOS reduce its National Allocation Plan (NAP) for CO2 emissions by 14 percent. Recently, local companies, including U.S. Steel Kosice (USSK),have complained that the European Commission (EC) is targeting new EU members to reduce CO2 e [...]
2005-03-01 13:51:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV LO EU
05BRATISLAVA17SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 07, 2005
[...] (SBU) Lubomir Cano, Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, said the MOD and MFA have agreed upon a proposal to send five Slovak soldiers to the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). The original parliamentary mandate allows up to 110 non-combat personnel to be deployed under O [...]
2005-01-10 06:34:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PHUM LO IZ
05BRATISLAVA262SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN OSLO DONOR'S CONFERENCE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 14:00:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON LO
05BRATISLAVA449CONFERENCE ON BALKANS HIGHLIGHTS ROLE FOR SLOVAKIA
[...] Summary/Introduction: On May 20-21 the Research Center of the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) hosted a conference on "Assessing Developments in the Western Balkans: Problems of Today, Ideas for the Future." Co-sponsors of the conference were the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the [...]
2005-06-10 10:50:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL LO
05BRATISLAVA642SLOVAKIA PREPARES TO ABOLISH EXTREMIST POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Slovakia is struggling to come to terms with its diversity and diminish the influence of racist extremist groups. A recent meeting with the Interior Ministry's chief coordinator of the anti-extremism unit revealed that the government allowed extremist group Slovens [...]
2005-08-09 14:47:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI SMIG PINR LO
05BRATISLAVA668(U) ORGANIZED CRIME IN SLOVAKIA (C-CN5-00417)
[...] (U) In response to reftel inquiry regarding organized crime in Slovakia, post provides the following response: A. (U) ARE THERE ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS PRESENT IN THE HOST COUNTRY THAT ORIGINATED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES: RUSSIA, UKRAINE, ITALY, THE BALKANS (ALBANIA, SERBIA, BOSNIA),JA [...]
2005-08-18 12:57:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR SOCI LO
05BRATISLAVA670OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES OF SLOVAK NGOS
[...] Slovak NGOs continue to proudly participate in overseas activities fostering democratization. With support from Slovakaid (the branch of the MFA responsible for foreign aid) Slovak NGOs note that their own post-communism transition experience gives them a "comparative advantage" when it come [...]
2005-08-19 09:15:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL EAID LO
05BRATISLAVA926SLOVAK VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC
[...] (SBU) Polec Chief met with European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak November 16 to discuss points provided reftel on agenda items at the November 21 GAERC. 2. (SBU) DEFENSE ISSUES: Rehak noted that 19 states are members of both NATO and the EU, and it was in all their interests to improve coop [...]
2005-11-18 19:33:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EU LO
05BRATISLAVA950AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH PM DZURINDA
[...] (U) The Ambassador and his wife hosted Prime Minister and Mrs. Mikulas Dzurinda for a private dinner November 22. They agreed that relations between Slovakia and the United States had never been better. Following are informal notes from the conversation. Dzurinda on President Bush, and Pos [...]
2005-11-30 15:08:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON LO
05BRUSSELS1593COMMISSION AND COUNCIL EXPECT SHORT GAERC MEETING
[...] (U) A shorter than normal GAERC on April 25 is unlikely to take any significant decisions on external relations topics. On the Middle East, the GAERC is exepcted to issue Conclusions on the MEPP, Iraq and Lebanon. Africa discussion will focus on the Great Lakes, with any new decisions on Zimb [...]
2005-04-22 10:29:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1641APRIL 25 GAERC: EU FMS DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST,
[...] (SBU) EU FMs' April 25 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting went much as expected (REF A),with discussion moving briskly through the day's agenda prior to FMs leaving to attend the signing ceremony for the EU Accession Treaty of Romania and Bulgaria (REF B). The EU [...]
2005-04-26 15:05:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID LE IZ IS ZF ZI RU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2227SCHENGEN TURNS TWENTY: BIGGER AND BOLDER THAN EVER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Schengen area has grown from six core countries in 1985 to fifteen at present, with eleven more -- including most recently Switzerland -- expected to be integrated by the end of 2007. Border-free travel within the zone has proved popular with the European public and is one [...]
2005-06-09 14:37:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS SMIG PREL CMGT KFRD KCRM PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2748A/S FRIED - EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA, JULY
[...] (C) Following a luncheon discussion with all 25 EU Political Directors on transatlantic relations, the EU's neighborhood policy, and the Middle East (reported septel) A/S Fried met with the EU "troika" led by UK Political Director Sawers, Council DG for CFSP Robert Cooper, and Commission RELEX [...]
2005-07-20 09:33:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM ZK IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS3558EU FOREIGN MINISTERS TO FOCUS ON TURKEY, IRAN,
[...] (C) EU FMs will meet in an extraordinary session the evening of October 2 to focus on Turkey. On October 3 EU foreign ministers will hold their scheduled meeting (GAERC) and will focus on strategy regarding Iran, decide whether current Croatian cooperation with the ICTY merits a start of acce [...]
2005-09-29 16:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL HR RS TU IZ IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4315DAS DICARLO AND EU DISCUSS W. BALKANS
[...] (C) DAS Rosemary DiCarlo and Kosovo Desk Officer Black discussed the Western Balkans with the UK Presidency and EU officials at the U.S.-EU COWEB Troika meeting in Brussels November 29. DAS DiCarlo highlighted the EU accession process as a catalyst for reform in the region but noted that cou [...]
2005-12-07 07:59:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1031DECLARATION OF DISASTER - ROMANIA
[...] SUMMARY: In response to heavy damage caused by recent storms and floods, the Embassy hereby declares that a state of disaster exists in seven counties located mainly in the West and South-Western parts of Romania and requests $50,000 to be provided to assist in the relief effort. END SUMMAR [...]
2005-04-27 14:37:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDEAID RO
05BUCHAREST130ROMANIA: NEW GOVERNMENT INAUGERATES FISCAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just before New Year's eve, and the day after receiving Parliament's vote of confidence, the new center-right government of PM Calin Popescu-Tariceanu carried out its campaign pledge to amend the Fiscal Code and introduce a 16% flat tax on personal income and corporate profits. [...]
2005-01-14 15:46:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND EFIN RO
05BUCHAREST1510EXBS: ROMANIA & BULGARIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE -
[...] June 9 Advisor and Staff Assistant met with Nelu Pop, Frontier Police Inspector General, for the formal donation of EXBS provided equipment made for the past several months. Frontier Police requested this so that signatures could be witnessed by a notary public. 2. June 24 Advisor met with [...]
2005-07-07 13:38:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP BU RO
05BUCHAREST1609ROMANIAN FLOOD UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-20 15:24:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EIND EFIN RO
05BUCHAREST175PRESIDENT BASESCU OUTLINES FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Basescu's first major foreign policy address, delivered to Romania's diplomatic corps on January 18, set benchmarks for an active foreign policy agenda during his first term. Tackling corruption, continuing progress toward EU accession and strengthening Romania's stra [...]
2005-01-20 15:46:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM RO
05BUCHAREST759OIL AND GAS FROM THE EAST: ROMANIA'S PIPELINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Romania's two energy pipeline priorities continue to be the Constanta-Pancevo-Omisalj-Trieste (CPOT) oil pipeline and Nabucco natural gas pipeline. The Romanian Ministry of Economy values the strategic diversification of energy sourcing that these pipelines would provide. END [...]
2005-03-25 13:07:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG SENV RO
05DUBLIN1196ORGANIZED CRIME IN IRELAND (C-CN5-00417)
[...] (C) Summary. It is unlikely that there is large scale involvement of non-nationals in organized crime activities in the Republic of Ireland. According to the EU's 2004 Organized Crime Report, Ireland is unique in that its organized criminal elements are comprised almost entirely of Irish na [...]
2005-09-27 16:11:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PTER
05DUBLIN207IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (U) On February 15, Post delivered reftel talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Trans-Atlantic Relations ------------------------- 2. (SBU) The European Union strongly supports practical cooperation with the United States across the full [...]
2005-02-17 18:02:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL
05DUBLIN715IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: On June 8, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Keown said that the GOI might contribute police personnel to the EU's planned Rule of Law training program for the Iraqi Transitional Government, but would not l [...]
2005-06-10 08:52:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EUN
05FRANKFURT1092International Use of the Euro - Broadly Stable;
[...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank's (ECB) annual publication on the international role of the Euro concludes that the euro's role in international capital and foreign exchange markets and use as an international reserve currency "has remained largely stable," while "there have [...]
2005-02-04 15:56:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EUN
05GENEVA1320 MEETING OF THE WTO GENERAL COUNCIL - MAY 26, 2005
[...] Begin Summary. The meeting of the WTO General Council on May 26, 2005 was punctuated by two significant decisions - 1) a decision to create a working party on the accession of Iran to the WTO, and 2) formal approval of Pascal Lamy to be the next WTO Director-General. Lamy's term will [...]
2005-05-31 12:52:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA2727WSIS PREPCOM III MEETS IN GENEVA; LEAVES KEY
[...] Summary: The third meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom III) for Phase II of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) took place in Geneva, Switzerland on September 19 ) 30, 2005. Over 1,900 participants attended the PrepCom including 1047 delegates representing 152 states [...]
2005-11-09 05:44:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EU IO TS WSIS
05HANOI366 NSC Senior Director Michael Green Discusses China
[...] (SBU) Summary: The complicated Vietnam-China relationship is at a relatively weak point, with the traditional friendship of the two ruling Communist Parties tested by bilateral incidents and rising distrust of China's motives in Asia, according to Vietnamese think tank and foreign policy offic [...]
2005-02-16 10:13:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD PBTS CH VM ARF CVR ASEAN
05HARARE868MDC HEAD PREVIEWS MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR FRAZER
[...] MDC President Morgan Tsavngirai met with CDA June 21 to discuss his June 22-24 trip to South Africa and his meeting with Ambassador Frazier. Tsvangirai said the purpose of the trip was to meet with IRI,s communications expert and discuss the party,s message in the wake of another stolen elec [...]
2005-06-22 15:24:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ZI MDC
05HELSINKI207FEBRUARY 21 GAERC: FINLAND RESPONSE
[...] (U) We delivered Ref A demarche to the Finnish MFA and the Prime Minister's Office on February 11. In a February 16 follow-up conversation with Kimmo Lahdevirta, Finnish EU Correspondent, Lahdevirta provided GoF views on the GAERC agenda and a preview of the issues the Finns want to raise dur [...]
2005-02-17 13:04:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL UP MD SR BK SU HR FI EUN EU GAERC
05HELSINKI930FINLAND: PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER 1-2 GYMNICH MEETING
[...] Summary: (U) The GoF plans to concentrate on three issues at the Gymnich: EU enlargement, the Middle-East Peace Process, and the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). Finland will strongly support the start of Turkish accession talks on Oct. 3, and EU Commissioner for Enlargement Ollie Rehn (a Finn) [...]
2005-08-26 14:00:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDEU PGOV PHUM PREL FI EUN
05ISTANBUL645RUSSIA PUTS HOLD ON U.S. BSEC OBSERVER REQUEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sources in the Secretariat of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation indicate the Russian Delegation blocked approval of the U.S. application for observer status at last week's Meeting of Senior Officials in Komotini, Greece. While the Russians technically "supporte [...]
2005-05-02 13:07:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECIN ETTC KFPC KTIA TU XG
05LJUBLJANA112SLOVENIA ON FEBRUARY 21 GAERC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-17 12:12:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK SI
05LJUBLJANA413SLOVENIA AND DELIVERABLES FOR US-EU CONFERENCE ON
[...] Ambassador discussed reftel points with MFA State Secretary Bozo Cerar June 17. Cerar was interested to know SIPDIS how the sum of $205 million of Iraq debt had been attributed to Slovenia. He explained that he was under the impression that Serbia and/or Montenegro was claiming all this d [...]
2005-06-21 05:53:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EIND PGOV PREL IZ SI EUN
05LJUBLJANA737SLOVENE PRESIDENT PROPOSES KOSOVO CONFIDENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 19, Slovene President Janez Drnovsek invited Contact Group (CG) Ambassadors in Ljubljana to lunch to lay out his idea of an "informal meeting" to be held in Slovenia to launch status negotiations on Kosovo. The invited would include Presidents, Prime Ministers and P [...]
2005-10-20 00:24:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SI YI
05LJUBLJANA756SLOVENIA: INDEPENDENT KOSOVO - WHAT WAS DRNOVSEK
[...] (C) Summary. On October 19 Slovene President Janez Drnovsek briefed Contact Group (CG) Ambassadors in Ljubljana on his nine point plan for conditional independence of Kosovo (Reftel). (Note: text of nine-point plan will come spetel). Much to the surprise of the CG Ambassadors, the Foreign Mi [...]
2005-10-26 08:27:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI YI
05LJUBLJANA758DRNOVSEK'S NINE POINT PLAN FOR KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) Per Reftels following is the text of the letter and nine-point plan Slovenian President Janez Drnovsek delivered to Contact Group Ambassadors October 20. It has previously been faxed to the Department, US Office Pristina and Embassy Belgrade. Begin Text: Dear Sir, You probably agr [...]
2005-10-26 09:03:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SI YI
05LJUBLJANA882OSCE: 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 07:12:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SI
05MADRID1577SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...]
2005-04-22 14:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN
05MADRID1578SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 25 FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Iraq, the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Great Lakes with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator (and Special Assistant to MFA Political Director Dezcallar) on April 21. Fernandez-Arias did not expect detailed discussion [...]
2005-04-22 14:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI SU SP EUN CGEN
05MADRID2970 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 18, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST IN BELGRADE, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, OF RADICAL ISLAMIST ABDELMAJID BOUCHAR FOR WHOM SPANISH AUTHORI [...]
2005-08-18 13:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3035SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 1-2
[...] (U) Poloff discussed reftel talking points with Carlos Fernandez-Arias, MFA EU Policy Coordinator. He stressed that the Gymnich meeting is an informal gathering of Foreign Ministers in which the ministers are meant to speak freely, and therefore no talking points were being prepared for Minist [...]
2005-08-24 15:03:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL SP
05MANAMA1685EUR A/S FRIED MEETS GREEK FM MOLYVIATIS AT FORUM
[...] (SBU) Meeting held on November 12, 2005, 12:00, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Manama, Bahrain. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. EUR A/S Dan Fried Leslie Tsou, NEA Watcher from Embassy London Michael Mussi (Embassy notetaker) Greece Foreign Affairs Minister Petros Molyviatis Ambassador Cha [...]
2005-11-15 12:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KMPI BA GR
05MAPUTO115MOZAMBIQUE: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-24 16:02:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EAGR ETRD BTIO BEXP EAID KTDB MZ USTR OPIC
05MONTREAL420INTERPOL SECGEN NOBLE'S MONTREAL VISIT;
[...] Summary. CONGEN Montreal FSN Investigator and DHS/ICE Agent represented post at the March 31 conference luncheon hosted by Conseil des Relations International de Montreal (CORIM) in honor of Interpol Secretary General (SG) Ronald K. Noble. In remarks on the conference theme "Threats to Inte [...]
2005-04-05 15:59:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SOCI PTER ASEC CA
05OTTAWA3092Canada Nominees for "U.S. National Security
[...] Summary: Mission Canada is pleased to nominate two strong candidates, selected from among the Embassy and seven consulates in Canada, for the subject U.S. Studies Institute. Both play significant roles in educating future leaders of Canada and stimulating public debate in Canada on securit [...]
2005-10-17 11:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL CA
05OTTAWA3106Canada Nominees for "U.S. National Security
[...] Summary: Mission Canada is pleased to nominate two strong candidates, selected from among the Embassy and seven consulates in Canada, for the subject U.S. Studies Institute. Both play significant roles in educating future leaders of Canada and stimulating public debate in Canada on securit [...]
2005-10-18 11:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL CA
05OTTAWA3120CANADA ON U.S. POLICY TOWARD BELARUS -- ENGAGE
[...] (C) Poloff shared U.S. views on democratization toward Belarus with Habib Massoud, Deputy Director at Foreign Affairs Canada for Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldavia. Massoud was grateful for the readout of U.S. intentions in Belarus and explained how Canada views its role in the region. As part o [...]
2005-10-18 20:13:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALBO KDEM PREL PHUM EAID PGOV CA SCRS
05PARIS1052PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the January 12-13, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non-Paris Club members Brazil, [...]
2005-02-18 11:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS1082FRENCH ON FEB. 21 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel A) points to MFA DAS-equivalent for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on Feb. 11 and followed up in conversation Feb. 18. LeDeunff emphasized that ministers would spend the bulk of the Feb. 21 GAERC in preparing for the EU summit with President Bus [...]
2005-02-18 18:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK FR
05PARIS1398FRANCE SUBMISSION FOR 2005 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) France is a destination country for trafficked persons, mainly women trafficked for prostitution from Eastern Europe (Romania, Bulgaria, and to a lesser extent Albania) and Africa (Nigera, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon). France's national Central Office for the Repression of Trafficking in Pe [...]
2005-03-03 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR RO
05PARIS1573(C) MFA OFFICIAL RETHINKS PUTIN'S ABILITIES, URGES
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Jean-Francois Terral, A/S-equivalent for Russia, the former Soviet space, and the Balkans, discussed a full range of related issues March 8 with POL M/C, with a particular focus on Russia and Kosovo. On Russia, Terral appeared more positive than expected on relations w [...]
2005-03-09 17:01:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV FR YI RU
05PARIS2441UNESCO: UNESCO: NEED FOR DEMARCHE ON EU COMPETENCY IN CULTURAL DIVERSITY NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) I understand that there has been a lot of discussion in Washington about the need to demarche UNESCO Executive Board members on the EU's draft resolution on EC participation in the cultural diversity negotiations. I cannot emphasize strongly enough that we need to demarche capitals on t [...]
2005-04-11 16:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD UNESCO EUN SCUL
05PARIS2517PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the April 5, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, Isr [...]
2005-04-13 16:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS2579PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON, PART I
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the March 9-10, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, [...]
2005-04-15 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS3183FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3456USUNESCO: May 13 UNESCO Conference of Donors for
[...] Summary: During the Conference of Donors for the Protection and Preservation of Cultural Heritage in Kosovo organized by UNESCO, donors pledged US$10 million, including U.S. $1 million from the United States, for the restoration, protection and enhancement of Christian and Islamic monuments [...]
2005-05-20 08:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PGOV YI SR UNESCO
05PARIS4201FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4203FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4901PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the June 15, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. The nex [...]
2005-07-13 17:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS5004MFA UNCERTAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 18 with POL M/C and Poloff, Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Balkans, Russia and the former Soviet space, said France was studying our ref A demarche supporting a multilateral conference on the Transnistria conflict, but was uncertain of its [...]
2005-07-19 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD FR UZ EUN OSCE
05PARIS6033A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH EUROPEAN DIRECTOR BRIATTA
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S equivalent Briatta told A/S Fried September 2 that he was "reasonably optimistic" that the EU could work out a declaration on Turkey that would allow accession negotiations to begin as scheduled on October 3, so long as the Greeks and Cypriots did not insist on new [...]
2005-09-07 07:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR TU EUN NATO
05PARIS6373PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the September 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed that Iraq's recently announced debt restructuring offer to its private creditors was broadly comparable to the deal it received in the Paris Club last year. Some creditors (Italy, Japan, Italy) suggested that Iraq may not be nego [...]
2005-09-19 15:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS6376(U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL
[...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...]
2005-09-20 06:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS7202U/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 08:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR IN FR KO
05PARIS7308PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the October 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors reached agreement with Nigeria on a comprehensive treatment to eliminate Nigeria's approximate $30 billion debt in exchange for cash payments totaling $12.6 billion ($12.4 billion in the deal itself, and $200 million upfront to meet a prec [...]
2005-10-26 08:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS7521FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...]
2005-11-03 17:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN
05PARIS7980PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the November 15 Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported that the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Iraq that will be presented to the IMF Board on December 23 will probably be precautionary. The Secretariat and some creditors complained that a precautionary arrangement belied Iraq's claim [...]
2005-11-23 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS8248 USUNESO - AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 2 LUNCH WITH
[...] Ambassador Oliver attended a lunch December 2 hosted by the Austrian ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner. The 11 guests were from other delegations and the UNESCO secretariat and included Monsignor Follo, the Holy See observer, the ambassadors of Lithuania, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro, the [...]
2005-12-05 17:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD FR EU AU YI UNESCO
05PARIS8525MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO and EU Agreements
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-19 13:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8571MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bolivia
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-21 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8582 UNESCO: Kosovo Experts' Meeting: Establishes
[...] (U) Summary. A 9 December UNESCO Experts' Meeting on Kosovo resulted in an agreed list of 13 priorities (seven Orthodox, six Muslim) for cultural restoration and the basis for a cooperative working relationship with UNMIK. The substantive part of the Expert Meeting, which took place in the p [...]
2005-12-21 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL CJAN EAID YI UNESCO EUN
05PARIS8586PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the December 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to implement a second 30 percent tranche of debt reduction for Iraq, provided a Stand-By Arrangement is approved by the IMF Executive Board before year-end. The first batch of bilateral agreements implementing the Paris Club debt d [...]
2005-12-21 17:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PRAGUE1407CZECHS ON OCT 3 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs are optimistic that the upcoming GAERC will find a way forward on Turkey. The GOCR has formally stated that they support launching talks with Turkey without establishing a privileged partnership or other status as an option. They also insist that there is no linkage w [...]
2005-09-30 16:51:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ TU EUN
05PRAGUE1572CZECHS ON NOV 7 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. The Czechs support tough measures against Syria, Belarus, and Cuba, but do not have the full support of their EU partners. On Iraq, the Czechs will continue their mission independent of any EU mission. In the Balkans, Czechs support the open door policy. However, due to enlarge [...]
2005-11-04 09:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE1590CZECHS ON TRANSFORMING DEMOCRACIES
[...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA's Director for Transformation Cooperation believes that many international efforts to foster democratic change -- including in particular those of the EU -- suffer because the funding mechanisms chosen impede the chances for success. She believes that donors need to b [...]
2005-11-09 15:12:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ CU UP GG MD SR BK IZ BO BM
05PRAGUE1623CZECHS ON NOV 21 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. The primary focus of the Nov 21 GAERC will be the EU budget. The Czechs support the Luxembourg Compromise, but pragmatically believe no compromise will be reached in the upcoming GAERC (or even this year). The Czechs generally support EU efforts in the Middle East, the Balkans, and [...]
2005-11-18 16:21:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EZ EUN
05PRAGUE611CZECH REPUBLIC, BULGARIA, SERBIA-MONTENEGRO, AND
[...] Embassy Prague welcomes and grants country clearance for Dr. Lawrence Drew of the US Geological Survey to visit the Czech Republic, May 2-6, to present lectures and conduct a workshop. 2. Embassy point of contact will be Mark Canning, tel: (420) 257 5333 822, Email:CanningMA2@state.gov [...]
2005-04-27 11:00:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY SENV OTRA
05PRAGUE832CZECH MFA FOCUSES "LESSONS LEARNED" ASSISTANCE ON
[...] Summary: The Czech MFA office designed to promote democratic transformations based on Czech experience is now in its first year of operation. Priority areas for activity are Belarus and Cuba, with the office supporting other MFA assistance in Iraq; future targets are Ukraine, Moldova, Serbi [...]
2005-06-02 12:12:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL EZ CU BO IZ
05RANGOON1235ENGAGE BURMA: EUROPEAN VIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with all European diplomatic missions represented in Rangoon (plus two accredited missions resident in Bangkok) revealed waning support for advancing democracy and human rights in Burma, and growing interest in expanding humanitarian assistance. The British join u [...]
2005-11-02 05:40:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID SW FR GM UK YI IT EZ BM
05ROME1390ITALIAN VIEWS ON APRIL 25 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) MFA EU CFSP Director Luigi Mattiolo told Poloff that during the April 25 EU GAERC, FMs would discuss preparations for the June US-EU conference on Iraq. Italy wants to be sure Baghdad authorities views are also incorporated into the preparation phase of the conference. ---- MEPP ---- [...]
2005-04-22 16:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU IT EUN
05ROME1859UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN Security Council reform, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Syria/Lebanon, Darfur, and Iran during his May 13 stopover in Rome. On most issues, Italian positions were [...]
2005-06-01 09:45:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI
05ROME1966A/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 17:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT
05ROME1980SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER KOSTUNICA IN ROME; TAKES A
[...] (C) As reported ref a, on June 7, in anticipation of Serbian Prime Minister Kostunica's visit to Rome later the same day, EUR A/S Fried provided MFA POLDIR Terzi with an overview of the U.S. position on Kosovo. Fried asked that Italy try to persuade him to accept a definition of "less than in [...]
2005-06-10 13:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EU SR IT KOC UN NATO
05ROME2874ITALY SAYS TURKEY WILL LIKELY DOMINATE SEPTEMBER
[...] (C) Summary. On August 24, Poloff met separately with Sergio Mercuri of the MFA's EU office and Stefano Ravagnan of the MFA's Southern Europe office to discuss ref A demarche. Poloff also met with Raimondo De Cardona from the MFA's Balkans office on August 29. Mercuri and Ravagnan stated t [...]
2005-08-29 14:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL TU IT EUN
05ROME3080PROMOTING GREATER TRANSATLANTIC COOPERATION: EUR
[...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker discussed BMENA, Iraq, Iran, Turkey's accession to the EU, and the Balkans with senior Italian MFA officials during his September 6 stopover in Rome. Greater transatlantic cooperation, especially in dealing with challenges outside of Europe, provided the backdrop [...]
2005-09-15 10:44:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IR IZ IT EUN
05ROME3729SERBIA/MONTENEGRO AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Poloff met with Amb. Darko Uskokovic, Serbia/Montenegro Ambassador to Italy to discuss his views on the bilateral relationship between SaM and Italy and a possible Montenegrin referendum for independence. Uskokovic, a politically-appointed Ambassador who is close to [...]
2005-11-09 15:15:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IT MW SR NATO
05ROME4107FRATTINI TO FLOAT EU BALKANS ROADMAP
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Italian MFA December 19 hosted a conference on Balkans issues attended by Albanian Foreign Minister Besnik Mustafaj, Vice President of the European Commission Franco Frattini, and members of the Italian MFA Department for Balkan Affairs. Frattini stated that on January 9, [...]
2005-12-20 15:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM YI SR MW IT BI
05ROME746MFA ON FINI'S BALKANS VISIT; DAS STEPHENS ROME
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that FM Fini's February 23-25 Balkans visit had been"constructive," and that Fini reassured his interlocutors that Italy would "maintain maximum attention" to the region. In Belgrade he pointed out that ICTY cooperation remains crucial for the region's advancemen [...]
2005-03-04 17:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL SR IT KI EUN
05ROME989US-ITALIAN GOALS FOR BALKANS: "PLAYING THE SAME
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings with MFA Political Director Terzi and European Affairs Director-General Caracciolo, DAS Stephens heard a strong Italian pledge of continued participation and cooperation with the US in the Balkans. Terzi said that Italy was focusing on a number of important issues, fr [...]
2005-03-22 17:17:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL AL SR BS EUN HZ
05SANAA1500SCENESETTER FOR NAVCENT COMMANDER - VADM NICHOLS
[...] (S/NF) EMBASSY SANAA WARMLY WELCOMES THE VISIT OF NAVCENT COMMANDER, VADM NICHOLS, AND HIS STAFF JUNE 12-13. YOU WILL FIND THAT OPERATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING AND MARITIME COOPERATION BETWEEN USG AND ROYG IS INCREASING. YOU WILL MEET WITH DEFENSE MINISTER, MAJOR GENERAL ABDULLAH ALI A [...]
2005-06-01 12:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR MASS MOPS YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA1790PRIORITIES FOR WASHINGTON VISIT: SALEH NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
[...] (S) Summary: Significant progress has been made in our relationship with Yemen in the past four years. The ROYG has arrested and tried perpetrators of the USS Cole and VM Limburg attacks, shared GWOT-related information, collaborated in the capture of AQ suspects and helped uncover plots agains [...]
2005-06-28 15:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PARMS MARR KDEM KMCA KMPI YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA269COMBATING YEMEN'S GRAY MARKET IN SMALL ARMS AND
[...] (S) Summary. Yemen has one of the highest per capita rates of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) in the world. It has been reported that, as a result of leakage or diversion, Yemeni weapons procured officially by the Ministry of Defense (MOD) have ended up in terrorist caches. In the past y [...]
2005-02-08 15:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PARM PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA564SALEH SAYS FROM NOW ON NO MORE WEAPONS DEALS USING
[...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/ARPI. See para. 12. 2. (S) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to President Saleh on March 10. In a classic Saleh move to put his interlocutors on the defensive, the Yemeni President opened with a theatrical tirade on the latest Human Rights [...]
2005-03-12 07:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ETTC PARM PHUM IZ SA SR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA602TURNING SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES: YEMEN'S CHIEF OF
[...] (S) During a 3/15 meeting with General Gassemi, Chief of Staff of the armed forces of Yemen, DCM, DATT and OMC presented Gassemi with recently released photos and serial numbers of the weapons found on two of the Jedda Consulate attackers in December. DCM briefed Gassemi on the conversations t [...]
2005-03-16 04:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA690SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...]
2005-03-23 11:22:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
05SOFIA1000 STABILITY PACT FOR SOUTH EAST EUROPE PRESSING
[...] SUMMARY: The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe's semi-annual Regional Table Meeting May 17-18 in Sofia pushed countries in South East Europe to make a greater political and resource commitment to the Pact's regional initiatives. The meeting was the first serious discussion countries have [...]
2005-06-03 14:06:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL PHUM PARM BU
05SOFIA1945BULGARIA SEEKS BALANCED APPROACH TO KOSOVO
[...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria supports a balanced approached to negotiations over Kosovo's future status and believes that all options should be considered. Sofia sees the prospect of EU integration for Kosovo, and other West Balkan countries, as the key factor in bringing stability and development to [...]
2005-11-18 12:34:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR BU
05SOFIA19502006 NTE UPDATE FOR BULGARIA
[...] The following is Embassy's input for the 2006 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report for Bulgaria. The text -- including the ranking of barriers -- has been sent electronically to USTR and State (EB). RANKING OF BARRIERS: The following are general range estimates of what the increase in U.S. e [...]
2005-11-21 14:47:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN ECON KIPR BEXP EAGR PGOV BU
05SOFIA2036 BULGARIA: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Per reftels, Post provides its submission for the 2005- 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Bulgaria. Begin text of 2005-2006 INCSR for Bulgaria: Part I - DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL I. Summary Bulgaria is a major transit country, as well as a producer of illic [...]
2005-12-12 14:41:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM EFIN KTFN PTER KSEP BU
05SOFIA2056BULGARIA SEEKS TO PLAY POSITIVE ROLE IN KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the Kosovo talks about to begin, Bulgaria is actively working to build confidence among the participants and create a positive environment for negotiations. The Bulgarian Minister of Culture last week hosted a meeting with his Serbian and Kosovar counterparts to discuss pr [...]
2005-12-14 15:36:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR BU
05SOFIA283BULGARIAN DEFENSE EQUIPMENT SALES TO IRAQ AND
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: We continue to support procurement of military equipment for the security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan as a major USG priority, but aspects of this process at the local level have raised concerns about potential weapons diversion. Embassy has encountered at least one case wh [...]
2005-02-11 12:55:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PGOV ETTC IZ AF BU
05TELAVIV5197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Mubarak Presidential Campaign 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the evacuation of Netzarim on Monday concluded the departure of all Gaza settlers. At noon [...]
2005-08-23 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV839ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) vowed to take action against any future Palestinian cease-fire violation after Palestinians fired more than 4 [...]
2005-02-11 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE1073NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH MOSTLY TRACK U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adriaan Palm (MFA, Office of Political Affairs) on April 21 and participated in the Dutch briefing on the GAERC later the same day, where Canada and Australia also took part. Palm said this GAERC would have an abbreviated agenda and adjourn [...]
2005-04-21 14:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2640NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH ANTICIPATE TURKEY, CROATIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch anticipate Turkey and Croatia to dominate discussion at the October 3 GAERC, and are cautiously optimistic that a positive decision on Turkish accession talks will emerge from the meetings. The Dutch are standing firm on "full cooperation" with the ICTY as a prerequisi [...]
2005-09-30 11:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NL EUN
05VIENNA1224GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK: VIENNA
[...] (S) Summary: Austria contributes constructively to the fight against terrorism. Austria is training and equipping Iraqi police, it has been an ally against terrorist financing, and it leads major programs to strengthen border policing in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Austria is currentl [...]
2005-04-14 09:12:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPTER PREL AU
05VIENNA1326APRIL 25 GAERC DEMARCHE: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 20 to Austrian MFA EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Andreas Riecken. Riecken told us that MFA was in the process or working out its positions on the draft Council conclusions. He noted tha [...]
2005-04-21 12:10:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU AU EUN
05VIENNA1382005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: Investment Climate Statement - Austria 2005 ------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location became [...]
2005-01-14 15:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB AU OPIC USTR
05VIENNA14842005 - Austria's Year of Commemoration
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the "Jubilee Year" of 2005, Austria is observing a number of significant anniversaries. Most prominent are the 50th anniversary of the Austrian State Treaty and the 60th anniversary of the reestablishment of the Austrian Republic after the end of World War II. Austria also [...]
2005-05-09 10:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA2331KOSOVO: AUSTRIA HOSTS "FREEDOM OF RELIGION"
[...] On July 9, EconPolCouns attended a conference on "Freedom of Religion and Principles of Self-Administration of Religious Institutions," with specific reference to Kosovo. Under the auspices of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, the University of Vienna, and the Foundation Pro Oriente, participant [...]
2005-07-11 15:13:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI AU YI
05VIENNA2670 AUSTRIA HOSTS 4TH INFORMAL BALKANS SUMMIT
[...] Summary: The Austrian Government and the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe hosted leaders from six southeastern European countries from 2-3 August for the 4th informal "Balkans Summit." Participants discussed the region's expectations for EU membership, establishing a common [...]
2005-08-09 09:04:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECIN AL BK HR MK RO SR AU EUN
05VIENNA3142ALPBACH POLITICAL FORUM: EU UNABLE TO PROJECT
[...] SUMMARY: The EU, a self-conscious "soft power," is unable or unwilling to use the potential for political clout that stems from its economic might. At the same time, EU membership holds considerable attraction for countries in the Western Balkans and beyond, and is an important inc [...]
2005-09-21 15:06:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECIN ELAB TU SR AU EUN RU CZ
05VIENNA3762EUR A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH AUSTRIAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: In discussions with Austrian interlocutors, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried outlined the strategic agenda for U.S. engagement with the Austrian EU Presidency. Most of our work concerns areas outside the EU. One key is the "frontiers of freedom" in Europe in an area analag [...]
2005-11-29 14:11:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU
05VIENNA3832AUSTRIAN MFA ON DECEMBER EU FOREIGN MINISTERS'
[...] (C) Pol Unit chief delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Andreas Riecken on December 2. We provided (per reftel) documents on the Dayton anniversary and the President's Iraq policy speech. In particular, we underlined the impo [...]
2005-12-07 17:09:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON YI BK AF AU EUN
05VIENNA473APPROACHING EU IN ADVANCE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) Economic-Political Counselor and Pol Unit Chief conveyed reftel demarche to MFA Director/Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Werner Almhofer on February 11 and followed up with him on February 16. Almhofer's likely successor, Andreas Riecken, also attended. 2 [...]
2005-02-17 15:35:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK AU EUN
05VILNIUS1013SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? No B. HAVE THERE BEEN ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE COUNTRY WITHIN THE LAST 12 MONTHS? No C. HAVE DEMONSTRATIONS TAKEN PLACE NEAR OR IN [...]
2005-09-23 16:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC LH PTER
05VILNIUS884LITHUANIA MOSTLY AGREES WITH USG POSITIONS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania basically concurs with U.S. positions on key agenda items for the September 1-2 Gymnich meeting, with some reservations on Turkey. Lina Peciulyte, acting head of the MFA's EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, said Lithuania continues to support beginning EU [...]
2005-08-26 08:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL LH
05VILNIUS947ORGANIZED CRIME IN LITHUANIA (C-CN5-00417)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 12:59:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPINR SOCI LH
05WARSAW3473OSCE: HDIM ELECTION ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary. Election issues were the focus of three early events at this year's Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM)in Warsaw. During the first HDIM Working Session, the clear fault line that separates most NGOs and participating States, including the United States, from Russia and [...]
2005-09-27 12:26:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PL OSCE
05YEREVAN2226NEW AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENTS FOR THE NEW
[...] (SBU) President Kocharian recently announced two new ambassadorial appointments, naming Ashot Hovakimian Ambassador to Austria (replacing Jivan Tabibian) and Ashot Galoyan as Ambassador to Poland (replacing Ashot Hovakimian). (Note: While the presidential proclamation does not explicitly ide [...]
2005-12-28 04:07:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR AM
05ZAGREB1115LOCAL ELECTIONS -- HORSE-TRADING NEARLY OVER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After six weeks of unprecedented horse-trading following Croatia's May 15 local elections, city councils and county assemblies have elected mayors and county prefects in all but a handful of jurisdictions. Political parties turned to coalitions of all stripes in the [...]
2005-07-06 16:05:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB1254OSIJEK WAR CRIMES - DELAYED JUSTICE, PRIMITIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A preliminary investigation into killings of dozens of ethnic Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991-92 is serving as a test of the capacity of the criminal justice system and the GoC's political will to prosecute war crimes perpetrated by Croatians. Chief suspect in the in [...]
2005-07-29 12:50:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB1304STORM ANNIVERSARY: DEFENDING OPERATION,
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: GoC officials, members of parliament, military leaders, war veterans, and the Croatian public marked the tenth anniversary of Operation Storm, the military action that liberated Serb-held territory in the so-called "Republika Srbska Krajina" (RSK),in ceremonies across the [...]
2005-08-09 10:09:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB1320CROATIA SEEKS COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic called in Charge on August 9 to preview a GOC non-paper outlining a framework for U.S.-Croatian cooperation in South East Europe over the next two years. Biscevic cited the resolution of the Kosovo question, the future of the Serbia-Montenegro [...]
2005-08-10 14:48:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR
05ZAGREB177ADRIATIC CHARTER MINISTERIAL REAFFIRMS REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Adriatic Charter Defense Ministers endorsed an ambitious agenda of 21 joint activities for 2005 that begins to bring much-needed substance to the Adriatic Charter dialogue. Although the planned August 2005 deployment of an A3 medical team to Afghanistan remains the most visible "deliver [...]
2005-02-03 15:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR HR NATO
05ZAGREB1810AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: 9 NOVEMBER 2005
[...] SUMMARY: As of November 9, 2005, no additional cases of H5N1 have been confirmed in Croatia. The GOC has begun to relax some of the biosafety measures outside of the initial sites. Public awareness efforts are continuing and poultry sales are rebounding. END SUMMARY 2. The Croatian Ve [...]
2005-11-09 13:41:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO PREL EAID WHO CASC HR
05ZAGREB183ADRIATIC CHARTER DEFENSE MINISTERIAL BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) The U.S. delegation to the Adriatic Charter (A3) Defense Ministerial, led by Ambassador Frank, met with the State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 24 January 2005 and the Minister of Defense of Croatia on 25 January 2005. Mr. Alan Van Egmond, OSD Director of Balk [...]
2005-02-07 06:36:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS HR NATO
05ZAGREB1926CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: DECEMBER 7
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 09:29:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR
05ZAGREB1927CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA-RELATED TRADE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 09:29:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR
05ZAGREB377Prosecutors Investigate Refugee Housing Scam
[...] (SBU) In mid-February, the Croatian Office for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) began investigating possible illegal sales of refugee Serb houses to the Croatian State Agency for Refugee Property (APN). Intermediaries in Serbia and Montenegro (SAM),supposedly representing Serb [...]
2005-03-09 12:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV HR
05ZAGREB590USG REHABILITATING MASS MURDERER? - AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Both President Stjepan Mesic and PM Ivo Sanader have called in Ambassador Frank in the past 24 hours to express grave concern over press reports of a planned U.S. presentation of the Legion of Merit (LoM) medal a [...]
2005-04-14 05:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR HR
05ZAGREB625ANOTHER RIGHT WING MAKEOVER - PARTY OF RIGHTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) re-introduced itself to the international community April 12 as a modern, pro-European, center-right party based on tolerance, democracy, and love of the homeland. At a lunch for diplomats, HSP President Anto Djapic, under the tutela [...]
2005-04-20 12:28:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB716A/ASD RICARDEL MEETINGS WITH CROATIAN PRIME
[...] (C) On April 28, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security, Ms. Mira Ricardel, accompanied by Ambassador Ralph Frank, met with Ivo Sanader, Prime Minister. In addition to a tour of regional issues, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader asked for U.S. support both in delaying the [...]
2005-05-05 11:58:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR HR NATO
05ZAGREB718ASD RICARDEL MEETINGS WITH CROATIAN MINISTER OF
[...] (C) On April 29, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy (Acting),Ms. Mira Ricardel, accompanied by Ambassador Ralph Frank, met with President Stjepan Mesic and Berislav Roncevic, Minister of Defense. In both meetings defense reform and the possibility of expanding C [...]
2005-05-05 12:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR HR NATO
05ZAGREB792LOCAL ELECTIONS: BELLWETHER FOR HDZ GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Local elections on May 15 will be dominated by county and city issues but are bringing to light regional fractures within the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ),as the party suffers the repercussions of reforms made after the 2003 parliamentary elections. This [...]
2005-05-13 05:48:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB827LOCAL ELECTIONS: HDZ FALTERS, OPPOSITION GAINS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Strong personalities, unpredictable coalitions, and a continued drop in popularity of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) marked Croatia's May 15 local elections. Coalitions among multiple parties will be necessary to form governments in the vast majority of [...]
2005-05-19 06:38:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB834LOCAL ETHNIC TENSIONS RISE IN ELECTION WAKE
[...] (SBU) An unfortunate convergence of events has stirred anger and fear among some small-town Croats, sparking several incidents of ethnic hatred against Serbs. The May 9 USG presentation of the Legion of Merit to the relatives of Chetnik leader Draza Mihailovic; the May 10 reports of propose [...]
2005-05-19 13:50:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SR HR
05ZAGREB926ICTY'S DEL PONTE ON CROATIA: COMMITMENT BUT NOT
[...] (C) At the close of her short visit to Croatia, ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed that she was convinced that GoC efforts to arrest fugitive Ante Gotovina are sincere but that commitment does not equal full cooperation with the Tribunal. She indicated that by September she would [...]
2005-06-03 14:53:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL HR
06AITTAIPEI1776MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS
[...] Summary: Taiwan dailies all gave significant reporting and editorial coverage May 24 to alleged involvement by President Chen Shui-bian's in-laws in the snowballing insider trading and lobbying scandals. Coverage also focused on other local corruption scandals and the DPP's disputed nomination [...]
2006-05-24 08:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AMMAN1477MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-01 12:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO