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Reference ID	Created	Released	Classification	Origin
08ISLAMABAD16	2008-01-03 05:23	2011-08-30 01:44	UNCLASSIFIED	Embassy Islamabad

VZCZCXRO3634
PP RUEHLH RUEHPW
DE RUEHIL #0016/01 0030523
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 030523Z JAN 08
FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4167
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL PRIORITY 7990
INFO RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC
RHEBAAA/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
RUEHRC/DEPT OF AGRICULTURE WASHDC
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHDC
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 2585
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL 7991
RUEHLH/AMCONSUL LAHORE 4491
RUEHKP/AMCONSUL KARACHI 8548
RUEHPW/AMCONSUL PESHAWAR 3126

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ISLAMABAD 000016 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 
 
DEPT - PLEASE PASS TO USAID, USTR, USTDA 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON PGOV PK ETRD EAID PREL AFGHAN
SUBJECT: IMPLEMENTATION OF RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONES REQUIRES 
IMMEDIATE COORDINATED INTER-AGENCY ACTION 
 
ISLAMABAD 00000016  001.3 OF 003 
 
//////////////ZFR//////////ZFR///////////ZFR/ /////////////// 
//////////PER DRAFTER, PLS ZFR IMI ZFR (CANCEL) ISLAMABAD//// 
/////////MRN 0016 SECTIONS 01 THRU 03 DTG 030523Z JAN 08//// 
/////////AND BLANK IMI BLANK ALL ASSOCIATED MCNS. MSG WILL 
////////BE RESENT UNDER NEW MCNS/MRN. SORRY FOR ANY AND ALL// 
////////INCONVENIENCES/////////////////////// //////////////// 
///////////////////////////////////////////// //////////////// 
 
 
ISLAMABAD 00000016  002 OF 003 
 
 
 
¶6. (SBU) Transit Trade. Recommendations include USG support to 
update the bilateral 1965 Afghan Transit Trade Treaty which governs 
the movement of goods between Afghanistan and Pakistan.  TDY exports 
are requested to coordinate and develop a mutually acceptable 
working draft. 
 
¶7. (SBU) Labor. Recommendations include improvements in labor 
inspections, labor standards, and best practices for companies on 
both sides of the border. TDY technical experts are requested to 
assist in training and reestablishing labor inspections. 
 
¶8. (SBU) Investment Incentives. Recommendations include working with 
the Governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan to develop their 
internal incentives to lure investment to the targeted ROZ 
locations. 
 
¶9. (SBU) Financing. Recommendations include development of creative 
financial incentives and structures which will allow multinational 
corporations and smaller local business to operate in these 
difficult areas. 
 
¶10. (SBU) Infrastructure Upgrades. Existing industrial parks in 
Afghanistan and in the border areas of Pakistan will make ideal 
locations to designate as the initial ROZ sights, however some 
infrastructure upgrades will be necessary to meet safety codes and 
ensure attractiveness to international companies. 
 
¶11. (SBU) Training and Institutional Development. Vocational and 
skills training targeted specifically to the product sectors which 
will receive duty free preferences has the potential to transform 
the region by employing the scores of youth seeking a positive 
focus. 
 
¶12. (SBU) Market Outreach and Trade Promotion.  Duty free 
preferences are not successful if not included as part of a 
coordinated plan to help move goods to awaiting markets.  Capacity 
building for local producers and buyers will open doors and connect 
these isolated regions to the world economy. 
 
¶13. (SBU) Agriculture and Forestry. Recommendations include capacity 
building for agricultural development of best practices, improved 
production, safety standards and livelihood empowerment of women and 
youth. TDY technical experts are requested to assist in assessing 
the current agricultural situations and determining areas where USG 
assistance would be most effective in the ROZs. 
 
¶14. (SBU) Embassy Islamabad would also request that the SCA bureau 
lead the efforts for outreach to the Afghan and Pakistani Embassies 
in Washington.  Close coordination with Afghan and Pakistani 
counterparts in Washington will be essential not only for 
Congressional approval but also for reinforcing the implementation 
coordination taking place with Ministries in Islamabad and Kabul. 
 
¶15. (SBU) This message and the supporting initiatives chart has been 
coordinated with Embassy Kabul.  The supporting initiatives chart 
has been sent via unclassified email to the following people in 
Washington: 
 
For the Department of State: Richard Boucher; Caitlin Hayden; Don 
Camp; Allysa Aries; John Fox; Edward Wittenstein; Daniel Sullivan; 
Bill Craft; Christian DeAngelis; Colin Guest; Edwin Sagurton; Alfred 
Anzaldua; Mark Mittlehauser; Leo Gallagher; Jack Spillsbury; Neil 
Kromash; Shamila Chaudhary; Michael O'Malley; Richard Sacks; Rozina 
Damanwala 
 
For USTR: Claudio Lillenfeld; Scott Quesenberry, Lewis Karesh, James 
Murphy; Aaron Rosenberg 
 
For Commerce: Susan Hamrock, Awinash Bawle 
 
For Treasury: Stephaine Segal, Gordona Earp, Timothy Skud, Andrew 
Bauckol, 
 
For OPIC: Dolce Zahnister, Kevin Callahan 
 
 
ISLAMABAD 00000016  003 OF 003 
 
 
For US Agriculture: Mark Keenum, Ellen Terpstra, Michael Yost, 
Constance Jackson, Kirk Miller, Pat Sheikh, Chuck Alexander, Frank 
Lee, Ross Kreamer, James Dever 
 
For AID: Mark Ward, Lisa Chiles, Kay Freeman, Nitin Madhav, James 
Walker, William Butterfield, 
 
For NSC: Elizabeth Millard, Patricia Mahoney, John Harriman 
 
For Labor: Charlotte M. Ponticelli, Lawrence W. Casey, Rachel Rigby 
 
 
For Department of Homeland Security: Marisa Lino, Karen Marmaud, 
Michael Feinberg, Jamie Zuieback, Mark Mullen, 
Luke Bellocchi, Janet Labuda, Brian Fennessy 
 
 
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