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00HARARE4145
2000-07-27 10:30:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Harare
Cable title:
EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AJELLO HAS POSITIVE
how-toThis record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available. 271030Z Jul 00 CONFIDENTIAL PTQ2572 PAGE 01 HARARE 04145 271028Z ACTION AF-00 INFO LOG-00 NP-00 ACQ-00 CIAE-00 SMEC-00 DODE-00 DOEE-00 DOTE-00 SRPP-00 DS-00 EB-00 EUR-00 FAAE-00 VC-00 H-01 TEDE-00 INR-00 IO-00 LAB-01 L-00 VCE-00 AC-01 NSAE-00 OIC-02 OMB-01 PA-00 PM-00 PRS-00 ACE-00 P-00 SP-00 SSO-00 SS-00 TRSE-00 T-00 USIE-00 PMB-00 DSCC-00 PRM-01 DRL-02 G-00 NFAT-00 SAS-00 SWCI-00 /009W ------------------730A0D 271028Z /38 FM AMEMBASSY HARARE TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6708 INFO NSC WASHDC IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY LUSAKA IMMEDIATE AMEMBASSY BRUSSELS USEU BRUSSELS AMEMBASSY ROME AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY PARIS AMEMBASSY LUANDA AMCONSUL CAPE TOWN AMEMBASSY GABORONE AMEMBASSY WINDHOEK AMEMBASSY KAMPALA AMEMBASSY KIGALI AMEMBASSY KINSHASA AMEMBASSY PRETORIA USMISSION USUN NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 04145 271028Z AMEMBASSY MAPUTO
C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 004145
SIPDIS
LUSAKA PLEASE PASS TO S/E HOWARD WOLPE
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR GAYLE SMITH
LONDON FOR PFLAUMER
PARIS FOR BISA WILLIAMS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/10
TAGS: PREL MOPS CG ZI
SUBJECT: EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AJELLO HAS POSITIVE
MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE
REF: HARARE 4064 (NOTAL)
CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES EARL M. IRVING REASONS
1.5 B/D.
C O N F I D E N T I A L HARARE 004145
SIPDIS
LUSAKA PLEASE PASS TO S/E HOWARD WOLPE
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR GAYLE SMITH
LONDON FOR PFLAUMER
PARIS FOR BISA WILLIAMS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/10
TAGS: PREL MOPS CG ZI
SUBJECT: EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AJELLO HAS POSITIVE
MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE
REF: HARARE 4064 (NOTAL)
CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES EARL M. IRVING REASONS
1.5 B/D.
1. (C) BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY-
CAMPBELL SHARED HIS REPORT ON EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
ALDO AJELLO'S VISIT TO HARARE ON JULY 25-26, WHICH WE
REPRODUCE HERE IN FULL.
2. (C) BEGIN TEXT.
THE EU PRESIDENCY (FRANCE) ARRANGED A BRIEFING FOR EU
MISSIONS BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AJELLO ON JULY 26.
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 03 HARARE 04145 271028Z
AJELLO HAD BEEN IN HARARE FROM JULY 25-26 DURING WHICH
TIME HE HAD MET PRESIDENT MUGABE, FOREIGN MINISTER
MUDENGE AND MONUC OFFICIALS. AJELLO SAID MUGABE LARGELY
SHARED HIS ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENT SITUATION. THE
MEETING HAD TAKEN PLACE IN A GOOD ATMOSPHERE. KABILA
APPEARED TO BE LOOKING TO A MILITARY SOLUTION IN THE
DRC. MUGABE AGREED THAT THIS WOULD BE A "NO WIN"
STRATEGY AND THAT THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT HAD TO BE
RESPECTED. MUGABE WAS INCLINED TO DISCOUNT YERODIA'S
RECENT REMARKS ABOUT LUSAKA.
AJELLO HAD RAISED THE PROBLEMS OF THE MASIRE MISSION AND
THE IDEA OF ATTACHING FRANCOPHONE MEMBERS TO THE TEAM AS
A WAY OF MOVING THE PROCESS FORWARD. MUGABE APPEARED TO
ACCEPT THIS. THE TWO ALSO DISCUSSED THE PLAN FOR THE
NON CONGOLESE BELLIGERENTS TO MEET. AJELLO THOUGHT THE
PROSPECTS FAIR FOR THIS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE
FORTHCOMING SADC SUMMIT IN WINDHOEK. IF AGREEMENT WAS
REACHED, IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO SET UP SUCH A MEETING
QUITE QUICKLY. MUGABE HAD EXPRESSED THE USUAL
DISAPPOINTMENT OVER THE SLOWNESS OF MONUC DEPLOYMENT.
THIS SUBJECT HAD BEEN RAISED MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVELY BY
MUDENGE IN THEIR MEETING, MUDENGE ACCUSING THE UN OF
EFFECTIVELY UNDERMINING LUSAKA BY NOT YET DEPLOYING AND
THEREBY BEARING THE RESPONSIBILITY. HE WAS NOT
RECEPTIVE TO AJELLO'S EXPLANATIONS OF THE DIFFICULTIES
PUT IN MONUC'S WAY BY THE DRC.
WITH THE MONUC OFFICERS, AJELLO HAD HEARD OF THE
SLOWNESS OF UGANDAN DISENGAGEMENT FROM KISANGANI,
ATTRIBUTABLE, IN PART, TO A LACK OF LOGISTICS.
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PAGE 04 HARARE 04145 271028Z
AJELLO WAS ENCOURAGED BY MUGABE'S SIMILAR APPRECIATION
OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DRC. HE ALSO CONFIRMED WHAT DHC
HAD LEARNED EARLIER IN THE DAY FROM DAVID HAMADZIRIPI,
MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA, THAT FOREIGN MINISTER
MUDENGE WAS HAVING A MEETING AT VICTORIA FALLS WITH HIS
CONGOLESE COUNTERPARTS ON JULY 27 BEFORE FLYING ON TO
LUSAKA FOR A MEETING OF THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE. THE
CONGOLESE HAD TOLD MUDENGE THEY WOULD ACCOMPANY HIM TO
LUSAKA IN THE SAME AIRCRAFT.
END TEXT.
IRVING
CONFIDENTIAL
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SIPDIS
LUSAKA PLEASE PASS TO S/E HOWARD WOLPE
NSC FOR SENIOR AFRICA DIRECTOR GAYLE SMITH
LONDON FOR PFLAUMER
PARIS FOR BISA WILLIAMS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/27/10
TAGS: PREL MOPS CG ZI
SUBJECT: EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AJELLO HAS POSITIVE
MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE
REF: HARARE 4064 (NOTAL)
CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES EARL M. IRVING REASONS
1.5 B/D.
1. (C) BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY-
CAMPBELL SHARED HIS REPORT ON EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
ALDO AJELLO'S VISIT TO HARARE ON JULY 25-26, WHICH WE
REPRODUCE HERE IN FULL.
2. (C) BEGIN TEXT.
THE EU PRESIDENCY (FRANCE) ARRANGED A BRIEFING FOR EU
MISSIONS BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AJELLO ON JULY 26.
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 03 HARARE 04145 271028Z
AJELLO HAD BEEN IN HARARE FROM JULY 25-26 DURING WHICH
TIME HE HAD MET PRESIDENT MUGABE, FOREIGN MINISTER
MUDENGE AND MONUC OFFICIALS. AJELLO SAID MUGABE LARGELY
SHARED HIS ANALYSIS OF THE PRESENT SITUATION. THE
MEETING HAD TAKEN PLACE IN A GOOD ATMOSPHERE. KABILA
APPEARED TO BE LOOKING TO A MILITARY SOLUTION IN THE
DRC. MUGABE AGREED THAT THIS WOULD BE A "NO WIN"
STRATEGY AND THAT THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT HAD TO BE
RESPECTED. MUGABE WAS INCLINED TO DISCOUNT YERODIA'S
RECENT REMARKS ABOUT LUSAKA.
AJELLO HAD RAISED THE PROBLEMS OF THE MASIRE MISSION AND
THE IDEA OF ATTACHING FRANCOPHONE MEMBERS TO THE TEAM AS
A WAY OF MOVING THE PROCESS FORWARD. MUGABE APPEARED TO
ACCEPT THIS. THE TWO ALSO DISCUSSED THE PLAN FOR THE
NON CONGOLESE BELLIGERENTS TO MEET. AJELLO THOUGHT THE
PROSPECTS FAIR FOR THIS TO BE DISCUSSED AT THE
FORTHCOMING SADC SUMMIT IN WINDHOEK. IF AGREEMENT WAS
REACHED, IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO SET UP SUCH A MEETING
QUITE QUICKLY. MUGABE HAD EXPRESSED THE USUAL
DISAPPOINTMENT OVER THE SLOWNESS OF MONUC DEPLOYMENT.
THIS SUBJECT HAD BEEN RAISED MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVELY BY
MUDENGE IN THEIR MEETING, MUDENGE ACCUSING THE UN OF
EFFECTIVELY UNDERMINING LUSAKA BY NOT YET DEPLOYING AND
THEREBY BEARING THE RESPONSIBILITY. HE WAS NOT
RECEPTIVE TO AJELLO'S EXPLANATIONS OF THE DIFFICULTIES
PUT IN MONUC'S WAY BY THE DRC.
WITH THE MONUC OFFICERS, AJELLO HAD HEARD OF THE
SLOWNESS OF UGANDAN DISENGAGEMENT FROM KISANGANI,
ATTRIBUTABLE, IN PART, TO A LACK OF LOGISTICS.
CONFIDENTIAL
PAGE 04 HARARE 04145 271028Z
AJELLO WAS ENCOURAGED BY MUGABE'S SIMILAR APPRECIATION
OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE DRC. HE ALSO CONFIRMED WHAT DHC
HAD LEARNED EARLIER IN THE DAY FROM DAVID HAMADZIRIPI,
MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA, THAT FOREIGN MINISTER
MUDENGE WAS HAVING A MEETING AT VICTORIA FALLS WITH HIS
CONGOLESE COUNTERPARTS ON JULY 27 BEFORE FLYING ON TO
LUSAKA FOR A MEETING OF THE POLITICAL COMMITTEE. THE
CONGOLESE HAD TOLD MUDENGE THEY WOULD ACCOMPANY HIM TO
LUSAKA IN THE SAME AIRCRAFT.
END TEXT.
IRVING
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